Arts, Architecture & Design

House, The: The dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it

In Road Trip David Marks has captured the cool road trip of our collective imagination. For the journey, he had two ideal travelling companions: the Diana and Polaroid cameras. Take a hypnotic trip along memory’s lanes and highways with these stunning...

Join internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess as she explores the timeless beauty and glamour of ten of France's best-loved designers in a stylish celebration of one of the world's favorite fashion destinations. From the courts of...

Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it's not until you get up close that you feel brutalism's radical roots. Brutalist architecture hit Sydney in the late 1950s when local archi­tects and their international peers experimented with...

For those born in Australia, it’s easy to take citizenship and its responsibilities for granted. But there is much more to being an Australian citizen than having a passport and the right to vote.

New York Times  bestselling author and award-winning photographer Jamie Beck displays her stunning photography of the flowers of Southern France in this beautiful gift book. When acclaimed and award-winning photographer Jamie Beck set out for a one-year...

Featuring gorgeous photography of ancient Himalayan architecture, recent restoration projects, and modern trends in building and crafts, Himalayan Style celebrates the vitality, diversity, and potential of Himalayan forms and designs. Himalayan...

Harry Potter: Magical Meditations: 64 Inspirational Cards Based on the Wizarding World

Taking professional-quality photos doesn't require a fancy camera - with the help of Yasseen and Moaz, the photographer duo behind Camera Bro, you can learn to take stunning, dramatic, unforgettable and "like-worthy" photos with your iPhone. Yasseen and...

The Grown-Ups Guide series features how-to projects, creative prompts, and crafting activities that will inspire you and your little ones to spend hours of fun together. Now you can learn the fun, trendy paint pouring technique-and teach your kids to do...

With drawing tips, techniques, and step-by-step projects, Drawing: Manga is the perfect resource for artists ready to enhance their drawing skills and create their own manga book.  With Manga (Drawing Step by Step), develop drawing and storytelling...

Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and step-by-step drawing techniques, The Art of Basic Drawing provides a perfect introduction to drawing for beginning artists.  Filled with easy step-by-step instruction from a variety of artists and a wealth...

Develop a visual mindfulness practice--and enjoy the mental health benefits of mindful drawing! Embrace imperfection and express your own unique creativity by learning how to stay in the moment as you draw with this how-to guide to mindful sketching. ...

A perfect gift for anyone dreaming about getting a tattoo, this gorgeous guided journal and sketchbook offers thoughtful prompts and plenty of blank space to hold all your tattoo ideas and inspirations. What kind of imagery would make the most...

Discover a new approach to oil painting that takes the stuffiness out and puts the fun back in. Learn how to paint vibrant florals, landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and more, and see your skills improve.  Oil Painting Every Day shows you how to...

Take your art in a bold new direction-go gouache! In Creative Gouache, artist Ruth Wilshaw shares her step-by-step techniques for creating brilliantly vibrant effects with this easy-to-master medium, a perfect companion for transparent watercolor. In...

Offers a fresh approach to figure drawing with a focus on drawing figures in movement or in dramatic poses. Life Drawing for Artists teaches a contemporary approach to figure drawing that includes both the familiar poses-standing, sitting, lying...

The fourth title in the Draw 62 series featuring the adorable imagery of artist Heegyum Kim, Draw 62 Things in Nature and Make Them Cutepresents step-by-step how-to for nature-inspired characters-trees, rocks, seashells, vegetables, and more. In this...

In Animation Lab for Kids, artists, teachers, and authors Laura Bellmont and Emily Brink present exciting, fun, hands-on projects that teach kids a range of animation techniques. Introduce kids to stop-motion animation and animated filmmaking. Animation...

Drawing Adorable Art for Happy Hearts is your step-by-step guide to creating supercute illustrations of everyday objects using a range of techniques and mediums, from pencil sketching to marker coloring. Learn how to letter and create fun, adorable...

Learn how to draw cats in all their adorableness with step-by-step tutorials in Kawaii Kitties. In Kawaii Kitties, popular YouTube artist Olive Yong (@bichi.mao) teaches you how to draw all kinds of cute cats doing all kinds of silly things in her...

With all the style, quality, and elegance you've come to expect from VERANDA, this entry in the magazine's bestselling series of home decorating books invites you into the world's most stunning houses. Lushly romantic or quietly minimalist, boasting...

