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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.

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Paperback. After "The Third Man", Carol Reed was hailed as one of the world's great directors. This title sets out to understand what kind of artist Reed was and whether he deserved such accolades. Rob White explores how the film came to be made and seeks to explain its fascination. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160. Series: BFI Film Classics. 88 pages, illustrations. After "The Third Man", Carol Reed was hailed as one of the world's great directors. This title sets out to understand what kind of artist Reed was and whether he deserved such accolades. Rob White explores how the film came to be made and seeks to explain its fascination. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFB. Dimension: 190 x 137 x 8. Weight: 160.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851709635
ISBN
9780851709635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. The third in the "Understanding the Moving Image" series, this book aims to provide a critical and theoretical base for the study of the media. It offers innovative ways of talking about the key concept of representation, and also looks outside our ethnocentric mediated world to see how we are represented to others. Editor(s): Helsby, Wendy. Series: Understanding the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 230 pages, ilustrated. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570805
ISBN
9781844570805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Night Mail (1936) is one of the best-loved films in the canon of British documentary cinema.This study provides a lively appreciation of this vivid, witty and often just plain eccentric masterpiece. In doing so he uncovers the stories of civic-minded idealism, creative intrigue and political trickery that underpin this classic film." Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 117 x 7. Weight in Grams: 176. Series: BFI Film Classics. 96 pages, colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APF. Dimension: 189 x 117 x 7. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844572298
ISBN
9781844572298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Pam Cook's study of the star persona of Nicole Kidman traces Kidman's career trajectory through an examination of her (sometimes controversial) film choices and places her in the context of a globalised media and celebrity culture. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Edition
2012th Edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574889
ISBN
9781844574889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Music video is a popular form worldwide. It is a teachable and accessible topic because the videos are familiar to students, easy to get hold of and short. Series: Teaching Film and Media Studies S. Num Pages: 78 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJRH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570584
ISBN
9781844570584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.53

Hardback. This new study provides an introduction to TV aesthetics and viewership from the 1940s to the present day, at a time when television as a medium is 'converging' with the pc and laptop. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574100
ISBN
9781844574100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.57
€ 93.74

paperback. Dedicated to Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood's two cinematic mentors, this title explores the ways in which "Unforgiven", sticking surprisingly close to the original script, moves between the requirements of the traditional Western, with its generic conventions of revenge and male bravado, and more modern sensitivities. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
British Film Institute
Condition
New
SKU
9781844570331
ISBN
9781844570331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.87

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Mantra Lingua United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844443345
ISBN
9781844443345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232034
ISBN
9788857232034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.22

Hardcover. International survey of 100 of the world's best contemporary interior design projects, chosen by 10 design world leaders. Num Pages: 444 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 304 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3728.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714867441
ISBN
9780714867441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.33
€ 45.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Mandrake of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958749
ISBN
9781906958749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Jennifer Lawrence is the reigning queen of lots of things: Hollywood, the awkward award-ceremony-stumble, and hundreds of priceless Buzzfeed pages - to name a few. This is the first biography of an Academy Award winner, a star of our screens for years to come and a role model for girls and young women everywhere. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784189747
ISBN
9781784189747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.11

Hardback. Nadia Sablin's lyrical and evocative photographs in Aunties capture the small details and daily rituals of her septuagenarian aunts in a small Russian village. Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography. Num Pages: 88 pages, 54 color photographs. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 287 x 16. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360476
ISBN
9780822360476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Netherlands
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9789491435294
ISBN
9789491435294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Booth-Clibborn Editions
Edition
1st Edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861541994
ISBN
9781861541994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 308 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775739696
ISBN
9783775739696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. How does cinema function as a means of ethical resistance and thought? Focusing on Alain Resnais and Chris Marker's cinemas, this book uses the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to ask how cinema can enable us to see and act in an ethical way. It analyses the cinematic medium itself through concepts of affect, sensation and actual virtual violence. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474404747
ISBN
9781474404747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.97

Hardback. The Hermes scarf is one of the greatest fashion icons. Worn by royalty and celebrities, coveted and admired, and avidly collected, this simple square of silk is more than just an accessory: it is the stuff of legend. This title explores the heritage and influence of House of Hermes, from the first scarfs debut in 1937, to the present day. Num Pages: 304 pages, 292 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 258 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1938.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500515181
ISBN
9780500515181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.06
€ 55.07

