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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. Orientalism, the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in European thought, is a controversial and a problematic concept. This book provides a concise text on the evolution and development of the theory of orientalism, the practice of orientalism in history, and its persistence and reformulation. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index,. BIC Classification: ACV; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335202065
ISBN
9780335202065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 341 x 273 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2014.
Publisher
Shanghai Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Und ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602200043
ISBN
9781602200043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.13

Paperback. An ancient art form utilizing Chinese characters as a vehicle to communicate the emotional and aesthetic world of the artist Num Pages: 224 pages, 227 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: AF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 194 x 15. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602201170
ISBN
9781602201170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou revolutionized Chinese cinema with Red Sorghum, Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. This title tells the story of this class of 1982, China's famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. Translator(s): Berry, Chris. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 88 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329701
ISBN
9780822329701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

paperback. A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to "Orientalism and Modernism", investigates the ways in which three modernist poets received Chinese artistic notions and assimilated them into their literary masterpieces. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; ACBP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921761
ISBN
9780813921761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ikon Gallery Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KAK0007830
ISBN
9781904864035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Illustrates the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change. This book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature. It looks at the cultural history of Chinese through the lens of this seminal moment in Shanghai cinema. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 285 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226982380
ISBN
9780226982380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.25

hardcover. The most comprehensive book to date on the relevant issues in Chinese film studies Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Centre for Chinese Studies Publications United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892641475
ISBN
9780892641475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Paperback. Dubbed the "Urban Generation," this cinema is driven by young filmmakers who emerged in the shadow of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This title brings together some of the original research on this emerging cinema and its relationship to Chinese society. Editor(s): Zhang, Zhen (Communications Science Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA). Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340744
ISBN
9780822340744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. Provides a critical account of how the built environment mediated Turkey's transition from an empire into a modern nation-state following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, through the story of the making of Ankara, its new capital. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 88 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963905
ISBN
9780822963905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Paperback. Examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Editor(s): Celik, Zeynep; Clancy-Smith, Julia; Terpak, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988689
ISBN
9780295988689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.28

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205284
ISBN
9780520205284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Exposes the flaws of Mel Gibson's cinematic Christ, and lays out assertively the rationale of Jews and Christians, in how to grasp and comprehend the passion and execution of the Christian savior known scripturally as the "King of the Jews." Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HRCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534057
ISBN
9781557534057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.78

Paperback. "Songs in the Key of Life" is different from the four albums that preceded it; it's a maddeningly ambitious encapsulation of all the progress Stevie Wonder had made in that short space of time. This work covers Stevie Wonder's excessive work habits and recording methodology, his reliance on synthesizers, and other aspects. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826419262
ISBN
9780826419262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 304 x 13. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350474
ISBN
9780764350474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 97. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJCP; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
powerHouse Books,U.S. United States
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576873144
ISBN
9781576873144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. "Greenery in the City" examines ten case studies throughout Europe that offer innovative urban green spaces, from botanical gardens to public parks and roadside displays. This publication examines the social, economic, ecological and sociopolitical benefits of such new approaches to city planning. Editor(s): Zepf, Marcus. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; RNT; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Jovis
Condition
New
SKU
V9783868593624
ISBN
9783868593624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Num Pages: 144 pages, 194 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764346835
ISBN
9780764346835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The life and photographs of Lester B. Morrison, legendary recluse. Can a man living in the shadows find redemption? Num Pages: 140 pages, 68 color photos. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 243.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893701
ISBN
9781566893701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.30

Hardback. Created by the great Russian artists (Deineka, Malevic, Adlivankin, Laktionov, Brodskij, Korzhev), this book presents a multiplicity of questions, themes and formal approaches to art spanning from the phases of the civil war to the beginnings of the Brezhnev era, stopping at the early 1970s when trends in official Soviet art took on varied. Num Pages: 296 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 248 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2022.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857213736
ISBN
9788857213736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 237 x 5. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780711906679
ISBN
9780711906679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art. With over eighty illustrated catalogue entries, it offers fresh insight into traditional Chinese culture, visual arts, and theater, and reveals how Chinese visual and performing traditions were aesthetically, ritually, and commercially intertwined. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573558
ISBN
9780935573558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 209 x 5. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Unisa Press South Africa
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868885527
ISBN
9781868885527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 colour in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769066
ISBN
9781780769066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.42
€ 124.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 225.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590309940
ISBN
9781590309940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Badovinac, Zdenka; Cufer, Eda; Gardner, Anthony. Num Pages: 600 pages, 150 color illus., 150 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPN; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 273 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262029957
ISBN
9780262029957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 165 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694223
ISBN
9781894694223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.88

Hardback. Lutoslawski on Music is the first collection of writings by the Polish twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski. It includes texts about his own compositions and techniques as well as writings on various aspects of twentieth-century musical culture. Editor(s): Skowron, Zbigniew. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810848047
ISBN
9780810848047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.14

paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271028569
ISBN
9780271028569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.07

Is theater really dead? Does the theater, as its champions insist, really provide a more intimate experience than film? This work examines the strengths and weaknesses of the dramatic and cinematic arts to confront the standard arguments in the film-versus-theater debate. It argues for theater as a spectacular and dynamic event. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817315719
ISBN
9780817315719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cherry Lane Music Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603783934
ISBN
9781603783934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.78

paperback. Punk artist Smith made a name for himself by visually re-creating Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" by drawing pictures of girls in the naked girls business. Somewhere along the line, Smith went from being an observer to a participant in L.A.'s world of alternative porn. Illustrator(s): Smith, Zak. Num Pages: 488 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: APF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780980243680
ISBN
9780980243680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.56

Hardback. Asserting that art and the aesthetic dimension appeared in antiquity, The Infinite Image is a ground-breaking dissection of the established eurocentric ideas regarding art as a modern, and purely Western, aspect of culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 110, 70 in colour. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232775
ISBN
9781780232775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Hardcover. Presents a survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam in 636 BCE. This book is illustrated with c 400 full-colour photographs, and maps and time charts that guide you through the chronology and geography of this part of the ancient Near East. Num Pages: 376 pages, 414 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; ACG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 284 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1758.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519172
ISBN
9780500519172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.38
€ 56.38

Hardcover. A Complete Catalogue. 368 pages, 500 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFF; AGC. Dimension: 291 x 256 x 34. Weight: 1746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372292
ISBN
9781907372292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 74 b&w, 13 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; AJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677498
ISBN
9780816677498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681710
ISBN
9783936681710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. The Zacherlhaus is one of the most important buildings created by the Otto Wagner School. Built between 1900 and 1913, it was the first combined residential and commercial building of modern style in the historic inner city. This publication documents the building and its thorough renovation, which will be completed in 2015. Editor(s): Zacherl, Nikolaus; Zacherl, Ulrich; Zacherl, Peter. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 300 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMB; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
SKU
V9783035609370
ISBN
9783035609370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.04

Paperback. Make every penny count with the new 15th Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars. Num Pages: 900 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 277 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Blue Book Pubns
Edition
15th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936120574
ISBN
9781936120574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ingle, Zachary; Sutera, David M. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: APFR; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810887879
ISBN
9780810887879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.84