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Logo Modernism (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition): Jens Muller, R.Roger Remington Logo Modernism (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
Jens Muller, R.Roger Remington
R2,007 R1,592 Discovery Miles 15 920 Save R415 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and to break, radically, from the conventions or constraints of the past. Less well-known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented TASCHEN publication, authored by Jens Muller, brings together approximately 6,000 trademarks, focused on the period 1940-1980, to examine how modernist attitudes and imperatives gave birth to corporate identity. Ranging from media outfits to retail giants, airlines to art galleries, the sweeping survey is organized into three design-orientated chapters: Geometric, Effect, and Typographic. Each chapter is then sub-divided into form and style led sections such as alphabet, overlay, dots and squares. Alongside the comprehensive catalog, the book features an introduction from Jens Muller on the history of logos, and an essay by R. Roger Remington on modernism and graphic design. Eight designer profiles and eight instructive case studies are also included, with a detailed look at the life and work of such luminaries as Paul Rand, Yusaku Kamekura, and Anton Stankowski, and at such significant projects as Fiat, The Daiei Inc., and the Mexico Olympic Games of 1968. An unrivaled resource for graphic designers, advertisers, and branding specialists, Logo Modernism is equally fascinating to anyone interested in social, cultural, and corporate history, and in the sheer persuasive power of image and form.

Grandma's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover): Korie Herold Grandma's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover)
Korie Herold
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Preserve your life story and pass it down to your family in this beautiful keepsake memory book. Grandma's Story is a guided journal thoughtfully designed to help grandmothers record their special memories and share them with their grandchildren and family. Designed by bestselling artist Korie Herold, this keepsake book offers writing prompts and journaling pages to guide grandmothers along as they record their life's most precious moments. This book is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time of year for your grandmother. Sections and writing prompts include: * Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were your favorite toys or playtime activities? * School Years: What did you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as a teenager? * Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family vacations do you remember the most? * Love and Family: What's your best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you were going to be a grandfather? * Character and Values: What do you value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? * Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? * Words of Wisdom: Additional space to write letters to your family Special features include: * Elegant linen with gold foil cover * Acid-free and archival paper * Layflat design allows you to easily write in the book * Carefully developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and remember

Recusant (Hardcover): Alfred J. Dillon Recusant (Hardcover)
Alfred J. Dillon
R915 R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Save R112 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Proper Person to be Detained (Paperback): Catherine Czerkawska A Proper Person to be Detained (Paperback)
Catherine Czerkawska
R310 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Save R55 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of a murder and its aftermath. On Christmas Night in 1881, John Manley, a poor son of Irish immigrants living in the slums of Leeds, was fatally stabbed in a drunken quarrel. The frightened murderer went on the run, knowing that capture could see him hang. A few generations later, author Catherine Czerkawska begins to tease out the truth behind her great-great-uncle's tragic death. But she uncovers far more than she bargained for. In a personal family story that takes us from Ireland to the industrial heartlands of England and Scotland, from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, Catherine gives voice to people often maligned by society and silenced by history - immigrants, women, the working classes. She unearths a tale of injustice and poverty, hope and resilience, and she is both angered and touched by what she finds. Catherine is driven to keep digging, to get to the very heart of life - and death - in the not-so-distant past.

Translating Your Past - Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma (Paperback): Michelle Loon Translating Your Past - Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma (Paperback)
Michelle Loon
R457 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R82 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Worth Dying for - The Power and Politics of Flags (Paperback): Tim Marshall Worth Dying for - The Power and Politics of Flags (Paperback)
Tim Marshall 2
R316 R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Save R77 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front porches in Texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob.; From the renewed sense of nationalism in China, to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying round.; In nine chapters (covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, international flags and flags of terror), Tim Marshall draws on more than twenty-five years of global reporting experience to reveal the histories, the power and the politics of the symbols that unite us - and divide us.

