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| "Martius. The Book of Palms" |
| "On December 15 1868 Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868) Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves The fronds were a reference to his groundbreaking Natural History of Palms a work in three volumes published between 1823-1853 This encyclopedic treasury of 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations was based on Martius's expeditions through Brazil and Peru From 1817 to 1820 he traveled over 2250 km (1400 miles) through the Amazon basin to investigate natural history and native tribes with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix The result was an unrivaled catalog of all known genera of the palm family outlining the modern classification of palms describing all the palms of Brazil and producing the first maps of palm biogeography Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams conveying the architecture of these mighty trees which central Europeans would have found hard to imagine accurately Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms-often standing alone in simple and elegant beauty"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" |
| "Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world" ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world&39;s visual idea of Japan In many ways images of hedonism ukzyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) beautiful women actors and wrestlers city life and spectacular landscapesThough he captured a variety of subjects Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858) which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful Vibrant vistas that became paradigms of Japomisme and inspired Impressionist Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists alike from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler"
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| "BIG. Hot to Cold. An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation" |
| "After the global success of Yes Is More one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group presents Hot to Cold an odyssey of architectural adaptation The book coincides with the Hot to Cold Show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC and presents 60 case Studies in harsh climate conditions in order to examine where and how we live on our planet As we travel from one end of the spectrum to its opposite we will see that the more harsh the climate gets the more intense its impact on the architecture The central challenge is to mitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live Our cities and buildings aren't givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens and if they have shortcomings it is up to us to continue that effort pick up where they left off Hot to Cold stays true to BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group's grand mission to find a pragmatic utopia shaping not only a particular structural entity but the kind of world we wish to inhabit"
Price: 26.49 |
| Klimt |
| "Gustav Klimt&39;s ornate art expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna&39;s upper middle-class society around the turn of the 20th century - a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure The ecstatic joy which Klimt (1862-1918) and his contemporaries found - or hoped to find - in beauty was constantly overshadowed by death And death therefore plays an important role in Klimt&39;s artKlimt&39;s fame however rests on his reputation as one of the greatest erotic painters and graphic artists of his times His drawings in particular which have been widely admired for their artistic excellence are dominated by the sensual portrayal of women"
Price: 7.49 |
| Bacon |
| "Francis Bacon (1909-1992) possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them Mixing realism and abstraction Bacon delves deep beneath the surfaces of things opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable Erotic and grotesquely beautiful is the work of this legendary painter whose haunting distorted figures have inspired entire generations of painters who seek to emulate his highly original style"
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| Bauhaus |
| "Founded in Weimar in 1919 the Bauhaus school developed a revolutionary approach that fused fine art with craftsmanship and engineering in everything from architecture to furniture typography and even theater Originally headed by Walter Gropius the Bauhaus counted among its members artists and architects such as Paul Klee Lyonel Feininger Wassily Kandinsky Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Marcel Breuer In 1930 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took over as the leader but soon after in 1933 the Nazi government shut down the school During its fourteen years of existence Bauhaus managed to change the faces of art architecture and industrial design forever and is still hugely influential today"
Price: 8.49 |
| Eames |
| "Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames (1907-78 and 1912-88 respectively) were also forerunners in the fields of architecture industrial design photography and film This book covers all the aspects of their illustrious career from the earliest furniture experiments and molded plywood designs to the Case Study Houses to their work for Herman Miller and films such as the seminal short Powers of Ten"
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| Gaudi |
| "Wherever they go anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain It was there in the capital of Catalonia that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works Raised during the Industrial Revolution Gaudi strove to distinguish and reaffirm the identity of his native Catalonia as Spain and the rest of Europe modernized Early neo-Gothic designs were the stepping-stone to the mature original style that came to be synonymous with his name Incorporating bold colors and odd bits of material into his designs Gaudi created inspiring visionary buildings and helped establish Barcelona (most notably with the still-unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral) as a city of the world"
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| "Mies van der Rohe" |
