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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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Hardback. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2424. Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 576 pages, 200 black-&-white illustrations + 60 colour images. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; AGP; AK. Dimension: 287 x 214 x 40. Weight: 2424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160420
ISBN
9780300160420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 50.15

paperback. Chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 colour images & 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
YALE UNIV PR
Condition
New
SKU
9780300142143
ISBN
9780300142143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Hardcover. Published to accompany the landmark opening of the V&A's new Europe 1600 - 1800 galleries, The Arts of Living explores the breadth, depth and beauty of the V&A's seventeenth- and eighteenth-century collections. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851778072
ISBN
9781851778072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: AC; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316925
ISBN
9780226316925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 95 black & white illustrations, 95 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; APF; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138815780
ISBN
9781138815780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837343
ISBN
9781843837343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

hardcover. Foreword by John Humphrys. Text by Melanie Doel, Chris Townsend. Num Pages: 96 pages, Full colour photography throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; AJB; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762408
ISBN
9781905762408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.00

Paperback. * A collection of wildly inventive stories, strange musings and insane rants from Armando Iannucci, one of Britain's foremost satirical comedy writers Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APF; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408701973
ISBN
9781408701973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. John James Audubon was America's dominant wildlife artist. His name remains synonymous with birds and bird conservation the world over. This book presents 'bird biographies', journal accounts of his river journeys and hunting trips with the Osage Indians, and a sampling of brief stories that have long been out of print. Num Pages: 680 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; AGN; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 206 x 36. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152845
ISBN
9781857152845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Michael Wiese Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781615932221
ISBN
9781615932221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.60

paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415912136
ISBN
9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106016
ISBN
9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. This study looks at the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 366 pages, 51 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJ; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253841
ISBN
9780520253841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.78

Hardcover. A volume of essays marking out a new, historically and culturally specific model for contemplating autobiographical non-fiction film and video. Editor(s): Curtis, Robin; Fenner, Angelica. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139177
ISBN
9781571139177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.31

Paperback. Young Johnnie Walker was obsessed with music and loved to share that passion. So it wasn't long after he'd started DJing in dance halls and pubs that he got his big break: he talked his way into a slot with newly founded station Radio England - and launched his career. This autobiography tells of forty years at the heart of British broadcasting. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 x 8 pages of colour. BIC Classification: APW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141024288
ISBN
9780141024288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Noa the Boa is a slave to fashion with the heart of an actor and an obsession with celebrity. He becomes luxurious leather accessories for illustrious clients - from Grace Kelly's pillow to the codpieces at the Folies Bergere. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 267 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500519257
ISBN
9780500519257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.35

Hardcover. Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio. This autobiography gives an account of his daily life in Renaissance Florence and Rome, its studios, and its taverns. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB; AGB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593289
ISBN
9781841593289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated Italian goldsmith (1500-1571), in which Cellini tells the story of his life and art and also depicts the manners and morals of both the rulers and their subjects in 16th Century Italy. This new edition includes new notes on the text and a chronology. Editor(s): Bull, George. Translator(s): Bull, George. Num Pages: 496 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: 1DST; AFKB; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447187
ISBN
9780140447187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. The Autobiography of James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life (2233-2293). From his birth on the U.S.S. Kelvin, his youth spent on Tarsus IV, his time in the Starfleet Academy, his meteoric raise through the ranks of Starfleet, and his illustrious career at the helm of the Enterprise. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297481
ISBN
9781783297481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470772980
ISBN
9780470772980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Hardcover. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 478 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470772997
ISBN
9780470772997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.53

Paperback. Whereas the first volume of this set provides the intellectual groundwork for Schumacher's ideas, the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture faces. It formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture organizes and articulates the complexity of post-fordist network society. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 174 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470666166
ISBN
9780470666166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Paperback. For over a hundred years 'the avant-garde' has been the most influential concept in modern art; its impact on the history of modern culture has been profound. In this Very Short Introduction, David Cottington explores why the avant-garde carries so much authority, and places it within the context of western modernity and capitalist culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 13 black and white images. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199582730
ISBN
9780199582730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, 7 photos. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903364567
ISBN
9781903364567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

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