'As an artist I produce a visual journal for most of my works. The journal for After the Rain became my tool for communicating with artists, highlighting the immersive potential of the exhibition spaces, and encouraging artists to utilise these fully.
As the first artist-led Triennial, thinking and working differently was important. The journal was a visual medium to express ideas, and the publication grew from that, becoming a deeper exploration and reflection of the exhibition.'
Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinji/Kuku-Yalanji peoples
After the Rain documents the creative processes of 10 contemporary art projects commissioned for the National Gallery of Australia's major recurrent exhibition dedicated to First Nations art and artists in Australia the National Indigenous Art Triennial.
Edited by the Triennial's Artistic Director Tony Albert and long-time collaborator Sally Brand, the publication shares stories of artistic collaborations, longstanding friendships and generational practices from Erub, the most north-eastern island in Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait, to Ntaria/Hermannsburg in Central Australia and Naarm/Narrm/Melbourne.
Alongside artist profiles, the publication includes commissioned essays addressing legacies, identities and climate change by contributing First Nations writers Bruce Johnson McLean, Jilda Andrews, Daniel Browning and Yessie Mosby. Original portraits of the exhibition's artists by the celebrated Western Aranda painter Vincent Namatjira punctuate a vibrantly illustrated publication.
The publication is accompanied by a pull-out map created by Tony Albert showcasing his travels across Australia to meet with artists and their communities.
After the Rain invites readers to engage with First Nations art and artists and acknowledge and celebrate the cultural warriors of the past, present and future.
]]>Albert is acknowledged industry wide as a valued ambassador for Indigenous community and culture. He was recently announced as the inaugural Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain First Nations Curatorial Fellow. He is the first Indigenous Trustee for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, a member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Indigenous advisory, a board member forthe City of Sydney's Public Art Panel and member of the Art & Place Board at the Queensland Children's Hospital and in January 2023 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Griffith University for his significant contribution to the arts.
Sally Brand is Coordinator, National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia, a role that builds upon a long-standing professional relationship with Artistic Director Tony Albert.
]]>What drives someone to commit the unthinkable? In Running Amok, forensic psychiatrist Paul E. Mullen burrows into the minds of mass murderers to learn how and why they become spectres haunting modern communities.
Drawing on decades of experience assessing killers such as the perpetrator of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Australia, Mullen examines the key forces that unite them: obsessive rage, personal grievance, fascination with weapons and a quest for infamy often culminating in suicide. Mullen reveals these killers not as incomprehensible monsters, but as deeply disturbed individuals shaped by knowable forces. Crucially, he offers guidance on recognising warning signs and improving threat assessment. He also explores the corrosive role of media sensationalism, which fuels grandiose fantasies and inspires copycat violence.
Running Amok is both a searing investigation into mass murder and a call to action, urging society to confront these dark realities and prevent the next horror.
'A fascinating book into which Mullen crams decades of knowledge...enlightening.' The Spectator
'A devastating compendium of mass killings.' The Telegraph
]]>This book blends Aboriginal knowledge and Western science to uncover the rich natural history, biology and conservation of eucalypts. It explores their evolution, cultural significance and surprising roles in modern life, offering insights into sustainable ways to coexist with these remarkable trees. Featuring stunning photographs from fifty years of fieldwork, this is the first comprehensive review of Aboriginal eucalypt wisdom, paired with cutting-edge scientific discoveries.
'Having experienced Eucalyptus trees in their native Australian haunts, I fell in love with them and was intrigued by their diversity and beauty. This book on Eucalyptus provides the reader with a unique experience: wonderful descriptions of these amazing trees and bountiful information on their uses and cultural significance that are so important in the lives of Australian Aborigines. I enjoyed Stephen D. Hopper's book immensely and highly recommend it to anyone interested in Australia and plants.' Mark W. Chase, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
]]>Greenland is no ordinary island. From its discovery by Norsemen to its contemporary strategic significance, it has been a frontier for human exploration and empire, today emerging as a facilitator of geoeconomic competition. This book delves into the rich history and complex politics of Greenland, revealing how this icy expanse has shaped and been shaped by the world.
This short history begins with the Vikings, whose mysterious disappearance from Greenland in the 1400s remains one of history's great puzzles. It then explores the island's gradual transformation from a Danish possession to an autonomous territory, charting its role during the World Wars and its strategic importance during the Cold War.
Greenland finds itself at the centre of a renewed 'great game', balancing transatlantic ties, rising Chinese influence, and mounting domestic pressures for independence. And that's before President Trump's agenda is factored in.
Starting from Trump's plan to purchase Greenland, Elizabeth Buchanan dissects the island's contemporary role and poses four provocative scenarios for its future from full independence to an icy geopolitical standoff with Denmark.So You Want to Own Greenland? is an essential read for anyone curious about the future of this frozen frontier and its place on the global stage.
]]>This lively correspondence between celebrated poet Gwen Harwood and renowned composer Larry Sitsky, covering their creation of a series of acclaimed and at times controversial operas, gives an insight into a unique collaboration between two highly gifted Australian artists in the second half of the twentieth century. It brings to life the formation of six groundbreaking operatic works while giving a fascinating glimpse into the very different lives of two important Australian cultural figures.
Introduced by acclaimed biographer and scholar Ann-Marie Priest, these letters, collected together for the first time, reveal a dynamic creative partnership. Each chapter charts the development of a different work and offers historical and biographical context. The portrait that emerges is compelling, propulsive and illuminating, as the tensions and emerging affinities between the two artists set the stage for the creation of great works.
Praise for My Tongue is My Own
'Gwen Harwood, that excellent poet and critic, deserves a sympathetic and lively biography. Ann-Marie Priest, to her credit, has just written that book.' - Ann Blainey, winner of 2009 National Biography Award
'This is a big book but it is a genuine thrill to read, a page-turner and a classic expression of the biographical form. It's an astonishing achievement.' - Rick Morton
'A fearless, fascinating account of rule breakers, rule makers and rule enforcers.' - Laura Jean McKay
'Priest gives us the full complexity of the different faces in what seems sometimes to have been a darkly revelatory mirror.' - Peter Craven, Spectator Australia
'...essential reading for anyone interested in Australian poetry and/or the situation endured by creative women before our allegedly more enlightened times.' - The Canberra Times
'An accessible account of Harwood's life, often filtered through and framed by an examination of Harwood's complex relationships.' - The Conversation
'Ann-Marie Priest has captured completely the sprite-like nature of one of Australia's finest poets ...Through these pages, the great poet feels so alive.' - Judges' comments, National Biography Award
'Read this meticulous biography with Harwood's poetry in hand, and chase down every poem that Priest cites.' - The Sydney Morning Herald
'Gwen Harwood's life story shows the familiar tension felt by a gifted poet who is also a dedicated wife and mother, but it is more complex than that division suggests. [A] fine biography.' - Brenda Niall, author of True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack and the multi-award-winning Mannix
'[An] accessible recounting of Gwen Harwood's crowded and emotionally vertiginous life, strengthened by many quotes from her witty correspondence. It should return readers to what matters: her poetry.' - Gig Ryan, award-winning poet
'Absolutely splendid ... [reveals] an extraordinary amount of research.' - Alison Hoddinott, author of Gwen Harwood: The Real and the Imagined World
'Admirably lucid...written with sensitivity.' - Gregory Kratzmann, editor of Gwen Harwood: Selected Poems
'An invaluable addition to the literature' - Sydney Review of Books
'A compelling biography' - Australian Book Review
'Priest's spirited biography does provide the occasion to hope we can be clear-sighted about the love stories and the ghost stories in the work of a poet.' - ArtsHub
]]>In line with the book's title, the essays interrogate and often transgress boundaries between poetry & prose, art & science, and human & non-human, and the general tenor is both exploratory and precautionary: as the planet cooks into catastrophe, leaf-cutter ants make symbiotic sculptures, lyrebirds make forest operas, steel becomes sentient, the Brazilian Amazon blends with the Australian Outback, and Roman ruins foreshadow giant bergs breaking from the Antarctic ice sheet.
'...Cooke is one of our more exciting writers on poetry...' Caitlin Maling, Plumwood Mountain Journal
]]>Emerging talents sit alongside much-loved authors whose books have sold in their millions. Each reflects in their own way on the creative process and the compulsion to write. How to find inspiration? How to get the words right? How to cope with writer's block? And where do the good ideas really come from?
Includes contributions from Cressida Cowell, Matt Haig, Joanne Harris, David Mitchell, Jan Morris, Onjali Q Raf, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh, Tracy Chevalier, Thomas Keneally, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Tom Gauld and Benjamin Myers.
]]>What happened to the sci-fi golden age of the 1950s, when futurism flourished as a discipline and drove innovation?
As a society, either we struggle to imagine something good for the times to come or we fail to picture any future at all. Our world is in polycrisis; we face climate breakdown, societal fracturing, governmental collapse, war, and rising inequality.
The exciting outcomes we dreamed of, from the space race to the wonder material plastic, have brought contingent problems of their own. We haven't yet developed mainstream and accessible new narratives to replace these failures, and if you ask someone to imagine 'the future', they'll probably still picture flying cars.
Designing Hope resets expectations. Through the lens of four emerging futures, Sarah Housley shows us visions of hope that inspire action and critical thinking about how we'll live in the decades to come.
'We've stopped believing in or imagining a future. That's deadly. Housley's visionary yet bracingly practical book is an antidote to despair and a manual for our very survival.' Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild
'We need some adventure in the fight for a workable future some stuff to be aiming at and dreaming about. This book will fire up your imagination!' Bill McKibben
'Designing Hope by Sarah Housley is essential reading an antidote to doomscrolling in an age of mounting crises. Housley offers a rare and spirited optimism, made all the more powerful by its grounding in fact. The book reminds us that, before we can build a better future, we must allow ourselves to imagine that it's possible. I finished the book with the sense that, if we can hope enough to try, human ingenuity will triumph.' Emily Buchanan, author of Send Flowers
'Many of us today feel trapped in the present; absorbed in the anxiety of consequences, resulting from the many failed promises of the industrial and technological age. Climate and ecological threats, layered with escalating armed conflicts and the inevitability of a techno-authoritarian abyss, obscure our ability to form collective pathways towards a world we want to live in and enjoy. Designing Hope offers us a powerful and pragmatic alternative to be part of a creative force imagining new horizons.' Nick Breeze, author of COPOUTand host of the ClimateGenn podcast
'Through four emerging possible futures for the planet, the design futurist resets expectations on what the years to come might look like in this thought-provoking and eye-opening volume.' Waterstones
]]>She has contributed to BBC Radio 4, as well as print and digital media including The Financial Times, The Guardian, British Vogue and Stylist magazine. She teaches Futures & Innovation at the London College of Fashion.
]]>Ghys begins with the classic Telstar ball used in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Its twelve black pentagons and twenty white hexagons are what most of us picture when we think of the sport. Following the story through successive World Cups, he shows how engineers constantly challenge themselves to reinvent the ball, aiming for a perfect sphere while accounting for manufacturing requirements and aerodynamics. Along the way, Ghys introduces us to the mathematics of Platonic solids, symmetries, polyhedra, turbulence, roughness, drag, and spin. He paints engaging portraits of the engineers and sports insiders who study and apply these phenomena and explains how the skills of players factor into how the ball behaves, whether the game is being played in stadiums, schoolyards, or backyards.
Featuring a wealth of color illustrations, The Football blends a lively narrative with insights from a world-renowned geometer to tell a mathematical story unlike any other.
'Erudite and whimsical...A kick for fans and nonfans alike.' Kirkus
]]>Drawing on a wealth of original research, Hartnell traces the many lives of the Wound Man, from its origins in late medieval Bohemia to its vivid reincarnations in hundreds of manuscripts and printed books over more than three hundred years. Transporting readers beyond the specifics of bodily injury, Hartnell demonstrates how the Wound Man's body was at once an encyclopedic repository of surgical knowledge, a fantastic literary and religious muse, a catalyst for shifting media landscapes, and a cross-cultural artistic feat that reached diverse audiences around the world. The Wound Man, we discover, held profound importance not only for healers and patients but also for scribes, students, nuns, monks, printmakers, and poets.
Marvellously illustrated, Wound Man sheds light on the entwined histories of art and medicine, showing how premodern medical diagrams represent a unique site of contact between sickness, cure, painting, and print.
'This book offers a stunning three-hundred-year visual chronicle of surgical technique, procedure, instrumentation, and much else. Jack Hartnell brilliantly employs the remarkably persistent image of the Wound Man to explore learned and vernacular medicine, the fascinating landscape of early print, and increasingly aesthetic illustration practices in crowded book markets as the Wound Man is reproduced and recreated through seventeenth-century Europe and far beyond.' - Pamela H. Smith, author of From Lived Experience to the Written Word: Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World
'A brilliantly conceived and meticulously executed account of the varied contexts in which Wound Man appeared as a carrier of knowledge and mediator of healing practices. Jack Hartnell seamlessly stitches together medical history, medieval natural philosophy, the history of the book, and the history of the scientific image. Wound Man, the stuff of legends, has finally received a true hero's welcome.' - Mitchell Merback, author of Perfection's Therapy: An Essay on Albrecht Drer's "Melencolia I"
]]>Illustrated with 80 stunning photographs, this book will appeal not just to those with an interest in Japanese culture and philosophy, but to anyone seeking to escape the stresses and challenges of daily life and develop a more balanced, meditative approach to the world.
]]>All the recipes use easy-to-find ingredients and simple, step-by-step instructions you can follow at home. Each dish is beautifully photographed in full color to inspire your cooking!
