Peter McLeavey - The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer by Jill Trevelyan
64.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
From Montana award-winning author Jill Trevelyan comes the first biography of Peter McLeavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the 1950s has shaped - even transformed - New Zealand art. McLeavey's personal story is remarkable but in it, his contemporaries will recognise common themes: th ...Show more
Real Modern - Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s by Bronwyn Labrum
75.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
The decades of the 1950s and '60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles and mid-century design. In New Zealand, these years have been remembered in popular culture as a 'golden age' of God, Queen and Country, full employment, the ...Show more
The Cinematic Legacy of Frank Sinatra by David Wills
39.99 NZD
60.00 (33% off)
Category: Art & Design
In a film career spanning more than five decades, Frank Sinatra proved to be a roulette wheel of constantly spinning talent, the likes of which Hollywood has rarely seen. Film history is filled with stars created by the studio system. Occasionally, however, a performer emerged who, against all preconcei ...Show more
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
24.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine peopl ...Show more
African Patterns to Colour by Struan Reid
12.99 NZD
Category: Crafts | Series: Patterns to Colour
Offers an interactive way of finding out about the images, motifs and colours typical of African art. In this title, designs are taken from clothes, pottery and jewellery and include many of the bold patterns for which African textiles are famous.
Beginner's Guide to Upholstery by VICKY GRUBB
39.99 NZD
Category: Crafts
Have you always wanted to upcycle a chair, revamp a stool or make your own headboard but had no idea where to start or thought it was way too difficult? Then this is the book for you It will take you by the hand and guide you through the techniques you need to give an unloved piece of furniture a new le ...Show more
Coastal Crafts: Decorative Seaside Projects to Inspire Your Inner Beachcomber by Cynthia Shaffer
34.99 NZD
Category: Crafts
When life s a beach . . . get crafty Coastal Crafts carries you straight to the shore, with projects that incorporate seashells, ropes, sea glass, and a range of nautical materials and motifs. Learn how to weather surfaces, make driftwood, and cast sand. With everything from wood frames and hanging jars ...Show more
Doodle Stitching Transfer Pack: 300+ Embroidery Patterns by Aimee Ray
24.99 NZD
Category: Crafts
This title is the latest in the popular Doodle Stitching series, with 300 transferable motifs and nearly 30 new designs. Pages are perforated so that transfers are easy and reusable- no tracing or photocopying required. It includes a handy, sealable envelope to store motifs for future applications. Embr ...Show more
Breaking Bad - The Official Book by David Thomson (ed.)
34.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
One of the most critically acclaimed series ever produced, Breaking Bad won legions of avid viewers who debated its every nuance as they followed the story of how terminally ill high-school teacher Walter White becomes a criminal-mastermind drug kingpin. This one-of-a-kind volume-adapted and expanded fr ...Show more
Anything is Possible by Cosentino
36.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Cosentino is Australia's premier illusionist - a magician to his fingertips, a man who constantly challenges our notions of what is possible. This is his inspiring story. Cosentino emerged seemingly out of nowhere as a fully fledged star and Australia's premier illusionist and escapologist, with an act ...Show more
Home by Ellen DeGeneres by Ellen DeGeneres
49.99 NZD
Category: Architecture/Interiors
Beloved comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres opens up for the first time about her love of home design and style. Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years; has a design show, Ellen's Design Challenge, on HGTV; and has launched a lifestyle colle ...Show more
The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps by Edward Brooke-Hitching
59.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: near fine
The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms - non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atla ...Show more