Non-Fiction Books

Since being introduced in the 19th century, when they were considered the bastard cousins of more refined serif types, slab serif typefaces have b...

Rewritten from cover to cover and updated to include the discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half, this classic guide to the ar...

Artists, photographers, architects, fashion designers, product designers, street artists, graphic designers: all are helping to redefine our aesthe...

The world's major cities are making room for cyclists, helping them to ride, store, share and buy their bicycles more easily than ever before. As a...

Product Description Sculpture has never been more exciting: gallery goers flock to see artworks that demand attention and dominate space. But how ...

The rise and fall of Henry's notorious minister - the most corrupt Chancellor in English history The son of a brewer, Cromwell rose from obscurity...

See Hear Yoko captures the rich complexity of Yoko Ono-woman, artist, activist, wife and mother-from her days with John Lennon through the present,...

A fresh, new look at gangs in every part of the world which deliberately avoids the stories that have been done to death - about Capone, Dillinger,...

Jerry Hall escaped from small-town Texas and was discovered on a St Tropez beach at the age of 16. Within a year she had appeared on the covers of ...

Claude Monet spent most of his life painting his own spontaneous impressions of nature and the world that was closest to him. His works provoked th...

Product Description Since the sixties, Keith Johnstone has led the work on improvisation in theatre, schools and universities. His unique ideas, s...

Discover the captivating world of art and culture with this stunning book that invites you to explore the depths of creativity and expression. Perf...

This is the second volume in Clinton Heylin's magisterial survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. The first volume - Revolution in the Air which is now a...

Marrying sumptuous fashion with insightful biography, Supreme Glamour charts the glittering story of Motown's most successful act and original pop ...

Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for...

This groundbreaking book explores the visual representations of black culture throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. From blue...

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. A vital resource through which to underst...

Over 700 full-colour photographs of the work of leading tattoo artists from all over the world, including: Horiyoshi III, Filip Leu, Louis Molloy, ...

Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed and daring of its practitioners. In a richly anecdo...

'The very best book on the subject ever published' Bernard Ewell, Personal Property Journal (the trade publication of the American Society of Appr...

Are you razor sharp when it comes to Shelby family knowledge? Do you know The Garrison Tavern and its regulars like the back of your hand? Then ...

What if you could sit down with your favourite artist and ask them anything you liked - Life? Work? Inspiration? Based on new interviews and archiv...

Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Robert Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously ...

In the Renaissance period, art and architecture in Venice reached a kind of apotheosis when many of the city's new buildings, sculptures and painti...

Product Description An amazing archive of New York City Transit Authority memorabilia provides a unique look at the city’s past. New York City Tr...

Renowned photographer Robert M. Knight captures the rousing essence of rock and roll with these immortal images. In 1968, a young photographer name...

*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far'* What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but stil...

Product Description Featuring rare, outstanding additional content, Clint Eastwood: Icon is the definitive collection of film art and material rep...

The official TV tie-in to accompany the ITV drama scripted by Andrew Davies The World of Sanditon delves behind the scenes of Sanditon, giving you...

The act of making photograph is challenged constantly by a seduction of "making a nice picture", instead of my purpose of capturing the "spirit" o...

This distinctive notebook collection showcases gorgeous vintage posters, concept, and promotional artwork from the pivotal film in the original Sta...

Richard Rogers, founder of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, is a pre-eminent architect of his generation, whose approach to buildings is infused wi...

A playbook for creative thinking, created for contemporary students and practitioners working across the fields of graphic design, product design, ...

`Art is the flower, life is the green leaf' - Charles Rennie Mackintosh Haphazard bunches, formal bouquets, chance arrangements, quiet and th...

All across the Americas, from the 16th century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways, having...

Inventive, glamorous, gorgeous - since the beginning VOGUE has set the platinum standard for fashion magazines the world over and has become an ico...

An authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consumed by art,...

Part travelogue, part narrative history, 'Colour' unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, di...

Combining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans and sections, this exciting new reading...

Where do our things really come from? China is the most common answer, but Thomas Thwaites decided he wanted to know more. In The Toaster Project, ...

As seen in O: The Oprah Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Cool Hunting, and countless other media outlets, The Map as Art is ava...