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Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Charlottenhof, Potsdam-Sanssouci: Opus 12 by Heinz Schonemann
RRP: $10.97Booksplease Price: $10.27Text in German & English. When the small farmstead in the south-western corner of Sanssouci park came up for sale in 1825, Hofmarschall von Maltzahn wrote to the King of Prussia to say that the... -
FHK Henrion: Design Brian Webb 9781851496327
RRP: $16.13Booksplease Price: $12.98F.H.K Henrion was one of a distinguished group of graphic designers - refugees from Europe just prior to World War II, who brought cutting-edge continental design to the rather parochial English... -
Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World by Mariana Cook 9781470448387
Booksplease Price: $39.18Mathematicians is a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits, featuring a selection of the most impressive mathematicians of our time. Acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook captures... -
The Uglow Papers Andrew Lambirth 9781738487820
RRP: $38.70Booksplease Price: $34.42Euan Uglow (1932-2000) was one of the finest painters of his generation. For a long time appreciated only by fellow artists and a relatively small band of devoted collectors, his work is now reaching... -
Craxton's Cats Andrew Lambirth 9780500028049
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.55An appealing picture book of cats depicted by John Craxton, one of the major figures of modern British painting, with an introduction and commentary by Andrew Lambirth, who knew Craxton well. By... -
Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century from Hilbert to Wiles by Claudio Bartocci 9783642136054
RRP: $58.04Booksplease Price: $44.09Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings... -
Imaginary Philosophical Dialogues: between Sages down the Ages by Kenneth Binmore 9783030653866
RRP: $36.11Booksplease Price: $30.44How would Plato have responded if his student Aristotle had ever challenged his idea that our senses perceive nothing more than the shadows cast upon a wall by a true world of perfect ideals? What... -
Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes by Robert Kanigel 9780812221329
RRP: $29.66Booksplease Price: $26.26What makes genuine leather genuine? What makes real things real? In an age of virtual reality, veneers, synthetics, plastics, fakes, and knockoffs, it's hard to know. Over the centuries, men and... -
Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler by Edward G. Nilges 9781590591345
RRP: $70.94Booksplease Price: $48.87All software developers use languages, which are the fundamental tool of the trade. Despite curiosity about how languages work, few developers actually understand how. Unfortunately, most texts on... -
Joyce & Betrayal by James Fraser 9781137595874
Booksplease Price: $60.29This book offers a fundamental and comprehensive re-evaluation of one of Joyce's most pervasive themes. By showing that betrayal was central to how Joyce understood and depicted the difficulties... -
An Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory by Paul R. Thie 9780470232866
RRP: $149.58Booksplease Price: $128.30Praise for the Second Edition: "This is quite a well-done book: very tightly organized, better-than-average exposition, and numerous examples, illustrations, and applications." -Mathematical Reviews... -
Rodchenko: Design by John Milner
RRP: $19.29Booksplease Price: $13.52A new title in the Design series and an excellent introduction to the life and work of this versatile Russian artist. Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian... -
Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure by Cedric Villani
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $12.20"This man could plainly do for mathematics what Brian Cox has done for physics" - Sunday TimesHow does a genius see the world? Where and how does inspiration strike?Cedric Villani takes us on a... -
Peter Blake: Design by Peyton Skipwith 9781851496181
RRP: $16.13Booksplease Price: $11.56"Stars, stripes, hearts and targets... If Peter Blake's name is not the first thing you spot on the cover of the latest addition to the Antique Collectors' Club's highly regarded Design series, the... -
David Mellor: Design by Teleri Lloyd-Jones 9781851496037
RRP: $16.13Booksplease Price: $11.56"David Mellor ...was the outstanding British flatware designer of the last century and a remarkable man who ... understood, and insisted upon, the essential relationship between making things and... -
Edward Bawden: Design by Brian Webb 9781851498390
RRP: $19.29Booksplease Price: $13.52Edward Bawden (1903-1989) was one of twentieth century Britain's most innovative graphic designers. Book illustrator, wallpaper, textile and poster designer, watercolourist, mural painter, teacher... -
Principled Productivity: Why Ethical Treatment of Everyone in an Organization Will Result in Increased Productivity by Gerald J. Watson Jr. 9781032298412
RRP: $59.33Booksplease Price: $55.57This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization:1. Will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization as well as its members.2. Will ensure... -
Diana Armfield: A Lyrical Eye by Andrew Lambirth 9781913645076
RRP: $48.38Booksplease Price: $43.32Diana Armfield RA Hon RWS NEAC has a highly personal attachment to subject and a subtly distinctive affinity with the rhythms of form and tone. These qualities make her an important, influential... -
Harold Curwen and Oliver Simon Curwen Press: Design Brian Webb 9781851495719
RRP: $16.13Booksplease Price: $12.98The finest books produced during the quarter century prior to the outbreak of the Great War were almost invariably printed by the private presses, but post-war, with the development of new... -
Buckingham Palace: The Interiors by Ashley Hicks
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $45.10With rare access, interior designer and artist Ashley Hicks has photographed the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace, home of Britain's monarch since 1837. An important representation of Regency,... -
Accidental Alchemy: Oliver Simon, Signature Magazine, and the rise of British Neo-Romantic Art by Neil Wells
RRP: $38.70Booksplease Price: $28.92The significant influence of the periodical Signature on fine art has long been overlooked. While few people nowadays will have read it, no journal has greater claim to have stimulated the taste that... -
Hex: The Full Story by Ryan B. Hayward
RRP: $45.14Booksplease Price: $43.51Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history. hex was discovered twice, in 1942 by Piet... -
Chance, Strategy, and Choice: An Introduction to the Mathematics of Games and Elections by Samuel Bruce Smith
RRP: $47.73Booksplease Price: $46.94Games and elections are fundamental activities in society with applications in economics, political science, and sociology. These topics offer familiar, current, and lively subjects for a course in... -
Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History by David Lindsay Roberts 9781421433080
RRP: $32.90Booksplease Price: $25.59This fascinating narrative history of math in America introduces readers to the diverse and vibrant people behind pivotal moments in the nation's mathematical maturation.Once upon a time in America,... -
London from the Air by Jeffrey Milstein 9780847899753
RRP: $25.74Booksplease Price: $20.00By shooting with the newest high-resolution cameras while leaning out of helicopters, Milstein offers us a new take on familiar architecture and landscapes. His award-winning work brings a fresh and... -
Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together by Mark Gerencser 9780230611320
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $17.97In this pioneering book, four senior managers of the global consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton show how leaders in business, government, and civil society can reach across national and sector divisions,... -
Invasive Objects: Minds Under Siege by Paul Williams 9780415995474
RRP: $58.04Booksplease Price: $54.49The "Director" controls Ms. B's life. He flatters her, beguiles her, derides her. His instructions pervade each aspect of her life, including her analytic sessions, during which he suggests...