Art, Design & Performance

Author: Faria Ribeiro Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The country park idea originated in the United Kingdom, and its purpose is widely considered to be quite a separate and...

Author: Ietsugu Ohara Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 With the global popularity of Japanese cuisine, it's no surprise that Japanese restaurants also embody this country's unique culture and aesthetics,...

Author: Wang Kai Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Information visualisation is committed to create those in an intuitive way to convey the means and methods of abstract information. The...

Author: Andrew Hodson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Modern public space requires wayfinding information that can help users familiarize or adapt themselves in new building environments. Wayfinding systems designed...

Author: Michael Wright Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 Landscaping is a critical element in improving both the function and appearance of rainwater recycling and storm water management practices. Designing...

Author: Robert M. Gurney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Washington, DC-area architect Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, designs ecologically aware modern homes using natural materials and varied construction methods. This...

Author: Felicity Green Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 The 'Swinging 60s' up close - 60s' style captured in a unique combination of words and pictures from award-winning journalist Felicity...

Author: Arthur Jay Marcus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 This fascinating lexicon examines the quixotic architectural expressions found on select mid-20th-century modern commercial buildings in South Florida. Showcasing the...

Author: Mike Tauber Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 These 200 images show you the spectacular views from hundreds of New York City's finest residences. Everyone loves an amazing view,...

Author: Pete Prown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and heavy metal fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume surveys more than 80 of...

Author: Chris Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 This exclusive Visual Companion is the ultimate introduction to every character, creature and location you will encounter in this epic adventure...

Author: Sarah E. James Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 The experimental practices of a group of artists in the former East Germany upends assumptions underpinning Western art's postwar histories....

Author: Sophie-May Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the...

Author: Ben Opipari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music...

Author: Roger Pring Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 *** How did Kodak company get its name? Who invented the Minox spy camera? Were there really fax machines in the...

Author: Magnus Hastings Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Starting with an empty white frame, renowned photographer Magnus Hastings invites members of the LGBTQIA+ community to creatively envision the space...

Before she became Smokin Jo - the most famous and visible of the first generation of 'superstar DJs' - Joanne Joseph was a young girl growing up in a children's...

Author: Ezra Shales Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Today, the word 'craft' is linked to a vast array of items, from handmade objects to microbreweries. The term 'artisanal' is...

Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'Success is a state of mind... Success isn't about conquering something; it's being happy with who you are.' - Stylist Magazine,...

Author: Trevor Stark Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 440 How cubism and Dada radically reimagined the social nature of language, following the utopian poetic vision of Stephane Mallarme.At the outset...

Author: Serj Tankian Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping...

Author: Yuki Kihara Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara's work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, (mis)representation, and colonial legacies in the Pacific. Kihara is the first...

Author: Twentieth Century Twentieth Century Society Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A showcase of Britain's most significant shops throughout the twentieth century and beyond. 100 20th-Century Shops is a...

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: 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: John Bidwell (Curatorial Chair, The Morgan Library) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of 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: 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: John Grindrod Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest...

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: Julia Gat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 48 Khamsa, the number five in Arabic, a reference to the five fingers of the hand, is repeated three times as a...

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: 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: John Pile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. This fully updated fourth edition...

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: Dan Rhodes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Dan Rhodes is one of the most successful and beloved YouTuber and TikTok influencers in the world with more than 5...

Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is...

Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...

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: 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: 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: 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: Carolyn Tillie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Savour a taste of the edible alphabet, from A to Z. Throughout history, visual and performance artists of all stripes and...