Why Are We 'Artists'?

A new anthology of 100 years of artists', filmmakers' and architects' manifestos from across the globe. Explores why art, in all its guises, is a s...

Contributor(s): Author: Kevin SimlerAuthor: Robin HansonHuman beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are d...

Reducere. Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us...

For their 51st edition, World War 3 Illustrated asked their artists and writers to bring heart and vision to two questions: What do we really care ...

Reducere. Celebrate the unique beauty of America in this gorgeously illustrated luxury storybook treasure! From sea to shining sea, view gorgeous maps of off...

DescriptionA group of notable writers--including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow--celebrate our...

Reducere. "Hype is the best kind of nonfiction: juicy, sharp, savage and wildly entertaining, with a celebrity behaving badly on every page. What more could ...

Reducere. Why can't we look away?Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wis...

Reducere. Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more ...

Reducere. - Why be happy and how, and why not to worry if you think you are not. - Why it is easy to be happy, and how you can miss happiness even if it stan...

Reducere. Take a Stand: Art Against Hate, A Raven Chronicles Anthology, edited by Seattle-based writers Anna Balint, Phoebe Bosche, and Thomas Hubbard, conta...

Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it?Work makes us. Without it we are ...

Reducere. Every color has a story to tell We are all fascinated by the wonder of color, from the lightest to the darkest, from one shade to another. True Col...

Reducere. Every color has a story to tell We are all fascinated by the wonder of color, from the lightest to the darkest, from one shade to another. True Col...

Reducere. Every color has a story to tell We are all fascinated by the wonder of color, from the lightest to the darkest, from one shade to another. True Col...

From Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil sa...

What is music? How is it made? And what's changed --- and what hasn't --- about how we listen to it? Here's all the best stuff about the science an...

Reducere. Flaubert believed that great paintings required no words of explanation. But, as Barnes notes, it is a rare picture that stuns, or argues, us into ...

Reducere. An unconventional blend of memoir, art history, and social criticism which manages to be funny, moving, and controversial all at the same time.This...

Reducere. Western art from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century; Art Needs No Justification; Miscellaneous articles and reviews.Was Pieter Bruegel ...

- Includes tips and tricks from 22 international table styling artists- Emphasizes different atmospheres and seasons, and helps you to celebrate th...

Reducere. A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being.Why are we drawn to the ocea...

How we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long weekend hikes, or as c...

Reducere. Nassim Nicholas Taleb's phenomenal international bestseller The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable shows us how to stop trying to pred...

Reducere. Would you like to access a treasury of incredibly bizarre and beautiful images to create dynamic and impressive collages with? Cut & Collage Volume...

When it comes to relationships, there's no shortage of advice from self-help 'experts', pick-up artists, and glossy magazines. But modern-day myths...

Reducere. Would you like to access a treasury of incredibly bizarre and beautiful images to create dynamic and impressive collages with?Cut & Collage (Vintag...

Reducere. DescriptionDetails of nearly 700 One Hit Wonders. From the birth of Rock 'n' Roll, and the Billboard Charts, (in 1955) through the swinging sixties...

Reducere. Why is the publication of these writings so important? What doesRookmaaker's legacy have to offer us in the new millennium?First, his books and ess...

Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is it the future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains why fi...

DescriptionExperience the unspoiled beauty and traditional culture of this legendary Greek island, as it was in the late 1950s There are hundreds o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph C. EwoodzieThe origin story of hip-hop--one that involves Kool Herc DJing a house party on Sedgwick Avenue in the Br...

Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Darryl LittletonEver wonder why funny people win? It's because we reward personalities who make us feel good. The guy gets ...

Reducere. Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph offers candid reflections on his own experiences with racism and conversations with prom...

A graphic-novel guide to the demented present from the authors of the bestselling The Age of EarthquakesIf you're wondering why the inside of your ...

From a 17 year old who creates his own designs to a professional who enhances her artwork with acrylic paint and food coloring, there's no better w...

Reducere. Too Soon to Celebrate-Too Soon to Quit "Lord, why another mission agency? There are already so many good ones, " Greg Livingstone cried out on a be...