The Thoughtful Dresser: The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter, Paperback - Linda Grant

Reducere. "You can't have depths without surfaces, " says Linda Grant in her lively and provocative new book, The thoughtful Dresser, a thinking woman's guid...

* A fascinating investigation into the relationship between people and clothes, on a human rather than design level

Reducere. Orange Prize Winner and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, Llinda Grant has created an enchanting portrait of a woman who, having endured u...

Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book ar...

Heartwarming non fiction up lit about starting over and embracing life, one simple moment at a time.

Why would a woman want to go into politics? From where most women stand, Parliament looks like a toxic boys' club. Here, Kate Ellis bursts the Canb...

Reducere. Revolutionary retail guru Paco Underhill is back with a completely revised edition of his classic, witty bestselling book on our ever-evolving cons...

American students vary in educational achievement, but white students in general typically have better test scores and grades than black students. ...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 110 color platesNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 180 x 232 x 25Cove...

Reducere. This book combines the art of Zentangling using pen and ink utilizing hand-drawn zentangles in the form of whimsical letters of the alphabet. I hav...

Reducere. The Pleasures of Cocaine conveys the impartial facts of the uses and abuses of cocaine. Without bias, many different aspects are covered: History, ...

With a foreword by Kathleen Jamie. The Heart of the Forest explores four enduring ways in which we connect to the woods - through Refuge, Sacrednes...

DescriptionPlayful, informative, with every page a visual delight, Emma Damon explores the amazing range of ways in which we dress ourselves, all o...

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Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter - Lawrence A. Cunningham

A powerful critique of the stories that feminists tell about the past four decades of Western feminist theory.

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Reducere. To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was--and remains--the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stu...

DescriptionIn the Madhyamakalankara, Shantarakshita synthesized the views of Madhyamaka and Yogachara, the two great streams of Mahayana Buddhism. ...

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This book looks at the origins of Hap and Ki as they are found in Hapkido. Going back to 660 B.C., the roots of the art are traced from ancient Kor...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Daniel A. BellIllustration(s): 2 b/w illus.Number of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 14...

Reducere. The Ellises & The Time Machine is a series created to empower young children to learn more about often untold American history. Why Do We Have To S...

"Twenty-five years on, Cheap Novelties'] observations of what is lost as cityscapes evolve and shift due to gentrification and changing demographic...

Reducere. A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead languageFrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionat...

Publisher: Daunt BooksAuthor(s): Ana KinsellaNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 196 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. DescriptionEqual under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O'Keeffe's complex involvement with, and influence on, US feminism from the...

Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world.Publisher: Oxbow BooksIllustration(s): B/w and colourNumb...

A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the politicalAll complex and large-scale societies are org...

Description"A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the science of semi-aquatic rodents....A masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world."--...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Radine a. America-HarrisonThe Hidden Ancestral Identity of the American Negro is the introduction to a series of books for ...