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The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of Royal History at Hampton Court
‘If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
For centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and intrigue: a stage for events that shaped the nation. The Palace raises the curtain on 500 years of British history with royals, politicians, criminals, and geniuses all playing their parts.
Hampton Court has been an arc of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In this rich and vivid history, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, each time focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home.
Beginning with the Tudors, Russell takes the reader from the kitchens of Henry VII and the dreams of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I’s brush with death and the staging of Shakespeare’s plays. To the commissioning of the King James Bible, the republican victories of Oliver Cromwell, the many mistresses of Charles II and their laxative-laced attempts to embarrass one another. The gossip and feuds of Georgian aristocrats lead into the era of the Windsors when Hampton Court becomes the place to host Elizabeth II’s coronation ball and hide the last Tsar’s sister.
Fascinating and engaging, The Palace is as atmospheric as it is gossipy and through the many sovereigns and servants that lived and worked in its halls reveals the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place.
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London Underground Architecture & Design Map: 1 (Public Transport Architecture & Design Maps by Blue Crow Media)
“The first in our new series of maps dedicated to public transport systems, our London Underground Architecture & Design Map is now available. Curated by transport design historian and broadcaster Mark Ovenden, with photography by Will Scott, this two-sided cartographic guide is an original, authoritative and fascinating insight into architecture and graphic design for transport lovers, students of design and anyone interested in the history of London. The guide includes a geographical Underground map with featured stations marked, with corresponding photography and details on the reverse along with tips for where to find unique and unusual signage, roundels, clocks, murals and more. The map is protected by a slipcover featuring a distinctive die cut roundel.”Read more
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Victorian Interior Design Coloring Book: Beautiful Interior Design With Victorian Home Decor
Discover the beauty of Victorian interior design with this unique coloring book. Create your dream home by bringing to life intricate designs, detailed woodwork and elaborate wallpaper that are synonymous with the era. Let your imagination and creativity run wild as you personalize beautiful rooms from the past in your own modern way. Perfect for any artist, novice or expert, this coloring book will help you add a touch of elegance and luxury to any room in your house!- 50 unique Victorian Interior Design Illustrations
- Each design is printed on a separate sheet
- Premium Matte Cover
- NO duplicate images in this book.
- Size: 8.5 x 11.5
- Suitable for Coloring Pens, Pencils, Markers and Crayons
Don’t wait any longer, bring the luxurious charm of Victorian home decor to life with our Interior Design Coloring Book! Start coloring and unleashing your creativity today. Experience the satisfaction of seeing your masterpiece come alive on every page.
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Arts and Crafts Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)
Striking collection of designs, rendered from textile and wallpaper motifs, vases, and other authentic sources, includes images of lovely florals once etched into glassware and pitchers, garlands of flowers in square and circular configurations, wildlife that adorned decorative bowls and platters, and much more. A convenient source of superb illustrations. 231 black-and-white illustrations.Read more
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Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the “Scientific American — Architects and Builders Edition,” 1885-1894 (Dover Architecture)
Exquisitely detailed, exceptionally handsome designs for an enormous variety of attractive city dwellings, spacious suburban and country homes, charming “cottages” and other structures — all accompanied by perspective views and floor plans with measurements. Invaluable to architects, home restorers and preservationists; of immense interest to lovers of Victorian architecture.Read more
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Chairs by Architects
What is it that distinguishes a chair designed by an architect? Why is it so tempting for an architect to have a chair in his or her portfolio? Is it possible to use creative solutions interchangeably in both domains? Chairs by Architects answers these and many other questions to show how qualities in the buildings by architects are also evident in their chair design: pieces of furniture, like manifestos, become signatures of architectural style. The 55 architects include early modern architectural pioneers such as Otto Wagner, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudí and Walter Gropius, together with more recent modern masters such as Oscar Niemeyer, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind. The book contains interviews on Designing (in conversation with David Adjaye), Manufacturing (with David E. Bright, Knoll Inc.), Selling (with Zeev Aram), Collecting (with Richard Wright) and Preserving (with Susanne Graner, Vitra Design Museum).
This is essential reading for everyone concerned with design, architecture and the relationship between creators and their creations.Read more
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Figure Drawing for Concept Artists
Figure Drawing for Concept Artists is an essential primer that aims to bring traditional figure drawing techniques and knowledge to every concept artist’s skill set. Accessibly written and lavishly illustrated by Kan Muftic, a professional concept artist and respected industry practitioner, this book celebrates the common ground between traditional life drawing and the fast-paced world of the concept art industry. When drawing from life, an artist learns how to capture dynamic figures, diverse bodies, and challenging poses in a timed, live settingskills that can be translated perfectly to the fast, intensive approach needed by contemporary concept artists.