Emblem (Paperback): Lucy Mercer Emblem (Paperback)
Lucy Mercer
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Family Tree Toolkit - A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy (Paperback): Kenyatta D... The Family Tree Toolkit - A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy (Paperback)
Kenyatta D Berry
R620 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The popularity of studying our family history has been fueled by popular TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has opened up the one time hobby for genealogy enthusiasts to the mainstream. Companies like Ancestry.com, Familysearch.org, Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage have spent millions of dollars making records available around the world. DNA technology continues to evolve and provides the instant gratification that we have become use to as a society. But then the question remains, what does that really mean? Knowing your ancestry is more than just ethnic percentages it's about creating and building a story about your family history. The Family Tree Toolkit is designed to help you navigate the sometimes overwhelming and sometimes treacherous waters of finding your ancestors. Here is a roadmap to help you on this journey of discovery, whether you are looking for your African Asian, European, or Jewish ancestry. The Family Tree Toolkit guides you on how and where to begin, what records are available both online and in repositories, what to do once you find the information, how to share your story and of course DNA discoveries.

Mom's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover): Korie Herold Mom's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover)
Korie Herold
R661 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R140 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The perfect gift for any mom, this keepsake memory book is a beautiful place to record special moments, stories, and advice that you want to pass down to your children one day. Mom's Story is a guided journal thoughtfully designed to help moms of all ages write down memories that they want to preserve and share with their children and family. Designed by bestselling artist and author Korie Herold, this keepsake book provides moms with thoughtful writing prompts and plenty of journaling pages to record memories from their childhood, school years, early adulthood, and more. Show mom that you love her and want to grow closer with this timeless gift that's ideal for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time of year.

In My Grandfather's Shadow - A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence (Hardcover): Angela Findlay In My Grandfather's Shadow - A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence (Hardcover)
Angela Findlay
R627 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The true story of three generations of one family which examines the guilt and trauma of being part of Germany's Nazi past. This is a moving and powerful memoir that illuminates the extraordinary power of unprocessed trauma as it passes through generations, and how when it is faced it can be healed.' JULIA SAMUEL, author of Every Family Has a Story, Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass 'A page turner of the highest calibre! Meticulously researched, searingly honest and beautifully written,.' MARINA CANTACUZINO, Author and founder of The Forgiveness Project 'An absolutely extraordinary book.' Keith Lowe, Sunday Times bestselling author of Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II ------------- In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to Nazi Germany and the life of her dead grandfather, who, it emerged, was a decorated general on the Eastern front. In a rare confluence of memoir, psychology and historical detective story, this is Findlay's account of her unflinching quest for the truth about her German family, one that breaks through the silence surrounding many of the Second World War's perpetrators. In My Grandfather's Shadow explores the heritability of unresolved experiences, questions deeply held perceptions of good and bad, and uncovers the lesser-known history of the war's losers, a post-war culture of apology and atonement, and the lingering legacy of shame. Using her own family story to explore an episode in history that continues to appal and fascinate, Findlay reveals that it is possible not only for the scars of trauma to be handed down through generations, but also for them to be healed.

Complete Flags of the World - The Ultimate Pocket Guide (Paperback): Dk Complete Flags of the World - The Ultimate Pocket Guide (Paperback)
Dk
R632 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R93 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Genealogy, Psychology and Identity - Tales from a family tree (Hardcover): Paula Nicolson Genealogy, Psychology and Identity - Tales from a family tree (Hardcover)
Paula Nicolson
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The popularity of amateur genealogy and family history has soared in recent times. Genealogy, Psychology and Identity explores this popular international pastime and offers reasons why it informs our sense of who we are, and our place in both contemporary culture and historical context. We will never know any of the people we discover from our histories in person, but for several reasons we recognize that their lives shaped ours. Paula Nicolson draws on her experiences tracing her own family history to show how people can connect with archival material, using documents and texts to expand their knowledge and understanding of the psychosocial experiences of their ancestors. Key approaches to identity and relationships lend clues to our own lives but also to what psychosocial factors run across generations. Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being let down, becoming independent, migration, health and money, all resonate with the psychological experiences that define the outlooks, personalities and the ways that those who came before us related to others. Nicolson highlights the importance of genealogy in the development of identity and the therapeutic potential of family history in cultivating well-being that will be of interest to those researching their own family tree, genealogists and counsellors, as well as students and researchers in social psychology and social history.

Suid-Afrikaanse geslagsregisters/South African Genealogies: Deel 1: A-C (Afrikaans, English, Hardcover, 2nd ed): J.A. Heese,... Suid-Afrikaanse geslagsregisters/South African Genealogies: Deel 1: A-C (Afrikaans, English, Hardcover, 2nd ed)
J.A. Heese, R.T.J. Lombard
R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

'n Omvattende naslaanwerk oor die genealogiese herkoms van Afrikaanse en heelparty Engelse families in Suid-Afrika.Met die verskyning van hierdie teks word 'n mylpaal in Suid-Afrikaanse genealografie bereik. Hierin word die geslagsregisters van die ou Afrikaanse families tot minstens 1830 aangevul, terwyl dit ook 'n aantal nuwe Afrikaanse sowel as Engelse stamvaders insluit.

