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GRAY MOUNTAIN
9781846684364
By JOHN GRISHAM Hardback
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalisation of Democracy
The Great Recession of 2008 left many young professionals out of work. Samantha Kofer was a third year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City’s largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid clinic deep in small town Appalachia. There, for the first time in her career, she was confronted with real clients with real problems. She also stumbled across secrets that should have remained buried deep in the mountains forever.
By Francis FUKUYAMA Hardback
In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second installment of his definitive account of mankind’s emergence as a political animal. This is the story of how state, law and democracy developed after these cataclysmic events, how the modern landscape - with its uneasy tension between dictatorships and liberal democracies - evolved and how in the United States and in other developed democracies, unmistakable signs of decay have emerged.
9781447254126
Vivienne Westwood By VIVIENNE WESTWOOD & IAN KELLY Hardback
The authorized life story of Dame Vivienne Westwood, told for the first time. Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age; fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true living legend. This is her story. Told for the first time in all its glamour and glory and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty: ‘The living deserve respect. The dead deserve the truth; Ian and I are working together on this and I am excited that this will be my story, the story nobody ever did before.’
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LEAVING TIME By JODI PICOULT Trade Paperback
Jenna Metcalf was with her mother the night she disappeared in tragic and mysterious circumstances, but she remembers nothing. Over ten years have passed, and still Jenna reads and rereads her mother’s journals, hoping to find some clue hidden there, in the meticulous recording of her scientific research with elephants. Desperate for answers, Jenna uses all her savings to recruit the aid of a private detective - and a psychic. Jenna knows her mother loved her. She knows she would not leave her. And she will not rest until she finds out what happened that night.
9781594633577
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
9780007501779
By STEVEN JOHNSON Trade Paperback
THE YEAR I MET YOU By CECELIA AHERN Trade Paperback
In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Accompanied by a major six-part television series on BBC, ABC, and PBS, How We Got to Now is the story of collaborative networks building the modern world, written in the provocative, informative, and engaging style that has earned Johnson fans around the globe.
leisure & lifestyle
Jasmine knows two things: one, she loves her sister unconditionally. Two, she’s really been good at her job. So when she’s sacked and sent on gardening leave, Jasmine has nothing else to fill her life. Bored and twitchy, insomnia keeps her awake and staring out of her bedroom window, and she finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, Matt... Matt is also taking a forced leave of absence from work, after one of his controversial chat shows went too far in a discussion on disabled rights...Jasmine has every reason to dislike Matt, and the feeling appears to be mutual. But not everything is as it seems, and soon Jasmine and Matt are forced to think again.
children’s book
9783899555370
THE MONOCLE GUIDE TO GOOD BUSINESS
By THE MONOCLE Hardback
The Monocle Guide to Good Business is a book for would-be business leaders, start-ups, and established companies that feel it’s time for some new ideas. It’s a book made to be used. Write in its margins and turn over the corners of its pages. But don’t expect management speak or miracles for untold riches. This is not a book about staging a revolution. Rather, this is a book about doing things well—from how you run the show to the pens you buy. And even about taking your dog to work.
THE TRAIN BOOK
The Train Book traces the history and role of trains from the first steam engines to diesel engines and then to today’s high-speed bullet trains. You’ll take a journey through the most important trains of each period and see iconic trains such as the Orient Express, the Fairy Queen, the Mallard and the Javelin in incredible detail, discovering the anatomy of these legendary engines. The book gives you a truly international view of trains, exploring some of the world’s most impressive rail routes from South Africa to Siberia, including the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and the high-speed Japanese Tokaido Shinkansen line.