]]>Takashi Fujii is an Okayama-based illustrator who founded the food blog OKAYAMAGOGO in 2007, which highlights the delicious specialties of his home region. He illustrates travel guides and works with editors and publishers around the world.
]]>As the predominant faith of the people, Christianity has been the reflection, perhaps the embodiment, of the English soul. This fascinating new history argues that Christianity has been the anchoring and defining doctrine of England, while accepting respectfully that other powerful and significant faiths have also influenced the religious sensibility of this nation. Peter Ackroyd surveys the lives and faith of the most important figures of English Christianity, from the Venerable Bede to C. S. Lewis, exploring the mysticism of Julian of Norwich and William Blake, the tumultuous years of the Reformation, the emergence of the English Bible, the evangelical tradition, including John Wesley, and the contemporary contest between tradition, revival and atheism. This is an essential, comprehensive and accessible survey of English Christianity.
'A lively and detailed book.' Daily Telegraph
'Takes in lives of a multitude of believers from Julian of Norwich, through John Donne and John Wesley, to GK Chesterton and CS Lewis, with numerous enjoyable diversions along the way.' Observer
'Colourful, opinionated and thought-provoking.' Peter Stanford, author of If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through Twenty Buildings
'Through Ackroyd's calm gaze we see the leading characters and moments of Christianity.' Alec Ryrie, Professor of the History of Christianity, Durham University
]]>This indispensable field guide by one of the foremost experts on Australian fungi, Tony Young, describes more than 170 species, making it one of the most comprehensive general guides to the nation's fungi. Beautifully illustrated by Kay Smith, it includes species from all parts of Australia with picture-based keys for ease of identification. This guide superbly showcases Australia's fungi from the brightly coloured, fluorescent, elegant and fragrant to the highly toxic.
]]>Aperture works with the world's top photographers to distill their creative approaches, teachings, and insights on photography offering the workshop experience in a book. Our goal is to inspire photographers of all levels who wish to improve their work, as well as readers interested in deepening their understanding of the art of photography. Through images and words, Muniz shares his creative practice and artistic inspirations, and discusses a wide range of topics, from generating ideas and creating images that challenge viewers' perceptions, to collaboration, imperfection, and the interplay of subject, scale, and material.
]]>Lucas Blalock is a Brooklyn-based photographer whose work is in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Hammer Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Portland Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among many others. His work has been featured in publications including Arforum, the New York Times, New Yorker, Art in America, Brooklyn Rail, BOMB Magazine, W Magazine, British Journal of Photography, and Time.
]]>Aperture works with the world's top photographers to distil their creative approaches, teachings, and insights on photography - offering the workshop experience in a book. Our goal is to inspire photographers of all levels who wish to improve their work, as well as readers interested in deepening their understanding of the art of photography. Through images and words, Iturbide shares her creative process and artistic inspirations, and discusses a wide range of issues, from the importance of surprise and recognising what speaks to you, to capturing symbolism and meaning in the everyday.
]]>Alfonso Morales Carrillo is a writer, curator, and editor, known for his work organizing and researching photographic archives. He has written numerous articles and essays on photography in Mexico and coordinated national and international exhibitions on a wide range of topics related to Mexican popular culture, from circus to cinema. He graduated from Facultad de Ciencias Polticas y Sociales and Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematogrficos at Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico, Mexico City, and is a founding member of the Centro de Informacin Grfica at Archivo General de la Nacin, Mexico City.
Mauricio Maille has developed audiovisual projects in photography and cinema for museums, public spaces, editorial publications, and digital platforms for twenty-five years. He has worked as an organiser, curator, editor, and exhibition designer; he has also served as director of visual arts at Fundacin Televisa, where he designed more than fifty exhibitions and collaborated in the creation of new museums and cultural spaces.
]]>Your brain has a mind of its own. And sometimes, even when it's doing its best, it can feel like it's out to get you. If you've ever had a meltdown in class, suffered emotions nobody understands, or found yourself shutting down at the worst time, you know this all too well. Thankfully, this graphic guide is here to help you understand your brain and retrain it to better respond to serious upheavals as well as everyday indignities.
This fresh take on the bestseller presents Dr. Faith's insights and neuroscientific nerdiness (and swearing) as a nonfiction graphic novel with artwork by Gerta O. Egy. If you're struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, or addiction, or if you just want to have a more chill response to life, this guide will help you get your brain back on track so you can take on the world.
]]>Gerta Oparaku Egy is an Albanian artist residing in Springfield, Oregon. She studied Set and Costume Design in the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania. She worked as a costume designer in film and theater, storyboard artist, and illustrator. From her work in film, she developed an interest in writing and drawing her own stories. She is the author and illustrator of several comics and illustrated stories.
]]>Draw on the whip-smart affirmation and healing wisdom in this 60-card deck from Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of Unfuck Your Brain, Unfuck Your Boundaries, and many other books about getting your act together and being your best self.
Full of pithy observations and reminders to help you maintain perspective, heal from trauma, and improve your mental health and relationships-all written in Dr. Faith's kind, no-nonsense style-this deck distills the core lessons of her work.
Two types of cards are inside: healing cards prompt you to notice and reflect, while encouragement cards offer nontoxic messages to replace your brain's unhelpful narratives. Use as a daily practice, in therapy or group, or carry the deck in your pocket and draw a card whenever you need a reminder that unfuckening is totally possible.
]]>The Power of Dragons in Your Hands
The Dragon Rune Oracle is dedicated to connecting to and working with the energy of the ancient and powerful dragon collective overseen by the queen of dragons, Tiamat. Insight and information can be drawn through the swirling mists of the dragon's breath to help the reader as they navigate their path through this lifetime and the challenges that it holds.
This deck contains twenty-eight cards and tells the story of the cyclical world of the dragons, from their inception within the chaos of Ratanen and their battles to find magic in themselves in Sha'an. They travel onward to the peace and balance of Kaegos and the ultimate knowing of Nanen. The path of these runes can reflect our own personal journeys and challenges and therefore help us as we look for light in the darkness to understand the chaos.
Imagine yourself on a quest to find answers to the burning questions that play on your mind, that have danced in and out of your dreams for an age. You are told of an ancient cave where the all-knowing dragon lives and undertake a challenging and perilous journey to find this cave; finally, through the dense forest undergrowth, you spy said cave. You move slowly yet purposefully to its mouth and call to the dragon. 'Ddraig! Ddraig!' you shout and hear movement from within. You feel a huge, powerful presence come close to you from within the darkness. 'What would you ask of me?' a booming voice calls. So, what would you ask the dragon? Which questions do you really want the answers to? Remember, the dragon won't waste its time on trivialities; this is a chance to ask big questions, so think hard and ask wisely.
]]>Soy milk is not only delicious, smooth and creamy - but extremely friendly to the environment and the only plant-based milk that comes close to offering a protein content similar to dairy. It brings a broad range of health benefits including preventing anemia, reducing the risk of dementia, lowering cholesterol and strengthening the bones.
In this beautifully illustrated book, Chinese cookbook author and teacher Wu Wen shares her great passion for soy milk - a staple of the kitchens in China where she grew up.
Wu presents 55 delicious Asian recipes all based around this incredibly nutritious and versatile ingredient. They include:
In addition to the recipes, the author provides a variety of fascinating essays on the health benefits of soy milk and how to maintain an active and balanced lifestyle by applying traditional Chinese health principles.
]]>With the help of over 400 gorgeous colour photos and informative charts and diagrams, Nakagawa and his two co-authors, Hidemi Sato and Mitose Tsuchida present the full range of tempura recipes and techniques - from the best ingredients to use to making the perfect tempura batter and how to fry each ingredient to perfection, as well as how to present your finished tempura as part of an elegant Japanese meal.
This book provides a uniquely detailed look at the art of Japanese tempura, with sections on:
Detailed diagrams and charts illustrate everything from the ways seafood changes when fried, to the importance of carefully controlling the temperature of frying oil. Whether you're a professional chef, a lover of Japanese cuisine, or an avid tempura fan, this beautiful book will provide fascinating insights into the world of Japan's iconic national dish.
]]>Hidemi Sato is a trained dietician and holds a doctorate in food science. After graduating from Yokohama International University, she worked in the culinary equipment industry for nine years. She then completed her Masters and Ph.D. at Ochanomizu University. She has written several books on the topic of food science.
Mitose Tsuchida graduated from Hiroshima University before receiving her doctorate from Ochanomizu University. She worked as an editor at the Japanese food magazines Speciality Cooking and Culinary Kingdom before becoming a freelancer. She writes and edits books and features on a wide variety of food subjects.
]]>This massive puzzle collection is perfect for anyone who wants all the challenge and intellectual stimulation of participating in Squid Gamewithout the risk of an ignominious death. Enjoy crosswords, word searches, sudoku variants, word logic puzzles, photo puzzles, and more, all inspired by your favourite games from Squid Game and Squid Game: The Challenge like Red Light Green Light, Tug of War, Glass Bridge, Sugar Honeycombs, Marbles, and more.
Step into the world of Netflix's deadliest competition with this comprehensive collection ofbrain games and puzzles, perfect for anyone in search of officialSquid Gamemerchoractivity books for adults. With its rich variety of challenges, from classic crosswords and intricate sudoku variants to complex logic problems and otherbrain teasers,Squid Game Book of Gamesoffers something for everyone who enjoyspuzzle books for adults, whether they're fans of the show or simply looking to test their mental prowess.
]]>This powerful technique has helped countless patients achieve what traditional therapy could not. Danielle Massi is a licensed mental health therapist who specialises in this practice, and she is the perfect guide for diving deep into the unconscious.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer before her thirtieth birthday, Massi resolved to study the effects of the mind on the body. With the knowledge that chronic stress is a leading cause of disease, she focused on developing techniques to help her patients access their unconscious - the part of our mind that is the body's mechanism for repressing information that is possibly too intense for the psyche. When unchecked, this shadow side of our consciousness builds up over time and can create a domino effect of consequences in our physical body. When we work with the shadow, we free ourselves from a recurring trauma response and can rewire the brain for mind and body health, ease, and abundance.
Massi's in-depth instruction provides a framework for breaking down the root causes of trauma and learning how to prevent self-sabotage. With an engaging, inviting, and authoritative voice, she provides an essential guide to recreating life on your terms.
Cassandra Eason, practicing witch and author of more than 130 books on every aspect of the magical and mystical, supplies this compendium of wisdom full of never-before-seen research, tips and tricks, and easy practices anyone can incorporate into their daily routine to increase good fortune, ward off the evil eye, heal the body and the spirit, and more.
]]>Tying in wisdom from a variety of disciplines, including trance and dream states, Cassandra Eason (A Little Bit of Auras, A Little Bit of Palmistry) presents an anyone-can-do-it handbook that approaches the astral plane as an obvious reality, not an esoteric discipline. It will satisfy the curiosity of any spiritual seeker, and even those who just want to know more about the mysterious and otherworldly.
]]>Angel numbers, repeating numerical sequences with mystical significance tied to numerology, are a spiritual concept that is experiencing a surge of popularity. Tied into synchronicity and manifestation, angel numbers can provide a path through chaotic times, and Little Bit of Numerology author Novalee Wilder is back with another beginner-friendly guide to deciphering these cryptic spiritual codes.
]]>With every swing of the pendulum, you can develop your spiritual energy. Dani Bryant, a green witch, provides an easy-to-follow guide that explains how to choose or craft your pendulum, and use it for dowsing and divination. You'll find rituals for clearing negativity, balancing chakras, making contact with the spirit world, meditation, generating accurate answers to your questions, and much more.
]]>Nordic runes are the most popular and easiest symbols to work with, and can effectively release energy for a positive purpose in one's life. Cassandra Eason, a well-known writer on crystals, Wicca, spells, and magic, explains to spiritual seekers exactly what runes are, how to make their own, which ones are right for them, and much more.
]]>From seasonal celebrations to miracles and rebirth, this entry in the popular Little Bit of series explores the power, magic, and rituals of the goddess. Learn all about the Maiden, Mother, and Wise Woman archetypes, the SHE of clay and stars, and meditations connected with her including ones for love and passion, success and wealth, protection and intuition, and health and creativity. Enter the inner temple, pore through a Goddess Directory, and see how to become part of the Goddess Community.
]]>Angels will warn us, protect us, and enhance our lives if we understand how to work with their energy.
But how do we ask our angelic guides for intervention? Or determine if their influence is improving our lives? Intuitive author Elaine Clayton presents an accessible introduction to the fascinating and perennially popular field of angelic intervention, with practical advice we can easily integrate into our day-to-day life.
See how angels can foster empathy, forgiveness, and creativity; attract your own personal angel; and communicate with your angels through dream journals.
]]>Chanting a mantra repeatedly can actually affect your state of mind, elevating your consciousness, altering your emotions, and bringing you peace. A Little Bit of Mantras presents an introduction to these sacred, spiritually empowering words, phrases, and sounds. It explores the history of mantras and how they work, and gives you chants that you can use with your yoga, meditation, or other daily practice.
]]>In these fast-paced modern times, mindfulness can keep us centred, calm, and energised no matter how much the outside world keeps distracting us. Thanks to Amy Leigh Mercree's accessible introduction, beginners can master this spiritual practice. You'll learn methods for cultivating inner peace, accessing a deeper creativity, and creating a healthier body, along with rituals that support these mindfulness techniques.
