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Noise
Kahneman, Daniel; Sibony, Olivier; Sunstein, Cass R.HarperCollins Publishers 2021THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A monumental, gripping book ... Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES 'Noise may be the most important book I've read in more than a decade. A genuinely new idea...
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Here is the Beehive : Shortlisted for Popular Fiction Book of the Year in the AN Post Irish Book Awards
Crossan, SarahBloomsbury Publishing 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD What would you do if you lost someone the world never knew was yours? For three years, Ana has been consumed by an affair with Connor,...
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Leonardo Da Vinci - Artist, Thinker, and Man of Science
Müntz, EugèneParkstone International 2013 1. utgåvaNot only was Leonardo da Vinci (1453-1519) an astonishing painter, but also a scientist, anatomist, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and more. The question is rat...
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10 Amazing Bridges
Peacock, ChrisAndrews UK 2011 1. utgåvaThis quick-read guide introduces the reader to ten of the most amazing bridges in the world. Including photographs of every bridge and a brief description of the history of the st...
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The Girl Before : A Novel
Delaney, JpRandom House Publishing Group 2017THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and E...
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Ten Camels for My Wife
Meadows, JohnAndrews UK 2016 1. utgåvaA highly entertaining anecdotal collection of humorous life observations during a trip around the world. Travelling by bus to Kathmandu, the author experiences hair-raising misadve...
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Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg
Wheeler, DonnaLonely Planet Publications Ltd 2016 1. utgåvaLonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and w...
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Life at the Dakota : New York's Most Unusual Address
Birmingham, StephenOpen Road Media 2015A history of the Manhattan building and its famous tenants, from Lauren Bacall to John Lennon, by the New York Times–bestselling author of “Our Crowd”. When Singer sewing machine...
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Austerlitz
Sebald, W.G.Knopf Canada 2014From one of the undisputed masters of world literature, a haunting novel of sublime ambition and power about a man whose fragmentary memories of a lost childhood lead him on a ques...
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Just Enough : Lessons in Living Green From Traditional Japan
Brown,AzbyTuttle Publishing 2013"Brown's book Just Enough is a compelling account of how Edo Japan confronted similar environmental problems and created solutions that connected farms and cities, people and natur...
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Baroque Art
Charles, Victoria; Carl, KlausParkstone International 2014 1. utgåvaThe Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque art was artists’ response to the Catholic Church’s demand f...
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Michelangelo : Perfect Square
Müntz, EugèneParkstone International 2005 1. utgåvaThe name Michelangelo instantly conjures up the Sistine Chapel, the David, the Pieta and countless other great works. In his History of Italian Painting, the French writer Stendha...
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Four Seasons in Rome : On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Doerr, AnthonyHarperCollins Publishers 2011On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome... 'Four Seasons in Rome' ch...
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Westminster Abbey
Smith, A MurrayAndrews UK 2011 1. utgåvaWestminster Abbey has held a hugely important role in Britain's History over the last 800 years. This fascinating book describes the inside of the Abbey, giving the reader an amaz...
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10 Amazing Bridges
Peacock, ChrisAndrews UK 2011 1. utgåvaThis quick-read guide introduces the reader to ten of the most amazing bridges in the world. Including photographs of every bridge and a brief description of the history of the st...
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Visions of Heaven
Stephenson, DavidSpringer 2005 1. utgåvaTable of contents1. Admiration and AweKeith F. Davis2. Classical, Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque, and Gothic Architecture3. The Renaissance4. The Baroque in Southern and Western Eu...
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Architects Sketches: Dialogue and Design
Smith, Kendra SchankTaylor & Francis Group 2008 1. utgåvaConcepts from architects’ minds evolve through sketches and as a mode of transference are conveyed to the finished building. This book compares qualities of sketches to reveal uniq...
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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL
Allemang, Dean; Hendler, JamesElsevier 2008 1. utgåvaThe promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data information and knowledge has been well publicized. There are many sources too for basic information...
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Cafes and Bars: The Architecture of Public Display
Grafe, Christoph; Bollerey, FranziskaTaylor & Francis Group 2007 1. utgåvaThe design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the p...
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Istanbul : Memories And the City
Pamuk, OrhanKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins...