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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In his most provocative and practical book yet, the New York Times -bestselling author of The Black Swan challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and…
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Ali Smith
Refusing to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, this title is narrated by a character who is haunted - literally - by a former lover, the…
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Clementine Ford
An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.
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Lucia Osborne-Crowley
A widely researched and boldly argued work about reclaiming our bodies from shame from a key intersectional feminist thinker of a new generation
The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the best-selling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl.
Bri Lee
Bri Lee, best-selling and award-winning author of Eggshell Skull, asks Who gets to be smart? in this forensic and hard-hitting exploration of knowledge, power and privilege.
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Olivia Laing
When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began…
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Kody H Johan
Commence on an immersive journey through the heart of France with our meticulously crafted "France Cities Culture Guide 2024." Dig into the vibrant tapestry of cultural diversity, historical richness, and…
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Hida Viloria
From Hida Viloria, writer and intersex activist, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of life, love, and gender identity as an intact intersex person, as well as a call to…
Tyler Bowman, Dan Raxor
After the journey to Emporium that was wrought with secrets and devastating alien attacks, Alex and his family hunger for more knowledge. He's desperate to find out more about his…
Culture
Two Sevens Clash, Culture's first LP, set a new standard for reggae music-- indeed for pop music all over the world. Culture went on to record a series of outstanding…
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This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL)…
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Carpet Bombing Culture
Graffbook - The Graffiti Sketchbook.
Everything for the armchair graffiti artist. Unleash your inner graffiti writer all over walls, trains, subways, freighters and sticker outlines in this beautiful black book…
Marcia Amidon Lusted
The United States is a young country founded on complicated ideals--ones that it still strives to fulfill. Many of those ideals were established in the 1776 Declaration of Independence--when colonists…
The essence and memory of Al Saggaf Palace
Within the intricate valleys of Mecca, humbly against the mountains, stood Al Saggaf Palace, witnessing the unfolding of history where civilizations, ethnicities…
An exceptional immersive journey across time and space to unravel the soul of an iconic traditional and artistic village in the heart of Arabia
Genius of the Place: Al Muftaha…
An exceptional immersive journey to discover the story of an iconic building
Genius of the Place: Irqah book series tells the fascinating story of an abandoned hospital turned into a…
An architectural and historical gem in the heart of Arabia
Genius of the Place: Khuzam Palace book series takes the reader on a compelling voyage to discover Khuzam Palace. Located…
Beit Al-Manoufy as an example of the role of architecture in preserving a country's heritage and culture.
Located in Al-Balad, Jeddah's historic downtown recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
The Red Sea Museum catalogue embarks the reader on a cross-cultural journey along the Red Sea, exploring its dazzling beauty and rich diversity through time, stories, and coastline cities.
The…
An exceptional immersive journey across time and space to unravel the soul of this iconic building.
Located in Al-Balad, Jeddah's historic old town recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Material Cultures
An accessible sourcebook for sustainable architecture from the research practice Material Cultures, examining the relation of materials to subjects including labour, time, landscape, and language.
The work by the young emerging Saudi artist
This interactive book features a unique selection of artworks, essays, and interviews by a remarkable Saudi new media artist, Abdullah Rashed AlSahli…
Moath Alofi
An enchanting visual journey through one of the most iconic edifices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Bab Al-Bunt heritage building.
Located in Al-Balad, a UNESCO World Heritage site in…
John Storey
In this tenth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical…
William W Walker
In today's business environment, characterized by its rapid evolution and intense competitiveness, the strategic nurturing of corporate culture stands as a linchpin for achieving organizational excellence. This book embarks on…
Terry Eagleton
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value
Martin Puchner
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.
What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life…
Marcus Collins
The architect of some of the most famous ad campaigns of the last decade argues that culture is the most powerful vehicle for influencing behavior, and shows readers how to…
D.P. Lyle
Money, sex, power. Jonathon Lindemann offers it all-just don't mind the missing girls
Jake Longly, ex-pro baseball player turned restauranteur, is back where he belongs: relaxing on the beach in…
Dale Allender, Arya Allender-West
This important book considers how youth of color and other marginalized youth experience socio-cultural deprivation from the repetition of traumatic socio-historic experiences as well as from the institutions they interact…
Jamaal Bernard
"Courageous Sacrifice" is a transformative daily devotional book that guides readers through the profound journey of Lent, weaving together insights from various authors affiliated with the Christian Cultural Center in…
This edited book is focused on dynamics that amplify knowledge, skills, and behaviors relevant to deal with different cultural and cross-cultural issues. All the chapters suggest that 'relevance' and 'being…
Shahidi Islam
In an Age of American Empire What Real Hope is There for Black People?
On Cultural Islam: A Godbody Sociology of 1990s Black America Shahidi Collection Vol 3 takes a…
Leo Tolstoy
Step into the world of Russian aristocracy with Leo Tolstoy's captivating play, "The Fruits of Culture - A Comedy in Four Acts." In this delightful comedy, Tolstoy masterfully blends humor…
Gianfranco Pasquino, Riccardo Pelizzo
This important book explores the cultural conditions that favour political accountability.
While the concept of "cultural appropriation" was first popularized in the academic sphere in the 1980s, it has only recently become a major topic of public discourse. Ensuring that other…
Charting shared advances across the emerging fields of medical humanities and health humanities, this book engages with the question of how biomedical knowledge is constructed, negotiated, and circulated as a…
Based on the findings of a 15-month study led by the Centre for Cultural Value, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the impacts of Covid-19 on the UK's cultural…
Paullus L Armstrong
A colorful educational tool for young children. With upper and lower case letters. Please enjoy.
The human body is both the site of lived experiences and a means of communicating those experiences to a diverse audience. Hominins have been culturing their bodies, that is adding…