Explore the craft and technique of dorodango in master crafter Bruce Gardner's new book, Dorodango: The Japanese Art of Making Mud Balls.

The Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and polishing it until it gleams. Not only are the results truly impressive, but this calm and meditative...

Want to learn more about the history of architecture? Explore 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers in Susie Hodge’s accessible new guide.

The Short Story of Architecture links 50 buildings to the most important architectural materials, elements and styles, giving you the tools you need to understand and appreciate...

“Just what we need to get the job done” - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Are you worried about the effects of climate change on our environment? Want to help but don’t know where to start? Natalie Fee’s new handbook to green living will help you to make small lifestyle changes which will make a big difference to our planet.

We know that a better world is...

The first in an exciting new practical series on the most popular art mediums.

DO MORE ART and learn how to use ink – one of the best-selling and most popular mediums today – through the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and illustrators. Taking you through a huge range of techniques – from smudging and blending ink, to printing with bubble wrap –...

Did you know that without the ‘lead’ in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Just about everything in the universe is made from only 92 elements – and from aluminium to zinc, many of them are hiding in your very own home!

This funny and fascinating guide is bursting with brilliant facts about the atomic ingredients that make up everything around...

Cool, talented and transgressive, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s life is just as fascinating as the work he produced.Delve into 1980s New York as this vivid graphic novel takes you on Basquiat’s journey from street-art legend SAMO to international art-scene darling, up until his sudden death. Told through cinematic scenes, this is Basquiat as seen through the eyes...

Become a super-awesome photographer with this fantastic new book.

Using real photographs for inspiration, this handy guide features 20 exciting and instant photo challenges to help you create your own masterpieces. All you need is a camera and your super snapping skills. Learn how to be invisible, play with your food, stop time and much more!

“An arboreal odyssey” – NATURE

“One of the most quietly beautiful books of the year” – DAILY MAIL

Evening Standard Books of the Year 2018

The Times Gardening Books of the Year 2018

Discover the secretive world of trees in Jonathan Drori’s number one bestseller...

Bestselling author and environmentalist Jonathan Drori follows in the footsteps of...

350,000 copies sold worldwide!

Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of camera phones. Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for anyone using a camera or camera phone. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy...

From secateurs to seed bombs, hybrids to ha-has, lawnmowers to land artists, the gardening world has long attracted innovators. This delightful book outlines the advances that changed horticulture and the landscape forever. The fascinating and amusing short entries are accompanied by charming specially created illustrations, making this the ideal gift for...

This fascinating book tells the story of the Soviet space dogs, illustrated with legendary photographer Martin Parr’s vintage space-dog memorabilia.

In the 1950s the space race between the USA and the USSR was well and truly on, and was for both a matter of pride and propaganda. But before man ventured into the cosmos, his four-legged friends would pave the...

Aimed at a new generation of indoor gardening enthusiasts, this book is a perfect guide for anyone keen to see their plant offspring thrive. Plants have found popularity in the small home, and are being proclaimed the new stars of Instagram. This attractive little book is ideal for the novice 'plant parent', providing tips on how to choose plants, and above...

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis’ persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world.

Meet one of history’s most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated guide to her amazing life.

From artists to aviators and...

“I wish I had this book when I was starting my interior design odyssey.  It includes everything you need to make an amateur decorator look like a pro, and your living space look like a dream.” – Jonathan Adler

Interior design stylist and expert Joanna Thornhill's new book will guide you through an array of design dilemmas, from minor tweaks to bigger...

The best-selling Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones presents a radical new story of British art.

“Sensations presents a radically new story of British art. It connects the artists of today with British culture more than three hundred years ago as it finds an unexpected thread that links William Hogarth and Tracey Emin, Thomas Gainsborough and Lucian Freud...

Growing flowers from seed is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to supplement your borders, bringing instant colour to tired gardens. Many of these flowers are also ideal for cutting, so within a single growing season you can produce armfuls of beautiful blooms to cut and bring inside the house.

Author Clare Foster and photographer Sabina Rüber have been...