Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

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Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn't come naturally and we haven't been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We're quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution.

We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting evidence. We view challenges incompletely through the frameworks we know instead of with a fresh p...

An illustrated celebration of how wood is used in modern architecture as a thermal and acoustic insulator and to bring warmth and texture to buildings.

ONE woman's shocking battle with the 21st century hospital that killed rather than cured her ... her chilling report from the frontline of a medical system struggling to cope with its own complexity ... and her campaign against the secrecy surrounding "avoidable medical error" which costs 100,000 lives across Europe every year.

"Adrienne was a truly formidable woman", Vicky Phelan, campaigner who exposed Ireland's CervicalCheck cancer scandal.

"I am horrified by your story ... It is of the f...

After the death of Stalin, a small group of art enthusiasts in the Soviet Union started to collect modernist artworks that were considered formalist or anti-revolutionary, and were therefore ignored by official art institutions.

By doing so, these collectors played a pivotal role in the preservation of a crucial and now globally celebrated period of Russian cultural history.

The Paleev collection is the last of these private art collections to remain intact and in the hands of the family. It...

De woorden die belangrijk zijn in het examen Engels havo/vwo staan nu op een overzichtelijke kaart. Je ziet in één oogopslag waar het om gaat!Wanneer je die ca. 1500 examenwoorden met vertaling beheerst, kun je het examen Engels havo/vwo met vertrouwen tegemoet zien.

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The Dutch Cemetery in Nagasaki is the oldest, still existing, graveyard for foreigners from the West in Japan. It reflects the many important events in the shared history of The Netherlands and Japan, especially with regard to Nagasaki.

The small, intimate cemetery, enclosed by a red brick wall, is located in the foothills of Mount Inasa on the grounds of the Buddhist temple Goshinji.

During the 17th, 18th, and 19th century hundreds of VOC servants, mostly sailors on board ships in port, but...

High-tech innovations have been propelling the Digital Revolution since the end of the Second World War. These advances were not self-evident, but actively pursued by many. A global playing field of entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, investors, public officials, and consumers stimulated inventiveness for commercial, intellectual, social, and political reasons.

This book explores this dynamic of high-tech innovation by looking at the machinations behind the Digital Revolution. Literally. T...