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Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs, "Lost Languages" moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. They include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writing system in the Americas), and the unique Phaistos disc of Crete. "Lost Languages" reports from the front lines of scholarship where obsessions, genius, occasional delusion and sometimes bitter rivalry are de rigueur among those currently competing for the rare honour of cracking these ancient codes and giving voice to forgotten worlds.

This delightful new book for children takes the reader on a colourful trip through the history of painting with Picasso as guide. It reproduces some of Picasso's most famous works alongside the paintings that inspired them, from Velazquezs Meninas to Manets notorious Dejeuner sur lHerbe, exploring why Picasso loved them so much and how he re-created them in his own inimitable style. The book ends with an activity section in which children can use their own pencils and brushes to distort, reshape and paint what they feel just like Picasso!

Upravené a doplněné vydání mapuje roli fotografie v současném umění od poloviny 80. let. Představuje fotografie 170 umělců z celého světa. Jedna z nejlepších knih svého druhu. Text v angličtině. From conceptual art’s use of the banal and ‘artless’ snaps

‘Essential for anyone who wants to live a green but design-conscious life’ – Blueprint‘If you want a helping hand in staying chic and getting green you would do well to pick up a copy of this handbook’ – The Eco-Design Handbook is the most comprehensive p

A photography anthology that celebrates the vision, imagination and brilliance of Magnum photographers in over 400 photographs by the acknowledged greats of photography in the 20th century and the rising stars. Including biographies of the featured photog

Nepostradatelná kniha popisující výběr destinace, výrobků a dopravy, tak aby odpovídaly potřebám každého ekologicky uvědomělého cestovatele. Nabízí návod, jak si vybrat dovolenou tak, aby byla ekologická, obohacující a zábavná. Text v angličtině. Follow

At any one time, hundreds of thousands of people feel stuck professionally and don't know what to do to get out of their rut. In today's complex business world, the brutal reality is that there are no guarantees for success. Surprisingly, many of us are unconsciously conditioned to fail although, ironically, it's not all that difficult to dramatically reverse the odds. John Assaraf has developed a unique and amazing formula that will help people overcome obstacles, transform their careers and businesses and start making the kind of money needed to live an extraordinary life. In his latest book, The Answer,Assaraf draws on new findings in neuroscience, understanding why we do what we do and, more importantly, why we don't do what we know we should be doing. His methods will help individuals 'rewire' their brains for success so they can emerge as winners no matter what they currently know or understand. It will also teach them how to attract and use newly discovered 'uncommon' sense to achieve business success.

Dlhodobé dôsledky a osobné príbehy ľudí na celom svete, ktorí sa stávajú zelenými, tvoria ťažisko tejto krásnej novej knihy pre deti. Vedecký a technický pokrok v minulom storočí mal veľký vplyv na Zem. Ako môžu ľudia v dnešnom svete naďalej rešpektovať prírodu a vyhnúť sa nenapraviteľným škodám na planéte? Od znečistenia po emisie oxidu uhličitého a ohrozené rastliny, od miznúcich jazykov po ľadovce, táto kniha podrobne popisuje spôsoby, akými ľudia ovplyvňujú svoje životné prostredie a ako možno dosiahnuť stabilnejšiu rovnováhu, komplexne informuje čitateľov o realite zemského ekosystému a inšpiruje ich. aby urobili, čo môžu, aby pomohli zachrániť planétu.

"Locusts" is a book of photographs that, in the words of its creator, Sasha Gusov, is an album that pulls together the concept of mass mentality photographs that examine the way people eat, the tourist eternally behind the camera, the obsession with consumerism. It is an anthropological investigation of contemporary man who we are, who we have become and how absurd we can be at times. Each of the book's ten sections present a catalog of human weakness but in the warm spirit of humor and irony. T he outcome of five years of work and observation around the world, these brief snatches and moments are a true representation of what humanity does when it thinks that no one is looking.

A lush visual selection from the Chanel archive—essential reading for fashionistas and design aficionados everywhere.Chanel's combination of tradition, originality, and style has always made it the most seductive of fashion labels. Here the House of Chanel opens its private archives, revealing a galaxy of brilliant designs created by Coco Chanel from 1920 onwards. Dazzling clothes, intricate accessories, beautiful models, and timeless design leave no doubt as to the lasting fame of her name and embody everything that has come to symbolize the magic of Chanel. The book explores five central themes—the suit, the camellia, jewelry, makeup and perfume, the little black dress—and follows the threads from past to present to show how these key items have been rediscovered and reinvented by new designers. It includes many previously unpublished archive photographs and original drawings by Karl Lagerfeld, as well as glorious images from some of the greatest names in fashion photography. 139 illustrations, 83 in color

StyleCity Europe provides the ultimate compilation of fourteen European destinations, including six exciting cities new to the series – Antwerp, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Vienna. With maps, over 600 colour photographs and so many of Europe’s

"Gay Life and Culture" is the first ever comprehensive, global account of gay history. It is spectacularly illustrated throughout and includes an extensive selection of images, many of them only recently recovered. From Theocritus' verses to Queer as Folk, from the berdaches of North America to the boy - wives of Aboriginal Australia, this extraordinarily wide-ranging book illustrates both the commonality of love and lust, and the various ways in which such desires have been constructed through the ages.

The best of van Gogh's eternally popular paintings, gathered together in one magnificently produced volume.Nearly 120 years after his death, Vincent van Gogh and his work continue to exert a powerful fascination. This book offers the reader a selection of the artist's most unforgettable canvases as well as some lesser-known examples, many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It explores the works in the context of van Gogh's short but brilliant career, in which frequent spells of isolation did not preclude lively engagement with his artistic peers and the ideas of his time.Van Gogh's brush was guided by a remarkable, restless, and wide-ranging intelligence that found another outlet in the continuous stream of letters written to family and friends. The artist's correspondence—one of the most important archival resources of nineteenth-century art—provides the narrative thread around which this study develops. Belinda Thomson considers van Gogh as a cosmopolitan figure who combined in his art experiences and traditions absorbed in his native Netherlands and in Victorian England, and then succeeded in assimilating and making his mark on the practice of painting in France at one of its richest periods. 170 color illustrations.

2007 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Christian Dior's revolutionary 'New Look'. This sumptuous volume charts the fashion house's history since that groundbreaking collection, with original photography and perceptive texts that track the output of e ach of the iconic company's couturiers, from Christian Dior himself through Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan and Gianfranco Ferre to John Galliano. The book is enlivened throughout by press reviews and photographs of such celebrity models as Bettina, S uzy Parker and Kate Moss, each immortalized in Dior by the top fashion photographers of the time, from Richard Avedon to Nick Knight.

New in paperback, this beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a tour of more than twenty exceptional residences that show the elegant simplicity and fresh allure of Scandinavian country style at its best.

From the startingly distinctive achievements of the internationally renowned twin-brother painters Os Gemeos to the visual powers of the ubiquitous daredevil pichadores, Brazil's graffiti captivates with entirely fresh ideas, techniques and messages. Whether one's taste is for the extraordinary creative extremes generated amid urban deprivation or for crafted murals at their most elaborate, Graffiti Brasil offers both stunning photography and in-depth history and insight. With graffiti worldwide becoming more homogenized, this book is a reminder of the strengths of creative independence and the rich fruits of cultural diversity.