In the next twenty years the world economy will enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth. Greater innovation and technical change will increase opportunities. Life expectancy, income and education
When drugged-up Time Traveller and '80s musical burnout Rock Section and his fellow English hooligans get kidnapped during Italia '90, there are ruinous implications. But now Rock has returned to Sard
Lesley Lyle presents the surprising scientific evidence that reveals the importance of laughter for our mental and physical health, our prosperity, our relationships, our careers – in fact, every aspe
This beautifully illustrated oracle deck uses the chakras as a starting point. The 49 cards are divided into seven groups for each of the seven main chakras. Each card represents a fable that can be i
Bollywood’s India explores the nature of mainstream Hindi cinema, now best known as ?Bollywood,” and its non-realistic depictions of everyday life in India. Rachel Dwyer argues that Hindi cinema’s int
Paul Gladston provides a critical mapping of ideas and practices that have shaped the development of contemporary Chinese art; not only those relating to the specialist concerns of artists, curators a
In the first comprehensive look at Iranian art and visual culture since the 1979 revolution, Talinn Grigor investigates the official art sponsored by the Islamic Republic, the culture of avant-garde a
From Lewis Carroll’s poem ?The Walrus and the Carpenter” to the Beatles’s ?I am the Walrus,” walruses have played an enigmatic role in popular culture. With their prominent tusks and distinctive whisk
Among his many captivating exploits, the French artist Yves Klein (1928-1962) invented his own brand of color: the inimitable International Klein Blue. Denounced as a charlatan and feted as a mystic,
From the Romans who viewed the hedgehog as a weather prophet to modern gardeners who depend on the creature to keep gardens pest-free, the small, spiny animal has had a close connection with humans si
Frank J. Coppa describes the triumphs, controversies, and failures of many Popes, including Pius IX who was criticized for his ?syllabus of Errors” of 1864, his campaign against Italian unification, a
The leopard is the ultimate cat. It makes the lion and the tiger appear overblown and all the other members of the cat family look puny. Where lions hunt in the open and then share their kill, the leo
Long before a rocket hit the Man in the Moon in the eye in Georges Melies’s early film Le Voyage dans la Lune, the earth’s lone satellite had entranced humans. We have worshipped it as a deity, believ
Outside of yoga class, we don’t pay too much attention to the air we take in every day. Long one of the essential elements to life on earth?from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the coal-
Inspector Moises Corvo?jaded, dissolute, yet with an uncanny sixth sense?is on the hunt to discover the identity of a monstrous murderer. His pursuit takes him into Barcelona's underworld, where some
A thrilling and powerful debut.In Terror, Toby Martinez de las Rivas leads us on a high-wire act of verbal dexterity and inventive syntax in pursuit of a new kind of communication. Set against landsca
