In 1953 Alexander Koch published his book 'Neuzeitliche Leuchten'. Nowadays Koch's then selection of lighting by international designers and manufacturers seems truly visionary. He presents a spectrum of diverse designs, whose origins lay not only in the addition of basic geometrical shapes as with [...]
Chicago has long captured global imagination as a place of tall, shining buildings rising from the fog, the playground for many great architects - from Mies van der Rohe to Frank Lloyd Wright - and a surprising epicentre for modern construction and building techniques. 'Chicagoisms' brings together [...]
"The Essence of Things" investigates the motifs and motivations of reduction in design, particularly industrial design. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, it considers the importance of technological and economic conditions, as well as the dialogue between design and art and the chan[...]
This is the tragicomic story of a successful young architect, Fyodor, the reluctant single father of an adolescent son with Down syndrome. The son is a terrible embarrassment to Fyodor, who relies on his own parents to take care of him. Fyodor has fraught relationship with them as well. But then a f[...]
Precious Ramotswe, som senere skal bli den berømte detektiven fra Damenes detektivbyrå nr. 1, løser her sin første sak. Noen stjeler mat fra vennene hennes. Precious vil finne ut hvem, og hvordan hun kan unngå at mistanken faller på feil person.[...]
Denne boken gir en helhetlig presentasjon av hvordan vi kan forstå musikkrelaterte bevegelser. Forfatteren viser hvordan man kan studere slike bevegelser med utgangspunkt i et tverrfaglig teorigrunnlag. Det gis en innføring både i kvalitative og kvantitative metoder som brukes i forskningen innen[...]
La esplendida biografia de Alexander von Humboldt, el heroe perdido de la ciencia y padre de la ecologia.
La invencion de la naturaleza revela la extraordinaria vida del visionario naturalista aleman Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) y como creo una nueva forma de entender la naturaleza.
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We live in an ever-changing world, where people with different interests and goals have to deal with an unpredictable future. In this world, everybody is solving problems every day. But especially when problems become highly complex, how do you know you are solving the problem you or your client are[...]
Continuing the story of "The Bronze Horseman", this novel follows Tatiana and Alexander into the latter half of the 20th century. Alexander has made the ultimate sacrifice for Tatiana and as he continues to live in destitute Communist Russia, Tatiana begins a new life in New York.[...]
'Stuart does not like the manuscript. He's after a bestseller, "like what Tom Clancy writes". "But you are not an assassin trying to frazzle the president with anthrax bombs," I point out. You are an ex-homeless, ex-junkie psychopath, I do not add.'[...]
An intimate portrait of an everyday genius. Alexander Masters tripped over his first subject on a Cambridge pavement, and the result was the multi-award-winning bestseller Stuart: A Life Backwards. The second, he's found under his floorboards. One of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twenti[...]
From the author of 'Stuart: A Life Backwards'; a warm and witty portrait of a harmless, eccentric, bona fide genius. Alexander Master's landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bags, Simon eats endless meals o[...]
Non stop adventure and death defying chases in Will Adam's outstanding debut novel. It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, and Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be, placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each packed with diamonds, rubies and gold. This was how he sh[...]
"I've told you before, and I will tell you again, if you are unable to read the Holy Book you will be punished." The teacher's face was a mask of anger. "Understand?" Born in 1975 in the UK to a Pakistani father and an English mother, Alexander Khan spent his early years as a Muslim in the north of [...]
Distressed over the current widespread disinterest inmatrimony among their eminently marriageable offspring, the formidable matriarchs of the ton have taken matters into their own meddling hands with the formation of The Ladies' Society for the Betterment of the Future of Britain. Their first challe[...]