Unofficial Ancestry.com Workbook - A How-To Manual for Tracing Your Family Tree on the Number-One Genealogy Website... Unofficial Ancestry.com Workbook - A How-To Manual for Tracing Your Family Tree on the Number-One Genealogy Website (Paperback)
Nancy Hendrickson
R661 R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Save R97 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Ancestry.com! Ancestry.com keeps growing, but how can you find your ancestors on the huge and ever-changing site? In this workbook, an essential companion to the Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com, you'll learn how to use Ancestry.com to its full advantage with detailed guides to searching Ancestry.com's digitized records. Each section briefly discusses how to search Ancestry.com for a particular type of record (including census records, vital records and historical publications), then shares detailed, illustrated tutorials that put those strategies into practice. And with the worksheets and genealogy forms in each section, you can easily plan your own Ancestry.com searches and apply what you've learned. The workbook features: Introductions to using the seven most important record groups on Ancestry.com, plus tips to navigate AncestryDNA and use DNA test results in your research Step-by-step case studies showing how to use Ancestry.com to find ancestors and solve research problems Fill-in worksheets and forms that let you apply the book's techniques to your own research Packed with expert advice, handy worksheets, and real-life search scenarios, this workbook will give you the hands-on knowledge you need to mine Ancestry.com for your family's records.

My Disappearing Uncle - Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family (Hardcover): Kathy Henderson My Disappearing Uncle - Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family (Hardcover)
Kathy Henderson
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this family biography which springs from a collection of stories passed down by word of mouth. Told on a toboggan in the Austrian mountains, in the back seat of an overloaded mini, on a coal barge in Paris, folding linen in London ... they range from Hungary to Austria, Italy, France, England and South America. These were the tales that shaped our lives and understanding as we grew up, and brought us the adventures of the women who went before us - and the link to a scattered family and 200 years of European turmoil. Rich with the experience of several generations of women, this is the history that so rarely reaches the official record. This is where our story, their stories and history meet.

The Highland Clans (Paperback): Alistair Moffat The Highland Clans (Paperback)
Alistair Moffat
R317 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R64 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of celebrated names and heroic deeds. It is also, as Alistair Moffat reveals, the story of a fearless people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Here, he traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans, through the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden, to the Clearances and the present day. The images bring the stories to life with historical portraits and depictions of significant events such as the battles or the Highland dances, to name but a few. The story of the clans is also about the pain of leaving, with the great emigrations to the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Complete with a clan map and an alphabetical list of the clans of the Scottish Highlands, this is a must for anyone interested in the history of Scotland.

The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen - Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize (Paperback): ,Julia Parry The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen - Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize (Paperback)
,Julia Parry
R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

** Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize ** Uncovering the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents - the critically acclaimed biography with never-before-seen letters detailing the affair. For readers who were swept up in Laura Cumming's On Chapel Sands, Daniel Mendelsohn's An Odyssey and Francesca Wade's Square Haunting. A death in the family delivers Julia Parry a box of letters. Dusty with age, they reveal a secret love affair between the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the academic Humphry House - Julia's grandfather. So begins a life-changing quest to understand the affair, which had profound repercussions for Julia's family, not least her grandmother, Madeline. Julia traces these three very different characters through 1930s Oxford and Ireland, Texas, Calcutta in the last days of Empire, and on into World War II. With a supporting cast that includes Isaiah Berlin and Virginia Woolf, The Shadowy Third opens up a world with complex attitudes to love and sex, duty and ambition, and to writing itself.

Mohammadan Dyn:Orientalism V 2 - Orientalism: Early Sources (Hardcover): Stanley Lane-Pool Mohammadan Dyn:Orientalism V 2 - Orientalism: Early Sources (Hardcover)
Stanley Lane-Pool
R12,593 Discovery Miles 125 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Charles Dickens: Family History (Hardcover): Norman Page Charles Dickens: Family History (Hardcover)
Norman Page
R24,505 Discovery Miles 245 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Essential for students, researchers and fans, this unique set brings together a wide range of hard-to-find writings by relatives and friends of Charles Dickens. Contents include pieces such as "Memoirs of My Father" by Henry F. Dickens K.C.; "A Child's Memoir of Gad's" "Hill" by M.A. Dickens; "Personal Reminiscences of My Father" by Charles Dickens the Younger; and much more.

