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Författaren Annika Thor och illustratören Maria Jönsson presenterar ett kammarspel i bilderboksform: Två barn väntar på Någon på en lekplats. Men vem är Någon? Kan det vara så att de faktiskt väntar på varandra? Med blinkningar till Becketts “I väntan på Godot” byggs en berättelse om hur man för att möta andra först måste möta […]

“Kyoto is famous for its masterpieces of Japanese architecture, including many listed as National Treasures, Important Cultural Properties and World Heritage… Yet when visitors ask me what to see, I often recommend just walking or cycling aimlessly through Kyoto’s backstreet neighbourhoods… …it is here that the modest magic of the ordinary reveals itself.” More than […]

What’s left when your kids grow up and leave home? When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later, while taking her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact, and keeps driving West. An unforgettable road trip novel, The Rest […]

Chronicling a journey of close observation across some of the country’s most picturesque states via the medium of 60 entertaining, informative profiles, Mexico: A Culinary Quest captures the essence and spirit of Mexican food history as well as a wide range of contemporary cooking styles. The profiles represent a cross-section of both walks of life […]

Rick Owens remains one of the most daring and influential fashion designers working today. Recently experimenting with new shapes, the application of new materials, and an unprecedented use of color, this book of entirely unpublished photographs will surprise and delight his legion of devoted fans. Lavishly documenting men s and women s collections and featuring […]

Celebrate legends who changed the world by singing along to rhyming ABC lullabies. Join David Bowie on an alphabet journey from Brixton boy to Ziggy Stardust and global icon. A is for the album, Aladdin Sane, A ’70s legend of rock music fame. B is for Brixton, and Bromley, too, Childhood homes, where Bowie grew. […]

An elemental unit of design, the dot has an aesthetic appeal that is perhaps part instinctual and part referential as virtually everything fond from the micro to the macro level is based on this simple form. Isolated or in a crowd, black and white or in colour, indistinct or in sharp focus, the multiplicity of […]

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game creators, winemakers, therapists, and more Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the world—an insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while it’s enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because it’s a […]