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A charmingly illustrated book that takes readers on a field trip to Antarctica and beyond to discover the secret life of penguins. In this entertaining and highly informative book, polar-explorer...

Now available as a board book: the award-winning illustrated bedtime story about a little girl who imagines what it would be like to have a dinosaur of her very own....

What makes your body work? Is it all in your mind? Sort of! Take a tour of the human body from head to toes and everything in between. Aimed at...

We Are Explorers tells the stories of fourteen women whose adventurous spirit and curiosity saw them discover the world. Their exhilarating life stories are told by the equally adventurous author...

Why do horses wear shoes? How do horses 'speak'? And why can't horses burp? Answering twenty curious questions about the equine species, this book is a charming blend of zoology,...

Danny Dodo is a detective on a mission. Over the years, hundreds of amazing animals have disappeared. Where did they go? Why did they vanish? It's Danny's job to find...

In Out of a Dark Winter's Night , illustrator and author Flora McDonnell tells the story of a small child whose spirit of adventure is dampened when the day ends...

Why are trees so important? How many types are there? How do they benefit the environment and wildlife? This book, by the award-winning author Piotr Socha, answers these questions and...

Count to 20 and back with an amazing animal team! They're all ready to run, ride, jump, swim and play all day. On your marks... get set... GO! There is...

At first glance, all you can see on the page are simple outlines of body parts or seemingly abstract shapes. But look closely through the three coloured glasses and the...

Do you prefer cats or dogs? Chocolate or vanilla ice-cream? The hen or the egg? Mummy... or Daddy ? These pages are packed with interactive tabs that put children in...

Artists ask questions when they make art - and viewers ask questions when they look at art. This gently provocative book provides an engaging way for young people to start...

A new, revolutionary history of photography from a stellar team of writers and thinkers that challenges all existing narratives by focusing on the complex collaborations between photographer and subject. Collaboration...

This survey presents the most striking, innovative and unusual white houses by contemporary architects spanning the globe from Asia to the Americas, showcasing inspirational residential projects by established and emerging...

From Medieval leather poulaines and dainty Victorian satin slippers to the iconic platforms of the 1960s and the gravity-defying designs of today, shoes have always been for than just functional....

Faster than anything else, what we wear tells the story of who we are or who we want to be. Yet even as fashion touches the lives of each and...

Packed with information and glaze recipes, The Glaze Book will enable you to reference hundreds of ceramic surfaces. Each glaze recipe is clearly illustrated so you can see the colour...

A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form or date - but by colour The V&A Book of Colour in Design is...

Rock stars throughout the decades are transformed into dazzling deities from classical, Celtic, Norse and Aztec mythology. Split the deck and find out who can make the loudest noise. Ever...

Uh oh - the leopard has lost its spots, and the queen conch can't find its shell! Play this memory and matching game to help twenty-five animals find their missing...

From revelation to creation: play this memory game to learn about twenty-five 'eureka' moments in art history from 1907 to today. Ever pondered the ground-breaking moment an artist came up...

Reshuffle art history with Queen of Arts, a beautifully illustrated deck of playing cards and book spotlighting the lives, work and legacies of fifty-four remarkable women. Did you know that...

Typefaces come in thousands of shapes, sizes and styles. Like verbal language, with all its nuances, dialects, accents and tics, typography is not simply a container of meanings but a...

The illustrations on these gorgeous wrapping papers are all taken from award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand's Herbarium , a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium featuring abstract forms and vibrant...

A compact survey of photographer Paolo Roversi's romantic, intense and ethereal fashion images and portraits. Born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1947, Paolo Roversi discovered photography at the age of seventeen...

The perfect primer on American street photographer Bruce Gilden, best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City. Bruce Gilden was born in...

Marwa al Sabouni was a little-known architect, living in battle-ravaged Homs, unable to practice her profession as the buildings and the lives around her and across Syria were reduced to...

The story of the author's cabin build in the wilderness, packed with practical advice for aspiring builders and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world. In...

An entirely fresh perspective on the history of cinema, using timelines to trace its development from the earliest moving images to now. This visual timeline for film enthusiasts makes the...

For cat lovers everywhere, these wonderful photographs highlight the felines who inhabit the streets of Istanbul, a city famous for its love of cats. This stunning photobook delves into the...

'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' The Times Literary Supplement India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander...

A remarkable, heartfelt, beautifully written analysis of the late work of 19 major artists that Max Porter describes as 'completely and utterly marvellous'. 'Painting ... exists and exults in immortal...

Five years of lies and hypocrisy. Four activists holding power to account. One book showing how they did it - and why they're not done yet. 'Not funny' Liz Truss...

An impeccably researched and beautifully produced concise history of bags through the ages, with examples drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's remarkable collection. From the hand-stitched embroidered purses of...

An indispensable guide to the international history of illustrated images, from 1750 to the present day. Illustration: A Concise History is a dynamic visual journey through the landscape of illustration...

A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution...

An essential investigation into the murky ethics of AI, one that calls into question the future of photography. Artificial Intelligence is driving a fourth industrial revolution and, as The Synthetic...

The gripping stories of the most colourful and formidable characters to challenge the might of Rome. Until recently, it was assumed that Rome carried the torch of civilization into the...

A new edition of one of the first books to focus on the world of women artists and their practice. Women have always practised as artists, but for centuries the...

Coinciding with Thomas Heatherwick's new series on Radio 4, 'Building Soul'. Featuring sixteen new projects and fresh photography, this updated and revised book remains the definitive publication on the internationally...

A comprehensive introduction to the styles and techniques of portrait photography. Through simple projects on subjects such as 'Making Self-Portraits' and 'Capturing Personal Moments' as well as captivating profiles of...

An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter....

In a brand-new approach, this book presents photography in all its principal forms of experience, to portray the unique characteristics of this accessible and universally appealing medium. Arranged chronologically, legendary...

Did you know that: * Deserts provide food for fish? * 70% of all birds on the planet are chickens? * Climate change was the reason why humans began to...

A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the...

'The best account of Angkor available in English ... takes the reader on a panoramic tour of Cambodian history from earliest times to the latest finds' Ben Kiernan, author of...

Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador's quest for gold and silver; and the Dutch heritage of trade in the East...

In Japanese life and culture, there has never been a clear distinction between art, craft and design. Generations of artisans have for centuries forged and refined their crafts, which have...