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BSL Mini TOPICS for TOTS: Greetings & Manners, Colours, Weather, Minibeasts, Happy Birthday: British Sign Language Vocabulary (Let’s Sign Early Years)
Colourful illustrations with pictures and signs to educate the senses and stimulate hand and mind coordination. A simple and enjoyable route to learning.
In addition to the clear needs of individuals who are deaf or partially hearing, sign language is also used in communication with children and adults with a wide range of special needs such as:
• Learning disability
• Down Syndrome
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Additional speech, language & communication needs
• To benefit development through Baby Signing
• English as a second languageBeing able to identify and name everyday objects and events can enhance young children’s self esteem and sense of achievement.
Learn how to greet people, the names of colours, what’s the weather like today, is that a bee or a wasp? And how to sign ‘Happy Birthday’ to your friends and family.
This book is also available as a Kindle ebook. Tablets and touch-screen technology can be particularly beneficial to reluctant readers and are an important way to engage key groups of young children where literacy is a concern.
The same Colour, Weather and Minibeast topics are also separately available as Kindle ebooks in Flashcard format, one sign per page for easy mobile reference for smart phone and tablets – low-cost and easy to carry and refer to on the go with appeal to learners of all ages and abilities.
This printed book provides a collection of their contents with some extras.
The key-word vocabulary enables constructions in both British Sign Language (BSL) and Sign Supported English (SSE). Ideal for young children who are deaf or have special educational needs (SEN) in addition to all sign language learners and baby signers.
Includes: Basic Handshape Key and Fingerspelling Alphabet.
Each topic is colour-coded for easy reference and begins with a summary page of the signs, making a useful reminder page to go back to and test what you have learned.
Additional pictorial graphics based on the Mulberry Symbols with kind permission.
Some signs, particularly those for colours, have a number of regional variations and the illustrations show more than one option..
The most commonly used versions of signs have been chosen but regional variations need to be checked with your local BSL community and face to face contact with native sign language users is recommended as the best way to learn.
Supported by the Let’s Sign BSL publications.
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Barbie: All Dolled Up: Celebrating 50 Years of Barbie
As the world’s most famous doll celebrates her 50th birthday, this fully illustrated, interactive book commemorates five decades of Barbie history in fabulous style “Barbie: All Dolled Up” is a vibrant, interactive celebration of Barbie’s 50th anniversary. Fully illustrated, this unique book features rare artwork and memorabilia throughout: original 1960s packaging, old Barbie comic books, designers’ sketches and much, much more will be reproduced both as flat art and as 3-d pieces, for a tactile presentation which truly brings Barbie to life. The book will be broken into chapters according to key eras in Barbie’s development – 1959-60s, the Mod Era of ’67-’70, the big, bold ’80s, the Totally Hair ’90s, up to the present day. The narrative combines historical detail with personal memories of Barbie through quotes from mums & daughters, celebrities, designers and more. Fully licensed by Mattel: “Barbie: All Dolled Up” piggybacks a year of events and marketing initiatives being staged for the 50th Anniversary. Media event: The anniversary year has already acres of coverage in the fashion press (“Elle”, “Vogue”, “Glamour” etc) and national newspapers (“Guardian”, “Telegraph”, “Independent”, “Metro” etc). Remarkably large audience: From 5 to 50, Barbie bridges the generations. Interactive features and rare artwork: Original ’60s packaging, old Barbie comic books, designers’ sketches and much more will be reproduced both as flat art and 3-d pieces, for a tactile presentation of the rarest Barbie ephemera. High profile names: Noted celebrities and fashion designers including Diane Von Furstenburg, Anna Sui, Vera Wang and Badgley Mischka have contributed quotes on Barbie and her influence for use in the book. Huge collectible market: Limited edition Barbie dolls sell for hundreds of pounds, and collectors websites and magazines abound.Read more
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Fascinating Facts to Blow Your Curious Mind: An awesome collection of the wildest trivia about everything on Earth … and beyond!
Did you know that the reason you can never find the end of a rainbow is because they are actually full circles?
Or that our fingers shrivel up when they get wet because our bodies are adapting to give us a better grip in the water?
Fascinating Facts to Blow Your Curious Mind features unlikely and hilarious trivia on everything from history and animals to the ocean and space, as well as a special section on little-known knowledge which one day just might save your life.
Inside, you can also find answers to such key questions as:
Are we all related?
What is more dangerous, a koala or a crocodile?
Did the Pope cause the Black Death?
Why was ‘New York’ once known as ‘New Orange’?
Should you use spiderwebs as a bandage?
How much bamboo would it take to cover the Taj Mahal?Read more
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Squishmallows Official Collectors’ Guide: The Perfect Gift For Fans Of The #1 Plush Property
This authorised book is the perfect gift for fans of the #1 plush property
Based on the bestselling squishy toy, this adorable collector’s guide is the perfect gift for any Squishmallows fan!
