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Architecture
£20.00Architecture
Reducing energy use is the single biggest challenge facing architecture today. From the humblest prehistoric hut to the imposing monuments of Rome or Egypt to super-connected modern airports, buildings in every era and place have been shaped by the energy available for their construction and running. This survey tells the story of our buildings from our hunter-gatherer origins to the age of fossil-fuel dependence, and shows how architecture has been influenced by designers, builders and societies adapting to changing energy contexts. It is a celebration of human ingenuity and creativity, and a timely reminder of the scale of the task ahead in our search for truly sustainable architecture.
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A Chronology of Film
£19.99A Chronology of Film
An entirely fresh perspective on the history of cinema, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now.
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A Soundtrack for Life
£18.99A Soundtrack for Life
From the world’s most romantic music and the greatest Christmas choral music, to more ordinary but no less important situations such as music to listen to when taking a shower, ‘A Soundtrack for Life’ is for anyone who has ever wanted to discover more about classical music but doesn’t know where to begin. Organised into Occasions and Themes, the book features a classic repertoire of music, including from film, TV, videos and musicals. It also offers an entry point into what for many people is an unfamiliar world, with suggestions that fans of classical covers of Nirvana, Garage, Ed Sheeran and Hip Hop might also enjoy. Each entry will put the piece of music in context, enhancing the listener’s experience and making the music relevant for a modern audience.
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Auspicious Animals
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Art Can Help
£12.00Art Can Help
A collection of inspiring essays by the photographer Robert Adams, who advocates the meaningfulness of art in a disillusioned society£12.00 -
Figure Drawing
£25.00Figure Drawing
Informative and instructive, this comprehensive guide will give you all the tools you need to make expressive and exciting drawings of the human form. Beginning with the key principles of observation, this book equips you with the basic skills to make accruate and satisfying drawings of your subject, then builds progressively, introducing more advanced techniques and concepts that allow you to capture the subtle qualities that give your drawings life.
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Bookbinding and How to Bring Old Books Back to Life
£14.99Bookbinding and How to Bring Old Books Back to Life
This work is a breath of fresh air showing you the fundamental skills and techniques you will need to start binding your own books. You don’t need a lot of expensive tools or materials to do bookbinding and this guide has been made to make the process accessible for any one who wants to do some ‘weekend projects’. This book will appeal to people who love books, but lead busy lives and yet still want to be creative. It will show you the basics and teach the fundamental skills and practices that will get you binding your own books in no time. These skills will then be transferable across a number of projects contained within and hopefully make you want to learn more.
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Contemporary Figures in Watercolour
£20.00Contemporary Figures in Watercolour
A fresh take on capturing the human form – character, movement and grace – in contemporary watercolours by artist and tv presenter Leo Crane.
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Interiors for Collectors
£38.00Interiors for Collectors
John Marrs is an interior designer and purveyor of antiques. He helps clients build their collections and also designs walls, rooms, or wings in high-end homes to display the objects. This book is about the joy of collecting and the author’s passion for displaying just about anything and everything in unique and beautiful ways. Told in entertaining stories and anecdotes, and lavishly photographed.” ‘I think everyone should collect something,’ I tell my clients. Some already do and some don’t. Those who do seem to get the disease quite quickly and off we go! I have been so lucky to help in the acquisition of collections and in deciding how to edit and organize, and finally, to decorate rooms, wings, or whole houses with magnificent collections of just about anything and everything you can imagine.”
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The Elizabethan Image
£25.00The Elizabethan Image
The new paperback edition of Roy Strong’s popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture.£25.00 -
More Cats Galore
£14.99More Cats Galore
This second litter of cultured cats delves further into the work of Susan Herbert, with another possé of our feline friends in much-loved works of art.
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Beautiful Botanical Embroidery
£14.99Beautiful Botanical Embroidery
Embroider 30 stunning floral motifs to stitch onto bags, clothes and accessories.
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