The Arts Books
TITAN ArtAssassins Creed Black Flag Remaster
Book SynopsisArt/Assassins Creed Black Flag Remaster.
£31.99
Persephone Books Ltd They Were Sisters
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£13.00
Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH Culture Codes Democracy A Critical Reader on Art Technology and Digital Sovereignty in Europe
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£27.20
Hirmer Chris Dorland
Book SynopsisRobert Hobbs is a prominent art historian and curator who has authored major texts on Kara Walker, Sterling Ruby, Edward Hopper, and Robert Smithson. His writing explores how artists engage issues of identity, politics, and entropy through form, media, and historical critique.
£28.00
Dokument Forlag Brain Food: A Daily Dose of Creativity
Book Synopsis365 creative challenges!
£12.34
Phaidon Press Ltd Icons
£55.96
Thames and Hudson Ltd The Glasshouse
Book SynopsisHélène Druvert is an illustrator, paper and textile designer. She is the author of Paris Up, Up and Away, Mary Poppins Up, Up and Away, New York Melody, and, with her father, Jean-Claude, Anatomy and Ocean, all published by Thames & Hudson.
£15.19
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Mystic Spiral
Book SynopsisThe spiral is the natural form of growth, and has become, in every culture and in every age, man's symbol of the progress of the soul towards eternal life. As the inward-winding labyrinth, it constitutes the hero's journey to the still centre where the secret of life is found. As the spherical vortex, spiralling through its own centre, it combines the inward and outward directions of movement. In this original and engrossing book, Jill Purce traces the significance of one man's central symbols from the double spirals of Stone Age art and the interlocking spirals of the Chinese Yin Yang symbol to the whorls of Celtic crosses, Maori tattoos and the Islamic arabesque. Many of the superb images here were intended as objects of contemplation; for the spiral is a cosmic symbol.
£10.40
Primedia eLaunch LLC Peter Hujar's Day
Book Synopsis"This slim volume is Peter’s sexiest self-portrait. Read it and weep if you didn’t know him. Or read it and weep if you did that we lost him." –Nan Goldin On December 18, 1974, the author Linda Rosenkrantz asked her friend Peter Hujar to write down everything he did on that day. Hujar met Rosenkrantz at her apartment on 94th Street the following day, where she asked him about it in detail and tape-recorded their conversation. Peter Hujar’s Day is a full transcript of that exchange, published here for the first time since it was recorded 47 years ago. The book features an introduction by Stephen Koch, director of the Peter Hujar Estate. Linda Rosenkrantz (born 1934) is a Los Angeles–based, Bronx-born writer and the author of the "repellently raunchy" novel Talk (1969, republished as a New York Review Books Classic in 2015), Telegram! (2003), a history of telegraphic communication, and her memoir, My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood (1999). She is the coauthor of Gone Hollywood: The Movie Colony in the Golden Age (1979). She is also the founding editor of Auction magazine, the coauthor of 10 bestselling books on baby names, and the cocreator of the popular baby-naming site nameberry.com.
£13.30
Smith Street Books Dumplings
Book SynopsisThe best dumpling recipes from in and around Asia. Featuring 80 delicious recipes, including basic recipes for dumpling wrappers, sauces and chilli oils, this book is (almost) as good as a trip across Asia! With chapters on steamed, boiled, fried and sweet dumplings, there is a recipe for every mood and craving! From the staples you've loved for years to contemporary creations you will cook again and again, Dumplings includes recipes for: Har gao Lamb momo Xiao long bao Pork gyoza Kimchi and pork mandu Peanut tang yuanWith basic recipes for five different types of homemade dumpling wrappers and easy-to-follow instructions for how to fold and seal your finished dumplings, as well as plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free recipes, this is the dream book for any dumpling lover.
£13.50
Smith Street Books This Book is Literally Just Cute Dogs That Will Bring You Joy
Book SynopsisFeel all the feels with this collection of the planet's cutest dogs. Just like Einstein's theory of general relativity, it is a well-known fact of the universe that there is nothing cuter than a dog. Wet noses, waggy tails, floppy ears, and puppy eyes are best in show in this latest edition of This Books is Literally Just the perfect anecdote for anyone who's having a woof-ful day. Remember, the only paw-purse you need in life is to love a dog and have that love returned. And if you can't have a dog, This Books is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Dogs That Will Bring You Joy will do just that.
