Visual art is enlightening, challenging, informative and arresting; but it can also be therapeutic, reducing anxiety and stress levels, and offering perspective on the challenges that we all face i...
Escape and unwind with this breathtaking collection of contemporary homes - each designed with relaxation in mindPacked with the spirit of sanctuary, Living on Vacation is an inspiring ...
Asteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse - why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously should we take ...
Howl with laughter with the FIRST book in the hilarious full-colour illustrated series, Dog Man, from the creator of Captain Underpants! George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular Ca...
New York Times Bestseller“Illuminating and very entertaining…a compelling read about someone who is much more than just the guy who sings for Iron Maiden.” —Lou...
Often little known and generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system – large or small – and thi...
In Halldor Laxness' novel Under the Glacier, the protagonist travels from Reykjavik to the mythical volcano at the Snaefellsjoekull glacier, a place in whose shadow "words cease to have even t...
An invaluable and beautifully illustrated reference, Vintage Shoes chronicles the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that have created the shoes we have today.Accom...
Five hundred of the most iconic graphic designs of all time, from the beginnings of mechanical reproduction to the presentThe process of visual communication and problem-solving through...
This is going straight on the shelf by my cooker. Many people have tried to write a useful 'store cupboard' cookbook. Claire Thomson has succeeded.' - Diana Henry'A great cookery book. ...
This is the guide that every beginning or seasoned anime and manga artist needs to learn the details of creating dynamic characters. Covering every aspect of anime forms, Chris Hart delves deep int...
Suitable for designers unfamiliar with Arabic script. Using visual examples and case studies, this book takes the reader through the entire range of graphic design applications - newspaper and tele...
While patrolling his territory, Simon's Cat dips into the lives of the many dogs in his neighbourhood, including crazy poodles, a lovestruck bulldog and a pack of mischievous puppies. With characte...
You only get one life. Make it a memorable one.This is the second title in an exciting international bestselling series of books that will help you search out essential sights and exper...
"A fascinating study of the relationship between music and visual art in a variety of media from around the world!The Art of Music« is a handsomely illustrated and rich interdiscip...
The body remains a battleground. Politicized, conceptualized and increasingly shared, our often-paradoxical relationship with the human form is nothing new, but finds itself heightened in the digit...
Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated a...
Including more than 200 examples of both popular and lesser known works from private collections, this book captures all periods of Klee's oeuvre, representing each stylistic metamorphosis and pain...
Reports on Mathematical Physics publish papers in theoretical physics which present a rigorous mathematical approach to problems of quantum and classical mechanics and field theories, relativity an...
In his major new history, Paul Greenhalgh tells the story of ceramics as a story of human civilisation, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. As a core craft technology, pottery has underpinn...