The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. This inspiring collection gathers together Winston Churchill\"s wisest and wittiest quotations.The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill......

This entertaining collection gathers together Oscar Wilde\"s wisest and wittiest quotations. Quotable Wilde is an ideal compendium of humour that\"s sure to delight all lovers of this talented Irish writer\"s uniquely humorous and sharp style....

What did the manager do when the pitch became flooded? He sent on his subs. Football is a funny old game, and not only because of the players\" hairstyles. Football\"s Funniest Jokes is guaranteed to raise a chuckle even if you\"re still......

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture showcases breakthrough sneaker\"s from the mid-nineteenth century for sports performance to present day cultural icon. Drawn from collections including Adidas, Nike, Reebok, PUMA, and Converse archives,......

One of the art world\"s most recognisable and popular styles, Impressionism is also one of the most complex. In this sumptuous overview Norbert Wolf lends his attention to all aspects of Impressionism: its historical precursors, contemporary......

John Singer Sargent: Painting Friends features a fascinating selection of over forty of the artists portraits of his circle of associates artists, writers, actors and musicians, many of whom he knew well. In contrast to his well-known society......

A baker\"s delight, United States of Pie is an utterly charming and mouthwatering compendium of heirloom American pies - regional favorites from East to West and North to South - gathered lovingly together by Adrienne Kane, author of Cooking and......

Never Built Los Angeles explores the what if Los Angeles, investigating the values and untapped potential of a city still in search of itself. A treasure trove of buildings, master plans, parks, follies and mass-transit proposals that only saw the......

This book completes the series of titles on the work of the architect Terry Farrell that includes Place (2004), Ten Years: Ten Cities, 1991-2001 (2002), and Continuum (2012). This new volume covers the 1980s, when the practice was founded, and features the work that established Terry Farrells reputation....

This book is based on the sessions that Martson has developed for the CIMA program as well as for Morgan Stanleys Senior Consultants Program begun at Wharton in the mid-1980s even before the CIMA program began....

The first illustrated monograph on a jewelry creator who has realized an imaginative world inspired by butterflies, insects, fish, and mythological creatures....

The first comprehensive and long-overdue monograph of visual artist Eric White, containing mostly previously unpublished work. Eric White generates a world of psychologically charged narratives in his masterfully executed and surreal figurative paintings....

\\\"I didn’t want them to be anything, to have the graspability of a figure or a statue. They had to be something that you really took time to understand visually and emotionally.\\\" —Anthony Caro This catalogue presents fourteen early sculptures by the late artist, many of which had never before been shown in the United States....

David Zyla has made women look sensational on the runway, television, and Broadway for twenty years....

British gastronomy has a grand old tradition that has been lost over time. Now our most inventive chef is out to reclaim it. Heston Blumenthal, whose name is synonymous with cutting-edge cuisine, still finds his greatest source of inspiration in the unique and delicious food that our sceptered isle once produced....