The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. This book offers a comprehensive... Læs mere
Outsider art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients,... Læs mere
An accessible introduction to the Indus, an extraordinary ‘lost’ ancient civilization.
A concise, critical biography of the innovative French artist Henri Matisse.
A vivid portrait of the formidable-looking yet sociable and intelligent crab.
Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the founders of modern analytic philosophy and is regarded as the greatest philosophical genius since Immanuel Kant. In this book, the author traces... Læs mere
A celebration of the ancient, unassuming yet exceptional turtle.
Traces the many ways humans have thought about and pictured squids.
One of the 20th-century's most influential political thinkers, Hannah Arendt.
For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. This book advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation.
The natural and cultural history of an opportunistic omnivore, the raccoon.
A lucid account of one of the 20th century’s most provocative intellectuals.