They’re lovable, they’re squishy―they’re Squishmallows! This OFFICIAL Collector’s Guide is packed with quirky tidbits, top-ten lists, bios & stats, and a “rarity factor” for Squishmallows’ collectible characters. Filled with hundreds of colorful photos and unique art styles. Avid fans, new collectors, young or old, Squishmallows: The Collector’s Guide is perfect for just about anyone!
Squishmallows are plush toys that are here to fill your hearts with love and affection. Since 2017, the versatile Squishmallows have grown into an international phenomenon and offer comfort, support, and warmth as friends, couch companions, bedtime buddies, and travel teammates. With more than 500 Squishmallows characters to collect, young fans can aspire to be like their favorite characters. Each Squishmallow has its own unique name and storyline to add to the fun.
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The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age
PRE-ORDER THE PAPERBACK NOW AND DISCOVER THE SIX SECRETS TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AT ANY AGE FROM THE 102-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE
‘Astonishing. Contains so many lightbulb moments it could power the national grid. Truly one of the most inspirational women you’ll ever meet’ ELIZABETH DAY, How To Fail podcast
‘You will love the stories, you will learn how to honour your health and your body, and in the end, you’ll love life that much more. Dr Gladys […] writes one of those rare gems of a story that teaches as much as it inspires’ Dr Edith Eger, New York Times bestselling Author of The Choice and The Gift
__________There’s really no one quite like Dr Gladys McGarey.
Age 8 years old, she met Gandhi in India who instilled in her life lessons about love.
She began her medical practice at a time when women couldn’t own their own bank accounts, and accumulated thousands of patients.
At 85 she travelled to Afghanistan to teach rural woman safer birthing practices, resulting in a 47% decrease in infant mortality rates in the area.
Dr. Gladys McGarey revolutionised holistic medicine. Now, aged 102 and still practising as a doctor, she shares her powerful secrets so you can live your own life with joy, vitality and purpose at any age – just as she has.
In a voice that is both practical and inspiring, Dr Gladys shares life-changing stories of miraculous healing from her thousands of patients of all ages, as well as her own experiences as a mother of six, and her survival of both heartbreak and illness, as heard on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
Dr. Gladys will change the way you think not only about health and healing but what leads to a life filled with joy and satisfaction.
__________‘I want everyone to pick up this book and read it. [Dr Gladys is] an inspiration to me and to many people in the world’ Deepak Chopra
‘Incredibly insightful. Very special. Full of wisdom. I can’t think of a single person that this book won’t help’ Dr Rangan Chatterjee
‘If you want to know the secret to living a truly good life then I don’t imagine there’s anyone you’d be better off hearing from’ Jane Garvey, Times Radio
‘Amazing. Leaves you feeling like you’ve taken something away. This book is moving as well as being filled with practical wisdom. Beautifully written’ Nadiya Hussain
‘Refreshingly simple and practical. The good doctor’s sound advice feels achievable, and readers will feel inspired and energized’ Booklist
‘Dr. Gladys is a global pioneer who has helped transform our very definition of health and healing. Her extraordinary book will offer millions of readers the simple yet revolutionary secrets to discover true health and happiness at any age’ Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever and The Pegan Diet
‘Gladys McGarey’s approach is just what the doctor ordered. She inhabits the real world where body, brain, and spirit are inseparable, and her century of wisdom is infused with science, medicine, and soul’ Dr. Robert Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and New York Times bestselling author of The Good Life
‘Dr. Gladys is as illuminating as she is engaging. Her combination of medical knowledge and lived experience will be an empowering guide for legions’ Sara Gottfried MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women, Food, and Hormones
‘Truly one of the most inspirational women you’ll ever meet’ Elizabeth Day, How to Fail Podcast
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There’s a Bear in Your Book: A soothing bedtime story from Tom Fletcher (Who’s in Your Book?)
Help Sleepy Bear get ready for bed in this interactive story from bestselling author Tom Fletcher – now available as a board book!
OH, LOOK! A bear has wandered into your book!
And – what’s that noise? He’s yawning! He looks like he’s ready for bed.
Can you help him drift off to sleep?This warm, gentle adventure combines interactive fun with a night-time routine to help little ones wind down before they go to bed – and is now available as a board book.
Who’s in Your Book?
Interactive adventures for big imaginationsAlso in this series:
There’s a Monster in Your Book: makes reading interactive and fun
There’s a Dragon in Your Book: explores empathy and responsibility
There’s an Alien in Your Book: explores acceptance and inclusion
There’s an Elf in Your Book: explores following instructions and good/bad behaviour
There’s a Superhero in Your Book: explores the power of kindness
There’s a Witch in Your Book: makes tidying up fun
There’s a Unicorn in Your Book: explores soothing your worries through sharing themRead more
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Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic
‘What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when the toy-car-era of your life actually ended. Because for us sufferers, it never does.’
