In Miniature takes a big look at small things. It is a celebration of the obsessive, eccentric and meticulous, and welcomes us into the world of collectors, modellers and fans. Simon Garfield is a master of finding delight and fascination in unlikely places and here we discover flea circuses, 1,000 tiny Hitlers, miniature crime scenes, model villages and railways, minuscule foo...(展开全部)

Using a typological structure (landscape, park, square, garden, promenade, etc.), Gunther Vogt describes the theoretical foundation on which the successful projects of Vogt Landscape Architects are based. In recent years they have realized international projects in Europe and the United States, including a new type of city park for the Tate Modern in London (with Herzog & de Me...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A Miniature Edition (TM) of Covey’s popular original, The 8th Habit , holds powerful insights that challenge us to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. The principles in Covey’s pocket-sized The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People guided individuals to improve their lives and organizations. Now The 8th Habit inspires us to thrive, innovate, and lead...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A Miniature Edition (TM) of Covey’s popular original, The 8th Habit , holds powerful insights that challenge us to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. The principles in Covey’s pocket-sized The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People guided individuals to improve their lives and organizations. Now The 8th Habit inspires us to thrive, innovate, and lead...(展开全部)

Miniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Originally published in 1984 (Johns Hopkins University Press), and now a...(展开全部)

Miniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Originally published in 1984 (Johns Hopkins University Press), and now a...(展开全部)