| "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and creator of the Barcelona Pavilion (1929) the Farnsworth House in Plano Illinois (1945-1951) and the Seagram Building in New York (1954-1958) Famed for his motto less is more Mies sought a refined purity in architectural expression that was missing from the vocabulary of his Bauhaus peers He aimed to build for those of modest income while also building economically and sustainably both in technical and esthetic terms; the use of industrial materials such as steel and glass were the foundation of this approach Though his stark forms and modern materials provoked some criticism over the years many have tried - most unsuccessfully-to copy his original and elegant style This book explores more than 20 of his projects between 1906 and 1967 from his early work around Berlin to his most important American buildings"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Jamie Hewlett (Second Edition / New Cover) Hardcover" |
| "Inside the Mind of Jamie Hewlett - 25 years of works from Gorillaz to The Suggestionists From the legendary Tank Girl to live-action animations with Gorillaz a Chinese contemporary opera to an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery artist Jamie Hewlett is one of the most energetic figures of contemporary pop culture With influences ranging from hip hop to zombie slasher movies Hewlett emerged in the mid-1990s as co-creator of the zeitgeist-defining Tank Girl comicWith then-roommate Damon Albarn he went on to create the unique cartoon band Gorillaz a virtual pop group of animated characters who have recorded five albums and mounted breathtaking live spectacles Since then Hewlett has continued to collaborate with Albarn on projects including an elaborate staging of the Chinese novel Monkey Journey to the West by Wu Cheng&39;en complete with circus acrobats Shaolin monks and Chinese singers In 2006 he was named "Designer of the Year" by the Design Museum in London and in 2009 Hewlett and Albarn won a BAFTA for their animated Monkey sequence for the Beijing Olympic GamesMore recently The Suggestionists an exhibition of prints at the Saatchi Gallery in London demonstrated an exciting new direction in Hewlett&39;s practice This TASCHEN edition Hewlett&39;s first major monograph illustrates his thrilling creative journey with more than 400 artworks from the Tank Girl era through Gorillaz and up to the present day Through stories characters strips and sketches we trace Hewlett&39;s exceptional capacity for invention and celebrate a polymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels or to be pigeonholed into a particular practice"
Price: 26.99 |
| "Ren Hang" |
| "Hang well hung Chinese photographer Ren lets it all Hang out Ren Hang is an unlikely rebel Slight of build shy by nature prone to fits of depression the 28-year-old Beijing photographer is nonetheless at the forefront of Chinese artists battle for creative freedom Like his champion Ai Weiwei Ren is controversial in his homeland and wildly popular in the rest of the world He says I don&39;t really view my work as taboo because I don&39;t think so much in cultural context or political context I don t intentionally push boundaries I just do what I do Why? Because his models friends and increasingly fans are naked often outdoors high in the trees or on the terrifyingly vertiginous rooftops of Beijing stacked like building blocks heads wrapped in octopi body cavities sprouting phone cords and flowers whatever enters his mind at the moment He denies his intentions are sexual and there is a clean detachment about even his most extreme images the urine the insertions the many many erections In a 2013 interview VICE magazine asked there are a lot of dicks do you just like dicks?Ren responded It s not just dicks I m interested in I like to portray every organ in a fresh vivid and emotional way True though that may be the penises Ren photographs are not just fresh and vivid but unusually large making one wonder just where he meets his friendsIn the same piece Hang also stated Gender isn t important when I m taking pictures it only matters to me when I m having sex putting him at the forefront of gender inclusiveness Young fans eagerly follow his website Facebook Instagram and Flickr accounts His photographs all produced on film have been the subject of over 20 solo and 70 group shows in his brief five-year career in cities as disparate as Tokyo Athens Paris New York Copenhagen Frankfurt Vienna and yes even Beijing He has self-published eight monographs in tiny print runs that now sell for up to 600 TASCHEN s Ren Hang will be his first international collection covering his entire career with well loved favorites and many never-before-seen photos of men women Beijing and those many many erectionsText in English French and German""
Price: 26.49 |
| "Rome: Portrait of a City" |
| "This bumper photographic portrait of Rome brings together hundreds of photographs from the 1840s through to today to explore the extraordinary history beauty and art of this incomarable cultural capital Through some 500 sepia black-and-white and color images"
Price: 31.99 |
| "Francesca Woodman : On Being an Angel" |
| "The American photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) created a body of fascinating photographic works in a few intense years before her premature death Her oeuvre has been the object of numerous in-depth studies and major exhibitions in recent years and her photographs have inspired artists all over the world Woodman's photographs explore gender representation sexuality and body Her production includes several self-portraits using herself and her friends as models The figures are often placed behind furniture and other interior elements; occasionally the images are blurred in such a way that their identity is hidden from the viewer The intimate nature of the subject matter is enhanced by the small formats Woodman worked in unusual settings such as derelict buildings using mirrors and glass to evoke surrealist and occasionally claustrophobic moods Moderna Museet will present some hundred photographs by Francesca Woodman with a selection from the series and themes she explored The exhibition is produced by Moderna Museet in association with Betty and George Woodman and the Estate of Francesca Woodman Alongside this exhibition Moderna Museet will present a compilation of photography from the same period from its collection to show Francesca Woodman in context and expand the perspective on her oeuvre to the public"
