Kim jest BANKSY? Według Wikipedii kultowy brytyjski artysta streetartowy urodził się w 1974 roku w Bristolu. Ponieważ jednak zachowuje pełną anonimowość, raz po raz słychać teorię, że Banksy to gru...
For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using the...
Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the con...
A wave of optimism is sweeping through the international aid and development industry, championed by leaders such as Jeffrey Sachs and Jim Yong Kim, who believe that poverty eradication could be wi...
The second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's internationally bestselling phenomenon When nomadic Homo sapiens settled...
An unprecedented collection of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to todaySince the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From...
Pogłębiamy nasze rozumienie świata przez sumienność i metodyczność, lecz na tej drodze często spotyka nas rozczarowanie. Im mocniej wyostrzamy spojrzenie, tym bardziej widzimy samo doświadczenie, a...
Blask. Ołtarz Mariacki Wita Stwosza to książka składająca się z kilku części. Jedna z nich to materiał ikonograficzny przedstawiający stan samego ołtarza, wykonany przez Andrzeja Nowakowskiego. Pos...
A sweeping intellectual history of games and their importance to human progress.We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds of others, and to practice ...
A fascinating introduction to the life and work of John Constable, this book highlights key aspects of his innovative practice and the ways in which he brought a new vivacity to the observation of ...
This book is an engaging introduction to the life and work of John Singer Sargent, the most accomplished portrait painter of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century.John Singer ...
An essential introduction to the life and work of JMW Turner, this book examines his pioneering explorations into oil and watercolours transformed landscape painting.JMW Turner (1775&nd...
A captivating visual exploration of fashion and modern style as seen through the eyes of artists across the globe, this hardback gift book examines the intricate relationship between the history of...
Behind the Red Moon explores elemental forces interwoven with human histories of power, oppression, dispersion and survival. In this book contributions by art historians, artists and writers illumi...
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing to date―a brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to...
More than just a style guide, this is a navigation system through the bumpy road of life. Let RuPaul teach you the tried, tested and found true techniques that will propel you from background playe...
No other art movement in history has contained two artists as different as Magritte and Miró. This is because Surrealism was not in origin an art movement, but a philosophical strategy. It w...
An anthology of cult magazine Sneaker FreakerBack in 2002, Simon “Woody” Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Frea...
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war.It could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from...
Lyrics, essays and photographs from one of music's most influential, enduring and endearing artists.Iggy Pop hasn't simply left a mark on music; he's left blood stains all over it.