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Enticing, ethereal photographs from two visionaries who used portraiture as an exploration of the "dream space"Living and working over a century apart, British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and...

"Francesca Albanese, the first woman to serve as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, conveys the soul of a people through ten unforgettable stories of...

Since Spring 2013, Francesca Hornak has been writing a hugely popular column in the Sunday Times Style section, 'History of the World in 100 Modern Objects'. Featuring a different iconic object each...

What if you could learn financial literacy from Warren Buffett himself?Finance is a language like any other: the more fluently you speak it, the further―and more comfortably―you travel. And if you...

Israel's genocide in Palestine and the complicity of powerful Western states is undermining international human rights and the UN system. The United States has imposed sanctions on lawyers, UN...

Exclusive insider interviews with CEOs of Berkshire Hathaway's underlying wholly owned businesses The Warren Buffett CEO captures the essence of Berkshire Hathaway by profiling CEOs who are entrusted...

A biography of the remarkable—and in her time scandalous—seventeenth-century writer Margaret Cavendish, who pioneered the science fiction novel."My ambition is not only to be Empress, but Authoress...

"Thora Grieve finds herself destitute and an outcast after the sudden death of her husband only a few weeks into their marriage, but a glimmer of hope arrives when a family friend offers her spot at...

"With its warm palette and gentle scenes of the worried child being comforted, this book could function as a sequel to Sanna's astounding debut picture book, The Journey, which recounted a family's...

A quirky, indispensable resource packed with tips and advice on how to properly care for your books at home. Have you ever wondered whether the assortment of books you have at home is a "collection"?...

A mysterious young drifter becomes a catalyst in the story of three women--a proud matriarch and her two daughters-in-law--and a solitary art forger-turned-dealer as they struggle to cope with their...

The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece—the Venetian mappa mundi—that revolutionized how we see the world.In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the...

"In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into...

By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this richly illustrated book defines and shows all the major components of the art--from theory, plans, and models to structural elements...

Cristina Martino is 28 and adrift. Underemployed at a university library, she still lives at home with her parents in Turin, in the shadow of her married, affable older sister Elena. One night, as...

"Bibliography: A history of Leonardo da Vinci's interest in optical science and its influence on his art"--

In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism—traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation—death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize...