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Talk About Street Art
From OBEY Giant posters to Banksy and mosaic space invaders, this book explores street art across the globe. Get a better understanding of graffiti, stencils, tags, lettering, urban sculptures, collages and their origins. This underappreciated art form is usually illegal, but has become more accepted in recent years, and the book explores topics such as anonymity, the art form’s dangerous nature, codes
of conduct and ideological engagement. Discover how each country has their own mode of expression, and how the art form intersects with contemporary art, pop surrealism, toy art, music and sport. Rizzoli
e Undoing Project:
A Friendship at Changed Our Minds The work of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky over 40 years ago completely revolutionized the way we look at the decision-making process. Through a series of
papers, they showed the world the way the human mind errs when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. Without their work, behavioral economics, Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine and government regulation wouldn’t be the same. They taught us to mistrust instinct and look to algorithms instead. Michael Lewis explores the friendship of the psychologists and looks deeper into the collaboration of the two men who changed the way we look at our own minds. W.W. Norton & Company
A Perilous Undertaking
Deanna Raybourn’s Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is back, and this time she nds herself involved in trying to save a man from the hangman’s noose by nding the real killer of his mistress. The clock is ticking on this adventure novel, as Speedwell only has a week to solve the murder and unmask the real killer before the planned execution takes place. Penguin
rich to the poor, from those who are happily married to those who are miserable. You’ll discover the story of a woman married to a twin, who pretends not to notice when they impersonate
each other, and the story of a stripper defending herself from a customer. In one tale Gay describes a wealthy neighbourhood where the neighbours spy on one another, and in another you’ll read about a female version of Fight Club. Throughout
the collection, Gay writes about the modern American woman in a way that is both beautiful and eye-opening at the same time. Grove Press
Expecting To Die
The New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson returns with her latest thriller, which has detective Regan Pescoli caught up
in another serial killer case just as she is about to head off on maternity leave. This time, her case is made even more dif cult by the arrival
of a reality show in town, which makes distinguishing fact from ction that much harder. Pescoli can only hope she can solve the
case before another murder occurs. Kensington Publishing Corporation
Di cult Women
The author of the best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist and novel An Untamed State, Roxane Gay is back with her rst short story collection. The stories cover a wide range
of modern women, from the
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