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Bats have an undeserved bad reputation. It's time to clear the air-with science.These woefully misunderstood creatures dwell in darkness, inspire fear, and threaten danger. They've been viewed as the pawns of evil deities and taken the undeserved blame...

The Malaysia Travel Map from Periplus is designed as a convenient, easy-to-use tool for travelers.This map, created using durable coated paper, is made to open and fold multiple times, whether it's the entire map that you want to view or one panel at a...

There is no place likehome, because our homes are a reflection of who we are, what we want, and what we like. They change and develop as we do, so it's crucial to know how to evolve the places where we spend most of our timeso that they can keep up with...

Including 120 full-colour images throughout, this is a vividly illustrated, in-depth and up-to-date introduction to the world of Korean art from 1950 to the present day. The book covers such as topics as: · Historical, political and social contexts from...

Including 120 full-colour images throughout, this is a vividly illustrated, in-depth and up-to-date introduction to the world of Korean art from 1950 to the present day. The book covers such as topics as: · Historical, political and social contexts from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772127935Author Gary GenoskoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Alberta PressPublisher University of Alberta PressWeight(grams) 360g

This is the first anthology to represent the contributions and perspectives of medieval Islamic scholars on philosophy of religion. Assembling and translating 63 key texts, including many never before published in English, it captures the variety and...

Directed in 1974 by Roman Polanski from a script by Robert Towne, Chinatown is a brilliant reworking of film noir set in a drought-stricken Los Angeles of the 1930s. Jack Nicholson stars as J.J. Gittes, a private eye who, despite his best intentions, can...

This edited volume offers new and exciting perspectives on the social study of science and religion through current scholarship grounded in the field grounded in Science and Technology Studies (STS). The contributors explore how STS theories, methods,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990048883Author Emma NealeFormat PaperbackImprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University Press

The Anthropocene concept highlights that we are now living in a new epoch of earth history where both the rapid accumulation of greenhouse gases and excessive consumption of natural resources endanger human and planetary wellbeing. Climate change is one...

The tragic tale of the first seabird ruthlessly destroyed by human actions – an all-powerful symbol of human folly and the necessity of conservation. Since 1950 more than seventy percent of the world’s seabirds have been lost through human activity. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780008719180Author A-Z MapsPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 270g

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of letters by Ruskin, none of which has been previously published. They are of special importance and interest: many belong to the middle period of his life and show the influences which produced ‘Fors...

The rollicking autobiography of the iconic guitarist who took thrash metal behemoths Megadeth from the edge of collapse to their highest peak before departing to Japan for the joy of J-Pop. Marty Friedman’s upbringing was as atypical as his career...

This book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context.The study includes figurative and iconographic motifs,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464280678Author Martin WagnerFormat HardbackPage Count 415Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press

This books serves to establish Clara Peeters, one of the most talented and creative among the early practitioners of still-life painting in Europe in the early 17th century, as a leader in her field. The book not only discusses the artist’s biography but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982149338Author Tommy TomlinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 231g

This book charts the history of the last 20 years of animation festivals. From Annecy, the oldest animation festival in the world, to Beirut, or the founding of the festival in Peja, Kosovo, Nancy-Denney Phelps has recorded not just the films screened...

Taw?tur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Taw?tur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of taw?tur across...

A fascinating history of how the automotive industry and consumers battled to define what women wanted in a car.Since the commercial introduction of the automobile, US automakers have always sought women as customers and advertised accordingly. How,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350376526Author Agn�s RocamoraFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bloomsbury Visual ArtsPublisher Bloomsbury Visual ArtsWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889834106Author Karen LebacqzFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

The contributors to this volume examine musical instrument collectors and their reasons and means for collecting: Who were they professionally and personally? Why did they collect musical instruments? How did they acquire their objects? What were their...

Foundations of Stage Makeup, Second Edition is a comprehensive exploration into the creative world of stage makeup.Step-by-step makeup applications paired with textual content create an enriching experience for future performers and makeup artists...

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The definitive illustrated retrospective on the Oscar-winning director of some of the most resonant and enduring films of all time. For more than five decades, Steven Spielberg has created inspiring, exciting and unforgettable movie magic. Jaws, E.T.,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506499253Author Lynn A. CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

A recurrent and popular setting in American cinema, the dressing room has captured the imaginations of filmmakers and audiences for over a century. In The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American Film, the only book-length study of the space, author...

A beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to twisting, weaving and wrapping wire jewellery. In Twisted!, wire artist Nadja Shields encourages you to twist, wrap and weave your way to a treasure trove of stunning jewellery. Featuring 15 step-by-step...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969993538Author Massimo VitaliFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl Publishers

A SEARING INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SPOTIFY HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER

Almost all environmental books treat the environmental crisis as though humans are in charge of nature, rather than part of it. The Earth and I is the first book to put all preconceived notions aside and to ask, naïvely: Who are we really? What is our...

A recurrent and popular setting in American cinema, the dressing room has captured the imagination of audiences for over a century. In the only book-length study of the space, Desirée J. Garcia explores how dressing rooms are dynamic realms in which a...

Worlds of textiles artistically conveyed This publication presents and documents 26 years of artistic teaching and research at the Textiles Department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It provides insight into the diversity of cultural...

What do designers, scientists, entrepreneurs and politicians have in common? They want to achieve defined goals. The common denominator is the future. But how can you make the future - that which does not yet exist - tangible? In this book, over 40...

Look out your window and see the moon, stars and distant planets. Light years away, it's easy to think that our lives and their existences will never intersect. Yet meteorites - tiny, irregular rocks of sometimes immense value - connect us with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310369967Author Jason ThackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint ZondervanPublisher Zondervan

Erwin Panofskys Behauptungen in Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art (1960), dass sich in der Kunst und Architektur der Epoche ein neues Geschichtsbewusstsein und eine Suche nach einem "all'antica"-Idiom zeigt, werden auch heute noch regelmäßig...