Nobody knows cars like Chris Harris does. He calls it ‘unhinged geekery’, but the rest of the world call it infectious enthusiasm, adrenalin fuelled escapism and rigorous journalistic integrity.
And then there are his famous skills at the wheel, from city cars to rally cars, not forgetting the Guinness World Record 3.4km sideways in an electric car.
And now for the first time, Harris takes us down the road of his life-long obssession with the automobile – along surprising diversions, around hazards and obstructions, down the fast lane collecting Gs and back to the lock-up to prep the stock.
From the six-year-old who could recite the stats from What Car? magazine to the YouTube car guru whose honest reviews got him banned by Ferrari. From the Scalextric track of his childhood, to podiums as a racing driver out in the world. From behind his garage doors to the floodlit Top Gear studio.
Variable Valve Timings brings you an incredibly engaging story of adventure and petrolhead joy, told with wit, warmth and disarming honesty. This book is a true one-off, just like Chris.
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John Hassall: The Life and Art of the Poster King
During the early twentieth century, John Hassall was one of Britain’s best-known and most high-profile artists. Working across a variety of disciplines, he was a prolific book illustrator, a humorous artist for postcards and magazines, an art school founder and teacher, a painter in oils, consummate clubman, and a designer of toys, figurines, pottery and nursery decor. But it was through his commercial illustration for travel companies, political causes, theatre and well-known brands that he made his name in an age when advertising hoardings were known as the, ‘poor man’s art gallery’. Hassall’s natural affinity for poster art, and the popularity of his creations, was to earn him the title, ‘The Poster King’. Employing bold line, flat colours and an engagingly cheery style, Hassall’s designs had immediate impact with many creations, notably his famous, ‘Skegness is SO bracing’ poster, becoming embedded in popular culture. Drawing on previously unpublished artwork and sketches along with letters, diaries and photographs, this lavishly illustrated book seeks to explore the full scope of John Hassall’s body of work, and to celebrate the life of this extraordinary artist a century on from his heyday.Read more
£26.20£28.50John Hassall: The Life and Art of the Poster King
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Rat Coloring Book: an Adult Coloring Book Featuring Fun and Relaxing Rats Designs, with Mandalas, Flowers, Patterns and So Much More. Perfect Rat Gift for Rat Lovers.
Rat Coloring Book For Adults:
Perfect for soothing an overstressed mind and relieving anxiety, coloring is also a proven way of boosting your focus, channeling your creativity, and helping you experience the benefits of meditative mindfulness. This Rat Coloring Book a perfect gift for coloring lovers everywhere. Now you can Get Fun this iconic season with a fun selection of unique illustrations that provides hours of creative and relaxing fun.
Features:
- A variety of styles sure to please all levels of colorists.
- Each page is 8 ½ by 11 inches.
- Each page is professionally composed.
- Beautiful and unique designs, no repeats.
- High-resolution printing.
- Each coloring page is printed on a separate page to avoid bleed-through.
- Great gift idea or buy one for yourself!
Get your copy now and start creating your creativity.
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The Art of the National Parks: The Art of the National Parks (59Parks)
Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists.This beautiful art book displays the unique beauty of each U.S. National Park. Fifty-Nine Parks collaborated with acclaimed contemporary artists and designers from around the world to create original posters that celebrate the unique beauty of each of the now 62 parks in the U.S. National Park system. The wildly successful poster art is now available as a collection for the first time in this gorgeous art book.
Inspired by classic W.P.A. posters of the 1930s, each poster is a unique and original reflection of the talent and perspective of the contemporary artist who created it, resulting in a one-of-a-kind tribute to the majesty of the national parks.
Includes art of the Top Ten Most Visited National Parks as rated by the National Park Service: (1) Great Smoky Mountains, (2) Grand Canyon, (3) Rocky Mountain, (4) Zion, (5) Yosemite, (6) Yellowstone, (7) Acadia, (8) Grand Teton, (9) Olympic, and (10) Glacier.
Filled with Facts: Includes a comprehensive history and overview of the flora, fauna, and best sights in each park.
Travel Guide: With seasonality and travel tips, Our National Treasure: The Art of the National Parks can also be used as a guide for visiting the national parks.
Gift for Nature Lovers: An ideal gift gift for armchair travelers, national park enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates contemporary art and design.
Each Book Gives Back: Sales benefit the National Park Service.“Highlights the unique beauty of each national park” -SierraClub.com
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Relaxing Christmas: Coloring Book for Adults with Santa Claus, Holiday Scenes, Festive Decorations, and More for Stress Relief and Relaxation
Enter a world of tranquility and holiday cheer with the Relaxing Christmas Coloring Book!
