From the crops that have fed billions of people over the centuries to the plants highly regarded for their medicinal qualities, this fascinating offering from garden expert Bill Laws unearths the stories behind some of the world's best-known plants.

A celebration of all things drag, serving realness with facts, history and quotes from the queens.

A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form

Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he? Robert Shore unfolds the multi-dimensional Warhol, dissecting his existence as undisputed art-world hotshot, recreating the amazing circle that surrounded him, and tracing his path to stardom back through his early career and his awkward and unusual youth. After Warhol, nothing would be the same – he changed art forever. Fin...

Wake up to artistic inspiration every day with this popular, chunky hardback made available again in a refreshed edition containing a perpetual calendar featuring a dazzling variety of masterpieces from every era.

Norm Architects A Sensory Approach to Architecture and Design. Step inside Norm Architects world of Soft Minimalism, a design philosophy that is inspired by a love of minimalism and which moves away from the cold sterility it is often associated with.

The Spanish painter José Herrera,(Madrid 1943), whose works can be found all over the world, is celebrating his fiftieth anniversary of being an artist with this publication containing images that are representative of his entire oeuvre. The influence of cubism is still perceptible in his earlier work, although it has been modelled and reduced to recognisable proportions. Inspired by his illustrious predecessors Picasso and Dali, he soon developed a highly individual style - surrealistic and...

Uit het omvangrijke en veelzijdige oeuvre van Alfred Ost wordt in dit boek aandacht besteed aan de prentkaarten die Ost tekende en schilderde van het Mechelen van omstreeks 1900 - 1914. Het is zijn kijk op een periode die voor de huidige Mechelaars pure nostalgie is, maar die ons wel veel leert over het uitzicht van de oude binnenstad en haar bewoners. Historicus Marcel Kocken licht in de inleiding de talrijke facetten van het meesterschap van Alfred Ost toe en becommentarieert teve...

In 1964 verscheen ‘Ik Jan Cremer’. Niet eerder was er een roman die zo’n schokgolf teweegbracht. De wisselende reacties bleven niet beperkt tot de literaire wereld, ook de politiek gaf commentaar en lezers gaven hun ongezouten mening. Kunstenaar en schrijver Jan Cremer zette met ‘Ik Jan Cremer’ een spraakmakend boek neer en bleek ook nog eens in staat om de publiciteit op vernuftige wijze te bespelen en zichzelf hierdoor constant in de schijnwerpers te houden. Het succes van zijn bo...