Art & Architecture - At Abbey's Bookshop, beauty is on our shelves.

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Visionaries in Suburbia: Griffin Houses in the Sydney Landscape

Anne Watson

Art & Architecture

Hardback

Explores the Griffins' 22 surviving Sydney houses as well as their designs for many unbuilt projects. [more]

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Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage

Robin Inglis

Colonial art; History; History: earliest times to present day; Geographical discovery & exploration

Hardback

Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration... [more]

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The Crossing of Antarctica: Original Photographs from the Epic Journey that...

George Lowe, Huw Lewis-Jones, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt OBE

Individual photographers; Photographic reportage; Travel & holiday; Expeditions

Hardback

A highly engaging and visually spectacular account of the first ever crossing of Antarctica. [more]

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Disability, Public Space Performance and Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers...

Bree Hadley

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Disability: social aspects

Hardback

In Disability, Public Space Performance and Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers, Bree Hadley examines the performance practices... [more]

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The Story of the Bauhaus

Frances Ambler

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Architecture

Paperback

A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live. [more]

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A Handwriting Manual

Alfred Fairbank

Art & Architecture; Lettering & calligraphy

Paperback

Classic introduction by expert calligrapher presents fundamentals behind every aspect of the art of penmanship, from equipment... [more]

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Willem De Kooning

Corinna Thierolf

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Abstract Expressionism; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

In 1926 22 year - old Dutchman Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) travelled to the USA on a British freighter - without papers... [more]

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The Book of the Horse: Horses in Art

Hyland Angus, Caroline Roberts

Art & Architecture; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

Paperback

Horses have been the inspiration for hundreds of works of art over the centuries. This book celebrates the horse in all its... [more]

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Destination Art: 500 Artworks Worth the Trip

Phaidon Editors

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960

Paperback

A global guide to the 500 works of permanently installed modern and contemporary art worth traveling to experience [more]

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What Is Performance Art?: Australian Perspectives

Mimi Kelly

Art & Architecture; Dance & Performing arts

Paperback

This new volume takes a look at the rich history of performance art in Australia through a multitude of perspectives. With... [more]

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Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-Dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever

Julian Beever

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Graffiti & street art; Individual artists, art monographs

Paperback

Expanded third edition celebrating the extraordinary three-dimensional anamorphic chalk paintings of the feted British street... [more]

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The Art of Animal Anatomy: All life is here, dissected and depicted

David Bainbridge

Drawing & drawings; Art techniques & principles; Veterinary anatomy & physiology; Mathematics & Sciences

Paperback

Have you ever wondered what beats beneath an animal's skin? Well, you wouldn't be the first one. The study of comparative... [more]

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The Pebbles on the Beach

Clarence Ellis

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Mathematics & Sciences; Wildlife: general interest; Rocks, minerals & fossils; Travel & holiday guides; Nature, the natural world (Children's&YA)

Paperback

Understanding the humble pebble makes a trip to the beach, lake-side or river bank simply that little bit more fascinating.<br... [more]

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The Natural Home: Tips, Ideas & Recipes for a Sustainable Life

Wendyl Nissen

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Self-sufficiency; Home & house maintenance

Paperback

Wendyl Nissen shares her approach to living a balanced and sustainable life based on an old-fashioned model of growing and... [more]

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Forgotten Women: The Artists

Zing Tsjeng

History of Art & Design Styles; Biography; Gender studies: women

Paperback

The 48 talented and influential female artists that history should never have forgotten. [more]

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Clive Barker: Dark Imaginer

Sorcha Ni Fhlainn

Individual artists, art monographs; Film, TV & Radio; Individual film directors, film-makers; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback

A necessary and timely study of Barker's influence in dark fantasy, gothic and horror studies. The book features twelve groundbreaking... [more]

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The Hermitage Cats

Art & Architecture; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

Paperback

Lives of cats and men intertwined long ago. People worshiped cats like gods, full of superstition they were afraid of luminous... [more]

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250 Japanese Knitting Stitches: The Original Pattern Bible by Hitomi Shida...

Hitomi Shida, Gayle Roehm

Art & Architecture; Knitting & crochet

Paperback

250 Japanese Knitting Stitches contains the original collection of knitting stitches first published by Hitomi Shida in 1996.... [more]

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In Paris: 20 Women on Life in the City of Light

Jeanne Damas, Georgina Collins

Photography & photographs; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion & textiles: design; Fashion & society; Lifetyle & personal style guides; Fashion & style guides

Paperback

In Paris is a window on the world's most stylish city by two quintessentially Parisian women - Jeanne Damas, the it-girl,... [more]

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Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue

Grace Coddington

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion & textiles: design; Memoirs; Press & journalism

Paperback

A chronicle of Grace Coddington's formative years at Vogue, now available as a jacketed paperback [more]

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Correspondence: Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso

History of Art & Design Styles; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography: literary

Paperback

Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein. Few can be said to have had as broad an impact on European art in the twentieth century... [more]

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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (Film Tie-In)

John Callahan

Comic book & cartoon art; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Humour

Paperback

The outrageous and inspirational memoir of legendary cartoonist John Callahan, now a major motion picture directed by Gus... [more]

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Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age...

Ken Kocienda

Product design; Autobiography: business & industry; Business & Economics; Information technology industries; User interface design & usability

Paperback

The inside story of Apple's design process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. [more]

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Paper Poetry: Creative papercutting

Helene Bendix, Simone Bendix

Art & Architecture; Book & paper crafts

Paperback

Enter the magical world of papercutting and learn how to create beautiful paper flowers, decorations and designs. [more]

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Great Minds Don't Think Alike: discover the method and madness of 56 creative...

Emily Gosling

The Arts: General & Reference; Psychology

Paperback

Uncover the method and madness behind the greatest minds in history. [more]