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9781612680460 SECOND CHANCE: FOR YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE By ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI Trade Paperback
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โดย ริชาร์ด แบรนสัน ปกอ่อน
ฮาร์ด ชอยซ์ (Hard Choices)
9780007427925 Knowledge is Beautiful By DAVID MCCANDLESS Hardback
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MARY BERRY COOKS THE PERFECT By MARY BERRY Hardback
Find out how Mary Berry cooks her recipes to perfection Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect features over 100 exciting new recipes. For each recipe Mary identifies the crucial part to get right to guarantee best results, and then demonstrates it with step-by-step instructions. She reveals the secret to crisp pork crackling or melt-in-the-mouth salmon, how to bake a feather-light cake, or the key to a super-crunchy crumble topping. Imagine Mary is in your kitchen with you, saying “watch out for this bit” or “keep an eye on that”, while also sharing many of the techniques that she honed over the years.
What has it been like for them? What did they really think of each other when they first met? What inspires their song-writing? How do they handle life on the road and long breaks away from those they care about and love? And what do they think is next for them as a band who have achieved so much so quickly? Beautifully produced and filled with never-before-seen snaps, drawings and notes taking you behind the scenes of the creation of their music, their tours and their incredible friendship, One Direction are ready to lay themselves bare in a way we’ve never seen before.
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โมเดลธุรกิจของคุณ (BUSINESS MODEL YOU) 9781848774247 SOUNDS OF THE WILD: ANIMALS Hardback
หนังสือเล่มนี้ จะช่วยให้คุณสามารถกำ�หนด ปรับปรุง และสร้าง “โมเดลธุรกิจ ส่วนตัว” ของคุณเองได้ โดยช่วยให้คุณสามารถนำ�จุดแข็งและความสามารถที่ มีอยู่มาพัฒนาเพื่อให้คุณมีความก้าวหน้าทั้งในแง่ชีวิตส่วนตัวและหน้าที่การงาน โมเดลธุรกิจเป็นตรรกะที่จะช่วยให้คุณค้นหาศักยภาพของตัวเอง รู้จักตัวเอง และ ดึงศักยภาพเหล่านั้นออกมาเพื่อสร้างงานที่ให้ความสุขและสร้างรายได้
By RICK RIODAN Trade Paperback
Though the Greek and Roman crew members of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen - all of them - and they’re stronger than ever. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea’s army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over ...
This engaging and informative guide to the galaxy, the planets, and the universe brings the incredible experience of a visit to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum into the pages of a fun and fantastic book. Smithsonian Discover: Space is organized as a virtual trip through outer space, starting at the edges of the expanding universe, continuing into the spiral Milky Way galaxy, then arriving in our solar system to explore each planet in turn. There are 12 solar system fact cards, a large double-sided poster, and glow-in-the-dark stars and planets to turn their rooms into a sparkling space scene.
9780749472726
THE BUSINESS OF WINNING
By MARK GALLAGHER Paperback
The definitive new guide on Thai food for home cooking, New Thai Food celebrates the delicious and unique cuisine with a focus on the essential balance between the sweet and sour, salty and bitter. From old faves to new creations, Martin Boetz’s collection of Thai cooking is full of freshness and flavour.
9781455548040
GOOD LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS
Formula 1 is a microcosm of global businesses. To be successful in it requires strong skills; leadership, vision, communication, as well as the ability to design, manufacture, develop and bring to market a constantly improving high technology product, working to immoveable deadlines with hundreds of suppliers, demanding customers. This book is the one stop management guide seen through the perspective of the high-profile, high-pressure world of Formula 1 and based on hard-won experience; practical examples and accounts of how owners, drivers, teams, technicians and sponsors deal with the full range of management questions and issues they face every day.
By JOHN C MAXWELL Trade Paperback
9786167800431
SMALL MEDIUM HOUSES 2 Hardback The house remains the key building type that constantly throws up fresh and original ideas for architecture. It reflects the urge to experiment and innovate, which produces works that become a never-ending source of inspiration. 2 compiles 30 houses in Thailand and acts as a follow-up to the first volume published in 2013. The represented works are highly varied in their context, from the city center to the suburb, the outskirt of the city to the provinces and include main homes, holiday homes, home offices and renovations.
