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Vita and the Birds

Vita and the Birds

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A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Dinah Jefferies and Kate Mosse.'A poignant page-turning story, beautifully written' Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue Water'Hugely evocative and beautifully written' Anna Mazzola,...
Robert Irwin: Site Determined

Robert Irwin: Site Determined

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This book explores four decades of Robert Irwin's outdoor environment projects through his drawings and architectural models. Over the course of a storied career, Robert Irwin has come to regard...
Creative Composites: Modernism, Race, and the Stieglitz Circle

Creative Composites: Modernism, Race, and the Stieglitz Circle

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In turn-of-the-century New York, the photographer and modern art impresario Alfred Stieglitz and his allies embraced a racialized aesthetic discourse in their expressions of identity in the modern era. This...
Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer

Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer

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Honore Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major art world figure in 1940s America, celebrated for exquisitely detailed paintings conveying subtly subversive critiques of the political and artistic climate of her time....
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Wingate Pasha: the Life of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1861-1953

Wingate Pasha: the Life of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1861-1953

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Author: R. J. M. PughFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 320 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011Wingate Pasha is the first biography of an emminent Scottish soldier-statesman who...
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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Author: Gareth RussellFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 230g, 240 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of...
Safiuddin Ahmed

Safiuddin Ahmed

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Author: Rosa Maria FalvoFormat: Hardback, 250mm x 288mm, 2250g, 288 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2012Beautifully illustrated, this is the first volume in the groundbreaking Great Masters of Bangladesh series of monographs....
The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)

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Author: Virginia WoolfFormat: Paperback, 111mm x 178mm, 160g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed,...
Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa

Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa

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Format: Hardback, 225mm x 280mm, 1580g, 320 pagesPublished: Editions Flammarion, France, 1995Substantial catalogue produced to accompany the Whitechapel Gallery's 1995 exhibition, Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa. Conceived by...
Tarsila do Amaral: The Moon

Tarsila do Amaral: The Moon

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Author: Beverly AdamsFormat: Paperback, 185mm x 230mm, 200g, 48 pagesPublished: Museum of Modern Art, United States, 2022Tarsila do Amaral's painting The Moon (1928), a highly stylized, desolate nocturne, grew from...
Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained

Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained

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Author: Susie HodgeFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 197mm, 490g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012In the past, estimation of an artist's stature took great account of his or...
Modern Painting: A Concise History

Modern Painting: A Concise History

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Author: Simon MorleyFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 640g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A new concise history of modern painting, offering an indispensable reference to the complexities...
Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?

Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?

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Author: Kyung AnFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 196mm, 320g, 136 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020What is contemporary art? What makes it 'contemporary'? What is it for? And why...
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper

Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper

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Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...
ON&BY Christian Marclay

ON&BY Christian Marclay

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Author: Jean-Pierre CriquiFormat: Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 570g, 240 pagesPublished: Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom, 2014The second in a unique series of anthologies which collects key writings by and on the...
The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity

The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of Dignity

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Author: Michael P. Murphy Jr.Format: Hardback, 190mm x 250mm, 1060g, 272 pagesPublished: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, United Kingdom, 2021Architecture of Health is a story about the design and life of hospitals-about how...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

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Author: Mikhail Zygar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the...
Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story

Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story

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Author: Jeremy Farrar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods around the world - and continues to do so. These personal tragedies will,...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance

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Author: Mikhail Zygar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the...
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

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Author: Robert S. Boynton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos...