Koen Bostoen & Inge Brinkman 
Kongo Kingdom [PDF ebook] 
The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity

Eighteenth-century women told their life stories through making. With its compelling stories of women”s material experiences and practices, Material Lives offers a new perspective on eighteenth-cent …

From Elizabeth Keckly”s designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln”s wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashi …

This study compares text/image interaction as manifested in emblem books (and related forms) and the modern bande dessinée, or French-language comic strip. It moves beyond the issue of defining the e …

”I imagine its being rediscovered with delight in some dusty book case a century hence and hailed as a classic” Spectator ”A wonderful book, a hymn to the pleasurable process of making things” Th …

This is without question the best book ever written on O”Keeffe” New Yorker Born on a wheat farm in Wisconsin in 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia O”Keeffe had her eyes wide open to the …

Joinery, Joists and Gender: A History of Woodworking for the 21st Century is the first publication of its kind to survey the long and rich histories of women and gender non-conforming persons who wor …

This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain”s Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in …

The general aim of this volume is to investigate the nature of the relation between pictorial experience and aesthetic appreciation. In particular, it is concerned with the character and intimacy of …

From sweatshops to fur farming, from polluting chemicals to painful garments, the fashion industry is associated with activities which have had devastating effects on workers, consumers, and the natu …

The story of "The Adventures of Captain John Patterson" takes the reader on an exciting journey into unknown territories. It tells the story of Captain John Patterson’s exciting adventures …