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  • Thomas Hardy: Complete Novels

    by Thomas Hardy ...
    Here you will find the complete novels of Thomas Hardy in the chronological order of their original publication. - Desperate Remedies - Under the Greenwood Tree - A Pair of Blue Eyes - Far from the Madding Crowd - The Hand of Ethelberta - The Return of the Native - The Trumpet-Major - A Laodicean: a Story of To-day - Two on a Tower - The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid - The Mayor of ... Read more

    R14,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Artist's Way

    A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

    by Julia Cameron ...
    'A really good starting point to discover what lights you up' - Emma Gannon'Unlock your inner creativity and ease your anxiety' Daily TelegraphTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERSince its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper ... Read more

    R317,39

  • Divine Beauty

    The Invisible Embrace

    by John O'Donohue ...
    In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes, John O'Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty - the divine beauty that calls the imagination and awakens all that is noble in the human heart.In these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis, we are riven with anxiety; our trust in the future has lost its innocence, for we know now ... Read more

    R202,39

  • If Walls Could Talk

    An intimate history of the home

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two 'dirty centuries'? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit?All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home.Through the ... Read more

    R214,12

  • The Design of Everyday Things

    by Don Norman ...
    **The essential guide to human-centered design“Even more relevant today than it was when first published.”—Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO**Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores ... Read more

    R209,06

  • The Home Edit Life

    The Complete Guide to Organizing Absolutely Everything at Work, at Home and On the Go, A Netflix Original Series – Season 2 now showing on Netflix

    by Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin ...
    Series series Home Edit
    A Netflix Original Series.'Move over, Marie Kondo - Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin are the professional organisers the A-list now let rifle through their drawers.' Sunday Times Style'A fantastic primer on how to Mary Poppins your kitchen.' Financial Times'While the Nashville-based founders of The Home Edit (and its celeb-followed Instagram) may not be able to give you Rachel Zoe's enviabl... ... Read more

    R501,73

  • On Chapel Sands

    My mother and other missing persons

    by Laura Cumming ...
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.'A modern masterpiece' GuardianAutumn 1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered safe and... ... Read more

    R202,39

  • Art Objects

    Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery

    by Jeanette Winterson ...
    These interlocking essays uncover art as an active force in the world - neither elitist or remote, present to those who want it, affecting even those who don't. Winterson's own passionate vision of art is presented here, provocatively and personally, in pieces on Modernism, autobiography, style, painting, the future of fiction, in two essays on Virginia Woolf, and more intimately in pieces where ... Read more

    R239,19

  • The Complete Works of Jane Austen (In One Volume)

    Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady ... Sandition, and the Complete Juvenilia

    by Jane Austen, Red Deer Classics ...
    The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen's shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia. Jane Austen is famous for her six novels, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Her works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely ... Read more

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  • What Are You Looking At?

    150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye

    by Will Gompertz ...
    What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz - a wonderfully lively and accessible history of Modern Art by the BBC Arts Editor'An essential primer not only for art lovers but for art loathers too' **** ExpressWhat is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. ... Read more

    R202,39

  • Peggy Guggenheim

    The Life of an Art Addict (Text Only)

    by Anton Gill ...
    This edition does not include illustrations.Please note that due to the level of detail, the family tree is best viewed on a tablet.The wayward life (1898–1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists.‘Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have you had?’ ‘Do you mean my own, or other people’s?’ Peggy Guggenheim was an American millionairess art collector and ... Read more

    R177,09

  • Thoughts on Design

    by Paul Rand ...
    One of the seminal texts of graphic design, Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design is now available for the first time since the 1970s. Writing at the height of his career, Rand articulated in his slender volume the pioneering vision that all design should seamlessly integrate form and function. This facsimile edition preserves Rand's original 1947 essay with the adjustments he made to its text and ... Read more

    R236,08

  • Bento's Sketchbook

    by John Berger ...
    Series Book 1 - The Essential John Berger
    The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza (a.k.a. Bento) spent the most intense years of his short life writing. He also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notes-but no drawings.For years, without knowing what its pages might hold, John Berger has imagined finding Bento's sketchbook, wanting to see the drawings alongside his ... Read more

    R149,49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    by Walter Benjamin ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They ... Read more

