The definitive global visual history of architectureFrom ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture around...
From austere post-war Britain to poppy pre-millennium Japan, Audio Erotica presents a nostalgic nirvana of the strangest and most significant period hi-fi brochures. Alphabetically listed, from Aiw...
Concrete architecture from the Alps to the Mediterranean SeaArchitectural photographers Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego (authors of Soviet Asia) have spent the past five years travelli...
This photography-led book reveals the story of Chernobyl today, with unprecedented access to the Zone, it takes the reader into previously undocumented areas.Since the first atomic bomb was d...
An illustrated guide to gemstones and crystals, the myths and stories behind them, and the world's most celebrated jewelleryDiscover the history of precious, semi-precious, and organic ...
About Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Visual DictionaryA visually stunning exploration of a legendary fantasy worldThe Forgotten Realms offer D&D players an ...
Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 undoubtedly ranks among the greatest artists of the Renaissance. His works, such as the Hare and the Self-portrait in Fur-trimmed Coat, are icons of art history and of ines...
The ultimate visual guide for all things gin, from botanicals and styles to producers, distillation processes, and tastingsBecome a gin expert and discover your own gin tasting experien...
Explore the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there.From the depths of the ocean to soaring mountain peaks - via coral reefs, deserts, rainforests, and even ...
Korea is a global phenomenon. K-pop tops the charts, kimchi spices up meals and K-drama dominates TV screens. Now, it's time to discover more of the country and culture that's captivated the world....
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) is een van de beroemdste prentkunstenaars uit het negentiende-eeuwse Japan. Dit nieuwe boek, Hiroshige – Nature and the City, is het meest uitgebreide over...
Between the twilight years of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867) and the end of the Meiji Era (1868–1912) that followed it, photography offered a unique insight into the rapid transform...
Leonardo in Detail is also available in a compact portable edition!Leonardo da Vinci is the archetypal universal man, a multi-talented genius who left an indelible mark on all the realm...
The most comprehensive photographic document of the London council estate, with fascinating images from every London borough and the City, featuring some 300 estates built between 1947 and 1981.Why...
Magritte in 400 images offers a selection of the most iconic paintings by René Magritte, along with a multitude of lesser-known jewels from his expansive oeuvre. The novel choice of works wi...
Discover the history behind photography and learn the skills to get the best from your photographs.A comprehensive all-in-one guide, Photography introduces you to the art, history, and ...
Since when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice?For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. F...
Stunning photographs of Soviet Metro Stations from across the former states of the USSR and Russia itself, many of which have never previously been documentedFor us, said Nikita Khrushc...
Spomenik – the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for monument – refers to the pioneering abstract memorials built in Josip Tito’s Yugoslavia between the 1960s and the 1990s, ...
Women and men – strong, proud, tragic or beautiful – from the heyday (1765–1865) of Japanese printmaking are this book’s subject. It seeks to dig below the surface of the pr...