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FHK Henrion: Design Brian Webb 9781851496327
RRP: £12.50Booksplease Price: £10.37F.H.K Henrion was one of a distinguished group of graphic designers - refugees from Europe just prior to World War II, who brought cutting-edge continental design to the rather parochial English... -
Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World by Mariana Cook 9781470448387
Booksplease Price: £30.25Mathematicians is a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits, featuring a selection of the most impressive mathematicians of our time. Acclaimed photographer Mariana Cook captures... -
The Uglow Papers Andrew Lambirth 9781738487820
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £26.68Euan Uglow (1932-2000) was one of the finest painters of his generation. For a long time appreciated only by fellow artists and a relatively small band of devoted collectors, his work is now reaching... -
Craxton's Cats Andrew Lambirth 9780500028049
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50An appealing picture book of cats depicted by John Craxton, one of the major figures of modern British painting, with an introduction and commentary by Andrew Lambirth, who knew Craxton well. By... -
Mathematical Lives: Protagonists of the Twentieth Century from Hilbert to Wiles by Claudio Bartocci 9783642136054
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £33.85Steps forward in mathematics often reverberate in other scientific disciplines, and give rise to innovative conceptual developments or find surprising technological applications. This volume brings... -
Imaginary Philosophical Dialogues: between Sages down the Ages by Kenneth Binmore 9783030653866
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.29How would Plato have responded if his student Aristotle had ever challenged his idea that our senses perceive nothing more than the shadows cast upon a wall by a true world of perfect ideals? What... -
Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes by Robert Kanigel 9780812221329
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36What makes genuine leather genuine? What makes real things real? In an age of virtual reality, veneers, synthetics, plastics, fakes, and knockoffs, it's hard to know. Over the centuries, men and... -
Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler by Edward G. Nilges 9781590591345
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £37.46All software developers use languages, which are the fundamental tool of the trade. Despite curiosity about how languages work, few developers actually understand how. Unfortunately, most texts on... -
An Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory by Paul R. Thie 9780470232866
RRP: £115.95Booksplease Price: £101.17Praise for the Second Edition: "This is quite a well-done book: very tightly organized, better-than-average exposition, and numerous examples, illustrations, and applications." -Mathematical Reviews... -
Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure by Cedric Villani
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42"This man could plainly do for mathematics what Brian Cox has done for physics" - Sunday TimesHow does a genius see the world? Where and how does inspiration strike?Cedric Villani takes us on a... -
Peter Blake: Design by Peyton Skipwith 9781851496181
RRP: £12.50Booksplease Price: £7.89"Stars, stripes, hearts and targets... If Peter Blake's name is not the first thing you spot on the cover of the latest addition to the Antique Collectors' Club's highly regarded Design series, the... -
Rodchenko: Design by John Milner
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £6.68A new title in the Design series and an excellent introduction to the life and work of this versatile Russian artist. Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian... -
Edward Bawden: Design by Brian Webb 9781851498390
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £10.48Edward Bawden (1903-1989) was one of twentieth century Britain's most innovative graphic designers. Book illustrator, wallpaper, textile and poster designer, watercolourist, mural painter, teacher... -
Carrington's Letters: Her Art, Her Loves, Her Friendships by Dora Carrington 9781845951887
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.54Carrington's beguiling letters take us beyond the Bloomsbury group to discuss sexual mores, how to be an artist, and what it is to be truly oneself.Known only by her surname, Dora Carrington was the... -
Principled Productivity: Why Ethical Treatment of Everyone in an Organization Will Result in Increased Productivity by Gerald J. Watson Jr. 9781032298412
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £41.80This book demonstrates that ethical treatment of everyone in an organization:1. Will increase productivity in all the functional activities of the organization as well as its members.2. Will ensure... -
Diana Armfield: A Lyrical Eye by Andrew Lambirth 9781913645076
RRP: £37.50Booksplease Price: £33.58Diana Armfield RA Hon RWS NEAC has a highly personal attachment to subject and a subtly distinctive affinity with the rhythms of form and tone. These qualities make her an important, influential... -
Buckingham Palace: The Interiors by Ashley Hicks
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £34.96With rare access, interior designer and artist Ashley Hicks has photographed the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace, home of Britain's monarch since 1837. An important representation of Regency,... -
Accidental Alchemy: Oliver Simon, Signature Magazine, and the rise of British Neo-Romantic Art by Neil Wells
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.25The significant influence of the periodical Signature on fine art has long been overlooked. While few people nowadays will have read it, no journal has greater claim to have stimulated the taste that... -
Harold Curwen and Oliver Simon Curwen Press: Design Brian Webb 9781851495719
RRP: £12.50Booksplease Price: £10.37The finest books produced during the quarter century prior to the outbreak of the Great War were almost invariably printed by the private presses, but post-war, with the development of new... -
The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England by Peter James Bowman 9781909930032
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.97The two decades after Waterloo marked the great age of foreign fortune hunters in England. Each year brought a new influx of impecunious Continental noblemen to the world's richest country, and the... -
Hex: The Full Story by Ryan B. Hayward
RRP: £34.99Booksplease Price: £32.38Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history. hex was discovered twice, in 1942 by Piet... -
Chance, Strategy, and Choice: An Introduction to the Mathematics of Games and Elections by Samuel Bruce Smith
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £34.67Games and elections are fundamental activities in society with applications in economics, political science, and sociology. These topics offer familiar, current, and lively subjects for a course in... -
Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History by David Lindsay Roberts 9781421433080
RRP: £25.50Booksplease Price: £19.84This fascinating narrative history of math in America introduces readers to the diverse and vibrant people behind pivotal moments in the nation's mathematical maturation.Once upon a time in America,... -
London from the Air by Jeffrey Milstein 9780847899753
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £15.50By shooting with the newest high-resolution cameras while leaning out of helicopters, Milstein offers us a new take on familiar architecture and landscapes. His award-winning work brings a fresh and... -
Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together by Mark Gerencser 9780230611320
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.04In this pioneering book, four senior managers of the global consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton show how leaders in business, government, and civil society can reach across national and sector divisions,... -
Invasive Objects: Minds Under Siege by Paul Williams 9780415995474
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94The "Director" controls Ms. B's life. He flatters her, beguiles her, derides her. His instructions pervade each aspect of her life, including her analytic sessions, during which he suggests... -
Invasive Objects: Minds Under Siege by Paul Williams
RRP: £130.00Booksplease Price: £115.67The "Director" controls Ms. B's life. He flatters her, beguiles her, derides her. His instructions pervade each aspect of her life, including her analytic sessions, during which he suggests...