Mark A. Stewart: Dog Nap

What does it all mean? Surely all of those red curtains, strobe lights and dancing dwarfs we keep seeing in David Lynch's films must mean something, right? Well actually, they do. In fact, not only do they mean something, they're all interconnected. Reading these symbols is the key to understanding ...more

In their stunning simplicity, the famous colored rectangle paintings by Mark Rothko suggest, evoke, and endlessly enthrall. This richly illustrated book reproduces in full color one hundred of Rothko's paintings, prints, and drawings. The volume features four commentaries by art experts who explore various formal aspects of Rothko's work, interviews ...more

In January 1998, five days of freezing rain, up to 100 millimetres, fell in some parts of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. About 2 million homes – more than 5 million people – were plunged into darkness for up to a month in the dead of winter. It ...more

Furniture provides much more than just a place to sit or store things. A well-designed piece of furniture can bring lasting pleasure to a living space. Conran Basics: Furniture is a snappy, colorful introduction to the best of contemporary furniture design, with overviews of forms, materials, fabrics, and upholstery. The ...more

British connoisseur describes in detail the subject of famous Japanese color prints using 274 reproductions of works by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Shunyei, and other masters. Bibliography. Index. ...more

Nearly nine decades after his death, Mark Twain remains an international icon. His white-maned, mustachioed image is instantly identifiable throughout the world, the very picture of probity and high spirits (which explains why he's become the poster boy for products as diverse as beer, billiard tables, sewing machines, pizza, and ...more

Featuring: Richard Hamilton, Gavin Turk, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sam Taylor-Wood, Bridget Riley, Tacita Dean and many others. "The year-long project at Fig-1 has been an excellent antidote to the lumbering and ungainly bombast of recent high-profile shows." --John Tozer Edited by Cristina Colomar, ...more

This collection features high quality prints that beg to be framed. Tucked in the portfolio are 14 large-format reproductions, each with a brief description. ...more