]]>Well known for his photography of landscapes and suburban housing, and for his use of detail and luminous colour, acclaimed American photographer Todd Hido casts a distinctly cinematic eye across all that he photographs, digging deep into his memory and imagination for inspiration. Newly revised and expanded, Intimate Distance: Over Thirty Years of Photographs, A Chronological Album includes ten years of new work since the book's first publication, including breathtaking new images from his travels to Iceland, Norway, and Japan, where he brings both a familiar eye and an expansive new vision.
Though Hido has published many smaller monographs of individual bodies of work, this gathers his most iconic images, along with many unpublished works to provide the most complete and comprehensive monograph charting his career. The book is organised chronologically, showing how his series overlap in exciting ways. David Campany introduces the work and looks at the kind of cinematic spectatorship the work demands. And Katya Tylevich muses on the making of each of Hido's major monographs, 'The photographs lead as far as human-made roads go. They reach the periphery of utility wires, footprints, and paths already taken.' From exterior to interior, surface observations to subconscious investigations, from landscapes to nudes, from America and beyond, this midcareer collection reveals how his unique focus has developed and shifted over time, yet the tension between distance and intimacy remains.
]]>David Campany is one of the best-known and most accessible writers on photography. His books include On Photographs (2020), A Handful of Dust (2015), The Open Road (Aperture, 2014), Walker Evans: The Magazine Work (2013), Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (2011), and Photography and Cinema (2008). His essays have appeared in numerous books, and he contributes regularly to Aperture, Frieze, Source, and Tate Etc. magazine. He is based in New York City.
Katya Tylevich is an arts and fiction writer. She is author of Marina Abramovi: A Visual Biography (2023) and Gus Van Sant: The Art of Making Movies (2021), among others. She is a longtime collaborator with Todd Hido and a frequent contributor to publications such as Elephant, Mark, Frame, Domus, and Pin-Up. With her brother Alexei she cofounded Friend & Colleague, a platform for editions, fiction, and special projects. She is based in Los Angeles.
]]>'For lovers of the sea and of art, this book is a dream come true: a round-the-world, through-the-ages gallery tour in the company of one of the world's top experts on the lives of ocean creatures. Writing with both authority and affection, Scales makes canvasses, cave art, and sculpture literally come to life as she imbues the images with the animals' natural history - and the artists' viewpoints as well. This is a book to be savored and celebrated!' Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus
'In this brilliantly fun and expertly written book, Scales tells crucial human stories about the development of our relationship with the ocean. She takes us on a tour through some of the most compelling, rare, and diverse works of art that have been inspired by sea life, from ancient artifacts and found fossils to modern paintings and scientific illustrations. Marine biologists: this is the ideal book for your artsy side! Artists and historians: you'll find no more appealing way to learn more about all that grows, crawls, slithers, and swims in the ocean!' Richard J. King, visiting associate professor of maritime history and literature, Sea Education Association, and author of Ocean Bestiary and Sailing Alone
'In her latest book, Scales intricately intertwines the wonders of marine life with the power of art. Her expert knowledge and vivid storytelling masterfully weave together the beauty of the ocean and the creativity it inspires, making this an essential read for anyone passionate about art, nature, and the mysteries of the sea.' Miranda Krestovnikoff, broadcaster, diver, and author of The Sea: Exploring Our Blue Planet
'The oceanic world Scales has meticulously summoned in this exquisite book holds an extraordinary variety of species. Scales asks that we not only see this realm, but also listen to it, attuning ourselves to the memory of sound in water. For her, observation does not end on the page; rather, it evokes our capacity to enter salt water, that 'skin we are not in' which covers seven-tenths of the planet.' Ellen Gallagher
]]>In this gripping collection, true crime expert Mcskyz uncovers eight infamous cases that reveal a side of Japan rarely seen. From the notorious Lucie Blackman case to the chilling story of a model's tragic end at the hands of her own brother, these stories expose the darker undercurrents of a society often seen as safe and predictable.
Among the cases explored are:
Follow the investigation, uncover the psychology of the perpetrators, and learn about the trials that followed each crime. With detailed accounts and a deep dive into the justice system, this book provides a compelling, thought-provoking look at Japan's criminal underworld.
]]>Foreword by Pico Iyer: A British-born essayist and novelist, educated at Eton, Oxford, and Harvard. Since 1987, he has been based in Western Japan, traveling everywhere from Bhutan to Easter Island and from North Korea to Los Angeles. He is the author of fifteen books, including the bestsellers The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise (Penguin Random House, 2023), A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations (Random House, 2020) and The Art of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere (Simon & Schuster, 2014). He has been a constant contributor for more than thirty years to Time, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and more than 250 other periodicals worldwide. He has written the introductions to more than fifty other books, as well as screenplays, librettos and many liner-notes for Leonard Cohen. He speaks regularly everywhere from West Point to Davos and Shanghai to Bogota, and his four recent talks for TED have received more than ten million views.
]]>Whether you want to venture into the mountains for once-in-a-lifetime shots of raw nature or simply hone your landscape photography skills from the safety of your back deck, let best-selling author and experienced wilderness photographer Glenn Randall be your guide, as he explains the art, science, and craft behind creating stunning landscape photographs.
This fully updated edition includes nearly all new imagery throughout the book, as well as a new chapter, 'Refining Your Field Technique', that cover topics such as safety, how to best take advantage of the newest generation of mirrorless cameras in the field, why and how to use rear-button focus, dealing with cold weather, and how to work with a compass and maps. Additionally, this third edition takes into account how Randall's techniques have changed and evolved since the first two editions published from photographic practices to how he uses smartphones and apps as important and powerful tools for landscape photography.
The book begins with a discussion of photographic essentials, then Randall focuses on the art of landscape photography. He describes his three-step process for composing a photograph and shows how good composition is an organic process that begins with rules but ultimately transcends them. Randall then explores the science behind successful landscape photographs, which requires understanding key concepts from geography, optics, vision, and psychology. These concepts include:
With some practice and by applying the techniques that Randall teaches you, you will soon be ready to master the finer nuances of creating magnificent landscape photographs.
]]>Glenn's work has been included in calendars for Audubon, Avalanche, Barnes & Noble, Brown Trout, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, and Runner's World. His images have been published inAudubon, GEO, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, SKI, Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, New York Times Magazine, and many others. His photographs have also been used by book publishers and corporate clients. At age 56, he has accumulated nearly 1,200 photo credits, including 73 covers, and sold over 10,000 prints.
Glenn has authored 200 magazine articles and nine books, including two books of landscape photographs:Rocky Mountain National Park ImpressionsColorado Wild & Beautiful, both published by Farcountry Press. He recently completed a seven-year project called Sunrise from the Summit, in which he shot the sunrise (and occasionally the sunset) from the summit of all fifty-four Colorado Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet). He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
]]>These are artists that have created legendary concepts, designs, and creatures for hugely popular movies, books, and video games. Each master artist has their own eye-catching chapter, including sketches, development images, and finished pieces alongside written advice, thoughts, and insights into their unique creative process.
The artists featured include John Howe, whose paintings grace the covers of many works by J. R. R. Tolkien, and who was one of the chief conceptual designers on Peter Jackson's groundbreaking The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and Wayne Barlowe, whose otherworldly designs have prowled the big screen in franchises such as Hellboy, Harry Potter, and Avatar. We also have stunning sketches and visual development from Terryl Whitlatch, whose creatures can be seen in the legendary Star Wars films and who is currently a sought-after lecturer and instructor in Creature Design and Animal Drawing.
With many more masters to discover inside, Master Sketchbooks is a veritable archive of classic concept art from the most revered artists of a generation.
]]>Wayne Barlowe is a world-renowned science-fiction and fantasy artist, born in New York and now living in New Jersey. He has created images for books, film, and galleries and also written novels, screenplays, and a number of art books - including the hugely successfulExpedition: Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials.He has created illustrations for magazines such as LIFE and TIME, and his designs can be seen in films such asGalaxy Quest, Hellboy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkhaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Paradise Lost, John Carter,andPacific Rim. 2021 saw the release of his retrospective Hell art book,PSYCHOPOMP.
John Howe is an internationally acclaimed fantasy artist, originally from Canada, now living in Switzerland. He is primarily known for illustrating many of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. He was one of the chief conceptual designers on theThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy andThe Hobbitfilm series. Most recently he has worked as a concept artist forThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powertelevision series.
American artist Terryl Whitlatch is an iconic creature designer who has worked with LucasFilm on theStar Warsfilm series and also with Disney, Paramount, Sony, and more. She is currently Artist in Residence at Imagination International, Inc., and is a sought after lecturer and instructor in Creature Design and Animal Drawing.
]]>State capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world's most populous nation nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom.
Rules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will.
All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping's ambition of China becoming the world's pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.
]]>'Exhaustively researched...Students of Japanese history and culture owe Cryns a debt of gratitude for this impressive achievement.' - Wall Street Journal
'William Adams comes alive in the revelatory In the Service of the Shogun...Fans of the novel Shogun and the television series would do well to pick this one up.' - Washington Independent Review of Books
]]>Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America and parts of Europe. Vigorous competition between and within religious movements has led to their accumulating great power and wealth. Religions in many traditions have honed their competitive strategies over thousands of years. Today, they are big business; like businesses, they must recruit, raise funds, disburse budgets, manage facilities, organise transportation, motivate employees, and get their message out. In The Divine Economy, economist Paul Seabright argues that religious movements are a special kind of business: they are platforms, bringing together communities of members who seek many different things from one another spiritual fulfilment, friendship and marriage networks, even business opportunities. Their function as platforms, he contends, is what has allowed religions to consolidate and wield power.
This power can be used for good, especially when religious movements provide their members with insurance against the shocks of modern life, and a sense of worth in their communities. It can also be used for harm: political leaders often instrumentalise religious movements for authoritarian ends, and religious leaders can exploit the trust of members to inflict sexual, emotional, financial or physical abuse, or to provoke violence against outsiders. Writing in a nonpartisan spirit, Seabright uses insights from economics to show how religion and secular society can work together in a world where some people feel no need for religion, but many continue to respond with enthusiasm to its call.
'Seabright has produced an engaging and insightful book, which I found myself pondering long after I had read the last page.' Jane Shaw, Financial Times
'Enlightening.' The Economist
'Seabright has a great talent for addressing original questions. In this book, he reverses the familiar trope that religion is the antithesis of mere economics. On the contrary, he argues, religions are competing businesses: they attract people by providing services they value, from the mundane - a community in which to find a compatible mate - to the sublime - a sense of life's meaning.' Martin Wolf, Financial Times
]]>Blending cutting-edge science with a wealth of illuminating examples from microscopic organisms to highly intelligent birds and mammals Lixing Sun shows how cheating in nature relies on two basic rules. One is lying, by which cheaters exploit honest messages in communication signals and use them to serve their own interests. The other is deceiving, by which cheaters exploit the biases and loopholes in the sensory systems of other creatures. Sun demonstrates that cheating serves as a potent catalyst in the evolutionary arms race between the cheating and the cheated, resulting in a biological world teeming with complexity and beauty.
Brimming with insight and humour, The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars also looks at the prevalence of cheating in human society, identifying the kinds of cheating that spur innovation and cultural vitality and laying down a blueprint for combating malicious cheating such as fake news and disinformation.
'The world is full of liars, a fact brilliantly depicted in Lixing Sun's slender but important book about cheating and deception among animals and plants, as well as that hairless bipedal species that is the biggest deceiver of them all. . . . A tour de force of evolutionary biology...Fascinating.' David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal
'The accessible prose offers an eye-opening take on lying in the natural world and how evolutionary pressures to deceive impact human behavior. The smart parallels between humans and animals make for an insightful outing.' Publishers Weekly
'[An] intriguing introduction to the domain of dishonesty.' Tony Miksanek, Booklist
'Buckle up for a riveting journey into the wide world of deception.' Marc Bekoff, Psychology Today
]]>Today's consumers demand more than products they crave immersive, personalized experiences. As a result, traditional marketing and engagement strategies have lost their edge. The new frontier? Gaming, where over three billion people worldwide spend their time, attention, and money.
In Press Play, Bastian Bergmann, cofounder and COO of Solsten, shows how visionary companies are capitalizing on gaming's unstoppable rise. Drawing on exclusive interviews and access to forward-thinking companies ranging from Adidas and Puma to NASCAR and Unilever Bergmann provides an insider's view of gaming's transformative power. He also delivers a practical road map for business leaders, offering strategies that range from low-risk partnerships to ambitious, full-scale gaming ventures.
Filled with cutting-edge insights and behind-the-scenes stories of iconic organisations and groundbreaking startups, Press Play will help you understand the lucrative world of video games and enable you to offer your customers what they really crave.
]]>Now more than ever, we need organisations that are daring, resilient, and creative. Unfortunately, when confronted by unprecedented challenges, most companies and institutions prove to be timid, plodding, and orthodox. The culprit is bureaucracy. With its top-down power structures and rule-choked systems, bureaucracy hobbles ingenuity and innovation. In a time of upheaval, these long-tolerated impediments are fast becoming competitively and economically untenable. Humanity needs and deserves something better.
In Humanocracy, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini make a passionate, data-driven argument for uninstalling bureaucracy and reinventing management as we know it. In this extensively updated and expanded edition, readers will find new and compelling case studies, the latest research findings, and a wealth of fresh and provocative insights.
Humanocracy is both a manifesto for institutional renewal and a blueprint for building organisations that are as courageous, energetic, and ingenious as the people inside them. Essential building blocks include:
If you've finally run out of patience with bureaucratic bullshit; if you're eager to build an organisation that can outrun change and outperform expectations; if you believe every team member deserves the chance to do something extraordinary, then this book's for you.
