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Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion by Alfons Kaiser 9780500297537
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A Financial Times Book of the Year: the definitive story of fashion's most enigmatic icon. Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the Chanel and Fendi brands for decades, and his wit and... -
British Women Artists: From Suffrage to the Sixties by Carolyn Trant 9780500297827
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.46The story of modern British art history told through the stories of its women. Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle to land on a narrative that features very... -
Hiroshige Henri-Alexis Baastch 9780500030585
RRP: £98.00Booksplease Price: £67.04A deluxe, large-format edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to Utagawa Hiroshige, thought to be the most successful ukiyo-e artist of Japan's Edo period. From the author of Hokusai:... -
Vincent's Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Van Gogh by Ralph Skea
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) felt a profound empathy with the natural environment, and considered the spiritual essence of trees to be comparable with that of human figures. Vincent's Trees traces... -
The Thames by G E Mitton 9789357944281
RRP: £17.58Booksplease Price: £14.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357944281Author G E MittonFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint -
Picasso: The Self Portraits by Pascal Bonafoux
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £14.93The first book dedicated to Picasso's self-portraits, many held in private collections and published here for the first time. Much has been said and written about Picasso's life and art, but until... -
Woody Allen: A Retrospective by Tom Shone
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £23.68Woody Allen is a uniquely innovative performer, writer and director with nearly fifty movies to his credit, from cult slapstick films and romantic comedies to introspective character studies and... -
Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings by Jean Manco
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? In recent years scientific advances have yielded a mass of new data, turning cherished ideas upside down. The idea of migration in prehistory, so long... -
If I had a sleepy sloth by Gabby Dawnay 9780500652855
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.54As read by David Schwimmer on CBeebies Bedtime Story, now available as a board book. In this charming trip of the imagination, a little girl delights in experiencing life at a slower pace as she... -
The Hidden Language of Symbols by Matthew Wilson
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.10A stimulating narrative and reference resource that guides the reader through the most significant symbols from worldwide art history. Why do we reach for the red rose on Valentine's day? Where... -
Drawing for Illustration by Martin Salisbury
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.85An instructive book that examines the practice of drawing for illustration through case studies and sketchbooks, written by one of the world's foremost experts and teachers on the subject. This... -
Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods by David Lewis-Williams
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50This fascinating book continues the story begun in the bestselling and critically acclaimed book The Mind in the Cave. Drawing on the latest research and recent discoveries, the authors skilfully... -
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms by Andrew Robinson
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.86Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions.Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and... -
Art + Science Now: How scientific research and technological innovation are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics Stephen Wilson 9780500289952
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £19.12Art + Science Now is a groundbreaking overview of the art being made at the cutting edge of scientific research. The first illustrated book in its field, it shows how some of the world's most dynamic... -
Landmark: The Fields of Landscape Photography by William A. Ewing
RRP: £39.95Booksplease Price: £29.68Landmark is a defining survey of contemporary landscape photography. It features more than 230 images by over 100 leading photographers of today, all of whom present an individual viewpoint about a... -
Sofas: 340 Iconic Designs by Agata Toromanoff 9780500021262
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £21.66For many of us, our sofa is our favourite piece of furniture. But nowadays, with living space increasingly limited, our sofa often plays more than one role in the home. It becomes a decorative... -
A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives by David Stuttard
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a small group of city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization, whose legacy can be found everywhere today. But... -
Type Team: Perfect Typeface Combinations by Tony Seddon
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.48Typeface combinations don't always work together naturally. For an experienced designer, the process becomes largely intuitive after years of practice, but even seasoned professionals sometimes... -
Bauhaus by Frank Whitford
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.48The aesthetic of our contemporary environment, including everything from housing developments to furniture and websites, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919,... -
Celtic Magic: A Practitioner's Guide Brigid Ehrmantraut 9780500029732
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50A captivating introduction to Celtic magic, revealing its integration into daily life from antiquity to the Middle Ages, inviting readers to explore its mysteries through rituals and practical charms... -
The Highland Clans Alistair Moffat 9780500298282
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49'Full of character, combining proper research with a sure eye to what attracts and sustains an audience's attention' Scotland on Sunday The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of... -
The Story of the Interior: How We Have Shaped Rooms and They Shape Us Graeme Brooker 9780500027592
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £45.75An exhilarating and eclectic volume on the social, cultural and technological history of interior design from prehistory to the present day, revealing how spaces shape our lives and why it matters. ... -
Mouse by the Sea: A Holiday in Nature Alice Melvin 9780500653654
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500653654Author Alice MelvinFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint -
Comet: Photographs from the Rosetta Space Probe by Jean-Pierre Bibring
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £35.50Comet presents the amazing story of the Rosetta space probe and its interstellar voyage to the comet Tchoury. Its mission - to find clues to the origins of our solar system and the emergence of life... -
Contemporary African Art Sidney Littlefield Kasfir 9780500293591
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.78Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by any particular style, technique or theme,... -
Turner's Apprentice: A Watercolour Masterclass by Tony Smibert
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.68How can a modern painter go about learning the techniques and methods of a longdead master? Drawing on years of research and practice, this book shows you how. Tony Smibert brings us a virtual... -
Why do dogs sniff bottoms?: Curious questions about your favourite pet by Lily Snowden-Fine
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £9.24Why do dogs play dead? How do you speak dog? Why do dogs go about in handbags? This book will help children to understand what's so unique about a dog's body and its behaviour and why they deserve to... -
So you want to be a Knight? by Michael Prestwich
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Do you know how to wield a lance? Can you somersault into a suit of armor? Join Kate, Eddie and Angus as they travel back to the 14th century to see if they have what it takes to become a knight... -
Voysey's Birds and Animals by Karen Livingstone
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.48Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) is, with William Morris, one of the most enduringly popular designers of the Arts & Crafts Movement. A practising architect, Voysey also designed a broad... -
In the Black Fantastic by Ekow Eshun
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £23.66Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, this is an expressive exploration of Black popular culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious and... -
World Press Photo 16 by World Press Photo Foundation 9780500970737
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £22.33Publishing the results of the most recent annual World Press Photo Contest, this exceptional book contains the very best press photographs from the year 2015 - pictures submitted by photojournalists,... -
Look Again! by Metropolitan Museum of Art 9780500514757
Booksplease Price: £6.11This delightful children's book draws on the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, presenting some fifteen famous works of art in a fun and novel way. Each reproduction is... -
Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens by 9780500292921
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.05This is a story of two brothers, Geoffrey and Bevis, and their exquisite gardens, Brief and Lunuganga, set in the lush tropical landscape of Sri Lanka. It begins with a largely photographic overview... -
The Sea Journal: Seafarers' Sketchbooks by Huw Lewis-Jones
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £21.72The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of... -
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.78This ambitious volume, newly available in paperback, explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented. For more than 2,500 years,... -
Textiles of the Middle East and Central Asia: The Fabric of Life by Fahmida Suleman
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.90From the intricate embroidery on a Palestinian wedding dress to the complex iconography on an Afghan war rug, textiles reflect the beliefs, practices and experiences of people from across the Middle... -
Gardens That Can Save the World Lottie Delamain 9780500028742
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.05An exploration of the many ways in which green spaces can be the solution to some of our most pressing problems, from loneliness to climate change. Gardens and green spaces are at the vanguard of... -
The D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign by Charles Messenger 9780500297643
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.18A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles... -
The Artist's Palette: The palettes behind the paintings of 50 great artists Alexandra Loske 9780500027776
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.98The paint-loaded palettes of fifty world-renowned artists are displayed alongside the paintings the artists created using those hues, and the colours and brushstrokes employed are analysed to uncover... -
The Hermes Scarf: History & Mystique by Nadine Coleno
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £44.37The Hermes scarf is one of the greatest fashion icons of all time.Worn by royalty and celebrities, coveted and admired, and now avidly collected, this deceptively simple square of silk is much more...