For better or worse, museums are changing from forbidding bastions of rare art into audience-friendly institutions that often specialize in \"blockbuster\" exhibitions designed to draw crowds. But in the midst of this sea change, one largely unanswered question stands out: \"What makes a great exhibition?\" Some of the world\'s leading curators and art historians try to answer this question here, as

Extensively revised and updated, Planning in the USA, 5th edition, continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory, and practice of planning.Outlining land use, urban planning, and environmental protection policies, this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined, and approached. The new edition

Since the 1600s, travelers, scientists, and doctors have claimed that \"hermaphroditism\" and intersex are disproportionately common among black South Africans. In Envisioning African Intersex Amanda Lock Swarr debunks this claim by interrogating contemporary intersex medicine and demonstrating its indivisibility from colonial ideologies and scientific racism. Tracing the history of racialized research

The gripping, twisty new psychological thriller from LITTLE SISTER author Isabel

Nothing of note has ever happened in Cockle Cove unless you can count the annual Scout Jamboree and the sudden appearance of new novices at the monastery. Things take an inexplicable turn and people disappear suddenly. A new landlord turns up to take over the Jolly Roger Pub and is not all he seems to be. The centuries-old mysteries of stashed Spanish gold and hidden tunnels are reignited and everyone

New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan kicks off her amazing new high concept series, The Scandalous Ladies of London, which chronicles the lives of a group of affluent ladies reigning over glittering, Regency-era London, vying for position in the hierarchy of the ton. They are the young wives, widows, and daughters of London\'s wealthiest families. The drama is big, the money runs deep,

Sail away with the laugh-out-loud new novel from Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The School at the Top of the Dale Aboard the cruise of a lifetime, a cast of colourful characters have a chance to escape from their ordinary lives - but as unlikely friendships are forged, feuds bubble in the laundry room, romances sizzle on the dancefloor, and everyone jostles for a seat at the Captain\'s table,

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A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing.This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can explain our experiences to friends and family, and how we can reframe our view of ourselves and our future in order to thrive.With a humane, encouraging tone,

Fully illustrated, exceptionally detailed account of the development and deployment of the M4 Sherman in World War II.The Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western Allies in World War II. Reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and easy to maintain, thousands were distributed to the British Commonwealth and the

\"The Little Book of Warwickshire\"is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Warwickshire s famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside, history, natural history, literary, artistic, and sporting achievements, customs ancient and modern, transport, battles, and ghostly appearances.

A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellectual ferment in the Netherlands. The only comprehensive work on painting written by a Dutch artist in the later seventeenth century, Samuel van Hoogstraten\'s Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst, anders de zichtbaere werelt (Introduction to the

Is the shift to renewable energy and digital devices going to free us from severe pollution, material shortages, and military tensions? Rare metals are essential to electric vehicles, fighter jets, wind turbines, and solar panels, and also to our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other everyday connected objects. But consumers know very little about how they are mined and traded, or the environmental,

A selection of the best of Dickens\' Christmas stories and writings, in one beautiful edition.It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you\'ll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, plum puddings like speckled cannon balls, sage and onion stuffing,

One of the most important, though controversial, French novelists of the late nineteenth century, and founder of the Realist movement, was mile Zola (1840-1902). He was the most important example of the literary genre of naturalism, and an integral part of developing theatrical naturalism. \"The Kill\" is the second book in Zola\'s \"Les Rougon-Macquart\", a twenty-volume series about a fictional

Christopher, Tom a Sally jsou zpátky v Londýně. Epidemie moru ustoupila a král, spokojený s jejich službami, jim nabídne překvapivou odměnu. Potíže je však sledují až domů... Neznámý vrah zaútočí na jejich starého přítele a nechá ho umírat. Pak se objeví anonymní dopis – záhadné varování ukryté v hádance a tajné šifře. Christopher a jeho přátelé zjišťují, že narazili na spiknutí hrozící smrtí králi...