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Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that took place in the city from 1855 to 1937. These Expos left behind monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Musee...

Everyone has their own family recipe for spaghetti al ragu, pasta carbonara, and pasta pesto. Professional chef and culinary journalist Giovanni D'Apice is an expert on the real cucina povera...

This book is dedicated to the most beautiful lighthouses in the world - the lighthouses of our history, legends, films, novels, and reveries. Spectacular photographs of land - and seascapes,...

The Italian photographer Tina Modotti is the main character of the first volume of La Fabrica Essentials, the new collection of fundamental names in photography that has just been launched...

Vanessa Baird is confrontational, morbidly funny, even infamous, with her sharp, oblique observations of herself and her times. Go Down with Me, the book accompanying MUNCH's exhibition of the same...

The songs in this book are a sampling of the urban folk songs of Greece during the first half of the 20th century. They are the creative expression of an...

A Stitch in Time contains 18 projects, each with a touch of English Paper Piecing combined with Embroidery, Hand quilting, pretty laces and trims. All designed to encourage you to...

This compilation of crochet motifs features a diverse range of patterns suitable for beginners and advanced enthusiasts. With a whopping 366 options, ranging from easy techniques to more intricate designs,...

This stunning guide invites you into the story of sake - an ancient beverage finding its way in a modern world. Whether you're a sake novice or an experienced connoisseur,...

Mercedes-Benz Milestones tells the story of the Mercedes-Benz brand chronologically and based on the most important milestones: all the important models, as impressive as they are innovative, are shown in...

Brand new and fully-illustrated with over 2,000 photographs, this coffee table book explores the most fascinating travel destinations on Earth, as part of a pictorial round-the-world adventure. This trailblazing tour...

This volume investigates one of the most significant shifts in contemporary urban research: the shift from an object- to an action-related perspective on the city. Outlining a critical urban theory...

Along with Turner, no artist has sought more than Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an...

This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! It deals with the topic of the innocence of the eye. As a blind person might see the world if the...

Hermann Baur (1894 - 1980) was one of the most significant architects of the Swiss pre- and post-war Modern movement. In his work the buildings of the vocational school and...

This book features a fascinating collection of some of the most innovative tables, chairs and lights ever designed, those that push the boundaries of imagination, art and design. This is...

My Little Paris is the favourite website of Parisian women (200,000 women in Paris are members). In their first book, the creators of the site share their best-kept secret addresses...

With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world's most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2021....

Join journalist Devi Lockwood as she bikes around the world collecting personal stories about how flood, fire, drought, and rising seas are changing communities. It's official: 2020 will be remembered...

Earth, 2516 A.D.: The Unified Authority has spread human colonies across the Milky Way, keeping strict order with a powerful military made up almost entirely of clones. But now the...

*Winner of CBCA 2020 Notable Book of the Year: Picture Book* *Longlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year* Age range 3 to 6 Baby Business...

'A broad-brush morality tale about the consuming power of greed' Sydney Morning Herald The story of Australia's first known kidnapping of a child for ransom - now with an exclusive...

Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art brings together the work of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen, father-and-daughter artists whose work spanned more than a century. While Hans...

From espresso expert Jason Scheltus, this book will help elevate your morning coffee to absolute brew perfection. Each step of the process - from the farm to your mug -...

A sharply funny yet poignant story about a courageous girl growing up in 1960s North India, from an exciting new voice in Australian fiction. In the turbulent years that follow...

Get the best out of your team with these thirty practical steps for successful people management. Building a strong team is among the most important requirements for any company, and...

'Delightful, endearing, frequently hilarious.reminds us of the truth hidden away in our hearts: loving our animals is a sure way to heal our souls.' Garth Stein, author of The Art...

The world's largest diamond collection has disappeared just days before Christmas. But how and when will the evil agency SHADOW smuggle it out of the country? Special Agent EJ12 needs...

There is a spy at Shine's top-secret training camp. But who is it? Special Agent EJ12 must not drop the ball. She must find the spy and the missing invention....

Special Agent EJ12 cracks codes and foils evil plans all over the world. Emma Jacks worries about mean girls, gym comps and not having perfect hair.EJ12 is Emma Jacks. Saving...

The heat is on as someone seems to be melting the polar ice cap. Special Agent EJ12 needs to crack the codes and keep her cool to put the evil-doer's...

Each winter the sleepy fishing town of Bimbulla, on the southern New South Wales coast, is visited by the magnificent wandering albatross on its stopover to the Antarctic.Dig is a...

A mysterious labyrinth. A desperate king. A rebellious princess. Being stuck in a crumbling old villa in Crete with her annoying, history-obsessed little brother Remy isn't exactly Netta's idea of...

This is the ultimate bible to Paris unknown. If you want to see Paris like it is in the movies, Nessy will show you the director's cut. If you seek...

Perfect for fans of Sex Education, When Dimple Met Rishi and Never Have I Ever, this YA debut is an ode to romcoms, musicals and being British Indian. Featuring an...

'A little babushka is made when you're young and something happens to you that leaves a scar ' Cerys Williams has swapped her village in the Welsh Valleys for art...

In autumn 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts is organising 'Eco-Visionaries', an exhibition that will examine how contemporary practices of art and architecture are responding to current global ecological changes....

Monk's House in Sussex is the former home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. It was bought by them in 1919 as a country retreat, somewhere they came to read, write...

In Do Lead, Les McKeown draws on his decades as CEO and senior advisor to demolish the myths around modern-day leadership and provide new tools for the job. You ll...

This publication explores the artistic lives of the young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, from the Queens accession in 1837 to Prince Alberts death in 1861. These are the years...

Michael, the Earl of Danesbury was being hounded to marry Lady Alice Randall, a woman he did not love. Even the Prince of Wales was determined to force him into...

Everybody likes to take pot shots at the world of Big Food - particularly Big Fast Food. It's making everybody fat. It's making our children diabetic. It's an agent for...

The story of how human beings have consumed the resources they need for their own future. The book examines the first Afro-Asian people to travel down the chain of islands...

For half a century Lord Snowdon has proven to be a photographic polymath: documenter of the rich and poor, theatre and film, high society and social change. A long-standing contributor...

Courting Catherine Catherine 'C.C.' Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, the Towers, in the family. The cost of maintaining the crumbling mansion is expensive, so when arrogant hotel...

His Convenient Marchioness With this ring... I thee claim! After the loss of his wife and children, the Marquess of Huntercombe closed his heart to love. But now that he...