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Egyptian Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria by Garry J. Shaw
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.86Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies and allies,... -
M+ Collections: Highlights by Doryun Chong
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £42.60A richly illustrated companion to selected works from the collections at M+. At the heart of Hong Kong's new museum of visual culture are the M+ Collections - the result of a carefully considered... -
Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs by Michael Blann
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £30.00The mountains of Europe have many different meanings to many different people. For the locals they are a way of life; for visitors they represent breathtaking beauty, active holidays and peaceful... -
Metalwork from the Arab World and the Mediterranean by Doris Behrens-Abouseif
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £33.90This volume presents vessels, fittings and other objects made in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Yemen from the early Islamic period through to the end of the Ottoman era in the 19th century. The pieces... -
The Indian Textile Sourcebook: Patterns and Techniques by Avalon Fotheringham
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £26.05Indian textile designs express dazzling inventiveness and creativity, from the woven silks of royalty to the simple block-printed patterns. This authoritative sourcebook overflows with colour and... -
3D Thinking in Design and Architecture: From Antiquity to the Future by Roger Burrows
RRP: £39.95Booksplease Price: £29.18The geometric foundations, forms and patterns in today's architecture, design and decorative arts have been deeply influenced by past cultures. From humankind's first path-like doodles on cave walls... -
Hirameki: Cats & Dogs: Draw What You See by Peng Hu
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.16Draw funny dogs and get into a sunny mood. Draw comical cats and give your day a boost. If you feel like fun and have a pen. It's time to follow your imagination!. Hirameki - 'brainwave' or 'flash of... -
Carpets from Islamic Lands Friedrich Spuhler 9780500970430
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £15.23Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. Prized by European monarchs and traded as far afield as Tibet and the Americas, these woven and... -
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Abandoned unfinished and left to rot on Venice's Grand Canal, 'il palazzo non finito' was once an unloved guest among the aristocrats of Venetian architecture. Yet in the 20th century it played... -
In My View: Personal Reflections on Art by Today's Leading Artists by Simon Grant
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £14.28In My View is a collection of reflections by 78 contemporary artists in which each artist reveals the influence and inspiration he or she has found in a particular artwork or artist. Among the... -
The Artists Who Will Change the World by Omar Kholeif
Booksplease Price: £21.35With the birth of contemporary museum culture and the advent of digital technologies, the 21st century has brought a whole new means by which to access art and its histories. How do we re-map the... -
The Curator's Handbook: Museums, Commercial Galleries, Independent Spaces Adrian George 9780500297612
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75An updated edition of this essential practical handbook for all those involved in, or studying, the dynamic field of curating. From pitching your ideas and writing loan requests to working with... -
Ancient Rome: Infographics Nicolas Guillerat 9780500299036
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.12A unique re-interpretation of the city of ancient Rome and its empire, using the tools offered by the latest information technology and graphic design. Packed with cleverly designed graphics,... -
Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal by Jeff Koons 9780500093825
Booksplease Price: £14.10The most successful of living artists Jeff Koons has been a focus of creative fascination and significance for more than thirty years, but has always remained guarded about his intellectual life,... -
The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Built Chris Scarre 9780500297070
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Expands on the traditional 'Seven Wonders' to examine an impressive number of ancient marvels from around the globe. The traditional list of seven wonders was derived from ancient Greek guidebooks,... -
Before Scotland: A Prehistory by Alistair Moffat 9780500297254
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50A pioneering look at early Scotland that transforms prehistory into gripping narrative history. The story of the land that became Scotland is one of dramatic geological events and impressive human... -
Chanel Eternal Instant by Nicholas Foulkes
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £44.15Chanel's J12 watch revolutionized the standards of watches for women, combining technical sophistication with the allure of modern design. The J12 has evolved into a classic watchmaking icon of the... -
Scottish Art (World of Art) by Murdo Macdonald
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50What makes Scottish art Scottish? In this now classic text, Murdo Macdonald explores the distinctive characteristics of Scottish art over the centuries - such as the heritage of Celtic design with... -
Airports Maxim Usik 9780500653876
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.38The first in a new series that takes readers behind the scenes to discover exactly how an airport works. Airports plunges readers into the busy and complex world of an international airport to... -
Marcel Duchamp (World of Art) by Dawn Ades
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Genius. Anti-artist. Charlatan. Impostor! Since 1914 Marcel Duchamp has been called all of these. No artist of the 20th century has aroused more passion and controversy, nor exerted a greater... -
Paula Rego: Nursery Rhymes by Marina Warner
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.38The bold, distinctive style of Paula Rego's paintings has acquired for her not only an ever-increasing critical reputation but also an unusually large and enthusiastic following. Her be-ribboned... -
Adjaye * Africa * Architecture: A Photographic Survey of Metropolitan Architecture by David Adjaye
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £28.90The African continent contains some of the world's most vibrant culture and creativity, and yet its buildings - vernacular, colonial or contemporary - have rarely engaged the interest of Western... -
The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture by Victor Papanek
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.05Whether it's horror at plastic littering the world's beaches, or despair at the melting of the polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green... -
Jeweled Splendours of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection by Princess Catherine Aga Khan
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £41.80One Christmas Eve, Prince Sanruddin Aga Khan gave to his wife a magnificent jeweled box made by Cartier in the 1930s. So began the making of perhaps the most remarkable jewelry collection of a... -
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury
Booksplease Price: £16.77Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected... -
India: A History in Objects by T. Richard Blurton
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.10An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and... -
Stalin's Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow by Deyan Sudjic
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.60The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously unseen sketchbooks and photographs from private... -
How to Understand Art by Janetta Rebold Benton
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50The visual arts enrich our lives in many ways: bringing innovative ideas and the pleasures of beauty and emotion, but they can also confound. How To Understand Art sets out to enhance the viewer's... -
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury 9780500296363
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected... -
Raphael by Paul Joannides
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.86An authoritative introduction to one of the most influential painters in the history of art, written by the pre-eminent authority on the subject and informed by the latest research. More versatile... -
Bruegel: The Complete Graphic Works by Maarten Bassens
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £39.95One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work... -
Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life by Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski 9780500027035
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.24The first major monograph on sculptor Ronald Moody, exploring his legacy and impact through his key artistic relationships, networks and influences, and his relationship with nature, humanity and... -
Chanel Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Patrick Mauriès
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £45.83'This is your new fashion bible' IdThe best-selling Chanel Catwalk was the first book to gather every Chanel collection ever created by Karl Lagerfeld in a single volume. Now fully updated to include... -
A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney Martin Gayford 9780500298350
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.71The bestselling book of conversations between David Hockney and art critic Martin Gayford as they explore the nature of creativity. David Hockney's exuberant work is highly praised and widely loved,... -
The Mysteries of Cinema by Peter Conrad
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.14People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words - yet they were also alarmed to be witnessing events in a... -
High Street (Victoria and Albert Museum) by J. M. Richards 9780500480793
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J. M. Richards. First published in... -
Greece: The Monocle Handbook Tyler Brûlé 9780500966310
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.75Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit in Greece. Following Monocle's bestselling handbooks on France, Spain and Portugal, this practical and inspirational guide takes you... -
PEN International: An Illustrated History by Carles Tonner
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £26.92'I believe that despite the enormous odds which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial... -
The Great Cities in History by John Julius Norwich
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book about people and how, over the millennia, they... -
A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel by Tom Phillips 9780500519035
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £21.76In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W.H. Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up...