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Human Playground: Why We Play

Human Playground: Why We Play

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Author: Hannelore Vandenbussche Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Why do we play games? That is the question Belgian photographer Hannelore Vandenbussche decided to explore, travelling to numerous countries to...
Concrete Houses: Form, Line, and Plane

Concrete Houses: Form, Line, and Plane

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Author: Steve Huyton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR Robust and raw, concrete has been a rudimentary building material for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that...
Ecstasy in Art, Music and Dance

Ecstasy in Art, Music and Dance

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Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 This book traces the phenomenon of ecstasy in art and cultural history. Accompanying an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and Zentrum Paul...
Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past

Heritage: A History of How We Conserve Our Past

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Author: James Stourton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 What is heritage? When was it invented? What is its place in the world today? What is its place tomorrow? Heritage...
The Last Days of Summer: The Photographs of Akila Berjaoui

The Last Days of Summer: The Photographs of Akila Berjaoui

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Author: Akila Berjaoui Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Akila Berjaoui's incredibly sensual photographs often feature sand, sun, water-or a combination of all three. In her first book, this highly...
Botanical Art Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Watercolor, Graphite, Colored Pencil, Vellum, Pen and Ink, Egg Tempera, Oils, Printmaking, and More

Botanical Art Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Watercolor, Graphite, Colored Pencil, Vellum, Pen and Ink, Egg Tempera, Oils, Printmaking, and More

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Author: American Society of Botanical Artists Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 This comprehensive work covers the gamut of techniques will take students from beginner to expert. The English Garden...
Women Street Artists: 24 Contemporary Graffiti and Mural Artists from around the World

Women Street Artists: 24 Contemporary Graffiti and Mural Artists from around the World

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Author: Alessandra Mattanza Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The power, glory, diversity, and talent of women street artists finally gets the attention it deserves in the first book to...
Winter Homes: Cozy Living in Style

Winter Homes: Cozy Living in Style

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Author: Jeanette Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 There's an elemental satisfaction to seeing a cosy house in the midst of a snowy landscape. It evokes feelings of warmth,...
British + Irish Modern: New Houses and Old Houses Made New

British + Irish Modern: New Houses and Old Houses Made New

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Author: Hannah Jenkins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 260 House design in Britain and Ireland is guided by climate, landscape and local resources just as much as the centuries-old traditions...
Green Walls Green Roofs: Designing Sustainable Architecture

Green Walls Green Roofs: Designing Sustainable Architecture

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Author: Gina Tsarouhas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Sustainable architecture is one of the most popular trends today. With dense urban living and less green space available, green walls...
Joy Division + New Order: Decades

Joy Division + New Order: Decades

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Author: John Aizlewood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 There's no template for making it as a globally successful pop group. Some of the ingredients remain constant and beyond the...
ABBA at 50

ABBA at 50

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Author: Carl Magnus Palm Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An illustrated celebration of ABBA, from childhood through the Voyage album. Emerging victorious from Eurovision in 1974 with winning tune...
Captivate: Stories from National Art School and Darlinghurst Gaol

Captivate: Stories from National Art School and Darlinghurst Gaol

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Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 In 2022 the National Art School celebrated two important milestones: the 100-year anniversary of the Art School's presence on its current site...
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020

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Author: David Hockney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 An uplifting celebration of spring and the power of art against lockdown: Hockney's new iPad drawings, in an intimate sketchbook format....
World Press Photo 2022

World Press Photo 2022

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Author: World Press Photo Foundation Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The renowned World Press Photo Foundation ("Connecting the world to the stories that matter") publishes a compilation of prizewinning...
For the Love of Pets: Contemporary architecture and design for animals

For the Love of Pets: Contemporary architecture and design for animals

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Author: The Images Publishing Group Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 What wouldn't animal-loving humans do to create the perfect modern habitat for their cherished animals? Not surprisingly, pet owners...
Victoria Beckham: Style Power

Victoria Beckham: Style Power

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Author: David Foy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 100 The perfect gift book for fashion lovers everywhere! 'Victoria Beckham: Style Power' explores the dynamic rise of Victoria Beckham as a...
Jazz

Jazz

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Author: Henri Matisse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Late in his life, confined to a chair or bed, Matisse transformed a simple technique into a medium for the creation...
Notre Dame de Paris: A Celebration of the Cathedral

Notre Dame de Paris: A Celebration of the Cathedral

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Author: Kathy Borrus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 On April 16, 2019, five days before the celebration of Easter, a blazing fire engulfed the world famous Notre-Dame de Paris....
Japanese Woodblocks Masterpieces of Art

Japanese Woodblocks Masterpieces of Art

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Author: Michael Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Quick introduction, and packed with illustration the Masterpieces of Art focuses on the popular work of Hiroshige and Hokusai whose visions...
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains: Wang Ximeng

A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains: Wang Ximeng

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Author: Avril Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1 The series of Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings has a large time span, rich themes and diverse styles....
Sketch of Butterflies: Zhao Chang

