Curiocity is the most beautiful and unusual guidebook ever written about London. Structured as an A to Z, its 26 chapters explore the city from all angles, with themes as diverse as crowdedness, sex,
This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Aged eleven, their eldest daughter has stopped eating and speaking. Alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism,
From an award-winning designer comes an original fable about need and loss Once there was a Fox who lived in a deep, dense forest. For as long as Fox could remember, his only friend had been Star, who
An groundbreaking book of car photography, revealing the car's unique role in our cultureCar photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. Predictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of
From an award-winning project comes an inspiring, collaborative book that makes data artistic, personal - and open to allEach week for a year, Giorgia and Stefanie sent each other a postcard describin
The one and only guide to every col and pass in the British Isles, for cyclists, walkers and armchair travellers.A col is the lowest point on the saddle between two mountains. Graham Robb has spent ye
From Cerys Matthews, radio 6 DJ, ex-singer of Brit Pop band Catatonia and one of Britain's best known music devotees, comes Hook, Line and Singer, a sing-a-long book for all the family, for any occasi
'Space elevators, gold asteroids, and fusion-powered toasters - who knew science could be so much fun? Soonish is hilarious, provocative, and shamelessly informative' Tim Harford, author of Messy and
Beginning in the pioneering Victorian age, the author charts the evolution of architecture, branding, typeface, map design, interior and textile styles, posters, signage and graphic design and how the
An atlas that takes us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. It features rare animals and lost explorers, marooned slaves and lonely scientists, mutinous sailors and forgotten castaw
A collection of poems and drawings that feature a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale, a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, siste
'I have spent almost 33 of the last 53 years in and out of prison, but mainly in. I was a juvenile offender back in the mid 1970s and went on to become an adult prisoner in the 1980s and beyond. My sh
A collection of Alexa's writing, doodles and photographs. It combines stories of early style inspirations such as her grandpa and the Spice Girls with discussion of figures of obsession like Jane Birk
The German bestseller - a powerful and deeply affecting graphic memoir that explores identity, guilt and the meaning of home One of the Guardian's '50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018' Nora Krug grew up
Photographs and stories of 500 women from around the world, based on the author's hugely popular website. Since 2013 Mihaela Noroc has travelled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of
One hundred iconic works of art and design, published in time for the museum's relaunch in Kensington.The Design Museum is home to the visionaries that shape our lives and create our futures: Terrence
Dad, Tell Me is the only journal that prompts your father to share his experiences, dreams and wishes, asking him to record everything from his favourite band as a teenager and his childhood games to
'It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there's one message that I w
A lyrical, heart-warming new tale from the award-winning designer and creator of The Fox and the StarBird loves to sing in the towering tree at the heart of the jungle. It feels like home.When the sea
There's a light on in the attic. I can see it from outside, And I know you're on the inside ...lookin' out. Step inside the mind of Shel Silverstein and you'll discover a magic homework machine, a Pol
A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different jacket from Pelican Books, Penguin's iconic non-fiction series Covering subjects from socialism to sex, psychoanalysis to atomic physics, and
A collection of one hundred stylish postcards from the covers of the iconic New YorkerLaunched in 1925, The New Yorker offers journalism, essays, criticism, fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons, with
A gorgeous set of postcards celebrating fifty extraordinary women who have changed the world -- from the team behind the phenomenally successful Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls From Malala and Mich
Presents a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities-famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old-on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every
When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, the writer Adam Mars-Jones took responsibility for his care. Intimately trapp
Since its launch with The Odyssey in 1946, Penguin Classics has become the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. Spanning 4,000 years of world literature, covering all the greatest wor
Every grandmother holds a treasure trove of memories and mysteries that are yet to be discovered. Grandma, Tell Me contains all the questions you always wanted to ask your grandmother: What kind of to
Cook your way around the world and enjoy the good times with BBC broadcaster Cerys MatthewsWherever Cerys Matthews travels she loves to eat where the locals eat, drink the local brew, enjoying great f
The new book from the witty, erudite, bestselling Swedish author of The Fly Trap.Stories just begin. We rarely know where and almost never why. It doesn't matter. Nothing is certain any longer. I just
Bringing together author's favourites for the first time and showing some of the finished works that result from these initial drawings, this title is suitable for those who want to know more about an
How did the advent of refrigeration help create the golden age of Hollywood? How did the invention of flash photography help shift public opinion on the plight of New York's poorest inhabitants and br
This is a life raft for anyone who finds themselves floundering amidst a sea of ten-second soundbites, wishing they had a better grasp of complexities of world politics and global issues. Clear, conci
'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.'This is the curious story of our long love affair with books. Whether comfort reads or cult novels, we carry them with us, inhale
Golden Axe. The Sims. Half Life. Mega Drive. SNES. Like many teenagers around the world, Edward Ross grew up on a steady diet of video games and fascinating gadgets. As he continued to obsess over vid
David Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing toget
The French bestseller The Diary of a Nose is the story behind the creation of a perfume, from the head perfumer at Hermès. Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day
