Contemporary History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 5

Frederick Kiesler,

Magic Architecture

The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler's epoch-spanning history of human architecture, largely unknown but still relevant.Magic Architecture was the architect Frederick Kiesler's …

Leila Taylor

Sick Houses

Explores the architecture of haunted houses, uncanny domestic spaces, and how the horror genre subverts and corrupts the sanctity of home.Horror begins at homeFrom family homes in Amityville to Gothic man…

Evan Joseph, Amy Evans

Brooklyn Then and Now

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now® provides a visual chronicle of the borough's past, full of rich history and culture.Home to more than…

Shigeru Ban

Von Notunterkünften im Baukastensystem über minimalistische Stadthäuser oder eine Kathedrale aus Karton bis zu Ausstellungs­räumen aus Containern und dem Centre Pompidou in Metz - der mit dem Pritzker-Pre…

Dominic Bradbury

Mid-Century Modern Designers

An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textilesMore than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is…

Maryam Rahmani

Spatiotemporal Politics in Contemporary Iran

In contemporary Iran, commemorative rituals serve as spatio-temporal tools for fostering social bonds, yet they also represent contested spaces where the state and society negotiate power. The portrayal o…

Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley,

Circle Jerk and This American Wife

Two plays along with process essays on the cacophonous world of pop culture, politics, and personal testimony that we call the internetIn March 2020, the New York theater company Fake Friends was pushed o…

40 Leadenhall Street

40 Leadenhall Street is London's newest architectural landmark. Spanning 900,000 square metres and accommodating up to 10,000 people, it is one of the biggest schemes to ever receive planning permission i…

Barbara Lamprecht

Neutra

In der Architektur von Richard Neutra (1892-1970) finden Inneres und Äußeres ihren vollkommenen modernistischen Einklang: Glänzende, klare Gebäudefassaden reflektieren die kalifornische Sonne, und riesige…

The Rolling Stones

Bridges To Babylon (SHM-CD) (Papersleeve)

The Rolling Stones' 21st studio album was recorded in Los Angeles in the first half of 1997. Here it's clear that the band and their stellar production team had taken contemporary musical developments on …

Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria

A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral processIn 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violenc…

Amber N Wiley

Model Schools in the Model City

Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book AwardAccess to educational resources has been a tool of liberation for Black Americans from the antebellum period to the present. With this book, Amber N. Wiley emphasizes…

Mimi Pond

Do Admit

Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford SistersBorn with pedigrees but without the pocketbooks to match, The Mitfords were certainly no strangers to lies, intrigue, or scandal. Nanc…

Eva Hagberg

When Eero Met His Match

A uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim's life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world of architecture mediaAline B. Louchheim (1914--1972) was an art critic on assignment for …

The Rolling Stones

Dirty Work (2009 Remastered)

The Rolling Stones' 18th studio album was released in 1986, having been recorded under the toughest possible circumstances. It is astonishing that it was ever made. Less astonishingly, it's a superbly acc…

The Rolling Stones

Bridges To Babylon (2009 Remastered)

The Rolling Stones' 21st studio album was recorded in Los Angeles in the first half of 1997. Here it's clear that the band and their stellar production team had taken contemporary musical developments on …

The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing

Camille De Peretti,

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

A saga inspired by the incredible but true story of the iconic Klimt paintingPainted in Vienna in 1910, Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady" was purchased by an anonymous collector in 1916, retou…

Lionel Shriver

Mania

"A fantasy that hews uncomfortably close to today's reality, where facts and the truth are selectively recognized at increasingly subjective whims . . . . The specifics of Mania are the stuff of blee…