Arts, Architecture & Design Books

One of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved classics, Totoro celebrates its 25th anniversary!The companion book to the beloved animation classic My Neighbor Totoro, by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring artwork taken...

One of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved classics, Totoro celebrates its 25th anniversary!The beloved animation classic by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro, is now a novel. This edition features original illustrations...

Japan's most popular filmmaker speaks on life, love, and the world of anime.The Starting Point...of the Greatest Career in Animation HistoryIn the first two decades of his career, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki laid the groundwork for his legendary movies...

Art from the world’s most popular ninja comic!Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief.  He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious  about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja!An art book...

Kiki, a young witch-in-training, has reached the age of 13. According to tradition, all witches of that age must leave home for one year, so that they can learn how to live on their own. Kiki, along with her talking cat Jiji, fly away to live in the...

Add Howl's Moving Castle to this list of must-have movie books. Director Hayao Miyazaki is a master storyteller and his films have all become classics of animation. There's no better way to preserve the magic of Howl and his flying castle than by adding...

"Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! Landscape Graphics is the architect's ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture." Announcing the new revised edition of...

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and THE TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. Barbra Streisand is by...

Alexander ('Sandy') Goehr is a leading British composer and teacher. Born into a Jewish musical family in Berlin in 1932, he arrived in England in 1933 with his father, Walter, a composer, conductor, and pupil of Arnold Schoenberg; and his mother Laelia,...

The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they...

The idea of the book was central throughout the western European and the eastern Mediterranean world in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. From the beginning, the word for 'book'-sefer in Hebrew, biblia in Greek, and liber in Latin-was identified with...

Published to mark the 400th anniversary of the book's original publication, this facsimile edition faithfully reproduces one of the finest copies held in the British Library collections.The significance of the First Folio cannot be underestimated. It is...

Enjoy daily distraction with this engaging Almanac. Each date is assigned one or more literary connections. Book lovers will find extracts from authors' diaries and letters, chance upon the narrative twists and transformative moments in their favourite...

Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic presents fifty of the very first adventure stories, set out across seven sections, featuring Heroes and Heroines; Epic Battles; Magical Events and Miracles; Villains, Crime and Murder; Quests or Journeys; Animals; and...

Why does a book look and feel the way it does? What can it tell us about the circumstances of its creation? This is a fascinating exploration of the development of book design through some of the most treasured volumes in the British Library collections...

This stunningly illustrated new book focuses on 77 intricate, expressive and individual examples of calligraphy from the unparalleled collection of the British Library. The author, a renowned expert on the history of the form as well as a fine...

'History, it seems, is seldom written by the tattooed.'In this impressively broad yet personal account, John Miller 'a conventionally dressed middle-aged academic with a full bodysuit' explores tattooing as a unique expression of individual, cultural and...

The art of predicting earthly events from the movements of stars and planets has always been a source of fascination. Medieval astrologers, though sometimes feared to be magicians in league with demons, were usually revered scholars whose ideas and...

Learn and perfect the classic, yet once again popular, script with this easy-to-use, full-colour, and very modern guide.Pointed pen calligraphy doesn't have to be intimidating! This photo-packed guide breaks down every skill, step and stroke into...

THE FIRST BOOK DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO THE USE AND MASTERY OF MODERN BRUSH PENSDrawing gorgeous letters, words and phrases with a brush pen doesn't have to be difficult! Brush Pen Lettering will show you how to create your own unique style. To help you on...

THE FIRST ALL-IN-ONE EDITION OF P.R. SPENCER'S CLASSIC PENMANSHIP PRIMER INCLUDING STEP-BY-STEP LESSONS AND PAGES FOR PRACTICINGEasy to understand yet challenging to perfect, the Spencerian system was the standard for all personal and business...

T-Rex may be king of the dinosaurs and the lion may be king of the jungle, but the undisputed, hands-down ruler of mythical creatures is the dragon. Now, anyone with an interest in drawing these amazing creatures can follow the program in this book and...

The Simpsons Merchandise Guide for all Simpsons Lovers"What are the two things every Simpsons' collector needs? This book and shelves! " Stephanie GillisThe Simpsons#1 Best Sellerin TV History & CriticismThis quirky book unleashes the entire story of...

Published to accompany the exhibition Cressida Campbell at the National Gallery of Australia this beautiful colouring book, featuring Campbell's extraordinary work The Kitchen Shelf, is suited to aspiring colourists young and old. Packaged between...