This book is an invaluable resource for digital artists wanting to ground their work in classical art skills, and traditional artists wanting to find their way into the concept art industry. Learn about the materials, tools, and observational skills needed to make successful life drawings, how to capture the forms of the human body on paper, and how to improve your character and concept art with a dynamic approach to figures and anatomy. Clean, readable, minimalist pages and stunning, insightful drawings make this book easy to follow and learn from, as well as inspiring to browse through at your leisure. Figure Drawing for Concept Artists offers a unique, up-to-date perspective on classical skills, with the contemporary practitioner in mind.
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Design Secrets: Adding Character and Style to an Interior to Make it Your Own
In Design Secrets, Kit Kemp plants that creative seed giving readers a new way of looking at interiors and the confidence to be bold in their designs.
Design Secrets is a unique, lively and informative masterclass which will become your touchstone for top tips, do’s and don’ts and creative projects to add a fresh and exciting feel to your living space. It even has its own colouring-in book to explore new colour ideas.
Discover how to create character in your home by making the most of the often forgotten details, from dado rails to the leading edge of a curtain. Learn about celebrating raw materials, creating a collection and even adding a touch of magic, as Kit shares creative ways to bring personalised details to make your home as individual as you are.
Kit reveals her ‘Dos and Don’ts’, including clever tips on how to hang art to tell a story and designing your own signature Kit Kemp headboard. This chapter is an invaluable glossary of creative ideas, with playful yet practical guides exploring topics from how to use colour in design, tips for lighting up a room, how to use found fabrics and more.
In ‘Meet the Maker’ readers can delve into the creative minds of some of Kit’s favourite artists and craftsmen, from the retired sailor turned woolworker, Colin Millington to renowned ceramicist Martha Freud, sustainable fashion designer Clio Peppiatt and figurative painter Joe Fan.
In the final chapter, Kit intends to awaken ‘the maker’ in every reader with a series of fun and creative projects to do at home, from embellishing a shell mirror to painting candlesticks and a step-by-step guide to appliqué a cushion.
There is even an opportunity to add your own personal flourish to the book itself in the one-of-a-kind hand illustrated colouring-in book, which invites readers to reimagine some of Kit Kemp’s most iconic interiors.
In Design Secrets, Kit Kemp welcomes you into her colourful world and reveals how to create interiors which capture the imagination.
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Winter Living Style: Bring hygge into your home with this inspirational guide to decorating for Winter
Selina Lake’s bestselling title Winter Living is now back in print, available as Winter Living Style which shows you how to transform your home into a beautiful, elegant and welcoming haven, inspired by the romantic charm of winter.
Popular stylist and bestselling interiors author Selina Lake brings her signature vintage romantic style to the most atmospheric and majestic of the seasons. With chapters including a stand-alone section of Winter Inspirations, containing ideas for flowers, lighting, fabrics, furniture, and decorations, you’ll be equipped with fresh ideas to transform your home into an inviting, warming and welcoming haven. Discover the intimate style and soft textures and tones of Homespun; the gentle palette and elegant vintage vibe of Faded Grandeur; the mid-century simplicity and timeless appeal of Rustic with its rich colors for the darker months; and the Scandinavian feel of Winter Whites, with its whitewashed floorboards, natural wood, and stone. Last but not least, a chapter on Festive Celebrations contains enchanting ideas for decorations, as well as inspirational ideas for cosy and vintage winter entertaining for friends and family. Throughout the book, Selina’s imaginative DIY ideas and insightful Style Tips suggest how to recreate the textures, tones, and ambience of winter and bring Selina’s style into your own home.
Winter Living Style is a fantastic new edition of the previously published Selina Lake Winter Living.
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A History of Venice
‘Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done’ Sunday Times
‘Will become the standard English work of Venetian history’ Financial Times
___________________Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich’s classic history of Venice
A History of Venice tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the world’s busiest and most powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in 1797. Rich in fascinating historical detail, populated by extraordinary characters and packed with a wealth of incident and intrigue, this is a brilliant testament to a great city – and a great and gripping read.