Clock and Watch Makers of Aberdeen and North East Scotland 1453-1900 (Paperback): Donald Whyte Clock and Watch Makers of Aberdeen and North East Scotland 1453-1900 (Paperback)
Donald Whyte
R120 R81 Discovery Miles 810 Save R39 (32%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
My Father's Life - Second Edition, Volume 27 - Dad, I Want to Know Everything About You (Paperback, Second Edition):... My Father's Life - Second Edition, Volume 27 - Dad, I Want to Know Everything About You (Paperback, Second Edition)
Editors of Chartwell Books
R160 R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Save R14 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Archaeology of the Medieval English Monarchy (Paperback, New Ed): John Steane The Archaeology of the Medieval English Monarchy (Paperback, New Ed)
John Steane
R1,266 Discovery Miles 12 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many aspects of medieval monarchy can only be recovered through archaeology. This archaeological survey of kingship in the period from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry VIII brings together the physical evidence for the Kings and their courts in the form of a great variety of objects and buildings. John Steane looks at the changing perceptions of the cult of medieval kingship through symbols of power and regalia including crowns, seals and thrones, such as the Coronation Chair of Edward I. The result is a synthesis of current knowledge of the physical remains of medieval kingship that has not previously been attempted. Restoring many details of the lives and deaths of the great and powerful monarchs of the Middle Ages, this book reveals past public splendors as well as more private insights.

Dad's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover): Korie Herold Dad's Story - A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family (Hardcover)
Korie Herold
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The perfect gift for any dad, this keepsake memory book is a special place to record special moments, stories, and advice that you want to pass down to your children one day. Dad's Story is a guided journal thoughtfully designed to help dads of all ages write down memories that they want to preserve and share with their children and family. Designed by bestselling artist and author Korie Herold, this keepsake book provides dads with thoughtful writing prompts and plenty of journaling pages to record memories from their childhood, school years, early adulthood, and more. Show dad that you love him and want to hear more about his life with this timeless gift that's ideal for Father's Day, birthdays, or any time of year.

Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts (Hardcover): Vaughan Hart Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts (Hardcover)
Vaughan Hart
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Spanning from the innauguration of James I in 1603 to the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Stuart court saw the emergence of a full expression of Renaissance culture in Britain. In "Art and Magic in the Court of the Stuarts," Vaughan Hart examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art and how in its role as an element of royal propaganda, art was used to represent the power of the monarch and reflect his apparent command over the hidden forces of nature.Court artists sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart Kings' divine right, and later of their policy of Absolutism, through masques, sermons, heraldy, gardens, architecture and processions. As such, magic of the kind enshrined in Neoplatonic philosophy and the court art which expressed its cosmology, played their part in the complex causes of the Civil War and the destruction of the Stuart image which followed in its wake.

The Interpreter's Daughter - A remarkable true story of feminist defiance in 19th Century Singapore (Hardcover): Teresa Lim The Interpreter's Daughter - A remarkable true story of feminist defiance in 19th Century Singapore (Hardcover)
Teresa Lim
R621 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day Singapore 'A captivating, compelling story of history, family loyalty, and personal sacrifice. A fascinating and richly textured multigenerational tale' Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake 'I would learn that when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally withheld. Just truths too painful to confront . . .' ________ In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. On the back is the place and date: Hong Kong, 1935. Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told and retold family stories. Why? she wondered. This photograph set Teresa on a journey to uncover her family's remarkable history. Through detective work, serendipity, and the kindness of strangers, she was guided to the fascinating, extraordinary life of her great-aunt and her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands and the working-class feminists of 19th century south China. But to recover her great-aunt's past, we first must get to know Fanny's family, the times and circumstances in which they lived, and the momentous yet forgotten conflicts that would lead to war in Singapore and, ultimately, a long-buried family tragedy. ________ The Interpreter's Daughter is a beautifully moving record of an extraordinary family history. For fans of Wild Swans, The Hare With Amber Eyes, and Falling Leaves this is the next classic in the making.

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