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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald
RRP: $25.18$14.93The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black... -
Hilma af Klint: A Biography by Julia Voss
RRP: $58.80$48.28A highly anticipated biography of the enigmatic and popular Swedish painter. The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was 44 years old when she broke with the academic tradition in which she had been trained. While her naturalistic... -
Lee Miller: A Life by Carolyn Burke 9780226080673
$36.29Lee Miller's life embodied all the contradictions and complications of the twentieth century: a model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and domestic goddess, she was also America's first female war correspondent. Carolyn Burke, a... -
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane by Paul Auster 9780571353361
RRP: $31.48$20.58** WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY **'Exhilarating.' Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year'Sharp-eyed and revealing.' The New Yorker'Brilliant . . . Remarkable.' New York Journal of BooksStephen Crane produced... -
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
RRP: $20.98$13.94In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over... -
Artists at Home by Susie Hodge 9780711269439
RRP: $63.00$40.74Take a look inside the homes of some of your favourite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, Artists at Home showcases the quiet retreats,... -
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood
RRP: $52.50$33.66Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world... -
Louis XIV's Architect: Louis Le Vau, France's Most Important Builder by Richard Ballard 9781399054195
RRP: $52.50$37.00This is a study of royal absolutism in a most extreme form in modern European history, and of the nature of Louis XIV's concept of personal glory and of the embodiment of France as a new superpower. It is a study of political ideas expressed in... -
A House in Bali by Colin McPhee
RRP: $29.38$19.32"It remains one of the most penetrating and illuminating books on the island's elusive, alluring culture." - National GeographicA House in Bali tells the fascinating story of renowned writer and composer Colin McPhee's obsession with Balinese gamelan... -
You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachel Corbett 9780393354928
RRP: $29.38$25.73In Paris in 1902, Auguste Rodin had just completed The Thinker; visiting from Prague was Rainer Maria Rilke, broke and with writer's block. When Rilke was commissioned to write a book about Rodin, everything changed. You Must Change Your Life tells one... -
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem by Julie Phillips 9780393088595
RRP: $46.18$37.23What does it mean to create, not in "a room of one's own" but in a domestic space? Do children and genius rule each other out? In The Baby on the Fire Escape, award-winning biographer Julie Phillips traverses the shifting terrain where motherhood and... -
Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir - with an introduction by Emma Gannon by Julia Cameron
RRP: $23.08$16.32In Floor Sample, the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way weaves an honest and moving portrayal of her life. From her early career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine and her marriage to Martin Scorsese, to her tortured... -
The Lives of Lucian Freud: YOUTH 1922 - 1968 by William Feaver
RRP: $31.48$25.10SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATOR 'A compendium of high-grade gossip about... -
Lucky to be an Artist by Unity Spencer 9781910065600
$27.78In this autobiography Unity Spencer writes about her unconventional childhood, her unconventional father and her life as an artist in her own right.About the AuthorUnity Spencer has exhibited widely and still teaches printmaking to the many students who... -
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
RRP: $20.98$14.28'One of my stand-out Australian reads from 2016 . . . A glorious novel, meditative and special' Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES Arky Levin, a film composer in New York, has promised his wife that he will not visit her in hospital, where she is... -
Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
RRP: $31.48$23.84From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistsHans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations... -
Cezanne: A life by Alex Danchev
RRP: $52.50$37.84Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. With brilliant insight, drawing on a vast range of primary sources, Alex Danchev tells the story of an artist who was never... -
My Life by Marc Chagall
RRP: $20.98$14.93'As fresh, poignant and individual as his paintings' Lucy Beckett, TLS, Books of the Year 2018'Here is my soul. Look for me here; here I am, here are my pictures, my roots'Marc Chagall, one of the twentieth century's most popular artists, grew up in a... -
Illustrators on Creative Processes by Miguel Angel Arteaga
RRP: $52.48$36.98In How Ideas Are Born, readers will find a treasure chest of images by 26 diverse illustrators from 12 different countries that the author has gathered, selected and curated for the book. The types of images and styles vary, ranging from the childlike... -
Passion by Design: The Art and Times of Tamara de Lempicka by Baroness Kizette de Lempicka-Foxhall
