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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. Pina Bausch's work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late 20th-century performance practice. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material combined with contextual essays that serve as a base for the study of Pina Bausch's performance work. Editor(s): Climenhaga, Royd. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415618021
ISBN
9780415618021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 613 color & 23 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AB; WCW; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 287 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764315275
ISBN
9780764315275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 39.54

Paperback. Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate, an architect and an intellectual who dumbfounded critics with her genius and originality. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sarah combined a zest for progress with a love of the past. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571269518
ISBN
9780571269518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.91

Hardcover. The architectural possibilities of the pitched roof seem almost unlimited and are interesting for architects. This title shows the spectrum of possibilities that are opened up by pitched roofs. It shows their potential for the design of the outer facade of the building, and its relation to context and interiors. Num Pages: 240 pages, 115 col, 210 b/w. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Niggli Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9783721206807
ISBN
9783721206807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571242276
ISBN
9780571242276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback. The Pixies have had a career unlike any other in alternative rock. "Doolittle" is their knotty masterpiece, the embodiment of the Pixies' abrasive, exuberant, enigmatic pop. Informed by interviews with the band, this book looks at the making of the album and its place in rock history, and studies its influence in light of the Pixies reunion. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826417749
ISBN
9780826417749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Examines houses in the small Massachusetts town of Edgartown; in Santa Barbara, California, where a commitment was made to re-create an imaginary Spanish past; and in Sea Ranch, on the northern California coast, where the authors attempt to create a community. Num Pages: 315 pages, 229 b/w photographs, 115 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBWF; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223578
ISBN
9780520223578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. A document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 202 pages, 62 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764726
ISBN
9780226764726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.55

Book. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 305 x 7. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Chester Music
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783058792
ISBN
9781783058792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardback. This volume of essays examines the relationship between the play and its historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Scolnicov, Hanna; Holland, Peter. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 half-tones, index. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521344333
ISBN
9780521344333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.83

Paperback. Collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays. This work provides a brief overview of Johnson's career and significance as a playwright; sections on the creative environment in which she worked; and a discussion of her genres, themes, and artistic techniques. Editor(s): Stephens, Judith L. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073335
ISBN
9780252073335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Originally written for an exhibition Nancy curated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon in 2007, the text addresses the medium of drawing in light of form in its formation, of form as a formative force, opening drawing to questions of pleasure and desire. Translator(s): Armstrong, Philip. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823250943
ISBN
9780823250943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. Originally written for an exhibition Nancy curated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon in 2007, the text addresses the medium of drawing in light of form in its formation, of form as a formative force, opening drawing to questions of pleasure and desire. Translator(s): Armstrong, Philip. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823250936
ISBN
9780823250936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.77

Paperback. An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. Editor(s): Ashby, Arved. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 598. Listening, Meaning, Intention, Ideology. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 416 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Ashby, Arved. An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight: 590.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463751
ISBN
9781580463751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.09

Hardcover. A comprehensive history of antiquity collecting in Great Britain. Jonathan Scott gives portraits of the principal collectors, describes the mechanics of the art trade and collecting, and takes us to beautiful sculpture galleries that were created by such distinguished architects as Robert Adam. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 348 pages, 180 b/w + 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098549
ISBN
9780300098549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. This pocket edition of the bestselling design reference book contains 150 essential principles. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631590405
ISBN
9781631590405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: AGC; AKH; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219128
ISBN
9780300219128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991108
ISBN
9780295991108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 58.73

Paperback. In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design. Num Pages: 320 pages, 103 line drawings, 94 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471285304
ISBN
9780471285304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 63. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483790
ISBN
9780801483790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Presents an exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. This title examines the crucial roles played by recording technologies in the construction of rock music and shows how songwriters, musicians, engineers, and producers contribute to the creative project. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
SECOND PRINTING
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232242
ISBN
9780520232242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. This book begins with Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" to explore how and why the media of comics and cartoons captured a playful, rebellious energy characterized by hyperbolic emotion, physicality, and imagination. Num Pages: 286 pages, 32 color illustrations, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AKLC; APFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265721
ISBN
9780520265721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, this book examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; HPX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107521
ISBN
9780143107521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Henry Pearson is often linked to the Op Art movement of the 1960s because his best-known paintings feature a labyrinth of undulating parallel lines. This text accompanied an exhibition of Pearson's drawings from 1959 to the mid-1970s, the years when the artist moved toward geometric abstraction. Illustrator(s): Pearson, Henry. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palmer Museum of Art
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911209549
ISBN
9780911209549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.32

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