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Booklist Spring 2019 Spring 2019 Booklist The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street Leeds LS1 6AL [email protected] 0113 2453071 Welcome to our Spring Booklist. Please use the index below to find those subject areas you are interested in and use the checklist on page 42 to indicate which books you would like to reserve. You can email this back to [email protected] or drop it in at the counter. Alternatively, you can reserve the books yourself by logging in to your account via our website. You will need your library number and PIN to log in. Please contact the library if you have forgotten your PIN or would like one setting up, or if you would like further assistance in using our online catalogue. A hard copy of the booklist will be available in the library coffee corner for members to browse. INDEX TO SPRING BOOKLIST NON-FICTION AERONAUTICS PAGE 3 ANIMALS PAGE 3 ARCHITECTURE PAGE 3 ART PAGE 3 ART, GENERAL PAGE 4 ASTRONOMY PAGE 4 BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE 5 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES PAGE 5 COMMERCE PAGE 5 COMMUNICATION PAGE 5 COOKERY PAGE 5 CRIMINAL LAW PAGE 5 CRIMINOLOGY PAGE 6 CULTURE PAGE 6 CUSTOMS, ETIQUETTE, FOLKLORE PAGE 6 DIET, COOKERY, FOOD, DRINK & C. PAGE 7 DORLING KINDERSLEY TRAVEL GUIDES PAGE 7 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, CURRENT AFFAIRS, BUSINESS PAGE 7 EDUCATION PAGE 8 EVOLUTION PAGE 8 EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES PAGE 9 FOLKLORE PAGE 9 GARDENS & GARDENING PAGE 9 GENEALOGY, HERALDRY, FAMILY HISTORY PAGE 9 HISTORIANS PAGE 10 HISTORY, ANCIENT BRITAIN PAGE 10 HISTORY, CHILE PAGE 10 HISTORY, CHINA PAGE 10 HISTORY, EUROPE PAGE 10 HISTORY FRANCE PAGE 10 HISTORY, GERMANY PAGE 11 HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN PAGE 11 HISTORY, INDIA PAGE 14 HISTORY, IRAQ PAGE 14 HISTORY, LOCAL PAGE 15 HISTORY, PALESTINE PAGE 15 HISTORY, RUSSIA PAGE 15 HISTORY, RWANDA PAGE 15 HISTORY, SCOTLAND PAGE 15 HISTORY, SOUTH EAST ASIA PAGE 15 Spring 2019 Booklist / Page1 HISTORY, SUDAN PAGE 16 HISTORY, SOUTH AMERICA PAGE 16 HISTORY, SYRIA PAGE 16 HISTORY, USA PAGE 16 HISTORY, WEST AFRICA PAGE 17 HISTORY, WORLD PAGE 17 HISTORY, WORLD WAR I PAGE 18 HISTORY, WORLD WAR II PAGE 18 HOME AND FAMILY MANAGEMENT PAGE 19 JOURNALISM PAGE 19 LANGUAGE PAGE 19 LAW, CRIME & ESPIONAGE PAGE 19 LEEDS PAGE 19 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES PAGE 20 LIBRARY OF AMERICA PAGE 20 LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM PAGE 21 MEDICINE PAGE 24 MILITARY ENGINEERING PAGE 25 MILITARY HISTORY PAGE 25 MILITARY SCIENCE PAGE 25 MUSIC PAGE 26 NATURAL HISTORY PAGE 26 NATURAL SCIENCES PAGE 26 NAUTICAL HISTORY PAGE 26 PALEONTOLOGY PAGE 27 PERFORMING ARTS PAGE 27 PHILOSOPHY PAGE 27 PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE 28 PHYSICS PAGE 28 PLANTS PAGE 28 POETRY PAGE 28 POLITICAL SCIENCE PAGE 29 POLITICS PAGE 30 PSYCHOLOGY PAGE 30 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PAGE 31 REFERENCE PAGE 31 SOCIAL PROBLEMS PAGE 31 SOCIAL SCIENCES PAGES 32 SPORT AND GAMES PAGE 33 THEOLOGY PAGE 34 TOPOGRAPHY AND LOCAL HISTORY PAGE 35 TRAVEL AND GEOGRAPHY PAGES 36 FICTION CRIME PAGE 37 GENERAL PAGE 38 HISTORICAL PAGE 39 SCI-FI / FANTASY PAGE 40 THRILLERS PAGE 41 CHECKLIST CHECKLIST PAGE 42 The Spring Booklist was compiled by Helen Holdsworth, Nichola Holmes and Aidan Thackray and edited and produced by Jane Riley and Anna Goodridge Spring 2019 Booklist / Page2 BOOKLIST 190 NON-FICTION AERONAUTICS 1 MEAD (Corey) The lost pilots : the spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation’s golden couple [xii, 273 p.] N039840 D/629.13 (MEA) Full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal and tragedy, this book brings to life the extraordinary story of Bill Lancaster and Jessie Miller who in 1927 flew from London to Melbourne. ANIMALS 2 ACKERMAN (JENNIFER) The genius of birds [[10], 405 p.] N042926 D/598 (ACK) Informative and beautifully written, this book richly celebrates these surprising and intelligent creatures. 3 WRIGHT (Peter) The Yorkshire vet : in the footsteps of Herriot [xxvi, 226 p.] N042505 D/636.089 (WRI) The real story of the much-loved Yorkshire vet, Peter Wright. ARCHITECTURE 4 KERRIGAN (Michael) Lost interiors : beauty in desolation [192 p.] N042949 DQ/720 (KER) This incredible new book explores the half-life of abandoned buildings and the sad beauty of desolation. 5 LISTRI (Massimo) The world’s most beautiful libraries [560 p.] N042208 REFERENCE ONLY DF/727 (LIS) In this new photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical and imaginative wonder. 6 McCLOUD (Kevin) Kevin McCloud’s principles of home : making a place to live [256 p.] N042498 D/728 (MCC) In this inspirational yet also practical paperback Kevin explores all areas of domestic living, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort. An inspiring but always usable book from the foremost voice in modern architectural design. 