This work celebrates the culture of air travel, from plane interiors and airline branding, to food and fashion. The book charts the development of all aspects of international air travel both, elegant and chic, kitsch and vulgar. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Concentrating solar power (CSP) technology is poised to take its place as one of the major contributors to the future clean energy mix. Using straightforward manufacturing processes, CSP technology capitalises on conventional power generation cycles, whilst cost effectively matching supply and demand though the integration of thermal energy storage...read more

A history of railroad design ranges from its origins during the Industrial Revolution to its heyday in the twentieth century, utilizing hundreds of archival, period, and contemporary photographs to capture luxurious interiors, elegant dining cars, streamlined modern design, and other aspects of the interiors and exteriors of trains, railroad stations, signage, and such train ephemera as tickets, advertisements, and more. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: From Mumbai to Chennai and from Kochi to Karachi, from the humble sign writer to the blue-chip advertising agency, the creative industries of India entice and inform a population of over one billion. In this crowded, colorful world, innovation is often born of necessity and scant resources, and can result in the very clever or the completely ridiculous...read more

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