Temporary Pleasure
Nightclub Architecture, Design and Culture from the 1960s to Today
ISBN: HB: 9783791387987,
Prestel Publishing,
April 2023
240 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 150 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.
240 pp., 27,9x24,1 cm, 150 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.
This unique, visually exciting look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture – the one constant is change.
Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop a...
HB:
39.99 GBP
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Japan's Best Friend
Canine Culture in Japan
ISBN: PB: 9783791387253,
Prestel Publishing,
March 2022
192 pp., 24,0x19,5 cm, 280 colour illus.
192 pp., 24,0x19,5 cm, 280 colour illus.
This quirky, nose-to-tail survey of Japan's love affair with dogs explores why they have played such an important role in the country since ancient times, how they're represented in traditional and contemporary culture alike, and which breeds are mos...
PB:
16.99 GBP
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Entropic Tokyo
Metropolis of Uncertainty, Multiplicity and Flexibility
ISBN: PB: 9788862425582,
Prestel Publishing,
Lettera Ventidue,
January 2022
240 pp., 23,0x19,5 cm, illustrated throughout
240 pp., 23,0x19,5 cm, illustrated throughout
"Entropic Tokyo" is a book about the city of Tokyo. A journey towards understanding a multiform and chaotic metropolis that hides a profound human order. The book proposes a reading of Tokyo that considers the city as a dynamic system of high complex...
PB:
19.99 GBP
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Land of the Rising Cat
Japan's Feline Fascination
ISBN: PB: 9783791384948,
Prestel Publishing,
September 2019
176 pp., 24,0x19,5 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
176 pp., 24,0x19,5 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
In a country with millions of cat owners, it's not unusual to find felines in coffee shops, hotel lobbies, and museums; being taken for stroller rides; or even serving as train stationmasters. But how did this cat mania start? Why does it continue to...
PB:
14.99 GBP
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Weed
Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned to Ask
ISBN: HB: 9783791384894,
Prestel Publishing,
March 2019
160 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 130 colour illus.
160 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 130 colour illus.
Not too long ago, it might have seemed impossible that cannabis would step out of the shadows into the mainstream. But now, as legalization sweeps the globe, a new weed culture is evolving with its own set of rules – and thousands of new devotees eag...
HB:
14.99 GBP
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