Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. Best known for the pivotal role he played in the development of British Pop Art, most famously the design of the "Beatles"' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album sleeve, Blake has never stopped working and exhibiting and su[...]
This beautifully illustrated book follows the late Sir Peter Blake on his ill-fated voyage. It tracks the legendary yachtsman/adventurer as he takes the polar exploration yacht Seamaster to the environmental pulse points of the planet. The voyage began in New Zealand and reached the icy waters of An[...]
A biography of William Blake who was a poet, painter, engraver and visionary.
Walter Potter (1835-1918), a country taxidermist of no great expertise, became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs and a bewildering assortment of curios. Closed in the '70s, the museum was variously[...]
The author, an experienced yachting writer and a close friend, traces Blake's extraordinary life--from the small boy crazy about the sea to the rigors of ocean racing and the high drama of the America's Cup and its controversial aftermath, to the decision to devote his life to saving the world's oce[...]
This Tate Publishing Modern Artists monograph looks at the career of the British artist Peter Blake. It examines his use of collage, influences on his work and his reputation as a "father of pop", so crowned in the 1950s and 60s for his use of popular culture icons in his work.[...]
In this book, Peter Blake articulates his clinical practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy. A clear conceptual framework and historical context is provided for the work. The book is then structured to follow the therapeutic process, from assessment (referral and initial interview, individual [...]
This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure analysis and provides the necessary conceptual framework for understanding and applying the technique. Many worked examples, problems with answers, and illustrations are included throughout to reinforce the material presented. Significa[...]
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page won't make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them. Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to[...]
EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS HAPPENS ONLY ONCE.
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them.
It's ea[...]
EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS HAPPENS ONLY ONCE.
The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them.
It's ea[...]
"While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold... I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices, as but few civilized persons have ever been called to endure."In June of 1871[...]
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Complete summary of Peter Thiel and Blake Masters' book: "e;Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future"e;This summary of ideas from Peter Thiel and Blake Masters' book "e;Zero To One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future"e; shows how many companies believe th[...]