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Axel Törneman (1880-1925) was one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters. He grew to work in several modernist styles, was one of the first Swedish expressionist artists, and became a part of the international avant-garde in art after embracing more...

From Augustine's City of God to Trump, the forms of nationalism across history. With the end of the Cold War and the triumph of globalization, many believed that nationalism was now a thing of the past: instead, the opposite is true. The essays in this...

A comprehensive and extensive study of architectural drawings from a historic collection. Gustav III's Collection including his own and other famous architects' drawings, accompanied Gustav IV Adolf during his exile in 1809. The collection was returned...

The Sampans from Canton is a collection of ninety-nine Chinese gouaches from the second half of the eighteenth century that depict in minute detail an entire community afloat on the water, with the various sampan vessels used for everything from the sale...

What history teaches us: writers and theorists on the lessons of the past. How can our understanding of the past help to solve our present political or economic conditions and conflicts? Edited by Swedish author Kurt Almqvist and historian Mattias...

The 2018 exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future, introduced the general public to the abstract mystical masterpieces of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862 1944). Based on a seminar held at the...

A handsomely redesigned edition of essays examining af Klint's final abstractions. The result of a series of lectures delivered during the 2016 Serpentine Galleries exhibition Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen, this volume gathers essays examining the...

The second installment in an epic and authoritative seven-volume Hilma af Klint catalogue raisonné: the pioneering abstractionist's beloved The Paintings for the Temple series Between 1906 and 1915, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) created 193 paintings that...

Hilma af Klint rarely exhibited her work during her lifetime, and her magnum opus, The Paintings for the Temple, was shown to the public in the series of exhibitions that started in 2013 at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and ended with the grand exhibition...

The drawings in this first volume of a new catalogue raisonné represent an intense ten-year period of Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life that would lay the foundation for her later achievements. In 1896, af Klint and four other women formed 'The Five', a...

This classic pioneering work by Åke Fant is now available in English translation for the first time since its original publication in 1989. Following her training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and twenty years of painting, Hilma...

Hilma af Klint is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. Her work from the early 20th century predates the first purely abstract paintings by Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. Now, for the first time, af Klint's works, some 1,600 in all, have been...

Hilma af Klint is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. Her work from the early 20th century predates the first purely abstract paintings by Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. Now, for the first time, af Klint's works, some 1,600 in all, have been...

Hilma af Klint is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. Her work from the early 20th century predates the first purely abstract paintings by Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. Now, for the first time, af Klint's works, some 1,600 in all, have been...

Acclaimed British architect Quinlan Terry's guide to more than 2,000 years of classicism in architecture. How do you draw a column? What distinguishes the different orders of columns, and is it really possible for anyone at all to learn how to interpret...

It has been claimed that around 14,500 wars have been fought since 3,500 BC. Humanity has only experienced 300 years of peace on Earth. During the twentieth century more people in total, were killed in wars, than during any previous century. Relatively,...

Sir William Chambers (1723 96) was a Swedish British architect who designed imaginative castle buildings and luxurious interiors as well as simple and rational utilitarian architecture: some of his most famous works include the Roehampton Villa, Great...

It is well known that, throughout history, royalty have built castles, fortresses and entire cities. However, less consideration has been given to individual monarchs who pursued an interest in architecture and in some cases acted as architects. It is...

"Consciousness is a scientific problem that is unlike any other. Our own consciousness, as Descartes noted, is the most indubitable feature of our existence. It is the most precious one, as well: consciousness is life itself, and for most people having...

At some point around two million years ago, we discovered that we could exchange one thing for another. Since then, humans have continued trading and exchanging things throughout economic history. Clever humans also invented capital, which we used to...

The Meaning of History is the senior thesis written by Henry Kissinger at Harvard university in 1950, when he was twenty-seven. More than 70 years later it is now being published for the first time. The thesis explores the thought of three distinct but...

Tracing the past, present and future of technology's impact on culture, industry and economics. In this anthology of essays, leading historians, academics and writers trace the influence of technology on industry and economics, warfare and espionage,...

How has the idea of liberty developed and evolved over the centuries? What does freedom mean for us today and what do we need to do in order to preserve the freedoms for which generations of men and women fought and even gave their lives? Liberty is...

Machiavelli's observation on leaders' challenge to balance power is just as relevant in our time with renewed military, economic and cultural conflicts as it was in 16th century Florence. China's growth, Russia's attack on Ukraine and the increasing...

Iconoclasm: Rejecting the past is a warning bell, an alarm, alerting readers to the threat against the tolerance and openness of democratic society. Iconoclasm, the breaking of images, is part of our history from the destruction of religious images in...

