Get the Picture

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Cork Dork, Bianca Bosker trained her insatiable curiosity, journalist’s knack for infiltrating exclusive circles and eye for unforgettable characters on the wine …

A Home for All Seasons

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Gavin 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 …

The Louvre

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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 …

101 Marvellous Movies

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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

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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

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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 …

I'm a Joke and So Are You

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‘Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.’ Observer’Funny, honest and heart-warming.’ Matt HaigWhat better way to understand o …

Science(ish)

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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 …

Martin Sharp

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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

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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 …

A Forger's Tale

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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 …

The Auctioneer

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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

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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 …

A Strange Business

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Shortlisted for the Apollo Awards 2014Longlisted for the Art Book Prize 2014 Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct u …

Arthur Boyd

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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 …

The Ralph Steadman Book of Cats

Ralph Steadman – artist of distinction, caricaturist of brilliance and long-time unsentimental cat-lover here shows us cats everywhere. Cats in furniture; cat dictators; T. S. Eliot cats and Samuel Jo …