Within its delightful pages, you will discover a captivating collection of illustrations of the festive season. From Santa Claus, endearing reindeer, cheerful snowmen, sparkling Christmas trees, and delectable treats to serene winter landscapes, each page is adorned with enchanting imagery that embraces the spirit of the holidays.
Get into the festive spirit and embark on a delightful coloring journey that will fill your days with warmth, joy, and creativity!
This book features:
- 40 unique holiday illustrations
- Large-sized 8.5″ x 11” coloring pages
- Separately printed sheets to prevent bleed-through and allow for easy framing
- Hours of art therapy and relaxation
- An ideal Christmas gift for yourself, family members, and friends
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Origami Paper: Japanese Washi Patterns: Perfect for Class Projects and Modular Origami: Tuttle Origami Paper: Origami Sheets Printed with 8 Different Patterns: Instructions for…
This pack contains 96 high-quality origami sheets printed with natural-looking and attractive Japanese washi prints. The handmade look of this paper was selected to enhance the creative work of modular origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 8 different prints unique to this pack, which resemble sheets of real Japanese washi paper at a fraction of the cost! There’s enough paper here to assemble amazing modular origami sculptures, distribute to students for a class project, or put to a multitude of other creative uses.Read more
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Fungarium Poster Book
This large-format poster book lets you decorate your walls with images from Katie Scott’s Fungarium, created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Featuring fungal life of all kinds, from around the world, it’s a stunning celebration of all things mycological. Posters are double-sided, with the reverse showing a black-and-white, annotated version of the full-colour illustration.Read more
£13.20£16.10Fungarium Poster Book
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Dog Notebook: Just a Girl who Loves Dogs | Journal For Girls Women Teens | Cute Dog Stationery Woof Woof
This super cute DOG design notebook is perfect for kids, teenagers, best friend, girlfriend, women in fact anyone who adores DOGS.The perfect gift for… Just A Girl Who Loves DOGS!
A useful and practical notebook… can be used as a journal / diary or to make notes / lists at work or at school.
If you LOVE dogs you need this awesome little book!White lined paper notebook for taking notes, essay writing, making lists, journaling or diary writing.
Dog stationery notebook… great for personal use, work or schoolYOUR JOURNAL WILL INCLUDE:
120 total pages in total
1 x ‘This BOOK belongs to:’ page with dog design from front cover (super cute)
3 x pages for notes
116 x line pages with a dog graphic at the top of each page.
6 x 9 inch handy side
Lovely soft matt finished coverJust a Girl who Loves Dogs Cute Journal for Girls Women Teens Dog Pattern Journal Birthday or Christmas Gift
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The NEW Mixed Media Photography Book: More techniques to upcycle your photos
Step-by-Step Instructions and techniques to transform your photos into beautiful prints, creative mixed media art and craft projects. This colorful book combines the art of mixed media and the craft of photography.
This book features fun image & photo transfer techniques, beautiful photo printmaking methods using a gel printing plate, photo editing for image transfer and other mixed media and photography tips.Chapter one / Photo Transfer – learn the beautiful process of image and photo transfer with more than 25 transfer methods and projects.
Topics covered: 5-minute transfer, blender marker, DIY vintage prints, art with essential oils, acrylic paint transfer, water transfer, solvent transfer with acetone, paper backing, painting image transfers, acrylic paint on glass, laser vs. inkjet, transferring with glue, Elmer’s vs. Mod Podge, homemade gesso and more.Chapter two / Gel Printing Photos – find out how to monoprint your own photos at home without a press. Discover the gel printing plate and learn to create stunning looking monoprints from your own images.
Topics covered: paints, textures & colors, magazine images, text, monoprinting laser photos, layering, homemade gel plate, vegan plate, stamps, large collages and more.Chapter three / Photo Editing – select the best photos for your projects and learn how to edit and prepare them for image transfer and other printmaking techniques.
Chapter four / Tips & Writings – art supplies don’t have to be expensive, homemade stamps, the creative block, inexpensive laser printers and more.
