An in-depth study of Russian architecture in the 20th century, through the work of Russian avant-garde architect Boris Velikovsky and featuring previously unpublished plans and photographs.

Combine concrete's stoicism with luscious vegetative environments and you get to the language of tropical modernism. In continuity with its founding principles from the mid 20th century, today's architectural visionaries renew the use of raw materials, such as exposed concrete, to explore functionality rather than aesthetics.

No matter if works are created in total symbiosis with the tropical landscape or surrounded by flourishing nature, Concrete Jungle presents the dichotomy of the rough ma...

Der Wunsch, mit dem Motorrad zu verreisen, abseits der Autobahnen neue Landschaften zu entdecken und andere Kulturen kennenzulernen, ist aktueller denn je.

Der Motorradjournalist Jordan Gibbons nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise rund um den Globus und stellt die schönsten Motorradregionen unseres Erdballs vor. Routen, die unvergessliche Erlebnisse versprechen: Vom Outback Australiens über die rauen Pässe der schottischen Highlands bis in den Oman. Gibbons gibt nicht nur Tipps, was auf einer Reis...

A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock.

A streamlined edition of the book that restored the role of government in promoting science and technology.

Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist.

The Little Drummer Girlis a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man took a very old manuscript off a library shelf.

A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society.

Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.