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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. This biography of David Norris, politician, gay rights campaigner, historian and academic, paints a full portrait of the highs and lows of the life of this colourful and extraordinary man. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 271. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Attic Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0006855
ISBN
9781855941618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Destroyed yet paradoxically preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79, Pompeii and other nearby sites are usually considered places where we can most directly experience the daily lives of ancient Romans. This book explores Pompeii as a modern obsession, in which the Vesuvian sites function as mirrors of the present. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 full-colour & 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1714.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061152
ISBN
9781606061152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

Hardcover. This book is a reconsideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view that whitewash was always only a 'cheap coat of paint'. Num Pages: 506 pages, 117 illus. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904597643
ISBN
9781904597643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.94

Hardback. Art for everyone--the Federal Art Project's drive for middlebrow visual culture and identity Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034213
ISBN
9780252034213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. A complete musical biography and an exhaustive bibliography with a catalog of David Diamond's works and premiere performances through 1986. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810820586
ISBN
9780810820586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.71

Hardcover. On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themselves to any sturdy weapons they could find. This title tells the story of how this legendary opera house, despite being a lightning rod for charges of tyranny and waste, weathered the dramatic political upheaval in European history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 colour plates, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; AVGC9; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401959
ISBN
9780226401959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.24
€ 49.30

Hardback. Relates the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States to examine the sociological context of architectural practice. This book explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to as the white gentlemen's profession. Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742545823
ISBN
9780742545823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.85

Hardback. The first truly interdisciplinary analysis to link Douglas Sirk's striking visual aesthetic to key movements in twentieth century art and architecture, this book reveals how the exaggerated artifice of Sirk's formal style emerged from his detailed understanding of the artistic debates that raged in 1920s Europe and the post-war United States. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; APFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409391
ISBN
9781474409391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Paperback. Focusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, this book traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the cloth from its village origins into a symbol of internationalism. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 69 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; AFW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 246 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220295
ISBN
9780253220295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

hardcover. Some of the most stunning architectural structures in India are to be found below ground: these are its stepwells, ancient water stores. Stepwells are unique to India and from around the 3rd century CE were built throughout the country. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 illustrations in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 299 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1690.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946580
ISBN
9781858946580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.07

paperback. Hell-raiser Shane MacGowan's acclaimed and surprisingly lucid memoir. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
9780283072048
ISBN
9780283072048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 203. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580934886
ISBN
9781580934886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.88

Paperback. Features the shift between the explosive and experimental moment in the Argentine art scene of the 1960s. This exhibition catalogue brings together a historical section as well as information of performance-based actions and sound and video works by Argentine contemporary artists. Editor(s): Noorthoorn, Victoria. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies, Art Catalogs. Num Pages: 150 pages, 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; ACX; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879128347
ISBN
9781879128347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 65 color illus. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFH; AGC; AGHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 229. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218824
ISBN
9780300218824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Dr Victoria Stewart explores the life and work of Sean O'Casey, whose writing career spanned some of the most tumultuous times in Ireland's history, tracing the path which led him to an association with Dublin's Abbey Theatre in the early 1920s, and the turn his career took after he made the decision to leave Ireland for good. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007650
ISBN
9780571230068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. An essential reference on modernism in 20th Century Europe, including personal reminiscences along with previously unpublished anecdotes. Published to accompany exhibitions and conferences in Texas, New York and Italy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 219 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Glitterati Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781943876266
ISBN
9781943876266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.03
€ 59.20

Hardcover. Tells the story of the rise of modern ballet and its popularity through the life story of one of ballet's most glamorous stars, Irina Baronova (1919-2008), prima ballerina for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and later for Ballet Theatre in New York. Num Pages: 256 pages, 335 colour plates. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167169
ISBN
9780226167169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.05
€ 48.36

Paperback. The first full-scale, monumental life of Barbara Stanwyck, the first to delve into her complex life and to explore her extraordinary range of films. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 310 b&w photos throughout. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1280.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439194065
ISBN
9781439194065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.10

Paperback. An experienced actor, theatre-maker and Feldenkrais practitioner leads you through ways in which using the Feldenkrais Method can increase your physical, emotional and mental potential. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424173
ISBN
9781848424173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. A first celebration of girl bands in many genres With a unique focus on the talented girl bands of the past fifty years New perspectives on each genre - from 60s motown groups to 70s prog rock and punk to 80s protest music, 90s queecore, riot grrrl and beyond. Editor(s): Downes, Julia. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422. Girl Bands from Motown to the Modern. 320 pages, black and white photographs. Editor(s): Downes, Julia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVG. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight: 422.
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956632913
ISBN
9780956632913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.53

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