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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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Art & Architecture

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205284
ISBN
9780520205284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.76

Paperback. Examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Editor(s): Celik, Zeynep; Clancy-Smith, Julia; Terpak, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988689
ISBN
9780295988689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. Provides a critical account of how the built environment mediated Turkey's transition from an empire into a modern nation-state following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, through the story of the making of Ankara, its new capital. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 88 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963905
ISBN
9780822963905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.59

Paperback. Dubbed the "Urban Generation," this cinema is driven by young filmmakers who emerged in the shadow of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This title brings together some of the original research on this emerging cinema and its relationship to Chinese society. Editor(s): Zhang, Zhen (Communications Science Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA). Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340744
ISBN
9780822340744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Illustrates the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change. This book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature. It looks at the cultural history of Chinese through the lens of this seminal moment in Shanghai cinema. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 285 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226982380
ISBN
9780226982380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ikon Gallery Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0007830
ISBN
9781904864035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to "Orientalism and Modernism", investigates the ways in which three modernist poets received Chinese artistic notions and assimilated them into their literary masterpieces. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; ACBP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921761
ISBN
9780813921761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou revolutionized Chinese cinema with Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. This title tells the story of this class of 1982, China's famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. Translator(s): Berry, Chris. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 88 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329701
ISBN
9780822329701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 341 x 273 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2014.
Publisher
Shanghai Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Und ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602200043
ISBN
9781602200043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.84

Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378736
ISBN
9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.57

Paperback. Orientalism, the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in European thought, is a controversial and a problematic concept. This book provides a concise text on the evolution and development of the theory of orientalism, the practice of orientalism in history, and its persistence and reformulation. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index,. BIC Classification: ACV; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335202065
ISBN
9780335202065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.44

paperback. Looks at the global culture of sci-fi-- covering European, American and Asian films--to ask what it reveals about international culture and society Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin; Cubitt, Sean. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; FL; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745315393
ISBN
9780745315393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.46

Hardcover. In 1975, the European Year of Protection of Ancient Monuments, Alsfeld in Upper Hesse acquired model-town status. This book to shows Alsfeld not only as a "timber-frame museum", but also shows how a town of this kind has changed in the upheavals, by juxtaposing Uwe Rudenburg's photographs with pictures produced around 1880 by Ludwig Bickell. Illustrator(s): Rudenburg, Uwe H. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9783930698295
ISBN
9783930698295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.07

Hardback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648678
ISBN
9781442648678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30, 8 figures. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSJ2; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626324
ISBN
9781442626324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Edition
1st Limelight Ed
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879109882
ISBN
9780879109882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
OMNIBUS PRESS
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423407393
ISBN
9781423407393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223415
ISBN
9780300223415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.40

Paperback. In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it became - was established as one of the world's great companies. This book portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such an impact on their audiences. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227969
ISBN
9780571227969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002334
ISBN
9780253002334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.48

Paperback. This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Exploring the influence of his ideas on documentary and educational film in a wide range of national contexts, this book foregrounds core issues and new perspectives in international documentary cinema cultures and histories. Editor(s): Williams, Deane; Druick, Zoe. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFB; APFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844575398
ISBN
9781844575398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.17

Hardback. This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Exploring the influence of his ideas on documentary and educational film in a wide range of national contexts, this book foregrounds core issues and new perspectives in international documentary cinema cultures and histories. Editor(s): Williams, Deane; Druick, Zoe. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; APFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844575404
ISBN
9781844575404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.88
€ 106.16

paperback. The fifth volume in the Canadian Cinema series, this work is an accessible and engaging introduction to a controversial film and its fascinating director. Series: Canadian Cinema. Num Pages: 144 pages, 13 photos. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611337
ISBN
9781442611337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

hardcover. The fifth volume in the Canadian Cinema series, this work is an accessible and engaging introduction to a controversial film and its fascinating director. Series: Canadian Cinema. Num Pages: 144 pages, 13 photos. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442642454
ISBN
9781442642454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.23

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