Books from Phaidon Press
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Living in the Mountains: Contemporary Houses in the Mountains
By Phaidon EditorsThis breathtaking series explores how the design of contemporary living spaces connects their inhabitants to the natural environments of forests, deserts, water, and now, mountains.
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Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting
By Phaidon EditorsThe indispensable guide to the most exciting painters of recent years, chosen by leading arts professionals - now in paperback Despite its long history, painting continues to evolve and excite, with new generations taking it in unexpected ...
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Suffragettes to She Devils
By Liz McQuistonThe fight for women's rights has been one of the great struggles of the last century, and its graphic expression has been central to this battle. Suffragettes to She-Devils captures...
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The Finger Circus Game
By Hervé TulletThe finger worms perform a variety of circus acts, in a book where young readers use their fingers to bring the characters to life.
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Hitchcock At Work
By Bill KrohnA comprehensive examination of the career of Alfred Hitchcock.
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The Photography Book
By Editors of Phaidon PressThis is an unsurpassed collection of 500 superb images that represent the world's best photographers from the mid-19th century to today, arranged alphabetically by photographer, from pioneers such as Gustave Le Gray and Daguerre to icons ...
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David Smith: Phaidon Focus
By Joan Pachner" Pachner also sheds valuable light on Smith's prolific output of drawing, sketching, writing and photography.
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Houses: Extraordinary Living
By Phaidon EditorsHouses: Extraordinary Living celebrates the incredible diversity and beauty of the house as never before, from Modernist icons to feats of technological, material, and spatial innovation in the 21st century.
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Florence: The City and Its Architecture
By Richard GoyThis book offers a comprehensive account of the architecture of Florence, setting the city's extraordinarily beautiful buildings within the political, economic and cultural contexts in which they were designed and...
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Evolution: A Visual Record
By Robert ClarkEvolution: A Visual Record transports readers from the near-mystical(human ancestors) to the historic (the famous 'finches' Darwin collected on the Galapagos Islands that spurred his theory); the recently understood (the link between ...
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Recipes from the Woods: The Book of Game and Forage
By Jean-François Mallet100 delicious recipes featuring game and foraged ingredients showcase the pleasure of cooking from the woods Respected French chef and writer Jean-François Mallet has assembled 100 delicious recipes featuring game and foraged ingredients, ...
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Paradise Lost, Persia from Above
By Georg GersterIn 1976 and 1978, aerial photographer Georg Gerster had the rare opportunity to record the landscape of Iran on over 100 flights and 300 flying hours. This unique photographic project...
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America: The Cookbook
By Gabrielle LangholtzFeatures 50 essays and menus from a 'who's who' of 100 foremost food experts and chefs. America: The Cookbook is the first book to document comprehensively – and celebrate – the remarkable diversity of American cuisine and food culture.
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Romanticism A&i
By David Blayney BrownRomanticism was 'a way of feeling' rather than a style in art. In the period c.1775-1830, against the background of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, European artists, together with...
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Minimalism
By James MeyerInterestingly, although this was overwhelmingly a male club, curators also initially embraced the work of several women artists (including Agnes Martin and Anne Truitt) who retained such minimalist no-noes as irregular, handmade marks, ...
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Toast: The Cookbook
By Raquel PelzelWith something for every palate and occasion, this is the ideal book for new and seasoned cooks alike as well as everyone from college students and recent graduates to newlyweds and empty nesters.
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Impressionist Gardens
By Judith BumpusAn exploration of the Impressionists' shared passion for painting gardens.
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Plant: Exploring the Botanical World
By Phaidon EditorsCarefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by ...
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WA: The Essence of Japanese Design
By Stefania Piotti, Rossella MennegazzoExplore the enduring beauty of Japanese design through some 250 objects, ranging from bento boxes, calligraphy brushes, and Shoji sliding doors to Noguchi’s Akari lamp, the iconic Kikkoman soy sauce bootle, and a modern‐day kimono ...
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Winslow Homer: An American Vision
By Randall C GriffinThe peerless and comprehensive survey of this important American artist, now available in paperback for the first time This thoroughly researched, immensely readable study on Winslow Homer, one of America's most significant and prolific ...