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Modern Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Architecture
This visually stunning and lavishly produced guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world is divided into nine clear sections, and each movement in architecture from 1900 to the present day is represented: Arts and Crafts, Classicism, Organic, Modernism, Postmodern ...Show more
Modern Architecture: The Structures that Shaped the Modern World by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Architecture
The pocket-sized visual guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world by an architecture expert.
Modern World Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Home Interiors
This visually stunning and lavishly produced guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world is divided into nine clear sections, and each movement in architecture from 1900 to the present day is represented: Arts and Crafts, Classicism, Organic, Modernism, Postmodern ...Show more
Spitfire - The Biography by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Military
The bestselling biography of the Spitfire updated with a new chapter for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
Spitfire : The biography by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Military
It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfir ...Show more
Spring Light - The Anglepoise Story by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Art
This accessible and comprehensive book shines a light on the design history of the famous Anglepoise lamp. Starting with the beginnings of the company with George Carwardine, the designer behind the lamp, the book takes you through an illuminating journey of the development and influence of this Briti ...Show more
The Car: A History of the Automobile by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Transport
Once viewed as a plaything of the wealthy and eccentric, cars are now an integral part of modern life. The Car provides a snapshot history of the automobile, not just the makes and models, but its role in many spheres of life: politics, family life, war, advertising, architecture, film and art to name b ...Show more
The Journey Matters - Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Travel
What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central's 20th Century Limited or to ...Show more
The Journey Matters: Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Transport
A celebration of the best journeys that ordinary passengers could take by rail, road, sea and air throughout the twentieth century, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography.
Wings Over Water: The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
Category: Military
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess. Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that cap ...Show more
Wings over Water - The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
Category: History
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess.