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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image **GERMAN TEXT ONLY**Few artists have made the impossible feel so inevitable as Maurits Cornelis Escher, and Bruno...

Bread and circuses were what the Romans demanded of their emperors, and for more than 500 years spectacular events in amphitheaters, circuses, and theaters were the most important leisure activities...

Marek Kohn examines the resurgent racialism in science in a timely expose. The ideas, which exploit anxieties about race and social breakdown and their defenders, are analysed in this book."

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An in-depth look at the ambitious career and sudden disgrace of the former New York governor With a combination of talent, hard work, connections, and family wealth, Eliot Spitzer built...

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How to cut through the labyrinthine contemporary art world - from the complex and animated process starting in the mind of an artist to the end in a museum, collector's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before European eyes ever glimpsed the Americas, extraordinary civilisations flourished across Mesoamerica and South America, producing art...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image **GERMAN TEXT ONLY**For the serious model railway collector, no reference is more authoritative or more indispensable than...

A highly entertaining read for anyone with even a passing interest in art and art history. This myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through the lives of starving...

Abandoned unfinished and left to rot on Venice's Grand Canal, 'il palazzo non finito' was once an unloved guest among the aristocrats of Venetian architecture. Yet in the 20th century...

Quentin Blake is one of the foremost illustrators of the twentieth century. Perhaps best known for his collaboration with Roald Dahl on books such as The Giraffe and the Pelly...

Farrow and Ball is a leader in the luxury paint and wallpaper market, catering to top designers and discerning homeowners who seek the finest quality products to adorn their walls....

In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an...

A New York Times -bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where the universe breathed life into matter For a long time, scientists have...

'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorised Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, NEW SCIENTIST , AND...

In 1994 two important paintings by J.M.W. Turner (then valued at 24 million pounds) were stolen from a German public gallery while on loan from Tate Britain, London. Sandy Nairne...

A rare book on economics that is actually written in English. Trenchant, clear and comes complete with solutions. Essential reading for the coming election. -- Simon Jenkins A lively review...

?? FALL IN LOVE WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHO MIGHT JUST FIND LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECT IT... ?? 'Full of heart' LUCY GILMORE 'The cast is wonderful. I...

This third collection of Martin Crimp's work brings together four remarkable plays - Fewer Emergencies; Cruel and Tender; The City and In the Republic of Happiness 'Martin Crimp is one...

'A truly funny and wonderfully heartfelt comedy of errors with a plucky, lovable heroine . . . Danica Nava is a fresh, exciting new voice in the world of romantic...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Moving, outrageous and outrageously funny' Dawn French When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody...

Are you a unicorn expert? Then meet Sophie Johnson... you have a lot in common! Sophie Johnson is an endearing new picture book character, who is just bursting with information...

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) studied painting before taking up photography in his early twenties. One of the founders of the photography agency Magnum (together with Robert Capa and others), he is...

'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman 'Just read it. You'll see' The Times 'Funny, tender and sad' Sunday Express 'If you liked Meg Mason's...

In 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamuns tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international...

Almost twenty five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum-still the largest unsolved art theft in history-one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to...

'Mason Cross is a fast-paced, high octane thriller writer.' Simon Kernick T HEN Fifteen years ago, an unidentified killer terrorised northern Georgia, killing hikers with two shots from a pistol,...

Is Virat Kohli your ultimate cricketing hero? From when he was a small boy, Virat Kohli's special talent for cricket has wowed everyone around him. His dedication to his training...

'A beautiful novel about messy relationships, finding yourself and over-coming past trauma. I completely lost myself in this story' SARA JAFARI, author of The Mismatch ' I enjoyed this book...

Art security expert Anthony M. Amore and award-winning investigative reporter Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major Rembrandt heists in the last century. Through thefts around the world -...

'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the e-mail. So Jude did. He bought it, in the shape of the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it:...

No one survives war unscathed. But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow. It is 1946 and in the village of Oakbourne the men are home from...

From award-winning children's author, Leila Rasheed, Katherine Johnson, A Life Story is the perfect way for readers to discover the fascinating facts and inspirational moments from the life of the...

Meet Johnny Bunko. He's probably a lot like you. He did what everybody - parents, teachers, careers advisors - told him to do. But now, stuck in a dead-end job,...

Sophie Johnson studied very hard to become a detective and it's a good thing she did - there has been a terrible crime! Someone has stolen Lion's tail. Unfortunately, this...

Surviving the nightmare is only the beginning... Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until she was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer. A year has passed since she...

From famous craniums to prominent breasts, ancient spleens and bound feet, this book will bring history to life in a whole new way. With their inimitable wit and probing intelligence,...

DARK, HONEST, UPLIFTING. THIS IS A SOBRIETY MEMOIR LIKE NO OTHER. 'This is a book that tears down walls.' Marian Keyes 'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer whose razor-sharp...