___________________‘The standard Venetian history in English’ The Times
‘Norwich has the gift of historical perspective, as well as clarity and wit. Few can tell a good story better than he’ Spectator
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Victorian Domestic Architectural Plans and Details: v. 1 (Dover Architecture)
Rare treasury of floor plans, elevations, perspective drawings for houses and cottages in Queen Anne, Eastlake, Elizabethan, Colonial, other styles. Large engraved plates also contain scaled drawings of nearly 700 architectural details. Invaluable resource for restorers, preservationists, students, etc. 734 black-and-white illustrations. Preface.Read more
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Andrew Martin Interior Design Review Vol. 26
- The annual standard volume featuring 1,000 photographs of extraordinary design trends
- Presentation of the winner of Designer of the Year
- A valuable source of inspiration for novices, aficionados, and professionals alike
- Dubbed the “bible of the interior design world” by The Times
For more than 40 years, Martin Waller and his company Andrew Martin have continued to demonstrate that furniture is more than just a functional object, and that a living space always finds new stories to tell. His Interior Design Review, the definitive standard work, unmatched in its variety and broad range of topics, is now being published in its 26th edition.
One hundred designers, 500+ pages, 1,000 photographs ― such is the opulent presentation of the latest interior trends in this magnificent coffee table book. With its special arrangement, the latest edition is once again a feast for the eyes of design lovers who want to unleash their creativity.
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£34.00£47.50Andrew Martin Interior Design Review Vol. 26
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Jake Arnold: Redefining Comfort
The first book from a rising superstar of the interior design world, whose signature combination of warmth and luxury has earned him a celebrity clientele and a place on the AD100 list. In just a few years, the pioneering young British designer Jake Arnold has become one of the most influential names in American interiors, building a huge following by creating tasteful, modern environments that transcend time and trends. Integrating the traditions of his English upbringing and the relaxed luxury of contemporary California lifestyle, Arnold s signature sensibility is a warm minimalism that is simultaneously chic and serene. With Redefining Comfort, his first book, Arnold shares nine fully realized projects from sprawling estates in California to seaside homes in Florida and Connecticut whose interiors reflect the seductive combination of elegance, tactility, and pleasure. Unique in his determination to lift the curtain on process, Arnold ties each project to a key value of his design philosophy touchpoints that aim to answer the question of how we define comfort in each of these homes which he explores in depth between each chapter. With sketches, plans, material swatches, and favorite resources alongside stunning photographs of the interiors themselves, this is at once a sumptuous survey of one of the most in-demand superstar designers working today and a refreshingly accessible reference for contemporary interior inspiration.Read more
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A Year in the French Style: Interiors and Entertaining by Antoinette Poisson
The founders of Antoinette Poisson take readers inside their historic townhouse on the Atlantic coast to discover a style and art of entertaining rooted in French tradition and elegance.Maison Lescop in Port-Louis, Brittany―the historic residence of an eighteenth-century French importer for the Indian trading company―seemed predestined to become the new home and restoration project for the creative duo behind Antoinette Poisson, a Parisian design team dedicated to reviving the savoir faire of domino paper for home decoration and furnishings. The art historians became enchanted by the poetic beauty of this artisanal craft―derived from an Indian block print technique―when they uncovered original hand-painted eighteenth-century domino wallpaper while restoring a mansion in central France.
Charmed by the repeat-pattern domino prints―which range from florals and fauna to geometric and ikat―they have appointed their new home with attractive decorative touches―handmade lampshades, wallpaper lined armoires, papier-mâché wedding boxes, assorted table settings, and luxurious textiles.
Celebrating the rhythm of life in France, their adventures range from shopping at the local market and antiquing, to paper making and indigo textile dyeing, and they share seasonal French meals inspired by antique cookbooks. This exquisitely photographed book is a celebration of authentic French style.
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Inside Milan
Inside Milan ventures behind closed doors in this unique cultural capital that is renowned as a world leader in fashion, design, art, and industry. In this beautifully photographed new book, icons like Veronica and Jacopo Etro, Martina Mondadori, JJ Martin, and Barnaba Fornasetti reveal why they call this notoriously elusive city home. From sophisticated clean lines and muted tones to rooms bursting with art and color, the palazzos and apartments showcased in this stunning volume uncover the creative heart of this vibrant and cosmopolitan metropolis.Nicolò Castellini Baldissera’s carefully curated collection of interiors features the homes of an array of leading creatives of Milan society, including―in addition to the aforementioned―artist Lola Schnabel, designers Hannes Peer, Emiliano Salci, and Osanna Visconti, and fashion designer Luisa Beccaria, among others. With masterful photographs by Guido Taroni, Inside Milan provides rare insights into the Milanese lifestyle.