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Art Nouveau Posters Wall Calendar 2024 (Art Calendar)
The turn of the twentieth century brought an exciting new art form: art nouveau posters celebrated the joie de vivre of the modern age through promoting both commercial products and cultural exhibitions in their own beautiful style. This calendar includes works by such celebrated artists as Alphonse Mucha, Eugene Grasset and Koloman Moser. Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.Read more
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Mid-Century Modern Living: The Mini Modern’s Guide to Pattern and Style
Bursting with beautiful ideas for bringing a signature mid-century look into your own space, as well as practical advice on what will work where, this is an essential guide for any lover of interior design and mid-century style. In this beautifully photographed book, Mark and Keith of Mini Moderns show you how to create a timeless mid-century look in your own homeKnown for their striking use of pattern and colour, Mark and Keith’s designs are inspired by everything from childhood memories to commentaries on popular culture, and through this lens they explore how different influences and designers have created key mid-century looks. They delve into the cornerstones of mid-century style, from colour and pattern to materials and curation, and share their secrets on how to bring together the things you love to create your own look. They also include inspirational case studies to demonstrate particular looks, from Beatnik Beach House to Scandi Rustic, Seaside Modern to Studio Townhouse.
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Angela Harding: The Wild Silence (Foiled Journal) (Flame Tree Notebooks)
A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.
PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy.
THE ARTIST. Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator based in Rutland, UK. The Salt Path was featured on the cover of the bestselling book (of the same name) by Raynor Winn, shortlisted for the 2018 Wainwright Prize and the 2018 Costa Book Awards in the biography category.
THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
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English Travel Posters Wall Calendar 2024 (Art Calendar)
Recapture the nostalgia of yesteryear with these vintage travel posters, depicting scenic and enticing holiday destinations. This fantastic art calendar showcases the powerful illustrations of vintage advertising. Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.Read more
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Spray Nation: 1980s NYC Graffiti Photos
If you were a graffiti writer in 1980s New York City, you wanted Martha Cooper to document your work―and she probably did. Cooper has spent decades immortalizing art that is often overlooked, and usually illegal. Her first book, 1984’s Subway Art (a collaboration with Henry Chalfant), is affectionately referred to by graffiti artists as the “bible”. To create Spray Nation, Cooper and editor Roger Gastman pored through hundreds of thousands of 35mm Kodachrome slides, painstakingly selecting and digitizing them. The photos range from obscure tags to intimate portraits, action shots, walls, and subway cars painted inside and out. They are accompanied by heartfelt essays celebrating Cooper’s drive, spirit, and singular vision. The images capture a gritty New York era that is gone forever. And although the original pieces (as well as many of their creators) have been lost, these resplendent photos feel as immediate and powerful as a subway train thundering down the tracks.Read more
£26.70£33.30Spray Nation: 1980s NYC Graffiti Photos
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35 Black Raindrops
1990s. The London Underground system is emerging from the austerity of the 1980s. New budgets have created the financial backing for security fencing and CCTV. Despite this, graffiti persists on the trains and the playground of subterranean tunnels and infrastructure…
Two rival graffiti crews come head to head when a shadowy figure from the past threatens the balance on the lines. The old master ‘Stainer’ has warned of an oncoming war in which the trains themselves are the prize and, simultaneously, the target for destruction!
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£31.3035 Black Raindrops
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Chance Encounters: Temporary Street Art by David Zinn
David Zinn’s amazing street drawings are created using chalk, charcoal and found objects, and each extraordinary drawing is only ever temporary. This book preserves Zinn’s art in all its colorful, hypnotic glory by collecting together never-before published images of his eye-popping creations. Created over the last two years on streets across the globe, these adorably zany and deceptively three-dimensional characters come to life on manhole covers and streetlamps, village squares and subway platforms. Zinn’s most frequent characters are a bright green googly-eyed monster and a phlegmatic flying pig―but the diversity of his menagerie is limited only by the size of the sidewalk and the spirit of the day. In a brief introduction Zinn describes his creative process, explaining how he seeks out everyday imperfections to situate his art–such as sidewalk cracks and chips, tufts of weeds and sewer grates–and brief captions describe the provenance of each work. While these amazing drawings can no longer stop pedestrians in their tracks on the streets, they live on in book form to mesmerize and inspire readers of all ages.Read more
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Football Murals: A Celebration of Soccer’s Greatest Street Art: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 – ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR
WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 – SPORT‘This book is a work of art about football’s works of art… Loved it.’ – Kevin Day, broadcaster
‘A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game’s culture… impossible not to get lost in the book’ – Miguel Delaney, The Independent
‘Gorgeous to behold… Unmissable’ – Danny Kelly, TalkSPORT radio presenter
‘I absolutely love this book’ – Jules Breach, football presenter
On high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes.
Join renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art.
Beckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane – being honoured with a mural cements a player’s place in a club’s heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport.
Written and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players’ stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form.
Covering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford’s inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples ‘shrine’ to Diego Maradona.
