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Art & Architecture
Introducing… 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. Through an analysis of over thirty canonic science fiction (SF) films, including Logan's Run, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Gattaca, and Minority Report, this title offers an investigation of how SF film since the 1950s has dealt with the issue of race and specifically with the representation of blackness. Num Pages: 212 pages, 55 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717459
- ISBN
- 9780292717459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. This is a collection of inspiring biographical profiles that bring twenty notable African-Americans from the Harlem Renaissance to life for young readers. These thoroughly researched stories highlight the courage and determination of these remarkable people. Series: Black Stars. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AB; YNH; YNM. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 234 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471211525
- ISBN
- 9780471211525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.49
€ 18.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 600+ photos. BIC Classification: AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 322 x 247 x 43. Weight in Grams: 3466.
- Publisher
- Editions Reuss
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783943105216
- ISBN
- 9783943105216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.28€ 78.17
€ 105.28
€ 78.17
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737217
- ISBN
- 9780814737217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced. This book acknowledges that Black experience is not monolithic. It also argues provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. Editor(s): Harrison, Paul Carter; Walker, Victor Leo; Edwards, Gus. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399449
- ISBN
- 9781566399449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.26
€ 38.99
€ 35.26
Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narrative...
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Paperback. Presents a feminist study of the representations of black women in the literary, cultural, and scientific imagination of nineteenth-century France. Employing psychoanalysis, feminist film theory, and the critical race theory, this book presents an argument that black women historically invoked both desire and primal fear in French men. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APFA; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323402
- ISBN
- 9780822323402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
paperback. Explorations of contemporary art have focused on issues of identity and race for some time. Few, however, have sought to investigate these themes by juxtaposing historical and contemporary frameworks. This book examines an especially charged icon - the black female body. Editor(s): Thompson, Barbara. Num Pages: 376 pages, 250 illus., 212 in color. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987712
- ISBN
- 9780295987712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.36
€ 51.99
€ 46.36
Paperback. Addresses black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. This work explores the ways African American women musicians of the twentieth century have negotiated feminisms, engaged in social activism, and worked within - or sometimes independent of - a male-dominated music industry. Editor(s): Hayes, Eileen M.; Williams, Linda F. Series: African Amer Music in Global Perspective. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780252074264
- ISBN
- 9780252074264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 22 black & white illustrations, 22 colour plates, 44 illus., 22 in color. BIC Classification: AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 262 x 23. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994956
- ISBN
- 9780295994956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardback. Black, favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists, has always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility and sin and holiness. This book discusses the social history of the color black in Europe. It is suitable for those interested in the history of fashion, art, media, or design. Num Pages: 216 pages, 106 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition - First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139302
- ISBN
- 9780691139302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Many years ago, Edmund Blackadder made his first appearance on our screens. Comedy has never been the same since. This edition features the complete scripts of Blackadder's adventures and, mostly, misadventures. It includes: "Blackadder", "Blackadder II", "Blackadder the Third" and "Blackadder Goes Forth". Num Pages: 480 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFD; APTD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280357
- ISBN
- 9780140280357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.60
€ 30.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. "Blackmail" was the first major British sound film. Tom Ryall examines its unusual production history, and places it in the context of Hitchcock's other British films of the period. Each volume in the "BFI Film Classics" series contains a personal commentary on the film and a filmography. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851703565
- ISBN
- 9780851703565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Hardback. Discusses how race and blackness play out in opera Editor(s): Andre, Naomi. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings, 17 musical examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036781
- ISBN
- 9780252036781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600598
- ISBN
- 9780691600598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97
Paperback. Biesen brings prodigious archival research, accessible prose, and imaginative insights to both well-known films noir of the wartime period-The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Double Indemnity-and others often overlooked or underrated-Scarlet Street, Ministry of Fear, Phantom Lady, and Stranger on the Third Floor. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882180
- ISBN
- 9780801882180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.81
€ 31.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. The book will examine the colourful past of the resort and explain how it has developed over the last 200 years. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 156 pages, 116. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AM; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- English Heritage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848021105
- ISBN
- 9781848021105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. Containing nine performance scripts by black and Latino/a queer playwrights and performance artists-each accompanied by an interview and essay, Blacktino Queer Performance approaches the interrelations of sexuality, blackness, and Latinidad. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Rivera-Servera, Ramon H. Num Pages: 584 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360650
- ISBN
- 9780822360650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. Containing nine performance scripts by black and Latino/a queer playwrights and performance artists-each accompanied by an interview and essay, Blacktino Queer Performance approaches the interrelations of sexuality, blackness, and Latinidad. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Rivera-Servera, Ramon H. Num Pages: 584 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 36. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360506
- ISBN
- 9780822360506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.93
€ 144.93
Paperback. Blade Runner has proved to be one of the most enduring and influential films of the 1980s. This new edition of Bukatman's study of Blade Runner is published in the BFI Film Classics 20th anniversary series of special editions, with a new foreword by the author and a stunning new jacket design by Paul Pope. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: BFI Film Classics. 112 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. Blade Runner has proved to be one of the most enduring and influential films of the 1980s. This new edition of Bukatman's study of Blade Runner is published in the BFI Film Classics 20th anniversary series of special editions, with a new foreword by the author and a stunning new jacket design by Paul Pope. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 189 x 137 x 8. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844575220
- ISBN
- 9781844575220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132. 128 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906660338
- ISBN
- 9781906660338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.46
€ 17.99
€ 14.46
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346613
- ISBN
- 9780764346613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.42
€ 48.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. Blarney Castle is one of Ireland's most popular attractions, and with new photography of both the castle and grounds, this guide gives a concise overview of the history, as well as the myths and stories that surround the venue. Num Pages: 48 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AMKL; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 220. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018844
- ISBN
- 9781785510823
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A new edition to our BFI TV Classics series, this analysis of BBC's Bleak House aims to analyze this critically acclaimed production in terms of its adaptation status, narrative organization, acting, setting and mise-en-scene, while also using it to comment on more general issues in television studies. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270. Series: BFI TV Classics. 152 pages, 53 colour illustrations. A new edition to our BFI TV Classics series, this analysis of BBC's Bleak House aims to analyze this critically acclaimed production in terms of its adaptation status, narrative organization, acting, setting and mise-en-scene, while also using it to comment on more general issues in television studies. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: APFA; APT. Dimension: 191 x 136 x 11. Weight: 270.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574179
- ISBN
- 9781844574179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.83
€ 32.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262528856
- ISBN
- 9780262528856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.18
€ 31.99
€ 24.18