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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. Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of British Pop Art, along with contemporaries David Hockney, Peter Blake and Pauline Boty. This book traces Boshier's formidable career. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 295 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500093887
ISBN
9780500093887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.99

Hardback. Examines the addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano; this expansion to The Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, adds galleries for modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, as well as for photography, film and video, and architecture and design. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 duotone illustrations + 120 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AGC; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141122
ISBN
9780300141122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Professor Paul Gilroy has assembled a living visual history of their social life in the modern British Isles. Published in association with Getty Images,this volume faeture 321 b&w photographs, commentary by Paul Gilroy and a preface from Professor Stuart Hall. Num Pages: 320 pages, 321 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; AJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 267 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863565403
ISBN
9780863565403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Hardcover. A work on creating realistic emulations of a symphony orchestra using samplers and computer recording techniques. It explains how to merge this ever-expanding technology with the artistry of orchestration to produce the most lifelike recordings possible. It is suitable for composers, arrangers, and MIDI musicians. Num Pages: 608 pages, 300 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 194 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1620.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780240814131
ISBN
9780240814131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.71

Hardcover. The most comprehensive monograph available on the internationally renowned Belgian floral artist and designer Daniel Ost. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: AKB; WFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 343 x 45. Weight in Grams: 3366.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714870526
ISBN
9780714870526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.92
€ 54.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680611
ISBN
9781843680611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Most people who sing or play a musical instrument get nervous when having to perform in public, whether in school, at a church recital, before friends or guests, or before a paying public. This text discusses how to overcome these often debilitating jitters. Num Pages: 232 pages, index. BIC Classification: AS; AV; VFJS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787943783
ISBN
9780787943783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199686001
ISBN
9780199686001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566081672
ISBN
9781566081672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Film technology in the early 20th century opened up a new world for the motion picture industry. Opera, relying on melodramatic storylines and pantomime acting, was an ideal subject for early silents. This book examines the relationship between the established operatic stars of the late 19th century and the newly developing motion picture industry. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786420650
ISBN
9780786420650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback. Now updated with two new chapters and an extraordinary collection of photographs, this second edition of Paul Friedlander's Rock and Roll: A Social History is a smash hit. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813343068
ISBN
9780813343068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 chart, 11 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JF; AN; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488092
ISBN
9780801488092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Madame Choi, South Korea's most famous actress, is lured to Hong Kong, drugged and smuggled out on a ship. When her ex-husband, Shin Sang-Ok, Korea's most acclaimed director, goes to look for her, he vanishes too. The pair wake to find themselves in North Korea. There they are imprisoned, tortured and brainwashed. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; APF; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970003
ISBN
9780241970003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 312 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681994
ISBN
9783936681994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.40

Hardcover. A 'flip' format book analysing the basic tenets of typography and how to turn them on their heads. One side presents the ten main rules of type design, addressing such aspects of typographic doctrine as legibility, alignment and capitalization; the other shows how type can successfully subvert these rules, presenting visual alternatives. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858943558
ISBN
9781858943558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
OMNIBUS PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793581955
ISBN
9780793581955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Set in "a world before Elvis, in a Liverpool before the Beatles", Terence Davies' film "Distant Voices, Still Lives" is an elegiac and intensely autobiographical meditation on a post-war working-class childhood. This study of the film is both a personal response, as a Liverpudlian and as a poet, and an exploration of Davies' unique visual style. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844571390
ISBN
9781844571390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. A scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition. l Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music. Num Pages: 334 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; AVGH; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043791
ISBN
9780226043791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1220. The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
904
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043814
ISBN
9780226043814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.48

Hardcover. Examines the remarkable career of leading soprano castrato Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810), the first castrato to make Britain his home. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 414 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465328
ISBN
9781580465328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Paperback. The Southampton Speedway team was one of the founder members of the first speedway league in 1929. Indeed, it was the Southampton promoter at the time, George 'Jimmy' Baxter, who had the idea that dirt-track racing - as it was then called - needed competitive league racing, consisting of teams with which fans could identify, to remain popular. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of Sport. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; AJC; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752424330
ISBN
9780752424330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
A Cappella Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556528163
ISBN
9781556528163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.38

Hardcover. Biological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary relationships, the authors have selected 18 groups of organisms and used these as a framework in which to discuss the species and their interactions with man and each other. Num Pages: 436 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; PS; RB; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470778067
ISBN
9780470778067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.22

Paperback. The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts challenges this prejudice by revealing the ubiquity of the practice across cultures and geographical borders. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119004035
ISBN
9781119004035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.53

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