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Style: The Art of Creating a Beautiful Home
Style: The Art of Creating a Beautiful Home is a timeless interiors book that shows you how to transform your living spaces using what you own and love. While designing can be a big investment, styling allows you to elevate your spaces with what you’ve already got.
This book is at once beautiful and practical, demystifying the creative process of styling so that you can create a beautiful home with confidence. Based on more than a decade of industry experience and teaching, this book will show you how to connect with your own personal style and enjoy inspiring, welcoming and authentic interiors. Styling is both an art and a science – and you can learn both.
The inviting chapters explore identifying your style; design principles; transforming spaces; visual storytelling; and nurturing your craft. As well, author and renowned interior stylist Natalie Walton steps through significant rooms in the house to provide expert insider insights on how you can create magical styling moments in your home.
The book is beautifully shot by photographer Chris Warnes, who has collaborated with Natalie on her previous books, This is Home: The Art of Simple Living and Still: The Slow Home.
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Mola Designs: 45 Authentic Indian Designs from Panama (Dover Pictorial Archive)
45 folk designs from original clothing by Cuna Indians of Panama: crosses, demons, flowers, animals, more.Read more
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Brutalist London Map: Guide to Brutalist architecture in London – 2nd edition (Blue Crow Media Architecture Maps)
Brutalist London Map is the first of our new series of architecture guides produced in collaboration with Henrietta Billings and Simon Phipps. This two-sided folding map features over fifty leading examples of Brutalist architecture in London, from the Alexandra Road Estate to World’s End Housing. Celebrated Brutalist buildings such as the Trellick Tower, the Barbican and the National Theatre are included along with lesser known, yet equally influential buildings.
The reverse side of the map features an introduction to Brutalism by Henrietta Billings, photos by Simon Phipps and details about each building. Perfect for a walking tour or framing, this map measures slightly larger than A2 open, folds to slightly larger than A5 and is protected by a wide band. All of our printed publications are printed in East Sussex on quality recycled paper.
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Architect’s Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects
The Architect’s Legal Handbook is the most widely used reference on the law for practicing architects and the established textbook on law for architectural students.
Since the last edition of this book in 2010, the legal landscape in which architecture is practised has changed significantly: the long-standing procurement model with an architect as contract administrator has been challenged by the growing popularity of design and build contracts, contract notices in place of certificates, and novation of architect’s duties.
The tenth edition features all the latest developments in the law which affect an architect’s work, as well as providing comprehensive coverage of relevant UK law topics. Key highlights of this edition include:
- an overview of the legal environment, including contract, tort, and land law;
- analysis of the statutory framework, including planning law, health and safety, construction legislation, and building regulations in the post-Grenfell legal landscape;
- procurement and the major industry construction contract forms;
- building dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, adjudication, and mediation;
- key fields for the architect in practice, including architects’ registration and professional conduct, contracts with clients and collateral warranties, liability in negligence, and insurance;
- entirely new chapters on various standard form contracts, architects’ responsibility for the work of others, disciplinary proceedings, and data protection;
- tables of cases, legislation, statutes, and statutory instruments give a full overview of references cited in the text.
The Architect’s Legal Handbook is the essential legal reference work for all architects and students of architecture.
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Japanese Woodblocks Wall Calendar 2024 (Art Calendar)
This calendar is filled with a visually dazzling array of woodblock prints from masterful Japanese artists Utagawa Hiroshige I and II. The artworks feature dramatic mountains, natural beauty and serene landscapes, all created in a mesmerizing style and displayed with vibrant colours. In this wall calendar, informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.Read more
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Rose Uniacke at Work
An unprecedented level of craft is the key signature of Uniacke s design ethos, on display in this much-anticipated monograph of notable homes she has created. In-demand London-based interiors and furniture designer Rose Uniacke beautifully showcases the homes she has designed, boasting clean lines and calm, light-filled spaces, and showrooms defined by an effortless blend of traditional details within contemporary spaces. Whether the project is an urban townhouse, a seaside retreat, or a London villa, the approach of Uniacke is always the same a collaboration with clients to make understated, refined sanctuaries that offer the perfect settings for everyday life. The book is sumptuously illustrated with two hundred color photographs taken by industry masters Francois Halard and Simon Upton that truly capture the serenity and timelessness of Uniacke s hand-hewn cultivated style. The pages of this book exude the same warmth of an Uniacke interior, heightened by the author s own words as she describes in detail the specifics of each of the thirteen projects explored. The result is akin to an informal conversation, with Uniacke revisiting her journey to share instincts and inspirations. A complete index of Rose Uniacke Editions, the designer s furniture, lighting, and textiles, completes this elegant volume.Read more
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Charlotte Perriand: Inventing A New World
- A sweeping overview of Charlotte Perriand’s career, exploring the interrelation of art, architecture, and design in the work of this legendary 20th century modernist
- Includes essays by her daughter, Pernette Perriand, and by Jacques Barsac, author of the Charlotte Perriand Catalogue Raisonné
- Accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation from 2 October, 2019 to 24 February, 2020 on the 20th anniversary of Perriand’s death
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) was a pioneer of modern design in France during the twentieth century. Her avant-garde vision was expressed in colour, organic forms, and streamlined functionality, elements which are still at the heart of contemporary design today. Her furnishings were created from aluminium, rubber, chrome, leather, bamboo, and above all, wood; their appeal is timeless.
