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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.

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hardcover. An autobiography of composer and pianist Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), which originally appeared in German in 1922 (Leipzig). It includes an introduction providing an overview of Scharwenka's life and work, a comprehensive discography, and a CD of representative selections of Scharwenka's musical compositions. Translator(s): Petig, William E. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810856691
ISBN
9780810856691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.37

Paperback. A biography of Ewan McGregor. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153. . 224pp. Keywords: Actors & Actresses, Entertainers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Chameleon London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KHS0068658
ISBN
9780233994109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: CREATIVE COMPOSITION TOOLBOX. This late intermediate book introduces students to the art of original composition. It features the following composition tools: chord symbols, lead sheets, ostinato, parallel and contrary motion, altered chords, quartal and quintal harmony, secondary dominants, modulation, canon, and counterpoint. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 302 x 89 x 31. Weight: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Alfred Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739089071
ISBN
9780739089071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.03

Paperback. Series: CREATIVE COMPOSITION TOOLBOX. This intermediate book introduces students to the art of original composition. It features the following composition tools: triplets, sixteenth notes, retrograde, inversion, diminution, augmentation, 7th chords, extended chord structures, elements of jazz, and 12-bar blues. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 302 x 91 x 31. Weight: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Alfred Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739089064
ISBN
9780739089064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

Paperback. Series: CREATIVE COMPOSITION TOOLBOX. This early intermediate book introduces students to the art of original composition. It features the following composition tools: theme and variations form, program music, compound meter, mixed meter, introduction, coda, chromatic and whole tone scales, modes, broken chords, and arpeggios. BIC Classification: AS. Dimension: 303 x 85 x 31. Weight: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Alfred Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739089057
ISBN
9780739089057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.63

Paperback. The first book about a much-loved and highly influential performer, songwriter, and producer. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black and white in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908279729
ISBN
9781908279729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Tarr is the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists, set against the backdrop of Paris before the start of the First World War. The first edition to do the novel justice, with an introduction and notes placing it in the context of social satire and avant-garde art movements, offering new insights into a major Modernist novel. Editor(s): Klein, Scott W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199567201
ISBN
9780199567201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Hardback. Hearing the symphonies and concertos of Haydn and Mozart with an ear tuned to operatic style, as their earliest listeners did, this book shows that this familiar music is built on a set of mimetic associations drawn from conventional modes of depicting character and emotion in opera buffa. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann; Taruskin, Richard. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274075
ISBN
9780520274075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.32

Hardcover. In Japanese Landscapes and Gardens, 1650-1950 Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 140 color, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; AMV; HBJF; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 254. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244748
ISBN
9780812244748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.45
€ 78.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 233 colour photos. BIC Classification: AJB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 287 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1796.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350955
ISBN
9780764350955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.20
€ 46.30

Hardcover. Featuring text in English and German, this book talks about building in a historical context, looking at the questions: does the new have to live in the shadow of the old? Or is the architect allowed to make his own self-confident mark? Schneider and Michael Schumacher have answered this question. Illustrator(s): Hempel, Jorg. Series: Opus S. Num Pages: 56 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 293 x 11. Weight in Grams: 788. Series: Opus S. 56 pages, 65 illustrations. Illustrator(s): Hempel, Jorg. Featuring text in English and German, this book talks about building in a historical context, looking at the questions: does the new have to live in the shadow of the old? Or is the architect allowed to make his own self-confident mark? Schneider and Michael Schumacher have answered this question. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AMG. Dimension: 309 x 293 x 11. Weight: 788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Axel Menges
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698370
ISBN
9783930698370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 285 x 11. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565779
ISBN
9783932565779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. An unprecedented package that gives readers the content of three important references by one of today's most influential design writers. This is a master class in the principles and practical fundamentals of design that will appeal to a broad audience of graphic artists and designers. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471285526
ISBN
9780471285526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. Discusses about the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangzi River in China. Editor(s): Hung, Wu. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACX; TNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573466
ISBN
9780935573466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. This text raises questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Wu Hung uses the Chinese government's cancellation of the exhibition "It's Me", Beijing 1998, to anchor his analysis of the challenges face by contemporary Chinese artisits and curators. Num Pages: 224 pages, 111 colour plates, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573336
ISBN
9780935573336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.51

Hardcover. Provides a narrative about the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s. This book offers a chronological survey that considers contemporary Chinese art both in the context of China's specific historical experiences and in a global arena. Num Pages: 456 pages, 425 illustrations, 323 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 238 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2578.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239209
ISBN
9780500239209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 66.52

Paperback. A significant, ground-breaking reassessment of ancient Chinese tombs, which were filled with exquisite art objects and images, now available in paperback. The Art of the Yellow Springs looks at the implications presented by an entire burial site, rather than the individual works of art contained within them. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 250 x 16. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897817
ISBN
9781861897817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Examines the cross-cultural influences and unique artistic dialogue between Hispano and Native American arts in the Southwest over the past 400 years since Spanish colonisation. Num Pages: 284 pages, 211 colour & 23 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135709
ISBN
9780890135709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Hardcover. Examines the cross-cultural influences and unique artistic dialogue between Hispano and Native American arts in the Southwest over the past 400 years since Spanish colonisation. Num Pages: 284 pages, 211 colour & 23 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135686
ISBN
9780890135686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57
€ 52.54

Paperback. Editor(s): McCarrey, Scott. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: AN; AVA; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138269699
ISBN
9781138269699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.27

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