Art, Design & Performance

Author: Chris van Uffelen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Architecture involving and consisting of bamboo has developed into one of the most fascinating areas of global building culture. A...

Author: Stuart Murdoch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A beautiful collaboration between Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and illustrator Pamela Tait: a unique visual reinterpretation of Murdoch's favourite...

Author: Michael Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is...

Author: The Conde Nast Publications Ltd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Shoes fascinate women of all ages and have the power to crystallise a moment in fashion. In VOGUE:...

Author: Jerry Saltz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "We benefit from Saltz's rare ability to articulate the mysterious alchemy of great art." - New York Times "An entertaining, informative,...

Author: Brian Baumgartner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 New York Times Bestseller "The ultimate behind-the-scenes account." -Washington Post "The definitive history of the landmark TV show." -USA Today Join...

Author: Ina Cole Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Fiona Banner, Phyllida Barlow, Anthony Caro, Richard Deacon, Laura Ford, Antony Gormley, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Anish Kapoor, Tania Kovats, Richard...

Author: Gemma Padley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 An epic visual story of wildlife photography's pioneers and world firsts. From some of the very first pictures of wild lions...

Author: Luke White Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In the spring and summer of 1973, a wave of martial arts movies from Hong Kong - epitomized by Bruce Lee's...

Author: Richard Vinograd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Facing China is an exploration of the portrait arts in China from the dynastic to the modern and contemporary, in painting,...

Author: Roland Beaufre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 French photographer Roland Beaufre's debut monograph showcases some of the most exclusive, elegant properties under the sun, offering a glimpse into...

Author: Jim Ruland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Greg Ginn started SST Records in the sleepy beach town of Hermosa Beach, CA, to supply ham radio enthusiasts with tuners...

Author: Jason Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 411 Icebergs to Iguanas is a collection of Jason Edwards' treasured National Geographic images and memories enlightened with behind-the-scenes stories, fascinating captions...

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: Leah Broad Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'Magnificent.' - Kate Mosse'Riveting.' - Antonia Fraser 'Wonderful.' - Claire Tomalin 'Splendid.' - Miranda Seymour Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her...

Author: Seth Casteel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 Photographer Seth Casteel's underwater photographs of dogs and babies have captivated an international audience. Now, Seth has found the perfect way...

Author: Christopher Griffin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Discover the joys and self-nurturing benefits of plant parenthood, from learning how to begin building your own lush plant family to...

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: Victoria Meyers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 An in-depth look at how light is used in contemporary architecture to delineate form, color, and space, with particular attention to...

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: Matthew Rampley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological...

Author: Audrey Golden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual...

Author: Prix Pictet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 The breadth of the human experience We quite rightly celebrate human creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, but too often our triumphs in...

Author: William Shakespeare Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Likely the last play written entirely by Shakespeare, The Tempest brings together various themes the bard explored in his prior plays,...

Author: Alison Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Charles III: The Making of a King highlights the most important portraits of King Charles III from the National Portrait Gallery's...

Author: The Duchess of Cambridge Patron of the National Portrait Gallery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 A unique collective portrait of the United Kingdom during the national lockdown of...

Author: Osei Bonsu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work...

Author: Chloe Angyal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Every day, in dance studios all across America, millions of little girls line up at the barre and take ballet class....

Author: Robert Bartlett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In The Middle Ages and the Movies, eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of...

Author: Graham Hancock Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 LEGO (R) Heroes is a collection of twelve remarkable stories about everyday heroes using the LEGO (R) system in unique ways...

Author: Esther Zuckerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 From the show-stoppingly elegant (Halle Berry winning the award for Monster's Ball in a breathtaking Elie Saab) to the decidedly kooky...

Author: Robert Brooks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The Art of Hearthstone offers an in-depth glimpse into the creativity that made the wildly popular collectible card game into a...

Author: Joan Kee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the...

Author: Michael Cragg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will explore, celebrate and contextualise the...

Author: Demetrio Paparoni Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The first monograph conceived for the international market devoted to one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists. Wang Guangyi is...

Author: Louise Rytter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 'When times are hard, fantasy and escapism are crucial' Alexander McQueen Having grown up in London's East End, Alexander McQueen left...

Author: Liam Wong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 An intimate, one-of-a-kind photographic journey that documents Liam Wong's nocturnal wanderings through the world's most captivating cities. In this singular photographic...

Author: Paula Modersohn-Becker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 72 When Paula Modersohn-Becker's artistfriends examined her extensive estate afew weeks after her death, they were overwhelmed. They only gradually realised thatin...

Author: Chris Peterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Plan your barn-conversion dream home guided by inspiring real-life examples and practical, cost-effective solutions. Move over she sheds, the next innovation...

Author: Stuart Borthwick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond,...

Author: Richard J. Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Reyner Banham (192288) was a prolific, iconoclastic critic of modern architecture, cities and mass culture in Britain and the US,...

Author: Brian Curtin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Essential Desires: Contemporary Art in Thailand is the first major, fully illustrated survey of Thai art in thirty years. Brian Curtin...

Author: Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The Art of Disney highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation - including character designs, storyboards, colour...

Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Marcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also...

Author: Brandi Amara Skyy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Drag is a world of larger-than-life personalities, glamorous looks, and attitude to die for. When you feel lacking in confidence,...

Author: Michael Arndt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 An entertaining, informative, and elegantly designed guide that makes understanding punctuation marks and symbols simple and fun. A rollicking linguistic ride...

Author: Caroline Bruzelius Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. Mendicant commitment to...

Author: Charlotte Fiell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Samuel Chan is a multi-award-winning British designer and maker who crafts exquisitely made wooden furniture that uniquely synthesizes Eastern aesthetics with...