Art and Design

Author: Esther Zuckerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 From the show-stoppingly elegant (Halle Berry winning the award for Monster's Ball in a breathtaking Elie Saab) to the decidedly kooky...

Author: Nathalie Chahine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 How does the daisy express love? What did the heliotrope mean in the time of ancient Greece? Why do Christians associate...

Author: Llewella Chapman (University of East Anglia, UK) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Often hailed as the 'best' James Bond film, From Russia With Love (1963) is celebrated for...

Author: Jon Lewis (Oregon State University, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II (1974) is a magisterial cinematic work, a gorgeous, stylized, auteur...

Author: J. Hoberman (film critic, journalist and author, New York, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 104 The Marx Brothers are universally considered to be classic Hollywood's preeminent comedy team...

Author: Tony Thompson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 The Doors remain one of the most original acts in the history of Rock and Roll. However, their actual music is...

Author: Allan Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash. Allan Jones...

Author: Joanna McNaney Stein (CUNY, Kingsborough Community College, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of...

Author: Dwight E. Brooks (Zayad University, United Arab Emirates) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 152 Dwight E. Brooks deep dives into Earth, Wind & Fire's That's The Way of the...

Author: Jake Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 For musicians, by musicians, the latest guide by the best-selling music learning author Jake Jackson. For those who prefer a compact...

Author: Rosalie Kim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse of the...

Author: Helen Wyld (National Museums Scotland) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Extensively illustrated, this is the first accessible publication on the history of tapestry in over two decades. Woven...

Author: Tom D. Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "Tom's committed career has captured images that will serve as pieces of history for generations to come." Steve McCurry Tom...

Author: Roger Gastman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 BLADE has already told his life story through graffiti. Now, more than forty years into his career and armed with an...

Author: Janey Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Mark Mills was a visionary architect, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice whose innovative designs grow beyond Wright's work to uniquely blend...

Author: Herb Greene Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Generations showcases six decades of the art and architecture of Herb Greene, informed by his interest in science and history. This...

Author: Harry Freedman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In his 1994...

Author: Stefi Orazi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 This sleek and insightful guide showcases modernist buildings from all over the world that are open to visit or even stay...

Author: Oriole Cullen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Capturing the highlights of the major Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, this stunning souvenir celebrates the...

Author: Chris Burkard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 ***Australian Content*** This is the ultimate book on rough and tough surfing. Breathtaking landscapes, remote and desolate places, the highest waves,...

Author: Boyce Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 People expect much more from their home these days, especially after spending a year cooped up inside. They want a home...

Author: Marco Santini Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Meet 18 pioneers of twentieth - and twenty-first-century photography and explore their most powerful images. From Cecil Beaton's glamorous celebrity shots...

Author: Valerie Oxley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Botanical Illustration is an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material....

Author: Michael Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Art Nouveau is still popular today, notable for the sinewy, organic stylings which adorn the new edition of this long term...

Author: Emma J. Wells Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who...

Author: Richard Morton Jack Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 It wasn't just clothes and hair that changed as the 1960s progressed social awareness crept into youth culture and music...

Author: Julian Holder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The Arts and Crafts Movement produced some of the country's most popular, loved and recognisable buildings. This book guides the general...

Author: Dan Brunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Creative souls have always craved a space in which to bring forth their artistic ideas and develop their practice. Continuing the...

Author: Rosalie Kim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse of the...

Author: Bettina John Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Costume Design for Performance offers a detailed insight into the creative process behind designing costumes for the performing arts, including theatre,...

Author: William Hogan-O'Neill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Prefabricated and Modular Architecture demystifies age-old perceptions surrounding prefabrication and modularisation of buildings, offering a fresh approach to design and procurement....

Author: Nick Morley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Linocut is used to stunning effect by artists, illustrators and designers because of its strong graphic qualities, accessibility and versatility. Whether...

Author: Jack Faragasso Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 This new edition of a long-revered guide on the technical aspects of painting marks the 40th anniversary of its original publication....

Author: John Adams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 John Adams is one of the most admired and performed living composers. A musician of enormous range and technical command, he...

Author: William Marx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 If Greek tragedies are meant to be so tragic, why do they so often end so well? Here starts the story...

Author: Chris Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Over half a century since they exploded inevitably onto New York's underground music and art scenes, the legacy and mythology of...

Author: Brian Lloyd Duckett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Take your photography to the next level with 52 Assignments' latest series addition, Portrait Photography. This book is a mission...

Author: Isaac Butler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME MAGAZINE,...

Author: Kevin Jackson (late writer, broadcaster and film-maker) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Withnail and I sank almost without a trace when it was first released in 1987. Financed...

Author: Paul Julian Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 104 Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), an intelligent and sensual road movie directed by Alfonso Cuaron and...

Author: Franny Moyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly...

Author: John O'Connell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing' CAITLIN MORAN 'Splendid. Provides plenty of evidence...

Author: Professor Henry Johnson (Professor of Music, University of Otago, New Zealand) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 From entering a high-school music competition to being honoured with the New...

Author: Chris Gibson (Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong, Australia) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 After a string of commercial disappointments, in 1986 Australian rock band The Church were...

Author: Dr. Lachlan Goold (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Regurgitator's second full-length album, Unit (1997), was produced in a DIY warehouse studio at...

Author: John Mauceri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Why do so many of us listen to classical music, and how can you get the most from listening to it?...

Author: Professor Mark Hussey (Professor of English, Pace University, USA, Pace University, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'Amusing, charming, stimulating, urbane' - THE TIMES 'Revelatory' - GUARDIAN 'Restores...

Author: Brittnay L. Proctor (The New School, USA) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Come to My Garden (1970) introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, the solo artist. Minnie captivated...