London: A City in Pictures forms a tour of the city’s historic streets of medieval and classical architecture, sumptuous palaces and distinctive bridges, and modern skyscrapers such as The Shard. It c
In a series of simple but beautifully illustrated steps, and with a focus on drawing the human form, our expert author describes and demonstrates all the essentials and more. You will discover how to
BREW is the ideal handbook for the aspiring ale-maker, and a master brewer’s entertaining accomplice. In a series of simple but beautifully illustrated steps, our expert author describes and demonstra
Andy Warhol was an American painter and silk screen artist, a Pop Art pioneer whose works include 'Campbell's Soup Cans' and 'Marilyn Diptych'. Biographic: Warhol presents much more than five minutes
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of ea
The Biographic senes presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of ea
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of e
It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of them in vivid snapshots. The result is a quick-fire journey through t
This fascinating book traces the development and style of women’s and men's clothing from the end of the 19th century to the present day in an intriguing selection of fashion photography from the vast
A pictorial look at the world's bestselling band and Britain's most famous pop group The Beatles have had more number one albums and achieved more sales in the U.S. than any other artist. Formed in Li
The staid world of pop music was shaken to its foundations during the 1960s with the arrival of rock, hard-edged and typified by electric guitar, drums and dominant vocals. With its roots in the rock
Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Sunrise and Water Lilies. Biographic: Monet presents an instant impression
An iconic decade in pictures. The Swinging Sixties was the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in Great Britain during the 1960s, with 'Swinging London' as the hip capital. The predominantly yo
Vincent van Gogh was a 19th-century Dutch artist, a leading light of the Post-Impressionist movement who painted 'Sunflowers' and cut off his own ear. Biographic: Van Gogh presents an instant impressi
The 1930s saw Britain suffer economic depression, flirtation with fascism, record emigration and the abdication of its monarch. Yet, by the decade's end the country was at its most united under a new
During the mid-1970s a new, disruptive genre burst onto the music scene in Britain, the United States and Australia. Punk rock stripped bare the perceived excesses of mainstream rock with typically sh
One of the world's great cities, England’s capital has long been an icon not only for the seven million inhabitants who live and work there, but also for the many visitors who flock to the metropolis
The 1940s took the country to the very brink of disaster in a war that was fought on the battlefields of Europe, Africa and elsewhere. Against all the odds the enemy was defeated, leaving the nation v
A photographic examination of World War II, largely from a British perspective Only 20 years after World War I, the "war to end all wars", a second world war broke out in Europe in 1939 and spread rap
