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Whether dark, edgy or humorous, street photography shows us that daily life can be a little surreal but also gently poignant. Photo sharing on Flickr and Facebook has rejuvenated the genre, and its spirit has been reborn. This book is about the possibilities of street photography, and how it can be approached in a tangible way.

(Hardback)

A guide that takes you on a journey back to era of the Grand Tour, when Istanbul was a favourite destination for enterprising travellers. It helps you learn how to gain access to the heavily guarded Topkapi Sarayi and find out the truth behind all those rumours of the charms of the concubines in the sultans harem, and the eunuchs who guard them.

(Hardback)

A fantastic showcase of the cutting-edge designs by visionary architect Hernn Daz Alonso, whose creations are revered by the design world.

(Paperback)

Describing the discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, this book examines the evidence connected with the mummies, including textiles and languages of the Tarim region.

(Paperback, Third edition)

A dictionary that contains around 750 entries offering information on every important graphic designer, movement, agency, practice and publication from 1840 onwards. It presents definitions, from technical minutiae of typography to computer-aided design and printing.

(Paperback)

A visual history of this intriguing artistic period, featuring work by Dix, Grosz, Heartfield, Brecht, and more.

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Shows the reader what it was really like in everybody's favourite film landscape: the American Wild West in the days of Jesse James and Dodge City. This title offers advice on the boarding houses and filthiest saloons, what to eat, what to wear, who to meet and who to avoid and how to get out of Dodge in a hurry if you fail to spot the difference.

(Hardback)

A fascinating overview of how contemporary artists incorporate text and language into work that speaks to some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.

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(Hardback)

Village rectories, the traditional family homes of church ministers, have had a long association with writers in Britain. In this book, each chapter explores the life of a writer during the time they lived at a particular rectory/ parsonage or vicarage and the effect it had on them.

(Paperback, Revised and expanded edition)

Covering Thomas Heatherwick's complete output over the years and some 170 projects, this edition includes large-scale international work, which will place Heatherwick's reputation alongside the most influential architects and designers of a generation.

(Hardback)

Can you find the best way through the forest and meet all the fascinating characters that live there Some are noisy, some are tiny and some are quite scary. In this book, you choose which route to take, jumping from page to page, so no two adventures are the same.

(Hardback)

Tim Walker is one of the most visually exciting photographers of our time. This title showcases many of his images, his daydreams turned into photographs, dating from around the years of his career. It offers an overview of a career caught in mid-flow and reveals how much one man's singular vision has influenced contemporary tastes in fashion.

(Hardback)

Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history using concise, insightful, and engaging text summaries alongside timelines, maps, and illustrations, taking readers from the origins of our first ancestors up to the present day.

(Hardback)

Showcasing the huge and inspirational steps made in animated digital typography since publication of the bestselling Type in Motion six years ago, Matt Woolman's latest book presents over eighty projects in detail, arranged into five chapters that address particular briefs facing today's designers.

(Hardback)

Offers evidence of the way materials have revolutionized the world of applied arts, and provides a guide to the material inventions. This book contains an index of 400 materials and their properties and is useful for interior, product, graphic and fashion designers.

(Hardback)

Magical, raw stones fashioned into daring and unusual pieces by seven contemporary jewelers, and shown here in luxurious full colour plates.

(Hardback)

An engaging and authoritative overview of the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with rare and luxurious examples.

(Hardback)

Offers a comprehensive and illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. The author recounts the most significant moments in gothic history, while extracts from a huge range of sources are contextualized and analysed.

(Paperback)

Fulco di Verdura was one of the outstanding jewelers of the 20th century. This book analyses and evaluates Verduras jewelry designs. It features historical photographs of the celebrities who were his ardent fans. It also shows the range and glittering beauty of his highly original pieces.

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Covers all the art styles of the so-called Viking Age. This work ranges in time from the first major Viking expeditions overseas around AD 800 to the general establishment of Christianity in Scandinavia some 300 years later. It is suitable for all those interested in this vibrant art form and in Norse history.

(Hardback)

The most ambitious and comprehensive book on womens vintage fashion ever published, featuring over 1,000 garments dating from the 1920s to the 1980s.

Vintage knitting patterns from the 1930s, 40s and 50s invoke the timeless chic of that more innocent age, and have become highly collectible. This book presents 21 period designs for the modern knitter. It features patterns that have been subtly simplified.

(Hardback)

Focuses on Virginia Woolf, one of the towering figures of literary modernism. Following the chronology of Woolf's life, this title considers each of the novels in context, gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays, traces the contentious course of her afterlife, and shows why Virginia Woolf continues to haunt and inspire us.