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Fashion & design
House of Fun
By Simon Hoggart
Hardback
Published 31-Oct-2008
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Tells how John Major learned English language from his time in Nigeria. There is Tony Blair, with his verb-free sentences which imply everything and promise nothing. Gordon Brown, grumpiest prime minister of recent years, both Stalin and Mr Bean. This book offers a collection of the author's sketches written since he took up the poisoned quill.
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Hello World
By Alice Rawsthorn
Hardback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. When deployed wisely, it can bring us pleasure, choice, strength, decency and more. But if its power is abused, the outcome can be wasteful, confusing, humiliating, even dangerous. This title explores design's influence on our lives.
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Postcards from Vogue
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Hardback
Published 14-Nov-2012
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A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a striking "Vogue" cover. It covers early illustrations from artists including George Wolfe Plank, Olive Tilton, Pierre Brissaud, and Eduardo Garcia Benito saw ethereal figures of fantasy develop into red-lipped flappers.
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Shoes A-Z
By Jonathan Walford
Hardback
Published 18-Oct-2010
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Tells the story of sixty years of shoes. This book covers more than 350 leading womens shoes designers and manufacturers, and includes a range of fashionable styles, from trainers to haute couture.
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Beyond the Page
By Quentin Blake
Hardback
Published 15-Nov-2012
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The author is one of the best-known illustrators in the world, creating iconic characters for amongst others Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, and Roald Dahl. In this title, he writes about his projects and describes his working processes, his collaborators, his travels, and his various projects and commissions.
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London Underground by Design
By Mark Ovenden
Paperback
Published 18-Jan-2013
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Beginning in the pioneering Victorian age, the author charts the evolution of architecture, branding, typeface, map design, interior and textile styles, posters, signage and graphic design and how these came together to shape the Underground's identity, and the character of London itself.
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Grace
By Grace Coddington
Hardback
Published 22-Nov-2012
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Overnight, the flame-haired the author became a heroine for fashion insiders and the general public alike. This title shares the excitement and vision that go into producing so many unforgettable fashion images.
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Alexander McQueen
By Judith Watt
Hardback
Published 13-Sep-2012
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Celebrating Alexander McQuee's work and vision, this book showcases the world of McQueen, from his graduate collection at Central Saint Martins to his designs created just days before his untimely death, and finally his ideas carried on through Sarah Burton, including the royal wedding dress.
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Diana Vreeland
By Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
Hardback
Published 18-Feb-2013
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Portrays a visionary: a fearless innovator who inspired designers, models, photographers and artists, and who reinvented the way we think about style and where we go to think about it.
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Swimming Studies
By Leanne Shapton
Hardback
Published 26-Jul-2012
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As a teenager, the author trained for the Olympic swimming trials; now an artist, she is still drawn inexorably to swimming, in pools and on beaches across the world. This work explores what it is like to move from a world of competition and discipline to one of recreation and introspection.
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