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Maiolica Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: HB: 9781588395610, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2016
392 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 365 colour illus.
The brightly colored tin-enameled earthenware called maiolica was among the major accomplishments of decorative arts in 16th-century Italy. This in-depth look at the history of maiolica, told through 140 exemplary pieces from the world-class collecti...
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£50,00
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Green State in Africa
ISBN: HB: 9780300215830, Yale University Press, September 2016
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 18 black&white illus.
A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure and famine to longer-term concerns about sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, and biodivers...
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£30,00
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Pevsner's Architectural Glossary
ISBN: HB: 9780300223682, Yale University Press, September 2016
144 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 32 colour illus., 144 black&white illus.
With even more entries and more vocabulary words, this second edition of "Pevsner's Architectural Glossary" covers the complete range of technical terms used in the storied guides. Pevsner's famous designations E. E. and Perp. are among the terms cle...
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£16,99
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Intelligence in the Flesh Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than it Thinks
ISBN: PB: 9780300223477, Yale University Press, September 2016
344 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
An enthralling exploration that upends the prevailing view of consciousness and demonstrates how intelligence is literally embedded in the palms of our hands If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the su...
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£12,99
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Album Picabia
ISBN: PB: 9780300225563, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, September 2016
224 pp., 29.8x22.9 cm, 220 colour and black&white illus.
Album Picabia is an inspiring, artistic chronicle of Francis Picabia's life (1879-1953) as seen through the eyes of his last wife and creative protegee, Olga Mohler Picabia. Begun in 1936, four years before their marriage, and left unfinished in 1951...
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As Essential as Dreams Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Stephanie and John Smither
ISBN: HB: 9780300218411, Yale University Press, September 2016
112 pp., 24.8x29.2 cm, 114 colour illus.
This stunning book examines the collection of works by self-taught artists assembled by Stephanie and John Smither over the last thirty-odd years. A team of prominent curators, writers, critics, and art historians focuses on key works by twelve artis...
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£30,00
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Land is Full Addressing Overpopulation in Israel
ISBN: HB: 9780300216882, Yale University Press, September 2016
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 37 black&white illus.
An assessment of how Israel's extraordinary population growth undermines the country's environment, social equity, and quality of life – and what must be done about it During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to e...
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£30,00
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Spartan Regime Its Character, Origins, and Grand Strategy
ISBN: HB: 9780300219012, Yale University Press, September 2016
232 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 7 black&white illus.
An authoritative and refreshingly original consideration of the government and culture of ancient Sparta and her place in Greek history. For centuries, ancient Sparta has been glorified in song, fiction, and popular art. Yet the true nature of a civi...
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£25,00
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Henry V The Conscience of a King
ISBN: HB: 9780300148732, Yale University Press, September 2016
328 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.
More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects' welfare Shakespeare's centuries-old portrayal of Henry V established the king's reputa...
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Rise of Thomas Cromwell Power and Politics in the Reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534
ISBN: PB: 9780300223514, ISBN: HB: 9780300207422, Yale University Press, September 2016
376 pp., 22.9x14.4 cm, 16 black&white illus.
How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell's early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VII...
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