We a good story
Quick delivery in the UK

Books published by Colossal Books

Filter
Filter
Sort bySort Popular
  • by William J. Brown
    £15.49

    New! Improved! Updated! Shorter and less expensive! -- Yes, William J. Brown's "American Colossus: the Grain Elevator 1843 to 1942" has been republished, and it is even better than before. Originally published in 2009, "American Colossus" is still the only book-length history of the invention, development and widespread adoption of the steam-powered grain elevator, which was invented in Buffalo, New York, in 1843 by Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar. Over the course of the next 50 years, Buffalo-style grain elevators were built all over the Great Lakes region and, eventually, all over the world. "American Colossus" pays careful attention to the role played by the Erie Canal and to such technical matters as fireproofing measures and materials-handling techniques. The heart and soul of the book are the chapters devoted to the depictions and interpretations of Buffalo's elevators by the local press in the 19th C and such European modern architects as Gropius, Mendelssohn and Le Corbusier in the 20th.

  • - Self-Portraits and Caricatures of the Situationist International
    by Raoul Vaneigem
    £14.49

  • - A History of Lou Reed's Music
    by Bill (University of Chicago) Brown
    £9.49

  • by Bill (University of Chicago) Brown
    £26.99

    Massive anthology of essays and illustrations published in NOT BORED! between 1983 and 2010.

Join thousands of book lovers

Sign up to our newsletter and receive discounts and inspiration for your next reading experience.