‘I can’t tell you how nice it is for players to see their face on a mural.’ – Jermaine Jenas, The One Show
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The Angel and Gateshead
The Angel of the North is Britain’s best known public artwork. Controversy erupted in 1994 when Gateshead Council announced its plans to create this sculpture, twenty metres high with the wingspan of a jumbo jet airliner. Despite an organised political campaign to stop the Angel being built, the Leader of Gateshead Council was steadfast in his support for the project. This is the entertaining true story of what really happened, behind the scenes, to bring the Angel of the North to Gateshead. The author is the man responsible for Gateshead Council commissioning this world famous artwork by Sir Antony Gormley. 18,000 words.Read more
£6.60The Angel and Gateshead
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Art Hiding in New York: An Illustrated Guide to the City’s Secret Masterpieces
Uncover the artistic masterworks hidden across New York City in this charmingly illustrated exploration of one of the world’s greatest creative treasure troves.There’s so much to love about New York, and so much to see. The city is full of art, and architecture, and history — and not just in museums. Hidden in plain sight, in office building lobbies, on street corners, and tucked into Soho lofts, there’s a treasure trove of art waiting to be discovered, and you don’t need an art history degree to fall in love with it.
Art Hiding in New York is a beautiful, giftable book that explores all of these locations, traversing Manhattan to bring 100 treasures to art lovers and intrepid New York adventurers. Curator and urban explorer Lori Zimmer brings readers along to sites covering the biggest names of the 20th century — like Jean-Michel Basquiat’s studio, iconic Keith Haring murals, the controversial site of Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc, Roy Lichtenstein’s subway station commission, and many more. Each entry is accompanied by a beautiful watercolor depiction of the work by artist Maria Krasinski, as well as location information for those itching to see for themselves. With stunning details, perfect for displaying on any art lover’s shelf, and curated itineraries for planning your next urban exploration, this inspirational book is a must-read for those who love art, New York, and, of course, both.
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State of the Arts: An Ethnography of German Theatre and Migration (Theatre and Performance Theory)
This is a bold and wide-ranging account of the unique German public theatre system through the prism of a migrant artistic institution in the western post-industrial Ruhr region. State of the Arts analyses how artistic traditions have responded to social change, racism, and cosmopolitan anxieties and recounts how critical contemporary cultural production positions itself in relation to the tumultuous history of German state patronage, difficult heritage, and self-cultivation through the arts. Jonas Tinius’ fieldwork with professional actors, directors, cultural policy makers, and activists unravels how they constitute theatre as a site for extra-ordinary ethical conduct and how they grapple with the pervasive German cultural tradition of Bildung, or self-cultivation through the arts. Tinius shows how anthropological methods provide a way to understand the entanglement of cultural policy, institution-building, and subject-formation. An ambitious and interdisciplinary study, the work demonstrates the crucial role of artistic intellectuals in society.Read more
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Generative Scribing: A Social Art of the 21st Century
Scribing—visually representing ideas while people talk—is a distinct social art form that facilitates group learning and cultural memory. Scribes listen and draw simultaneously, creating large pictures that integrate content, prompt insight, and aid with decision-making.
“Generative scribing” extends this art by attending to the field of energy and relation between people, and to the emerging potential of a system.
This book frames the key concepts that inform and cultivate a scribe’s inner capacities of being, joining, perceiving, knowing, and drawing. It is for visual practitioners, facilitators, coaches, and organizers, and for anyone who cares about how we exist together as humans. It’s for those who want to explore their interior functioning, to approach the world anew.
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British Murals & Decorative Painting 1910-1970
The murals that were produced in this country in the twentieth century remain as one of the great inventive achievements in modern British art. Highly original in their approach to design, balancing varying degrees of modernity or tradition, they demonstrate the creative drive of their makers and contain singular expressions of the aesthetic, personal and social concerns that typify the ages from which they come. Some are celebrations of simple human pleasures, perhaps to decorate a refreshment room, an ocean liner or a dining room.Others are intended to be the highest expressions of their art, ambitious allegorical or decorative compositions that like the frescoes of the
Renaissance would speak through the ages to later generations. The individuals and committees who commissioned them similarly believed they would both represent the best that Britain had to offer and mark the high accomplishment of contemporary society, elevating the public and private spaces they occupied and inspiring moral purpose.This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition ‘British Murals & Decorative Painting 1910-1970’ which took place at the Fine Art Society – London (13 February – 9 March 2013) in association with Liss Llewellyn Fine Art. It coincided with the Sansom & Co publication British Murals & Decorative Painting 1920-1960.
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Sculpting Art History: Essays in Memory of Benedict Read
Benedict Read died suddenly on 20 October 2016. His influence on art-history in the field of sculpture, and his ground-breaking authoritative volume, Victorian Sculpture (1982) were hugely important. He was instrumental in bringing about a sea-change in academic attitudes towards both the nineteenth century and to sculpture. This memorial Festschrift published by the PMSA of which Ben was a founder, former Chairman and trustee, celebrates his academic achievement, his considerable contribution to scholarship and the generosity of spirit with which he shared his knowledge. It is a powerful testament to the inspiration of a remarkable person.
