A compelling book of the confessions and secrets from the PostSecret website - the project that captured a nation's imagination

The largest-ever collection of New Yorker cartoons featuring the best of every decade in book form, plus two easy-to-browse CDs - Windows and Macintosh compatible - with every cartoon ever published in the magazine - more than 68,000 of them!

American democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which is why so many other nations are eager for it to be imposed on them. But just what exactly is it? Jon Stewart and his fellow patriots from the Emmy-winning The Daily Show finally deliver the answer. They offer their insights into a unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes,

The result of a five-year airborne odyssey across five continents and sixty countries, The Earth from the Air is the bestselling book of aerial photography ever published. This vibrant new edition of the internationally acclaimed original features an updated design and nearly sixty stunning new photographs.

From El Escorial in Spain to the Congress in Washington, from Trinity College, Cambridge to the Abbey of Saint-Gall, this volume reveals an exceptional heritage: nearly 20 shrines to culture, entirely devoted to the presentation of knowledge, stacked with writings and shrouded in silence.

Takes the reader into the houses of forty booklovers to view their personal libraries and reading spaces. This book includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, restoring and storing rare books; finding out-of-print books; and choosing furniture, lighting and shelving.

The American Civil War was the largest war of the 19th century - the bloodiest and the most prolonged - and it marked a crossroads in American history. This book includes a narrative history of the war, essays on various aspects of the war and extracts from contemporary documents.

Collects many of the most visually significant photographs taken during the first forty-one years of orbital space travel, in a volume that reflects the achievements of the space program, the natural wonders of the planet, and the consequences of pollution. Reprint.

A collection of letters and pictures written by the author in the guise of Father Christmas. Take them out of the envelopes and read the adventures of the naughty North Polar Bear, of the elves who help him get the presents ready and the battles with the troublesome goblins.

Intends to provide you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. This book contains the 13 principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, clothing care symbols, a list of the countries where you drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing.

The most extensive collection of Alex Grey's visionary artwork in one volume, now in paperback.

Since 1977, Star Wars has spawned two sequel films, three prequels, books, video games, and more. This work reveals how a small group of gifted artists and craftspeople led by one inspired writer-director overcome obstacles - while enlisting ingenuity, heroism, but most of all dogged determination, to get to the end of their adventure.

Full title: 'One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns of Italy'. This compact information-filled volume will take you from the jewel-like atmosphere of the Amalfi Coast to the refined beauty of Siena, to the ancient Etruscan hill-town of Cortona and more.

Documents the arc of Leibovitz's relationship with her companion, Susan Sontag, who died in 2004; the birth of her three daughters; and many events involving her large and robust family, including the death of her father. This book also features the portraits of public figures including the pregnant Demi Moore, and Nelson Mandela in Soweto.

The follow-up book to the huge cult hit, PostSecret, this time focusing on the secrets of teens and students

Propaganda, an official fan club magazine subtitled the World Service Magazine, has been giving diehard fans the inside gen on U2 ever since the early 1980s. Packed with articles by the band, interviews with them by major music journalists and glorious photography by the likes of Anton Corbijn, Propaganda has appeared on a roughly bi-annual basis for almost twenty years. Early editions are now ...

Presents a collection of National Geographic magazine photographs, the facts behind them, and the inside stories of the men and women who took them. This book describes the photographers' achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic points of view.

Britain's rich historical heritage is witnessed in the archives contained in The British Library and Public Record Office. This book displays, in chronological order, treasures and key documents from these and other sources which illuminate defining moments in British history.

See the sky as you never have before. Using a series of his awe-inspiring images, photographer and scientist John Day - who has a Ph.D. in cloud physics and is known round the world as The Cloudman - introduces us to earth's great skyscape. His spectacular portfolio of pictures captures a variety of cloud forms and shapes, ranging from cottony-soft cumulus clouds to frightening, whirling ...

Offers a photographic celebration of the world's most popular pet - the cat. Featuring images of animal portrait photographer Rachael Hale, this collection captures the beauty and charm of 101 of her favourite felines. The photographs capture the unique personality of various mischievious models, and are complemented by cat quotations and poems.