Arts, Architecture & Design Books

This origami pack contains 48 high-quality origami sheets printed with elegant and colorful chiyogami designs and patterns. These classic Japanese chiyogami were chosen to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains...

This origami art book features the work of 25 contemporary master folders who are among the most innovative origami artists working today. They are pushing the boundaries of origami vigorously in new directions in terms of style, scale,...

Make decorative papercraft models with this beautiful origami paper pack. Rainbow patterns are fabulous, colorful and unique. These paper packs make a great resource for all different kinds of folding, crafting and scrapbooking projects. The package...

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve traditional Asian prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs. Tuttle Gift Wrapping Papers are an...

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve traditional Indonesian prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the Batik designs. Tuttle Gift Wrapping Papers are...

This origami pack contains 96 high-quality origami sheets printed with colorful stripes and solids patterns.These striking patterns were chosen to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 8...

Sri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka.Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to...

This origami pack contains 96 high-quality origami sheets printed with colorfully fun polka dot patterns.These colorful patterns were chosen to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 8...

Make quick and easy origami projects with this origami book with tear-out folding paper.Origami for Busy People is the first origami book for people who love to fold paper for fun and relaxation but have trouble finding the time in their busy day for it...

These kits feature beautiful folding papers in a variety of Japanese patterns and step-by-step folding instructions of origami models-everything you need to create amazing origami art! The ancient art of origami originated in Japan,...

This fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets features twelve traditional and modern prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The tasteful designs are suitable for any occasion, and offer a wide variety of color schemes and patterns...

This pack contains 96 high-quality origami sheets printed with colorfully wild kaleidoscope patterns. These striking patterns were chosen to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 8 different designs, and...

This pack contains 96 high-quality origami sheets printed with natural-looking and attractive Japanese washi prints. The handmade look of this paper was selected to enhance the creative work of modular origami artists and paper crafters. The pack...

Make decorative papercraft models with this beautiful origami paper pack. Flower patterns are bright, colorful and unique. "Origami Paper Flower Patterns" takes lovely flower designs and transforms them into origami folding paper. These paper packs make...

Sustainable Luxury presents twenty-seven recent residential projects created by Singapore's most talented architects to address the urgent challenges of sustainability. Singapore is a prosperous, forward-looking nation that is...

Whether readers are planning a trip to Bali or just fantasizing about one, "Journey Through Bali & Lombok" makes an unforgettable guide. Containing more than three hundred color photographs, this breathtaking volume brings you from the trendy beaches...

This pack contains 48 high-quality origami sheets printed with 6 different traditional Japanese motifs plus 1 sheet of gold foil. It is perfect for any folder who wants to add a touch of tradition to their origami projects and includes an 8-page insert...

Perfect for any folder who wants to add a distinctive flair to their origami projects. Includes an 8-page insert with folding instructions so that folders can get started right away.

Tuttle introduce a new origami pack in the small paper size. Full of geometric patterns based on traditional Japanese designs, it is perfect for any folder who wants to add a distinctive flair to their origami projects. An eight-page insert with folding...

As long ago as 1916 William Butler Yeats and Ezra Pound were excitedly discovering Noh plays. In 1922 Aurthur Waley's fine translations appeared in a collection titled The Noh Plays of Japan. Since then, interest has grown steadily in this...

Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the comedian transcends the ages: the drive, jealousy, heartbreak, and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle to George Carlin to Eddie Murphy to Louis CK-comedy historian Kliph...

The hilarious and poignant third play by award-winning actor, playwright, and writer Jesse Eisenberg, The Spoils continues Eisenberg's exploration of the privilege of the young straight white male. Nobody likes Ben. Ben doesn't...

The Revisionist, the second play by the award-winning actor and regular New Yorker contributor Jesse Eisenberg, is a stunning exploration of obsession, secrets, and the nature of family. The play had its world premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New...

'With my jingle in your brain, allow the Bridge to arch again'. How are we to understand Leonard Cohen's plea? Who speaks to whom in this oeuvre spanning six decades? Francis Mus considers the different guises or 'demons' that the Canadian...

`I greatly admire the art of Mr Oscar Nemon, whose prowess in the ancient classical realm of sculpture has won such remarkable appreciation in our country.' - Winston ChurchillHis talent was classical sculpture, but his gifts lay in capturing the...

Roll up! Roll up!See the wondrous new face of Circus Mania, 250 years in the making! Full of the remarkable tales of circus life that made it a classic on its first outing. Learn about the origins of the circus from Roman times, to the colourful...

The first full-length illustrated book on the Zapple label-the Beatles' experimental label and the most ambitious expression of the Beatles' determination to be leading members of the counterculture movement. Written by Zapple...

Do political cartoons predict violence? To answer this question Ilan Danjoux examined over 1200 Israeli and Palestinian editorial cartoons to explore whether changes in their content anticipated the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in October of 2000...

Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron. Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of...

Bob Dylan's cultural production in the second half of the twentieth century, his songs, but also his changing images and self-fashionings have informed and productively re/shaped certain images of America from outside and within. Refractions of Bob Dylan...

This is the first anthology to bring transnational feminist theory and criticism together with women's art practices to discuss the connections between aesthetics, gender and identity in a global world. The essays in Women, the arts and globalization...

In his wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, Chris Abel argues that, despite progress in sustainable development and design, resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based and energy-hungry culture...

Swedish crime fiction became an international phenomenon in the first decade of the twenty-first century, starting first with novels but then percolating through Swedish-language television serials and films on to English-language BBC productions and...

Newly available in paperback, this book takes the University of Manchester's Museum as its subject. By setting the museum in its cultural and intellectual contexts, Nature and culture explores twentieth-century collecting and display, and the status of...

Theatres on film is an innovative contribution to the study of both theatre and film history, with its detailed discussion of popular and influential films that have taken the theatre as their subject, informed by a strong sense of the cultural and...

Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the 1950s was elitist and 'staid', upholding Reithian values in a paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of (often controversial) programme case studies - such as the soap...

'Timed out' is a pioneering study of modern and contemporary art in the aftermath of empire. It addresses the current 'global turn' in the study of art by way of the transnational Caribbean, offering an in-depth account of the Atlantic world in relation...

This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that...

This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man of the theatre who showed no interest in the printing of his plays, producing works that are only fully realised in...

Presents a highly original and detailed investigation into the nature of American visual, musical and cultural influences on British youth between 1945 and 1960. It looks at the spread of youth culture, juke boxes, coffee and milk bars, dress styles and...

The event occurs in and over time; the aftermath concerns the traces, which are frozen into images, objects, re-presentations. Traditionally, art history is written in the aftermath as representational. A different perspective on the visual arts is...

This pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the Belle Epoque until the Eve of the Second World War. By using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism,...

The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates...

Looking at contemporary film and television, this book explores how popular genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. It brings together ground-breaking and inspiring work on this topic from both renowned and newer academics in the field...

Taking the Long View is a study of documentary series such as Michael Apted's world-famous Seven Up films that set out to trace the life-journeys of individuals from their earliest schooldays till they are fully grown adults, often with children of their...

Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime...

This book assesses Joss Whedon's contribution to US television and popular culture. Examining everything from his earliest work to his most recent tweets and activist videos, it explores his complex and contradictory roles as both cult outsider and...

This book is the first to explore three visual media in contemporary Spain: cinema, television and the internet. It also examines cultural products in each of these media in terms of three vital themes: emotion, location and nostalgia.The first two...