Photography

When they met for the first time in Los Angeles in 1993, the Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze were rising stars of their respective fields - the golden ages of both east coast hip hop and MTV. Immediately a connection formed between the three MCs and the...

This photographic essay highlights the little-known history of the first Jewish communities established in the New World dating to the 1600s. Award-winning photographer Wyatt Gallery documents the oldest synagogues and cemeteries on Barbados, Curacao,...

Ross-on-Wye sits high on a sandstone cliff overlooking a horseshoe bend in the beautiful River Wye. The birthplace of tourism, it boasts a rich tapestry of heritage and a unique landscape. Ross-on-Wye Through Time highlights the rich gems Ross has to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080248503Author Jean-Louis CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2550g

The stifling, atmospheric, gothic crime novel with a unique protagonist and killer twist, perfect for fans of The Woman in Black, The Silent Companions, and Little Strangers ****************1904. Thomas Bexley, one of the first forensic photographers,...

Ebbw Vale's many losses over the past hundred years are celebrated here - collieries, steelworks, cinemas, churches, chapels, post offices, schools, railways, streets, local shops and especially jobs have all disappeared, only to be replaced, in many...

Larry Towell first encountered the Mennonites near his home in Ontario, Canada, and his friendship with them gained him unique access to their communities. Rather than compromise their way of life, Mennonites have continually been forced to migrate...

In the 1850s the area consisted of three villages - Turnham Green along the main road to the west and the riverside hamlets of Chiswick and Strand on the Green, separated by fields, market gardens and the grounds of several large mansions. Since that...

Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in the nation's past have taken place, from housing the Scottish court to witnessing civil war,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486236728Author Alphonse MuchaFormat PaperbackPage Count 75Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

As recently as the 1870s the whole area which is now Salford Quays was largely empty, occupied by little more than a medieval hall and a racecourse. But in 1887 the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal began, and the largest docks were built on the...

Little is generally known of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and the immortal place it holds among all the Royal Ordnance Factories. For nearly four hundred years it was a 'secret walled city', self-sufficient and closely guarded. As it grew, and developed...

A photograph lives in multiple eras at once: the time of its making, the time of its unveiling, the time of its subsequent rediscovery. -Rebecca Bengal In Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists, Rebecca Bengal considers the...

The market town of Stockton-on-Tees, or 'Stockton' as it is known locally, began life as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on the northern bank of the River Tees. Following the granting of its market charter in 1310, the town emerged as a busy port, exporting...

The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white...

Each year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is seen by millions through a global tour and international media coverage. Portfolio 30 displays the full collection of 100 images awarded in the 2020 competition. Selected by an international...

Veranda invites you to step inside the finest interiors, all decorated by the world's best and most influential designers. The readers of Veranda expect escape, with every issue presenting stunning interiors in lush layouts, which is exactly what this...

"These crisp, colour-soaked images are a labour of love that honours rare breeds such as the European bison and the Celtic longhorn, exploring pastures in Austria, Colombia, Ethiopia and beyond." -Sarah Barrell, National Geographic Traveller "Lampert is...

Cult classic and collector's item, Dali's Mustache is the result of the astonishing artistic collaboration between surrealist Salvador Dali and experimental photography pioneer Philippe Halsman. Dali and Halsman were friends as well as professional...

The Staffordshire market town of Newcastle-under-Lyme owes its existence and its name to the building of a new castle there in the twelfth century. The town's status grew from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, with industries and trades including...

Short-listed for the 2013 New Angle Prize for Literature.BOOK OF THE YEAR - overall winner of the East Anglian Book Awards 2012"A major piece of work, beautifully presented, on a subject familiar to us all but about which few of us have a deep...

Brothels and taverns, alehouses and inns, Portsmouth has seen it all. Many of the old port's drinking establishments have historic and literary associations, as well as stories of their own to tell. Most of the older ones can be found in and around Old...

The mountains of Ireland are wild and untrodden. There is a powerful and magnetic quality to Ireland's high places, a mix of mountains and sea that creates an indelible impression and inexorably draws one back. From High Places is a celebration of...

Back and more gleaming than ever, this new edition of Stars & Cars marks the 100th anniversary of legendary Irish photographer, Edward Quinn. A curation of 150 of Quinn's finest photographs that captures the jet-set glamour and opulent car design of...

It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to...

A new-born baby is carefully checked over at a hospital in Jaipur, a small girl grins from a bench on Rome's Piazza Navona and energetic boys jostle in front of the camera in Havana - over his long career and on his many travels Steve McCurry has taken...

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752400594Author John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040081Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

This was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood was President of the Ghost Club. He is uniquely qualified to write Haunted London, presenting a parade and gazetteer of the psychic phenomena of Britain's capital city - a city with nearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203571Author Henry-Jean ServatFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 370g

Twice voted the top railway journey in the world, the West Highland route to Mallaig (like the Dingwall & Skye and the Callander & Oban) accessed the remote and mountainous west coast of Scotland. The original West Highland line, described here, links...

From the creator of the popular blog Advanced Style, photographer Ari Seth Cohen's Advanced Love collects affectionate portraits of subjects who prove that love is bound by neither the constraints of age or time. The book includes 40 profiles of...

As Portsmouth approaches its centenary year as a city, this timely book celebrates the history of many of its wonderful traditions and locations and also attempts to capture the spirit of its proud people. Mudlarking, the Pompey Chimes, Charlotte Street...

This dynamic introduction to the most important photographers from the inception of photography to today bears witness to the magic of the camera. From Fe lix Nadar's awe-inspiring aerial photos and Eugene Atget's images of fin de sie cle France to...

Central Bristol History Tour is a fascinating insight into the history of this famous old port city and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the centuries. Readers are invited to follow local author and historian Anthony Beeson as he...

"It's mostly beautiful artist images of mushrooms-I mean beautiful. And there is nice text to accompany; information about the mushrooms, habitat, their relationships to the plants and the environment." - Fungi Journal "While the photography takes...

Robert Rauschenberg's engagement with photography began in the late 1940s under the tutelage of Aaron Siskind and Hazel Larsen Archer at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Their combined influence was so great that for a time Rauschenberg was...

A photographic leap into cooling waters. Dive into the cultural history of artificial ocean As long as already five thousand years ago, the allure of the sea inspired humans to recreate its essence in miniature, artistic forms, as public baths where...

Nestled in the English countryside lies Ely, a small city within eastern Cambridgeshire. Its top tourist attraction is a stunning medieval cathedral that looms atop a low hill, visible for miles across the Fens. Local author Pamela Blakeman guides the...

Winchester History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of the ancient capital of Wessex. From the time of its Iron Age settlements, rulers, bishops and inhabitants over the last two millennia have left their mark on the city...