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Nikolaj Evreinov "The Storming of the Winter Palace"
ISBN: PB: 9783037349915, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, October 2017
250 pp., 22x13.9 cm, 20 colour plates, 85 halftones
In 1920, on the third anniversary of the October Revolution, dramatist Nikolai Evreinov directed a cast of 10,000 actors, dancers, and circus performers – as well as a convoy of armored cars and tanks – in "The Storming of the Winter Palace". The mas...
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£30,00
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Cool Plants for Cold Climates A Garden Designer's Perspective
ISBN: PB: 9781602233256, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2017
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 338 colour illus.
A cold climate is no excuse for a dull, colorless garden. The key is knowing the right plants that will survive and thrive in even the chilliest environments. Who better to guide gardeners than an expert from the far north? Award-winning designer and...
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£26,50
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Decolonizing the Map Cartography from Colony to Nation
ISBN: HB: 9780226422787, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 121 halftones, 1 table
Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independen...
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£49,00
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Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright A Complete Catalog (Updated Fourth Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780226435756, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
528 pp., 22.1x14.5 cm, 371 colour plates, 99 halftones, 32 line drawings
From sprawling houses to compact bungalows and from world-famous museums to a still-working gas station, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs can be found in nearly every corner of the country. While the renowned architect passed away more than fifty years a...
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£34,00
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Abstraction in Reverse The Reconfigured Spectator in Mid-Twentieth-Century Latin American Art
ISBN: HB: 9780226393957, University of Chicago Press, June 2017
368 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 58 colour plates, 17 halftones
During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator an unprecedented role in t...
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£37,50
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Evolution of Imagination
ISBN: HB: 9780226225166, University of Chicago Press, June 2017
320 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 20 halftones
Consider Miles Davis, horn held high, sculpting a powerful musical statement full of tonal patterns, inside jokes, and thrilling climactic phrases – all on the fly. Or think of a comedy troupe riffing on a couple of cues from the audience until the w...
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£22,50
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We Reviving Social Hope
ISBN: HB: 9780226334660, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
The election of Donald Trump has exposed American society's profound crisis of hope. By 2016 a generation of shrinking employment, rising inequality, the attack on public education, and the shredding of the social safety net, had set the stage for st...
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£19,00
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Obsolescence An Architectural History
ISBN: PB: 9780226478050, ISBN: HB: 9780226313450, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 68 halftones
In our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more efficient – and this phenomenon is not novel. In the spring of 1910 hundreds of workers labored day and night to demolish the Gillender Building in New...
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£21,00
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£28,00
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Human Being Songs Northern Stories
ISBN: PB: 9781602233133, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2017
136 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing
The public image of Alaska for those who live elsewhere tends to be bound up with the outdoors. But while that's not necessarily false, it's a far from complete picture. This collection of stories shows us what we're missing: set in Alaska's cities a...
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£12,00
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Cities as Multiple Landscapes Investigating the Sister Cities Innsbruck and New Orleans
ISBN: PB: 9783593506470, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2017
529 pp., 20.9x14 cm, 60 halftones, 15 colour plates, 20 line drawings, 4 maps
Cities are composed of a combination of urban and rural spaces, buildings and boundaries, and human bodies engaged in political, social, and cultural discourses. Together, these combine to create what the contributors to this volume call multiple lan...
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£55,00
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