PVC Degradation and Stabilization, Fifth Edition contains all the information necessary for the successful design of stabilization formulas in any PVC-based product. Other topics covered include degradation by thermal energy, UV, gamma, and other forms of radiation, chemical degradation, and more. Many new topics are of particular interest today, including new stabilization methods and mechanisms (e.g., synergistic mixtures containing hydrotalcites and their synthetic equivalents, beta-diketo...

Esteemed chef Danilo Cortellini, as seen on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef: The Professionals, is back and better than ever with his second book. This dazzling collection brings you classic and traditional Italian recipes with a twist. Give them a try and see for yourself why they are Better than Nonna.

Mushrooms: A Guide for the Curious is part of a new nature series that will encourage people to learn about and explore nature.

A stunning portfolio of work by Japan’s leading contemporary architect, showcasing exquisite photography of 28 extraordinary projects selected by Ando

Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and photographer Richard Pare.

Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, and concluding with the Bourse de Commerce project,...

A fresh perspective on Ethiopian history, architecture and culture from ancient times to 1500.

Pieces together the rise, achievements, and failures of North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung.

The life and work of Katherine Mansfield, one of literary modernism’s most significant writers.

As seen in Vanity Fair, Car and Driver, Architectural Digest, British GQ, and The Times A HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE SELECTION: Car & Driver, Wall Street Journal, Autocar, Cool Hunting, Autoblog ‘A high-octane feast for petrol heads and lovers of design.’ – The Times A ground-breaking survey of more than 650 of the most exceptional cars ever designed, organized geographically The Atlas of Car Design is a global survey of the world’s greatest car designs, featuring more than 650 of the most re...

The ultimate global celebration of residential design and decorating, now in a stunning new sky-blue livery With 400 rooms organized by designer from A-Z, this much-lauded book, now in a stunning new printing, goes beyond decorators, designers, and architects to highlight exquisite interiors designed by fashion designers, artists, style icons, and film stars, each of whom has made a unique contribution to the world of interior design. Ranging from the beginning of the twentieth century to the...

Ascend to the stars via a famously dazzling 17th-century atlas of 29 double-folio celestial maps, created by a master cartographer and cosmologer. Representing thinkers from Ptolemy to Copernicus, the richly adorned skies, ornate borders and constellations in this gorgeous reprint revive history’s most breathtaking visions of the skies.