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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. In Your Face concentrates on the basic Renaissance concern with self-fashioning by examining the behavior of some notorious Italian artists and writers, including Michelangelo and Benvenuto Cellini, who upset the decorum of their time on a grand scale. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804762168
ISBN
9780804762168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. In this book, leading scholars in architecture, design, history, and communications discuss the work of R. Buckminster Fuller in the context of the larger social and cultural patterns of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Chu, Hsiao-Yun; Trujillo, Roberto G. Num Pages: 248 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: AKB; AMB; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804762793
ISBN
9780804762793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

paperback. This lucidly written book looks at the interpretative audacity of five major "overreaders"-Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, Slavoj Zizek and Stanley Cavell-and asks what is at stake and what is to be gained by their approaches to literature and film. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763073
ISBN
9780804763073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Gives an account of the polarizing transformation of talk radio, from the author's early days at KGO commercial radio, through to his role at NPR, where he manages to keep the flow of talk in his San Francisco based show animated and politically balanced. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763370
ISBN
9780804763370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. A history of the modern sequential comic form from the late nineteenth century through today, focusing on the unique ways in which it tells stories and interacts with readers. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 458. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804771467
ISBN
9780804771467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.81

Hardback. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth century Japan uncovers the social and epistemological roles of the term shashin within the scientific community before the term came to mean photography. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804777902
ISBN
9780804777902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardback. This comprehensive biography of Dolores del Rio considers how her enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally, illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784078
ISBN
9780804784078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804786386
ISBN
9780804786386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Hardback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792189
ISBN
9780804792189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Hardback. Rather than exploring the Dada movement from the usual perspective of its strategies of shock and opposition, this book gives us a new picture of Dada art and writings as a lucid reflection on history and the role of art therein. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804794244
ISBN
9780804794244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.39

hardcover. The book shows how pictorial art conveys aesthetic transcendence--a felt, though symbolic experience of going beyond our finite limitations that sometimes involves a sense of communing with God Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795739
ISBN
9780804795739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JF; AN; AVGC9; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795777
ISBN
9780804795777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Hardcover. Kuwait Transformed analyzes the intricate relationship between the urban landscape, the patterns and practices of everyday life, and social behaviors and relations in Kuwait over the transition from the pre-oil to oil eras. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804796392
ISBN
9780804796392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; HBTB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798914
ISBN
9780804798914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. "Quite simply, a tour de force--a wonderful synthesis of history and criticism."--Daniel Czitrom, author of Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215601
ISBN
9780812215601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

paperback. "This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best.. Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."-Country Life Num Pages: 288 pages, 113 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; AC; HBTB; WMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 248 x 18. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812216042
ISBN
9780812216042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Nina Auerbach brilliantly reveals the Ellen Terry whose roles, on stage and off, embodied everything that a rapidly changing world exhorted women to be.

Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 86 illus. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780812216134
ISBN
9780812216134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Electric Ladyland is a social and cultural history that tracks the changing conception of female sexuality and gender roles, and the ways women musicians, journalists, and groupies gained influence despite confining double standards applied by male writers and performers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218992
ISBN
9780812218992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Drawing on dozens of interviews with performers, deejays, and industry professionals, Group Harmony details the emergence of vocal rhythm & blues out of black urban neighborhoods in the postwar period. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221084
ISBN
9780812221084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform. Series: The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; GM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222852
ISBN
9780812222852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

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