By DENISE BAGGETT Hardback
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โดย OSTERWALDER & CLARK ปกอ่อน 9781743600658 LONELY PLANET: THE WORLD Paperback
SMITHSONIAN DISCOVER: SPACE
By MARTIN BOETZ Hardback
9781780974835 THE OFFICIAL LIVERPOOL FC ILLUSTRATED HISTORY By JEFF ANDERSON Hardback
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HEROES OF OLYMPUS #5: THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS
NEW THAI FOOD: RECIPES FOR HOME
9780789212023 WRISTWATCH ANNUAL 2015 By PETER BRAUN Paperback
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9780593073704 FOR VALOUR By ANDY MCNAB Trade Paperback
9781484721834
One Direction: Who We Are By ONE DIRECTION Hardback
9781409347965 By DORLING KINDERSLEY Hardback
9780007577316
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LONELY PLANET: BANGKOK (11TH ED.) Paperback Lonely Planet Bangkok is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit a hidden market, take a boat trip and stroll around Banglamphu; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Bangkok and begin your journey now!
In GOOD LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, John C. Maxwell delves into the process of becoming a successful leader by examining how questions can be used to advantage. What are the questions leaders should ask themselves? What questions should they ask members of their team? This book is a thorough, insightful response to those readers and anyone who feels they have plateaued on their journey to develop their ultimate potential. Every leader has room to grow, and the advice in these pages will help readers assess their current position, and structure an effective plan to achieve their goals.
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GROWTH HACKER MARKETING By RYAN HOLIDAY Paperback
A new generation of megabrands like Facebook, Dropbox, Airbnb, and Twitter haven’t spent a dime on traditional marketing. No press releases, no TV commercials, no billboards. Instead, they rely on a new strategy—growth hacking—to reach many more people despite modest marketing budgets. Growth hackers have thrown out the old playbook and replaced it with tools that are testable, trackable, and scalable. They believe that products and businesses should be modified repeatedly until they’re primed to generate explosive reactions.
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NEW ARRIVALS
street mode
9780991181216 9783037681725
TOWNHOUSE DESIGN: URBAN LAYERED LIVING By CHRIS VAN UFFELEN Hardback
9788415829645
MICRO APARTMENTS FOR LIVING
Contemporary adaptations of the traditional narrow and multi-storied residential buildings of London and New York for example, townhouses are the embodiment of this renaissance of urban living. This home type allows its inhabitants to fully enjoy urban life with all its possibilities but also to withdraw from it just like in a single-family house.
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By FRANCESC ZAMORA MOLA Hardback City-living can present certain limitations. However, in this book, architects overcome the challenge of building unique homes in the middle of a sea of houses. They create space where it is a scarce commodity. They scale the walls lining any given street in order to create a singular abode. They preserve a sense of intimacy, despite being wall to wall with so many other people’s homes.
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Dallas Modern is a beautifully photographed, handsomely designed and superbly reproduced hardcover book featuring 20 private homes in “Big D” that represent the talents of internationally renowned architects and revered Texas regionalist architects alike. Defying stereotypical attitudes about modern design, the homes reveal private spaces, ranging from intimate, small-scaled dwellings to sprawling, grand opera-sized estates that illuminate the style, comfort and charm often accompanied by spectacular natural settings.
978-981-4523-48-6 672 pages HB with jacket
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SUPERLIGHT: LIGHTNESS IN CONTEMPORARY HOMES
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This book has led developers to search for unique and innovative ways to optimize available space to create a living environment that is both practical and stylish, but doesn’t feel cramped. This volume brings together a superb collection of projects showcasing current trends from around the world for apartments and houses ranging from around 400 to 800 square feet.
