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Cloth that Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz Sarah Fee 9780300246797
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £33.84The story of India's exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world Chintz, a type of multicolored printed or painted cotton cloth, originated in... -
Renaissance Splendor by Elizabeth Cleland
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £27.34Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of... -
Beowulf by Stephen Mitchell
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.16A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpieceBeowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures-a... -
Fashion and Politics by Djurdja Bartlett
RRP: £37.50SciFier: £27.85A timely and splendidly illustrated global exploration of the complex intersections of fashion and politics from the mid-19th century to the present day Taking a multifaceted look at a topic of... -
Fur by Jonathan Faiers
RRP: £42.50SciFier: £38.65A groundbreaking, informative, and thought-provoking exploration of fur's fashionable and controversial history The first and only book of its kind, Fur: A Sensitive History looks at the impact of... -
Patrick Kelly by Laura L. Camerlengo
RRP: £37.50SciFier: £34.51"I want my clothes to make you smile!"-Patrick Kelly Patrick Kelly (1954-1990) was known for his bold, bright, and joyful fashion creations that resonated in the streets and nightclubs and on the... -
The Rose in Fashion by Amy de la Haye
RRP: £32.50SciFier: £31.05An exploration of how the rose-the most ravishingly beautiful and symbolic of flowers-has inspired fashion over hundreds of years The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing is a fascinating exploration of how... -
Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures Adina Hoffman 9780300251814
SciFier: £15.67A vibrant portrait of one of the most accomplished and prolific American screenwriters, by an award-winning biographer and essayistHe was, according to Pauline Kael, "the greatest American... -
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
RRP: £27.50SciFier: £21.60The paperback edition of this captivating story of Tudor dress, and the people who made and wore it The Tudors are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our... -
Alexander McQueen by Andrew Bolton
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £32.99Celebrating the astounding creativity and originality of designer Alexander McQueen, who relentlessly questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion "An authoritative and moving insight into... -
Pretty Gentlemen: Macaroni Men and the Eighteenth-Century Fashion World Peter McNeil 9780300217469
RRP: £37.50SciFier: £34.51An exploration of British male fashion of the late eighteenth century "A brilliant account of a controversial moment in men's self-fashioning."-Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, Museum at... -
The World Atlas of Tattoo by Anna Felicity Friedman
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £35.45A lavishly illustrated global exploration of the vast array of styles and most significant practitioners of tattoo from ancient times to today Tattoo art and practice has seen radical changes in the... -
Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World Zara Anishanslin 9780300234237
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £22.67Through the story of a portrait of a woman in a silk dress, historian Zara Anishanslin embarks on a fascinating journey, exploring and refining debates about the cultural history of the... -
Cartooning by Ivan Brunetti
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.99From the editor of Yale's Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories, a smart and charming guide to the art of cartooningWinner of the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for the Best... -
Humour by Terry Eagleton
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £10.19A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture-by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature... -
The Magic Ark by Peggy Wang
SciFier: £30.49The charming children's story popularized by celebrated modern writer Lao She is here retold in simplified Chinese, with pinyin romanization and at the 700 character level.Book InformationISBN... -
Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905-2016 Chrissie Iles 9780300221879
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £41.42A fascinating survey of pioneering work in experimental cinema and art from 1905 to the present day, revealing the high stakes and transformative potential of these forms This generously illustrated... -
The Holker Album by Ariane Fennetaux
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £40.38In 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the French... -
Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales: Epic Tales Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science) 9781835622902
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £12.81Whether it stems from a fundamental human need for certainty - to know what will happen to us, and to know that at some level fate is at play and we can rest easy at night since we may as well submit... -
Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection Linda Baumgarten 9780300207361
RRP: £57.50SciFier: £52.49An exquisite and authoritative look at four centuries of quilts and quilting from around the world Quilts are among the most utilitarian of art objects, yet the best among them possess a formal... -
How to Read African Textiles by Christine Giuntini
RRP: £19.95SciFier: £17.85The latest volume in The Met's How to Read series, focusing on the rich and varied textiles of Africa through forty exemplars from the nineteenth century to the present day Across the African... -
Marx's Capital by David N. Smith
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.21Karl Marx did not write Das Kapital for the bookshelves of economists and philosophers. It is economics for working people, from their viewpoint and history. It is the classic masterpiece of... -
Women Dressing Women by Mellissa Huber
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £31.14This survey of women-led fashion design centered around the twentieth and twenty-first centuries emphasizes the creative agency and artistic legacy of female creators Exploring the enduring impact of... -
Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon Paul David Blanc 9780300204667
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £26.74When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous... -
Marx's Capital Illustrated by David Smith
RRP: £48.00SciFier: £29.79Imagine Karl Marx as a cartoonist, ready to set the record straight about his much maligned classic, Das Kapital. Impossibly difficult? Not in the least. Hopelessly outdated? Far from it. Though... -
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty Andrew Bolton 9781588397584
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £54.55"The Met's latest tome expertly narrates the journey that earned Lagerfeld his seat at the hallowed throne of modern high fashion."-V Magazine Unparalleled in its luxurious presentation, this... -
Alexander McQueen: Unseen by Robert Fairer
RRP: £60.00SciFier: £46.26Alexander McQueen has grasped the public's imagination like few other fashion designers before him, with exhibitions dedicated to his work continuing to attract record visitor numbers. Almost 500,000... -
Marc Jacobs: Unseen Robert Fairer 9780500021606
RRP: £48.00SciFier: £43.08Entering fashion history in 1993 with his notorious 'grunge' collection for Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs would soon be hailed by American Vogue as 'the dauphin of grungy, understated cool'. He quickly... -
Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods Professor Sofia Pantouvaki (Aalto University, Finland) 9781350098800
SciFier: £39.18Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of... -
Wordplay: TOON Level 1 Ivan Brunetti 9781943145171
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £8.92Go "outside," "elsewhere," and down the "rabbit hole" with this hilarious introduction to compound words. Young readers will fall in love with the English language as they watch star cartoonist Ivan... -
Jock Peters, Architecture and Design by Christopher Long
RRP: £45.00SciFier: £19.93"An important document that should be included in any library of design and architecture." - Daniella Ohad "A masterful blend of emigre biography and architecture and design history, proving that...