]]>Michele Zaniniis a cofounder of the Management Lab, where he helps forward-thinking companies become fundamentally more entrepreneurial and innovative. An alumnus of McKinsey & Company and the RAND Corporation, Zanini holds degrees from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the RAND School of Public Policy. He lives in Boston.
]]>From gunpowder to generative AI, the forces of disruption are repeatedly rewriting the rules of business, society, and human possibility. But what drives these revolutionary changes?
In Epic Disruptions, innovation expert Scott Anthony masterfully weaves together the fascinating stories behind history's most transformative disruptions from ninth-century China to twenty-first-century Silicon Valley. Through eleven pivotal innovations, including the printing press, mass-produced automobiles, the McDonald's revolutionary food system, and the iPhone, Anthony reveals the hidden patterns behind world-changing breakthroughs.
But Epic Disruptions goes beyond just celebrating invention. Through vivid storytelling and sharp analysis, Anthony introduces the iconoclasts who dared to think differently the Renaissance-era scientists, French cooking enthusiasts, and corporate visionaries who saw opportunities others missed. He reveals how disruption actually happens.
As artificial intelligence and other technologies promise to unleash another wave of transformation, Epic Disruptions arrives at the perfect moment offering innovators and curious readers a page-turning exploration of how radical change reshapes industries, launches new powers, and, yes, occasionally changes everything.
]]>If you read nothing else on high performance, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you build on your strengths, assemble a network that supports your development, and achieve extraordinary results.
This book will inspire you to:
This collection of articles includes 'The Focused Leader', by Daniel Goleman; 'Nine Things Successful People Do Differently', by Heidi Grant; 'The Right Way to Form New Habits', an interview with James Clear by Alison Beard; 'Use a 10-Minute Diary to Stay on Track', by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; 'How to Play to Your Strengths', by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Jane E. Dutton, Robert E. Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker Caza; 'Get the Actionable Feedback You Need to Get Promoted', by Sabina Nawaz; 'Making Yourself Indispensable', by John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger; 'The Art of Asking Smarter Questions', by Arnaud Chevallier, Frederic Dalsace, and Jean-Louis Barsoux; 'A Smarter Way to Network', by Rob Cross and Robert J. Thomas; 'Beat Generosity Burnout', by Adam Grant and Reb Rebele; 'The Talent Curse', by Jennifer Petriglieri and Gianpiero Petriglieri; 'Sleep Well, Lead Better', by Christopher M. Barnes; 'Leading in the Flow of Work', by Hitendra Wadhwa; 'When Your High Standards Derail Your Success', by Anne Sugar and Karen Walker; and 'Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want', by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on leadership, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you develop an authentic, adaptable style, bring out the best in your people, and springboard your organisation into the future.
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This collection of articles includes 'Begin with Trust', by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss; 'How Managers Become Leaders', by Michael D. Watkins; 'The Authenticity Paradox', by Herminia Ibarra; 'Cross-Silo Leadership', by Amy C. Edmondson, Sujin Jang, and Tiziana Casciaro; 'Why Inclusive Leaders Are Good for Organizations, and How to Become One', by Juliet Bourke and Andrea Titus; 'Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance', by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee; '"Both/And" Leadership', by Wendy K. Smith, Marianne W. Lewis, and Michael L. Tushman; 'Rid Your Organization of Obstacles That Infuriate Everyone', by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao; 'Are You Leading Through the Crisis...or Managing the Response?' by Eric J. McNulty and Leonard Marcus; 'The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture', by Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng; 'Keeping Sight of Your Company's Long-Term Vision', by Ron Ashkenas and Peter D. Moore; and 'How to Lead in the Stakeholder Era', by Hubert Joly.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand your strengths, clarify your personal goals and direction, and build a career you're proud of.
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This collection of articles includes: 'Managing Oneself', by Peter F. Drucker; 'You Don't Find Purpose You Build It', by John Coleman; 'How to Define, Develop, and Communicate Your Personal Brand', by Rachel Montanez; 'Building an Ethical Career', by Maryam Kouchaki and Isaac H. Smith; 'Learning to Learn', by Erika Andersen; 'You Need Many Leadership Voices Not Just One', by Amy Jen Su; 'Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time', by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy; 'Outsmart Your Own Biases', by Jack B. Soll, Katherine L. Milkman, and John W. Payne; 'Happiness Traps', by Annie McKee; 'The Hidden Toll of Microstress', by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon; 'How to Build a Broader Network Within Your Company', Ko Kuwabara, Jiyin Cao, Soomin Sophie Cho, and Paul Ingram; 'How to Navigate Conflict with a Coworker', by Amy Gallo; 'You're Not Powerless in the Face of Impostor Syndrome', by Keith D. Dorsey; 'Feeling Stuck or Stymied?' by Dorie Clark; and 'How Will You Measure Your Life?' by Clayton M. Christensen.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
This Updated and Expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
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If you read nothing else on strategy, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you understand the dynamics of competition, find new sources of advantage, and create and capture lasting value.
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This collection of articles includes 'The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy', by Michael E. Porter; 'Blue Ocean Strategy', by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; 'Make Strategic Choices Simultaneously, Not Separately', by Roger L. Martin; 'Put Purpose at the Core of Your Strategy', by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche, and Charles Dhanaraj; 'Take the Bias Out of Big Decisions', by Freek Vermeulen; 'Transient Advantage', by Rita McGrath; 'Competing in the Age of AI', by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; 'In the Ecosystem Economy, What's Your Strategy?', by Michael G. Jacobides; 'Why Isn't Your Strategy Sticking?', by Andrea Belk Olson; 'How to Avoid the Agility Trap', by Jianwen Liao and Feng Zhu; 'Strategy in a Hyperpolitical World', by Roger L. Martin and Martin Reeves; 'What You Lose with Your New Priorities', by Natalia Weisz and Roberto Vassolo; 'Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance', by Michael Mankins and Richard Steele; and 'Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business', by Amy Webb.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you embrace challenges and adversity, learn from disappointment, and build your emotional strength and resilience.
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This collection of articles includes 'How to Bounce Back from Adversity', by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; 'How to Overcome Your Fear of the Unknown', by Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr; 'How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You', by Michael Gervais; 'Give Yourself a Break: The Power of Self-Compassion', by Serena Chen; 'How to Stop Dwelling on Your Stress', by Jenny Taitz; 'Building Resilience', by Martin E.P. Seligman; 'Do You Know When to Quit?' by Andre Spicer; 'Beating Burnout', by Monique Valcour, 'Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People', by Jennifer Moss; 'An Antidote to Incivility', by Christine Porath; 'Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work', by Ella F. Washington; 'Handling Fierce Criticism and Personal Attacks', by Ruchika T. Malhotra and Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar by Amy Bernstein; 'The Making of a Corporate Athlete', by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; 'Why Career Transition Is So Hard', by Herminia Ibarra; and 'Organizational Grit', by Thomas H. Lee and Angela L. Duckworth.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on change management, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you lead initiatives effectively, avoid common mistakes, and capture the full value of your change effort.
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This collection of articles includes 'Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail', by John P. Kotter; 'Transformations That Work', by Michael Mankins and Patrick Litre; 'Let Go of What Made Your Company Great', by Vijay Govindarajan; 'Persuade Your Company to Change Before It's Too Late', by Pontus M. A. Siren, Scott D. Anthony, and Utsav Bhatt; 'Getting Reorgs Right', by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood; 'Six Steps for Gaining Employee Buy-In', by Andrea Belk Olson; 'Storytelling That Drives Bold Change', by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss; 'Organize Your Transformation Around Purpose and Benefits', by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez; 'The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents', by Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro; 'What Everyone Gets Wrong About Change Management', by N. Anand and Jean-Louis Barsoux; 'A Survival Guide for Leaders', by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky; 'The Real Reason People Won't Change', by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey; and 'Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think', by Joseph Fuller, Judith K. Wallenstein, Manjari Raman, and Alice de Chalendar.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on emotional intelligence, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you build the people skills you need to thrive, strengthen your resilience and self-awareness, and adapt your leadership style for any situation.
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This collection of articles includes 'What Makes a Leader?', by Daniel Goleman; 'The Leadership Odyssey', by Herminia Ibarra, Claudius A. Hildebrand, and Sabine Vinck; 'The New Rules of Executive Presence', by Sylvia Ann Hewlett; 'The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most', by Raffaella Sadun, Joseph B. Fuller, Stephen Hansen, and PJ Neal; 'Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate', by Maria Gonzalez; 'Emotional Agility', by Susan David and Christina Congleton; 'What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)', by Tasha Eurich; 'What Makes an "Authentic" Leader?', an interview with Herminia Ibarra by Sarah Green Carmichael; 'Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups', by Vanessa Urch Druskat and Steven B. Wolff; 'Fostering a Culture of Belonging in the Hybrid Workplace', by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Katarina Berg; 'Find the Coaching in Criticism', by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone; 'To Build Your Resilience, Ask Yourself Two Simple Questions', by Srikumar Rao; 'How to Sustain Your Empathy in Difficult Times', by Jamil Zaki; and 'Don't Let Power Corrupt You', by Dacher Keltner.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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If you read nothing else on managing people, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you earn your people's trust, build successful teams, and coach employees to help them reach their potential.
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This collection of articles includes: 'Leadership That Gets Results', by Daniel Goleman; 'The Power of Small Wins', by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; 'The Leader as Coach', by Herminia Ibarra and Anne Scoular; 'Superbosses Aren't Afraid to Delegate Their Biggest Decisions', by Sydney Finkelstein; 'The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome', by Jean-Francois Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux; 'The Overcommitted Organization', by Mark Mortensen and Heidi K. Gardner; 'Global Teams That Work', by Tsdeal Neeley; 'Four Types of Team Conflict and How to Resolve Them', by Randall S. Peterson, Priti Pradhan Shah, Amanda J. Ferguson, and Stephen L. Jones; 'Why Employees Quit', by Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn, and Bob Moesta; 'The Feedback Fallacy', by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall; 'To Excel, Diverse Teams Need Psychological Safety', by Henrik Bresman and Amy C. Edmondson; 'Managers Can't Do It All', by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton; 'Are You a Good Boss or a Great One?' by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback.
HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others.
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According to common perception, the Federal Republic of Germany supported the formation of the Israeli state for moral reasons to atone for its Nazi past but did not play a significant role in the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, the historical record does not sustain this narrative.
Daniel Marwecki's pathbreaking analysis deconstructs the myths surrounding the odd alliance between Israel and post-war democratic Germany. Thorough archival research shows how German policymakers often had disingenuous, cynical or even partly antisemitic motivations, seeking to whitewash their Nazi past by supporting the new Israeli state. This is the true context of West Germany's crucial backing of Israel in the 1950s and '60s. German economic and military support greatly contributed to Israel's early consolidation and eventual regional hegemony. This initial alliance has affected Germany's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the present day.
Marwecki reassesses German foreign policymaking and identity-shaping, and raises difficult questions about German responsibility after the Holocaust, exploring the many ways in which the genocide of European Jews and the dispossession of the Palestinians have become tragically intertwined in the Middle East's international politics. This long overdue investigation sheds new light on a major episode in the history of the modern Middle East.
'Describes...moral absolution of a...still profoundly antisemitic Germany in return for cash and weapons.' London Review of Books
]]>This book recovers Berry's forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berry's life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democractic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination.
'Berry used his popular following to plunge Victoria into its most profound constitutional crisis, and this book establishes his lasting legacy.' Stuart Macintyre
'This is a historian at the top of his game. Democratic Adventurer will be required reading for those who study colonial Australia, but its clear focus, accessible style, and the excitement of the tale will attract a popular audience also.' Benjamin T. Jones
]]>Compiled and written by Professor Binh Ngo, a seasoned Vietnamese language instructor at Harvard University, this book is designed to deepen your understanding of both the language and the culture. Its a valuable addition to Tuttle's innovative series of language learning books, offering an engaging and enjoyable way to improve your language skills.
]]>This is the first comprehensive walking guide to Tokyo, presenting 29 easy-to-follow tours through the city's most historic and lively precincts. Experience the true spirit and culture of Tokyo-the feudal capital of the Shogun in the era of samurais and geishas-as you wander historic back streets where remnants of the past survive in the shadow of shiny skyscrapers, a fascinating contrast of old and new!
You will learn about the founding of Tokyo, the celebrated geisha quarters of the "floating world" and the city's ancient samurai culture. Visit the sublime Imperial Palace Gardens and the glitzy shopping districts of Ginza and Shibuya. Then explore the traditional craft districts and temples of Asakusa - the beating heart of the old city.
This book is a labor of love by John and Phyllis Martin, historians and museum curators who taught courses in Japanese history and culture. They highlight unique temples, museums, gardens and shrines for quiet meditation, as well as meccas for lovers of Japanese art and popular culture.
Each step of the way, the Martins recount interesting stories from Tokyo's past. Among the many exciting places you'll visit are:
This book is packed with invaluable information and illustrated with over 100 colour photos and 50 full-colour maps. Each walk has a QR code that loads it automatically into Google Maps on your phone!
]]>The final years of high school and the first years of college can be full of new experiences, friendships, and learning opportunities. But they can also be a time of upheaval and instability. This trauma-informed handbook will help you remain empowered and centered as you navigate through a variety of difficult experiences, including:
Specifically designed for ages 15 to 21, this comprehensive guide provides valuable tools for utilizing self-regulation to build resilience and cultivate a strengths-oriented mindset. Dr. Kathy Wu, a licensed psychologist, has compiled helpful strategies and practical interventions from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioral Therapy (DBT), and others, to help you understand and deal with difficult emotions and experiences. With engaging advice and real-life examples, this handbook equips you with the tools you need to thrive and face life's challenges head on.
