Art and Design

Author: The Daily Street Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Once a functional piece of workwear, denim has long since taken its place as a global style icon - but...

Author: Anthony Summers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 688 She was born Norma Jeane but the world knew and loved her as Marilyn. Her life was one of unprecedented fame...

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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. Author: Peter Conrad Format: Hardback...

Author: Simon Thurley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array...

Author: Erik Hornung Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects...

Author: Andrew Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Reversing into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990 is a unique and fascinating book of graphic design history curated from Andrew...

Author: Sonnet Stanfill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Focusing on young or emerging designers and their contributions to the changing fashion industry in the vibrant climate of New York...

Author: Nora Guthrie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 America's greatest folk singer and songwriter, philosopher, political analyst, and man-of-the-people, Woody Guthrie and his passionate social politics and deep humanity...

Author: Alison Nastasi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 These cat lovers are out and purr-oud! Freddie Mercury, Sylvia Rivera, Alison Bechdel, Dusty Springfield. This book is a celebration of...

Author: Hardie Grant Books Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 'I'm just a cosmic yob, I suppose.' 'I change every day. I'm not outrageous. I'm David Bowie.' 'I'm an instant...

Author: JJ Eggers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A mountain lodge 5,000 feet up in Washington State's Cascades mountains, accessible only by skis-or an SUV tricked out with bulldozer-size...

Author: Joshua Jay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 There's a saying: the door to magic is closed, but it's not locked. In How Magicians Think, professional magician and bestselling...

Author: Akira Minagawa Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A unique blend of Scandinavian sensibility and Japanese, Mina Perhonen is characterised by a tenacious individuality that often contradicts the prevailing...

Author: Azzedine Alaia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 300 A new edition of the only major monograph published on Alaia, which has been out of print for over a decade....

Author: George R. Kravis, II Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A follow-up to 100 Designs for a Modern World (Rizzoli, 2016), this is one of the most comprehensive books...

Author: Mark Asch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to New York movies, from Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen to Lena Dunham and Noah Baumbach....

Author: Ruzaimi Mat Rani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 184 Put pen to paper and master the quality graphics and visual presentation techniques to create creative commercial and...

Author: Frank Hopkinson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 44 Midsomer Murders turns 25 in 2022 and to celebrate a quarter century of DCI Barnaby unraveling the murderous deeds...

Author: Barry Allen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 "As familiar and widely appreciated works of modern technology, bridges are a good place to study the relationship between the aesthetic...

Author: Simu Liu Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The star of Marvel's first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own...

Author: Sandy Nairne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 280 The theft of high-profile works of art is not new and recurs on a fairly regular basis. In 1994...

Author: Don Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Within forty-eight hours in the fall of 2014, buyers in the Sotheby's and Christie's New York auction houses spent $1.7 billion...

Author: Preston Blair Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 40 Learn the basics of cartoon animation from acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair! Join acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair as...

Author: Mark Kermode Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was...

Author: Hubert J. Pragnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Industrial Britain details the history of industrial architecture in Britain by architectural historian and artist, Hubert Pragnell. A fascinating insight...

Author: Armando Iannucci Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A celebration of music from the creator of Alan Partridge, The Thick of It and Veep All my days,...

Author: Peter Lord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 351 Aardman Animations was founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. Joined by animator Nick Park in 1985, Aardman pioneered...

Author: Annick Le Guerer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 This glamorous volume traces the origins of Bulgari's fragrances back to the ancient gem routes and spice trails and to...

Author: Pamela Stephenson Connolly Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 BILLY, the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the...

Author: Martin Barnes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Twilight's otherworldly and alchemical qualities have long attracted artists, but for photographers, who are particularly attuned to the subtleties...

Author: Jonathan Glancey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 This accessible and comprehensive book shines a light on the design history of the famous Anglepoise lamp. Starting with the beginnings...

Author: Eric Musgrave Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This book contains everything you need to know about suits, from the traditional designs of the early 1900s, to innovative contemporary...

Author: Daniel Bergner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The New York Times bestseller about a young black man's journey from violence and despair to the threshold of...

Author: Alistair Hicks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In the past, writers and critics from Goethe to Clement Greenberg perpetuated particular ideas about art and even dictated them to...

Author: Catherine Hickley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of art....

Author: John Read Format: Video (VHS) Number of Pages: Ben Nicholson (1894-1988) was one of the few British artists to achieve international recognition and to make a significant contribution to...

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...

Author: Joanna Wood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 ***DELAYED PUBLICATION NEW JACKET*** With a reputation built over 25 years, Joanna Wood is recognised as one of Britain's leading figures...

Author: Carles Broto Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Architecture and design of home extensions. This book is a collection of 32 extension projects carried out on country houses and urban...

Author: David Thompson Format: Video Number of Pages: The Spanish painter Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the major figures of twentieth-century art. He belonged to the generation of avant-garde...

Author: Amber Jane Butchart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From Chanel's coastal couture to McLaren and Westwood's punk-fuelled pirates, from Jean Paul Gaultier's beefcake camp to Tommy Hilfiger's preppy...

Author: Architizer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A celebration of the 100 plus 2017 Architizer A+Award winners as chosen by an international jury of 400 experts. A+ Architecture: The...

Author: Deborah Curtis (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow. Includes...

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...

Author: Adam Bradley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z...

Author: Ray Richmond Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life is a visual salute to the First Lady of Television, spanning her...

Author: Harry Freedman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In...