£13.50
König, Walther Gustave Courbet. engl. Ausgabe
£40.00
Silvana Mario Giacomelli Written Landscapes
Book SynopsisGiacomelli''s landscape is both real and invented, just as his eye is both visionary and visual. It is a pretext to represent another situation. His landscapes are ''written landscapes'' in which the horizon is almost completely eliminated: a fusion of time and non-time. In his landscapes, the relationship between countryside and memory, between Giacomelli and a denied and accepted mother earth, is more dramatic, resulting in a dry and great representation. He captured the marks, material and furrows of the earth and in them he found parallels with human bodies, since the earth, in his poetics, is the flesh of man. Text in English and Italian.
£15.75
Otago University Press Ko Aotearoa Tatou I We Are New Zealand
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£18.90
Arok Books BINGO
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£28.00
Vendome Press Inspired Design
Book SynopsisJennifer Boles is Senior Editor, Southeast + Features, at Luxe magazine. She authored one of the earliest design blogs, The Peak of Chic, starting in 2008, and has been profiled in the New York Times, Elle Decor, and Town & Country, among other publications. Boles has contributed to House Beautiful, Veranda, Luxe, Cottages & Gardens, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, Southern Home, and Flower, and frequently lectures on interior design. The author of four books, Boles lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
£56.25
Vendome Press Rajasthan Style
Book SynopsisFormer travel editor at Town & Country, in 2007 Melissa Biggs Bradley founded the luxury trip-planning company and travel media platform Indagare, which curates transformative travel experiences around the world. She has explored more than 115 countries and often leads Indagare Insider Journeys, curated small-group itineraries centered on diverse passion points—from art, design, history, and culture to food, wine, and outdoor adventures. Bradley is the author of Vendome's Safari Style and hosts a travel podcast, Passport to Everywhere. Guido Taroni is a leading photographer specializing in fashion and interiors. Inspired by his uncle, renowned fashion photographer Giovanni Gastel, Taroni has forged a characteristic style that has seen his work regularly exhibited as well as featured in iconic design publications such as T Magazine, Cabana, The World of Interiors, and Architectural Digest. He is the great-nephew of Luchino Visconti, director of the classic 1963 film The Leopard, set in Sicily. His many books for Vendome include Inside Sicily, Inside Tangier, Inside Milan, Inside Yucatán, and Safari Style, among others. He lives in Milan.
£56.25
Insight Editions Steven Universe Deluxe Hardcover Blank
Book SynopsisCelebrate your love of Steven Universe with this deluxe sketchbook featuring exclusive content from show creator Rebecca Sugar!Let the colorful characters of Steven Universe inspire your creativity with this gorgeous sketchbook. Featuring an exclusive foreword from show creator Rebecca Sugar along with whimsical drawings from her and the show's other artists, this sketchbook invites Steven Universe fans to bring out their inner artist within its blank pages.
£18.73
SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd BranD No.34: KAWAII PARTY
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£17.62
Thames & Hudson Ltd Seeing Ourselves Womens SelfPortraits
Book SynopsisSplendid a tour de force Its lucid prose, evocative illustrations and handsome production make it a joy to read and savour' Times Higher EducationTrade Review'A landmark study' - Daily Telegraph'A cornucopia of the weird, the chilling and the sublime … lucid and unexpectedly compelling … fantastic' - Observer'Beautifully presented … invites us to consider women’s self-portraiture as a genre in its own right … invaluable' - Times Literary Supplement'Books of this high calibre are few and far between in feminist art history … Written in elegant prose that will draw in even casual readers, it bears a wealth of new material' - Library Journal'Wonderful' - The Times'Borzello, always interesting and pertinent, is a wake-up call which makes the reader aware of how much they may have been missing' - Mature Times'So good, so lavishly illustrated, and so mind-bendingly expansive that I own two copies of it. The first of these is battered, spine-cracked. The other, pristine, I reserve for swooning over' - ObserverTable of Contents1. In the Beginning: The Sixteenth Century • 2. The New Self-Confidence: The Seventeenth Century • 3. Professionals and Amateurs: The Eighteenth Century • 4. The Opening Door: The Nineteenth Century • 5. Breaking Taboos: The Twentieth Century • 6. Feminism and After: Towards the Contemporary
