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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: Two lives, one nation and a century of art under tyranny in China

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: Two lives, one nation and a century of art under tyranny in China

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Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the...
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York

City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York

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City of Ambition is a brilliant history of the New Deal and its role in the making of modern New York City. The story of a remarkable collaboration between Franklin...
Confessions

Confessions

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'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...
Amerika

Amerika

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A lyrical translation of Kafka's first novel - a menacing allegory of modern life Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with...
Blood and Guts in High School

Blood and Guts in High School

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The book that shocked a generation and introduced Kathy Acker as the enfant terrible of the 1980s literary underground This is a book about feminism, capitalism, sex, punk, youth, the...
Uptown & Downtown: Old Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps

Uptown & Downtown: Old Skool Paintings on NYC Subway Maps

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New York graffiti writers who cut their teeth painting trains in the '70s and '80s transfer Old Skool street art to a more permanent, collectible medium in this book, using...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a...
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child

Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fabric works from the last two decades in the career of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois. "I've always had a fascination with the...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a...
Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of secrets between them

Picasso's Lovers: A famous artist. An aspiring writer. The lifetime of

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'A bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, frustrated, loved, and loathed him... Picasso's Lovers is an epic, sensuous delight' Kate Quinn, New York Times...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern

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With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha VelourTheir greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New York, a group of drag pioneers found work in a...
The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me

The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me

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Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and...
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 | LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REIDA queen...
Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

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The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulted--and stunning revelations about the hardships they faced, based on new interviews with Bill Parcells, Phil...
The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

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Author: Gary HustwitFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 229mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Plexi Productions, United States, 2022The New York Subway Map Debate documents a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate...
Ruth Orkin: A Photo Spirit

Ruth Orkin: A Photo Spirit

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Author: Nadine BarthFormat: Hardback, 265mm x 265mm, 1630g, 240 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2021Ruth Orkin is a legend of street photography - her atmospheric pictures taken in cities such as...