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Gumboot has thousands of art, photography and architecture books to choose from. Categories include Art History and Design as well as Commercial and Industrial Design and Landscaping, with a thorough section on Dance from Ballet to Contemporary through to Ballroom. Other Performing Arts include Magic, Circus, Puppetry and Music Hall.
 | Tintin: Herge and His Creation(Paperback)The little black-and-white cartoon figure of Tintin first appeared in Belgium in 1929 in a Catholic newspaper where his creator, Herge, worked. Harry Thompson looks at the story of Herge, of Tintin and his origins, and beyond to when President de Gaulle could call Tintin 'his only rival'.
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 | 20th Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers(Hardback )Pattern design flourished throughout the 20th century. From Art Nouveau at the end of the 19th century to computer-generated digital images at the turn of the Millennium, each new generation had their own distinctive approach to pattern design.
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 | Expressions: The Portraits of Steve Baccon(Hardback )From Geoffrey Rush to Jennifer Hawkins; Kelly Slater to Julia Gillard; Nicole Kidman to Gough Whitlam; and Jack Thompson to Missy Higgins. Be they film stars, musicians, supermodels, sportspeople or politicians, this beautiful collection of portraits is testament to the unique connection that Steve Baccon, one of Australia's leading photographers, finds with his subjects. Original, revealing, often playful, Baccon's portraits....
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 | 100 Unforgettable Dresses(Hardback )It's amazing that one feathered dress helped shape the most memorable number of the screen's greatest dance team, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It's a rush to discover that a fabric developed for automobile upholstery became the source for Halston's most famous creation. And although many people may not remember what film she won her Best Actress Oscar for. ....
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 | Kardashian Konfidential(Paperback)Headliners of four hit reality television shows and staple cover girls of your favourite weekly celebrity magazines, Kourtney, Kim, & Khloé Kardashian live large and glamorous lives. But to see how they really live and relate as sisters, fans clamoured to read Kardashian Confidential making it an instant bestseller.
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 | Coco Chanel(Paperback)The Mail on Sunday calls it 'gripping', the Sunday Times declares it to be 'fascinating', the Telegraph 'elegant' and 'brilliant' while the Daily Mail hails it as a 'vividly told account, in the style of Chanel herself'. This is the definitive biography of a heroine who founded the most successful fashion label in history; a woman that transformed her life....
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 | Te Hao Nui: The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa Museum(Hardback )Museum collections are a treasure trove of objects, each with the capacity to tell a compelling story or stories. Many objects in Te Manawa's collection speak of a deep curiosity for the world 'out there and beyond', while others evoke an intense sense of belonging to the Manawatu.
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 | Pilgrimage(Hardback )Pilgrimage took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn't on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her. The first place was Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Leibovitz visited with a small digital camera. A few months later, she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls.....
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 | Art Galleries to Visit in New Zealand(Paperback)New Zealand has a wealth of creative talent on display through numerous art galleries in towns and cities up and down the country. Some owner/artist galleries specialise in the work of one artist, while others prefer to represent the work of several artists or specialise in various media, including painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics and glass. With listings for over....
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 | John Gould: Family of Toucans(Paperback / softback)Vivid and animated, in living color John Gould (1804-1881) was without question the most prolific ornithological artist of the 19th century, and the only one to rival John James Audubon in ambition and quality. Gould shared the romantic enthusiasm of his time for bird specimens as well as the popular impulse to catalogue. He combined his passion for natural history....
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 | The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden InheritanceThis is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller, with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated netsuke collection, and sumptuous full-colour images hand-picked by Edmund de Waal from his family archive 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great-uncle Iggie's....
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 | Age of Silver: Encounters with Great Photographers(Hardback )A collection of portraits of some of the most important photographers of the last half-century, including Annie Leibovitz, Ansel Adams, Man Ray, Richard Avedon, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many others. Leongard caught them at home and in the studio; in posed portraits and in candid shots of the artists at work and at rest. Complementing these revealing, expertly composed....
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 | The Art of the Hobbit(Hardback )When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote HOBBIT he had become an accomplished amateur artist, and he was keen to contribute visually to the work. The finished book contained eight black and white drawings, five colour plates, two maps and his own jacket design.
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 | Summer Houses(Paperback)This book showcases New Zealand houses at their best – in the heat of summer, when doors and windows dissolve to embrace the sun and outdoors, and a more casual style of living prevails. Step inside more than 20 of this country's most stunning houses, ranging from simple island baches to luxurious city homes and inland retreats, all of which....
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 | New Zealand New Millennium: a Decade in Pictures(Paperback)New Zealand New Millennium is a timely, comprehensive and ultimately moving portrait of our nation in images, 2000–2010: news, politics, natural disasters, sports, arts/culture, celebrity, lifestyle, as well as those that are simply quirky, poignant or striking. Over 300 photographs, each accompanied by extended captions, and an immediate, contemporary design results in an exhaustive picture of modern New Zealand, one....
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 | Grahame Sydney's Central Otago(Hardback )'The landscape surrounding me only pretends to be empty. It is in truth humming with life, with change, with subtle, seductive detail and countless delights.' Grahame Sydney. A classic for years to come, Grahame Sydney's Central Otago is a spectacular photographic celebration of the heart of the Otago province.
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 | Chanel: An Intimate Life(Hardback )By the end of the First World War, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel had revolutionised women's dress. But dress was the most visible aspect of more profound changes she helped to bring about. During the course of her extraordinary and unconventional journey - from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour - Chanel would help forge the very idea of modern....
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 | The Art of Footrot Flats(Hardback )The Art of Footrot Flats showcases the magnificent body of work of New Zealand's greatest cartoonist, Murray Ball, in a beautifully produced 320-page volume. This book, however, is not simply a cartoon book. It is, as the title suggests, an art book.
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 | The Wave: Tales from the Impact Zone(Paperback)THE WAVE is a collection of world-class surfing images from acclaimed surf photographer and writer David Sparkes. THE WAVE enables us to take an armchair ride with surfers like Stephanie Gilmore, Tom Curren, Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater; travel to the landscapes where the best waves are found; and witness the quirky sights and fascinating people who are all part....
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 | Vitamin Green(Hardback )Vitamin Green provides an up-to-the-minute look at the single most important topic in contemporary design: sustainability. This new attention to the life of the things we make is changing the way design is practiced on every level and will be at the center of discussions about architecture, landscape architecture, and product design in the twenty-first century.
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