Mick Jagger is universal. His unmistakable face has made him the archetypal rock star. His charisma has fueled the admiration and passion of his fans, the way he moves his body has shaped the myth ...
In The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practiced and popularized by mesmerists, magicians...
This book is about how we experience art, how we look at it, how we think about it. It is structured in the form of a series of conversations in some of the best-known museums in the world, but als...
An overview of the life and work of much-loved children’s illustrator and author Judith Kerr, creator of classics such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Mog.A thoughtful and intimate po...
Marvellous Magicians celebrates the work of eight pioneering illusionists, both famous and under-represented, whose tricks have been the making of modern magic. Through a magical blend of biography...
The spirit of exploration is alive and well in the twenty-first century. This collection of thrilling and inspiring accounts from today’s most intrepid explorers offers a unique insight into ...
From prescription medicines and alcohol to cocaine and cannabis, the use of drugs has reached an unprecedented high. We have always sought to alter our moods and relieve pain, so why today are some...
In the era of celebrity culture, we are now more fascinated than ever with the lives of our leading artists. Creative personalities are always intriguing, and to learn something new about the great...
Speed, regulation and mass production defined the first Industrial Revolution, but we have entered a new era. Today’s revolution has been driven by digital technologies and tools, giving rise...
A close ally of Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot and Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt was the only American painter at the heart of the Impressionist group in Paris. Highly respected on both sides of the ...
For Picasso he was ‘like our father’; for Matisse, ‘a god of painting’. Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In this authori...
Salvador Dalí was, and remains, among the most universally recognizable artists of the twentieth century. What accounts for this popularity? His excellence as an artist? Or his genius as a s...
‘We have lost touch with nature, rather foolishly as we are a part of it, not outside it. This will in time be over and then what? What have we learned? … The only real things in life ...
Linda Nochlin’s landmark essay heralded the dawn of a feminist history of art. It remains fundamental to any appreciation of art today. At once challenging and enlightening, it is never less ...
Ponad pół wieku po śmierci Johna F. Kennedy’ego jego życie i działalność nadal wzbudzają spory i zainteresowanie. Jego działania w polityce krajowej i zagranicznej są wciąż komentowane i oceniane. ...
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart był nie tylko muzycznym geniuszem, ale tak jak jego ojciec, znakomitym epistolografem. Ich listy są uważane za najciekawsze i najpiękniejsze, jakie kiedykolwiek napisał muz...
Po kim Jadwiga Grabowska odziedziczyła zamiłowanie do mody?Jak po wojnie organizowały się w Warszawie warsztaty krawieckie?Jak w latach 50. ewoluowały fasony kobiecych okryć: od bezkszt...
Kultowa trylogia po raz pierwszy bez skreśleń i cenzury!Kariera literacka Stanisława Grzesiuka to największa kariera PRL-u. Jego książki znikały w kilka tygodni z księgarskich pó...
Jak i dlaczego zostało wymordowanych niemal sześć milionów Żydów przy użyciu przemysłowych metod, pod nadzorem aparatu państwowego Trzeciej Rzeszy? Po setkach rozmów z ocalałym...
Lenin wymyka się schematom, którym podlegali wszyscy późniejsi dyktatorzy. Nie działał wyłącznie za pomocą terroru. Pod wieloma względami był fenomenem politycznym, demagogiem, szafuj...