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Imagine what it's like to make hundreds of decisions in just two hours on "live" network television with your work seen by millions of people. That's what a sports television producer does each time they sit in "the big chair." In 3…2…1… We’re on the...

The most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled – witty, profound and endlessly entertaining. Drawing on French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian and American sources, Ronald Ridley has compiled a...

Only six men can lay claim to wearing the famous Savile Row tuxedo of James Bond; more people have stepped on the moon. Yet, hundreds more came within an inch of winning the coveted 007 role – the pinnacle for so many actors.For the very first time, The...

Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet...

In Votive Mess Nia Davies asks how time and desire move us errantly. Her second collection follows her startling debut All fours, emerging from an immersion in performance and ritual. The poems trace a path through the peaks and troughs of performance,...

Will technology change what it means to be human??You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine...

Celebrating the cultural significance and clarity of vision evident in Northern European art of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century This book features Dutch, Flemish, Early Netherlandish, and German paintings and works on paper from the...

"Gelebte Vita" war das Stichwort, mit dem Ernst Kris und Otto Kurz 1934 in ihrer bahnbrechenden Studie über die Künstlerlegende auf das "psychologische Gebiet" hinwiesen, das es noch auszuloten gelte. Bettina Gockel setzt hier an und wendet diesen...

Go behind the scenery of the Pacific temperate rainforest to witness how complex ecosystems survive in a world of upheavals If you live on a rapidly changing planet, you’d be wise to learn how it works. The giant old forests on a skinny stretch of land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087754390Author Carl R. TruemanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint LifeWay Christian ResourcesPublisher LifeWay Christian Resources

This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars. Forness has translated the text, while Kiraz has prepared the Syriac text in the west Syriac...

Step into the fabulous world of fungi with this keepsake collection of 50 mushroom postcards, curated from National Geographic's vaunted Image Collection.For foragers, naturalists, and fungi fans, this collection of beautiful postcards highlights the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739516147Author Ariana ReinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing

Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this book presents middle-class women consuming fashion in the symbolic ‘Little Paris’ of interwar Bucharest, and examines how their material and cultural means supported the city’s modernisation. ...

Employing methodological perspectives from the fields of political geography, environmental studies, anthropology, and their cognate disciplines, this volume explores alternative logics of sentient landscapes as racist, xenophobic, and right-wing. While...

How is capitalism represented in popular culture today? Are profits seen as a legitimate reward of entrepreneurship? Are thrift and effort still considered a cornerstone of a healthy society? Or is it that inequalities are eliciting scandal and reproach?...

Award-winning photographer Peter Guttman showcases the vibrant and wildly diverse American people in an unprecedented, multi-decade collection of sharply etched portraits Like few nations, the United States flourished through the hard work and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969990629Author David CampanyFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl Publishers

In these literary travel essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands as visitors. Set against mountainous terrain, tropical beaches, bustling cities, and remote villages, these personal narratives weave...

Only a zoomer could answer these quizzes correctly.Find out if you’re a Gen Z with this book that will separate the iPod kids from the Walkman kids.You may have been born between 1997 and 2012 but what who is Hannah Montana’s best friend? What is the...

A thematic investigation of constructions of time are an important, yet understudied area in apocalyptic literature. The aim of this collection of articles is to show the diversity of time constructions in Rabbinic and Christian texts about the end of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753305448Author Wassily KandinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung...

Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars. Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi , and Donnie Yen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780768478426Author Judy JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Destiny ImagePublisher Destiny Image

The ultimate guide to the famous productions of Irwin Allen, legendary producer of The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, featuring over 2,000 exclusive images. This lavish coffee table hardback book is the first and only book of its kind to...

The Art of Being Liz Renay is a visual romp through one woman’s journey from Depression-era Arizona through the Sexual Revolution, featuring personal photographs curated by Scott Ewalt and essays by John Waters, Cindy Sherman, and Bruce Benderson. Liz...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s weatherPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile anyone who is curious about weather. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated...

It is asserted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike that sin is a central part of human life. Where sin comes from, however, is answered differently in the respective religions. While both the Bible and the Qur’an agree that there was a kind of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958298934Author Tod PapageorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl Publishers

Only a true millennial could answer these quizzes correctly.Find out if you’re a millennial with this book that will separate the avocado lovers from the baby boomers. You may have been born between 1981 and 1996, but what is Daria’s last name? What...

How does the act of performance speak to the concept of commemoration? How and why does commemorative theatre operate as a conceptual, historical and political site from which to interrogate ideas of nationalism and nationhood? This volume explores how...

Why did Christianity produce the special organizational form "church" in the first place? Is it possible to be a Christian without the church? To what extent is Christian faith in community with other believers an alternative to the mere...

Dive into a world of warmth, comfort and style with Cardigans, a beautiful book bursting with inspiration that invites seasoned knitters and beginners alike to construct perfect cardigans from a selection of 20 projects. Dreaming of a stylish summer...

The latest in the groundbreaking series of photobooks on LGBTQ life around the world, an intimate, personal collection of photographs on the queer community in the U.S.Recent years have seen an unprecedented push by state legislatures to pass anti-LGBTQ...

Are we healed through our wounds or do our wounds themselves get healed by some other source? In this 2025 Lent Book, Erik Varden starts by examining the New Testament where it spells out why Christ’s wounds were efficacious for the healing of humankind...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 psychological horror, Cure, follows a detective (played by Koji Yakusho) as he investigates a string of gruesome murders in Tokyo, where each victim has an 'X' carved into their neck. Dominic Lash provides an in-depth analysis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914914874Author Jane RouthFormat PaperbackImprint Smith|Doorstop BooksPublisher Smith|Doorstop BooksWeight(grams) 65g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886636604Author InsightsImprint InsightsPublisher Insights

From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas BecketThe assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in...

Throughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britain’s built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how...