Arts
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Hieroglyphs
£8.99Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script. She looks at previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today.
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Civilisation
£10.99Civilisation
Kenneth Clark’s narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation.
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Fashion
£8.99Fashion
Fashion is a global industry, and plays a role in our economic, political, cultural, and social lives. However, fashion is often denigrated as trivial and superficial, a sign of vanity and narcissism. This Very Short Introduction will give a clear understanding of how fashion has developed while addressing these divergent views.
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Romanticism
£8.99Romanticism
Michael Ferber considers Romanticism in its time of growth in Western Europe, examining various types of Romantic literature, music, painting, religion, and philosophy. He provides examples and quotations throughout to demonstrate the diverse nature of the movement.
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Victorian fashion
£9.99Victorian fashion
The Victorian age was one of the most exciting and complex periods of history, an era of rapid change and great contrasts, in which dress reflected the times with extraordinary vibrancy. Female style was expressed in a succession of striking fashions, ever-shifting trends in the form, colour, material and ornamentation of garments, novel accessories and diverse hairstyles. Male dress was more uniform and sober, evolving subtly, whereas children’s wear underwent significant developments. While celebrating the excesses of high fashion hot from Paris, Jayne Shrimpton also considers the dress of ordinary working people and the clothing worn for special occasions and sporting activities.
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Freedom song
£58.80Freedom song
This book is an autobiographical account of the development of an authentic interiority, based thematically around the Lord’s Prayer. It charts the way in which the Christian faith in which the author was enculturated, was refined by her lived experience of music, abuse, forgiveness, interfaith dialogue, gender and vocation.
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The Pocket
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Elizabeth II
£38.00Elizabeth II
A lively and affectionate celebration of Queen Elizabeth II and a beautiful visual record of her reign over the past 20 years and leading up to her platinum jubilee, captured by the lens of royal photographer Chris Jackson, whose unique access to the monarch provides bold and intimate photographs.
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Art nouveau
£25.00Art nouveau
Focusing on two-dimensional Art Nouveau works, this coffee-table book features fascinating text on the movement in general, graphic art and fine art, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of work by artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Gaudì and Tiffany.
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The Story of the Country House
£12.99The Story of the Country House
The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present
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Charles III
£45.00Charles III
Marking the historic occasion of the coronation of King Charles III,royal photographer Chris Jackson creates the most intimate andwide-ranging portrait of the new king and his royal family overdecades of seismic and historic change leading up to this watershedmoment in modern history and in the British monarchy.
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Art of the Grimoire
£25.00Art of the Grimoire
A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks
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