This lavishly illustrated book, accompanying a major retrospective at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, explores how much in the vanguard she was in her use of materials, in her social and political awareness, and in her collaborations with artists, architects, and other designers. The show presents a global vision of her creativity, talent, and inventiveness, exploring her commitment to women and to a humanist design ethos that took into account the middle and working classes with an emphasis on rationalising costs and space. This book, with essays by an international roster of art, architecture, and design historians, offers a plurality of perspectives and explores Perriand’s creative legacy through the 20th century and beyond.
Contents:
A New Art of Living: Context and Training;
House Equipment;
A New Art of Living: Space and Body
Nature as Inspiration: From Machine to Nature;
Living with Nature;
Architecture of Leisure
Commitments: Political Militantism;
Giant Photo-Montage;
Reconstructing
Meeting Japan: Discovering Cultures;
Japan as Horizon
Synthesis of Arts: Art Dialogues;
Synthesis of Arts;
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Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller
- First-ever monograph on Carlo Mollino as an architect
- Demonstrates Mollino’s prowess in architectural design
- Based on extensive new research and drawing on rich archival material
- Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images, plans, drawings, and documents
Today, Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino (1905-73) is known chiefly for his furniture designs. He is famous also for his erotic polaroid photography of the 1960s, which has been subject of many exhibitions and has lost nothing of its great appeal to the fashion world today. Much less attention has so far been given to Mollino’s architecture, and a comprehensive critical study of his work in this field has been lacking. Yet his built work, although relatively small, constitutes a seminal contribution to modernism that is uniquely marked by a strong relationship with Surrealism.
Based on years of research and drawing on rich archival material as well as on Mollino’s own writings, this new book is the overdue tribute to an extraordinary personality in 20th-century architecture. It features an exemplary selection of his key designs, both built and unrealised, lavishly illustrated with images and reproductions of previously unpublished plans, drawings, and documents. Rounded out with scholarly essays by expert authors, this is a long-awaited addition to the library of architecture lovers, professionals, and scholars.
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Get Your Shit Together: David Shrigley
Get Your Shit Together is the first book that exclusively features recent artwork in color by beloved British artist David Shrigley. This volume celebrates Shrigley’s absurd, deadpan sensibility through both his signature drawing style and accompanying text. Organized by chapters with titles such as Stupid, Nonsense, Dirt, Fear, Paranoia, Love, and Self Delusion, this collection is sure to delight die-hard Shrigley fans and new ones alike. This is the largest-format book to date on Shrigley’s prolific work, and features design details such as a ribbon marker with one of his mordant sayings printed on it, as well as hand-written, humorous essays throughout.Read more
£23.80£28.50Get Your Shit Together: David Shrigley
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Seo For Beginners 2023: Complete Beginner’s Guide To Search Engine Optimization
You will have heard of search engine optimization if you own a website (SEO).Every day, people use the internet to browse and conduct searches. GlobalWebIndex estimates that 60% of people worldwide have access to the internet. And did you know that 53% of B2B and B2C website traffic comes from organic search? That implies that search engines like Google may account for more than half of the traffic to your website. To increase website traffic, you must optimize your website for search engines.
Yet only 30% of US business owners reportedly have an SEO plan, according to The Manifest. Most business owners who have tried it found it too time-consuming and have had little success with SEO.
What you will learn:
- What is SEO & why is it important?
- How-do-search-engines-work
- Search engine basics
- How search engines build their index
- How search engines rank pages
- How search engines personalize search results
- Keyword research & keyword targeting
- On-page SEO optimization
- Information architecture
- Content marketing & link building
- Technical SEO
- How to track & measure SEO results
- How to do SEO for a website
- Mobile, international, and local SEO
- Useful vocabulary
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Home Decorating For Dummies
Want to be your own decorator? Design on a dime with Dummies!
