A fascinating, narrative biography of the art movement that transformed the modern world, tracing the lives and activities of the key protagonists as they set about a revolution in art....więcej »
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated novelists, poets, and playwrights tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works.Lavishly illustrated with portra...więcej »
The deceptively simple lemon takes center stage in the second volume of TASCHEN’s collaboration with The Gourmand, masters of the rich intersection of food and art. The star of Renaissance ga...więcej »
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more!“In Britney Spears’s memoir, she’s stronger than...więcej »
The first monograph in English on a major Polish painter.Józef Halas (1927-2015) is one of the major Polish painters of his generation. Active in Wroclaw from 1949 until his deat...więcej »
Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and ...więcej »
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves t...więcej »
A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand ma...więcej »
This fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on cinematic composition provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively eloquent ima...więcej »
'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.'A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism...więcej »
The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus'A selection of Darwin's extraordinary adventures during the voyage of the BeagleIntroducing Little Black Cl...więcej »
'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended.'Simenon explores the complexity of parent child relationships and the bitterness of things left...więcej »
'See my hand up-tipped, learn the secret of my human heart...'Soaring, freewheeling snapshots of life on the road across America, from the Beat writer who inspired a generation.więcej »
A Wall Street Journal bestseller A Publisher's Weekly bestseller. A fascinating look at the trailblazing companies using artificial intelligence to create new competitive advantage, from the author...więcej »
Antonia Edwards' first book, Upcyclist, explored how artists and designers around the globe transform castoff materials into elegant domestic furnishings. Now, she turns her sights to the homes the...więcej »
For eleven years, Peter Hince lived the rock 'n' roll dream. Head roadie for Queen he held backstage pass to some of the greatest moments in music history, rubbing shoulders with the band as they r...więcej »
Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story.Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a geni...więcej »
An A to Z of video games – 300 entries showcasing the most influential and celebrated games, consoles, publishers, and moreA visual history of all things video games, this book wi...więcej »
A ‘dacha’ is a country cottage, made of wood, used by Soviet citizens to escape the rigors of the city for rural idyll. Widespread in the countries of the former USSR, this important cu...więcej »
Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables an...więcej »