The director of the Pitt Rivers Museum explores its history and collections and the characters who created it. “My favourite museum in the world!” This is what many…
December 2014Trade Paperback Original$29.95978-1-85759-911-4Scala
A beautifully packaged anthology of poems from around the world and throughout history, all especially selected for reading aloud, with one glorious poem for every day of the…
October 2023Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-846-3Batsford
A guide to creating beautiful and meaningful textiles. Poetic cloth is about how cloth, stitch and surface create personal meaning in textile art. It shows how a more…
August 2019Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-536-3Batsford
Renowned watercolorist Ann Blockley brings untamed woodlands and forest wilderness to life with her acclaimed style and innovative techniques. Best-selling artist and author Ann Blockley is renowned for…
September 2023Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-808-1Batsford
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to…
September 2023Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-835-7Batsford
A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. This exquisite book is a revised and updated edition of a classic collection that contains over…
August 2025Hardcover$17.95978-1-84994-966-8Batsford
Celebrate all things love with this daily anthology of love poems. With one for every day of the year, there’s something for everyone to love. Love is such…
November 2024Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-916-3Batsford
Warning: this anthology contains poems to enter the. bloodstream and rewild the spirit. As with all life on Earth, the climate emergency, species extinction, ecological disaster, global pandemics,…
March 2021Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-638-4Batsford
A fully illustrated exploration of the breathtaking locations from the popular TV series For those longing to know where their favorite scenes in “Poldark” were filmed, Pitkin’s latest…
March 2021Trade Paperback$10.95978-1-84165-890-2Pitkin
A celebration of outdoor swimming – looking at the history, design and social aspect of pools. The 1930s architecture of the pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking…
August 2020Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-623-0Batsford
An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style – and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s’ counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best…
November 2017Hardcover$35.00978-1-84994-450-2Batsford
Colour it in psychedelic colours, in tasteful tones, in all shades of orange! But just colour it! Recapture the purest sense of creativity by colouring in the most…
September 2015Non-traditional book$9.95978-1-84994-287-4Batsford
An updated edition of Paul Keres’ classic endgame instructor, designed specifically for practical players with over 500 extra diagrams to facilitate learning and memorisation of critical lines of…
July 2018Trade Paperback$21.95978-1-84994-495-3Batsford
Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. He is widely regarded…
December 2016Trade Paperback$17.95978-1-84165-660-1Pitkin
From her first public broadcast in 1940 as a 14-year-old princess, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given loyal service throughout her long and glorious reign over the…
September 2018Trade Paperback$12.95978-1-84165-782-0Pitkin
