Winner of the UKLA academic book award, 2013

Children’s Picturebooks is an all-encompassing overview of children’s picture books: from their early history and evolution, to their place in education today.

Picturebooks are the very first books we encounter and play a huge part in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a...

The Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit cultivars.

The chosen trees have all had a profound effect on the planet and humankind. Starting with the Ginkgo biloba, fossils of which date back 270 million years, we learn about how trees came to be integral to the...

Follow in Greta Thunberg's footsteps and join the global mission to save our planet from climate change. With in-depth text and data, this necessary and timely book will answer readers' questions on what climate change means, what its consequences will be, and what must be done to protect our world.

Please note that there are two editions of this book: one...

Women designers have made an immense contribution to our shared material culture and built environment. However, while several pioneers have achieved global recognition, there are others not so well known but equally influential to the history of design. This book introduces 100 women designers in the areas of fashion, textiles, architecture, graphic...

Wild About Weeds by RHS-qualified garden designer Jack Wallington is the first gardening book that looks again at garden design’s most ignored group of plants: weeds.

Not all weeds are ugly uncontrollable brutes. Yes, they can be difficult and intimidating, but weeds can bring a wild, rebellious element to a garden.

In his new book, Jack Wallington...

“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...

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...

Witty, intelligent, and charming, We Came First: Relationship Advice for Women Who Have Been There is the modern guide to seduction and dating for badass women.

In her punchy new book, bestselling author and journalist Jennifer Wright imagines how history’s most powerful women would approach current-day dating anxieties, with agony-aunt-style questions...

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...

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...

Learn to draw figures and faces with this clear and easy to follow guide, the latest in the bestselling 'Read This' series. Revealing the techniques and ideas behind inspirational works, the book will set you on the path to making your own great drawings.

From traditional life drawing to unconventional character studies, works by masters such as Henri...

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!

If you look up at the sky on a dark night, what do you see? There’s a whole universe staring back at you. In the company of Felicity the cat, discover the phases of the moon, the constellations and how to spot the Northern Lights and the Milky Way.

This beautiful, fun book will introduce you to the beauty of the night sky and show you the stars like you’ve...

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 –...

“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...