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The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73
Author: Allan Kozinn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 720 In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in...
In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali
Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...
The Magic of MinaLima
Author: MinaLima Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A full-colour illustrated compendium chronicling the magical twenty-year journey of acclaimed art and design studio, MinaLima, the creative genius behind the graphics...
Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man
Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern...
Cartier: The Story Behind the Style
Author: Rachael Taylor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Cartier: The Story Behind the Style is a beautifully illustrated, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic brands....
You're Dad: A Little Book for Fathers (And the People Who Love Them)
Author: Liz Climo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 The hilarious and heartwarming companion to international bestselling author Liz Climo's You're Mum. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! Oh, hello! Now that I have your...
Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock
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...
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
Author: Andrew Grant Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering-just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award
Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler's first Mass-Murder Programme
Author: Charlie English Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally...
The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones
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,...
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon
Author: Kate Andersen Brower Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen...
Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem
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...
Why Patti Smith Matters
Author: Caryn Rose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose....
Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop
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...
Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical, and Scandalous Oscar Fashion
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...
Constable: A Portrait
Author: James Hamilton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 ONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022 'Eye-opening and full of surprises . . . A treasure'...
Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893
Author: Vanessa Finney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Trade Illustration Selection in the 2020 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show SHORTLISTED for Australian Book Design Awards 2020...
The Artful Eye Bargain Book Box
The Artful Eye Bargain Book Box (14 Books) This collection offers a comprehensive survey of visual culture, spanning the foundational principles of interior and furniture design to the radical disruptions...
Percy Leason:An Artist's Life: An Artist's Life
Author: Margot Tasca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 300 Who would have thought that a boy born in 1889 from the Victorian Mallee would become a successful artist on New...
The Avant-garde Won't Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy
Author: Alison M. Gingeras Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 This definitive book on the renowned post-war avant-garde artistic movement offers a comprehensive insight into Cobra's history and achievements, and...
The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
Author: John Woolf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'A promising young historian with a taste for the exotic.' Stephen FryA radical new history of the Victorian age: meet the...
Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Paul Hendrickson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as a rank egotist who held in contempt almost everything aside from his own...
Elton John at 75
Author: Gillian G. Gaar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John at 75 examines Sir Elton's...
Running up that Hill: 50 Visions of Kate Bush
Author: Tom Doyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Kate Bush: the subject of murmured legend and one of the most idiosyncratic musicians of the modern era. Comprising fifty chapters...
Dressing the Part: Television's Most Stylish Shows
Author: Hal Rubenstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From longtime fashion director, consultant, media personality, and author, Hal Rubenstein, comes a lush, full color, illustrated guide to the most...
Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts
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Author: Allan Marett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Aboriginal musicians receive songs both from an eternal realm known as The Dreaming and from the ghosts of deceased ancestors. Songs,...
Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself
Author: Chloe Angyal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Every day, in dance studios all across America, millions of little girls line up at the barre and take ballet class....
No Place Like Home: Interiors by Madeline Stuart
Author: Madeline Stuart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Stuart is hailed as an icon in Los Angeles for her exceptional work. Architectural Digest wrote, "In a city driven by...
Murli la: Songs and Stories of the Tiwi Islands
Author: Ngarukuruwala Women's Group Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully designed gift book that celebrates the culture...
Art Firsts: The Story of Art in 30 Pioneering Works
Author: Nick Trend Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 When was art's first kiss? Who painted the first ever smile and the first self-portrait? When did Western art first depict...
Art in Hungary, 1956-1980: Doublespeak and Beyond
Author: Edit Sasvari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The international significance of the art produced in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s has come to the fore in recent...
Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World
Author: Rupert Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Serge Diaghilev was the Russian impresario who is often said to have invented the modern art form of ballet. Commissioning such...
Designing Modern Japan
Author: Sarah Teasley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From cars to cameras, design from Japan is ubiquitous. So are perceptions of Japanese design, from calming, carefully crafted minimalism to...
Sound Within Sound: Opening Our Ears to the Twentieth Century
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...
Contemporary Architecture in China
Author: Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Architecture and civil engineering have long been central elements in China's external image and national party propaganda. When it comes to technological superiority in...
A History of Interior Design, Fourth edition
Author: John Pile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. This fully updated fourth edition...
Chinese Houses of South East Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers
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Author: Ronald G. Knapp Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Over a period of several years, noted Chinese cultural historian Ronald G. Knapp traveled throughout Southeast Asia, searching out homes...
Young Rembrandt: A Biography
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...
The Da Vinci Women: The Untold Feminist Power of Leonardo's Art
Author: Kia Vahland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known,...
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper
Author: Wendy Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 **Shortlisted, 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-MailPeople'sChoiceQueenslandBook of the YearAward** William T. Cooper is considered a master painter of birds. He...
Building the Pattern: Sew Your Own Capsule Wardrobe
Author: Laura Huhta Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 The fashionable Finnish sewing duo are back with a second book that shows you how to create a coherent...
My Life As me: A Memoir
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Beloved Vision: Music in the Romantic Age
Author: Professor Stephen Walsh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Everyone loves romantic music: the sweet melody of a Schubert song, the heroine dying for love in an Italian opera,...
New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts, and Blooms
Author: Eric P. Nash Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 New York City, arguably the world's Art Deco capital, is well known for its striking and still iconic towers that...
The Little Book of Eurovision: The Glitz, the Hits, and the Russian Grannies
Author: Alexandra Parsons Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Everything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision! The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's longest...
A Feast for the Eyes: Edible Art from Apple to Zucchini
Author: Carolyn Tillie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Savour a taste of the edible alphabet, from A to Z. Throughout history, visual and performance artists of all stripes and...
Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques: Step-by-Step Lessons for Vibrant, Realistic Drawings! (With Over 700 illustrations)
Author: Cocomaru Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Learn how to create photorealistic colored pencil drawings that are convincing enough to fool the eye! This book shows you how to...