Sculpting Art History: Essays in Memory of Benedict Read contains 30 essays by friends, former students and colleagues – James Lomax, Marjorie Trusted, Julius Bryant, Rowan Bailey, Caroline Hedengren-Dillon, Jykri Suikonen, Joanna Barnes and Harriet Israel, Alison Inglis, Philip Ward-Jackson, Sandra Berresford, Ann Compton, Barbara Bryant, Claudine Mitchell, Alison Glew, Jane Winfrey, Andrew Jezzard, Juliette Peers, Mary Ann Steggles, Michael Paraskos, Sarah Crellin, Paula Murphy, Mark Stocker, Patrick Eyres, Katharine Eustace, Jonathan Black, Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, Gillian Whiteley, Charles Avery and Jacqueline Banerjee together with 17 appreciations by Ben’s family, friends and colleagues.Read more
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Miami Graffiti Art
The verve of the South Florida graffiti art scene from the 1980s to present is captured in this landmark book. It offers unparalleled access to the most significant graffiti art works ever produced in Miami. Discover South Florida’s graffiti art history throughout its various stages, dating from its classic works of the 1980s to the present influence of graffiti art at the annual Art Basel Festival. Included in the 310 full-color images are works by V05, DFC Crew, 7 UP Crew, the Ink Heads, and many more. Each image is accompanied by key caption information, making this an image archive that serves as a comprehensive catalog of Miami’s greatest graffiti art. It is the ideal reference for all graffiti artists and fans of the medium.Read more
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Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up meets Nudge in this irresistible design method from Japan.
Following The Little Book of Hygge, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and other bestsellers, Shikake introduces the latest example of practical wisdom from abroad: shikakeology, a phenomenon sweeping Japan. Naohiro Matsumura-renowned as the founder of the study of shikake, the Japanese word for “device”-has devised a new approach to design as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. For example: * a staircase painted like piano keys prompts people to exercise * a symbol of a shrine placed in a public square discourages vandalism Combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with the lessons of behavioural economics, Matsumura presents a tool kit for literally anyone who wants to create their own mindful designs-and reveals how shikakes can help us address big challenges, including even climate change. Mind-bending yet elegant, Shikake will inspire readers to appreciate-and transform-the analogue world around them.
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DOTS & Mandalas Coloring Book: Highest Level of Creativity in BLACK Version
Discover the incredible series of coloring books created by Laura Wokal.You’ll find here:
DOTS & Mandalas BLACK Version
What’s in the coloring book?
– The DOTS & Mandalas coloring book contains 100 pages with 48 Mandalas, you will find here the most original mandalas, each with a unique name that you can inspire yourself while coloring. Therapeutic and relaxing. The left side contains a page full of dots where you can create your own unique drawings! Stay with me and I’ll tell you a secret soon. Each pattern is amazing and consists of different sized dots. Check necessarily my website, you will find more coloring, which I created for you.
Who is it for?
– The coloring book is designed in a very modern and minimalistic style. So that will be ideal for a child, teenager and adult. It will be the perfect gift for a friend, girlfriend or boyfriend or family member.
Who designed it?
– The author of the drawings and all ideas is Laura Wokal.
What will you gain by choosing this coloring book?
– You will get a unique premium book. Designed especially for you. Thousands of coloring dots will provide you with hours of fun and relaxation. You will discover new things and reach the highest level of your creativity, all without leaving your home.
How to color inside?
– You can fill the dots with any color using pencils, pens, colored pencils, markers, fineliners, watercolors and more. You can paint over the entire dot, create patterns or different shades. Create your own and unique style.
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From the Platform 2: More NYC Subway Graffiti, 1983-1989
This is a nostalgic, visual account of the best time and place to be a graffiti writer. In the 1980s, brothers Kenny, a.k.a. KEY, and Paul, a.k.a. CAVS, immersed themselves in the graffiti scene in the Boogie Down Bronx, dutifully photographing hundreds of pieces on now-discontinued MTA subway cars and capturing their proud comrades before, during, and after the act. Bombing White Elephants with their pilot markers and documenting them with their cameras, which they always carried, they were on the ride of their lives — until 1989, when the last painted train was removed from service. Tags by names like QUIK, IZTHEWIZ, and many others appear here in colour exposures, and dozens of artists share stories and drop knowledge with no filter. A foreword by graffiti historian Henry Chalfant, co-producer of Style Wars — the seminal documentary on New York graffiti and hip-hop culture — kicks things off.Read more
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ROA Codex
- The complete ‘codex’ of one of the greatest street art artists in the world
- Includes text by art critic Lucy Lippard and philosopher Johan Braeckman
- Works are found on walls around the world, and in travelling exhibitions
“Although the street art is generally conveyed in a very natural matter, even his dead animal paintings seem at peace.” – Streetartbio.com “Detached from the artist’s identity, his detailed, illustrative animal paintings have brought him back to the world. With local species of animals as his main focus, ROA inevitably starts a dialogue about human interaction with nature and the environment, whether it is painting on the walls of a museum or in an abandoned rural factory.” – Hi Fructose – The New Contemporary Magazine
“One of the most influential acts of street art around the world.” – The Huffington Post
Fascinated by nature, the anonymous muralist and street artist ROA is inspired by the beauty of its non-human inhabitants. With great attention to detail, ROA draws over-sized black and white creatures of endemic or endangered species on buildings around the world, from Moscow to Mexico City, and from Los Angeles to London. His subjects are frequently survivors; scavengers, rodents, and unusual animals that thrive in their particular milieu.
