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Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 17thCenturyHolland.WhenGrietbecomesamaidinthehouseholdofJohannesVermeerinthetownofDelft,shethinkssheknowsherrole:housework,laundryandthecareofhissixchildren.Butasshebecomespartofhisworldandhiswork,theirgrowingintimacyspreadstensionanddeceptionintheorderedhouseholdand,asthescandalseepsout,intothetownbeyond.TracyChevalier’sextraordinaryhistoricalnovelonthecorruptionofinnocenceandthepriceofgeniusisacontemporaryclassicperfectforfansofSarahDunantandPhilippaGregory.
Camera Lucida Roland Barthes Thispersonal,wide-ranging,andcontemplativevolume--andthelastbookBarthespublished--findstheauthorapplyinghisinfluentialperceptivenessandassociativeinsighttothesubjectofphotography.Tothisend,severalblack-and-whitephotos(bythelikesofAvedon,Clifford,Hine,Mapplethorpe,Nadar,VanDerZee,andsoforth)arereprintedthroughoutthetext.
Ways of Seeing John Berger JohnBerger'sWaysofSeeingisoneofthemoststimulatingandinfluentialbooksonartinanylanguage.Firstpublishedin1972,itwasbasedontheBBCtelevisionseriesaboutwhichtheSundayTimescriticcommented:'Thisisaneye-openerinmorewaysthanone:byconcentratingonhowwelookatpaintings...hewillalmostcertainlychangethewayyoulookatpictures.'
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What I See Brooklyn Beckham WHATISEE,thefirstbookbyBrooklynBeckham,isaseriesofsnapshotsofhislife.EachchaptertellsadifferentstorythroughpicturesbyandofBrooklyn,accompaniedbycaptionsandpassagesoftextinhisownwords.Unique,authenticandstylish,WHATISEEisaglimpsebehindthelens.
The Isobel Journal Isobel Harrop Thisfull-colourthroughoutscrapbookisatruesnapshotofcontemporaryteenagelifeTHEISOBELJOURNALisnoordinarysnapshotofacontemporaryteenagelife.Acharmingandvividnarrativescrapbookoftheeighteen-year-oldauthor'ssketches,mini-graphicnovels,photographsandcaptions,itcapturesherwit,herobservationsandhercreativetalentasshetakesusthroughthethreecentralthemesinherlife:'Love','Friends,ArtandOtters'and'Me'.adulthood.
Bad Girls of Fashion Jennifer Croll and Ada Buchholc Thetitlesaysitall:BadGirlsofFashionexploresthelivesoftenfamouswomenwhohaveusedclothingtomakeastatement,changeperceptions,breakrules,attractpower,orexpresstheirindividuality.IncludedareCleopatra,MarieAntoinette,CocoChanel,Rihanna,andVivienneWestwood.Photosilluminatethetext,whileedgy,vividlycoloredillustrationsdepictthesubjectswithinterpretiveflair.Readerswilllearnnotonlyaboutchangingfashionstylesthroughhistory,butaboutchanginghistoricalattitudestowardwomen,andthelinksbetweenfashionandart,film,music,politics,andfeminism.