Not so much a history of maps, this is a riveting account of the ways in which the carefully plotted lines of explorers have transformed the world. From Magellan and Cook to the distortions ... read more
Europeans have north at the top of their maps; Islam looked south; the Hebrew culture looked east; the Aztecs had five points. What are compass points? How do they vary and function?
It is nearly thirty years since Aciman's superb memoir of his Alexandria childhood, Out of Egypt. Since Call Me By Your Name he has mutated from an academic scholar of Proust into a bestsell... read more
A memoir structured round mementos that takes us to Ossie & Celia, Andy, Karl, Diana, Freddie, Diana, Diana, Barbra and many other luminaries, or possibly icons.
A fine illustrated book showing 51 contemporary houses across the world that have been carefully designed to integrate with their natural surroundings.
Dali's lobster telephone, Dora Maar's shell hand, Many, Ray, Magritte, Joseph Cornell, et alia: a cheerful amuse-bouche for the centenary of the outbreak of surrealism - grace à André Bret... read more