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This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin – the man whose decision to go to war in Ukraine has opened a new period in European history (Steven Lee Myers’ The New Tsar stops in 2014). To grasp what may lie in store in the months and years ahead, it’s necessary to […]

Defining Decadence The legacy of Gustav Klimt A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt’s major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist’s archive with some 179 letters, cards, writings, and […]

In 1947 Christian Dior rocked the fashion world with his New Look, which dominated postwar fashion and firmly secured the name of his house in the minds of the public and the fashion industry. He drew on historical models of femininity, the unique skills of Parisian haute couture, and a myriad of suppliers to produce […]

A visual narrative that recapitulates FILA s 110 years of history through short circuits and jumps in space and time, the volume is an enormous, fluid time-lapse that reveals its meaning in the unexpected contrast of archival images. FILA was the first brand to leave the playing field, whatever it was, to enter into everyday […]

Wera von Essen har mutat in ett eget område i den yngre svenska skönlitteraturen, ett av religiös hängivenhet, existentiell oro och kärlekslängtan präglat landskap, på en gång uråldrigt och modernt, med inspiration hämtad lika mycket från samtida konst och litteratur som av den spanske 1500-talsmystikern Johannes av Korset. Den nya prosaboken Svar till D är […]

Featuring twenty DIY projects with clearly laid-out, step-by-step instructions, this book shows readers how to create their very own bespoke brooches, from classically chic to offbeat. It demonstrates how to make brooches with everyday materials lying around in the bottom of a drawer – a scrap of fabric, a few coloured crayons, those pieces of […]

These women changed art forever – told in colourful graphic novel form, this is the story of four pioneers of feminist art: Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold, Ana Mendieta, and the Guerilla Girls. Each made their mark in their own powerful way. Judy Chicago made us reassess the female body, Faith Ringold taught us that feminism […]

Kungen av Nostratien är en vindlande, stilsäker berättelse om litteraturvärlden och författarrollen, skriven av författaren Tony Samuelsson. Med suverän lätthet och melankolisk humor ges de stora livsfrågorna ordentlig