Hardback. Mohamed El Baz was born in 1967 at El Ksiba, Morocco. In this book, the reader allows himself to be swept away with El Baz beyond representation into an adventure involving both the mind and the eye. Editor(s): Descendre, Nadine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1570.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857219455
ISBN
9788857219455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.03

Hardback. Part of the "Contemporary Arab Artists" series, this title tells the story of Iraqi artist Halim Al-Karim who underwent a harrowing experience during the first Gulf War. Opposing Saddam's regime and its compulsory military service he took to hiding in the desert, living for almost 3 years in a hole in the ground covered by a pile of rocks. Editor(s): Descendre, Nadine. Series: Contemporary Arab Artists. Num Pages: 200 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857210711
ISBN
9788857210711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.23

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280663
ISBN
9780520280663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.84

Hardback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520280656
ISBN
9780520280656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.77

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847844180
ISBN
9780847844180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.06
€ 51.84

Hardcover. This title showcases written and visual contributions by Iraqi artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, photographers, and activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain, subvert, and produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and resisting chaos and destruction. Editor(s): Al-Ali, Nadje; Al-Najjar, Deborah. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633013
ISBN
9780815633013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardcover. Explores the traditions represented in the cultural and musical practices of the late Sixties San Francisco counterculture. This book examines primary source material to demonstrate that the San Francisco counterculture in 1966-67 displayed no interest in commitment to a cause - embracing everything in general, but nothing in particular. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115587
ISBN
9780472115587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.52

Paperback. A bold reconsideration of the meaning of 1960s San Francisco counterculture Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; HBJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472035724
ISBN
9780472035724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. This text provides an illustrated world history of the Yiddish theatre covering five continents and more than 300 years. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 448 pages, 125 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: AN; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603290
ISBN
9780815603290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. British television, stage and film actor Tom Hiddleston has a gift for playing the villain. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APB; APF; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062673
ISBN
9781786062673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Hardcover. Heralding a new period of creativity, In the Wake of the Poetic explores the aesthetics and politics of Palestinian cultural expression in the last two decades. Through an examination of selected works by key artists Rahman articulates an aesthetic founded on loss, dispersion, dispossession, and transformation. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JM; AB; ACXJ; AV; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634089
ISBN
9780815634089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442207486
ISBN
9781442207486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. A fascinating history of an American institution that includes an extraordinary collection of photobooth images. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 200 colour & b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330762
ISBN
9780393330762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 118. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 266 x 38. .
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900960
ISBN
9781517900960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardcover. A collection of Nan Goldin's photographic portraits of children. Translator(s): Forster, Imogen; Bishop, Johanna. Num Pages: 384 pages, 300. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 282 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2827.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Prima edizione (First Edition)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714865775
ISBN
9780714865775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.58
€ 64.20

Paperback. Arguing that the practice of architecture occupies not just a historical position between Stonborough-Wittgenstein's early and late philosophy, this book demonstrates that Wittgenstein's practice of architecture constitutes a fundamental component in the development of his philosophy of language from its early to late phases. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AM; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823228812
ISBN
9780823228812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.42

hardcover. Arguing that the practice of architecture occupies not just a historical position between Stonborough-Wittgenstein's early and late philosophy, this book demonstrates that Wittgenstein's practice of architecture constitutes a fundamental component in the development of his philosophy of language from its early to late phases. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823228805
ISBN
9780823228805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892726653
ISBN
9780892726653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.51

This analysis of art and its modes of existence by a contemporary French philosopher begins with an essay that introduces the principal concern sustained in the four succeeding ones. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727808
ISBN
9780804727808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.51

Paperback. A collection of papers on architectural terracottas revealing aspects of ancient history and the classical world from mainland Greece, Northern Greece and Albania, the Black Sea, Aegean Islands and Asia Minor, South Italy and Sicily. Editor(s): Winter, Nancy A. Series: Hesperia supplements. Num Pages: 366 pages, 95 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AM; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876615270
ISBN
9780876615270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.65

paperback. In this study of British realism, the author explains how fiction entered into a relationship with the new popular art of Victorian photography that transformed the world into a picture. She contends that literary critism assumes a text is gesturing toward the real whenever it invokes a photograph. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674008014
ISBN
9780674008014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.67