Art & Architecture
Introducing… 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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Art & Architecture
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
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
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
€ 77.51
€ 77.51
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€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
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
€ 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€ 34.15
€ 47.99
€ 34.15
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€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- OMNIBUS PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780793581955
- ISBN
- 9780793581955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 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€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
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€ 22.20
€ 26.99
€ 22.20
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
€ 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
€ 133.69
Hardback. An authoritative illustrated catalogue of all examples of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture in Nottinghamshire. Introductory chapters explore the geological and historical background of the sculptures and provide an overview of the types of style and ornament. New information reveals Nottinghamshire's distinctive identity in the pre-conquest period. Series: Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Num Pages: 300 pages, c. 200 photographs; c. 30 line drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; 3F; ACK; AFKB; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 215. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265956
- ISBN
- 9780197265956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.46
€ 171.46
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
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 323 illus. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1046. 160 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX. Dimension: 288 x 224 x 18. Weight: 1050.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337888
- ISBN
- 9780764337888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613744017
- ISBN
- 9781613744017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.24
€ 14.99
€ 14.24
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€ 17.97
€ 18.99
€ 17.97
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
€ 178.22
Hardback. Editor(s): Kerry, Paul E. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470642
- ISBN
- 9781611470642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.61
€ 146.61
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
€ 33.53
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- No Exit Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903047668
- ISBN
- 9781903047668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.72
€ 4.72