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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. Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC TV series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition In the age of the hasty glance and the selfie, Simon Schama has built from the nation's portraits a collective picture of Britain, our past and our present. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACX; AGHF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Viking
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670922291
ISBN
9780670922291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.38

Paperback. The money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; A; HBJD; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059434
ISBN
9780300059434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 398 colour illustrations, 394 colour illustrations, 4 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: AMC; AMD; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415748865
ISBN
9780415748865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.60

Paperback. Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. The author gives accounts of all his operas and indicating some of the key musical features. He also provides an outline of Wagner's astonishing life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 26. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237364
ISBN
9780571237364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. Incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Ades and George Benjamin. Editor(s): Christiansen, Rupert. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571306824
ISBN
9780571306824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. packed with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories, essential song lists and comprehensive recording guides,the author provides an indispensable guide to his top one hundred greatest shows of all time - and ten of the worst. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 117 x 20. Weight in Grams: 193.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237517
ISBN
9780571237517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. Why is Mozart the best known and most popular of all the great Western classical composers? More than 250 years after his birth, his reputation stands higher than ever before. With recommendations of good recordings, the author shows how Mozart's music has communicated with unique power across many generations. Series: Faber Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571273720
ISBN
9780571273720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback. Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers. This title assesses what Haydn's music means to us, and challenges some of the myths that have grown up around the composer. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, it explores each of his key works, from his symphonies to his sonatas. Series: Faber Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 116 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234127
ISBN
9780571234127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571207244
ISBN
9780571207244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.73

Paperback. A classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world. It includes features such as: plot summaries; an analysis of each ballet's principal themes; useful background and historical information; and, a behind-the-scenes, performer's-eye view. Editor(s): Bull, Deborah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309740
ISBN
9780571309740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. A pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571233274
ISBN
9780571233274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Hardback. The Faber Music Piano Anthology is a beautiful collection of core repertoire from the great composers, presented in progressive order. Selected by pianist and teacher Melanie Spanswick, this anthology is ideal for pianists of every level. Editor(s): Spanswick, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVQ; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 313 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Faber Music Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571539574
ISBN
9780571539574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Paperback. Walter Salles' film "The Motorcycle Diaries" follows the journey made by the medical student Che Guevara across Argentina to Peru. At the climax, Guevara exhorts his audience to see beyond their borders and embrace a continental identity. This vision lives in the work of South American filmmakers. This book features interviews with such people. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571231799
ISBN
9780571231799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. Series: Techniques of the Moving Image. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813560588
ISBN
9780813560588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition, Second Impression
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261485
ISBN
9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.41

Hardback. A biography of the artist Oskar Kokoschka who, despite being badly wounded in the First World War, lived to paint, teach, write, exhibit, and engage the affections of a host of beautiful women. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFA; ACXD1; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704. Very good copy

First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0303320
ISBN
9780747542070
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Aesthetic judgment is extended beyond art and nature into the everyday in The Extraordinary in the Ordinary. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114781
ISBN
9781551114781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583099
ISBN
9780813583099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.27

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169424
ISBN
9780231169424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardcover. Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time at Black Mountain College: Harry Callahan, Merce Cunningham, Walter Gropius, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Aaron Siskind, Cy Twombly - the list goes on and on. This book reveals the influence of Black Mountain College. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 colour plates, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067988
ISBN
9780226067988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.50

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 269 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317960
ISBN
9780226317960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 156 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 314 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1534.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349041
ISBN
9780764349041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.51

Hardback. How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space to lead into another, affect us? It is no wonder that the door, one of the most elemental architectural forms, has such metaphorical richness. This book aims to understand how these everyday acts in space are influenced by architectural form. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 266 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500343210
ISBN
9780500343210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.83

Paperback. "The texts by John McHale that comprise this volume were first published in a variety of different publications." Editor(s): Kitnick, Alex. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 illus., b&w. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
GSAPP Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883584702
ISBN
9781883584702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

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