Victor Burgin (b.1941) is known as a highly influential artist and a renowned theorist of still and moving images. After 13 years in the United States, Burgin returned to live and work in his native Britain in 2001, taking up the prestigious post of Millard Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. Burgin first came to attention as a conceptual artist in the late 1960s and at that time was most noted for being a political photographer of the left,...

"Hip hats to knit yourself, including berets, hats for children, and even a headband or two. Walk down any street and count the number of beanies and bobble hats you see--they are everywhere, not only on cold winter days but as a fashion statement to be worn throughout the year. In this book, Fiona Goble has designed 36 fun hats for you to make for yourself or your friends. With great yarns and color combinations, and styles ranging from a fair-isle...

"Covering almost 8 percent of the earth's terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer nothing to hold our gaze. But the more time we spend with lichens, the more they reveal their beauty, their mysteries and their strange power of attraction. Part-algae and part-fungus, lichens call into question our customary ways of classifying forms of life, and allow us...