The book demolishes standard macroeconomic theory and shows how central banks blinkered obeisance to that theory has, by making bubbles, crises, recessions and, latterly, inflation inevitable, undermined the pillars of a capitalist society.
The book shows Yin Zhaoyang's 12-year retrospective on the series 'Mount Song'. Yin Zhaoyang is a celebrated contemporary Chinese artist who gained fame in the 1990s for his figurative paintings that depicted people's psychological struggles during social changes in China. In 2008, he embarked on a new landscape project, with Mount Song as the ......
The book features dream-space photo collages created by Xu Xiaowei. By combining visual representations of objects and places with ready-made images that randomly appear and disappear in contemporary Chinese society, the artist reinvents his memories. The artwork reflects the personal turmoil experienced in the face of rapid changes in Chinese ......
101 Iconic Blue Plaques Commemorating Britain's History
A blue plaque is a recognised symbol of our national heritage; a living footprint of our history with each one serving as a permanent reminder of an important contribution to the history of the country. The blue plaques commemorate notable, influential and successful people from all walks of life. They are erected in the present to celebrate ......
Packed with stunning drawings with a vintage theme, including a Supermarine Spitfire, Lancaster Bomber and B-17 Flying Fortress, this colouring book features over 30 illustrations of iconic aircraft and features action-packed scenes from the air battles over Europe and beyond.
ISBN-13: 9781912423552
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The merchant, Paul Brandt, moved from Stettin (now in Poland) to Hamburg in 1686. His business prospered and four generations later, fifteen-year-old Wilhelm Brandt was apprenticed to the merchant Alexander Christian Becker in Archangel.
The Daily Telegraph Obituaries of 21st-Century Eccentrics
In the late 1980s the Daily Telegraph transformed the traditionally dry and stolid world of obituaries, ushering in a new way of writing about the dead that was vivid, gently subversive and richly comic. Telegraph obituaries became a byword for entertaining journalism, celebrated for their deadpan tone and sympathetic eye for human quirks and ......
IWM holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Drawing on this unique collection, Winston Churchill showcases 50 iconic images of Britain's wartime prime minister. Marking 150 years since his birth, these poignant images ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423835
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
This book looks at the Arts & Crafts movement through the work of William Simmonds, his life, his friends and their attitudes to modernism to show why that movement was important, how it fitted into its age and what it taught then and can teach us today.
