(Hardback)

Great paintings cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. This book examines 100 iconic paintings from the Western canon and spotlights the finer points a quick glance will almost certainly fail to reveal. These include subtle internal details, such as hidden symbols and artistic tricks used by the painter to achieve particular effects.

(Hardback)

The arts of Oceania are astonishing: great statues, daunting tattoos, dynamic carving, woven and painted fabrics, intricately carved weapons, and a variety of ornaments, ritual objects, and utilitarian but beautiful things. This book sets the art of Oceania in its full historical context and captures an understanding of the field.

(Paperback)

Jewelry was one of the most successful expressions of Art Nouveau style. This book provides an account of the movement that spread through Europe and the US. Biographies of over 300 designers are included, with a guide to identification, from Vever and Lalique, to Hoffmann and Moser.

An exceptional collection of inspirational and rarely seen concept artworks from groundbreaking UK studio Atomhawk Design.

One of the digital art industry's rising American stars shares four years worth of his unique fantasy and sci-fi artwork.

(Paperback)

A critical response to dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticizing art and aesthetics at a time when the art world is locked in an analysis of identity politics. The book addresses the question of how art can be an empowering and revolutionary force within the black community.

(Paperback, Main)

An autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group Throbbing Gristle, has consistently challenged the boundaries of music over the past four decades. It is the story of her work as a pornographic model and striptease artiste which challenged assumptions about morality, erotica and art.

(Paperback, Main - Faber Greatest Hits)

A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.

(Paperback)

Arthur Wants a Balloon deals with a parent's depression and portrays a child's way of helping his father to cope.

Learn how to define structure and capture emotions with this comprehensive artist's guide to drawing the human head.

(Hardback)

A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.

(Hardback)

Celebrates the world of Islamic arts and crafts. This book presents the cultural, philosophical and historical heritage that artists and craftspeople still draw on. It provides access to a range of techniques, methods, materials and skills.

(Paperback)

A crocheted wool coat of exuberant textures and glowing colours; a shibori dyed and pleated silk vest of baroque sensuousness; a headdress of ribbon intricately ruched in the shape of a leaping fish - these are just a few beautiful, imaginative and provocative, even surreal works of wearable art illustrated in this title.

(Paperback)

Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years, As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one mans rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.

Provides an imaginative, carefully researched account of how the human mind evolved.

(, New edition)

Dolan spins a tale of human frailty, menace and guilt to create a sinister world at a tangent to our own in this story about four close neighbours thrown together in an alleged bizarre incident.

(Paperback, Main)

Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grunbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "The Best Refuge was a Closed Mouth." This work introduces Germany's most acclaimed poet to English readers.

Offers an assessment of the past, present and future of the game from the only man to have captained and coached the England cricket team. This title explores the personalities and contributions of characters, such as Basil D'Oliveira, Graham Gooch, Graeme Hick and Phil Tufnell, and also offers insights into many of the controversies in the game.

(Paperback, Main)

It is New Year in Bangkok, and an American cameraman is found murdered. Calvino is called in to investigate, and finds himself embroiled with a band of old Asia hands - bad guys with very powerful connections .

(Paperback)

Everybody's fave agony queen is back - just ask Amy!

(, Main)

A classic picture of the rural past in a remote Suffolk village, revealed in the conversations of old people who recall harvest customs, home crafts, poetic usages in dialect, old farm tools, smugglers' tales, and rural customs and beliefs going back to the time of Chaucer.

(Paperback, Main - Re-issue)

Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.

(Hardback)

Assassin's Creed Graphics gives you the keys to understanding the many features of this vast universe.