Art and Design

Author: Alfred Wertheimer   Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 290 In 1956, photographer Alfred Wertheimer was asked to photograph the then twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley just as his career was about to...

Author: Harold Holzer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The artist who created the statue for the Lincoln Memorial, John Harvard in Harvard Yard, and The Minute Man in Concord,...

Author: Dan Franklin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'Electric Wizard is heavy, man - we don't sing about love and flowers.' Jus Oborn In 1993, in the market town...

Author: Lenny Kaye Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 'A true testimonial and epic love letter to the soul saving power of rock & roll . . . Read it...

Author: Oliver Soden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 'This is the biography - truthful, sympathetic and thorough - that Coward deserves' DAILY TELEGRAPH The voice, the dressing-gown, the cigarette...

Author: Adam Dolgins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The Big Book of Rock & Roll Namestells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock and...

Author: Alice Farnham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Writing with refreshing passion, and with her own personal story at its heart,Alice Farnham sets out to explore what it means...

Author: Sir Stephen Hough, CBE Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Stephen Hough's memoir had me gripped from the beginning [ .] riveting andrevelatory. Most memoirs give me far more...

Author: James Spooner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of The Washington...

Author: Deborah Riley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Filled with gorgeous illustrations and artwork from HBO's hit series, The Art of Game of Thrones is the definitive Game of...

Author: Per Kvaerne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0

Author: Sara Bader Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 The Designer Says will resemble a dinner party, with a graphic designer from the eighteenth century sitting next to one practicing...

Author: W.Gordon Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0

Author: Thorsten Opper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and...

Author: Lonely Planet Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 136 Sharpen your skills and your pictures with this updated edition of Lonely Planet's bestselling Best Ever Photography Tips . Featuring 45...

Author: Janelle Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Absolutely delicious . . . Janelle Brown is a surgeon of the complex relationships between women. I gobbled this up' Emma...

Author: Bill Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 Born in Australia and brought up in Kirkcudbright in southwest Scotland, Hornel trained as a painter in Edinburgh and Antwerp. Through...

Author: Sophie Cure Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 An entertaining and highly original introduction to graphic design, this beautifully designed book uses puzzles and visual challenges to demonstrate how...

Author: Fiona Maddocks (Classical Music Critic - Observer) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a...

Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also...

Author: Santi Elijah Holley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A New York Times Editors' Pick "Magnificent.... A uniquely intimate history of Black liberation." - Los Angeles Times The long...

Author: Christian Adofo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 175 THE FIRST BOOK ON AFROBEATS Afrobeats is a fast-growing genre, one that has carved out a distinct and powerful Black identity...

Author: Leah Broad Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'Magnificent.' - Kate Mosse'Riveting.' - Antonia Fraser 'Wonderful.' - Claire Tomalin 'Splendid.' - Miranda Seymour Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her...

Author: Hannah Dale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 120 A delightful gift book filled with the adorable animal paintings of Hannah Dale, creator of the immensely popular Wrendale Designs. This...

Author: Matthew Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 It remains one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in music history. Apparently a sixty-five-year-old former hobo, Steve played his trademark three-string...

Author: Michelle Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me' MARILYN MONROE In July...

Author: Kimberly Brooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Here is everything you need to know about getting into oil painting-and maintaining a safe, solvent-free oil painting practice - in...

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....

Author: Dave Rimmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving...

Author: Kim Taylor-Foster Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Fully loaded with John McClane sarcasm, Alan Rickman as a German terrorist, and Nakatomi Plaza blowing up on Christmas Eve, Die...

Author: Matthew Hunter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 The newest volume in our popular Conversations series features Japanese architect Tadao Ando. One of the most celebrated living architects, Ando...

Author: LucasFilm Ltd. Format: Multiple copy pack Number of Pages: 64 This distinctive notebook collection showcases gorgeous vintage posters, concept, and promotional artwork from the pivotal film in the original...

Author: Dave Rimmer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A story of money, sex, stardom, screaming fans and forgotten ideals, Like Punk Never Happened is Dave Rimmer's witty, authoritative, fast-moving...

Author: Dan Franklin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes' Guardian 'Heavy opens an ornate portal into a murky subculture,...

Author: Emma Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 More than 25 years after it first aired, Friends retains a steadily-growing cult following and is the most heavily binged show...

Author: Alex Danchev Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The first significant biography of the artist' - Michael Prodger, The Times'Best art books...

Author: Justine Picardie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Miss Dior explores the relationship between the visionary designer Christian Dior and his beloved younger sister Catherine, who inspired his most...

Author: Steve Wide Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 A Field Guide to ... delves into music's most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history...

Author: Classic FM Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Celebrating 30 years of broadcasting, Classic FM returns with a new collection of mindful puzzles to de-stress and unwind with. Blending...

Author: Henry Carroll Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 See through the eyes of a new generation of photographers responding to the rapidly unfolding issues shaping our lives. In this...

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Author: Peter Conrad Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest opera composers of their time, represent diametrically opposed approaches to life and music,...

Author: Chris Salewicz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock'n'roll? How is that he...

Author: Steven Hyden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have...

Author: Lesley-Ann Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'EYEWITNESS GOLD' SUNDAY TIMES WHO - OR WHAT - WAS THE REAL LOVE OF FREDDIE MERCURY'S LIFE? THE SENSATIONAL NEW BIOGRPHAY...

Author: Greg Graffin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its...

Author: Ashley Kahn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hours later, they...

Author: Steven Hyden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have...