Objects

Beware...this book is cursed These strange but true stories of the world's most infamous items will appeal to true believers as well as history buf...

The latest volume of this popular series, looking at objects recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Buckinghamshire.Publisher: Amberley Pub...

Reducere. It's Girl Interrupted meets Miranda July--with a touch of Joan Didion--in this captivating collection of original essays revolving around a young A...

Reducere. This is not a maze... But it is a fun and challenging activity book that blends coloring with image searches So you found a badger, but did you not...

- Includes a Foreword by Simon Schama. - The Jewish Journey is unique in three respects.First, it is a short, accessible, illustrated history of th...

Bollen delves into the archives of European football to offer an alternative take on the game, covering match-fixing, bribery, extortion and murder...

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Reducere. When investigating the mysteries of Chicago's past, it's helpful to examine the physical evidence. From a fiddle played by a Chicago pioneer and a ...

DescriptionFrom Galileo's telescope to the International Space Station--a photo-filled tour through the milestones of space exploration This eclect...

From the survey beforehand to the foundations, the core, and eventually the ruins, this book explores the majesty of the Wall through the objects i...

Reducere. DescriptionAs featured in the 6-part CNN SERIES "Finding Jesus"FINDING JESUS explores six major artifacts, including the Shroud of Turin, the True ...

Reducere. Learn to draw and have fun doing it! Even if you're only starting out this book will show you how to draw in no timeThis book teaches readers simpl...

Reducere. In the tradition of Who Owns the Future, an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs, improve our lives, and form...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal a fascinating insight into the life of King Henry VIII.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor...

The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril and disasterIllustra...

Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides! These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds a...

A giftable design tome of more than 250 cooking tools.Publisher: Hardie Grant Books (UK)Author(s): Corinne MynattIllustration(s): Full colour photo...

Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides! These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds a...

Reducere. DescriptionTakes the student who is familiar with elementary brush strokes to the next level by providing a series of exercises in both monochrome ...

Seventy years on, the Partition of India fades from memory. Can it be restored?Illustrations: 21 Illustrations, color

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. The genre-defying genius of SATURATION PROJECT brings memoir and essay to the land of myth. Here, the wildness of what we expe...

Reducere. How do meaningless marks and sounds become the meaningful words of a natural language? To what do words having referential significance refer? What...

Master conservator Douglas R. Armstrong imparts his many years of first-hand, practical experience in the field of marine artifact conservation wit...

How to create iconic objects such as the Polaroid (R) camera, the Nintendo (R) Gameboy or the Rubik's cube out of LEGO (R) bricksIllustrations: 100...

This Element is a survey of central topics in the metaphysics of material objects. The topics are grouped into four problem spaces.Publisher: Cambr...

Reducere. Teach Yourself 25 Easy Tricks with Everyday Objects!Imagine walking into any room and performing a variety of magic tricks with common objects that...

An essential new collection of reflections on the theory and methodology of social science research.Publisher: Haymarket BooksNumber of pages: 244C...

Objects in This Mirror is a collection of essays on contemporary art, literature, landscape, aesthetics, and cultural history. Beginning with a pol...

Find What's Lost with the Power of Horary Astrology 45 Sample Charts and Real-World Examples With nothing more than a sincerely asked question, hor...

Basics Interior Architecture 04: Elements/Objects explores the manner in which an interior space can be manipulated through the precise placement o...

Reducere. In this 'information age' satellites are playing an increasingly important role in everything from communication and navigation to the military and...

A profile of 30 historically and culturally important objects from the renowned Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which has one of the greatest collections...

The first publisher of Tender Buttons described the book's effect on readers as ""something like terror, there are no known precedents to cling to....

Publisher: Zone BooksAuthor(s): Caroline Walker BynumNumber of pages: 344Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 32Cover type: Paperback / so...

A fascinating insight into the history of shipwrecks, this book is packed full of stories of survival and tragedy, innovation and courage.Publisher...

The secrets of Scotland Yard's famous Crime Museum revealedPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Keith SkinnerIllustration(s): 100 Illustratio...

Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the moment that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon broke open Tutankhamun's tomb, a riveting acco...

DescriptionIs a sound an object, an experience, an event, or a relation? What exactly does the emerging discipline of sound studies study? Sound Ob...

Reducere. Could "UFOs" and "Aliens" simply be us from the future?This provocative new book cautiously examines the premise that extraterrestrials may instead...

The various objects chosen by the author tell the story of the conflicts which shaped the nature of the Western World known today, both in spiritua...

Reducere. FROM THE #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "GONE GIRL"Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubli...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal a fascinating insight into the life of this famous writer.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAut...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal the story and development of the German air raids on Britain in the First World War.

A compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine.

A unique collection of 100 items associated with Napoleon that explore a great variety of the events that influenced him, to try to dispassionately...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal the story and development of the German U-boat service during the Second World WarIllustratio...

Dr Rob Collins and the curators of the remarkable collections from Hadrian's Wall present a striking new contribution to understanding the archaeol...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal a fascinating insight into the life of King Henry VIII.Illustrations: 100 colour illustrations

The Royal Navy of Nelson's time was such a huge organization, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope. Indeed, during the Napoleonic...

Reducere. Programming with OpenSCAD is a STEM-focused, learn-to-code book for beginners that introduces core computational thinking concepts through the desi...

Reducere. This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological a...

Reducere. The ongoing digitization of culture and society and the ongoing production of new digital objects in culture and society require new ways of invest...

Contributor(s): Author: Sara AhmedIn this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. F...

The Museum Curator's Guide is a reference book for professionals starting out in the arts and museum sector, drawing on the author's curatorial and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elizabeth StewartA concise guide for parents of millennials, NO THANKS MOM offers sage advice on what to do with those obje...

Anyone can learn to use a pendulum. This powerful tool brings together the left and right sides of the brain and acts as an antenna, helping you tu...

Eleven stories that lay bare the beauties and ironies of contemporary life--a debut of sly and disarming power that announces an extraordinary new ...

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DescriptionIn this book, the founder of object-oriented ontology develops his view that aesthetics is the central discipline of philosophy. Whereas...

Reducere. In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in t...

A treasure trove of human creativity from around the world. History of the World in 1000 Objects takes a fresh look at world history, viewing cultu...

DescriptionCo-published with the Royal Mint Museum. War has shaped currencies, creating, abolishing and moulding them. By providing the means throu...

Your Passport to the Universe The night sky is alive with many wonders--distant planets, vast star clusters, glowing nebulae, and expansive galaxie...

DescriptionBookworms derive great pleasure from the simple act of reading. But what happens when a book is old or damaged and no longer in a fit st...

Shows us that sex in art is as diverse as sex in everyday life. This book examines the reception and frequent misunderstanding of highly sexualized...

On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. Her landlord heard the assault taking place and called 911, but the police ar...

Reducere. When investigating the mysteries of Chicago's past, it's helpful to examine the physical evidence. From a fiddle played by a Chicago pioneer and a ...

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with...

Reducere. Four billion years in the palm of your hand, Relics: A History of the World Told in 133 Objects is the story of our planet as you've never seen it ...

Reducere. From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects Between th...