Meet Grace - she's a very magical and highly sensitive person. But at 15 years old, she doesn't yet realise this is what makes her unique. She just feels weird and different, unsure of herself, amongst the confident posh kids at the boarding school where she's just got a scholarship.But magic seeks her out, and befriended by two kind hearts in her form, Archie and Daisy, she begins a great adventure.Walking in the woods one day, an accident propels the three friends into th...

Devastated by a diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancer, A Wild Adventure on the Big C tells how Anna turned an ordeal into an adventure, tapping into her body's magical powers of self-healing and stepping into self-sovereignty. This book is the story of how she healed herself without conventional medicine - gently, beautifully, magically and very quickly.'Dreams can save your life,' says Anna. 'I believe they saved mine.'Being terrified of the conventional approach to ...

Since 2010, Anna Bromley has been inviting artists, activists and cultural researchers into the radio studio to explore language and voice together, in the context of sound, politics and everyday life. What began as an artists’ radio research format has developed over the years into a series of exhibition pieces focusing on radio and its visible and invisible transmission bodies. Publishing a selection of her radiophonic essays here for the first time, I Speak Radio reflects Bromley’s coll...

Wild Animals and Wedding Outfits is the true story of Anna, who comes from a family of eccentric adventurers and longs to travel, but has somehow got to her mid-thirties without plucking up the courage to set out on her big adventure. She dreams of seeing animals in their natural habitat, of exploring the Amazon jungle by canoe and meeting tribes who worship strange gods and heal each other with folk medicine. But she worries that she is not intrepid like her great grandmother. And is it p...

The definitive guide to contemporary and historical graphic design for designers and creatives.'Everything you can think of is covered...and everything in between. The Graphic Design Bible plays to all of Inglis's strengths as an all-rounder - designer, writer, historian, researcher, editor and educator...His writing balances expertise with accessibility...many graphic design educators will wish they had the budget to buy every single one of their ...

The true story of an ordinary woman living an extraordinary existence all over the world.“Gelman doesn’t just observe the cultures she visits, she participates in them, becoming emotionally involved in the people’s lives. This is an amazing travelogue.” —BooklistAt the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita Golden Gelman left an elegant life in L.A. to follow her dream of travelling the world, connecting with people in...

Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens at the end of the last century and includes current discussions on legibility, social...

EAT, PAY, LEAVE!Becky Wicks lifted the burqa on Dubai In BURQALICIOUS. Now she turns her attention to Bali as she hilariously navigates life as an adopted Balinese local.A lot can happen when you set out to 'find yourself'. Sometimes, you can even lose the plot.From visiting ancient healers with cellphone addictions to leaving a shaking ashram intent on extracting her soul, Becky Wicks soon discovered that six months travelling round Bali wasn't all going to be about finding inner p...

Early-stage Qigong practitioners often find it difficult to establish a daily Qigong practice. This useful handbook teaches simple Qigong exercises that can be easily practised in the home every day.The book provides guidance for a series of warm-ups and exercises which are easy to learn, very effective and all based on ancient and traditional practice. These include refreshing Early Morning Meditations; the classic Eight-Sectioned Brocade; the dynamic Three Circles Posture; the Te...

An introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović.Featuring lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it mean?" "Is it really art?" and "Why does it c...

Michael Palin's terrific account of his journey through 18 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, published by Phoenix for the first time.For almost a year, Michael Palin travelled through 18 countries on the perimeter of the world's largest ocean, in a spectacular journey of contrasts, drama and beauty.From head-hunters in Borneo to a meal of maggots in Mexico, his route takes him to some of the most politically volatile and physically demanding places on ...

Finalist for the NBCC Award in Criticism, this collection is riotous, especially the piece about smashing a minibar.