This book offers an account of how the global popularity of the Nordic Noir wave of television crime drama such as The Killing/Forbrydelsen and The Bridge/Broen/Bron had a profound impact on the production of television crime drama in Australia. Through...

Take a trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne ...Remember loading up the back of the car and heading away with the family over the summer holidays? Being part of Beatlemania when the group toured in '64? Watching Dennis Lillee deliver a stinging bouncer in...

Documentary photography offers one way of looking, but this type of looking is also about feeling. It is a style of making photographs designed to draw people into the world and activate their interest in something beyond themselves.Australian...

The television writing of Russell T. Davies defies easy categorisation, ranging from children's programmes, across Shakespeare, historical drama and comedy, to the landmark series that have made him a household name: Queer As Folk, Doctor Who and It's a...

'There is a certain feeling standing between rows of richly dyed blue cloth that you are within an enclave of protection, that within this ocean you can feel calm; a separation from the outside world.'One summer, a mother and daughter are reunited in the...

Get your backstage pass to the world-famous Rockfield Recording Studios in Monmouth, Wales. Featuring frank and funny interviews with the artists who recorded there and studio staff, Rock Legends at Rockfield reveals the fascinating stories behind some...

This is the first full-length study of the material and visual culture of the British labour movement in almost half a century. It draws together the fruits of recent research into a comprehensive material and visual analysis of the nineteenth-century...

In the decades since the Second World War, the teenage witch has emerged as a major American cultural trope. Appearing in films, novels, comics and on television, adolescent witches have long reflected shifting societal attitudes towards the teenage...

Mother Trouble traces white maternal angst in popular culture across a span of more than fifty years, from the iconic Rosemary's Baby to anti-vaxx mom memes and HGTV shows. The book narrows in on popular media to think about white maternal angst as a...

Batik occupies a special place in Indonesian culture. Each fabric has a rich story to tell-as a reflection of the nation's religious beliefs (Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam), sophisticated court cultures and cosmopolitan history (that...

Indigenous artists from across the planet provide truth-telling about the past and inspiration to imagine better futures.marramarra (a Wiradjuri word meaning to create, make or do) explores how contemporary Indigenous artists and their communities are...

In We Deserve This, published by Carrara Media, automotive journalist and photographer Victoria Scott explores the intersection of femininity, fashion, automotive culture, and trans joy in a groundbreaking collection. As a car enthusiast and a trans...

Late in the last century, deep in the Pacific Northwest amongst the economic and psychological hardships of one town, America's last great band was born - Nirvana. The band's leader, a young introvert with superior songwriting talents, slowly molded a...

Divine women in many guises have featured in every world faith from deep history until the present day, inspiring people and cultures across the world. In a cross-cultural and global approach, this book discusses Eve alongside Inanna, Radha and Aphrodite...

The name Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775) is closely entwined in the 18th century with the golden age of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. His exceptional artistic talent, coupled with craftsmanship, enabled him to capture the daily life of the...

Wimbledon: The Pinnacle of Sport is a lavish and beautiful large format photographic book celebrating The Championships and a golden era of tennis graced by legends of tennis like Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena...

Wimbledon 2024: The Official Story of The Championships is the comprehensive, entertaining and beautifully illustrated re-telling of a spell-binding fortnight of tennis at the All England Club. Since 1984 the official 'annual' has...

The official art book for the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, the 9th title reissue of the 24-book Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga series published as a resized matching set.This fully illustrated tome is a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the...

With many of her subjects rendered in hyper realistic style, wearing a second skin of black paint or dark-florals, Laura Rubin's art is unmistakeable.To tell the story behind her art, Laura begins the book by sharing her journey from art student to...

Today, Metallica are known as consummate musicians, but it wasn't always that way. Their early career is marked by a gradual evolution from garage thrash to sophisticated, progressive heights an evolution driven by their bass player, Cliff Burton, who...

A beautifully illustrated book on the Kennicott Bible, a remarkable example of Medieval Jewish book art.The Kennicott Bible is among the most celebrated Hebrew Bibles that survive from the Middle Ages. Originating from La Corua in northern Spain, it...

The best-known songs in the world are violent, sexist, and religious - so why do we celebrate national anthems when we should be rewriting them?The story begins in a London theatre in 1745, where the modern idea of anthems started out as triumphant...

50 Contemporary Artists is my response to publishers, critics and curators who systematically regurgitate the same list of contemporary artists every season. Being an Artist, Editor-In-Chief of Artvoices Magazine and the Curator of Artvoices Art Books, I...