RRP: $42.00$28.88An attractive new hardcover edition of the classic biography of Tamara de Lempicka, whose paintings defined Art Deco and whose life epitomised the Jazz Age. As F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the mad glories of the 1920s on the printed page, ... -
Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung by Min Kym
RRP: $23.08$16.32'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been waiting for her . . .'At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music. At 11 she won her first international prize. She worked with many... -
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin
RRP: $23.08$16.32An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Toibin__________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin takes three of Ireland's greatest writers - Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James... -
In At The Sharp End (Stories From The Front Line Of The Music Business) by Ron McCreight
RRP: $23.08$20.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398464780Author Ron McCreightFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Irving Penn - Centennial by Maria Morris Hambourg 9781588396181
RRP: $115.50$102.04The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer "Irving Penn: Centennial . . . presents page after page of startlingly fresh images."-Luc Sante, New York Times Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and... -
Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa
RRP: $31.48$21.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394714394Author Akira KurosawaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Charles M. Schulz: The Creator of PEANUTS in 100 Objects by Charles M. Schulz Museum
RRP: $84.00$58.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681888606Author Charles M. Schulz MuseumFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen -
Kenojuav Ashevak Life and Legacy by Silaqi Ashevak 9780764998188
RRP: $39.88$29.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764998188Author Silaqi AshevakFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Pomegranate Communications Inc,USPublisher Pomegranate Communications... -
Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh
RRP: $63.00$45.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375758973Author Steven NaifehFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1213gDimensions(mm) 231mm... -
Renoir, My Father by Dorothy Weaver
RRP: $48.30$32.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322776Author Dorothy WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis by Gabrielle Selz
RRP: $63.00$49.75The first in-depth biography of Sam Francis, the legendary American abstract painter who broke all the rules in his personal and artistic life.Light on Fire is the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract... -
Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger by Giampiero Ambrosi
RRP: $52.50$39.50The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the Masters-exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio.The art... -
Roam: A Search for Happiness by Juno Roche 9780349702339
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Delicate and devastating. Up there with the best of them.' HANNAH LOWE, WINNER OF THE COSTA PRIZE 'Roche is a charming, unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSON How does an untrained eye recognise the... -
William Hogarth: A Life and a World by Jenny Uglow
RRP: $42.00$30.37William Hogarth is a house-hold name across the country, his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. He painted the great and good but also the common people. His art is comically exuberant, 'carried away by a passion for the... -
A Kind of Love Story by Tom Sellers
RRP: $73.50$49.20The story behind life in a world-renown Michelin-starred restaurant.Tom Sellers is a luminary of the British culinary scene. His Restaurant Story opened its doors in April 2013; its innovative literary-inspired menu, taking diners on 'a personal journey... -
Vogue on Christian Dior by Charlotte Sinclair 9781419715884
RRP: $41.90$32.00In 1947, Christian Dior stunned the fashion world with his first collection, the &;New Look,&; which transformed the way women dressed, and he continued to send shock waves with his later shows, significantly altering the fashion landscape. Vogue on... -
The Visionary Art of Nicholas Roerich: A Messenger of Beauty by Jacqueline Decter 9781644117972
RRP: $84.00$55.57A fully illustrated biography of mystic, artist, and explorer Nicholas Roerich. Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) was a Russian artist, writer, archaeologist, explorer, mystic, theosophist, and peacemaker who left a rich legacy of nearly 7,000 visionary... -
It's Kind of a Cute Story by Rolly Crump 9780985470647
$42.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985470647Author Rolly CrumpFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bamboo Forest PublishingPublisher Bamboo Forest PublishingWeight(grams) 459g -
Tiepolo Pink by Roberto Calasso
RRP: $31.48$23.00'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the... -
The Fairy Tale Girl by Susan Branch
RRP: $60.80$41.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996044011Author Susan BranchFormat HardbackImprint Spring Street PublishingPublisher Spring Street PublishingWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
The Memoirs Of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman 9780771061226
RRP: $67.18$43.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771061226Author Kent MonkmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.