Society & Social Sciences

Yurlmun: Mokare Mia Boodja, which means 'Returning to Mokare's Home Country' explores early encounters between Menang people and the British colonists and features the stories behind 14 rare, significant objects that originated from the Menang Noongar...

Widely studied, frequently staged-verbatim theatre is everywhere. In this new book, Mark Wheeller, the author of verbatim hitsToo Much Punch for Judy,Hard to Swallow,Missing Dan NolanandGame Over, and the most performed living playwrights in the UK,...

Shortlisted for the2023SportsBookAwardsfor Best Sports Writing of the YearThe British, who are rightly proud of their sporting traditions, are now having to come to terms with the dark, unacknowledged, past of racism in sport until now the truth that...

Public symbolism and private reflection: writer and urban explorer Attlee reads the signs appearing in windows and interviews a wide spectrum of peopleAs Britain entered lockdown in the spring of 2020, images and signs proliferated in its windows,...

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on...

Illustrator Pascal Campion shares his professional journey, galleries of work, and narrative-influenced tutorials, with charming art inspired by family life.It was after graduating in 2000 from the Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg, France, with a diploma in...

Following the success of previous titles in this popular series, Sketching from the Imagination: Magic & Myth showcases the fantastical characters and worlds of 50 artists and illustrators.Chosen especially for this book these artists from around the...

Turn creating anime characters and stories from a passion into your profession with this guide to drawing and painting, promoting, and selling your work.Specially commissioned step-by-step tutorials by respected professionals help you fine-tune your...

For the first time, talented French illustrator and character designer Sibylline Meynet not only shares her beautiful artwork in this beautifully crafted book, but also presents specially commissioned tutorials, step-by-step techniques, and the story of...

Simone Grnewald is a 3dtotal Publishing favorite as the designer of popular characters for Character Design Quarterly magazine, and the author of Sketch Every Day, a book packed with her much sought-after sketching techniques and character-design tips...

New series Character Design Collection features 50 expert artists using professional techniques and approaches to create a library of inspiring sketches.Character Design Collection is the dynamic new series from the character design experts, 3dtotal...

Unlock the secrets to creating stylized animals that enchant and entertain their audience, resulting in characters that follow in the popular paw-prints of much-loved creatures from Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, and other great studios. Creating Stylized...

Atey Ghailan retraces the steps of his own artistic journey to share his art, influences, workflows, and brand new creations. When law student Atey Ghailan realised that he was doing more sketching than note-taking in class, he decided to pursue a career...

Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition is a fully revised and updated back-to-basics title, packed with the fundamental concepts, conventions, and theory every beginner artist needs to create successful work. This essential book is written by industry...

Character Design Quarterly 14 is a creative, bright, and engaging magazine for artists, animators, illustrators, and character designers of all levels.Character Design Quarterly is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert...

In 2003 the former Women's Press editor and critic Sarah LeFanu published her acclaimed biography of Rose Macaulay with Virago Press.'A magnificent job ... imaginative and thoughtful, dense with distilled information ... LeFanu offers a skilled, visual,...

In 1935 Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) was a well-established novelist, reviewer, columnist and feminist wit. She was part of the 'intellectual aristocracy' of England, but was also passionately interested in everyday life and its foolishnesses. Personal...

A shocking graphic novel tells the poverty and discrimination suffered by the Chagos Islanders when their eviction by the British enforced US military control of their Indian Ocean home.During the cold war, the US government sought to establish an...

'Where is home, Mum?' From the foothills of the Himalayas in the Kashmiri valleys to bustling Green Street in East London, Sabba Khan researches her identity from the global to the local, covering partition, displacement, and clothing choices for an...

The 2017 #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse felt like a flagship moment, a time at which women were empowered to share their stories in a spirit of empowerment and solidarity and demand change. But have some men simply changed...

Ogadinma or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the nave and trusting Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's societal expectations in the 1980s. After a rape and unwanted pregnancy leave her exiled from...

AI has unparalleled transformative potential to reshape society, our economies and our working lives, but without legal scrutiny, international oversight and public debate, we are sleepwalking into a future written by...

In a time of war, what is the shape of love? Saba arrives in an East African refugee camp as a young girl, devastated to have been wrenched from school and forced to abandon her books as her family flees to safety. In this unfamiliar, crowded...

Looking to commission an introduction from a fan of Norah Lange's previous works. Translated by award winning translator Charlotte Whittle and we may commission translators note. First translation in English of Norah Lange's memoir. An influential...

Share: Conversations about Contemporary Architecture The Nordic Countriesis the first book in a new global series of investigative interviews about the modern architectural process. Initiated and undertaken by the Norway-based Canadian architect Todd...

Learn how to create vibrant character designs with the step-by-step guidance of professional artists from the illustration and animation industries.  Creating Stylized Characters gives readers a valuable insight into the popular art of character...

GRAPHITE 9 is 104 pages of the most inspiring and beautifully presented content focused on traditional drawing and illustration. As always, in this issue readers will be guided through the creative processes of a diverse selection of the best and most...

Following the enormous success of her first art book, Loish returns with an inspiring book dedicated to her beautiful sketches.  The Sketchbook of Loish offers readers a unique look into Loish's creative processes and idea generation, providing...

- Offers a unique, contemporary perspective on life drawing and its applications, compared to existing titles- Applies the time-sensitive, dynamic approaches of traditional figure drawing to the industry's intensive art workflows- Aims to preserve valuabl

An inspiring collection of drawings and articles exploring the sketchbooks and artistic practices of 50 talented character artists.Sketches and drawings are the foundations of great art, where thoughts and concepts first come to life as an image. In...

AA Files 75 features essays by Freya Wigzell, Kristina Jaspers, Claire Zimmerman, Laila Seewang, Roberta Marcaccio, Rebecca Siefert, Shantel Blakely, Francesco Zuddas, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Victor Plahte Tschudi, Francisco Gonzalez de Canales, Ross...

AA Files 73 features contributions on Patrick Hodgkinson and essays and conversations by Matthew Mullane, Mariana Siracusa, Eva Branscome, Nicholas Olsberg, Mike Dempsey, Helen Thomas, Thomas Weaver, Jonathan Sergison, Alberto Ponis, Timothy...

Exhibition Prosthetics by Joseph Grigely explores the artist's use of language and images as a means of representation that further the reach of the real. Grigely uses the term 'exhibition prosthetics' to describe an array of these conventions,...

Religion is a term that is often used in the media and public life without any clarification. However, it is a word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. It is a loaded word that has a different meaning for every person; religion can be seen as...

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Toxic debt, rising job losses, collapsing commodity prices and expanding poverty. How can we rein in these beasts unleashed by the free market economy?People First Economics takes a...

What happens when a perfectly healthy teen suddenly becomes tired and lethargic? In Tired Teens, Dr. Philip R. Fischer draws upon decades of experience as a pediatrician to pinpoint causes of chronic fatigue in teens and explains how teens and parents...

The challenges of parenting are addressed with real-world solutions that meet the needs of all family members in this guide. The tenets of 'Nonviolent Communication' are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the home, in these...

From the author of lnsectopedia, a powerful exploration of loss, grief, endurance, and the absences that permeate the present.Unconformities are gaps in the geological record, physical evidence of breaks in time. For Hugh Raffles, these holes in history...

Zagami pushes the boundaries once again with this unique and personal journey into the mysteries of the secretive world of the Dark Cabal. In the third book of this acclaimed series, Zagami explores a variety of cryptic topics that are always verified...

Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously-but examines them with common sense and...

Written for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) sufferers yet useful for anyone wishing make better use of their time, this book is abundant with effective strategies for combating problems related to inattention, procrastination,...

Offering invaluable information and illustrations to help travelers understand a country's people and avoid cultural faux pas Taking readers beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, and tulips, this pocket-sized guide helps visitors...

Culture Smart! Zambia offers the reader a glimpse behind the tourist panorama of unspoilt nature and the busy urban life, luxury hotels, shopping malls, and rush-hour bottlenecks of Zambia s big cities. It paints a vivid picture of the psyche of a people...

South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the...

When you enter Greece's mountainous peninsula, with its long coastline and unique archipelago, you are returning to the cradle of Western civilization. And while the ancient Greeks fashioned our political, ethical, aesthetic, and scientific values, their...

Visitors marvel at Hong Kong's breathtaking location, its amazing architecture, its exciting shopping, and its fine dining. And yet it is a land of opposites of order juxtaposed with chaos, of ancient etiquette and seemingly abrupt manners, a place where...

Culture Smart! Kenya provides a cultural bridge that will carry you beyond the gloss of the hotels and deep into the warp and weft of everyday life; beyond the game parks and into the intricacies of community and wildlife coexistence; beyond the bounds...

Bangladesh is a lush, green country situated on the fertile Ganges delta, adjacent to the Indian state of West Bengal. Although there are hilly areas in the northeast, this densely populated country is mostly flat, and criss-crossed by many rivers. Much...