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Richard Barnett The Smile Stealers ENThis achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome technical illustrations and paintings from the Wellcome Collection’s unique archive of material from…
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Matthew L. Tompkins The Spectacle of IllusionIn The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practised and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics since the early 18th century...
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Helen Kellock The Star in the ForestOne Saturday evening, sisters Pip and Maisie are sitting in the warm snug of their grandparent's cottage on the edge of a forest in Scotland. Maisie is restless and longs for adventure, but life at the cottage is always slow...
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The State of the World ENHere, in well over 500 extraordinary photographs, is the story of our new century: moments that changed the world; trends that touch all our lives; challenges that will shape our future. This landmark book brings into focus all the fast-paced and dramatic developments that have transformed our world in the first years of our new millennium. Spectacular or intimate, witty or disturbing, every one of these photographs…
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John Lundquist The Temple ENWith more than two million copies sold in more than a dozen languages, the Art & Imagination series provides illustrated introductions by distinguished writers and scholars to the worlds of mythology, symbols, and sacred traditions. This classic series has now been redesigned and reformatted for a new generation of readers, and it launches with the following four titles. This cross-cultural compendium shows how the…
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Alan Livingston, Isabelle Livingston The Thames & Hudson: Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers ENTwenty years in print, The Thames & Hudson: Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers contains around 750 entries offering detailed information on every important graphic designer, movement, agency, practice and publication from 1840 up to the present day. The dictionary gives clear and accessible definitions, from technical minutiae of typography to computer-aided design and printing. Cross-references make…
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Guy Julier The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900 ENThis comprehensive A-Z guide embraces all of modern design's numerous manifestations: graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial and architectural design. Guy Julier examines not only the work of important designers world-wide, but also the many dramatic changes that have influenced design and its uses in the 20th century. Thus political and ideological concepts, such as feminism and green design, are…
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Nathalie Herschdorfer The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of PhotographyHere is a comprehensive, accessible and authoritative illustrated reference to the history, art and science of photography. In one single, elegant volume, it features over 300 iconic photographs and contains more than 1,200 concise yet fully detailed entries on all aspects of the subject. Though much information can today be found online, locating it takes time and sources can have questionable provenance and…
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Debra J. DeWitte The Thames and Hudson Introduction to Art ENThis bestselling, comprehensive introductory book covers all aspects of the visual arts making it the most accessible and complete visual arts guide available – a wonderful resource for students and art lovers alike. The book features more than 800 images. Additionally, the authors have selected eight iconic works that represent the extraordinary variety of art created throughout time and around the world. As these…
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Roger Ballen The Theatre of Apparitions ENThe Theatre of Apparitions is a highly anticipated body of work by one of the most original image-makers of our times, whose remarkable artistic trajectory spans the past 40 years. This book is the culmination of his ongoing study of the connections between photography, drawing, the mind and the body. Created between the years 2004 and 2008, these 90-odd black-and-white images encourage viewers to delve deep into…
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The Tile BookEverywhere in the world, tiles add colour and decoration to the facades and interiors of buildings. Both functional and decorative, and found in a multitude of shapes, sizes and designs - ranging from complex geometrical Islamic patterns to figurative...
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John Gaskin The Traveller's Guide to Classical PhilosophyIn this clear and evocative account, John Gaskin unfolds the thinking about nature, life, death and other worlds that informed the culture and society of the Classical world, drawing out its interest for modern readers. Witty sketches and ...
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Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe The True History of ChocolateChocolate – ‘the food of the Gods’ – has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe, and his late wife, Sophie. The book begins 3,000 years ago in the Mexican jungles and ...
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Peter Dawson The Type DirectoryThere is an astonishing diversity of typefaces, with over 100,000 now available. With such a diverse and inspiring range of types now on offer, The Type Directory presents old and new, popular and obscure, separating and identifying these...
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Judith Mackrell The Unfinished PalazzoCommissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Veniers waned midconstruction and the project was abandoned. Empty, unfinished, and decaying, the building was considered an eyesore until the early twentieth century when it attracted and inspired three women at key moments in their lives: Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse,…
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The Way We Live: Alfresco ENThis book marries Stafford Cliff's unerring eye with the remarkable photography of Gilles de Chabaneix to present a marvellous portrait of the delights of living alfresco around the world.
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The Way We Live: By the Sea ENPart of the The Way We Live series, this is an evocation of building, designing, and living by the world's oceans, a catalogue of opportunities for getting the best out of a life by and on the sea.
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The Way We Live: In the City ENIn the City is the third title in the phenomenally successful The Way We Live series, providing a visual, in-depth view of lifestyles in cities around the world, from New York to Cairo, from London to Saigon, in five major sections. Every opportunity to make cross-cultural comparisons and connections is taken within the book to provide a truly international view of living in the city, making a whole book which is…
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Stafford Cliff, Gilles de Chabaneix The Way We Live: In the Country ENThis is a comprehensive sourcebook of decorative ideas and much more for anyone who dreams of living in the country, or is lucky enough to live there already. From the vineyards of Provence to the hills of California and the farms of Australia, stunning photographs from across the world capture the distinctive architecture, decorative schemes, landscapes and rustic details that make country living so desirable.…
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The Way We Live: With Colour ENNew in the bestselling Way We Live series, is this visually thrilling exploration of the way people around the world live with colour. Divided into five main sections, the book showcases Gilles de Chabaneixs eye for the telling use of colour in interiors in a multitude of places and cultures, from startling coastal blues to the subtle monochromes of minimalist urban styles, from the sumptuous and grand reds and…
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Stafford Cliff, Gilles de Chabaneix The Way We Live: With the Things We Love ENNew in the bestselling Way We Live series is this visually thrilling exploration of the way people around the world live with the things they love. Divided into seven main sections, the book showcases Gilles de Chabaneixs eagle-eye for a good idea or intriguing detail, offering an international tour of how people frame, hang and place objects, as well showing the best ways of combining and balancing them, and…
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Michael Petry The Word is ArtThere has been much scaremongering about the `death of the book', and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, young people might gradually begin to shun writing. In the digital age, text becomes information, and information strives to becom
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Carol Wilson, Sue Quinn The World Atlas of Street FoodStreet food is fresh, cheap, plentiful, varied and available in an increasing number of metropolitan locations. Food that was previously only obtainable from Saharan roadsides can now be found in New York City; Patagonian village foods are picked up in downtown Hong Kong. Millions of people all over the world are choosing to eat street food every day, and their numbers are rising year on year.The World Atlas of…
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Anna Felicity Friedman The World Atlas of TattooLively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a ...