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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. Covering Sid's early years in South Africa and life as a ladies' hairdresser, his obsession with gambling and women, his questioning by Scotland Yard in a murder case, Hancock's Half Hour and the Carry On films, and Sid's death on stage at the age of 63, Cliff Goodwin reveals the amazing truth behing the legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753539132
ISBN
9780753539132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. The last word on Sid Vicious - the world's most iconic punk figure Num Pages: 288 pages, 25. BIC Classification: AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Orion
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752893662
ISBN
9780752893662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Series: Pinover Schiff. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC; AMV; WMB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 934.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580934640
ISBN
9781580934640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.72

Hardcover. Sidney Bechet ranks among the greatest of the early masters of jazz, up there with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Born of a Creole family in New Orleans, and very conscious of the evils of slavery, his genius flowered at an early age. He is acknowledged as the greatest ever player of the soprano saxophone and he also played th Num Pages: 204 pages, pictures. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Books of Africa Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992686345
ISBN
9780992686345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.69

Paperback.

This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629629
ISBN
9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Hardback. This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745629612
ISBN
9780745629612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

paperback. Siegfried Kracauer has been misunderstood as a naive realist, appreciated as an astute critic of early German film, and noticed as the interesting exile who exchanged letters with Erwin Panofsky. This work presents an analysis, which covers both Kracauer's best-known publications and previously underexamined texts. Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049922
ISBN
9780691049922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. This book assembles essays in cultural criticism, film, literature, and media theory that he wrote during the quarter century he spent in America after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Editor(s): Von Moltke, Johannes; Rawson, Kristy. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271838
ISBN
9780520271838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Porter, Andrew. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544298
ISBN
9780714544298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Book. Sight Reading Success is a new and exciting approach to learning the invaluable skill of sight reading. It follows the sight reading requirements of ABRSM piano exams (as revised in 2009), but is also suitable for other exam boards and for any pianists wishing to improve their sight reading ability. Num Pages: 24 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 302 x 4. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Europe Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780381190
ISBN
9781780381190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

plastic_comb. Young musicians today are faced with a rapidly expanding and complex repertory of styles, tonal as well as pre- and post-tonal. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 271 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970722
ISBN
9780393970722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25
€ 65.40

Paperback. "Sighting/Citing/Siting "is a broad contextualization of an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural performance entitled Crossfiring/Mama Wetotan. DVD included. Editor(s): Irwin, Kathleen; MacDonald, Rory. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KB; ABA; AC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772281
ISBN
9780889772281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Series: Musicians Institute: Essential concepts. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793581917
ISBN
9780793581917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.89

Hardcover. Utilizing a cross-disciplinary approach that makes the information relevant to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, and industrial engineers alike, this book arms you with the skills needed to apply a standard, proven design process to large and small projects in an efficient and systematic manner. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 944.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118692998
ISBN
9781118692998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.07

Paperback. Series: Series X. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150ill. BIC Classification: AM; KNGT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853615651
ISBN
9780853615651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented an individual's lone struggle for self-expression. In this book, critics and historians, challenge these assumptions in a series of essays that focus on artist and writer couples who have shared sexual and artistic bonds. Editor(s): Chadwick, Whitney; Courtivron, Isabelle De. Series: Interplay S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 76 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0011671
ISBN
9780500278741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Set against the legendary 1980s scene, this book maps the bipolarities of rap and pop, rebellion and acceptance, glitz and gangsterdom, with an energy and exuberance which is as fresh today as when it was written. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968314
ISBN
9780241968314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema helped transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. Featuring a new foreword by D.N. Rodowick, this new BFI Silver edition explores the way in which a new approach to the cinema can be combined with a new approach to aesthetics. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
5th edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844573608
ISBN
9781844573608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Hardback. First published in 1969, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema helped transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism and semiotics. Featuring a new foreword by D.N. Rodowick, this new BFI Silver edition explores the way in which a new approach to the cinema can be combined with a new approach to aesthetics. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Fifth Edition, New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844573615
ISBN
9781844573615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 95.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024961
ISBN
9780253024961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; GTE; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024817
ISBN
9780253024817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Paperback. Divided into 14 chapters, text and illustrations reveal the symbolism inherent in representations of religious personages, the Earth and Sky, animals, birds, insects, and flowers. George Ferguson also explores Old Testament characters and events and their symbolic representation in art. 350 illustrations. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, plates, line-drawings. BIC Classification: AC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
O U Press USA New York
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195014327
ISBN
9780195014327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. This book examines the making of the popular Cleopatra, part myth part history, through a detailed analysis of the way that artists and authors have portrayed the queen from her own day down to the present day. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898096
ISBN
9780859898096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

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