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Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick by David Frye
RRP: £12.99£8.56For thousands of years, humans have built walls and assaulted them, admired walls and reviled them. Great Walls have appeared on nearly every continent, accompanying the rise of cities, nations, and empires. In Walls, David Frye uncovers a story that is... -
Illustration School: Let's Draw a Story by Sachiko Umoto
RRP: £12.99£9.00Illustrate your own storybooks with cute and playful characters, animals, and more, using the enjoyable techniques in Illustration School: Let's Draw a Story. Sachiko Umoto, one of Japan's most popular artists, teaches you how to create a fantasy world... -
The Structural Basis of Architecture by Bjorn N. Sandaker
RRP: £35.99£34.09This is a book that shows how to "see" structures as being integral to architecture. It engages a subject that is both about understanding the mechanical aspects of structure as well as being able to relate this to the space, form, and conceptual design... -
Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media by micha cardenas
RRP: £20.99£19.32In Poetic Operations artist and theorist micha cardenas considers contemporary digital media, artwork, and poetry in order to articulate trans of color strategies for safety and survival. Drawing on decolonial theory, women of color feminism, media... -
A Real Living Contact with the Things Themselves: Essays on Architecture Irenee Scalbert 9783038601111
RRP: £25.00£16.78Contemporary architectural criticism tends to focus on the theories and concepts behind buildings. Yet there is much to be learned by venturing beyond the library walls to contemplate the real buildings - the things themselves. This urge for 'real living... -
Classic Penguin: Cover To Cover by Audrey Niffenegger
RRP: £26.99£19.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110132Author Audrey NiffeneggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture by Charles Jencks
RRP: £30.95£27.85In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into... -
Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle
RRP: £16.99£12.92Guy Delisle's work for a French animation studio requires him to oversee production at various Asian studios on the grim frontiers of free trade. His employer puts him up for months at a time in 'cold and soulless' hotel rooms where he suffers the usual... -
Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide: Choose the Colors That Bring Your Drawings to Life! (With Over 1000 Color Combinations) by Teruko Sakurai
RRP: £16.99£11.94A color science expert's must-have coloring guide for manga and anime artists!Author Teruko Sakurai, Japan's leading colorist, applies her expert knowledge of color to drawing effective anime and manga. Starting with the basics, Sakurai shares her... -
Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse: A Visual Encyclopedia by Stephanie R. Williams 9780762483440
RRP: £22.00£13.10Peacemaker had a long road to the spotlight and he's not alone. There are dozens of unique, sometimes absurd, and yet truly memorable characters waiting for their chance to shine. Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse celebrates some of the... -
The Role of Today's Museum by Clive Gray
RRP: £36.99£32.53The Role of Today's Museum provides a thorough investigation of what museums do and why. Arguing that museums are multifunctional institutions, the book examines the consequences of this for the services that museums provide, the publics to whom they are... -
Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science by Rebecca McNamara 9781636810409
RRP: £43.99£30.09Can crochet explain the complexities of non-Euclidean geometry? How does the 1804 Jacquard loom relate to modern computing? Radical Fiber celebrates the overlap between art, science, interdisciplinary creativity and collaborative learning For centuries,... -
Carving Patterns by Frank C. Russell: from the Stonegate Woodcarving School: Birds, Animals, Fish by Frank C. Russell
RRP: £13.99£11.41This pattern book provides over 100 woodcarving patterns and accompanying illustrations for 72 birds, animals, and fish. Each pattern has been used successfully by both Russell and his students to carve stunning figures in wood. While the patterns are... -
Beauty Matters: Human Judgement and the Pursuit of New Beauties in Post-Digital Architecture Yael Reisner (Bartlett-UCL) 9781119546245
RRP: £31.95£28.69Beauty in architecture matters again. This issue of AD posits that after 80 years of aggressive suppression of engagement with aesthetics, the temporarily dormant preoccupation with beauty is back. This is evidenced by a current cultural shift from the... -
The Gypsum Construction Handbook USG 9781118749845
RRP: £38.95£34.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118749845Author USGFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
The Medusa Reader by Marjorie Garber
RRP: £38.99£34.22Ranging from classical times to pop culture, this collection will appeal to art historians, feminists, classicists, cultural critics, and anyone interested in mythology.About the AuthorMarjorie Garber is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English at... -
Usable Pasts: Social Practice and State Formation in American Art by Larne Abse Gogarty 9781642599008
RRP: £29.99£19.87Usable Pasts zeros in on two periods in the United States that saw the state increase its financial support for socially engaged works of culture. In the 1990s the political artworks by Suzanne lacy, Rick Lowe, and Martha Rosler helped usher in an era of... -
Drawing Fantastic Furries C Hart 9780823033454
RRP: £17.99£12.54Targeted to the broadest range of furrydom fans, from aspiring artists who enjoy drawing animals, comics and fantasy art to the ardently devoted fans of all things furry. Furries, also known as anthros (for anthropomorphic creatures) are human-animal... -
Fifty Key Texts in Art History by Diana Newall
RRP: £27.99£24.28Fifty Key Texts in Art History is an anthology of critical commentaries selected from the classical period to the late modern. It explores some of the central and emerging themes, issues and debates within Art History as an increasingly expansive and... -
Stop Motion Filmmaking: The Complete Guide to Fabrication and Animation by Christopher Walsh
RRP: £39.99£34.01Based on a world-class curriculum and cutting-edge industry practices, Stop Motion Filmmaking offers step-by-step instruction in everything from puppet making and studio set-up to animation and filmmaking. Reflecting exciting advancements in the medium,... -
