
In Space We Read Time: On the History of Civilization and Geopolitics
Karl Schlogel and Gerrit Jackson
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History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular...

Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me
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A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of...

Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom
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Before publishing his pioneering book How the Other Half Lives - a photojournalistic investigation...

The Storm of Creativity
Kyna Leski, John Maeda and John Antonelli
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Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative...
A Life in Brine: A Surfer's Journey
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Covering 40 years of surf culture, Australian writer Phil Jarratt rides a wave of nostalgia...

Abraham Hanibal: Prince of Logone, Pushkin's African Ancestor
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Hanibal [1697- 1761] was probably the most outstanding African in Europe in the 18th Century, his...

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
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Adolf Hitler: My Part on His Downfall is volume One of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious,...

Albert Camus
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One of France's most high-profile writers, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and...

An Autobiography
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Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' - her own autobiography, with new exclusive CD containing...

The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even If You're a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me
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A New York Times business journalist explains why it's important for people to pursue big creative...