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The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible resurgence in their economic power. Over the past fifty years, their combined wealth has reached the same level as the United Kingdom and, taken together, they are on track to become the...

The golden age of Malay film in the 1950s and 1960s was the product of a musical and cultural cosmopolitanism in the service of a nation-making process based on ideas of Malay ethnonationalism, initially fluid, increasingly homogenised over time. The...

The British military failure against the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942 is a well-documented and closely examined episode. But far less attention has been paid to the role of the colonial governor and his staff during this period, an oversight...

Using Thailand as a case study, Ross King examines the role of place in the formation of identity through memory. Employing the idea of French historian Pierre Nora that because we no longer live in environments of memory-places where the past is still...

Malaysiakini was founded in 1999 by Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran, two young Malaysians who met as overseas students in Australia. One of the many online portals that sprung up in the wake of Reformasi, a movement sparked by Prime Minister Mahathir...

The expression "one or two words" is used by the Toraja highlanders of Indonesia to refer euphemistically to their highly elaborate form of political speechmaking. Moving from this understatement, which denotes the meaningfulness of transient acts of...

Singapore had to build a military from scratch starting in 1965, with compulsory national service introduced in 1967. This is the story of the Singapore Armed Forces in the form of a collective portrait of its leaders. Tens of thousands of Singaporeans...

The Hatching Heroes blast back into action after the cliffhanger ending of Book 1: Electric Cactus Eggs. Tab the gadget-building fruit bat, Gully the lightning-charged seagull, and Maki the rainbow-powered echidna are joined by two new recruits: Raptor,...

When a wild electrical storm hits Freshy Hills, two mysterious blue cactus eggs blast out of a glitching TV app and hatch into Gully, a lightning-powered seagull, and Tab, a genius fruit bat inventor. Thrown from their digital world into the chaos of...

The exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery presents the visions and attitudes towards nature that have appeared in art from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present. The climate crisis, the problem of the exploitation of natural...

Once the steel storm of the industrial war had passed, the idyllic Flanders Fields region in Belgium was left as a desolate moon landscape. The First World War had wiped dozens of villages and cities completely off the map. The fields had been destroyed...

Palm Beach, an icon of refined relaxation and gilded grandeur, is where Atlantic waves lap sandy coastlines and Mediterranean Revival architecture stands in stately harmony. Known as Americas first resort destination, this enclave blends lush tropical...

Nestled between five mountain ranges, Tucson is a city where centuries of Indigenous, Spanish, and frontier heritage meet a thriving modern spirit. Adobe walls and mission steeples recall its deep history, while lively neighborhoods, world-class learning...

Making and assembling a dessert is a journey. It's a considered process, a visual translation of culinary thoughts, and a transformation of an idea to a 2D plan and finally a 3D reality. Most of us own a collection of recipe books and some of them are...

In 2013 Yahoo chose to profile Patty Maher's work as part of a very limited series of videos promoting Flickr's top photographers. That video went viral, and firmly placed Maher as a prominent artistic voice in the conceptual and fine art photography...

Cappellificio Cervo is to the world of millinery what the analog camera is to the world of photography: a place of return to fine art and inimitable craftsmanship. It is the artistic integrity of this historic institution dating back to 1897, that...

Lodestars Anthology: Pathways contains 14 of the best and most carefully selected paths and trails that we have traversed. This book explores and details those pathways, the people, the landscapes and the fascinating things we discovered along the way...

Nordic Bakery is a Scandinavian-style premium coffee shop loved for its Nordic cinnamon buns, coffee, and rye bread. The book tells the tale of how products are sourced and ideas conceived; it describes the design aesthetic, portraying the concept of...

"There's a lot of dualities at play in photography. In my practice, I reflect over the tension between observing and engaging, to be distant and close, to contemplate and communicate - and my camera functions as a tool to explore those borders, and to...

No superhero is a series of work by the acclaimed Scandinavian artist, Ole Marius Jorgensen. The work features meticulously staged, cinematic photographs that depict seemingly ordinary situations which are then infused with a juxtaposed narrative. This...

Justine combines the 'old' and the 'new' to create images that have a sense of nostalgia whilst the content and subjects are often firmly fixed in present day sensibilities. Taking inspiration from Dutch master painters for their use of light and color,...

Photographer Toby Mitchell is back with the latest instalment in `The Weekender' series. And this time we are headed to our second Scandinavian destination, Malmoe, Sweden. Sitting just over `the bridge' from Copenhagen, Toby explore Sweden's 3rd largest...

Gyula Czimra is one of the most unique and distinctive artists in the history of Hungarian painting. In 2025 the Hungarian National Gallery will present a full retrospective exhibition at the 120th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The exhibition...

