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How to design the world: creating spaces for interplay

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As well as being an incredible stage performer, a brilliant writer and a talented painter, Derren Brown is also a fantastic street photographer.

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(Hardback)

Hundreds of artists from around the world join forces to pay homage to one of the most iconic figures in gaming. This volume features characters of Mega Man classic, Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man ZX, and Mega Man Legends.

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"An architectural, social, and cultural history of the undersea, using Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and more especially his charasmatic villain Captain Nemo, as his prompt"--

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The Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte record a fantastic variety of romantic, political, and professional intrigues, and tell of meetings with a host of remarkable men.

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(Paperback)

Takes you on a journey through time to a pre-globalised world where regional customs and national cultures were as distinctive as they were diverse. From the bustling streets of Victorian London and the ruins of ancient Egypt to the temples of Japan and the tribesmen of New Guinea, this title explores the world through magic lantern slide images.

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Inspired by Baudelaire's art criticism and contemporary theories of emotions, and developing a new aesthetic approach based on the idea that memory and imagination are strongly connected, Lombardo analyzes films by Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch and Van Sant as imaginative uses of the history of cinema as well as of other media.

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Photographs and oral history interviews tell the hidden history of Blythe House, for 40 years a museum store in London holding millions of historical objects.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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The fascinating history of how so-called Black and white music came together in Memphis to change the state of music forever. David Less has conducted research on the history of Memphis music for more than 40 years and offers a unique and engaging perspective for blues and rock 'n' roll fans.

(Hardback)

Menashe Kadishman is one of Israel's most important artists, who also enjoys wide international acclaim. This volume presents his 20 most important sculptural works.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Gastronomy meets graphics, in this irresistible collection of American menus from the mid-19th century to the 1980s. Not only an excellent insight into our evolving eating habits, this lineup of some 800 designs also serves as a history of graphic styles, designed to entice, excite, and titillate our palates over the years.

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To mark the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin, the world-renowned musician and humanist, this acclaimed biography is re-published with a new introduction by the author.

(Hardback)

Remarkable British artist Merlyn Evans developed a highly personal abstract style, combining plant, crustacean and mechanical forms. His work was fundamentally shaped by his conviction that art should be an engagement with life, reflecting psychological, ethical and political concerns. This monograph focuses on the life and work of Evans.

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This is the first UK appraisal of the work of this important African artist. Focusing on The Museum of Contemporary African Art it also looks at the full breadth of the artist's practice. This accompanies a major exhibition at Tate Modern.

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The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved and most widely performed works in the entire history of music.

(Paperback)

The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved and most widely performed works in the entire history of music.

Collecting his wit and wisdom for the first time and featuring an introduction from Stuart Maconie, Messing Up the Paintwork is a tribute to a musical icon described as untouchably cool (Lauren Laverne), an uncompromising musical maverick (Tim Burgess) and a man shouting from a prison window (Frank Skinner).