A Home for All Seasons
Gavin PlumleyGavin Plumley considered himself a distinctly urban being…until he met his rural husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House – a three-storey building in Pembridge, Herefordshire – on love …
Genre: ART
The Louvre
James GardnerRRP: £12.99
Almost nine million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre in Paris every year to see its incomparable art collection. Yet few, if any, are aware of the remarkable history of that location …
I'm a Joke and So Are You
Robin InceRRP: £9.99
Evening Standard’s the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018 ‘Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being h …
101 Marvellous Movies
David StrattonRRP: £12.99
Are you tired of trawling through movies you don’t recognise on Netflix? Sick of reading short film descriptions that sound boring? Don’t know what to watch next?Let leading film critic David Stratton …
The Phoenix Years
Madeleine O'DeaRRP: £16.99
The transformation of modern China told through the eyes of its dissident artists and writers.The Phoenix Years tells the riveting story of China’s rise from economic ruin to global giant in the four …
The House
Helen PittRRP: £14.99
The best-loved building in Australia nearly didn’t get off the drawing board. When it did, the lives of everyone involved in its construction were utterly changed: some for the better, many for the wo …
Science(ish)
Rick EdwardsRRP: £9.99
A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick”Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it.” Dara Ó BriainCan we resurrect dinosaurs? Is a Martian holiday good for your health? Can we buil …
A Forger's Tale
Shaun GreenhalghRRP: £10.99
Observer’s Best Art Book of the Year, 2018In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working out of …
Martin Sharp
Joyce MorganRRP: £16.99
Martin Sharp’s art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent …
Leaving Las Vegas
John O'BrienRRP: £9.99
A re-issue of John O’Brien’s debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness.Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O’Brien, is the dist …
The Auctioneer
Simon de PuryRRP: £9.99
In the glamorous and secretive world of art, Simon de Pury is the ultimate insider. Having elevated the auction into performance art, he is the most famous of all auctioneers. He has been chairman of …
A Double Shot of Happiness
Judy SharpRRP: £16.99
Tim Sharp and his magnificent creation, Laser Beak Man, are now major names in the world of international art. But the journey to this point has been an extraordinary one. When Judy Sharp took her thr …
It's A Colourful Life
John Paul WhiteRRP: £9.99
A beautifully designed, fresh and unique set of templates to colour in at your leisure – a perfect tool for relaxation and creativity.
A Strange Business
James HamiltonRRP: £14.99
Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles …
Nest
Janine BurkeRRP: £9.99
We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health of a place. When they’re gone, it’s as though there’s a hole in the sky, in …
Arthur Boyd
Darleen BungeyRRP: £18.99
Arthur Boyd’s legacy is a collection of masterpieces that define the history of Australian art in the last century. But the man himself – enigmatic, inarticulate, modest – has remained in the shadows …
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