]]>Dr. Wu has worked formally since age seven, starting in her family's dumpling business, through to corporations, psychiatric hospitals, community health centers, public schools and universities. Dr. Wu currently has a thriving private practice. She feels most grounded when spending quality time with her friends and family.
]]>This panoramic book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the related geology and exploring the myriad ways our planet's volcanism has affected human history.
'A detailed and vivid account of the fiery relationship between the Earth and its surface dwellers.' The Guardian
'Does the world need another book about volcanic eruptions and the havoc they wreak? The answer, for this book, is an emphatic 'yes,' especially for the general reader. Besides being interesting to read, Volcanoes in Human History clearly demonstrates that volcanism, and geology as a whole, should not be of concern only to geologists and that history is important.' Sally Newcomb, Isis
'The authors have applied their geologic knowledge and experience, along with solid research, to produce an accessible book on volcanoes.' Library Journal
Donald Theodore Sanders (19302014) was a petroleum geologist and science editor.
]]>The day Elspeth Hay learned that we can eat acorns, stories she'd believed her whole life began to unravel.
Until then she'd always believed we must grow our staple foods in farmed fields the same fields wreaking havoc on our land, air, and water. But all over the Northern Hemisphere, Hay learned, humans once grew our staple foods in forest gardens centred on perennial nut trees: oaks, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. In Feed Us with Trees, Hay brings us along as she gets to know dozens of nut growers, scientists, Indigenous knowledge-keepers, researchers, and food professionals and discovers that in tending these staple trees, we once played a vital environmental role as one of Earth's keystone species.
Feed Us with Trees is Hay's hopeful manifesto about a brighter, more abundant world and a critical look at the long-held stories we'll need to rewrite to build it. It will appeal to environmentalists, regenerative farmers, permaculture enthusiasts, agroforesters, locavores, and anyone hungry for a more vibrant future.
]]>Butterflies have enchanted and intrigued us for centuries. From the eighteenth-century 'aurelians', through the Victorian 'golden age' of collecting to the twentieth-century focus on conservation, humans have chased glimpses of these beautiful but elusive creatures. Winding through literature, art, music, and dreams, The Butterfly: Flights of Enchantment uncovers why butterflies continue to inhabit such a profound place in our imagination. Today, the art of butterfly-watching can be a mindfulness practice for many; a Romantic escape from our industrialised existences.
A first of its kind in combining the history of human interest in butterflies with a guide to practical observation, this pocket guide encourages us to nurture our curiosity and head out into our local environment, focusing on edgeland habitats that are home to many species.
It is perhaps because butterflies are so fragile and fleeting that we are so beguiled by them. But now, as numbers dwindle, they have never been more difficult to spot.
The Butterfly paves the way toward uncovering the history of our fascination with butterflies and learning how to spot and identify them.
]]>Slavery has ravaged African societies since at least 2,500 BCE, from Egypt to the Cape; from Mauritania to Somalia. Most writing covers just one fraction of this history: the horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Yet Indian Ocean slavery was equally sizeable, and far longer-lived. Historians often neglect the continent's internal practices, too Ethiopian kingdoms enslaving conquered peoples; the Sokoto Caliphate capturingmen and womenon a scale matching the US plantations.
Overlooked stories of enslavement matter. In 1794, Congress authorised construction of the US Navy's first six ships to protect civilian vessels from North Africa's Barbary corsairs, who raided as far as Britain and the Caribbean, enslaving hundreds of thousands of Europeans. And, since abolition of the trans-Atlantic trade, international focus on 'modern' slavery has left Africans enslaved as chattel today with few champions. The UN and African Union are too embarrassed to confront leaders still permitting this practice.
Unbroken Chainsis the first full account of the bondage systems that have scarred African communities over the millennia. It is an illuminating, powerful read.
]]>What is 'Central Europe'? Where do its borders lie? Does it even exist? Attempts to define it usually yield more questions than answers. But perhaps the wrong questions are being asked.
Luka Ivan Jukic disentangles the enigma of Central Europe through its birth, death and rebirth. Today, Poland, Croatia and even Ukraine proudly align themselves with it, and so with Western civilisation. But the term originally described an unrecognisably different world one formed in the eighteenth century by the unique inheritance of the Habsburg dynasty across Germany and a sprawling Danubian realm; by the rise of standard High German; and by its intermediate position between an 'advanced West' and 'backwards East'.
Two devastating world wars shattered this extraordinary civilisation, reducing it to a Cold War frontier. Its unexpected reincarnation in the 1980s, as an ideological antidote to the Soviet East, spawned myths and polemics, but little clarity. Yet 'Central Europe' seems to feature in every contemporary crisis, from Russian aggression to European disunity. Why is it still such a powerful political idea?
]]>Illustrated with more than 1,000 drawings and featuring manga panels filled with helpful guidance, this book clearly explains everything you need to know to create an original, engaging comic. While it includes all the drawing instruction you need, it goes well beyond that and also includes such topics as choosing the right materials, creating compelling characters, and writing and developing your own unique story. With artist and teacher Kuru as your guide, you'll learn all about:
This comprehensive guide includes practical advice, examples to follow, pitfalls to avoid, exercises to practice, ways to chart progress, tools to find the right methods of working, and a touch of humor to make following along engaging and fun for all ages!
]]>Follow engaging stories of real-life conservation efforts, from Belize's coral reefs to the Florida Keys. Travel alongside Summer Collins as she navigates challenges, celebrates conservation victories, and inspires communities to participate actively in protecting and revitalizing coral reefs.
Inside, you'll find:
If you're passionate about marine biology, eager to participate in ocean conservation, or simply fascinated by marine life, this book shows you how you can help protect our planet's coral reefs.
Dive in and become a coral reef hero!
]]>This engaging book by Jeff Rauseo blends film history with a modern guide to streaming, helping you navigate the complex history of movie making and ultimately how to know what to watch in the vast ocean of content. From the golden age of Hollywood to the best new movies to stream, Rauseo breaks down the ever-evolving movie watching experience to help us understand the good, the bad, and the ugly of streaming.
Ever feel overwhelmed by endless streaming choices? Jeff Rauseo's Lost in the Stream is your ultimate roadmap, combining movie history insights with an in-depth breakdown of how streaming influences the movies that are made and the ones that we are shown. Whether you're searching for the best new movies to stream, hidden Amazon Prime movies, or fun movies to watch on Netflix, this book has you covered.
Blending nostalgia with today's streaming hits, Lost in the Stream dives deep into the iconic history of film that shaped the art while helping you discover new favorites. It's the perfect companion for movie buffs and casual viewers alike.
Inside, you'll find:
Never wonder what to watch again.
If you liked The New York Times Book of Movies, The Science of Interstellar, or Oscar Wars, you'll love Lost in the Stream.
]]>Fodor's "Essential" guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!
Fodor's Essential Argentina travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting other destinations in South America? Check out Fodor's Essential Chile, Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paolo, and Essential Peru.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>Fodor's 'Essential' guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!
Fodor's Essential India travel guide includes:
Planning on visiting Thailand or Vietnam? Check out Fodor's Essential Thailand and Essential Vietnam.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!
]]>Fodor's 'Essential' guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!
Fodor's Essential Great Britain travel guide includes:
Looking for more detailed guides on Great Britain? Check out Fodor's London, Fodor's Essential England, and Fodor's Essential Scotland.
*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.
]]>A unique, easy-to-handle folding system that allows you to view the map one panel at a time for quick reference, and a fully digital map base, which allows our maps to be frequently updated.
Periplus Travel Maps cover most of the major cities and travel destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. The series includes an amazing variety of fascinating destinations, from the multifaceted subcontinent of India to the bustling city-state of Singapore and the 'western style' metropolis of Sydney to the Asian charms of Bali. All titles are continuously updated, ensuring they keep up with the considerable changes in this fast-developing part of the world. This extensive geographical reach and attention to detail mean that Periplus Travel Maps are the natural first choice for anyone traveling in the region.
City Plan:
Periplus Travel Maps
cover most of the major cities and travel destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. The series includes an amazing variety of fascinating destinations, from the multifaceted subcontinent of India to the bustling city-state of Singapore and the 'western style' metropolis of Sydney to the Asian charms of Bali. All titles are continuously updated, ensuring they keep up with the considerable changes in this fast-developing part of the world. This extensive geographical reach and attention to detail mean that Periplus Travel Maps are the natural first choice for anyone traveling in the region.
]]>The tropical seas around Indonesia's 17,000 islands span several ecological zones and host the greatest variety of marine life and biodiversity found anywhere on this planet. These warm, crystal-clear waters are home to stunning coral reefs, deep trenches and shipwrecks-not to mention majestic creatures ranging from seahorses to fish, whales, dolphins, sharks and manta rays.
The Ultimate Guide to Diving in Indonesia is the first and only comprehensive guidebook dedicated entirely to Indonesia's unique and exciting dive sites and facilities. Seasoned dive instructor and long-time Bali resident Sarah Ann Wormald presents descriptions and photos for each major dive site, including recommendations for the best operators and services to use. Maps of each area, marine life and conservation stories, and detailed travel tips from a local expert help to guide you in planning your visit.
This updated and expanded third edition features many new photos, dive operators and dive sites that have surfaced over the past few years. Unique highlights include the burgeoning night-time blackwater diving scene, wall diving around Selayar Island and whale and dolphin watching off the coast of Alor.
Wormald covers each major region in Indonesia in detail, among them:
Whether you are a first-timer or an experienced diver, this book has everything you need to plan and fully enjoy the magic of Indonesia's tropical diving paradise.
]]>Tarot Emblemata is a magical and mystical tarot deck based on the 1551 book of emblems by Claude Paradin. Renaissance emblems are intimate illustrations with accompanying mottos that allegorically and symbolically express sentiments, concepts, societal concerns, and parables. These Renaissance emblems are a didactic genre of interpretive art and, within them, author and creator Nitasia Roland has discovered that their enigmatic imagery and 'mottos' correspond dynamically and align perfectly with the seventy cards of the Major and Minor Arcana of the tarot.
Among the many ancient and iconic images this deck portrays plumes, helmets, swords, gemstone rings, coins, wands, clouds, wreaths, flowers, animals, and trees Roland sees the evolution of tarot's wands, swords, cups, and coins, as well as evocative glimmers of the Major Arcana archetypes. Both secular and religious, Renaissance emblems were meant to crystallise virtue or vice and cover every sphere of early modern knowledge: ethics, natural philosophy, politics, science, religion, love, war, and everyday life, very much in the same way that modern tarot imagery provides insight and clarity today.
The Tarot Emblemata deck will help readers expand on their path of embodiment, spiritual gnosis, inspired destiny, and empowerment. The accompanying guidebook presents tarot interpretations and elucidations on the symbolism of the emblems. Tarot Emblemata features a ribbon lift and gilded cards. It is an accessible deck for beginners and those familiar with the Rider-Waite-Smith system, while more experienced readers will enjoy a new and refreshing perspective.
]]>In Free Gifts, Alyssa Battistoni explores capitalism's persistent failure to value nature, arguing that the key question is not the moral issue of why some kinds of nature shouldn't be commodified, but the economic puzzle of why they haven't been. To understand contemporary ecological problems from biodiversity collapse to climate change, she contends, we have to understand how some things come to have value under capitalism-and how others do not. To help us do so, Battistoni recovers and reinterprets the idea of the free gift of nature used by classical economic thinkers to describe what we gratuitously obtain from the natural world, and builds on Karl Marx's critique of political economy to show how capitalism fundamentally treats nature as free for the taking. This novel theory of capitalism's relationship to nature not only helps us understand contemporary ecological breakdown, but also casts capitalism's own core dynamics in a new light.
Battistoni addresses four different instances of the free gift in political economic thought, each in a specific domain: natural agents in industry, pollution in the environment, reproductive labor in the household, and natural capital in the biosphere. In so doing, she offers new readings of major twentieth-century thinkers, including Friedrich Hayek, Simone de Beauvoir, Garrett Hardin, Silvia Federici, and Ronald Coase.
Ultimately, she offers a novel account of freedom for our ecologically troubled present, developing a materialist existentialism to argue that capitalism limits our ability to be responsible for our relationships to the natural world, and imagining how we might live freely while valuing nature's gifts.
'What a stunning book! As scholarly as it is urgent, sweeping as it is detailed, gorgeously written as it is analytically precise, Free Gifts asks and answers a question fundamental to a future for earthly life: Why can't capitalism value nonhuman nature, and how does this failure imbricate exploitative productive work, subordinated reproductive work, and ecological destruction?'- Wendy Brown, author of In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools and parts you'll need to repair new and old mountain bikes, alongside everything from guidelines on wheel size selection for your frame size, suspension settings, and travel to procedures for mounting and sealing tubeless tire systems and more. Over 500 pages and more than 750 hand-drawn illustrations and exploded-parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every mountain bike repair task, including:
Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. Whether you're riding a classic Stumpjumper or a carbon-fiber race machine, with Zinn at your side, you'll know how to keep your bicycle running smoothly for years.
