Alan Davie and David Hockney: Early Works (Clayton Eleanor)(Paperback)

Alan Davie and David Hockney: Early Works (Clayton Eleanor)(Paperback)

This publication accompanies the first exhibition to explore the remarkable early work of two greats of post-war painting, Alan Davie (1920-2014) and David Hockney

History of Pictures for Children (Hockney David)(Pevná vazba)

A History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children's edition of A History of Pictures is told through

David Hockney Dog Days (Hockney David)(Paperback)

From September 1993, I painted and drew my dogs. This took a certain amount of planning, since dogs are generally not interested in Art (I say generally only because I have now come across a singing dog). Food and love dominate their lives. I make no apologies for the apparent subject matter. These

Meet the Artist: David Hockney (Blake Rose)(Paperback)

With bold, colorful, and playful illustrations by Rose Blake, Meet the Artist: David Hockney is packed with inspiring activities for budding artists. Bursting with fun things to do, this clever book introduces children to the internationally renowned artist in a fun and engaging way. A brief

History of Pictures - From the Cave to the Computer Screen (Hockney David)(Paperback / softback)

A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford's brilliantly original book, with a revised final chapter and three entirely new Hockney

Perth's Trams and Early Buses (Brotchie Alan)(Paperback / softback)

David Hockney (Livingstone Marco)(Paperback)

The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney, who has perhaps enjoyed greater popularity than any other British artist this century. Here Marco Livingstone traces those connections from the beginning of the artist's career in the early 1960s

How Music Works (Byrne David)(Paperback)

*Updated with a new chapter on digital curation* How Music Works is David Byrne's incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired

Viviane Sassen: Hot Mirror (Clayton Eleanor)(Paperback)

Viviane Sassen is one of today's most innovative photographers and this stunning book looks back at a decade of her work, including new collages and previously unpublished photographs. This mid-career retrospective volume focuses on Viviane Sassen's fine art photography, revealing a surrealist

The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works (Crystal David)(Paperback)

In this entertaining and original book, David Crystal explores spoken eloquence and how it works in everyday situations as well as in great political oratory. He offers an array of useful insights for all those who wish to tap the power of eloquent speech

Teaching Science and Technology in the Early Years (3-7) (Davies Dan)(Paperback)

Teaching Science and Technology in the Early Years (3-7) celebrates young children's amazing capabilities as scientists, designers and technologists. Research-based yet practical and accessible, it demonstrates how scientific designing and making activities are natural to young children, and have

Secret Knowledge - Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters (Hockney David)(Paperback / softback)

Demonstrates how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were

Bigger Message - Conversations with David Hockney (Gayford Martin)(Paperback / softback)

This new edition includes a revised introduction and five new chapters which cover Hockney's production since 2011, including preparations for the Bigger Picture exhibition held at the Royal Academy in 2012 and the making of Hockney's iPad drawings and plans for the show. A difficult period

Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads (Harper Alan)(Paperback)

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, British blues fan Alan Harper became a transatlantic pilgrim to Chicago. 'I've come here to listen to the blues,' he told an American customs agent at the airport, and listen he did, to the music in its many styles, and to the men and women who lived it in the

Man Who Knew Too Much - Alan Turing and the invention of computers (Leavitt David)(Paperback / softback)

Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching (Rollason David)(Paperback)

Early Medieval Europe 300-1050: A Guide for Studying and Teaching empowers students by providing them with the conceptual and methodological tools to investigate the period. Throughout the book, major research questions and historiographical debates are identified and guidance is given on how to

In My Mind's Eye - A Thought Diary (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

A treat for fans of Alan Bennett's diaries and the works of Bill Bryson and Diana

Letters to Lily: On How the World Works (MacFarlane Alan)(Paperback)

In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In these thirty letters, Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter's questions about how the

The Best of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle Arthur Conan)(Paperback)

Selected, Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author's own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart

Cambridge Igcse(r) and O Level Geography Revision Guide (Davies David)(Paperback)

Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Geography has been written specifically for Cambridge International syllabuses 0460 and 2217. From tourism in Kenya to the summit of an active volcano in Japan, this revision guide helps students understand the processes that affect physical and human environments on a

Health for All Children (Emond Alan)(Paperback)

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years. Health for all Children takes a life course approach to child health, starting in pregnancy and extending to the age of seven to include transition into school, and to cover the foundation years in education

Three Early Stories (Salinger J. D.)(Paperback)

A young and ambitious writer named Jerome David Salinger set his goals very high very early in his career. He almost desperately wished to publish his early stories in The New Yorker magazine, the pinnacle, he felt, of America's literary world. But such was not to be for several long years and the

Walden, Or, Life in the Woods (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to 'live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it had to teach.' Toward that end Thoreau built a

Individual Psychological Therapies in Forensic Settings: Research and Practice (Davies Jason)(Paperback)

From the 'nothing works' maxim of the 1970s to evidence-based interventions to challenge recidivism and promote pro-social behavior, psychological therapy has played an important role in rehabilitation and risk reduction within forensic settings in recent years. And yet the typical group therapy