£17.00
John Murray Press Civilisation
Book SynopsisThe classic international bestseller -- a marvellously exciting and stimulating look at the emergence and development of Western civilisationTrade ReviewKenneth Clark has used his masterly knowledge and understanding of the arts of Western Civilisation to describe and appraise its creative achievements. * Times Literary Supplement *'He convincingly makes the case for the development of European art and architecture since the end of the Roman Empire as the foundations on which modern Western society rests' * Lloyd's List *Combines great learning with a shrewd mind, a wonderful eye and an admirable generosity of taste ... again and again he compels us to look at some more or less familiar work of art and see it afresh. * Observer *He is without equal * The Listener *One of the too few living authors who tempt me to use superlatives, and also the best for making his profound feeling for the arts contagious. The book glows with excitement for us general readers. * Sunday Times *'The most famous art historian of his generation' * The Herald magazine *'Civilisation is an improving text, even after 35 years' * Paul Lay, BBC History *
£10.44
Profile Jewish Country Houses
Book Synopsis'A magnificent work of scholarship' - Edmund de Waal'I learned something new on every beautifully illustrated page' - Neil MacGregor'A fascinating book about a long-forgotten world' - Hadley FreemanThrough a series of striking case studies this revelatory book explores the world of Jewish country houses, their architecture and collections - and the lives of the extraordinary men and women who created, transformed and shaped them. Country houses are powerful symbols of national identity, evoking the glamorous world of the landowning aristocracy. Jewish country houses - properties that were owned, built, or renewed by Jews - tell a more complex story of prejudice and integration, difference and connection. Many had spectacular art collections and gardens. Some were stages for lavish entertaining, while others inspired the European avant-garde. A few are now museums of international importance, many more are hidden treasures, and all were beloved homes that bear witness to the remarkable
£36.00
21 Publishing Ltd Robert Motherwell: The Making of an American
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£18.00
Unicorn Publishing Group To Everything There is a Season
Book SynopsisEmma Haworth is a painter of the urban scene. Her art is built upon meticulous observation of the ebb and flow of modern metropolitan life in the streets, the parks, the squares of London, New York, Paris and other great cities: it is a constantly shifting drama of moving people and changing light, played out in a great arena that is both architectural and natural. In To Everything There is a Season, Emma shows us an overview of her oeuvre and working practices.
£32.00
Smith Street Books Ramen For Days
Book SynopsisRamen for Days serves up delicious ramen recipes that will keep you slurping happily every day of the week!Ramen a classic Japanese soup, usually made with wheat noodles and served in a slow-cooked beef or pork broth with toppings has become a cult classic just about everywhere. It's adored across the world for its nourishing and comforting nature, and this book shows you how to make the world's best versions (with plenty of variations) in your own home. From Wagyu shoyu or Chicken karaage Tonkotsu ramen to Buttered corn and leek shio or Seafood miso ramen, Ramen for Days has a comforting bowl of goodness to suit every taste.
£17.00
UPPERCASE publishing inc Rag & Pulp: Creativity with Paper - Making
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£36.00
Niggli Verlag Olympic Games: The Design
Book SynopsisGraphic designer and Olympic historian Markus Osterwalder has been devoted to the design of the Olympic Games for almost 30 years. He started to collect everything from and about it when he at-tended his first Games in Lillehammer 1994. Today, the collector's archive in Switzer-land contains around 60,000 of historical documents, objects and photographs. Re-cently, Osterwalder curated the exhibition Olympic Language Exploring the Look of the Games in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
£131.25
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Creating Space The Constructivist Marlow Moss
Book SynopsisKathleen Reinhardt has been director of the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin since 2022. Elisa Tamaschke has been curator at the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin since 2023 and heads the exhibitions, research and publications departments.