]]>The Joy of Quantum Computing introduces quantum computing succinctly, and with minimal mathematical formalism. Engagingly written-a feast for the reader's inner nerd-it presents the most famous algorithms and applications of quantum computing and quantum information science, including the "killer apps," Grover's search algorithm, and Shor's factoring algorithm. The only prerequisite is precalculus; readers need no knowledge of quantum physics. Matrices are relegated to the (completely optional) final two chapters. The book shows readers that quantum information science is about more than just high-speed calculations and data security. It is also about the fundamental meaning of quantum mechanics and the ultimate nature of reality.
The Joy of Quantum Computing is suitable for classroom use or independent study by questing autodidacts.
'This book provides detailed example-based explanations of fundamental topics in quantum information, with connections to the coding experience, in a storytelling-style narrative. The many details will be helpful for curious audiences without physics/computer science backgrounds.' Xiaodi Wu, University of Maryland, College Park
]]>Decorate planners, journals, laptops, gift boxes, collages, and more with stunning artworks that illustrate the inherent aspects and correspondences of key crystals. The stickers are organised into six categories: holistic healing & meditation, serenity & sleep; love, romance & fertility; family & friends, pets & home; divination, psychic intuition & spiritual growth; success, abundance & luck; and protection & strength, courage & confidence. Each category opens with an evocative poetic quote to set the mood. this exquisite sticker book for adults conjures up the allure of old-world esoterica with a modern spirit.
Let your imagination run wild use the stickers to transform objects into spellbinding works of art and awaken your inner mystic. The Crystal Sticker Book makes an enchanting gift for yourself or fellow lovers of healing energy and eclectic decor.
]]>'Atanassow provides an excellent account of Tocqueville's thought and of nineteenth-century views on democracy more broadly. This exhaustively researched book is an important contribution to the literature on Tocqueville.' - Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard University
'This beautifully realized book resonates with contemporary purpose. Focusing on protean problems for liberal democracy, Atanassow deploys her rigorous and creative craft to discern how Tocqueville's provocative insights can shape a much-needed political imagination.' - Ira Katznelson, Columbia University
'Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours is political philosophy at its best-original, thoughtful, nuanced, relevant, and also elegantly written. It is a work that makes us realize that today's problems of democracy are also yesterday's problems of democracy, and tomorrow's, too.' - Ivan Krastev, author of After Europe
'In this novel and important book, Atanassow draws lessons from Tocqueville to help us understand the present crisis of liberalism. She gives us, with the aid of Tocqueville, a theoretical framework for thinking about the challenges that we face.' - Helena Rosenblatt, author of The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
]]>On the one hand he claimed that modernity was a deliverance from subjection, but on the other he saw it as having unleashed the spirit of critical reflection. Bourke explores this predicament in terms of a series of world revolutions that Hegel believed had ushered in the rise of civil society and the emergence of the constitutional state.
Bourke interprets Hegel's thought, with particular reference to his philosophy of history, placing it in the context of his own time. He then recounts the reception of Hegel's political ideas, largely over the course of the twentieth century. Countering the postwar revolt against Hegel, Bourke argues that his disparagement by major philosophers has impoverished our approach to history and politics alike.
Challenging the condescension of leading thinkers - from Heidegger and Popper to Levi-Strauss and Foucault - the book revises prevailing views of the relationship between historical ideas and present circumstances.
'Few, if any, have got the gist of the Geist. Until now, that is. In Hegel's World Revolutions, Richard Bourke offers a major re-evaluation of not only Hegel's philosophy of history but also the history of his philosophy...To understand Hegel, you must read Bourke.' Daniel Johnson, The Critic
'Richard Bourke is a formidably talented political historian...Hegel's World Revolutions displays a knowledge of its protagonist's thought which may well be unequalled in Britain. Its mountain of secondary sources is just as impressive.' Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books
]]>Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous explores Van Leeuwenhoek's brilliant and sometimes peculiar ideas, setting them in the context of his time. Geertje Dekkers reveals how Van Leeuwenhoek's curiosity and inventions propelled the study of nature in surprising new directions, leaving a legacy that is still admired three centuries later.
'This book is by far the best biography of van Leeuwenhoek to date. It is thoroughly documented, very well written (at times very funny), and [strikes] the right balance between academic discourse and the commonsense approach so cherished by van Leeuwenhoek...A must-read for anyone interested in van Leeuwenhoek and, more generally, the cultural world of the Dutch seventeenth century.' Eric Jorink, senior researcher at the Huygens Institute and co-editor of Newton and the Netherlands
]]>'It's not hard to believe that [Feder's] college students thoroughly enjoyed his lectures - as most readers will this fascinating book...An entertaining and enlightening survey of what archaeology tells us about the first Americans.' Kirkus Reviews, starred review
]]>Drawing on a wealth of disciplines, The Politics of Language argues that the function of speech - whether in dialogue, larger group interactions, or mass communication - is to attune people to something, be it a shared reality, emotion, or identity. Reconceptualising the central ideas of pragmatics and semantics, Beaver and Stanley apply their account to a range of phenomena that defy standard frameworks in linguistics and philosophy of language - from dog whistles and covert persuasion to echo chambers and genocidal speech. The authors use their framework to show that speech is inevitably political because all communication is imbued with the resonances of particular ideologies and their normative perspectives on reality.
At a time when democracy is under attack, authoritarianism is on the rise, and diversity and equality are being demanded, The Politics of Language offers a powerful new vision of the language of politics, ideology, and protest.
'[An] important book by two prominent scholars.' Choice
'The Politics of Language is a massive accomplishment - novel, nuanced, and timely. It is especially impressive for its rich synthesis of disparate literatures from outside of analytic philosophy, ranging from information theory to social identity and critical race theories...It thereby offers a fertile resource for explaining a wide range of phenomena that are typically ignored by philosophers and linguists, such as gestures, music, and monuments. It also offers a powerful tool for illuminating the politics of language, understood not just as speech produced by politicians or about politics, but all speech indeed all action that involves communal coordination and contestation.' Elisabeth Camp, Mind
'[Stanley and Beaver] have taken it upon themselves to forge a connection between semantic theory and the intellectual outside world. Where many have speculated, they have done the work and come away with a concrete theory of the thing. What is more, they have made a sustained interdisciplinary case for the importance of properly linguistic notions in the analysis of meaning and politics...The book is sure to be a key reference for scholars working on lexical semantics, philosophy of language, linguistic ideology, and meaning writ large for years to come." Nicholas Fleisher, Language' Nicholas Fleisher, Language
]]>With 100 pages,10 exclusive pull-out prints,luxury finishes, mixed paper types, artist insights, and incredible artwork, Astre is a magazine like no other. This is a celebration of the art we love, made by real artists.
To celebrate 25 years of 3dtotal and show our support to a community we love, we wanted to make something that pushed back against AI, showcasing real art by real people in the best way possible, while also creating a true collector's item.This magazine is a culmination of everything we've learned over 25 years of making quality art content, books, and magazines.Our ambition is to make every issue feel like a collector's item, designed to increase in value over time. Each copy will be numbered and feature multiple paper types and special finishes embossing, debossing, cut-outs, removable add-ons if you can imagine it, then you should expect to find it in Astre magazine.
The first issue features incredible cover art by Andrew Hem, a Cambodia-born artist who lives in Los Angeles. We also have exclusive new prints by Canadian artists Audra Auclair and Janice Sung, Swedish artists Chantal Horeis and Feefal (who has 1.1m followers on Instagram), andaward-winning Bulgarian artist now living in San Francisco,Eliza Ivanova with more artists to be announced. Each artist will be the focus of an article featuring additional art and insights into their creative minds.
Each issue of Astre will only be available for a limited time and in limited quantities. So the choice is yours keep it in mint condition as a piece of modern art history, or read it every day and hang all the incredible art on your wall.
]]>Born during his parents' move from Cambodia in the wake of the Khmer Rouge genocide, Andrew Hem grew up between two cultures the rural society of his Khmer ancestors, and the dynamic urban arts of the tough Los Angeles neighbourhood where his family came to rest. Fascinated by graffiti at an early age, he honed his skills with graphics and composition on the walls of the city before following a passion for figure drawing to a degree in illustration from Art Center College of Design. Working in gouache, oil, and acrylic, Andrew Hem weaves atmospheric, richly textured narratives in a vivid palette.
Feefal (real name Linnea) is a Swedish/Japanese artist with a following of over 1.1 million on Instagram. She is known for creating anthropomorphised figures and cute, spooky characters. She lives in Stockholm and she shares her art on Instagram on a regular basis. Feefal uses Procreate (digital software), graphite, and gouache for her work. She published a top-selling art book, The Art of Feefal with 3dtotal Publishing in 2022.
]]>Laura Portwood-Stacer, a writer, editor, and consultant for academic authors, explains how manuscripts move through the publication process and identifies the key stages for authors to improve their texts. She helps writers better understand who they are writing for and why, enabling them to determine what their drafts need most to move forward. Drawing on a decade of experience as a developmental editor of scholarly manuscripts, Portwood-Stacer details the most common opportunities for development she's encountered and shares practical tips for implementing needed edits. The book also includes a checklist of assessment questions, examples from real scholarly manuscripts, tips on seeking additional help, and advice on offering developmental editing assistance to other writers.
Written with candor, empathy, and a deep awareness of the challenges faced by academic writers who want to publish, Make Your Manuscript Work is an indispensable how-to guide for scholars at all career stages.
'I wish this book had existed years ago. It's the book I needed to succeed more easily as a scholarly author; and it's the book you need too. Portwood-Stacer provides a clearly drawn series of steps you can take to improve your own book (or article) manuscript - to hone its arguments, its structure, and its style. If you want your manuscript to be the best it can possibly be, Make Your Manuscript Work is the book for you.' - Stephen B. Heard, author of The Scientist's Guide to Writing
]]>Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks.
The cover for issue 33 has been created by Argentinian artist and 3dtotal favourite, Gretel Lusky. She is an incredibly popular illustrator and comic-book artist, and she shares her expert insights in this issue with an interview and step-by-step of her cover-creation process. Elsewhere, Canadian illustrator Dan Gartman shows us how he creates his stylised character designs, while Athena Dela Victoria, an illustrator from the Philippines, brings a medieval knight to life in six easy steps. Plus German artist Meike Schneider draws inspiration from classic fairy tales to create a brand-new character.
]]>Gretel Luskyis an Argentinian illustrator and comic-book artist currently based in the UK. She illustrated her very first graphic novel Primer for DC Comics and worked on DC's Flash Facts and IDW's Marvel Action: Chillers, amongst others. Between freelancing, Gretel loves to work on her personal art, creating whimsical stories and colourful illustrations often inspired by nature, maritime imagery, and fantasy characters. She has over 879K followers on Instagram and over 606K subscribers on her YouTube channel (@gretlusky).
]]>'Rejecting the rose-tinted, make-believe version of Eleanor, Lindy Grant here tells the queen's story as it has never been told before. The outcome is not only the best short biography of Eleanor, but of any medieval queen.' Nicholas Vincent, professor of medieval history, University of East Anglia
'Who can resist the idea of comparing Eleanor of Aquitaine with Winston Churchill? Not me! Certainly not when the thought comes from Lindy Grant, world-renowned authority on French politics and culture and author of Blanche of Castile, Queen of France, the modern study on Eleanor's granddaughter and one of France's greatest queens.' John Gillingham, London School of Economics and Political Science
]]>Value is measured by how satisfying an individual finds their experience, and the experience economy thrives on this desire for entertainment and fulfilment. Yet debates often reach an impasse when reduced to subjective feelings - whether offence is taken or criticisms are dismissed. Svend Brinkmann explores this cultural shift, examining how our reliance on subjective experience limits meaningful discussions and social cohesion. He argues for reclaiming a shared, objective reality, essential for tackling the major issues of our time, and for fostering genuine understanding beyond personal perceptions.
]]>Bonzer. Arvo. Tucker. Sickie. Pash. Illywhacker.
There are plenty of words to choose from to tell the story of Australia from iconic Australianisms like mateship, fair dinkum, and bogan to drop bears, budgie smugglers, and bin chickens.
And while you aren't likely to hear crikey, cobber, or wowser walking down the street, you will hear no worries, mate, and yeah nah. Words underpin myths and stereotypes of Australian identity; they have also obscured harsh realities and inequalities. Together, these words shine a spotlight on our culture, past and present.
Historian and Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre Amanda Laugesen brings us an innovative linguistic history of Australia.
'From drop bears to bin chickens, raw prawns to faceless men, Laugesen has wrangled every telling word in the Australian menagerie. Far more than 100 words, this gathering of Australian language is an eavesdropping of our ongoing conversation.' David Astle
'A culture and a history unpacked through 100 words and phrases. What a brilliantly conceived and thoroughly engaging book from one of the country's most creative social and cultural historians who also happens to be its leading scholar of Australian English.' Frank Bongiorno
'Amanda Laugesen has unlocked Australia's culturally rich wordhoard to track the life-story of 100 unique expressions, and, as a skilled historian and lexicographer, she is just the right person to do this. Words themselves have special storytelling powers, and her selection has many fascinating tales to tell. From the democracy sausage to the halal snack pack, from marngrook to Mabo Australia in 100 Words is a treasure box for anyone passionate about the history of the language, and a must-read for those interested in the interplay between language, culture and society.' Kate Burridge
'Language is culture. If you want to understand Australia, you can't afford to miss Amanda Laugesen's '100 Words' linguistic sly grog for Antipodean etymologists everywhere.' Chris Wallace
'In an increasingly homogenised world, Laugesen is confident Oz usage will continue to reinvent itself.' Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
'This is a slang dictionary with a difference: depth, substance and stories from yesteryear.' The Australian Women's Weekly
'An impeccably researched book by an expert in the field, Australia in 100 Words is highly informative, written in an engaging, readable style and recommended for anyone interested in linguistics or Australian history.' ArtsHub
]]>**Shortlisted, NSW History Awards 2025, NSW Community and Regional History Prize**
**Highly Commended, Ernest Scott Prize 2025**
**Highly Commended, Oral History Australia Book Award 2024**
HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses provided crucial care to those living with and dying from the virus. They negotiated homophobia and complex family dynamics as well as defending the rights of their patients.
