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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

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803237858
ISBN
9780803237858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Hardback. Examines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the work of filmmakers from the silent era forward, with an emphasis on recent films such as Dead Ahead, an HBO dramatization of the Exxon Valdez disaster; and Total Recall, a science fiction action film highlighting oxygen as a commodity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803248748
ISBN
9780803248748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGC; HBJK; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803255456
ISBN
9780803255456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. This first book devoted to Butcher and his photos presents a unique visual chronicle of that epoch, firmly establishing Butcher's place in frontier photography. Num Pages: 152 pages, 132 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 249 x 16. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260382
ISBN
9780803260382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Explores how four influential dancers embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262416
ISBN
9780803262416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 589 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
589
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803266315
ISBN
9780803266315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Hardback. As the first serious study and presentation of the Sheldon Museum of Art's collection of works on paper, this catalogue introduces students and art lovers alike to the largest, most international area of the museum's holdings, which includes prints and drawings from the European Renaissance to the present. Editor(s): Ruud, Brandon K. Series: American Transnationalism: Perspectives from the Sheldon Museum of Art. Num Pages: 328 pages, 222 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; AC; AFF; AFH; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803278837
ISBN
9780803278837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285699
ISBN
9780803285699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Paperback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286788
ISBN
9780803286788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Bruno Walter, one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This book is a biography of Walter. It tells of Walter's close friendship with Gustav Mahler, his relations with Thomas Mann and his family, and his romantic involvement with the soprano Delia Reinhardt. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVGC4; BGF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803290082
ISBN
9780803290082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. This lavishly illustrated book on one of Japan's preeminent painters focuses on the relationship between topography and the language of visual symbols a painter manipulates, or must invent, to suggest specific places. Num Pages: 232 pages, 64 half-tones 33 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 222 x 12. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804720885
ISBN
9780804720885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

Paperback. This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time. Editor(s): Levin, David J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722407
ISBN
9780804722407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. This book offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728430
ISBN
9780804728430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 half-tones. BIC Classification: AJ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3895 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780804729642
ISBN
9780804729642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. In this volume, one of today's foremost art historians and critics presents a view of architecture and the city through the twin lenses of cultural theory and psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732468
ISBN
9780804732468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. A pioneering interdisciplinary scholar examines the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes of the Jew's body in 20th-century art and literature. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press California
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732628
ISBN
9780804732628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. This lavishly illustrated reading of the structure and meaning of portraiture asks what happens when portraits are interpreted as imitations or likenesses not only of individuals but also of their acts of posing. Includes 84 illustrations, 40 in color. Num Pages: 656 pages, 44 half-tones 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4776 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733236
ISBN
9780804733236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.31

Paperback. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733366
ISBN
9780804733366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. These four studies carefully consider the history of painting - from classical to contemporary - as a fund for phenomenological reflection on the conditions of (in)visibility. Translator(s): Smith, James K. A. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733915
ISBN
9780804733915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.91

Paperback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 280. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734424
ISBN
9780804734424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

paperback. Poussin was the artist to whom Marin returned most faithfully over the years. Since Marin did not live to write his proposed book on Poussin, the ten major essays in this volume will remain his definitive statement on the painter who inspired his most eloquent and probing commentary. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 half-tones. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734776
ISBN
9780804734776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735728
ISBN
9780804735728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

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