£28.00
Octopus Publishing Group Tsundoku
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£15.29
Monacelli Press Contemporary Art Underground
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£31.96
Chronicle Books Art Trivia
Book SynopsisMaster the art of trivia with Art Trivia! This eye-catching portable box holds 140 multiple-choice questions about global works and artists from all eras. With topics ranging from ancient to contemporary art, fine arts to traditional crafts, museums and galleries to street art, this game will put your art smarts to the test!ENTERTAINING GAME NIGHT QUESTIONS: This bright box is filled with 140 surprising and engaging trivia questions about all things art, including artists, works of art, and art history, from ancient to modern, postmodern, and beyond. FUN FOR THE FAMILY & ART LOVERS OF ALL AGES: With three optional difficulty levels, this set of multiple-choice questions is perfect for players with every level of art knowledge. TAKE IT ANYWHERE: The portable box is the perfect size to throw in your bag to take to game night, a family celebration, or on vacation. FUN TRIVIA GAME GIFT: Perfect f
£12.54
Yale University Press The Fabrication of Louis XIV Paper
Book SynopsisThe money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a god like figure. In this book the author gives an account of the contemporary representations of Louis XIV and illustrates the relationship between art and power.Table of ContentsIntroducing Louis XIV; persuasion; sunrise; the construction of the system; self-assertion; the years of victory; the reconstruction of the system; sunset; the crisis of representations; the reverse of the medal; the reception of Louis XIV; Louis in perspective.
£18.16
Thames and Hudson Ltd The Incredible 3D Bug Hunt
Book SynopsisOriginally trained as a graphic designer, Peggy Nille became an illustrator in 2005 and has since illustrated numerous acclaimed children's books.
£15.29
Cambridge University Press Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisThis updated critical edition includes a completely new introduction which draws on the latest research in theatre history, recent productions and adaptations (in film, theatre, music, dance and fiction), as well as offering an accessible and comprehensive critical introduction to the play.Trade Review'Sometimes, Romeo and Juliet's very familiarity makes it surprisingly difficult to read, to teach, and to perform. Hester Lees-Jeffries' wonderful introduction refreshes its lyric and emotional possibilities. She combines empathy with analysis, uncovering a play that is at once deeply rooted in Elizabethan poetry and in the ongoing psychology of ideas about love, youth, and tragedy. I felt she was giving us this most famous of plays anew.' Emma Smith, University of Oxford'Hester Lees-Jeffries' introduction is as accessible as it is wide-ranging and profoundly learned. It takes the reader on a journey through key themes and the play's long and complex performance history, which includes opera, musicals, and ballet. The scholarship and sensibility are up-to-the-minute and the writing, while not pulling any punches where they are deserved, is profoundly attuned to the play's own lyricism and tenderness. With a final section dedicated to productions screened during the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a landmark edition for a new generation of readers.' Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter'In popular imagination Romeo and Juliet stands out as a tower among Shakespeare's plays, thanks to its secure place in school curricula, its famous speeches and scenes, its rich production history, and the frequency with which it has been turned into operas, ballets, and films. Lees-Jeffries' new introduction adjusts this splendid isolation by platting the play's connections round about: with romantic poems of the 1590s, with scripts that Shakespeare was writing at the same time, with actors who likely first played the roles, with changing ideas about marriage in the period, with dueling practices, with sexuality and body-language, and with reimaginings of the play across more than four centuries and in multiple media. Lees-Jeffries offers not only a sympathetic and wide-ranging introduction to Romeo and Juliet but a concise history of performance practices and social history in Shakespeare's time.' Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsIntroduction; Help and Advice; Note on the Text; List of Characters; The Play; Supplementary Notes; Note on Textual Analysis; Textual Analysis; Reading List.
£10.64
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lungs
Book SynopsisI could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.'In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they over think it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster.They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except, what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct the planet or the relationship?Trade Review“Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” * Guardian *Macmillan’s play is at once harrowing and blisteringly funny, bleak and redemptive...It combines hyper-real dialogue with a quirky form that expands and contracts time before our eyes, creating the almost physical sensation of being hurtled towards an uncertain future. The piece’s furious pace lives up to its title, leaving audience, and no doubt actors, feeling the need to pause for breath in a world that does not allow it. * What's On Stage *“Both uproariously funny … and unbearably poignant… an engaging and poignant piece" * Exeunt Magazine *Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian *
£13.93
Paizo Publishing, LLC Starfinder FlipMat Planetary Atmosphere
Book Synopsis Whether the heroes are landing their starship toexplore a newly discovered world or dogfighting in the skies in individualstarfighters, Paizo''s latest Starfinder Flip-Mat has you covered. This line ofgaming maps provides ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy GameMaster. Featuring a hex grid for Starfinder''s unique starship combat system,this extra-large, double-sided map comes with two different backgrounds-thethick clouds of a gas giant and a high-altitude view of a terrestrial world''stopography-to let you craft epic atmospheric starship battles and fire yourplayers'' imaginations. Don''t waste time sketching when you could be playing.With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Planetary Atmosphere, you''ll be ready the next timeyour players take their starshipplanetside!A special coating on eachFlip-Mat allows you to use wet erase, dry erase, AND permanent markers withease! Removing permanent ink is easy-simply trace over any
£21.68
Casimir Books The World Is On Fire But We're Still Buying Shoes
Book SynopsisFormer Highsnobiety Style Editor and founder of Instagram account @future__dust, Alec Leach examines why we continue to buy so many clothes, despite all we know about fashion and its impact on the planet. With behind-the-scenes insights and philosophical musings supported by infographics and magazine-style pull quotes, Leach takes readers on a journey through the inner workings of consumerism and online culture, touching on sneaker hype, greenwashing and mindfulness along the way. The result is a manifesto for a slower, more intentional relationship with fashion, one that''s better for us and better for the planet, too.
