Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel biography. With a new foreword and previously unseen images, this new edition delves even deeper into the life and legacy of this eternally alluring woman.
The most up-to-date and information-packed dictionary of its size available. With spelling, grammar, and pronunciation help, plus a practical writing guide, the Pocket Dictionary gives you all the everyday words you need at your fingertips.
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.’ Marx and Engels’s revolutionary summons to the working classes – one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated.
An inspiring anthem to the power, promise, and challenges of courage, the first in a series examining the timeless Stoic virtues from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ryan Holiday.
Framed as a protracted conversation between a philosopher and a young man and based on the theories of leading psychologist Alfred Adler, this book argues for personal liberation through identifying and overcoming the limitations that society imposes on people.
We’re used to feeling stressed, rushed and overwhelmed. At work and at home there are endless calls on our attention and time. We’re constantly playing catch-up. But if we want to perform optimally, and reach our full potential, we must learn to pause and create space in even the busiest day.
Harvard education expert Tony Wagner explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators.
Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation—into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made. It is, at heart, a book about how to build a creative culture—but it is also, as Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull writes, “an expression of the ideas that I believe make the best in us possible.”
‘Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way’ Amy Schumer
The system that governs how money works, with its brokers and middlemen, has stayed roughly the same for centuries. Now there’s an alternative, and it puts us on the cusp of a revolution that could reshape our world.
Depression is a leading cause of disability around the world today, a growing health crisis that affects us all. It is a complex and diverse condition. But it is also highly treatable
Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dalí phenomenon, Les dîners de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artists equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala.