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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...

An authoritative and concise history of witchcraft from the ancient world up to the present day. Witchcraft has always been a fluid and intriguing belief system that has enchanted and...

Explore the lives of over forty men and women - great and otherwise - whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history. The Irish...

'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...

Christopher Neve's classic book is a journey into the imagination through the English landscape. How is it that artists, by thinking in paint, have come to regard the landscape as...

Welcome to the exotic world of Istanbul in the year 1750! Palaces & mosques, coffee houses and baths - this is your pocket guide to the city of the Sultans....

Throughout history, intrepid men and women have related their experiences and perceptions of the world's great cities to bring them alive to those at home. The thirty-eight cities covered in...

A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book about people and how, over...

Shortly after his untimely death in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat's meteoric art-world ascent was in retreat. Nearly four decades later, the artist's paintings are amongst the world's most recognizable and valuable....

The first book to explore from an archaeological perspective the incredible and improbable history of our relationship with cats, from fearsome foe to purring pet. Feared, revered and respected, cats...

'Thames & Hudson's new, affordable, covetable 'Pocket Perspectives': beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers' Financial Times A manifesto for the future of architectural practice and the necessity of good design...

'Thames & Hudson's new, affordable, covetable 'Pocket Perspectives': beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers' Financial Times A highly acclaimed exploration of the way in which the landscape has both influenced...

The inside story of Record Plant studios - the real 'Hotel California' - that reveals how the greatest music of the seventies was recorded and why the artists checked out...

'Thames & Hudson's new, affordable, covetable 'Pocket Perspectives': beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers' Financial Times An interpretation of the history of mural painting from ancient Egypt to the twentieth...

The second book in the 'My Life as an Architect' series, looking at the Seoul buildings that have shaped the practice and outlook of the celebrated Korean architect Byoung Cho....

Fact or fiction? An imaginative collection of statements about Vincent van Gogh that challenges what we think we know about the artist's much mythologized existence. Van Gogh is the most...

A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is Tomorrow Michael Bird takes a fresh look at the...

The National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy all saw either radical architectural interventions or rethinks of their mission under Charles Saumarez Smith's leadership, making him uniquely...

A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly coincidental stories all collided and changed the way we think about modern sports The...

SHE MIGHT BE THE GODDESS OF DEATH, BUT SHE'S ONLY HUMAN An Iron Age goddess must grapple with becoming human in this delightful historical fantasy of myth and magic from...

'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels The third instalment in the enchanting light academia Emily Wilde...

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor...

' One Day for a new generation' Grazia 'We're calling it . . . This Love is the new One Day ' Sunday Times Style ' A beautifully written, generous-hearted,...

The brand-new crime thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author, J, D. Robb. 'J.D. Robb is a fantastic storyteller who knows how to keep the pages flying by' -#1 International Bestselling...

A summer job at a lake-town resort brings together two women with an unlikely connection in this new contemporary romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake - perfect...

'I loved it' ELOISA JAMES 'Smart, sexy, and always romantic' JULIA QUINN ' For a smart, witty and passionate historical romance, I recommend anything by Sarah MacLean' LISA KLEYPAS New...

' Sexy chemistry and gut-wrenching emotions kept me turning the pages!' Kristen Proby 'Mysterious, all-consuming and pretty damn good' Clo ser Dahlia McGuire likes her quiet life in Hartwell, Delaware....

'Enchanting. Reading Barreau is like having me-time with your best friend' NINA GEORGE, author of THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP ' Heart-breaking . . . touching and magical until the very...

'One of the best books about the paranormal I have read... Uncannily good' DANNY ROBINS 'A fascinating testimony to our nervous hunger to map the hazy, haunted territory at the...

What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these...

"An important and necessary book... a work of honesty and humanity," Mishal Husain "This is a unique and necessary book. The Good Russian takes us inside wartime Russia, to a...

'Had me laughing, wincing, cheering, recognising, admiring - and turning pages, rapidly' MAGGIE NELSON 'A masterful contribution to the canon of queer women's literature. A smart and uncomfortable dissection of...

' Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud 'S tirring and absolutely unforgettable' Samira Ahmed, New...

15-year-old Owen Marlow is experiencing a great, disorienting loss after his father suddenly passed away and his mother moved them to a new town. None of his old friends knew...

Join Emily Sparkes for hilarious observations about life, parents and how to handle the grossest boys in the universe! Perfect for fans of Cathy Cassidy and Dork Diaries. Now shortlisted...

Daphne tells herself that being glued to the set counts as research for her job at the Museum of Television and Radio. But the truth is that sex with fiance...

Oscar Wilde's stories are much-loved classics and make a fantastic story collection. They are timeless. moving and very readable. Complemented by atmospheric and evocative artwork from a leading illustrator. Titles...

Set after the end of the world, this darkly fantastical climate change tale explores hope, memory, and what really makes a monster. Climate change culminated in the Flood, an enormous...

The fifth book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg now featuring brand-new illustrations!At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to...

Meet Rosie, the big horse with even bigger dreams! In Rosie's Wild Ride , Clydesdale horse Rosie and her cowgirl friend Oakley want to be rodeo stars, but what happens...

When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher,...

Some call the prize ring a nursery for vice . . . Born into a brothel, Ruth's future looks bleak until she catches the eye of Mr Dryer. A rich...

In the Spring of 1811 the military situation in the Iberian Peninsula is looking grim for Britain and her allies. While Wellington has pushed the French out of Portugal, the...

WELCOME TO LONDON BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT Oxford Street burned for three weeks. The British Museum is occupied by ragtag survivors. The Regent's Park camps have been bombed....

'You see, I was no different than Hope, no less a danger to myself and others - I had given myself away, to harm, to unknown appetites - but here,...

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and...

CURIOUS is a collection of delightfully witty stories by actress, comedy writer and columnist Rebecca Front. Rebecca has always used anecdotes from her own life to inform not only the...

Far removed from the picture of Tehran we glimpse in news stories, there is another, hidden city, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and falsehoods. It is...