Courtly Mediators: Transcultural Objects between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World by Leah R. Clark
RRP: £100.00£90.28In Courtly Mediators, Leah R. Clark investigates the exchange of a range of materials and objects, including metalware, ceramic drug jars, Chinese porcelain, and aromatics, across the early modern Italian, Mamluk, and Ottoman courts. She provides a new... -
Chair: 500 Designs That Matter by Phaidon Editors 9780714876108
RRP: £16.95£15.62The most compelling collection ever of the world's most innovative, stylish, and influential chairs Throughout history, the chair has presented designers the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new methods and materials within the... -
The Ends of Art Criticism by Patricia Bickers
RRP: £19.99£15.23At a time where there are repeated claims of the impending demise of art criticism, The Ends of Art Criticism seeks to dispel these myths by arguing that the lack of a single dominant voice in criticism is not, as some believe, a weakness, but a... -
Classic and Modern Fabrics: The Complete Illustrated Sourcebook by Janet Wilson 9780500515075
RRP: £42.00£29.79'Classic and Modern Fabrics' is the definitive reference guide to all the major types of fabric in circulation today. In clear and succinct language, the author describes over 600 examples, from classic tweeds to state-of-the-art nano fabrics. Ease of... -
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Thorsten Sadowsky
RRP: £12.00£8.00Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938) is one of the most important artist personalities of the twentieth century; many of his works have become icons of Expressionism. Vacillating between self - doubt and egocentricity, the artist created an... -
Hopetoun: Scotland's Finest Stately Home The Countess of Hopetoun 9783777434391
RRP: £49.95£32.07Hopetoun House, on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, is the seat of the Marquess of Linlithgow. The lavishly illustrated book presents the architecture (initially designed by Sir William Bruce in the 1690s and greatly extended by William Adam and his... -
Cross Laminated Timber: A design stage primer by Nic Crawley
RRP: £45.00£36.75With a light environmental footprint, high strength, quick installation times and reduced waste, cross laminated timber (CLT) has long been heralded as a wonder material. Despite these benefits, the uptake of CLT has been dogged by challenges. Delving... -
New York Splendor: Rooms to Remember by Wendy Moonan
RRP: £65.00£48.37The selection of interiors is about the wow factor--New York residential spaces that elicit gasps of pleasure and surprise when first seen. Some are very grand, others sparingly modern or eclectic. All are exceptional and, Moonan promises, unforgettable... -
Ultimate Marvel: Includes two exclusive prints by DK
RRP: £35.00£26.69Every significant Marvel Comics character, location, weapon, gadget, and vehicle: one ultimate encyclopedia.Packed full of incredible facts and stunning images, this authoritative encyclopedia contains more than 650 entries and features a foreword by the... -
The Art of Assassin's Creed Syndicate by Paul Davies
RRP: £29.99£23.46Assassin's Creed Syndicate takes players into the underbelly of Victorian London at a time when the Industrial Revolution is in full swing. This volume contains hundreds of never-before-seen concept arts, including sketches, final paintings, 3D renders... -
Nikita Gale by Nikita Gale
RRP: £35.00£23.43Chisenhale Gallery launches the second title in its Chisenhale Books series, Nikita Gale: IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS. Marking the finale of Gale's Chisenhale exhibition, her first artist's book contains an intergenerational conversation with... -
The Visual Effects Arsenal: VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker by Bill Byrne
RRP: £29.99£25.23Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access, step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300, Spiderman 3, Predator and others, with... -
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan by Chelsea Foxwell 9780300263572
RRP: £40.00£33.59Charting Japan's unique engagement with modernity during the Meiji era, through an extraordinary selection of objects in American collections This exhibition catalogue takes a fresh look at the art of Japan's Meiji era (1868-1912), through a vivid... -
Star Wars Art: Comics by Dennis O'Neil
RRP: £35.00£26.30Star Wars and sequential art share a long history: Star Wars debuted on the comic-book page in 1977, when Marvel Comics began publishing a six-part adaptation of the first film, which morphed into a monthly comic book. Now, more than three decades later,... -
Oh Hell No by Chronicle Books
RRP: £10.99£9.26There's a time for yes-and there's a time for no. Oh Hell No! is a collection of art and essays that serve a much-needed reminder to say no to anything that might waste our precious energy. Reclaim your time with the help of these sassy illustrated... -
Irrational Judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and 1960s New York by Kirsten J. Swenson
RRP: £42.50£36.01An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New YorkIrrational Judgments examines the close friendship and significant exchange of ideas... -
Warrington in 50 Buildings by Janice Hayes
RRP: £15.99£10.85From its heyday in the nineteenth century as a major centre of wiremaking, textiles, chemical production and brewing, through to its subesquent reinvention as a new town in the late 1960s, Warrington has a proud and distinctive identity. This... -
Strategic Planning in Local Government: A Casebook Roger Kemp 9780918286772
RRP: £43.99£38.84This book shows how and why strategic planning is working in cities around the country. It illustrates how this technique enables a city to plan its future proactively and shows how local governments use it to solve current problems and make sure they... -
Modern Concrete Construction Manual: Structural Design, Material Properties, Sustainability Martin Peck 9783955532055
RRP: £113.00£102.08Concrete's multifaceted nature has made it very popular today with planners and builders. Besides the enormous potential inherent in its load-bearing capacity, the material offers a diversity of properties and surface characteristics. This publication... -
Caravaggio by Howard Hibbard
RRP: £54.99£48.12Caravaggio was one of the most important Italian painters of the 17th century. He was, in fact, the wellspring of Baroque painting. In Hibbard's words, Caravaggio's paintings "speak to us more personally and more poignantly than any others of the time"...