{"title":"Graphic Guides","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig ideas, made readable. The \u003cem\u003eIntroducing…\u003c\/em\u003e Graphic Guides pair clear, expert writing with bold illustration to open up the thinkers and movements that shaped modern art, culture and thought. Each book takes a demanding subject and lays it out page by page, with words and pictures working together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey're ideal for students, curious readers and anyone who has nodded along to \"the death of the author\" without quite knowing where it came from. 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