DALLAS MODERN
978-981-4523-48-6 672 pages HB with jacket
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By PHYLLIS RICHARDSON Hardback
HOUSES NOW: MATERIAL STYLE Houses Now: Material Style is a chic, modern book that showcases an eclectic range of contemporary homes, designed by an impressive selection of architects. Honing in on the variety and quality of materials used, Houses Now also explores the finer details of architectural styles from across the globe from suburban masterpieces and sprawling country homes, to sleek city residences and breathtaking beach houses. These houses demonstrate that, when it comes to residential design, there are few limits.
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While architects have always sought to liberate architecture from its solid foundations through the use of new materials and spatial reconfigurations, climate change, new materials and restricted land use have given new impetus to finding lightweight solutions for our homes. Superlight houses combine two strands of thinking: that lightweight buildings have less impact on their environments, and that this lightness (visually, materially, ecologically) can lead to more open living and greater communion with their surroundings. Each of the 41 houses presented here is shown through photographs, plans and lucid explanations.
By SABITA NAHESWARAN Hardback
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9780500544402
ASIAN STREET FASHION By JAMES BENT Paperback
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An inspiring visual journey through the fashions to be found on the streets of Asia, where young fashionistas are pushing the boundaries to make bold statements that scream individuality and yet are born out of assured traditions. In 280 carefully selected photographs, the culmination of several years of travelling throughout Asia in pursuit of the most innovative styles, James Bent gives a rare insight into this underexposed fashion scene.
978-981-4523-43-1 280 pages HB
N E W A R R I VA L S - PA G E O N E - N E W A R R I VA L S - PA G E O N E - N E W A R R I VA L S - PA G E O N E - N E W A R R I VA L S - PA G E O N E - N E W A R R I VA L S - PA G E O N E -
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urban living
The ARt 9781579129651
THE LOUVRE ART DECK: 150 PAINTINGS FROM THE WORLDRENOWNED MUSEUM
9781780671772
DRAWING FOR INTERIOR DESIGN (2ND ED.)
By DENNA JONES Paperback
From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.
By PAUL BARTON Hardback with CD 9781780671758
DETAIL IN CONTEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE 2 By PHILIPS & YAMASHITA Hardback with CD
IDEA VISUALISATION
THE VATICAN ART DECK: ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES
9783037681732
By NICK DUNN Paperback
DETAIL IN CONTEMPORARY STAIRCASE DESIGN
By CHRIS HART Paperback
9781579129804
ARCHITECTURAL MODELMAKING (2ND ED.)
ARCHITECTURE: THE WHOLE STORY
FIGURE IT OUT: HUMAN PROPORTIONS: DRAW THE HEAD AND FIGURE RIGHT EVERY TIME
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By DREW PLUNKETT Paperback
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The Fundamental
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COFFEE SHOP By MINAS KOSMIDIS Hardback
Coffee shops provide a leisure and comfortable feeling, which enable people to relax once they walk in them. Having a rest in a simple and elegant coffee shop can satisfy your heart, set free your mind and relax your eyes. This book selects some cases of coffee shops by excellent designers all over the world. Through fine pictures, detailed technical drawings and informative texts, it shows characteristics and future development of coffee shops. As a valuable reference, designers, coffee shop owners and readers who are interested in coffee shop design will all draw inspiration from this book.
By SIBYLLE KRAMER Hardback
9781592539895
DRAW 500 THINGS FROM NATURE
By RICARD FERRER Hardback
9781592539901
This book tries to approach the furniture industry’s reality using the form of a collage. It includes traditional and new methods that define the job of a designer specialized in furniture, also, it enlightens the development process and the current’s market referent products.
By ELOISE RENOUF Paperback
9781781572054
THE 1000 DOT-TO-DOT BOOK: MASTERPIECES By THOMAS PAVITTE Paperback
IDEA VISUALISATION
SKETCHING & DRAWING: TECHNIQUES FOR PRODUCT AND FURNITURE DESIGNERS
By ANJA GREBE Paperback
THE BOX: ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS WITH CONTAINERS Shipping containers are the most conspicuous symbol of the globalized world economy. They are robust, standardized, inexpensive, universally available, and quickly assembled. Whether as single units, piled on top of each other, or placed in a row, covered or cut open - contemporary architecture uses containers as extremely versatile elements for a great variety of contexts. Their esthetic of practicality accommodates minimalistic temporary solutions, experimental design concepts, as well as highly demanding and complex building structures. The contemporary projects presented in this volume showcase the many functional and creative faces of the utilization of containers.
