A unique survey of forty architect-engineers who have been pioneers in both aesthetic design and technological innovation. ...
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This well-balanced, comprehensive and engaging review surveys the development of Artificial Intelligence over the last sixty years and highlights the likely tra ...
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Small, smart, essential - a chronological introduction to women artists through 500 years of history, providing a rich understanding of key female artists from ...
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Small, smart, essential - an incisive overview of Surrealism, introducing the movement's key artists and capturing its essential and enduring concepts. ...
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Brings to life the world of the medieval knight in a witty yet informative guide. ...
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From Stone Age networks to Digital Age networking, this book explores the ancient origins of our social lives today. ...
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An engaging and witty compendium of ninety-four notable men and women who shaped and experienced one of the most creative and inventive periods in human civiliz ...
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An accessible introduction to pre-modern Islam, showcasing the individuals - caliphs, law-makers, theologians, poets, mystics and scholars - who shaped the cour ...
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A charming, lively and often amusing tour of the forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of English history. ...
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One of four titles in Thames & Hudson's innovative new 'Big Idea' series, this well-informed and lucid book takes a comprehensive look at the incredible ide ...
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Small, smart, essential - an accessible introduction to the Pop Art movement, offering a new perspective on canonical works and highlighting its international r ...
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John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations - and which in turn have shaped our own. ...
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Helps readers to create their own patterns, based on compositions from across the Islamic world. This book opens up the world of intricate Islamic patterns, all ...
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An expert palaeoarchaeologist reveals how our understanding of the evolution of our species has been transformed by momentous discoveries and technological adva ...
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Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displ ...
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The history of selling sex is a hidden one, its practitioners a 'damnable crew' pushed to the margins of history. Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts redresses ...
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Ian Baker's memoir of his journey to the long-hidden source of the Shangri-La myth - 'one of the most extraordinary tales of adventure and discovery ever told' ...
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A thought-provoking reflection on pilgrimage past and present, and a compelling exploration of its relevance today. ...
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The essential guide to the complex, fascinating world of Chinese myths: retelling the stories and exploring their significance in Chinese culture. This is a con ...
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The new instalment in T&H's successful myths series (after The Greek and Roman Myths and The Egyptian Myths) introduces the world of the Celts, their go ...
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An exhilarating introduction to the vivid, violent, boisterous world of the Norse myths, and their cultural legacy, in an attractive and handy format. ...
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