Founded as a boutique mail-order service in 1963, Biba - the brainchild of designer Barbara Hulanicki - quickly gained cult status, and outgrew several London premises before landing at 99 - 117 Kensington High Street in 1973 as 'Big Biba', 'the most beautiful store in the world'. This book tell[...]

This book helps you discover the amazing world of snakes, crocodiles, lizards and turtles, with over 700 photographs and illustrations. Exciting and accessible information provides a fascinating insight into every aspect of reptilian life. Fabulous wildlife photographs and illustrations show a repti[...]

With compassion and compelling insight, the Pleiadians, those system-busting time-travelers from the future, take us on a journey through the uncharted lands of "The Book of Earth," which comprises all human experience. While "our world goes belly-up in these most absurd of times, " they offer us "t[...]

How can something that looks so intricate be so simple to create? With nothing more than a needle and thread, this practical and entertaining volume shows readers how to make these incredible temari balls in dozens of colours and patterns. "Japanese Temari" features 26 stunning designs - each with s[...]

In German, composition is an especially productive pattern of word formation. This volume fills a gap in scholarship by providing a comprehensive description and discussion of composition in German in the context of current research. Special attention is devoted to current issues and opportunitiesfo[...]

The quintessential California Modernist "The continual refinement of human knowledge of the body and soul came to be one and the same thing for me, and the architecture of human living space its most necessary application and valuation." - Richard Neutra Born and raised in Vienna, Richard Neutra (18[...]

Nord-Korea er et av de mest hemmelighetsfulle land i verden i dag. Journalisten Barbara Demick tar oss med inn i et samfunn få kjenner og viser hvordan det er å leve i dette undertrykkende og totalitære regimet. I Mørkets rike følger vi livet til seks nordkoreanere over en periode på 15 år. D[...]

Smultronbett är berättelsen om en kvinnas fall. Molly Swartling lever ett behagligt liv: toppinredd villa, två barn, mannen känd dirigent och själv är hon cellist i Konserthallen. Men när hon en dag hittar en lapp i brevlådan betitlad MEDELÅLDERSKRISEN påminns hon i ett slag om sitt livs f[...]

The first of several volumes analyzing data from a Europe-wide study of the academic professions, this book comprises in-depth literature reviews based on the project s threefold thematic focus on governance, professionalization, and academic careers.[...]

As a tall lanky 17-year-old, Katie wanted to be an actress. One day, returning to collect some forgotten books, Katie finds that one of her friends has been raped and murdered. Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy.[...]

With an intricate new slipcase and binding, this pocket-sized white Bible is designed to be a gift for any special occasion, including confirmation, weddings or first communion. The full text of the authorized "King James Version Bible", with all its poetic grandeur is presented in this Bible.[...]

The powerful new timeslip novel from the worldwide bestselling author of Lady in Hay, in which the fate of a young woman becomes entwined with the extraordinary history of a Celtic princess.[...]