£14.00
Persephone Books Ltd The Other Day
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£16.00
Persephone Books Ltd One Afternoon
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£16.00
Smith Street Books The Ultimate Guidebook for Dog Owners from a
Book SynopsisA veterinarian's guide to raising happy dogs!With friendly, down-to-earth advice straight from veterinarian Dr. Marlena Lopez, The Ultimate Guidebook for Dog Owners is your companion to navigating life with your new furry friend. With tips like choosing the right breed, preparing your house, selecting the right food, dealing with issues like separation anxiety and rough play, and knowing when to take your pet to the vet (or when the issue isn't that serious), this is the book for all the new paw parents who need to hear that it's alright. Rooted in science and shaped by years of real-world experience, Dr. Lopez offers guidance that cuts through the noise and misinformation, giving you the tools you need to make sound decisions for your pet's well-being.
£13.50
Smith Street Books The Japanese Pantry
Book SynopsisEmiko Davies is an award-winning Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and author. Growing up in a diplomatic family, she spent most of her life living in countries other than her own, from China to the USA but has called Italy home for the past twenty years. Emiko is the author of six cookbooks, Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence (2016), Acquacotta (2017), Tortellini at Midnight (2019), Torta della Nonna (2021) and Cinnamon & Salt: Cicchetti in Venice, published in 2022 by Hardie Grant and Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking, published in 2023 by Smith Street Books, which won the Andre Simon Special Commendation award and the Fortnum & Mason Cookery Book of the Year award. She runs a cooking school and natural wine bar in Tuscany with her sommelier husband, where she shares her passion for seasonal, simple home cooking.
£24.30
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Brigitte Kowanz Light is what we see
Book SynopsisRalph Gleis was director of the Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin and curator of numerous exhibitions on the art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Since 2025 he is General Director of the Albertina in Vienna.Angela Stief has been the Head Curator for Contemporary art at the Albertina Museum, Vienna since 2020, and Director of the Albertina Modern since 2021.
£33.60
Hirmer Tiffany Chung
Book SynopsisOrianna Cacchione is the Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums. Her curatorial practice is committed to expanding the canon of contemporary art to reflect the global circulations of art and ideas, especially those that have been underrepresented, marginalized or overlooked.
£33.60
Thames & Hudson Ltd Edward Steichen
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Colour Unbound Henri Matisse 19411954
Book SynopsisClaudine Grammont, formerly director of the Musée Matisse, Nice, is head of the graphic arts department at the Centre Pompidou.
£40.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Ceramics Masterclass
£16.99
HarperCollins Publishers Picasso
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£11.69
Smith Street Books The Japanese Art of Pickling Fermenting
Book SynopsisDiscover the centuries-old practices of Japanese pickling and fermenting, and learn to make delicious, preserved vegetables at home. In The Japanese Art of Pickling and Fermenting, preserving expert Yoko Nakazawa shares her lifelong passion of pickling and fermenting ingredients using age-old techniques that have been passed down the generations. Yoko grew up in rural Japan and helped her parents preserve the glut of their vegetable patch every season using ancient Japanesefermenting techniques. Upon moving to Australia, Yoko started to grow and preserve her own vegetables and began sharing her knowledge and recipes for pickling and fermenting all kinds of produce. In this book Yoko explains the difference between pickles and ferments, and guides us through the preserving process, from salt ratios and chopping techniques to fermenting times and storage. Along the way, Yoko shares personal stories from her childhood and experiences growing and fermenting vegetables in Australia, making this book not only a practical guide filled valuable knowledge, but also a book filled with love.
£22.50