    R97,28

  • Art as Spiritual Activity

    by Rudolf Steiner, Michael Howard ...
    This book introduces a new way for thinking about, creating, and viewing art. Rudolf Steiner saw his task as the renewal of the lost unity of science, the arts, and religion; thus, he created a new, cognitive scientific and religious art in anthroposophy. The implications of his act recognized by such diverse artists as Wassily Kandinsky and Joseph Beuys are only now coming fully to light. ... Read more

    R166,49

  • William Blake, Painter and Poet

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Visionary Art and Poetry of William Blake

    by Richard Garnett, Alicia Stevens ...
    In "William Blake, Painter and Poet," Richard Garnett offers a compelling analysis of the multifaceted artistry of one of Britain's most enigmatic figures. This richly detailed work is characterized by Garnett's eloquent prose and deep appreciation for Blake's visionary approach to both art and poetry. The book intricately navigates the intersections of Blake's artistic vision with the socio ... Read more

    R39,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Graphic Design Theory

    Readings from the Field

    Edited by Helen Armstrong ...
    Graphic Design Theory is organized in three sections: "Creating the Field" traces the evolution of graphic design over the course of the early 1900s, including influential avant-garde ideas of futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus; "Building on Success" covers the mid- to late twentieth century and considers the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism; and "Mapping the Future" opens ... Read more

    R295,08

  • Hold Everything Dear

    Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

    by John Berger ...
    Series Book 2 - The Essential John Berger
    From the ' War on Terror' to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything Dear is a profound meditation on the far extremes of human behaviour, and the underlying despair. Looking at Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq, he makes an impassioned attack on the poverty ... Read more

    R149,49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Photography

    by Susan Sontag ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject.Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere, and the 'insatiability of the photographing eye' has profoundly altered our relationship with the world. Photographs have the power to shock, ... Read more

    R183,99

  • Timber Frame Mastery. A Roadmap to Create Lasting Beauty Handcrafted Constructions

    by JOseph Benton ...
    Discover the wonders of timber framing with the second edition of this powerful guide!Do you want to learn how you can use timber frames? Want to build your own house, shed, or another construction project? Would you like to test yourself for the first time with a simple project? Then keep reading!Timber framing is a highly versatile, beautiful form of construction which has been used for ... Read more

    R73,10

  • Fictions of Art History

    by Paul Barolsky, Professor Thomas Crow, Gloria Kury, Ralph Lieberman, Maria H. Loh, Alexander Nemerov, Joanna Scott, Cole Swensen, Marianna Torgovnick, Caroline Vout, Marina Warner ...
    Fictions of Art History, the most recent addition to the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, addresses art history’s complex relationships with fiction, poetry, and creative writing. Inspired by a 2010 conference, the volume examines art historians’ viewing practices and modes of writing. How, the contributors ask, are we to unravel the supposed facts of history from the fictions constructed ... Read more

    R353,50

  • Hang-Ups

    Essays on Painting (Mostly)

    by Simon Schama CBE ...
    Pre-eminent author and art historian Simon Schama has written widely on art for many years to great acclaim. In Hang-Ups, a personal selection of his articles from, amongst others, The New Yorker, appears in Britain for the very first time. Brilliantly and lucidly written by one of the most singular voices in non-fiction, this volume of provocative and often idiosyncratic essays makes hugely ... Read more

    R368,10

  • How to Talk to Anyone: Learn The Secrets of Good Communication And The Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

    by Adam Brown ...
    Become a master at talking to anyone, it will be much easier for you to succeed in life. Aside from becoming more confident, you'll know how to make the right impression wherever you go.Have you ever found yourself in a crowded room with no one to talk to? Do you often keep to yourself at parties or events, because you lack the confidence to strike a conversation with someone? Are you constantly ... Read more

    R47,97

  • London Recordings

    by David Sylvester ...
    The eminent art critic David Sylvester always managed to catch the unexpected angle when he explored the lives, work and ideas of his contemporaries. This dazzling, surprising collection - planned and completed by David Sylvest himself shortly before his death in 2001 - includes key interviews recorded in London over the years.Some pieces focus on artists, conveying the urgent, changing movements ... Read more

    R245,05