The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Chronicles: Art & Design explores and celebrates the creative vision of the second film in Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. This lavish volume fo...

From her legendary album "Horses" to her most recent releases, "Gung Ho" and "Land 1975-2002", this book charts the lyrical journey of a poet and musician whose words have influenced a generation. Illustrated with around 150 photographs as well as or...

The CMS experiment has operated smoothly during the LHC Run-1 (20102013). A large numer of collisions, triggered by the CMS Level-1 and High-Level trigger systems allowed CMS to discover the Higgs boson and perform many important physics measurements...

This new, extensively researched volume (volume two in the series) is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment during American military advisors involvement in the Vietnam War. Included are insignia,...

The books that we choose to keep and display—let alone read—can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, one hundred leading cultural figures, including writers Chuck Klosterman, Jennifer Egan, and Michael Chabon, m...

The Leopard 2 has repeatedly underlined its leading position as the most capable and most versatile main battle tank of the world. This publication grants an overview on the Leopard 2 today in service with no less than 15 export nations. Shown are th...