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The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

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Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...
Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem

Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem

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Author: Mark Cooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later...' Nick Cave 'Later... is a...
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

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Author: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 'What I have in common with Nico is the understanding of her furious frustration at not being recognised.' - Marianne...
Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990

Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990

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Author: Andrew Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990 is a unique and fascinating book of graphic design history curated from Andrew...
Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop

Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop

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Author: Bob Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 Let's Do It is the definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in...
Sharp Suits: A celebration of men's tailoring

Sharp Suits: A celebration of men's tailoring

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Author: Eric Musgrave Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This book contains everything you need to know about suits, from the traditional designs of the early 1900s, to innovative contemporary...
Banksy

Banksy

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Author: Stefano Antonelli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The largest presentation of works by Banksy, the world's most enigmatic yet highly sought-after artist, including iconic works, installation objects, ephemera,...
Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

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Author: Jim Ruland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners...
Everything Is OK

Everything Is OK

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Author: Debbie Tung Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant collection of...
The Quest for Immortality: Hidden Treasures of Egypt

The Quest for Immortality: Hidden Treasures of Egypt

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Author: Erik Hornung Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects...
100 20th-Century Houses

100 20th-Century Houses

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Author: Twentieth Century Society Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 This illuminating book, redesigned and updated for this brand-new edition, is a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the...
Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad

Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad

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Author: Terry Jennings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In a signed copy of his autobiography, Waylon Jennings penned a personal note to his son, Terry Jennings, ending it with...
Nautical Chic

Nautical Chic

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Author: Amber Jane Butchart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From Chanel's coastal couture to McLaren and Westwood's punk-fuelled pirates, from Jean Paul Gaultier's beefcake camp to Tommy Hilfiger's preppy...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 31

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 31

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Author: Rosamund Kidman Cox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This commemorative portfolio displays the gallery of all the 100 pictures awarded in the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year...
Camera Lucida: Vintage Design Edition

Camera Lucida: Vintage Design Edition

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Author: Roland Barthes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 An inquiry into a very modern art form - photography. Barthes personal investigation into the meaning of photographs is...
Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

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Author: Jackie Kay Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 'The most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read' - Ian Carr, BBC Music '[Bessie Smith] showed...
The Lay of the Land: A Self-Taught Photographer's Journey to Find Faith, Love, and Happiness

The Lay of the Land: A Self-Taught Photographer's Journey to Find Faith, Love, and Happiness

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Author: Joe Greer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 A spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining thoughtful essays and...
Transformer: How Lou Reed's LGBTQ+ Love Songs Changed

Transformer: How Lou Reed's LGBTQ+ Love Songs Changed

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Author: Simon Doonan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou...
The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy

The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy

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Author: Catherine Hickley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of art....
Jun Kaneko: The Magic Flute

Jun Kaneko: The Magic Flute

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Author: Jun Kaneko Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 124 This is an in-depth overview of the creation and development of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute by artist and ceramicist Jun...
The Poetry of Spaces: A Guide to Creating Meaningful Interiors

The Poetry of Spaces: A Guide to Creating Meaningful Interiors

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Author: Sarah Andrews Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Beginning with the five foundational themes of: light, life, instrument, material and sense, Sarah explores the inspiration behind these lessons before...
The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

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Author: Alice Provensen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 This large-format, high-page-count monograph is the definitive tome on the work of the prolific Provensen husband-and-wife team. The book includes many...
Kinfolk Wilderness

Kinfolk Wilderness

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Author: John Burns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Discover the joy of the great outdoors and the pleasures of slow travel with Kinfolk Wilderness. Whatever your pace or purpose,...
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

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Author: John Mauceri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions:...
More than a Muse: Creative Partnerships That Sold Talented Women Short

More than a Muse: Creative Partnerships That Sold Talented Women Short

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Author: Katie McCabe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 How many times have you seen a woman artist solely referred to as the wife, girlfriend, or worse, 'mistress' of a...
Simply Draw: Over 150 things to draw step-by-step

Simply Draw: Over 150 things to draw step-by-step

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Author: Ella McLean Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 Simply Draw is a clever and original step-by-step drawing book perfect for anyone who wants to pick up a...
Artists' Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney

Artists' Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney

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Author: Michael Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Artists' Letters is a treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing the reader with a unique insight...
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

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Author: Philip Watson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin...
The First 21: The New York Times Bestseller

The First 21: The New York Times Bestseller

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Author: Nikki Sixx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of Motley...
Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture

Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture

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Author: Virginia McLeod Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Following the success of the earlier titles in this series, Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture provides analysis of both the technical...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 32

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 32

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Author: Rosamund Kidman Cox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This is the most memorable and surprising collection of wildlife imagery of the year. You will find beauty and drama,...
The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones

The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones

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Author: Lesley-Ann Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 On 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz club. Down the line,...
Cartooning: Animation 1 with Preston Blair: Learn to animate step by step

Cartooning: Animation 1 with Preston Blair: Learn to animate step by step

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Author: Preston Blair Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 40 Learn the basics of cartoon animation from acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair! Join acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair as...
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court

Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court

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Author: Simon Thurley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array...
Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

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Author: Steven Hyden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of...
Young Rembrandt: A Biography

Young Rembrandt: A Biography

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Author: Onno Blom Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 278 Rembrandt's life has always been an enigma. How did a miller's son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist...
In Camera: How to Get Perfect Pictures Straight Out of the Camera

In Camera: How to Get Perfect Pictures Straight Out of the Camera

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Author: Gordon Laing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 With amazing low-light capabilities, incredible definition, intelligent autofocus and a host of other features, digital cameras have now become so powerful...
The Layered Interior

The Layered Interior

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Author: Greg Natale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Multi-award-winning interior designer Natale takes readers deeper than ever before into his intricate approach to layering - the process of curating...
Oh yes, oh yes!

Oh yes, oh yes!

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Author: Carl Cox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From warm up DJ at the birth of Acid House to global main stage headline artist today, Carl Cox continues to...
The Wolf Hall Picture Book

The Wolf Hall Picture Book

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Author: Hilary Mantel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy 'At the...
The Art of Encanto

The Art of Encanto

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Author: Disney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The Art of Encanto presents the story behind the newest film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, showcasing the stunning artwork from the...
This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early Twentieth Century

This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early Twentieth Century

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Author: Rebecca Birrell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the William M B Berger Prize for British Art History 2022 A...
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built

The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built

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Author: Jack Viertel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A New York Times Bestseller For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an...
Crying at the Movies: A Film Memoir

Crying at the Movies: A Film Memoir

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Author: Madelon Sprengnether Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 392 'In these insightful essays, even the writing itself is cinematic as Sprengnether's memories and quick film summaries meld into one another,...
Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time

Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time

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Author: Jenny Uglow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four year old Sybil Andrews. They...
The Passionate Photographer 2nd Ed: Ten Steps Towards Becoming Great: the Remastered Edition of the Bestselling Classic Work for All Photographers

The Passionate Photographer 2nd Ed: Ten Steps Towards Becoming Great: the Remastered Edition of the Bestselling Classic Work for All Photographers

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Author: Steve Simon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Take your passion for photography and close the gap between what you hope to achieve and what you do, following one...
Albert & the Whale

Albert & the Whale

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Author: Philip Hoare Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022...
Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century

Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century

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Author: Kate Molleson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The twentieth century was the century of modernity; in a world undergoing rapid transformation, musicians drew upon new technologies, social revolution...