This fundamental resource for all textile and fashion designers explores over 70 production techniques and over 60 materials used in textile and fashion design. Organized into four main parts Fibre...
Based on the proven techniques of the national Debtors Anonymous program, thousands of people have used Mundis' book to get themselves out of debt--and stay that way. With updated information...
Der Band untersucht das OEuvre Ostades erstmals unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Komik. Es wird dabei in Bezug gesetzt zur Kultur des Komischen im 17. Jahrhundert im Bereich der Literatur und der...
Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds...
The second volume of the new series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses points out the roots of the concept of "human rights" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the...
The classic on the universal laws of business success, completely revised and updated for today's leadersCompletely rewritten for today's business world, What the CEO Wants You to Know,...
From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the...
WONDER IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder-the book that inspired...
How can insights from Construction Grammar (CxG) be applied to foreign language learning (FLL) and foreign language teaching (FLT)? This volume explores several aspects of Pedagogical Construction...
In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets...
The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and...
Die Entwicklung europäischer Friedensprozesse ist für die Frühe Neuzeit ebenso bezeichnend wie die Allgegenwärtigkeit kriegerischer Konflikte: Über 2000 zwischen- bzw. Binnenstaatliche...
Matthew Brensilver, JoAnna Hardy and Oren Jay Sofer provide a powerful guide to help teachers master the essential competencies needed to successfully share mindfulness practices with teens and...
This book provides an in-depth insight of different multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques, with particular enphasis to their application. Among others, techniques such as Analytic...
Gut 50 Jahre sind vergangen, seit Richard P. Feynman die einführenden Physik-Vorlesungen hielt, aus denen die drei Bände der "Feynman- Vorlesungen über Physik" entstanden sind.
The essential illustrated guide to the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome, vividly retelling their stories and exploring their origins. Who were the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece...
Tea culture in Europe?! - Yes, indeed! This book is the first presenting hospitality embraced żeby tea culture: fascinating tea ceremonies, impressive tea china and, comfortable tea houses as well...
A lively collection of the personal sketchbooks of over seventy of the most influential and independently minded illustrators and typographers working today.
A study in the CELTIC DESIGN series of all the simplest forms of Celtic design, with instructions on how to draw and decorate letters in an authentic Celtic style as well as how to create...
Patricia Rieff Anawalt probes deeply into the significance and meaning of shamanic practices in Northeast Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, and also points up the intriguing differences in the...
Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred by the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did...