The Sulu Zone: A Maritime Cultural Complex is a collection of essays exploring the unique facets which contribute to the identity of the Sulu Zone. With 15 peer-reviewed scholarly essays and an interview with academic and musician Ric Trimillos at the...

Jozsef Nemes Lamperth (1891-1924) was a key figure in the avantgarde art movements that emerged in the early twentieth century. The fact that no comprehensive exhibition of modern Hungarian art could open today without featuring at least one of his works...

Lipchitz. A Cubist Sculptor and His Legacy in Hungary will showcase the sculptor of Lithuanian origin (1891 1973), who became famous in Paris, selected from a private collection in Hungary.The exhibition, which includes sculptures, drawings, and prints,...

In this volume, the author provides a detailed picture of the Russian cuirassiers and dragoons at the beginning of the 19th century. He has evaluated numerous sources and enriches the publications available on the subject - which are not as extensive as...

Until the introduction of camouflage uniforms, "The King's Coat" dominated the appearance of Western armies. Originally designed for economic reasons, uniforms in the Baroque era served to erase a soldier's individuality in favour of a regimental esprit...

A proverbial cellar find brought to light a remarkable source for Napoleonic uniformology, which due to its artistic design but also high level of detail offers valuable support in the research of the military dress of Napoleonic mounted troops. A total...

From the early 17th century until the 1860s, Japan was ruled by samurai led by the Shoguns of the powerful Tokugawa dynasty. The long period of peace following almost incessant civil war had negative effects on the proficiency of these feudal warriors...

For millennia, cavalry was the premier combat arm. Horses gave armies mobility and speed; often cavalry charges, either on the enemys flanks and into his rear or through his center, led to the decision in a battle. This book analyzes the use of mounted...

This fourth volume concludes the series on the 'Uniforms of the Armies at Waterloo'. After the previous volumes presented the Allied side, this fourth part deals with its opponents, the French Armee du Nord under the command of Napoleon I. This Northern...

The elegant, multi-storey main towers of Japanese castles, surrounded by massive fortifications, are widely known as symbols of samurai rule. However, the first of these tenshukaku were built only at the very end of the Sengoku period. Most...

Drawn from authentic sources by Charles Lyall, 1894 Launch of a series of uniforms on the armies at Waterloo 1815, drawn by Charles James Lyall, one of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the 20th century. Lyall compiled numerous...

Drawn from authentic sources by the artist Charles James Lyall, one of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the 20thcentury. In 1894 Lyall launched a series of uniform plates on the armies at Waterloo in 1815. Lyall compiled series of...

It remains a stroke of fortune that in the turbulent times of the 17th century with its numerous cultural and military upheavals the artistic depiction of human life took a similarly rapid and proliferous development. Never before in history had society...

The books will be indispensable to collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike. This three-volume work is the most comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper to date, providing in-depth examinations of...

Based on Rudolf Steiner's indications, Gerard Wagner shows a wholly new approach to the human form in art. The Art of Colour and the Human Form presents the seven motif sketches concerned with the "spirit form of the human being," as well as numerous...

Rudolf Steiner is known around the world as an author, speaker and the creator of anthroposophy, yet few are aware of him as an inaugurator of new ways of working together. As a result, questions of management and leadership are especially challenging,...

New and successful insights for the care and raising of the child in the first three years of life.Highlighting questions concerning the young child - walking, speaking and learning to think - on the one hand from the viewpoint of anthroposophic...

This exclusive edition presents large, full-colour reproductions of the glass windows, alongside fold-out panels that reveal the carved designs in rich detail.

Let the Marco Polo city map of Paris guide you around this awe-inspiring city. Highly durable and waterproof, this handy, pocket-size Paris map folds away easily and is always on standby to help when you're stuck. Coverage - this is a detailed street map...

Let the Marco Polo Portugal Road Map guide you around this stunning country. Explore fascinating cities, a beautiful coastline, breath-taking landscapes and picturesque towns with this highly durable, detailed touring map of Portugal. It folds away...

Marco Polo Morocco Map: the ideal map for your trip Let the Marco Polo Morocco Road Map guide you around Morocco. Discover a diverse landscape of snow-capped mountains and deserts, walled cities and wild coastlines with this highly durable touring map of...

Let the Marco Polo Algarve and southern Portugal Road Map guide you around this gorgeous region of southern Portugal. Discover heavenly beaches and picturesque mountain villages with this highly durable, detailed, touring map of the southern region of...

Let the Marco Polo city map of Berlin guide you around this historic city. Highly durable and waterproof, this handy, pocket-size Berlin map folds away easily and is always on standby to help when you're stuck. Coverage includes: Extending north-west to...

Let the Marco Polo Sicily Road Map guide you around this beautiful island. Discover historic cities, volcanic landscapes, Greek temples, picturesque Baroque towns and glorious beaches with this highly durable, detailed, touring map of Sicily. It folds...