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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. Widely believed to be Terry Gilliam's best film, Brazil's brilliantly imaginative vision of a retro-futuristic bureaucracy has had a lasting influence on genre cinema. Exploring its complex history and relationship with other dystopias, Paul McAuley explains why this satire on the unchecked power of the state is more relevant than ever. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844577941
ISBN
9781844577941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. After the Brazilian military took power in a coup in 1964, many artists tried to distance themselves from politics; others went into exile. This book covers culturally repressive years of the regime, from 1968-74 and looks at artists who found their visual language of resistance, outside government-controlled cultural centres or the militant left. Num Pages: 232 pages, 72 illustrations, including 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 265 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351535
ISBN
9780822351535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
491
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102674
ISBN
9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

paperback. .
Publisher
Schott Music Ltd., London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847613370
ISBN
9781847613370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349068
ISBN
9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282438
ISBN
9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Paperback. A quirky, photographic exploration of two beloved subjects: breakfasts and dogs. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 193 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714870489
ISBN
9780714870489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

hardcover. Constantine Vaporis challenges the notion that an elaborate and restrictive system of travel regulations in Tokugawa Japan prevented widespread travel, maintaining instead that a "culture of movement" developed in that era. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; HBJF; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674081079
ISBN
9780674081079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09
€ 54.44

Paperback. In an urban condition where frontiers have been torn down and cities have become never-ending, the historical and visual limits that used to define urban areas are now hard to read. For example, the conventional borders such as the limit between city and c Series: Babel. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 306 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
List - Laboratorio Internazionale Editoriale Sas Italy
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9788895623559
ISBN
9788895623559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. The third part of a four-volume set of art criticism by Richard Cork, written over a 30-year period. It offers a chronicle of a turbulent period as well as an overview and survey of British art and its reception at this time. This particular work addresses the art of the 1990s. Series: Collected Essays of Richard Cork S. Num Pages: 656 pages, 150 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300095104
ISBN
9780300095104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.09

Hardback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226031
ISBN
9780631226031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.59

Paperback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226048
ISBN
9780631226048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, illus. BIC Classification: AS; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 55. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2 Rev Upd
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505834
ISBN
9781879505834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894384674
ISBN
9781894384674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274475
ISBN
9780823274475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.45

Hardcover. An in-depth look at the Rolling Stones in their early days, published to coincide with the first major exhibition dedicated to the band. Editor(s): Morgan, Robin. Num Pages: 252 pages, 100 colour, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: AJC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 237. .
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498161
ISBN
9781851498161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Film characters are not supposed to look at the camera, so what happens when they do acknowledge our presence as spectators? This book revaluates these and other fundamental assumptions about the medium by demonstrating that direct address is compatible with - and is in some cases a convention of - various traditions of filmmaking. Num Pages: 188 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683079
ISBN
9780748683079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, Over 130 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 264 x 17. Weight in Grams: 786. 128 pages, Over 130 colour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFCC. Dimension: 240 x 264 x 17. Weight: 788.
Publisher
Batsford
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906388836
ISBN
9781906388836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with our voice and our being. Combining theory with practice, many of the chapters also offer clearly laid out breathing exercises and techniques. Editor(s): Boston, Jane; Cook, Rena. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC; AVS; MQT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843109426
ISBN
9781843109426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101153
ISBN
9781585101153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.05

Hardcover. Editor(s): Loenhart, Klaus. Num Pages: 208 pages, 90 colour illustrations, 90 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 330 x 240. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035612103
ISBN
9783035612103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 47.12

Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360230
ISBN
9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

paperback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360414
ISBN
9780822360414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Series: Animalibus. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; TTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271053738
ISBN
9780271053738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

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