Sketch of Butterflies: Zhao Chang

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Author: Avril Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1 The series of Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings has a large time span, rich themes and diverse styles....
For the Love of The Archers: An Unofficial Companion: Revised and Updated

For the Love of The Archers: An Unofficial Companion: Revised and Updated

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Author: Beth Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide to all things Ambridge, For the Love of the Archers contains extensive...
Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical, and Scandalous Oscar Fashion

Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical, and Scandalous Oscar Fashion

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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...
The Little Book of the Language of Flowers

The Little Book of the Language of Flowers

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Author: Nathalie Chahine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 How does the daisy express love? What did the heliotrope mean in the time of ancient Greece? Why do Christians associate...
Hallyu!: The Korean Wave

Hallyu!: The Korean Wave

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Author: Rosalie Kim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse of the...
The Art of Tapestry

The Art of Tapestry

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Author: Helen Wyld (National Museums Scotland) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Extensively illustrated, this is the first accessible publication on the history of tapestry in over two decades. Woven...
True Wildlife

True Wildlife

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Author: Tom D. Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 "Tom's committed career has captured images that will serve as pieces of history for generations to come." Steve McCurry Tom...
Blade: King of Graffiti

Blade: King of Graffiti

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Author: Roger Gastman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 BLADE has already told his life story through graffiti. Now, more than forty years into his career and armed with an...
Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills

Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills

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Author: Janey Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Mark Mills was a visionary architect, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice whose innovative designs grow beyond Wright's work to uniquely blend...
Generations

Generations

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Author: Herb Greene Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Generations showcases six decades of the art and architecture of Herb Greene, informed by his interest in science and history. This...
Modernist Escapes: An Architectural Travel Guide

Modernist Escapes: An Architectural Travel Guide

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Author: Stefi Orazi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 This sleek and insightful guide showcases modernist buildings from all over the world that are open to visit or even stay...
Christian Dior

Christian Dior

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Author: Oriole Cullen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Capturing the highlights of the major Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, this stunning souvenir celebrates the...
High Tide, A Surf Odyssey: Photographs by Chris Burkard

High Tide, A Surf Odyssey: Photographs by Chris Burkard

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Author: Chris Burkard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 ***Australian Content*** This is the ultimate book on rough and tough surfing. Breathtaking landscapes, remote and desolate places, the highest waves,...
The Forever Home: Designing Houses to Last a Lifetime

The Forever Home: Designing Houses to Last a Lifetime

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Author: Boyce Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 People expect much more from their home these days, especially after spending a year cooped up inside. They want a home...
Behind the Camera: The Greatest Photojournalists of Our Time

Behind the Camera: The Greatest Photojournalists of Our Time

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Author: Marco Santini Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Meet 18 pioneers of twentieth - and twenty-first-century photography and explore their most powerful images. From Cecil Beaton's glamorous celebrity shots...
Art Nouveau: Posters, Illustration & Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siecle

Art Nouveau: Posters, Illustration & Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siecle

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Author: Michael Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Art Nouveau is still popular today, notable for the sinewy, organic stylings which adorn the new edition of this long term...
Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals

Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals

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Author: Emma J. Wells Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who...
Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums, 1966-1970

Psychedelia: 101 Iconic Underground Rock Albums, 1966-1970

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Author: Richard Morton Jack Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 It wasn't just clothes and hair that changed as the 1960s progressed social awareness crept into youth culture and music...
Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'

Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'

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Author: Julian Holder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The Arts and Crafts Movement produced some of the country's most popular, loved and recognisable buildings. This book guides the general...
Artists' Homes: Designing Spaces for Living a Creative Life

Artists' Homes: Designing Spaces for Living a Creative Life

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Author: Dan Brunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Creative souls have always craved a space in which to bring forth their artistic ideas and develop their practice. Continuing the...
Hallyu!: The Korean Wave

Hallyu!: The Korean Wave

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Author: Rosalie Kim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 South Korea has transformed from a country devastated by war in the late 1950s to a leading cultural powerhouse of the...
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life

Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life

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Author: John Adams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 John Adams is one of the most admired and performed living composers. A musician of enormous range and technical command, he...
The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

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Author: Chris Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Over half a century since they exploded inevitably onto New York's underground music and art scenes, the legacy and mythology of...
52 Assignments: Portrait Photography

52 Assignments: Portrait Photography

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Author: Brian Lloyd Duckett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Take your photography to the next level with 52 Assignments' latest series addition, Portrait Photography. This book is a mission...
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

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Author: Isaac Butler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME MAGAZINE,...
Creation: A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day

Creation: A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day

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Author: John-Paul Stonard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 **SELECTED AS A BEST ART BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES** 'Stonard traverses the sweep of human history, moving...
Humans

Humans

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Author: Brandon Stanton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Brandon Stanton's Humans is a book that connects readers as global citizens at a time when erecting more borders is the...