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Democracy Ltd

How Money and Donations have Corrupted British Politics

By: Bobby Friedman

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Democracy Ltd

How Money and Donations have Corrupted British Politics

By: Bobby Friedman

The agenda-setting book the politicians don’t want you to read WELCOME TO THE MURKY WORLD OF POLITICAL DONATIONS. Big business, eccentric loners, lobbyists, fraudsters, senior trade unionists, and dodgy wheeler-dealers have all been rubbing shoulders with the most senior politicians in the country – and they often expect something in return for their money. Now, in this blistering exposé, investigative journalist Bobby Friedman reveals how upstanding party treasurers and cabinet ministers have been turned into desperate courters of the rich. Discover the truth behind the toxic system where money buys you access and trade union power is king. Understand why you’re more likely to become a peer if you’ve donated to a political party and how foreign multi-millionaires can use shell companies and subterfuge to gain entry to the locked doors of Westminster. Informed by interviews with wealthy donors and key political figures, and packed with shocking revelations, this enthralling book exposes who is really pulling the strings in British government.

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Simon and Schuster

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1780742533

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9781780742533

Poetry of Place

The New Architecture and Interiors of McAlpine

By: Bobby McAlpine,Susan Sully

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Poetry of Place

The New Architecture and Interiors of McAlpine

By: Bobby McAlpine,Susan Sully

An appealing approach to creating dwellings blending vernacular styles, fine craftsmanship, and indigenous materials. This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country’s most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses exemplifying the charm and elegance of traditional and vernacular English, American, and European styles blended with a modern sensibility. Following from their first book, The Home Within Us, this book profiles twenty stunning projects, from a stone tower folly standing in the gardens of a Tudor-style house to a humble yet elegant wooden lakeside retreat. Through his poetic voice, Bobby McAlpine narrates the story of each residence, pointing out its unique qualities. Featured are an exotic Florida Panhandle beach house; a Tuscan-style horse farm; a rambling Colonial Revival compound; and a miniature European manor house, among others. These dwellings are classically understated and welcoming. With its gorgeous photography of inspiring interiors and exteriors, Poetry of Place will appeal to those interested in design romancing the past.

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Rizzoli Publications

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0847860345

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9780847860340

Art of the House

Reflections on Design

By: Bobby McAlpine,Susan Ferrier

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Art of the House

Reflections on Design

By: Bobby McAlpine,Susan Ferrier

Architect Bobby McAlpine and interior design partner Susan Ferrier share their poetic approach to creating beautiful interiors in this follow-up to the best-selling The Home Within Us. In their newest book, the famed design team discusses the principles that guide their extraordinary work and share ideas for creating atmospheric environments. The book profiles a selection of houses that resonate with the firm's nuanced and sensual aesthetic. Combining painterly hues, diverse textures, and rich patinas, these interiors include a mix of antiques and contemporary furnishings. Throughout, we are shown the methods that these masters have honed to produce striking, inspiring spaces. In one featured residence, dark and light tones play off each other, with shimmering accents of silver, gold, and glass. Another house epitomizes the power of white's purity to refresh the eye. The cool blue of water and shades of the forest floor make up the naturalistic palette of a third dwelling. In all, modern-day upholstered pieces combine with fine and rustic antiques to furnish rooms that are welcoming.

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209

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Rizzoli Publications

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0847842533

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9780847842537

McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

By: Bobby McAlpine

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McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

By: Bobby McAlpine

A celebration of the recent work of McALPINE, the award-winning architectural and interior design firm, with a collection of residences embracing modernism, classicism, and romanticism. The work of renowned firm McALPINE has always communicated the power of romanticism, speaking directly to the heart through the beauty and poetry of the home. Tapping diverse influences, the residences draw from architectural languages ranging from Elizabethan and Dutch to colonial Caribbean and agrarian American. The book opens with Bobby McAlpine’s own newly designed house, featuring exquisite spaces that are modern in expression but classical in order and balance. Other projects include a white-on-white neoclassical pavilion-by-the-sea in the Bahamas; a masonry dwelling in the rolling hills of Virginia; a quintessential American country house in Tennessee that combines the familiarity of a farmhouse with crisp minimalism; and an exuberant house sited on the edge of a pastoral golf course in Alabama. Freely choosing from architecture’s treasury, the assembly of houses is familiar, bold, and surprising, all at the same time—reflecting the complexity of the human experience.

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Rizzoli Publications

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0847869474

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9780847869473

Newsgames

Journalism at Play

By: Ian Bogost,Simon Ferrari,Bobby Schweizer

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Journalism at Play

By: Ian Bogost,Simon Ferrari,Bobby Schweizer

How videogames offer a new way to do journalism. Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the Web: stories are written and edited as they are for print; video and audio features are produced as they would be for television and radio. The authors of Newsgames propose a new way of doing good journalism: videogames. Videogames are native to computers rather than a digitized form of prior media. Games simulate how things work by constructing interactive models; journalism as game involves more than just revisiting old forms of news production. Wired magazine's game Cutthroat Capitalism, for example, explains the economics of Somali piracy by putting the player in command of a pirate ship, offering choices for hostage negotiation strategies. Videogames do not offer a panacea for the ills of contemporary news organizations. But if the industry embraces them as a viable method of doing journalism—not just an occasional treat for online readers—newsgames can make a valuable contribution.

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244

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MIT Press

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0262289083

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9780262289085

Right at Home

How Good Design Is Good for the Mind: An Interior Design Book

By: Bobby Berk

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Right at Home

How Good Design Is Good for the Mind: An Interior Design Book

By: Bobby Berk

The design expert and Emmy-nominated TV host of Netflix’s Queer Eye shows you how to set up your space so that it takes care of you. Learn how to follow your happiness to find your style, optimize the function of every room, organize your space, and so much more. The way your home makes you feel matters. After all, it’s your ultimate safe space and needs to be able to host your most intimate conversations and memorable celebrations. So setting it up for comfort, style, and authenticity is essential to your self-care. In Right at Home, Bobby shows you how designing your space, no matter what size home you have, has an impact that’s immediate, visceral, and undeniable. Learn how to: • Articulate what makes you happy so you can land on a design that reflects your truest style • Prioritize function and comfort so your space works for you (and not the other way around) • Know what to let go of and what to repurpose so that every room stays organized • Engage all your senses with texture, contrast, scent, and sound so you can stay in the present • Understand the emotional impact of color and confidently pick patterns, palettes, and color pops • Maximize lighting (both natural and artificial) to support a positive mental state • Boost your mood by bringing plants and nature into your design Right at Home demonstrates that good design can aid mental wellness and helps us achieve a new sense of happiness within the home. With gorgeous photographs of beautifully styled rooms and Bobby’s tried-and-true tips, this is the definitive guide to designing a modern home.

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305

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Clarkson Potter

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0593578368

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9780593578360

Just a Life

By: Bobby McAlpine,Robin McAlpine

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Just a Life

By: Bobby McAlpine,Robin McAlpine

Well-known in the shooting and racing world's, as he is in clubland, Bobby McAlpine may have come from a wealthy background but he certainly had to work hard in the family engineering firm on leaving school. This is a biography of McAlpine's life.

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Jjg

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1899163964

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9781899163960

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Democracy Ltd

Democracy Ltd

Poetry of Place

Poetry of Place

Art of the House

Art of the House

McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

McAlpine: Romantic Modernism

Newsgames

Newsgames

Right at Home

Right at Home

Just a Life

Just a Life

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