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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. Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France. Num Pages: 200 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252076978
ISBN
9780252076978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.95

Paperback. Presents a scientific explanation of learning processes, bodily movements, and principles of sound production. This book uses simple drawings and easy experiments to show how to conserve energy and avoid fatigue and muscular tension. It discusses placement of the fingers on the fingerboard, position changes, vibrato, and various types of bowing. Translator(s): Thiem, Barbara Haimberger. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210050
ISBN
9780253210050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.06

Hardback. Powerfully evoking the unquenchable American spirit of exploration, award-winning photographer Dan Winters chronicles the final launches of Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis in this stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program Num Pages: 90 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Firsttion ed.
SKU
V9780292739635
ISBN
9780292739635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.89

Paperback. Chronicles the Minimal art movement of the 1960s. Num Pages: 284 pages, 59 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Edition, 1993
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295972367
ISBN
9780295972367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Paperback. Covers the design, operation, and maintenance of stage-rigging equipment. This book is written in an at-a-glance out-line form. It explains four main principles, which make up the core of this book: know the rigging system; keep it in safe working order; know how to use it; and keep your concentration. Num Pages: 320 pages, 227 illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327416
ISBN
9780809327416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.65

Hardback. Documents the craft of organbuilder Gerhard Brunzema (1927-1992) and looks at how his instruments and his approach to organbuilding influenced music history. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 b&w photographs & 41 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780810833661
ISBN
9780810833661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.70

Hardback. A study of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, British composer of the late-1890s and early-1900s. It traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music, to the time of his death in 1912. This edition contains an updated discography and bibliography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 b&w photography, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844773
ISBN
9780810844773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.92

Paperback. Cultural study of the effects of sound technologies--from the phonograph to the Walkman--on African American literature, art, and music in the twentieth century Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335900
ISBN
9780822335900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.10

Hardcover. Introduces readers to women's visual art in contemporary China by examining how the visual process of gendering reshapes understandings of historiography, sexuality, pain, and space. When artists take the body as the subject of female experience and the medium of aesthetic experiment, they reveal a wealth of non-canonical approaches to art. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; ACXJ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824840037
ISBN
9780824840037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.25

Paperback. Originally published in Italian in 2013, this new English-language biography of Piero Manzoni provides an in-depth look at the personal and artistic life of this essential Italian artist. Translator(s): Miller, Peter Benson. Num Pages: 256 pages, 110 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Gagosian/Rizzoli United States
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849130
ISBN
9780847849130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Provides notes on objectives and strategies, ideas for student activities, and all the pages contained in the student textbook, not including the music, as well worksheets and quizzes for students. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
MENC - The National Association for Music Education United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Teachers Guide
SKU
V9780940796850
ISBN
9780940796850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.75

Book. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 303 x 6. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480345393
ISBN
9781480345393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551525198
ISBN
9781551525198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538248
ISBN
9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841503783
ISBN
9781841503783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. This book presents a unique and intriguing collection of drawings of courtroom scenes by Judge Pierre Cavellat who, throughout a 40 year judicial career, actually used to sketch the scenes he observed from his bench during trials. The author, a judge herself, interprets the images through the lens of her own judicial experience. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849461276
ISBN
9781849461276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.02
€ 61.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Barilleaux, Rene Paul. Num Pages: 168 pages, 57 colour/11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Mississippi Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781887422116
ISBN
9781887422116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.34

Paperback. From essays like "Extended Notes from Sight Point Road" to Serra's extended commentary on the "Tilted Arc" fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist's engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748801
ISBN
9780226748801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03

Paperback. A one-volume introduction to and overview of all aspects of design today. Editor(s): Garner, Steve; Evans, Chris. Num Pages: 512 pages, 218 bw and 32 colour illus. BIC Classification: AKC; AKP; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 187 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847885760
ISBN
9781847885760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.30
€ 63.69