Bringing together stories from across the country, historian Geraldine Fela documents the extraordinary care, compassion and solidarity shown by HIV and AIDS nurses. Critical Care unearths the important and unexamined history of nurses and nursing unions as caregivers and political agents who helped shape Australia's response to HIV and AIDS.
'Drawing on the frontline experience of nurses, Fela has written an insightful and moving history of the tragedy and triumphs of Australia's response to the AIDS epidemic.' Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
'Critical Care shows how Australia's AIDS crisis aroused fear, hatred and homophobia and yet forged new bonds of care, community and love. This beautifully told story of the nursing profession's response to acute suffering and great tragedy borne predominantly by gay men is among the most moving Australian histories I have read. It will be essential for anyone interested in health, the professions, gender, sexuality and the shifting emotional landscape of the nation.' Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, Australian National University
'This outstanding book chronicles the role of nurses in addressing the AIDS pandemic, after the arrival of HIV. The old approach to epidemics was strict control and isolation. But something new was required by the nature of this unexpected crisis. Fortunately, in Australasia, healthcare professionals and lawmakers rose to the occasion. The special challenge of coping with patients needing care, often when they were profoundly sick and dying; where no vaccine was available; and no drugs were effective at first to turn the tide, put huge pressure on nurses on the front line. They helped lead our community to address the AIDS paradox. This book tells a heroic story. I honour the author and those whose work she describes so that their lessons will not be forgotten.' The Hon. Michael Kirby, Past Justice of The High Court of Australia and Patron of The Kirby Institute
'As well as being a pleasure to read, this book shines new light on previously hidden stories in the Australian HIV response; that of nurses, trade unions and First Nations people. Fela's insightful narrative brings to life the unique and vital role played by nurses who provided care in environments that were too often marked by intense fear and shame.' Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, La Trobe University
'In this insightful book, Geraldine Fela revisits the Australian response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and unearths the important and untold contribution of nurses. Nurses were on the frontlines of care during the epidemic and Fela beautifully brings forth their experiences, perspectives and voices. In her attention to labour history, gender and the impact of colonisation, Fela highlights less-told stories of the epidemic that help us re-evaluate the Australian response to HIV/AIDS. This is an important and often moving book.' Robert Reynolds, Professor of Modern History, Macquarie University
'In the worst years of the AIDS crisis, nurses were the frontline of healthcare. Geraldine Fela's compelling, myth-busting book shows how Australian nurses challenged stigma and transformed healthcare relationships and practices. Fela illuminates different healthcare approaches across states, and between city and country, and how nurses ensured effective responses to HIV in Indigenous communities.' Alistair Thomson, President Oral History Australia and Emeritus Professor in History, Monash University
'In this marvellous book, Geraldine Fela reveals the day-to-day work of nurses and their unions in responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Australia. Through interviews and archival research, she shows how in caring, educating, advocating, they saved lives, eased suffering and reshaped our medical system from the ground up.' Graham Willett, Historian, Arch-tivist, Publisher
'This book honours those who bathed the sweat from the exhausted brows of sufferers; who cared for people abandoned by their families and the community; who stood up for those who could no longer stand up for themselves. Bravo, bravo, bravo.' Caroline Overington, The Australian
'Critical Care is an optimistic and galvanising read that celebrates the power of activism.' Jinghua Qian, ABC ARTS
'The author skilfully weaves the professional, personal and political to make visible the often-invisible work of those lower down in the hospital hierarchy who braved fear, hate and ignorance to deliver a service that recognised people's humanity. Critical Care is a challenging read, but its reward is insight into the power of love, courage and solidarity.' Judges' comments, NSW History Awards
'This inspiring history of progressive public health strategy should be cause for national pride. Characterised by a collaborative, community-based education approach rather than isolating and controlling patients nurses played an important role, centring the rights of affected communities.In the age when public health is a matter of urgent concern, Critical Care is both an original and revealing history of Australia's response to AIDS and a valuable source of guidance for the future.' Judges' comments, Prime Minister's Literary Awards
]]>Surveyor Thomas Scott Townsend (18121869) is an elusive, almost legendary figure, closer to folklore than to history. His name is given to the country's second highest mountain, but the details of his career are obscure and his personal identity has remained a mystery.
Yet, if you live in southern New South Wales or Victoria, there is a good chance that your town or district has been influenced by his work: he covered a huge extent of territory and worked furiously hard in a career that spanned two decades.
Townsend of the Ranges is a sensitively told, surprisingly dramatic biography of Townsend's life, from his early days as a junior surveyor in Australia to his time living as a recluse in London before his death. Dr Crowley has engaged in extensive research of primary sources, relying on letters from estranged family members, Townsends employers and Townsend himself to map the story of his life.
Accompanied by original maps drawn by Townsend, this book is a beautifully written portrait of a young man fighting loneliness in the wilderness, mapping the watershed crests of the Dividing Ranges and the contours of south-eastern Australia. The narrative also reveals a picture of destruction and violence as settlers and squatters moved across the land.
]]>Gadigal Country, Woolloomooloo Farm, Riley Estate, Burdekin's paddock, Burlington Picture Palace, First Church of Christ Scientist, party mansion, Yirranma Place.
The many transformations of 262 Liverpool Street, lying at the corner of Forbes Street in Darlinghurst, reflect the long and layered history of Sydney. Now named Yirranma Place, it's a site that has been constantly recreated.
Historian Alana Piper takes episodes from the history of Yirranma Place and its surrounds to provide a window into Sydney's past, particularly the city's experiences of power and hardship. Bringing together local and social history, this visually rich exploration of a corner in Darlinghurst combines deep research with revealing stories.
'Yirranma Place is a literary and visual tour de force of an inner-city Sydney neighbourhood that stretches from First Nations experiences in pre-contact times through to the present day. Alana Piper delivers her rigorously researched history in graceful prose, complete with accompanying maps, photographs and paintings that play an integral role in the story. In a series of thematic chapters, she draws attention to the people, issues and relationships that defined this place across eras and generations.' Judges' comments, NSW History Awards
]]>'The story I'll tell here is about the evolution of the way we humans record and make sense of all the data that swirl around us...'
Vector takes readers on an extraordinary 5000-year journey through the human imagination. The stars of this book, vectors and tensors, are unlikely celebrities. Yet mathematician and science writer Robyn Arianrhod shows how they enabled physicists and mathematicians to think in a brand-new way. They inspired James Clerk Maxwell to usher in the wireless electromagnetic age; Albert Einstein to predict the curving of space-time and the existence of gravitational waves; Paul Dirac to create quantum field theory; and Emmy Noether to connect mathematical symmetry and the conservation of energy. Today, you're likely relying on vectors or tensors each time you pick up your mobile phone, use a GPS, or search online.
In Vector, Robyn Arianrhod shows the genius required to reimagine the world - and how a clever mathematical construct can dramatically change discovery's direction.
'In Vector, Arianrhod shows, with beautiful ease, that maths is not some foreign world only geeks inhabit. It is the world around us.' Adam Spencer, author of Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers: Everything you wanted to know about the numbers 1 to 100
'Arianrhod's Vector, a masterpiece of science exposition, reads as a welcoming cognitive cliffhanger tour of vectors, their generalizations, and their accompanying symbolic tools of mathematical physics, all dovetailing through germane history vignette accounts of astonishing connections and applications.' Joseph Mazur, author of The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time
'A vector is quantity that has magnitude and, crucially, direction. This idea has enabled physicists and mathematicians to imagine and describe the world in new dimensions. The author traces the influence of vectors over the past 5,000 years, and why vectors (and tensors) are still relevant today.' The Bookseller
'There have been lots of books about the evolution of modern physics: from Newton to Maxwell to Einstein and on to quantum theory. But seldom does an author pay attention to the mathematical revolutions that made those physical theories possible. Only as the mathematical toolkit expanded from simple scalars to include such tools and ideas as quaternions and vectors and tensors could physicists and mathematicians find the language to describe an increasingly bewildering universe. Arianrhod does a remarkable job telling the story of the mathematical revolution under the hood, the engine that drove the physics revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the result is a book well worth your time.' - Charles Seife, author of Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
'"If all mathematics disappeared," physicist Richard Feynman opined, "it would set physics back precisely one week." To which mathematician Mark Kac retorted, "Precisely the week in which God created the world." Arianrhod persuades us that vectors and tensors are among those creations. Students and teachers should read this excellent book together.' - Marjorie Senechal, editor-in-chief of The Mathematical Intelligencer
'With a flair for exposition that makes the complex simple, and a gift for storytelling, Arianrhod is without peer in conveying the beauty, and power, of mathematics. William Rowan Hamilton, James Clerk Maxwell, and Albert Einstein come alive in this dramatic tale of a simple idea that changed our world.' - Amir Alexander, author of Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World
'Everyone understands what it means to move at some particular speed in some particular direction. But it took a long time to start thinking of such behavior in terms of a single clarifying concept, the vector. Arianrhod's lively and detailed chronicle explains why vectors and tensors are at the heart of our best ways to think about the universe.' - Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
'...mathematician Robyn Arianrhod tells the story beautifully...a very human story of how men and women explored and refined pure maths and physics, their friendships and rivalries, frustration and insights. Dr Arianrhod is most effective in describing collaboration across time and nationalities, as well trained minds and curious mavericks picked up the challenge to understand our universe.' - Robyn Douglass, The Daily Telegraph
'Written with wit and impressive scholarship in both history and mathematics.' - Peter Main
'Arianrhod has an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of physics and mathematics, as well as a deep understanding of often very technical subject matter...Arianrhod's deep research and attention to neglected figures in the history of science, many of them women, is refreshing...Vector is a fascinating read.' - Michael Lucy, Australian Book Review
'This book expanded my imagination by showing how even the simplest of concepts can have a fascinating and far from simple history...Whether you are interested in popular history of science or would like to know more about the details of how vectors and the laws of physics developed together, I recommend this book.' Thomas Britz, Parabola
'Few books can claim to be able to engage historians in mathematics and mathematicians in history, but Robyn Arianrhod's Vector is just such a rare book. It takes extremely complex concepts from mathematics and the natural sciences and turns them into a fascinating and highly personal journey through the history of the thinkers who made the hallmark inventions of the modern world possible...Both a towering display of erudition and a deeply engaging, charming and intimate retelling of the lives and times of its subjects and their work.' Judges' comments, NSW History Awards
]]>**Shortlisted, 2025 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards, The Jewish Independent Award for Young Jewish Writers**
**Shortlisted, 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the YearAward**
I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did it. I went mad. Why can't I have the secret knowledge that comes with it?
How do you write a memoir when your memories have been taken? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn't recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues.
How to Knit a Human is Anna's quest to find her self and her memory after experiencing psychosis and Electroconvulsive therapy in 2011, at the age of twenty-three. As the memory barriers begin to crumble, Anna weaves her experiences around the gaps of memories that are still not accessible. Anna writes and creates art on her own terms. This book is a reclamation of story and self.
'How to Knit a Human is a precise and searching memoir that illuminates the fragile balance that can exist between memory and one's sense of self. The writing reflects superbly on the profound impact of memory loss caused by psychosis and its treatment, and shows us how storytelling can form part of healing through the sharing of experiences and a deeper understanding of them.' - Kri Gslason
'In this wise, wry and moving memoir Anna Jacobson reclaims her self from the institutions that sought to define her. As she asks vital questions about care, memory and inheritance, Jacobson reminds us of the recuperative joy of creative life.' - Mireille Juchau
'This book is a revelation. If Leonora Carrington teamed up with Janet Frame you might get something close to the kind, gentle, weird and brutal brilliance of How to Knit a Human. Anna Jacobson has shifted my perspective on art and illness. 100 stars. Bravo!' - Kris Kneen
'How to Knit a Human is a visceral and immersive memoir carefully crafted as well as genre-bending. Jacobson delves deep into her own unquiet mind only to emerge artistically victorious. A triumph.' - Lee Kofman
'Blazing, incantatory and furious, this is a work of unshakeable witness. Jacobson sorts through the shapes and shades of memory, dropped stitches and invisible repairs, to forge a blazing work of consolation and recuperation, a paean to resilience and creativity.' - Felicity Plunkett
'In How to Knit a Human, Anna Jacobson gives us a sheaf of home made X-rays that net interior light. Her ability to stand both inside and outside of memory as an encased form has allowed Anna a rare set of insights, something akin to planting seeds in the air, that initially subsist then quietly grow under the moisture in her own breath. As writer, artist and musician, it is fortunate that Anna has the intellectual, emotional, familial and spiritual machinery to approach memory (as itself and herself), in a way that she can watch the pieces of the existential jigsaw move inside the box without her even touching them.' - Nathan Shepherdson
'This is a warmly engaging story that doesn't shy from the harsh realities, but weaves it all into a satisfying fabric...Jacobson writes and creates art to help herself heal, and with How To Knit A Human, she hopes to help others who struggle "feel less alone" with their experiences. With this work, I think she's achieved both.' - Tasmanian Times
'It's through her creative practice, through knitting together the threads of art and memory, that she is able to assert her lost autonomy - and to write this moving memoir.' - Catriona Menzies-Pike, The Guardian
'A concentrated, strikingly poetic portrait of someone descending into what she calls her "madness". For much of the book [Jacobson] employs the third person and refers to herself as "she", a distancing strategy that often chillingly accentuates the eerie, intensity of the experience. Like a kind of magic lantern show, Jacobson takes the reader inside the mind of the subject, to hauntingly powerful effect.' - Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
'How to Knit a Human is a meticulously constructed documentation of "madness", institutions and the reclamation of one's memories.' - Fiona Murphy, The Saturday Paper
]]>Remember loading up the back of the car and heading away with the family over the summer holidays? Being part of Beatlemania when the group toured in '64? Watching Dennis Lillee deliver a stinging bouncer in World Series Cricket? Or heading to the drive-in on a Saturday night?
