Vol. 1: The Modern Movement
A first edition, first printing. This book is in very good condition with a tight page block and minimal shelf wear. The front cover has some minor scratching a... read more
C20th experimental and idealistic collectives, including Santiniketan in Delhi, England's Dartington, Germany's Bruderhof. Their leaders were charismatics too - Tagore, Gurdjieff, et al - ... read more
A zesty account of archaeological wizardry, from Champollion's decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.
Huygens developed the theory of light travelling as a wave, invented the mechanism for the pendulum clock, and discovered the rings of Saturn - via a telescope that he had also invented. His... read more
OL gets under the skin of a dozen glamorous but stifled figures: Susan Sontag, Christopher Isherwood, Nina Simone... With a sympathetic eye, she explores the conditions needed to cultivate... read more