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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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Paperback. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Num Pages: 340 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. A Titan is Born. 340 pages, illustrations. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271791
ISBN
9780520271791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, the author chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. It represents the most insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289673
ISBN
9780520289673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Tells the story of Simon, a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: APFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316502
ISBN
9780571316502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99

Paperback. Featuring over ten insightful and interviews, the author, an actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316533
ISBN
9780571316533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.45

Hardcover. Richard Avedon redefined portrait and fashion photography in the 20th century. In the 1940s Avedon burst onto the fashion scene, infusing his photographs with touches of realism and the fantastic. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations, colour 10 / b&w 115 / tt125 photos. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 345 x 291 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2484. 1945-2004. 256 pages, colour illustrations, colour 10 / b&w 115 / tt125 photos. Richard Avedon redefined portrait and fashion photography in the 20th century. In the 1940s Avedon burst onto the fashion scene, infusing his photographs with touches of realism and the fantastic. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Dimension: 345 x 291 x 30. Weight: 2512.
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810959620
ISBN
9780810959620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.93
€ 68.94

Paperback. Great fun, this illustrated, fact-filled trivia guidebook to the first decade of rock & roll, breezily written (but painstakingly accurate), will take the baby boomer down a musical memory lane strewn with genuine "golden-oldies." Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGP; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069192
ISBN
9780252069192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Argues that Hitchcock orchestrates the narrative and stylistic idioms of popular cinema to at once celebrate and subvert the ideal of romance. The author describes how Hitchcock's characteristic tone is achieved through a titillating combination of suspense and black humor that subverts the moral framework of the romantic thriller. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135757
ISBN
9780231135757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardcover.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851707358
ISBN
9780851707358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 95.86

Paperback. Analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. This book talks about the history of the film industry, and about the process of imaging a national community. Num Pages: 391 pages, 61 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247437
ISBN
9780520247437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214781
ISBN
9780520214781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226662855
ISBN
9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. A biography of Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney told through previously unseen diary excerpts and exclusive interviews with those who knew him best. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 16-pg 4C photo inserts. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 51. Weight in Grams: 856.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501100963
ISBN
9781501100963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Series: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 b&w chart/graph. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309872
ISBN
9781477309872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226220871
ISBN
9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Exploring the social and cultural hierarchies established in 18th-century France, this volume illustrates how the conceptual basis of the modern house and the physical layout of the modern city emerged from debates among theoretically innovative French architects of the 18th-century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 112 halftones. BIC Classification: AMA; AMG; AMK; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226220857
ISBN
9780226220857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Hardback. An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which actors operated. They also explore the practicalities of playing: acquiring scripts, theatres, rehearsing, lighting, music, props, boy actors, and the role of women in an 'all-male' world. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 744 pages, 24 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 245 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199287246
ISBN
9780199287246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.32

Hardback. Ethnographic Perspectives. 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Vokes, Richard. Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; AJ; GTB. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 26. Weight: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010452
ISBN
9781847010452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

hardcover. This definitive publication on Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010) invites you into the creative mind and world of one of Britain's most brilliant, daring and provocative designers, and the many themes and references that shaped his visionary fashion collections. Editor(s): Wilcox, Claire. Num Pages: 336 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 320 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2374.
Publisher
VICTORIA ALBERT
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851778270
ISBN
9781851778270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 47.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077098
ISBN
9780252077098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. From 1958 to 1963, Neil Sedaka sold 25 million records - more than anyone except Elvis Presley. He thought he could do no wrong, but a year later he was all but off the charts, swept away by The Beatles and the British Invasion - a blow he never saw coming. The deejays stopped playing his records, and the public stopped buying them. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 Black and White Illustrations in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Outline Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908279422
ISBN
9781908279422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. Covers the space between the game and film industries by pointing out the relevant cinematic techniques in games. This title also includes interviews with the game industry's luminaries (including Will Wright: Sims legend, Harvey Smith, legendary game "Deus Ex", Warren Spector, creator of one of the original game companies, Origin). Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: AJRD; UGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780240810713
ISBN
9780240810713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.55

Hardcover. This revealing look at the life and career of Howard Stern examines his role as a champion of free speech and his amazing success at bringing his own unique brand of "reality" radio to the airwaves. Series: Greenwood Biographies. Num Pages: 109 pages, 7. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Greenwood
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313380327
ISBN
9780313380327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062309921
ISBN
9780062309921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Pap/Dwn
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480371545
ISBN
9781480371545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.57

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