7 WAINWRIGHT (Oliver) Inside North Korea [242 p.] N042115 DQ/720 (WAI) In a new book, British design and architecture critic Oliver Wainwright goes inside the world’s most notoriously closed-off country to reveal Pyongyang’s “fairyland” design ambitions. ART 8 GAIMAN (Neil) Art matters [unpaged] N040693 D/701 (GAI) Drawn together from speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters explores how reading, imagining and creating can change the world, and will be an inspirational to young and old. 9 HOCKNEY (David) and GAYFORD (Martin) A history of pictures for children [128 p.] DQ/709 (HOC) N040334 JUVENILE Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children’s edition is told through conversations between the artist David Hockney and the author Martin Gayford, who talk about art with inspiring simplicity and clarity. Rose Blake’s illustrations illuminate the narratives of both authors to bring the history of art alive for a young audience. A journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. 10 TRIGG (David) Reading art : art for book lovers [352 p.] N040408 D/704.9 (TRI) A celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history and featuring over 250 artists. Spring 2019 Booklist / Page3 11 WARRELL (Ian) Turner’s sketchbooks [240 p.] N039836 DQ/759.2 (TUR) Turner's sketchbooks offer perhaps the most appealing introduction to the artist. They give us a privileged look over Turner's shoulder, allowing us to witness the creation and development of ideas that can be traced through to his major paintings. In the absence of detailed written accounts of his extensive travels, the notebooks are also a record of his impressions of the many places he visited across Britain and Europe. ART, GENERAL 12 ANDO (Hiroshige) and IKEDA (Eisen) Hiroshige and Eisen: the sixty-nine stations along the Kisokaido [233 p.] N043262 REFERENCE ONLY DQ/769.92 (HIR) A historic trail through the heart of Japan, by two legendary woodblock artists. This book is string-bound in Japanese style with accordion-folded uncut pages. Because of the delicate nature of this binding, the book will be kept in the Librarian’s Office. 13 ASHCROFT (Jeffrey) Albrecht Dürer : documentary biography (2 volumes) Volume I N042905, Volume II N042904 D/759.3 (DUR) Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was hailed in his lifetime as a founder of the Northern Renaissance, and his work revolutionized the art of printmaking. This unique combination of documentary evidence, current research, and exhaustive bibliography will doubtless become a definitive source for students and scholars of Durer and his work, as well as for historians of early modern culture, language, and literature. 14 CRIPPA (Elena) All too human : Bacon, Freud and a century of painting life [224 p.] N042958 DQ/759.2 (CRI) Illustrated with over 120 intimate, poignant, and honest images of friends, lovers, and relatives, landscapes and cityscapes, and representing personal experiences and relationships, this book reveals complex and compelling stories, and captures the essence of what makes us human. 15 PACKER (Lelia) and SLIWKA (Jennifer) Monochrome: painting in black and white [240 p.] N043205 DQ/752 (PAC) Painting without colour has long held a fascination for artists and the authors of this striking and original book explore how and why artists throughout the centuries have chosen to paint in black and white and shades of grey. 16 PHILLIPS (Tom) Tom Phillips : works and texts [296 p.] N042512 DQ/700.92 (PHI) Tom Phillips is a multi-talented artist whose central passion is language and whose genius lies in his ability to generate images that, while concerned with the structure of ideas, also convey a rich coherence of decoration, eloquence and sensuality. 17 WARD (Steve) Nineteenth century circus poster art [[6], 131 p.] N042842 DQ/741.6 (WAR) The nineteenth century was a boom time for the circus. It was a popular form of entertainment, catering for all sections of society, young and old, male and female, rich and poor. Circus posters appeared on almost every available space and it was very important for the circus proprietor to have eye-catching designs to grab the public's attention. This book by a Leeds Library member takes a broad look at some of the designs used on circus posters relating to the Wood Street circus in Wakefield during the nineteenth century. 18 WILLIAMS (Haydn) Turquerie: an eighteenth-century European fantasy [240 p.] N043238 DQ/709.56 (WIL) The first book to look at the artistic phenomenon known as Turquerie. At the end of the 17th century, the long-standing fear of the Turk in Europe was gradually replaced by fascination. Travellers’ accounts of the Ottoman lands and the magnificent spectacle of Ottoman ambassadors and their retinues were among the catalysts that inspired the creation of a European fantasy of this world. Haydn Williams shows how Turquerie manifested itself in the arts across Europe.
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