Price: 15.99 |
| "Living 2017-2018 (Red Dot Design Yearbook) Hardcover" |
| "Nowadays your home is one of the most important places to retreat to making it all the more important that you feel unconditionally at ease there Luckily well-conceived design can transform any space into a temple of well-being regardless of its size Whether it&39;s DIY designs for tight living spaces environmentally friendly design products for a responsible life or tasteful solutions for public spaces Living 20172018 will show you the most worthy international product designs in the areas of living rooms and bedrooms household and kitchens tableware and cooking utensils lighting and lamps as well as interior design urban design and public spaces"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Fashion Patternmaking Techniques : Women & Men: How to Make Skirts and Trousers 1" |
| "Divided into eight clear chapters the book starts with an in-depth study on measuring and body shaping before examining fabric technology and sartorial terminology It describes a wide range of skirts and trousers both for women and men from the basic to the highly elaborate"
Price: 19.99 |
| "Fashion Illustration & Design : Methods and Techniques for Achieving Professional Designs" |
| "A design tutorial by Daniela Brambatti Versace's chief (design) illustrator the book is an idea of couturier Flavio Marconi who impressed by her drawing style and the precision with which she captures the flow of fabric over the body convinced her to put it into print Here Brambatti reveals her fresh and innovative style halfway between fashion sketching and illustration"
Price: 16.49 |
| "Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works" |
| "This is a groundbreaking work edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio that enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois who has produced art since the 1930s began in the 1990s to use her clothes and the clothes of her loved ones as components in her sculptures and drawings It is as much a reincarnation of her past and her childhood as a confirmation of her relationship with memory Her visual approach to fabrics transforms decorative accessories into emotional and personal references which especially in her Cells and later in her drawings create representations of a tormented and at the same time powerful womanhood Further development of the artists work began in 2002 exploiting the iridescent colours and formal structural properties of pieces of her clothing she created The Fabric Drawings astonishing works alternating between floral figurative pieces and chromatic abstractions This set of images is collected here in its entirety for the first time constituting the closest thing yet to a general catalogue"
Price: 40.99 |
| "Long Sandy Road" |
| "Summer 1959 Pier Paolo Pasolini driving a Fiat Millecento travelled along the Italian coastline to carry out La lunga strada di sab - bia The Long Sandy Road a wide report commissioned by the magazine Successo on Italy between tradition and transformation middle-class holidays and remains of a difficult post-war period An intense text that continues to strike for its depth and poetic sensitivity After forty years the photographer Philippe Seclier has travelled again along the same route finding traces images and memories of the great writer and of his unforgettable portrait of Italy Now Contrasto publishes for the first time the complete text of The long sandy road together with the original manuscript by Pier Paolo Pasolini and the photographs by Philippe Seclier This is a unique document to get to know again forty years after his death the skill of a great writer and intellectual and rediscover his strong bond with our country"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects" |
| "The evolution of Jo Nagasaka's design process is unveiled in a unique publication about his studio's work The wide - ranging portfolio of th e Japanese firm Schemata Architects demonstrate s its strengths and inspirational vision P inpointing the founder's creative spark is what this book is all about Nagasaka's focus is often drawn to tired found objects or unused spaces Th rough investigations to seek modern solutions and pio neering re - purposing techniques he manages to transform interiors and breath life back into objects His projects range from large - scale installations and interactive interior environments to smaller - scale products Revealing insights into his way of work ing the book highlights new findings about how the designer is able to capture the essence of his thoughts and relate the key aspects of a project in creative and innovative ways The articles emphasi z e the designer's concepts giving unique insight into the firm's process from the designer's perspective"
Price: 21.49 |
| "Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable lifeThe story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on an Arkansas cotton farm to his early years at Sun Records We read of his life on the road and meetings with and performances for world leaders There is also the darker side of his life the years of addiction to amphetamines and pain killers a suicide attempt and the spiritual awakening that pulled him throughHe looks unsparingly at his turbulent past but remains a man of honesty humility and humour His memoir reveals his friendships with Roy Orbison Willie Nelson Bob Dylan and Billy Graham"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Hardback, 2004)" |
| "This deluxe slipcased edition of The Hobbit printed and bound using superior materials including a silk ribbon marker features the definitive text plus Tolkien's paintings and drawings in full colour and a special fold-out version of Thror's MapBilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon Bilbo's life is never to be the same againSeldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRR Tolkien's classic tale The Hobbit Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world and its hero Bilbo Baggins has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals Alice Pooh Toad"
Price: 37.99 |
| "The Dalai Lama's Book of Love and Compassion by Dalai Lama XIV (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "The Dalai Lama is one of the most renowned and loved spiritual leaders in the world This book is one of a series of bite-sized introductions that make his writing accessible to everybody In The Dalai Lama'a Book of Love and Compassion His Holiness describes how to bring love and compassion into our daily lives He explores the fundamentals of the Buddha's teaching from basic advice on how to love more fully to the importance of compassion Whoever you are whatever you believe this book has something for you Simply and clearly The Dalai Lama explains The need to balance spiritual and material values Compassion as the basis for human happiness"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Pale Horseman (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 2) by Bernard Cornwell (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The second book in Bernard Cornwell's epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel Uhtred must fight to save a king who distrusts him Skeptical of a treaty between the Vikings and Wessex Uhtred takes his talent for mayhem to Cornwall gaining treasure and a mysterious woman on the way But when he is accused of massacring Christians he finds lies can be as deadly as steel Still when pious King Alfred flees to a watery refuge it is the pagan warrior he relies on Now Uhtred must fight a battle which will shape history - and confront the Viking with the banner of the white horse Uhtred of Bebbanburg's mind is as sharp as his sword A thorn in the side of the priests and nobles who shape his fate this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves and those he has sworn to serve"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Holy Bible: King James Version with Leather Binding by HarperCollins Publishers (Leather / fine binding, 2003)" |
| "With an attractive new slipcase and binding this compact white Bible is an ideal gift for any special occasion including confirmation weddings or first communionThe full text of the ever-popular Authorized King James Version Bible with all its literary beauty and poetic grandeur in an attractive size and with beautiful binding and slipcase making it an ideal gift"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "New cover new format reissue of this story about everyone's favourite family cat Mog Bother that cat!'Mog always seems to be in trouble She forgets that she has a cat flap and she forgets that she has already eaten her supper But one night Mog's forgetfulness comes in very handy"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Woody's Week: Band 02B/Red B (Collins Big Cat) by Michaela Morgan (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Gran has sent an exciting birthday present but how long will Woody have to wait for his gift a model house to be built? The new flatpack toy presents Woody's family with a challenge but as the days go by Woody has an idea of his own Who needs a kit to build a house when the gift comes in a box large enough to design a house of your own? Red BBand 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion Text type - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language Pages 14 and 15 feature a pictorial summary of Woody's week providing an ideal opportunity for reinforcing the days of the week This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery"
Price: 5.49 |
| "A Visit to the Farm: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat) by Michael Morpurgo (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "The renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm told in the form of letters home and illustrated with photographs of animals and children on location at the farm Humorous and engaging it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals Turquoise Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms Text type - A recount of a visit There is a timetable of the week's events on page 22 and an index on page 23 to help children recount the story Curriculum links -Geography Plants and animals in the local environment; Citizenship Animals and us This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "A splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon I was born a princess destined to be queen and I know my duty 1491 Henry VII's eldest son Arthur Tudor Prince of Wales has been betrothed since childhood to the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon Their marriage will cement the alliance Henry Tudor craves to secure his country But when Arthur's sudden death leaves an 11-year-old boy heir to the kingdom Henry Tudor must choose whether to send Katherine back to Spain or to marry her himself Katherine has no son from her brief marriage to secure her future; her substantial dowry and his powerful contract are at stake Henry has reckoned without the determination of a young woman set on fulfilling her own destiny to be a queen - and the ambition of Prince Harry the future Henry VIII"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Start Where You Are: How to accept yourself and others by Pema Chodron (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart from bestselling author Pema Choedroen With insight and humour she presents down-to-earth guidance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion towards others This book shows how we can 'start where we are' by embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives Pema Choedroen frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims or slogans such as Always apply a joyful state of mind' Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment' and Be grateful to everyone' Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation Start Where You Are shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our own inner pain and discover joy well-being and confidence"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Shakespeare by Bill Bryson (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare our greatest dramatist and poetExamining centuries of myths half-truths and downright lies Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today and celebrates the Bard's legacy to our literature culture and historyDrawing together information from a vast array of sources this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived - not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson"
Price: 6.49 |
