Pocket Museum?

Pocket Museum?
Author: Campbell Price
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Egypt
ISBN: 9780500519844

If all the portable artefacts of Ancient Egypt were in a single location, the lives of students, historians and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler - but the objects are scattered in museums and collections all over the world. This book brings together nearly 200 of the most significant artefacts, giving both context and immediacy to the rich culture of Ancient Egypt. From a 5000-year-old Predynastic pottery bowl adorned with model hippopotami, to a pair of sandals carefully woven from grass, reeds and papyrus, to a wooden sundial amulet of the early Roman period, this is a compelling and beautifully illustrated overview of three millennia of civilization on the banks of the Nile.

Vikings

Vikings
Author: Steven P. Ashby
Publisher: Pocket Museum
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN: 9780500052068

Pocket Museum: Vikings brings together nearly 200 of the most remarkable artefacts that are held in museum collections around the world. Although the popular image of the Vikings is one of wild, violent raiders, the objects in this book reveal a more complex society comprised of pioneering explorers and master metalworkers who established a far-reaching trade network. From the vast Oseberg ship to a tiny valkyrie pendant, and from simple wooden panpipes to the unparalleled collection of silver items in the Spillings Hoard, each object provides an important insight into this most fascinating of cultures. This juxtaposition of the elite and the everyday makes this volume unique in its field.

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece
Author: David Michael Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Greece
ISBN: 9780500519585

A vast collection of significant works of art from the whole of ancient Greek civilization and a range of museums, gathered in one handy, pocket-sized guide

The Pocket Book of Pocket Billiards

The Pocket Book of Pocket Billiards
Author: Mike Vago
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 076116250X

From the bestselling author of "The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf" comes an original gift: a complete miniature, working pool table, plus balls, rack, cue, and bridge, packaged with a 48-page full-color book that explains how to play more than 30 games.

Museum of Chance

Museum of Chance
Author: Dayanita Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Photography, Artistic
ISBN: 9783869306933

"Museum of Chance is the first publication of Museum Bhavan, which is a collection of museums made by Dayanita Singh in New Delhi. The museums hoiuse old and new images made by the artist. Each wooden structure can be placed and opened in different ways, and holds around a hundred framed images, some on view, while others wait for their turn in the reserve collection, also kept inside the structures. As Singh keeps adding images to the museums, the museums themselves give birth to other museums. For example, the Museum of Embraces comes out of the Museum of Chance, and the Museum of Vitrines is contained within the Museum of Furniture. This publication is a mass produced artist book for the museum by the same name. Each image in the book is a cover image on one of the books."--Colophon.

The Underwater Museum

The Underwater Museum
Author: Jason deCaires Taylor
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1452137560

A one-of-a-kind blend of art, nature, and conservation, The Underwater Museum re-creates an awe-inspiring dive into the dazzling under-ocean sculpture parks of artist Jason deCaires Taylor. Taylor casts his life-size statues from a special kind of cement that facilitates reef growth, and sinks them to the ocean floor. There, over time, the artworks attract corals, algae, and fish, and evolve into beautiful and surreal installations that are also living reefs. This volume brings readers face to face with these wonders and explains the science behind their creation. Ocean enthusiasts, divers, art lovers, and anyone entranced by the natural world will be instantly engrossed by this pearl of a book.

Pocket Full of Colors

Pocket Full of Colors
Author: Amy Guglielmo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1481461311

From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary Blair wouldn't play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted the world in color. Full color.

A Miracle in My Pocket

A Miracle in My Pocket
Author: George Sternfeld
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648783923

This is a fictional book for middle school aged children. It is based on several Holocaust stories. It tells these stories in an honest but age appropriate manner. It is set in Australia, Poland and Russia.

The Pocket Samurai

The Pocket Samurai
Author:
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2015-07-21
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0834830493

The samurai of Japan, who were the country’s military elite from medieval times to the end of the nineteenth century, were synonymous with valor, honor, and martial arts prowess. Their strict adherence to the code of bushido ("the way of the warrior"), chivalry, and honor in fighting to the death continues to capture the imagination of people today, inspiring authors, filmmakers, and artists. The Pocket Samurai contains the essential writings of the era by the most esteemed samurai and philosophers of the age, including the iconic Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings; Yamamoto Tsunetomo, author of Hagakure, the best-known explication of the samurai code; Takuan Soho, a Zen priest and adviser to samurai; Yamaoka Tesshu, a master swordsman whose colorful life was devoted to martial arts and Zen; along with many others.

The Pocket

The Pocket
Author: Barbara Burman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0300253745

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019 “A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.”—Roberta Smith’s “Top Art Books of 2019,” The New York Times This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus. “What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them.”—Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian “A brilliant book.”—Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement