Travel the world with 50 best-loved tales featuring creatures big & small This beautifully-illustrated collection of classic stories brings together favourite animal-themed fables myths & legends including The Three Little Pigs The Ugly Duckling Why the Swallow's Tail is Forked & the story of Ananse & the Python Lively retellings from Angela Mc Allister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Romanian-born illustrator Aitch in this treasury to treasure ...

Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East Africa Central & South America India Russia China & Japan Significant revision also

Includes:: photographs & textual discussion of around 50 new buildings Written in a clear & engaging style the text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic innovative & aesthetic attributes of buildings Artistic economic environmental political social & technological contexts are discussed The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world & a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage & testifies to some of the greatest achievements of the human spirit

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Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most up-to-date & wide-ranging history of art ever published in a single volume This"e from Andrew Graham Dixon describes the book ' Spanning continents & millennia ranging from man's earliest cave paintings to the works of Picasso & beyond this is a hugely ambitious book But thanks to the breadth of their scholarship the depth of their enthusiasm & the enviable freshness of their writing Honor & Fleming triumphantly accomplish the herculean task they have set themselves Sympathetically expanded by Michael Archer who brings the story forward into the twenty-first century this thumping slab of tome is without doubt the most compelling total history of art ever written' This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archeology & art historical research & in particular contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors discussion of the art world over the past two decades providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history ...

From the camera lucida to the latest in digital image making & computer manipulation photographic technology has dramatically changed throughout its nearly 200-year history as succinctly explained & powerfully illustrated in A World History of Photography Thanks to the unique immediacy with which photography captures perspective & history the popularity & use of the camera spread rapidly around the globe Today photography is ubiquitous from newspapers & fashion magazines to billboards & the film industry cultures worldwide have embraced this malleable artistic medium for a limitless variety of purposes Naomi Rosenblum's classic text investigates all aspects of photography -- aesthetic documentary commercial & technical -- while placing photos in their historical context Included among the more than 800 photographs by men & women are both little-known & celebrated masterpieces arranged in stimulating juxtapositions that illuminate their visual power Authoritative & unbiased Rosenblum's chronicle of photography both chronologically & thematically traces the evolution of this still-young art form Exploring the diverse roles that photography has played in the communication of ideas Rosenblum devotes special attention to topics such as portraiture documentation advertising & photojournalism & to the camera as a means of personal artistic expression The revised fourth edition

Includes:: updates on technical advances as well as a new chapter on contemporary photographers Armed with the expressive vigor of its images this thorough & accessible volume will appeal to all

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A World History of Rubber helps readers understand & gain new insights into the social & cultural contexts of global production & consumption from the nineteenth century to today through the fascinating story of one commodity Divides the coverage into themes of race migration & labor; gender on plantations & in factories; demand & everyday consumption; World Wars & nationalism; & resistance & independence Highlights the interrelatedness of our world long before the age of globalization & the global social inequalities that persist today Discusses key concepts of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries including imperialism industrialization racism & inequality through the lens of rubber Provides an engaging & accessible narrative for all levels that is filled with archival research illustrations & maps ...

Inspire students to enjoy literature while helping them to prepare effectively for the CSEC (R) examination; ensure coverage of all prescribed poems for the revised CSEC (R) English A & English B syllabuses with an anthology that has been compiled with the approval of the Caribbean Examinations Council by Editors who have served as CSEC (R) English panel members ...

The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918 368 pages Schoenpflug Daniel ...

Eats Shoots & Leaves for the internet age As language evolves faster than ever before what is the future of correct' writing? When Emmy Favilla was tasked with creating a styleguide for Buzz Feed she opted for spelling grammar & punctuation guidelines that would reflect how readers actually use language IRL With wry humour & an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of internet-age expression Favilla makes a case for breaking the stuffy rules that have hitherto defined our relationship with language Featuring priceless emoji strings sidebars quizzes & style debates among the most lovable word nerds of the digital media world
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It's all happy ever after in the School for Good & Evil or is it? The second title in the NYT bestselling fantasy adventure series
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Disney takes the classic sci-fi adventure A Wrinkle in Time to the silver screen! With an all-star cast that

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