A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokmon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in video games writing.

A beautifully illustrated survey of the world’s most inspiring kitchen gardens, from potagers and historic estates to rooftop urban farms This stunning volume celebrates the rich history of kitchen gardens through more than 50 of the world’s finest examples, each explored in depth through gorgeous imagery, vivid storytelling, and insightful texts highlighting garden and growing details. Organized geographically, the book reveals how climate, culture, and history inform productive gardens ...

Over 100 global artists working with collage, as chosen by art experts, now available in paperback for the first time Collage is an artistic language comprising found images, fragmentary forms, and unexpected juxtapositions. While it first gained status as high art in the early twentieth century, the past decade has seen a fresh explosion of artists using this dynamic and experimental approach to image making. Taking a broad definition – from analog cut-and-paste compositions and photomonta...

This is the first comprehensive history of Scotland’s air defence system during the Second World War. It explores how radar stations, Royal Observer Corps posts, and operations rooms worked together to detect and respond to incoming enemy aircraft.

Moving beyond the well-known events of the Battle of Britain, the book traces the evolution of Scotland’s air defence network throughout the war, highlighting advances in technology and tactics. For the first time, it also incorporates the role...

This work aims to study population dynamics and land-use patterns in the South-Western Baltic region during the Neolithic and Bronze Age (4100 to 500 BCE). Understanding demography is essential for comprehending socio-cultural transformations, as demographic patterns have long been recognised as major drivers of social change and complex dynamics. Palaeodemography has gained momentum in archaeology and become a central aspect of the discipline thanks to recent methodological and computational...

‘You think you’ve married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.'