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Mayes invites us back to Tuscany for a new season of friendship, festivity and food. She is now truly at home, learning a new language and touring neighbouring towns, villages and islands, delving into gardening, wine-making and the experience of...

The 16th portfolio from the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is a collectable book for wildlife enthusiasts and fans of world-class photography alike. This new collection of stunning wildlife photographs represents the best...

Visualize and present your ideas quickly and effectively with the aid of this superbly illustrated book. Gregor Krisztian and Nesrin Schlempp-UElker explore and explain basic layout techniques, giving expert tips and demonstrating useful tricks employed...

This colourful visual feast features 100 humble masterpieces of design, those small objects we use daily - from tea bags to paperclips to hairpins - without which life would be unthinkable. Each object is portrayed in closeup detail with a brisk and...

"Hip Hotels" is all about winter action and sharp style. With ever more people catching on to the thrill and spectacle of the mountains, the choice of ski hotels has become mind-boggling - and overwhelmingly mediocre. In this volume Herbert...

Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime, and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always had as much to do with the dramatic events of his life - his...

The splendor of Gothic art is embodied in the magnificent cathedrals of Notre Dame, Chartres, Rouen, and Lincoln, among others, and in the sculpture with which these buildings were adorned. But during the years between 1140 and 1400 a vast quantity of...

Drawing on the knowledge of a lifetime of study, and the understanding of one who himself participated in the creative adventure of modern art, the late Sir Herbert Read traces the development of modern sculpture from Rodin to the present day and brings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564401762Author Dana FacarosFormat PaperbackPage Count 383Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 128g

The Complete Digital Photo Handbook is a fully comprehensive manual for everyone from the aspiring professional to the general enthusiast. The book starts by looking at the equipment available today and how to make the most of it. It then moves on to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781743005804Author Gayle VanzinoFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint BrimaxPublisher Five Mile

Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Known for its sophisticated resorts, British style, and warm inviting hospitality, Barbados is an...

Norman Stanley Fletcher, Arkwright, Lord Rustless, Piggy Malone - for the best part of two decades up to 19 million viewers a week have been taking these characters to their hearts with affection and delight. But the man behind these much-loved creations...

This title contains geography with the gritty bits left in. Where in the world can you: Find red-hot volcanic rocks the size of cars? Visit geysers that could boil you alive? Sniff some stinky sulphur?Book InformationISBN 9780439944588Author Anita...

It's Horrible Geography's turn to get a revamp. With a brand-new cover design, updated text and now including a horrible index, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in!Book InformationISBN 9780439944571Author Anita GaneriFormat PaperbackPage...

We all have a need to belong, to have a place and people we feel tied to: our nation, our family, our hometown or house. So how come one can find these feelings of belonging in a place that one has never visited before? Is it something about Ireland as a...

Knotwork and plaitwork are examined in detail against the sacred background from which they sprang, and illustrations of motifs taken from famous brooches and carvings show how Celtic knots can be adapted for all manner craftwork.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781575580265Author I.D.E. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Hearthstone PublishingPublisher Hearthstone Publishing

There are some great painters whose influence is confined to the world of painting - others whose impact is felt more widely, who through their art are effectively moral critics, challenging the society in which they live. Manet was one of these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473432256Author Giles CorenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Blackwell and RuthPublisher Blackwell and RuthWeight(grams) 660g

A reissue of a classic text on Roman art and architecture.Book InformationISBN 9780500200216Author Mortimer WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 530g

(Applause Acting Series). Every actor and director who enters the orbit of Marowitz's major work will find himself challenged to a deeper understanding of his art and propelled into further realms of exploration on his/her own. Marowitz meditates on all...

Nikon D40/D40x Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your Nikon D40 or Nikon D40x. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of...

Marcel Marceau's genius for the art of silence has astonished and delighted audiences of all ages for more than 50 years. Now, Bip in a Book captures the celebrated mime's boundless talent in a playful and charming adventure - and we really mean captures...

Unpublished in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson's, intensely personal lyrics have been much admired and very influential since.Book InformationISBN 9780460878951Author Emily DickinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Weidenfeld & NicolsonPublisher...

An excitingly original collection of war poetry - a handbook of Great War verse from favourites such as Owen, Sassoon and Brooke as well as rediscovered poems and songs Assembling a broad selection of Great War poetry, this volume includes the famous but...

This biography from Jodie Foster's brother Buddy, promises to set the record straight on the life of one of Hollywood's most powerful women. From her childhood and early acting career, to her multiple academy awards, this book attempts to show the...

This series provides a first introduction to plant and animal life cycles, exploring how living things grow and reproduce. Readers will learn how new life begins and develops, with an emphasis on the cyclical nature of life.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474823968Author Parragon Books LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint ParragonPublisher ParragonWeight(grams) 300g

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the...

Drawing on much unpublished material, including Brian Johnston's own diaries, this is the authorized biography of arguably the most distinctive voice in British broadcasting, and in the world of cricket. It reveals the "Johnners" of "Test...

Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of mankind, is a land of contrasts, with famous game...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385480482Author Thomas MertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

'The Christian faith and message promise joy - pure joy. Not what people call happiness, but joy. Not health or wealth, but joy. Not an easy ride and fun, but joy. We are filled with "an inexpressible and glorious joy".' In the familiar,...

The Photography Reader is a comprehensive introduction to theories of photography; its production; and its uses and effects. Including articles by photographers from Edward Weston to Jo Spence, as well as key thinkers like Roland Barthes, Victor Burgin...

Through the retelling of people's personal stories and experiences, this cultural and confessional journey into the heart of the Anglo-Indian community in India, a caste held in contempt by the British and Indians alike, unsettles our received ideas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780373761166Author Barbara McMahonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Silhouette BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers

Spike Milligan was one of Britain's best-loved comics as well as one of the most original. In this reassessment of Spike's life and career, biographer Humphrey Carpenter has - through copious research and access to many of those closest to the great man...

Universally loved and cherished, not just by the nation but by the acting industry, this book, with a heavy emphasis on pictures from performances across her long and illustrious career and Thora's own memories of them, also contains personal photographs...

Lesley Garrett is Britain's bestselling soprano, with a steadily growing following across the globe. In her autobiography, she recollects, in her own down-to-earth way, the story of her life and career so far, from the cottage in Yorkshire where she was...