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Homesteads: The Story of New Zealand's Grand Country Houses by Debra Millar
$75.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interior Design
A stunning tribute to the grand homes built by New Zealand's pioneering pastoralists, Homesteads shares a remarkable legacy of this country's rural heritage. These houses are among some of the country's most iconic, many of them surrounded by equally notable gardens, and all still lived in today. Jane U ...Show more
Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists by Leonard Bell
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art and Artists
For fifty years, Marti Friedlander (1928-2016) was one of New Zealand's most important photographers, her work singled out for praise and recognition here and around the world. Friedlander's powerful pictures chronicled the country's social and cultural life from the 1960s into the twenty-first century. ...Show more
Shining Land - Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris; Haru Sameshima
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies
A UNIQUE STORY BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS. Shining Land brings together award-winning novelist Paula Morris and distinguished photographer Haru Sameshima. It is the second in the kōrero series of picture books edited by Lloyd Jones, written and made for grown-ups, and designed to showcase leading New Zealand w ...Show more
Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies
An inspirational graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is teased for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her ‘mophead’. She ties her hair up this way and that way and tries to fit in. Unti ...Show more
McCahon Country by Justin Paton
$75.00 NZD
Category: NZ Art and Artists
'My painting tells you where I am at any given time, where I am living and the direction I am pointing in.' - Colin McCahon. McCahon (1919-1987) is widely recognised as an outstanding figure in twentieth century art whose ground-breaking work over four decades changed the way we see this country, while ...Show more
Cabin Porn by Zach Klein; Steven Leckart
$30.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interior Design
Addictive ... a charter for wistfulness' Observer'An enchanting rabbit hole of handmade houses' The New York Times'The Bible of pared back, natural living' Der Spiegel'Take a deep breath and let the inspiration sink in' GQCabin Porn began as an on-line project created by a group of friends to inspire th ...Show more
Nevertheless, She Wore It - 50 Iconic Fashion Moments by Ann Shen
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Nevertheless Ser.
From the creator of the bestselling Bad Girls Throughout History! Celebrated illustrator and author Ann Shen shares her striking study of history's most iconic styles, and the women who changed the world while wearing them. From the revolutionary bikini to the presidential pantsuit, this book explores ...Show more
Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the mouths and minds of female artists by Abigail Crompton
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
If anyone can teach us how to pursue the life and work of an artist, it is the artists in Truth Bomb. This compilation of pioneering and established women artists from around the world will motivate and empower you, challenge you to find solace in the shared human experiences of birth, death, love, ange ...Show more
Dont Applaud. Either Laugh or Don't by HANKINSON ANDREW
$38.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
Robin Williams. Jerry Seinfeld. Chris Rock. Amy Schumer. They all shared this stage. This is the story of a place called the Comedy Cellar, a tiny basement club in New York City which helped launch the careers of some of the biggest comedians of our time. It also ended up on the frontline of the global ...Show more
100 Years of Fashion by Cally Blackman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Pocket Editions Ser.
This book documents the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 on, when women's lives and manner of dress changed dramatically. From home dressmaking to couture, from rationing to "The New Look," from the birth of the teenager to mass manufacture, this selection of over 400 photographs a ...Show more
Frida Kahlo by Hettie Judah
$30.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
Fridamania has made Frida Kahlo's image ubiquitous: she has been reborn as a Halloween costume, Barbie doll, children's book character, textile print, phone cover, and the inspiration for everything from cocktails to fashion shoots. But it is more difficult to get a clear vision of this bold and brillia ...Show more
Illustrated World of Couture (HB) by Megan Hess
$65.00 NZD
Category: Fashion
A stunning exploration of fashion's premier art form with internationally renowned illustrator Megan Hess. Hundreds of hours, many expert hands and unimaginable metres of fabric: couture is truly wearable art, where creativity and craftsmanship collide. Megan Hess has spent her career documenting fashi ...Show more
