The definitive guide to painting people and portraits, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations. Bestselling artist and author Hazel Soan explains how to create beautiful and engaging portraits…
A royal palace for over 500 years, Holyroodhouse is The Queen’s official Scottish residence. It has been home to Mary, Queen of Scots, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, as…
March 2020Trade Paperback Original$8.95978-1-78551-153-0Scala
First book to fully celebrate the scale model of The Panorama of the City of New York as a metropolis in miniature and a beloved cultural phenomenon. An…
Starting with the basic blocks for skirts and bodices (and also a jacket and trouser block), Gillian Holman shows you how to add the refinements, such as necklines,…
February 2013Trade Paperback$22.95978-1-84994-073-3Batsford
Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the ‘playing fields’ of chess games, a semi-permanent ‘structure’ that can determine whether a player…
February 2013Trade Paperback$21.95978-1-84994-070-2Batsford
Peaky Blinders Location Guide is a perfect companion to the worldwide BBC hit series set in the gritty industrial heart of early twentieth-century Britain. Tommy Shelby might be…
October 2022Trade Paperback$12.95978-1-84165-943-5Pitkin
Peaky Blinders Location Guide is a perfect companion to the worldwide BBC hit series set in the gritty industrial heart of early twentieth-century Britain. Tommy Shelby might be…
September 2025Trade Paperback$6.98978-1-84165-975-6Pitkin
An account of the history of Peterborough Cathedral – one of England’s finest surviving Norman buildings – and its preserved art and architecture. Peterborough Cathedral is one of…
February 2019Trade Paperback Original$25.00978-1-78551-080-9Scala
Director Elena Kalnitskaya introduces her personal favourites in the Peterhof collection, exploring their relation to the history of Russia. The Peterhof State Museum-Reserve is one of the most…
March 2022Trade Paperback Original$14.95978-1-78551-356-5Scala
Encompassing more than one hundred works, from the Daguerreian era to today’s digital age, this stunning volume will explore the evolution of photographic portraiture through treasures from the…
November 2026Hardcover$50.00978-1-78551-642-9Scala
Spanning from 1856 to 2017, this beautifully illustrated book includes iconic photographs by pioneers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, alongside contemporary innovators like Edward…
Author Quincy Jones and David Houston and Jenny Bagert
“The most complete survey of his lifetime of photography.” —The Guardian With a camera as his backstage pass, Herman Leonard photographed the giants of jazz in their golden…
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
Playful Stitch is a sumptuous, vividly colourful journey through Deena Beverley’s imaginative take on textile art, in which she shares her passion for playfulness in all things stitched…
November 2026Hardcover$35.00978-1-83733-060-7Batsford
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
