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Great Design - The World's Best Design Explored and Explainded by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Philip Wilkinson
Category: Art and Design
Featuring DK's signature lush, visual style, Great Design provides a fascinating overview of the dynamic history of design from the 1860s onwards. It traces the development of modern design from all corners of the world, including product design, furniture, graphics, industrial design, and textiles. Wi ...Show more
Knights and Castles by Philip Wilkinson
Category: Fiction
Questions and Answers Knights and Castles is part of an exciting new question and answer series. The series will cover a wide range of subjects, from Creepy-Crawlies and Space Exploration, to How Things Work and Knights and Castles. The series will have four topic strands - Animals, Universe, Science an ...Show more
Mythology (DK Eyewitness Companion) by Philip Wilkinson & Neil Philip
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: Eyewitness Companions
World myths, gods, heroes, creatures and mythical places are revealed. ""Eyewitness Companions" offer an essential reference library, perfect for novices or anyone who just wants to know more about their favourite pastime." - Heyday. Undertake a quest of discovery - and learn about some of the greatest ...Show more
Myths & Legends: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings by Philip Wilkinson
Category: Classics
"Myths & Legends" retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known, ...Show more
Myths & Legends: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings by Philip Wilkinson
Category: New Age Health
Explore the world's great myths and legends, brought to life in this enthralling retelling of age-old stories passed down from generation to generation. From the heroes of Ancient Greece to The Dreaming of Australian aborigines, here are the myths that, thousands of years after they were first told, are ...Show more
Phantom Architecture by Philip Wilkinson
Category: Architecture
A skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built. These are the projects in which architects took materials to the limits, explored cha ...Show more
Pick Me Up - Stuff You Need to Know... by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; David Robers; Roger Bridgman (Contribution by); Jeremy Leslie; Philip Wilkinson
Category: Education
The world's most random encyclopedia, is now in paperback. Once you pick me up, you won't want to put me down... I'm an encyclopedia, but not as you know it. Big books with facts are boring - I'm not. I'm more like a computer game than a book, crammed with funky pages and cartoons. Forget A-Z, just foll ...Show more
Pocket Guide to English Architecture by Philip Wilkinson
Category: Art
This user-friendly guide to English architecture up to the mid-twentieth century is divided into styles with examples highlighted (e.g. the Tower of London for Norman Architecture), complemented by original prints which sets this quality book apart from other guides. The detailed 18th and 19th century ( ...Show more
Prehistoric Peoples by Wilkinson Philip
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Exploring History S.
Find out about how human beings survived, the types of dwellings they lived in, what they ate and wore, and their customs and culture. This journey takes us from prehistoric times, through the Ice Age and beyond, up to the first settled towns and villages across the globe.
Religions by Philip Wilkinson
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Eyewitness Companions
This book contains everything you want to know about the world's religions: from beliefs and ceremonies to gods and sacred texts. From Hinduism to Zoroastrianism take an in-depth look at all the major global religions, past and present. Discover how each religion started, exploring their origins and his ...Show more