Paperback. The definitive guide to a Hollywood legend. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857973525
ISBN
9781857973525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications. Num Pages: 139 pages, 50. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 267 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262631440
ISBN
9780262631440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486492230
ISBN
9780486492230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Willis Music Company United States
Number of pages
44
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877180364
ISBN
9780877180364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Hardcover. We have previously claimed that Street Art is the most important art movement of our time. It was a deliberately provocative thing to say and we remain unapologetic for it. Is Street Art an extension and evolution of Graff or a corruption of Graff's pure rebel yell into an easy to swallow rebel lifestyle? This is Street Art. Make up your own mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 320 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carpet Bombing Culture
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955912153
ISBN
9780955912153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 200 colour illustrations, 50 schw.-w. u. 200 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhäuser United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Publication date
2020
SKU
V9783038216315
ISBN
9783038216315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.19
€ 48.17

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hyperion United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401308209
ISBN
9781401308209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies gathers contributions from more than sixty authors pioneering new scholarly approaches to improvisation in the arts, humanities, social, and natural sciences. Editor(s): Lewis, George E.; Piekut, Benjamin. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTR; HPN; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 294 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195370935
ISBN
9780195370935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.80

Paperback. The impact of digital surround sound on filmmaking Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222527
ISBN
9780253222527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.59

Hardback. La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany offers a rare look at the majestic, romantic, and personal aspects of one of the loveliest and most bewitching places on earth. Editor(s): Hunt, John Dixon; Origo, Benedetta. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 116 color, 65 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; AJ; AMV; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 262 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812235937
ISBN
9780812235937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95
€ 61.33

Paperback. Documents a sector of Baltimore that has virtually disappeared due to substance abuse, AIDS, and, societal or familial neglect. This volume contains images of bar and street people - transvestites, strippers, drug addicts, drag queens, and hustlers - spanning a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AJCP; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 350 x 295 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1175.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323686
ISBN
9780822323686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.70

Hardback. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores the multiple and overlapping meanings of performance, showing how it can convey everything from artistic, economic, and sexual performance, to providing ways of understanding how race, gender, identity, and power are performed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBS; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359548
ISBN
9780822359548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.59

Hardback. Musical understanding has evolved dramatically, principally through an appreciation of musical meaning in its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This book examines the open and active circle between the values and valuations placed on music by individuals and societies, and the discovery, through music, of what and how to value. Editor(s): Chapin, Keith. Num Pages: 226 pages, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230099
ISBN
9780823230099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 16. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Weatherhill
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780834804425
ISBN
9780834804425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.47

Hardcover. A beautiful and comprehensive study of fine, international bronze statuary of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 1100 illustrations, 200 in color, and carefully researched text with relevant marks, inscriptions, artist signatures, dates, and foundry stamps. Over 450 artists are represented. Num Pages: 330 pages, 1100 photos & drawings. BIC Classification: AFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 241 x 42. Weight in Grams: 3140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887401220
ISBN
9780887401220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.93
€ 74.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 1288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444336313
ISBN
9781444336313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.62

Hardcover. Don Contrera's stunning, full-color portraits capture more than thirty-five contemporary cowboys and Old West craftsmen in their traditional cowboy garb, and the book includes accompanying profiles and interviews of this fascinating yet dwindling breed of buckaroos. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 263 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1529.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Longstreet Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563526886
ISBN
9781563526886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, 27 colour, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 200. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Haunch of Venison United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905620227
ISBN
9781905620227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Hardcover. The only photographic book on the largest wildlife area in Africa. Four years in the making, and including a great variety of wildlife, with brief but informative texts on the history of the Selous and the challenges it faces. Num Pages: 240 pages, 190 colour, 15 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; AJB; AJCP; AJRK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 330 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2427.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Officina Libraria Italy
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprinted 17.11.2016
SKU
V9788897737643
ISBN
9788897737643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.45
€ 61.47

Paperback. Black women and Hollywood in the pre-Civil Rights era Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221926
ISBN
9780253221926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. "Though it seems contradictory to write words of praise for a book that deeply interrogates the marketability of praiseful language (in the guise of art criticism), Gavin Butta s collection deserves them. Framed by Butta s astute introduction, these performative essays pulse with vitality. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232841
ISBN
9780631232841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.42