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DRAW 500 AWESOME ANIMALS By JULIA KUO Paperback
IDEA VISUALISATION
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COLOR MATTERS: BRANDING & IDENTITY Hardback
Colour has always been emphasised and highly valued in brand design because of its significant role in visual effects, psychological impact, brand character, and other properties of branding. Color Matters - Branding & Identity is a vibrant exploration of the subject of colour in branding, with more than 100 works including corporate promotions, events, meetings, individual projects and more. The works featured in this book express the dynamic possibilities of visual language through the careful application of colour, and illustrates how it can be used in various ways.
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RAW DATA: INFOGRAPHIC DESIGNERS’ SKETCHBOOKS By HELLER & LANDERS Hardback
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CREATIVE BAGS Hardback
Bags can take many forms from grocery and shopping bags to totes and purses. While the retail variety is undergoing a conscientious upheaval as environmental considerations question the notion of disposable, reuse is the growing trend. Along with brand considerations, this leads to new opportunities for revitalization, from portraying a companys products, or mission in a creative way to exploring new materials. Creative Bags captures an incredible array of bag designs for all occasions in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and materials including: paper, fabric, wood, Tyvek and even glass. The results are amazing.
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CREATIVE BUSINESS CARDS Hardback
Business cards are a statement of identity. Capable of conveying much more than contact information, they represent the creativity or style of a company in a very portable format. One way to achieve the noteworthy is the through the use of interactive features. Others include the use of color, unusual shapes, or innovative materials such as wood, stainless steel and even temperature sensitive paper. Judging by the brilliant designs contained in this collection, the business card is here to stay!
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ILLUSTRATION NOW! 5
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By JULIUS WIEDEMANN Paperback
WAY OF THE SIGN IV (2VOL. / SET)
A stimulating mix of established master draftsmen and neophytes, working in a vast range of techniques, this Illustration Now! Vol. 5 features 150 illustrators from over 30 countries, including illustration duo Craig&Karl, reportage artist Sue Coe, upcoming Agata Nowicka, old master James McMullan and Syrian artist Youssef Abdelké. The spread includes personal work, as well as high-profile projects for clients such as Nike, The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, Google or Time magazine.
Signs are an integral part of the graphic urban landscape. Signs are multi-functional, an essential means to relaying information, instructions, identity; they are the visual medium used to map our public space. The sign design projects in this book have been collected from around the world and will provide a valuable resource for professional graphic designers, town planners, architects and facility managers.
By MO TINGLI Hardback
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Drawing is the essential tool in the making of a piece of furniture. Free-Hand sketches or drafts continue to be the starting points that capture the magical moment of confluence with the idea, where a line begins its long path until it becomes a new product.
When the proportions are right, the drawing looks right! Most artists whose work features the human head and figure don’t have the time or opportunity to draw directly from models, so it’s essential that they acquire the skills and tools to draw them accurately without using direct reference. This book helps beginners can quick-check the proportions of their head and figure drawings, identify errors and swiftly fix mistakes. Richly illustrated with drawings from various angles, includes step-by-step demonstrations and lessons that lead readers through the process.
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THE EXCEPTIONALLY SIMPLE THEORY OF SKETCHING By GEORGE HLAVACS Paperback
The book provides you with a very short course, which does not teach you all the details and techniques of sketching, as they are elaborately covered in our other sketching books, but will teach you in a very simple way how to make your sketches look beautiful. Inserted in the front cover are 14 practice sheets on thick paper for the reader to practice with adding shadows to basic shapes.