VERANDA knows what makes a home exquisite—and following the successful Houses of Veranda, the magazine has produced a lavish new book with a wealth of ideas for exceptional outdoor spaces. Take a private tour of magnificent homes with lush gardens,...

Fifty oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column 'Anatomy of a Song'. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more - iconic recordings that not only inspire a...

Forty-five oral histories of iconic rock and R&B hits based on the popular Wall Street Journal column Anatomy of a Song. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits transcend commercial value, touching a generation of listeners...

Unleash your creative expression with open-ended watercolor prompts from the author of A Field Guide to Color. With 62 cards, The Color Meditation Deck offers over 500 potential combinations for endless color meditation opportunities. This deck gives...

Easy Drawing offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put graphite pencil or colored pencil to paper! Leave your artistic...

Easy Watercolor offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put paintbrush to paper! Leave your artistic insecurities behind as...

Drawing Poses for Beginners combines step-by-step pencil lessons and additional graphite portrait examples to demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in hundreds of realistic poses. With a wealth of illustrated graphite portrait references...

With Birds & Botanicals (Mindful Artist) artists of all skill levels can learn to use ink and zen brushwork to create elegant paintings of birds, flowers, plants, and more. Birds & Botanicals (Mindful Artist) features tips, techniques, and step-by-step...

With Paint Every Little Thing in Watercolor, you can learn to paint your favorite everyday items using watercolor, gouache, ink, pastel, and more. From food and kitchen tools to clothing, craft supplies, cosmetics, and more, this book will show you how...

Fine Artist's Guide to Tools & Materials, The: An essential reference for understanding and using the tools of the trade

A set of 23 meditation cards with art and poetry by Alex Grey  • Contains the complete series of Sacred Mirrors paintings plus two additional transformative images  • Includes guided meditations, reflections, and poetry by Alex Grey  • By the author...

Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organised into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip...

Music is, in one sense, merely a series of fleeting vibrations that arise and subside. How could it be that something so insubstantial fills us, and calms us, and makes us weep? Because, says W. A. Mathieu, music bridges mind and heart, self and other,...

Get inspired and get glazing! Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations provides a captivating collection of sure-fire glaze recipes and electrifying combinations for low-fire, mid-range, and high-fire potters. Hundreds of photos and technically-edited...

his debut monograph of the visionary landscape architecture firm OJB uncovers the philosophy that guides the practice and reveals the transformative power of landscape through a selection of case studies drawn from the firm's thirty-year history. ...

Highlighting the wonders of our planet and ways on how best we can save it, Earth, My Dearest includes quotes ranging from poet Henry David Thoreau to activist Greta Thunberg. This quote collection will help show all of us how to cherish the environment...

A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland. 'If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top down, pedal to the metal up and down odyssey through the many byways of a Scottish year. An invitation to anyone who picks up...

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram In 2018, without any...

With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstory, and verve for life, Frida Kahlo remains a modern icon, captivating and inspiring artists, feminists, and art lovers more than sixty years after her death. Forever Frida celebrates...

Celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary with a full-color hardcover historical retrospective that explores nearly every one of the blue speedster’s video game appearances!  Dive deep into the extensive lore and exhaustive detail of each game in...

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest mammals, along with their complex societies. In these pages, we learn that whales share an amazing ability to learn and adapt to opportunities, from...

An accessible and inspiring guide full of creative ideas and practical lessons for designing happy, family-friendly spaces. In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for...

Inspiration and answers for people wanting to live more sustainably in a smaller house while respecting the environment and saving money on energy and maintenance. Smaller, more environmentally friendly houses seem to be the wave of the future. As...

Evoking memories of the past and aspirations for the future to create unique contemporary interiors Interior design should not be sterile or static; it's a living extension of art meant to be touched, used, and admired. This mindset is the heart of...

Cabin Style is all about good living in wild places of spectacular natural beauty. It's about how to bring texture and tone, color and flair, and coziness, comfort and originality to unique homes where altitude meets attitude. Cabin Style showcases the...

Gorgeous color art from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece! The first three Color Walk art books collected into one beautiful compendium. Color images and special illustrations from the world’s most popular manga, One Piece! This compendium features over 300...