Hilma af Klint is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. Her work from the early 20th century predates the first purely abstract paintings by Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. Now, for the first time, af Klint's works, some 1,600 in all, have been...

A gorgeous leatherbound compendium of flora, shells, rare insects and more from the golden age of curiosities. Featuring amazing reproductions of floral specimens, minerals, seashells and more from rarely seen collections, and beautiful engravings of...

How history is written: an anthology of classic texts from Thucydides and Machiavelli to Nietzsche and E.H. Carr. The admonition that we should learn from history is a well-known truism, but what does that actually mean? In other words, what is history?...

A revelatory introduction to the spiritualist abstractions of the Swedish painter and lifelong friend of Hilma af Klint. Until now, the Swedish painter Anna Cassel (1860 1937) had mostly been famed for her paintings of landscapes and urban environments,...

This debut teen graphic novel from social media influencer Jyoti Chand and rising star illustrator Tara Anand follows one girl’s journey navigating high school and her mental health within a traditional South Asian family. Perfect for fans of...

When American teen Evan Bright came to live with her long-lost father - the actual king of England - she instantly became the most-hated member of the royal family. The vicious clickbait articles and backstabbing new relatives are tough enough, but now...

The twentieth century saw many developments in printing technology, which in turn influenced the way typefaces were designed and manufactured. At the start of the century, creating type was limited to a small number of elite artisans capable of...

*Winner of the 2025 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry for Lifetime Achievement*With imaginative power and emotional force, Into The Hush explores the exigencies of climate change, of endangered cultures, and of our nuclear age.Like wind on a lake,...

John Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brother's request, it transpires that he has been killed by arsenical poisoning, though nobody in the sleepy village of Anneypenny seems to have had a reason to do him ill. Rumours...

In this laugh-out-loud spin on a classic nursery rhyme collection, a feisty weasel continuously interrupts the narrator's carefully prepared recitation-adding exuberant mischief to the timeless rhymes we all know and love.The sensible Secretary Bird...

What a study in contrasts is the friendship between Henry Jekyll and his boon companion, Edward Hyde. Where Jekyll is a handsome and respected man of science, Hyde is a surly and brutish misanthrope. Nevertheless, Jekyll has allowed Hyde free access to...

Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today's economy?The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure...

A pop-up and flaps board book for curious little ones who love FrozenDiscover the magic of Frozen with 5 pop-up surprises!Explore the enchanting kingdom of Arendelle inside this pop-up board book, where young fans of Frozen can play peekaboo with Sven...

A hilarious and endearing picture book that encourages self-acceptance from Emmy-nominated author Bess Kalb and illustrator Erin Kraan. A hilarious and endearing picture book that encourages self-acceptance from Emmy-nominated author Bess Kalb and...

Mariella Frostrup teams up with Belles Berry to bring you practical solutions to diet at perimenopause and beyondMenolicious is a new cooking bible for midlife, offering accessible, easy, and affordable recipes to alleviate key symptoms of menopause.With...

Reinvent classic Italian American dishes with over 100 creative new recipes from Danny Loves Pasta's Danny FreemanAuthor and pasta expert Danny Freeman is known for his fun and vibrant approach to cooking. His first book, Danny Loves Pasta, made homemade...

Recreate your favourite meaty meals with over 100 comforting plant-based recipes-featuring remarkably realistic meat substitutesOn TikTok, Shreya Ahluwalia's "Make it Meatless" series has garnered over 70 million views. In this original series, she shows...

From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried to wipe off the mapBuilt by slave labour in the early years of the eighteenth century, Saint Petersburg was Peter the Great's so-called 'window on to Europe', a city that would outdo all...

A collection of over 100 simple, satisfying plant-packed recipes that are low on effort but BIG on flavourLoved for her quick and delicious recipes whipped up after a long day as a personal chef, Natalia Rudin has created a show-stopping cookbook full of...

Perfect for fans of Saltburn, For the Wolf, and Wuthering Heights, Tenderly, I Am Devoured is a moody, monstrously Gothic romantasy in which a young woman must bind herself to a dangerous chthonic demon to save her family's legacy-and herself-from ruin...

A moving and insightful Australian novel that examines the complexities of friendship in your thirties - and celebrates the unique bond of best friends. Ideal for fans of Dolly Alderton and Zoe Foster-Blake.'Genevieve and I have known each other for a...

A big book full of fun alien-themed puzzles and fascinating facts about the search for extra-terrestrial life. Children will enjoy exploring the known universe and imagining unknown worlds as they crack alien message codes, finalize spaceship designs...

Ten wise and wryly funny essays in place of a memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks'The only dividend of the years' vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the...