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Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
$50.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Series: Eyewitness Companions
Showing you what others only tell you, from airports to Ziggurats, this title explores the world's greatest buildings with fascinating illustrations that take you right to the heart of the world's landmark buildings. Featuring all major historical styles, and covering all parts of the world, it enables ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft is told here anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 to the last commercial flight in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
"In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, ...Show more
Harrier: The Biography by Jonathan Glancey
$50.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of conf ...Show more
Lost Buildings by GLANCEY Jonathan
$30.00 NZD
Category: architecture
Have you ever imagined wandering through the great glass galleries of the Crystal Palace or wondered why the Euston Arch demolished in 1961 is still missed? Lost Buildings a major new book by leading architectural history wirter Jonathan Glancey is a fascinating study of 100 buldings - some of which hav ...Show more
Modern World Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
$80.00 NZD
Category: architecture
This is a brand new edition of the visually stunning and lavishly produced guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world. Divided into eight clear sections, each movement in architecture from 1900 to the present day is represented: Arts and Crafts, Classicism, Organ ...Show more
Modern World Architecture: The Structures That Shaped the Modern World by Jonathan Glancey
$30.00 NZD
Category: architecture
A brand new edition of this visually stunning and lavishly produced guide to th e great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world. Divided into eight clear sections, each movement in architecture from 1900 to the pr esent day is represented.
Spitfire - The Biography by Jonathan Glancey
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
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
$55.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
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
Spitfire : The biography by Jonathan Glancey
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
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
What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think About Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
$30.00 NZD
Category: architecture | Reading Level: good
Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Familia a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examin ...Show more
Wings over Water - The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
$45.00 NZD
Category: Military 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.
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