Home Decorating For Dummies packs all the information you need to know about décor into one easy-to-read source. Whether you want to decorate one room or make over the whole house, this book has everything you need to design like a pro. This is the only reference you’ll need to transform your home into a space you’ll love. Dummies offers no-nonsense help, so you can plan perfect projects and stay within budget. Updated with the latest on smart homes, short-term rentals, DIY décor, and more.
- Learn how to optimize your home’s floor plan
- Discover tricks for mixing patterns, colors, and textures successfully
- Refresh your home’s style without spending a fortune
- Decorate rental properties with eye-catching, trendy style
- Untangle the terms―mid-century modern, farmhouse, minimalism―and pinpoint your design style
For those seeking ideas, resources, and budget-wise tips to spark their decorating creativity, Home Decorating For Dummies is a must-have.
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The ‘Grossdeutschland’ Division in World War II: The German Army’s premier combat unit: 255 (Elite)
Investigates the history and evolving appearance of the ‘Grossdeutschland’ Division, the German Army’s premier combat unit during World War II.Featuring eight pages of original artwork and carefully chosen photographs depicting personalities, uniforms, insignia and personal equipment, this is the absorbing story of the German Army’s elite ‘fire brigade’ during 1939–45. The unit began its life as an elite guard detachment; expanded to regimental size in 1939, it saw action in France in 1940 and Yugoslavia in 1941 before participating in the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
Reinforced to divisional status, ‘Grossdeutschland’ fought on the Eastern Front in 1942–44, notably at Rzhev in late 1942 and Kharkov in early 1943. Refitted and redesignated a Panzergrenadier-Division, ‘Grossdeutschland’ played a key role in the battle of Kursk in July 1943, before acting as the Wehrmacht’s ‘fire brigade’ in 1943–44.
In late 1944, ‘Grossdeutschland’ was expanded to Panzerkorps status, Panzergrenadier-Division ‘Brandenburg’ taking the field alongside Panzer-Division ‘Grossdeutschland’. Further units joined the order of battle, the Führerbegleit-Brigade fighting in the Ardennes in 1944–45 before also being redesignated a division. All of these campaigns are covered in this book, which charts the evolving appearance of this elite formation over nearly six years of brutal warfare.
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Royal Homes and Gardens
Britain has a wealth of royal palaces, some owned by the Crown as part of the country’s assets, while others have been bought by members of the Royal Family themselves as personal residences. Each property has a fascinating story behind it, as well as its own unique place in history.
This beautifully illustrated book looks at some of the UK’s best-loved royal homes, current and former, their buildings, gardens, treasures and, of course, their inhabitants past and present. Discover how these homes have evolved over the centuries and how they are being adapted for the future and the demands of modern life.
Written by seasoned Pitkin royal author Halima Sadat, this easily digestible volume makes a wonderful companion for anyone visiting these impressive buildings and their beautiful gardens.
Entries include: Hampton Court, Osborne House, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, Highgrove, Sandringham and Balmoral.
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Victorian House Coloring Book: Beautiful and Charming Classic Victorian Houses
Step into your own world of stunning and classic Victorian houses with this beautiful coloring book! Fill the pages with vibrant colors, as you get lost in a multitude of mesmerizing details that bring these architectural masterpieces to life. With its intricate illustrations, this coloring book serves as an ideal way to relax and unwind from the everyday grind. Enjoy hours of creative fun while admiring the grandeur of Victorian houses and letting your imagination run wild.- 50 unique Victorian House Illustrations
- Each design is printed on a separate sheet
- Premium Matte Cover
- NO duplicate images in this book.
- Size: 8.5 x 11.5
- Suitable for Coloring Pens, Pencils, Markers and Crayons
Bring the beauty and charm of Victorian architecture to life with our coloring book today, and indulge your creativity like never before. Don’t wait any longer to add it to your collection and relieve your stress while enjoying a trip back in time.
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People Behind the Disney Parks : Stories of Those Honored with a Window on Main Street, U.S.A. (Disney Editions Deluxe)
Meet the people who created Disney theme parks around the world! Through rare Disney theme park concept art and photographs, this must-have collector’s book showcases more than 280 biographies and features more than 50 pages on the evolution and behind-the-scenes of the Main Street, U.S.A. areas across the globe, up to and including the fairytale castles at the end of each street. Keen observers will notice intricate details throughout the Disney parks, including names emblazoned on building windows. In particular, the windows lining Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom are designed as calling cards for fictionalised shopkeepers. These names belong to the real life ‘all-stars’ who helped make Disney’s theme parks a reality around the world. The people listed on these windows are skilled actors, artists, business leaders, Imagineers, songwriters, and more. With their imagination and sharp skills, each person has made an important contribution to The Walt Disney Company. This hefty tome is a gift that Disney collectors, theme park fans, and anyone curious in creative career paths through the arts, sciences, and research development will appreciate for decades to come.Read more
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RIBA Health and Safety Guide
To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features an update to the content relating to design risk management and statue to reflect the changes proposed by the Act and the Regulations, as well as a review of the relationship between these and the existing regime under the CDM Regulations. It includes a new chapter that sets out some of the detail of duties under the Act and the Regulations, including practical examples of how designer/architects might discharge their duties as designers and lead designers, considering how it compares to existing duties under the CDM Regulations.
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Land is a Big Deal
Land and the policies that govern it hold an incredible but largely forgotten power over our lives. When land is wasted and squandered, we get sky-high rents, oppressed workers, ruined businesses, depleted natural resources, a polluted earth, and an impoverished society. Poor land policy is the chief culprit behind sky-high urban rents, homelessness, and endless suburban sprawl. Meanwhile, real estate has become the world’s number one asset class, comprising an ever-growing share of bank loans worldwide. Land is a Big Deal draws on the insights of legendary American economist Henry George to explain how things got this way, as well as what we can do to fix it.
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Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit
Imagine a bus system that is fast, frequent, and reliable, what would that change about where you live? Buses can and should be the cornerstone of urban transportation. They offer affordable mobility and can connect citizens with every aspect of their lives. But in the UK, and US they have long been an afterthought in budgeting and planning. With a compelling narrative and actionable steps, Better Buses, Better Cities inspires us to fix the bus. Transport expert Steven Higashide shows us what a successful bus system looks like with real-world stories of reform, such as Houston redrawing its bus network overnight, and San Francisco revamping its boarding procedures. Higashide shows how to marshal the public in support of better buses and how new technologies can keep buses on time and make complex transit systems understandable. Higashide argues that better bus systems will create better cities for all citizens. The consequences of subpar transport services fall most heavily on vulnerable members of society. Transport systems should be planned to be inclusive and provide better service for all. These are difficult tasks that require institutional culture shifts; doing all of them requires resilient organisations and transformational leadership. Better bus service is key to making our cities better for all citizens. Better Buses, Better Cities describes how decision-makers, philanthropists, activists, and public agency leaders can work together to make the bus a win in any city.Read more
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Isometric Notebook Graph Paper – Letter size 120 Pages – Grid of Equilateral Triangle 0.25 in. Isometric Paper. Architect & Engineers Technical Drawing
Isometric Notebook with Grid Graph Paper Inside 1/4 inch equilateral triangles A4 size 120 Pages
This isometric book is the perfect place to create graphs and drawings projects. It offers enough space to draw your ideas and it’s great for 3D design projects such as architecture, mathematics, geometry, landscaping, or even sculpture.
With 120 pages and 8.5 x 11in size of the book, is ideal for architects, engineers, math students, designers, or artists.Specifications:
- 8.5”x11” (Letter size)
- 60 sheets / 120 pages of isometric grid
- Inside: A grid of equilateral triangles with sides (Each Measuring 0.25″).
- Thin grey lines for the pencil to show better
- Double-sided print
- High-quality white paper
The light gray isometric grid will allow you to plan out levels & environments at your desire.
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Technical Lands: A Critical Primer (The Critical Primers)
Technical lands are spaces united by their “exceptional” status―their remote locations, delimited boundaries, secured accessibility, and vigilant management. Designating land as “technical” is thus a political act. Doing so entails dividing, marginalizing, and rendering portions of the Earth inaccessible and invisible. An anti-visuality of technical lands enables forms of hypervisibility and surveillance through the rhetorical veil of technology. Including the political and physical boundaries, technical lands are used in highly aestheticized geographies to resist debate surrounding production and governance. These critical sites and spaces range from disaster exclusion and demilitarized zones to prison yards, industrial extraction sites, airports, and spaceports. The identification and instrumentalization of technical lands have increased in scale and complexity since the rise of neoliberalization. Yet, the precise theoretical contours that define these geographies remain unclear. Technical Lands: A Critical Primer brings together authors from a diverse array of disciplines, geographies, and epistemologies to interrogate and theorize the meaning and increasing significance of technical lands.