Packed with over 180 photographs, Remember When ... is a sugar hit of nostalgia that reminds us of the bits of Australia we loved, the bits we've forgotten, and the unforgettable local identities and landmarks of yesteryear.
'It is a glorious reminder of how things were.' Jeff Popple, Canberra Weekly
]]>** Longlisted, Indie Book Awards 2024, Illustrated nonfiction **
Interested in birds but don't know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around you? Then this is the book for you!
Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood is the first complete beginners' field guide to the birds you are most likely to see in the towns and cities of Australia. Much more than an identification tool, though, it opens the door to understanding the habits and behaviours of your suburb's feathered locals.
It's also easy to understand, friendly, and packed full of information about these urban birds; and offers tips and suggestions on how to enjoy, protect and encourage more birds into your area. And one of the best features is that it works just as well in Cairns, Perth and Hobart as it does in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
So come and meet the neighbours.
'Beware! This book will make you addicted to birding. An absolute ripper.' - Costa Georgiadis
'Many people have a 'spark bird' that ignites a lifelong love for birds. This could be a book that sparks a love of birds for a new generation.' - Sean Dooley, BirdLife Australia
]]>'I scanned the forest floor around me. I couldn't yet see fungi, but I could smell them. Lowering my nose to the ground, I inhaled a distinctive fungal funk. I rolled over some bark and there they were! Gossamer threads of mycelia wended their way through the layers, weaving them together. Soon these furtive fungi would fashion their mycelia into mushrooms and heave their way through the earth.'
This book is about fungi, and the photography of fungi. The title Funga Obscura unites the two. Beginning in elemental landscapes of ice and rock, the book traces the evolutionary path of fungi as enablers of life on land, and creators of soils and forests. Crossing continents and ecosystems, we navigate lichen-covered landscapes, crawl in the fungal undergrowth, scale glacial extremes and duck between rainforest shadows.
Alison Pouliot, ecologist and environmental photographer, captures these remarkable lifeforms in this visual love letter to fungi.
'A gallery of exquisite photographic artworks; a celebration of the diversity, eccentricity, beauty and resilience of fungi; a meditation on relationships between all living things, and an invitation to wonder about our own place in the natural world.' Jeanette Miller, Mornington Peninsula Landcare
'This festival of fungi encompasses the cute and the creepy and reminds us that fungus is a vital component of life on Earth.' Newcastle Herald
'Funga Obscura is a tour de force that celebrates the beauty and complexity of fungi while challenging readers to look more closely at the world around them. Alison Pouliot has crafted a work that is as educational as it is inspiring, as artistic as it is scientific.' Australian Garden History Society
'Who'd have thought fungi could be so...fabulous? Ecologist and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot has a focus on fungi and her pictures take us across continents and hemispheres...This festival of fungi encompasses the cute and the creepy and reminds us that fungus is a vital component of life on Earth.' The Canberra Times
'Funga Obscura is a beautifully crafted book that explores the world of fungi through a blend of storytelling and photography. It features Pouliot's stunning, high-quality photographs of fungi each thoughtfully composed-paired with personal reflections and engaging insights into her deep passion for fungi and the art of capturing them on camera...Funga Obscura invites you to wander into nature and study fungi for yourself.' The Tasmanian Times
'Pouliot's [new book] showcases some of the most striking members of this often-overlooked kingdom of life.' New Scientist
'Funga Obscura has a focus far beyond images. Interspersed between the photographs, we find brief but thought-provoking essays on nature, global cultures, the mycellium-based foundations of forest ecology, and the long and varied history and future of fungi.' Oregon Mycological Newsletter
]]>This is the perfect cooking companion to better manage symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Offering 120 newly developed recipes created using the world's largest database of FODMAP-tested foods, it shows you how to cook and enjoy low FODMAP foods at home. It also includes the Monash FODMAP stack cup, a unique feature designed by the research team to help customise meal plans to suit your lifestyle. With the Monash University Low FODMAP cookbook, you'll have an easy-to-use guide to a diet therapy that brings together fresh, nourishing, low FODMAP ingredients to create delicious and simple dishes from around the world.
With all proceeds from the cookbook going back into research, you'll be playing a meaningful rule in making a bigger, better impact on the lives of people with IBS around the world.
]]>The Monash FODMAP Team at Monash University is composed of dietitians, scientists, postgraduate students and gastroenterologists working together to explore the role of food components in gastrointestinal conditions. For 15 years, this team has been innovating to improve the lives of those with IBS.
]]>From deserts to rainforests and even the polar Arctic, scientists venture into the field to collect, observe and study the world's organisms and the environments they live in. But even with the best planning, unexpected weather, unpredictable animals and unforeseen encounters can occur.
Wild Science: Unexpected Encounters When Working in Nature explores the precarious, hilarious and thought-provoking stories 'behind the science'. It shows the value of these experiences, even when things don't go right, and the importance of fieldwork for understanding our own place in the world.
With contributions from Cara Penton, Terrah Guymala and Warddeken Rangers; Christopher R. Dickman; Laura Kojima; Pamela Catcheside; Euan G. Ritchie; Neil Jordan; Leonardo Guida; Manu E. Saunders; David M. Watson; Jessica Marsh; Erika M. Roper; Laura M. Skates; Andrew E. Derocher; Isabel Castro; David G. Hamilton; Abi T. Vanak; Jodi J. L. Rowley; Wayne Boardman; Robert Heinsohn; Jo Isaac; Lydia McLean; Tracy Ainsworth; Dieter F. Hochuli; and Bradley P. Smith.
]]>The Family History Book takes you through the steps of researching and building a family tree, finding records of births, deaths and marriages, looking up newspaper archives and probate records, researching immigration and shipping, examining military records, as well as discovering your story through DNA testing. Whether you're just beginning or have already made a start, this book guides you through all the places you can learn about genealogy in Australia.
Filled with tools, tips and tricks, and featuring interviews with experts in the field, Cassie and Shaun Gilmartin share everything you need to unlock the story of your past.
'Now your frequent cry, "I'd write the family history if I knew where to start", is silenced. This book is so rich in example and so charming that it will not only tell you exactly where to start and proceed but will also entertain and enthuse you. Your descendants in 2524 are crying for you to follow this guide and leave them a history that makes their forebears enchanting.' Tom Keneally
'An invaluable resource. This is a book guaranteed to inspire, educate and support experienced and budding family historians alike. It's gloriously user-friendly not least because the Gilmartins are so friendly not only keeping up with all the modern trends in digital research, but also staying true to the timeless, compulsive motivations of family history: curiosity, creativity and love.' Clare Wright
'An extraordinarily helpful guide up to date on techniques and sources that simply weren't available a decade ago. Cassie and Shaun are lively and reliable guides to an absorbing and popular historical endeavour that can so easily trick and mislead the unwary.' Peter Stanley
'A very accessible guide on how to get started and keep going with your family history.' Brad Argent, Ancestry Studios
'An exceptional level of detail on the records and sources for each chapter. Cassie and Shaun should be congratulated on an excellent work.' Ruth Graham, Society of Australian Genealogists
'An excellent new resource for anyone seeking to trace their family tree, or do historical research.' The Australian
]]>Shaun Gilmartin has specialised in history and science programming as a TV executive producer and writer for more than two decades, working for broadcasters across the globe. His documentaries have won awards in the UK, the US and Europe. It has taken him all these years to discover more about his father, who died when he was just two.
]]>marramarra (a Wiradjuri word meaning to create, make or do) explores how contemporary Indigenous artists and their communities are revealing hidden histories and finding pathways to healing.
marramarra shares conversations with leading contemporary artists, including Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin (Pitjantjatjara, Arrernte, Australia), Judy Watson (Waanyi, Australia), Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe, Canada), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit and Unangax, Alaska) and Pauliina Feodoroff (Skolt Smi, Finland). Indigenous Elders and knowledge holders also provide insights about important community projects, places of memory and history lessons about colonisation.
Led by Indigenous voices and presenting ground-breaking artworks from the Pacific, Turtle Island (North and Central America), Brazil, Finland, Taiwan, Afghanistan and beyond, marramarra provides new ways to think about the past and imagine a planet that is bright for Indigenous futures a place that is better for all.
'Groundbreaking, trailblazing, revolutionary.' The Australian Women's Weekly
'This is art as activism that seeks to open the eyes and hearts of its audience to the vibrancy and wisdom of Indigenous culture, the wrongs of the past and the holistic worldview of these diverse peoples.' Sydney Morning Herald/The Age
]]>Dr Jessica Neath is a non-Indigenous Australian art historian of settler descent living and working on Boonwurrung Country in Melbourne. She is a Research Fellow in the Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous research lab at Monash University.
]]>Australian documentary photography was at its height from the 1950s to 1970s. A time of great flux social, political and cultural was reflected in the photographs of Max Dupain, Carol Jerrems, William Yang, Rennie Ellis, David Moore, Mervyn Bishop, Sue Ford and others. A time when the gritty documentary photography that emerged in the US after World War II, hand-held film cameras, instamatic colour film, Polaroid cameras and the arrival of television all pushed photography in a revolutionary new direction. Imagining a Real Australia is a stunning testament to a time when photographers turned their lenses on real people living real lives.
'The photos in Zagala's book brilliantly capture the period and the sense of change that was occurring at the time. Highly recommended.' Canberra Weekly
'Step back in time with Zagala, before influencers and selfies, to a period when photographers captured real people in all their messy, marvellous glory.' Australian Women's Weekly
]]>The images in this book are a snapshot of the Australian town, from Warrnambool to Broome, captured by the National Library of Australia's photographers in the 1990s. Each building is a reflection of the local climate, history, landscape and people, and yet there are commonalities. When we make a pitstop at a town on our summer pilgrimage to the coast or to visit relatives, recognise the surf lifesaving club, the public pool, a milkbar because we know the architectural language. These are our towers and spires.
An Australian town might contain more or fewer Victorian, Edwardian, Federation, Colonial, Italianate, Modernist, Contemporary and Art Deco buildings. Its suburbs might have been built in a gold rush fervour in the 1850s or have sprawled in the 1960s or big blocks and old homes replaced with blocks of flats in the 1980s. But the design mishmash that so upset Robin Boyd in the 1960s today can move us and make us feel at home. Here is the Great Australian Beauty of our towns, in all its nostalgic, iconic, recognisable glory.
List of towns included in Our Streets: The Regional Cities and Major Towns Project:
ALBANY, ALBURY, ALICE SPRINGS, ARMIDALE, BAIRNSDALE, BALLARAT, BATHURST, BEGA, BENDIGO, BERRIMA, BOWEN, BRAIDWOOD, BROKEN HILL, BROOME, BUNBURY, BUNDABERG, BURNIE, BURRA, CAIRNS, CARNARVON, CHARTERS TOWERS, CLONCURRY, COFFS HARBOUR, COOBER PEDY, COOTAMUNDRA, DENILIQUIN, DERBY, DEVONPORT, DUBBO, ECHUCA, GAWLER, GEELONG, GERALDTON, GOULBURN, GUNNING, GYMPIE, HAMILTON, HERMANNSBURG, HOLBROOK, HORSHAM, KALGOORLIE, KATHERINE, LAUNCESTON, LISMORE, MACKAY, MAITLAND, MARYBOROUGH, MENINDEE, MITTAGONG, MOE, MURRAY BRIDGE, NARRABRI, NEW NORFOLK, NEWCASTLE, ORANGE, PORT LINCOLN, PORT PIRIE, QUEENSTOWN, RENMARK, ROCKHAMPTON, SHEPPARTON, SWAN HILL, TAMWORTH, TOWNSVILLE, TUMUT, VICTOR HARBOUR, WAGGA WAGGA, WARRNAMBOOL, WARWICK, WHYALLA, WINTON, WOLLONGONG, WYCHEPROOF, WYNDHAM, YASS, YOUNG
]]>This book offers new insights into Cressida Campbell's life and work, featuring original research and reflections from curators, artists, poets and writers, as well the artist's own autobiographical notes. Generously illustrated, the publication will locate Campbell within the lineage of significant Australian contemporary artists.
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Have you ever wanted to protect your books from forgetful borrowers, merciless page-folders or outright thieves? Perhaps you have even wished harm on those who have damaged your books, but would you threaten them with hellfire, hanging or the plague?
This book contains a collection of some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, from fearsome threats discovered emblazoned on stone monuments from the ancient Near East, to elaborate manuscript maledictions and chilling warnings scribbled in printed books. Book curses are entertaining writings in themselves, but they also offer a tantalising insight into how passionately texts and books have been valued by their owners and readers over the centuries.
Here you will find an engaging introduction to the history and development of the book curse and perhaps some inspiration to pen a few of your own.
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