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This is the definitive overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester based Factory label, covering its iconic record sleeves, posters, ephemera, venues and packaging. After a foreword by the late founder of Factory, Tony Wilson, an introductory essay discusses the label's role in bringing design..

Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrate..

Writing lies at the root of our civilization. It is the accumulated memory of mankind.In this colourful pocket-sized book, the story of the evolution of alphabets, scripts and ciphers is told in over 200 illustrations, woven into a fascinating text and many historical documents.Georges Jean..

Michael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been completely revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The sixth edition includes:New developments in the b..

Is a watch ever a work of art? Is a watchmaker ever an artist?To answer these questions and many more, Michael Clerizo spent months listening to eleven of the world’s most renowned watchmakers. In mansions, villas, shops and ateliers of all sizes these extraordinary individuals told their storie..

Previously published in hardback as 'Panorama of the Renaissance'New in paperback, a lively, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of an enthralling era.No period has been more discussed, dissected and argued over than the Renaissance, and every age has reconstructed it in its own image. Today’s..

The gripping stories of the most colourful and formidable characters to challenge the might of RomeThis engrossing book looks at the growth and eventual demise of Rome from the viewpoint of the peoples who fought against it. Here is the reality behind such legends as Spartacus the gladiator, as ..

The photography book of the decade and a landmark publication celebrating the vision, imagination and brilliance of the world’s most renowned photographic agency.There are very few books which can be genuinely be thought of as ‘exceptional’ – this is one of them.With over 400 images selected..

In this remarkable book, beadwork from all around the world is illustrated and its history revealed. The result will inspire collectors and designers, and anyone interested in art, craft and fashion.Following an introduction and in-depth survey of bead manufacturing centres in Europe and Asia, t..

‘A magnificent repository of love and learning … approaching its subject with such generosity and proportion that one feels the whole of Islamic art and learning has to be encapsulated within its covers’ – The Times'Scholarly and densely informative, beautifully and generously illustrated, a val..

Seen through the eyes of an architect-photographer, this comprehensive and thoughtful survey is the first publication to consider the many effects of natural illumination in contemporary buildings.For all those interested in creating space that transcends the physical, The Architecture of Natura..

One of the most successful books ever written on art history..."Outstanding … accurate, free from prejudice, always neat, often stimulating. No better introduction to Western painting has ever been produced" – The Sunday Times"Combining serious scholarship with presentation simple enough to ..