Jean Paul Gaultier celebrates the three-decade career of this provocative French fashion designer, who began as an assistant with no formal training and has risen to the rank of grand couturier. His risque and often irreverent styles-think Madonna\'s iconic cone bra from the 1990 Blonde Ambition tour-have earned him the designation of couture\'s enfant terrible. This stunning monograph explores the

The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can\'t wait for the start of the school year. It is his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) Potions and Divination lessons to be attended. But Harry can\'t know that the atmosphere is darkening around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems will be inescapable

The Polity is under attack from a \'melded\' AI entity with control of the lethal Jain technology, yet the attack seems to have no coherence. When one of Erebus\' worm ships kills millions on the world of Klurhammon, a high-tech agricultural world of no real tactical significance, agent Ian Cormac is sent to investigate, though he is secretly struggling to control a new ability no human being should

Outsider Art has become a catchall phrase for everything that is raw, untutored, and extreme in art. Recently, it has grown from being the hobby of a few collectors to a movement of significant importance in the art world, and is on the verge of being integrated into the contemporary art mainstream. However, even many aficionados can\'t say precisely what Outsider Art is or identify the best artists,

An attractive overview and peerless reference source on Asian furniture design through the centuries.Western-style furniture was a relatively late arrival in Asia, where climates and lifestyles were markedly different from those in Europe. But colonial incursions and the exigencies of history conspired to bring about profound changes, and furniture design in Asia blossomed into a major decorative art.Each

The ecological impact of new construction, once a secondary concern, has become a crucial issue. Badly designed buildings guzzle natural resources and pollute their surroundings; in an era of rocketing energy costs and environmental degradation, the need for a sustainable, energy-efficient architecture is paramount. This book features the architects, artists and firms pioneering a new green architecture,

The \"Miller\'s Antiques Checklist\" series of pocket guides aims to make the world of antiques accessible to a wider audience. In each book a range of question-and-answer checklists are provided for a range of representative items.

It is high summer in rural Northumberland. Seventeen-year-old Silvie and her parents have joined an encampment run by an archaeology professor with an interest in the region\'s dark history of ritual sacrifice. As Silvie finds a glimpse of new freedoms with the professor\'s students, her relationship with her overbearing father begins to deteriorate, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed

Though Louis Isidore Kahn (1901–1974) started his career late in his life, the few projects he was able to undertake were realized to perfection. With the Jonas Salk Institute in La Jolla, California (1959–1965) Kahn created a workspace with superb functional and aesthetic qualities&894 the institute’s Minimalist elements radiate a sense of eternal beauty. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth (1966–1972)

When students fail to return home from an English boarding school that numbers several elite bloodlines among its student body, Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his indomitable butler, Sebastian, infiltrate the lush grounds and stately halls of this distinguished house of learning at Her Majesty\'s behest. But this cannot be accomplished without some masterful artifice. The butler takes on the role of tutor,

In 70 AD, a group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile Vipinas, is inexplicably saved by the sound of his silver sistrum. Nineteen centuries later, young American scholar Philip Garrett is investigating his father\'s disappearance

Emma, fille d\'un riche fermier, le pre Rouault, a épousé Charles Bovary, un médecin médiocre, pour fuir sa vie monotone la campagne. Peu de temps aprs son mariage, déçue par Charles, elle cherche désespéremment l\'amour dans les bras de Rodolphe puis dans ceux de Léon...

Dans une cité industrielle, au bord de l\'immense campagne canadienne, Catherine rencontre Michel. Il est le fils d\'un seigneur hautain \". Elle est issue du prolétariat de la ville. En devenant l\'épouse du jeune homme, en observant le couple sauvage que celui-ci forme avec sa soeur, Lia, c\'est un monde secret quelle découvre. A l\'intérieur des \" chambres de bois \" vouées au culte du passé, la

Un livre unique, une somme romanesque, un livre dicté en moins de deux mois et qui est le sommet de l\'improvisation, un récit sur Bonaparte, Waterloo, l\'Italie, un grand ouvrage politique, que dire encore en faveur de ce qu\'Italo Calvino appelait le plus beau roman du monde \". Une comédie humaine, un itinéraire spirituel, plusieurs histoires d\'amour enfermées dans une petite ville d\'Italie, avec

This title presents a readable introduction to British institutions, attitudes and daily life.

\"Daleks! The Dalek Handbook\" is your complete guide to the Doctor\'s greatest enemies. It explores the Daleks\' origins on the planet Skaro, how a Time Lord intervention altered the course of Dalek history, and how they emerged to wage war on Thals, Mechonoids, Draconians and humans. It also reveals the secrets of Dalek design, the development of their iconic look and sound, and their enduring appeal

The French edition of the first title in the Harry Potter series.

Not suitable for children under 7 years of age Welcome to the museum! There are more than 160 animal specimens to be discovered in Animalium, the first in a series of virtual museums. Wander the galleries - open 365 days a year - and discover a collection of curated exhibits on every page, accompanied by informative text. Each chapter features a different branch of the tree of life, from the simple