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From the West African fable of Anansi the Spider, to Tanuki, the sweet but troublesome racoon-dog of Japanese folklore, this encyclopedia of mythical creatures covers legends, tales and myths from aro

You Are an Artist is for everyone who wants to be an artist, but has been too afraid to take the plunge. It combines a thought-provoking meditation on art practice with a series of practical exercises

The original NASA insignia is one of the most powerful symbols in the world. A bold, patriotic red chevron wing piercing a blue sphere, representing a planet, with white stars, and an orbiting spacecr

In this deluxe edition, you'll see the sights of the world, sample the tastiest dishes, meet people from different cultures and encounter amazing wildlife. It is a stunning compendium of 66 countries and six continents, each with beautiful illustrations and packed with detail. Discover fjords in Norway and gorillas in the Congolese jungle.You'll dance the rumba in Cuba and taste hundred-year-old eggs in China. This book is a celebration of the world, from the big to the small - and everything in between!

Night pharmacy is the first photo book by Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo. The book is a beautiful, fun and surreal conversation on photography, which illustrates their hunger to see, and their need to

"It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved." Alan TitchmarshJoin the rewilding movement and

Stunning photographs of Soviet Metro Stations from across the former states of the USSR and Russia itself, many of which have never previously been documented For us, said Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, ‘there was something supernatural about the Metro’. Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s, it is easy to see why. Rather than the straightforward systems of London, Paris or New York, these networks were used as a propaganda artwork – a fusion of sculpture, architecture and art, combining Byzantine, medieval, baroque and Constructivist ideas and infusing them with the notion that Communism would mean a ‘communal luxury’ for all. Today these astonishing spaces remain the closest realisation of a Soviet utopia.Following his best-selling quest for Soviet Bus Stops, Christopher Herwig has completed a subterranean expedition – photographing the stations of each Metro network of the former USSR. From extreme marble and chan

Mrs Blackhat returns in this hilarious rhyming picture book from the creator of the bestselling Kipper series. Perfect for Halloween!Mrs Blackhat has a new broom. And it's not just any broom: it's a w

Prominent Iraqi-American artist-provocateur Michael Rakowitz invites forty acclaimed chefs and food writers to create mouthwatering savoury and sweet dishes using date syrup Date syrup has been centr

Are you a fan of the Monstera plant? Beautiful photography? Or a man who loves to garden? Then this is the book for you. Based on the phenomenally successful Instagram account of the same name, Boys w

The pricing of goods, services, intangible property and financial instruments within a multi-divisional organization, particularly in regard to cross-border transactions, has emerged as one of the mos

A unique insight into the design of hand-made Soviet prison playing cards and their link to the Russian criminal underworld. This book reveals the importance of playing cards in Russian criminal cultu

A collection of previously unpublished postcards from the former Eastern Bloc – sinister, funny, poignant and surreal, they depict the social and architectural values of the period. Brutal concrete

Manny and Brigitta Davidson are a remarkable couple. Their parents, emigrés from Latvia and from Nazi-occupied Poland, strove to keep their heads above water and give their children a future in which

Mama just can’t get her five playful little monkeys to go to bed! Press the button on every page to sing along with this musical version of the favourite countdown rhyme!

Many people would love to search for truth in the Bible but are intimidated by its size, or the length of time its story spans, or the distance between our day and the cultural settings of the biblica

The artist’s book by Andreas Straub (*1941, Basel) provides an overview of the Swiss artist’s more than fifty-year-long career, as well as a look at prospective pieces that the artist is working on, b

This book gives readers an authentic picture of the Organization’s activities from its pioneering early years through to today, with early images in black and white later giving way to colour.

A fast-paced, witty and gripping historical crime opener to The Monsarrat Series from Tom Keneally and his eldest daughter MegIn an Australian penal colony at the edge of the known world, gentleman co

A fascinating photographic study of the previously overlooked Soviet Sanatoriums and their treatments – stunning eastern bloc architecture meets crude-oil baths and radon water douches. Visiting a Sov

A follow-up to the hugely successful Soviet Bus Stops, with new photographs of bus stops in Russia, Crimea, Georgia and Ukraine. Christopher Herwig has an insatiable appetite for ‘Soviet Bus Stops’. A

A hilarious new picture book by Mick and Chloe Inkpen, creators of the bestselling Zoe & Beans.

In the process of decommunisation, Ukraine has toppled all its Lenin monuments. The authors have hunted down and photographed these banned Soviet statues, revealing their inglorious fate. In the proce

Hello Stranger is the new book by the theater group Motus, whose hybrid work has unleashed dramaturgy and artistic languages as well as produced new scenic forms since its founding in the early 199

Published between 1906 and 1930, Molla Nasreddin was a satirical Azeri periodical edited by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and named after the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages (who reputedly

Chess, one of the world’s most popular games, has inspired artists for hundreds of years. Though apparently offering a limited canvas – each set has 32 pieces, each board 64 squares – sets have nevert