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Isometric Notebook 3D Drawings | Isometric Graph Paper A4 pad – 8.5 x 11 – 120 pages – Grid of Equilateral Triangles 0.25 in. Architect & Engineers Technical Drawing
Isometric Notebook for 3D Drawings – Grid Graph Paper inside – Isometric Paper A4 size, 120 pages
This isometric book is the perfect place to create graphs and 3D drawings projects. It offers enough space to draw your ideas and it’s great for design projects in areas such as architecture, mathematics, geometry, landscaping, or even sculpture.
With 120 pages and 8.5 x 11in size of the book, is ideal for architects, engineers, math students, designers, or artists.Specifications:
• Graphing paper size: 8.5”x11” (Letter size)
• 60 sheets / 120 pages of isometric grid
• Inside: A grid of equilateral triangles with sides (Each Measuring 0.25″).
• Thin grey lines for the pencil to show better
• Double-sided print
• High-quality white paperThe light gray isometric grid will allow you to plan out levels & environments at your desire.
Want to take a look at the interior? Click on the “Look Inside” feature!
Click “Buy” and get your isometric notebook today!
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Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth (Verso Futures)
Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, state violence, environmental destruction and repressive technologies. At the same time, fields not usually associated with aesthetics make powerful use of it. Journalists and legal professionals pore over open source videos and satellite imagery to undertake visual investigations. This combination of diverse fields is what the authors call ‘investigative aesthetics’: mobilising sensibilities often associated with art, architecture and other such practices to find new ways of speaking truth to power.
This book draws on theories of knowledge, ecology and technology, evaluates the methods of citizen counter-forensics, micro-history and art, and examines radical practices such as those of Wikileaks, Bellingcat, and Forensic Architecture. Investigative Aesthetics takes place in the studio and the laboratory, the courtroom and the gallery, online and in the streets, as it strives towards the construction of a new ‘common sensing’.
The book is an inspiring introduction to a new field that brings together investigation and aesthetics to change how we understand and confront power today.To Nour Abuzaid for your brilliance, perseverance, and unshaken belief in the liberation of Palestine.
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RIBA Health and Safety Guide
To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features an update to the content relating to design risk management and statue to reflect the changes proposed by the Act and the Regulations, as well as a review of the relationship between these and the existing regime under the CDM Regulations. It includes a new chapter that sets out some of the detail of duties under the Act and the Regulations, including practical examples of how designer/architects might discharge their duties as designers and lead designers, considering how it compares to existing duties under the CDM Regulations.
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Right at Home: How Good Design Is Good for the Mind: An Interior Design Book
The design expert and Emmy-nominated TV host of Netflix’s Queer Eye shows you how to set up your space so that it takes care of you. Learn how to follow your happiness to find your style, optimize the function of every room, organize your space, and so much more.The way your home makes you feel matters. After all, it’s your ultimate safe space and needs to be able to host your most intimate conversations and memorable celebrations. So setting it up for comfort, style, and authenticity is essential to your self-care. In Right at Home, Bobby shows you how designing your space, no matter what size home you have, has an impact that’s immediate, visceral, and undeniable. Learn how to:
– Articulate what makes you happy so you can land on a design that reflects your truest style
– Prioritize function and comfort so your space works for you (and not the other way around)
– Know what to let go of and what to repurpose so that every room stays organized
– Engage all your senses with texture, contrast, scent, and soundso you can stay in the present
– Understand the emotional impact of color and confidently pick patterns, palettes, and color pops
– Maximize lighting (both natural and artificial) to support a positive mental state
– Boost your mood by bringing plants and nature into your designRight at Home demonstrates that good design can aid mental wellness and helps us achieve a new sense of happiness within the home. With gorgeous photographs of beautifully styled rooms and Bobby’s tried-and-true tips, this is the definitive guide to designing a modern home.
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Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversy
Monuments around the world have become the focus of intense and sustained discussions, activism, vandalism, and removal. Since the convulsive events of 2015 and 2017, during which white supremacists committed violence in the shadow of Confederate symbols, and the 2020 nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, protesters and politicians in the United States have removed Confederate monuments, as well as monuments to historical figures like Christopher Columbus and Dr. J. Marion Sims, questioning their legitimacy as present-day heroes that their place in the public sphere reinforces.The essays included in this anthology offer guidelines and case studies tailored for students and teachers to demonstrate how monuments can be used to deepen civic and historical engagement and social dialogue. Essays analyze specific controversies throughout North America with various outcomes as well as examples of monuments that convey outdated or unwelcome value systems without prompting debate.
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