Art & Architecture

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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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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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One Good Turn: New Drawings by Mary Leunig

Mary Leunig

Individual artists, art monographs; Fiction & Literature

Paperback

Mary Leunig's drawings jump right into the reader's face, demanding attention and challenging the status quo with their content.... [more]

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Visualising Human Rights

Jane Lydon

Photography & photographs; Society & Social Sciences

Paperback

When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10... [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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Fox 8

George Saunders

Illustration; Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Gift books

Hardback

An enchanting and darkly comic fable of human greed and nature, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the... [more]

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Bruegel: The Master

Manfred Sellink, Ron Spronk

Art & Architecture; Individual artists, art monographs

Hardback

A major monograph on the artist widely regarded as the 16th century's greatest Netherlandish painter, published to mark the... [more]

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The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century...

Mark Lamster

Individual architects & architectural firms; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

A major new biography of architect and cultural provocateur Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and controversial... [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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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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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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Leonardo da Vinci: A life in drawing

Martin Clayton

Art & Architecture; Individual artists, art monographs

Hardback

Drawing was Leonardo da Vinci's primary artistic activity. He used drawing to think, to explore the world around him and to... [more]

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Picturing Science and Engineering

Felice C. Frankel (Research Scientist, MIT)

Special kinds of photography; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Other technologies & applied sciences

Hardback

guide to making scientific photographs for presentations, journal submissions, and covers, featuring step-by-step instructions... [more]

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I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria

Gareth Brereton

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Hardback

A penetrating insight into the ancient Assyrian empire, explored through the life of the last great king of Assyria, Ashurbanipal.... [more]

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Marianne North: The Kew Collection

RBG Kew

Art & Architecture; Botanical art; The natural world, country life & pets

Hardback

Marianne North was a remarkable Victorian traveller and painter, who traversed the globe recording the world's flora with... [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; Fashion & style guides; Cosmetics, hair & beauty

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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Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West

Victoria Glendinning

Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Biography; Biography: literary; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Social & cultural history

Paperback

The classic, Whitbread Prize-winning biography of Vita Sackville-West [more]

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Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (New Revised 7th Edition)...

Caroline Williams

Religious buildings; History of religion; Islam; Travel & holiday; Travel & holiday guides

Paperback

A new, fully revised edition of this perennially popular guide to Cairo's Islamic monuments [more]

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Fashion in the Middle Ages

Margaret Scott

History of fashion; History; History: earliest times to present day

Paperback

A sumptuously illustrated compact volume which uses full colour images and the accented gold of illuminated manuscripts to... [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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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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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]