Art, Design & Performance

Author: Jackie De Burca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Salvador Dali at Home explores the influence of Catalan culture and tradition, Dali's home life and the places he lived,...

Author: Sue Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed." -...

Author: Catherine Hickley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of art....

Author: Megan Hess Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Megan Hess: The Little Black Dress is an illustrated love story about fashion's most enduring and chic uniform, celebrating the designers,...

Author: Martin Gayford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Sunday Times Art Book of the Year 2018 'If you are interested in modern British art, the book is unputdownable. If...

Author: Susie Hodge Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when...

Author: Jonathan Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 This accessible and expertly written introduction and overview of Tracey Emin's life offers a completely up-to-date view on the...

Author: Professor John Szwed Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Kirkus Best Books of 2015 selection forBiography Published in celebration of Holiday s centenary, the first biography to focus on...

Author: Catherine McCormack Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 From the floating women and lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, first painted in the year 645, through to...

Author: Carolyn Vaughan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Michelangelo is considered one of the greatest poets of the sixteenth century. He also filled hundreds of sheets of paper with...

Author: Lewis Blackwell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 216 We are not alone: plants make up 80 per cent of the total biomass of Earth, while humans are only 0.0001...

Author: Iggy Pop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Godfather of Punk and frontman for The Stooges offers insight into his creative world with this collection of lyrics brought...

Author: Philip Hughes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 180 From Karinjini in the west to Fraser Island in the east, via the northern Kimberley and far southwest of Tasmania, Painting...

Author: Kia Vahland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known,...

Author: Jackie Kay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'The most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read' - Ian Carr, BBC Music '[Bessie Smith] showed me the...

Author: Martin Kemp Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Living with Leonardo is a set of highly focused memoirs, a personal journey interwoven with historical research that encapsulates the author's...

Author: Yolanda Zappaterra Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Discover hundreds of the most interesting and memorable art experiences from around the world! Amazing Art Adventures offers us art and...

Author: Michael Stephenson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 In a continuously running stream of events, The History of Architecture pieces together humankind's building prowess from 10,000 BCE, when humans...

Author: Don Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Within forty-eight hours in the fall of 2014, buyers in the Sotheby's and Christie's New York auction houses spent $1.7 billion...

Author: Peter Lord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 351 Aardman Animations was founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. Joined by animator Nick Park in 1985, Aardman pioneered...

Author: Brian Epstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CRAIG BROWN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE TWO THREE FOUR Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George...

Author: Eric Musgrave Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This book contains everything you need to know about suits, from the traditional designs of the early 1900s, to innovative contemporary...

Author: Classic FM Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Celebrating 30 years of broadcasting, Classic FM returns with a new collection of mindful puzzles to de-stress and unwind with. Blending...

Author: Johnny Sharp Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Crap Lyrics is a humorous celebration (and occasionally, condemnation) of over 120 of the most ridiculous hooks, lines and...

Author: Sean Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating and authoritative' The Daily Express Sunday Times bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a modern cultural icon:...

Author: Catherine Ingram Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 In the history of twentieth century modernism, Henri Matisse is a calm and unstoppable revolution of creative genius. Trained originally in...

Author: Jonathan Daniel Pryce Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Delve into New York, London, Milan and Paris with close to 300 street-style images by the award-winning photographer...

Author: Darla-Jane Gilroy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 'A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman' - Christian Louboutin Among designers of...

Author: Frank Hopkinson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 44 Midsomer Murders turns 25 in 2022 and to celebrate a quarter century of DCI Barnaby unraveling the murderous deeds...

Author: Robert Holden Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Aimed at prospective and new students, this book gives a comprehensive introduction to the nature and practice of landscape...

Author: John Mauceri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions:...

Author: Babak Tafreshi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Bringing together the images of over 40 photographers across 25 countries, be astounded by the lights of the night sky in...

Author: Oscar Tusquets Blanca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The essential purpose of a staircase is utilitarian: to facilitate ascent and descent. Yet the design of even the simplest...

Author: Ben Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 204 Hardback volume showcasing the diverse work of one of Star Trek's most talented alumni, Dan Curry, whose contributions to the TV...

Author: White Arkitekter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 White Arkitekter, Scandinavia's leading interdisciplinary architecture practice, create environments that inspire sustainable ways of living. An employee-owned company founded by Sidney...

Author: Andrew Grant Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering-just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to...

Author: Dylan Jones (Editor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 688 Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and...

Author: Amandas Ong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Artless presents some of the most compelling images created by contemporary artists and illustrators using the simplest of tools, such as...

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A sumptuous full-colour art book containing the complete collection of almost 200 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps created by...

Author: Paul Brannigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in...

Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...

Author: Jeff Koons Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 The most successful of living artists, Jeff Koons has been a focus of creative fascination and significance for more than thirty...

Author: Fiona O'Loughlin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Fiona O'Loughlin was raised in the generation of children who were to be seen, but not heard ... unless there were...

Author: Nikki Sixx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of Motley...

Author: Cathy Kincaid Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Known for her carefully nuanced colour palettes and attention to detail, Cathy Kincaid creates warm and gracious interiors. Her worldly taste...

Author: Lewis Blackwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 216 20th Century Type and Beyond provides a decade-by-decade analysis of the issues that have shaped the history of typographic...

Author: Amy Winehouse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Global icon Six-time Grammy winner Headline-maker The most talented recording artist of her generation Much has been said about Amy Winehouse...

Author: Norbert Wolf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Reaching its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Romanesque movement was marked by a peculiar, vivid, and often monumental...