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Dublin in Sketches and Stories
Róisín Curé sketches what she sees, wherever she is, from the mundane to the magnificent, and everything in between. With her ears and eyes open, she immerses herself in the urban scene and creates a snippet of the world around her in words and pictures, with nothing more hi-tech than a fountain pen and a small box of watercolours. The bustling, busy city of Dublin is captured here in all its grit and glory, through its buildings and people along with conversations with its inhabitants. You won’t find these stories in any guidebook, as they ebbed and flowed like the ink and paint used to create this very intimate portrait of Dublin and its people. And in this perfect coffee-table book, Roisin Cure has done just that. Whether the genteel grandeur of Merrion Square or the raw vibrancy of Moore Street, Curé has it covered. With more than 100 lively new artworks, Dublin: Sketches and Stories is a joyous snapshot of the beating heart of the Fair City.Read more
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The Arts Dividend Revisited: Why Investment in Culture Pays
England’s artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries enrich our lives, increase our knowledge and open our minds to new possibilities. They make our villages, towns and cities better, more creative places to be. They build our reputation for innovation, boosting our economy and giving our nation increased prominence on the international stage.Sustained and strategic public investment in art and culture enables this to happen. It’s investment that pays big dividends in everyone’s lives.
The Arts Dividend Revisited encourages us to consider our country’s innate creativity and the invaluable rewards to be gained from the public investment that enables the arts, museums and libraries to be a part of everyone’s lives, no matter who they are or where they live.
The result of a non-stop five-year journey across the length and breadth of England, Darren Henley reflects on our remarkable national cultural landscape from Cumbria to Kent and from Cornwall to Northumberland – and why he believes that public investment in creativity and culture can help us all to lead happier lives.
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Stokes Croft and Montpelier
No place sums up the Bristol attitude of artistic creation and rebellion as Stokes Croft and Montpelier. With its world-renowned street art, thriving local scene and diverse cultural history, Stokes Croft has for decades been resisting the inevitable creep of corporate interests, but more importantly offers up an alternative. Colin’s photographs take you under the skin of the people, cultures, and place in this unique area of the city, where lives intersect and a new world is being created every day.
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The Art of Looking Up
The Art of Looking Up surveys spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of great artists including Michelangelo, Marc Chagall and Cy Twombly.From the lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, to the religious iconography that adorns places of worship from Vienna to Istanbul, all the way to Chihuly’s glass flora suspended from the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas – this book takes you on a tour of the extraordinary artworks that demand an alternative viewpoint.
Art historian Catherine McCormack guides you through the stories behind the artworks – their conception, execution, and the artists that visualised them. In many cases, these works make bold but controlled political, religious or cultural statements, revealing much about the society and times in which they were created. Divided by these social themes into four sections – Religion, Culture, Power and Politics – and pictured from various viewpoints in glorious colour photography, tour the astounding ceilings of these and more remarkable locations:
- Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy;
- Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK;
- Louvre Museum, Paris, France;
- Dali Theatre-Museum, Figueres, Catalonia;
- Museum of the Revolution, Havana, Cuba;
- Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Four eight-page foldout sections showcase some of the world’s most spectacular ceilings in exquisite detail.
First and foremost, this is a visual feast, but also a desirable art book that challenges you to seek out fine art in more unusual places and question the statements they may be making.
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Broken Fingaz
- The first monograph on the work of the pioneering art collective
- A must for anyone with an interest in contemporary art and design, street art, or Middle Eastern culture
Over the last two decades Broken Fingaz have won international acclaim, emerging as one of the most dynamic and popular street artists working today.
Emerging from the graffiti scene in Israel in the early 2000s, Broken Fingaz amassed a huge cult following internationally, appreciated for their “colourful and controversial” (BBC) art. Broken Fingaz’s instantly recognisable aesthetic blends high and low brow references, from 1980s punk and Neo-psychedelia to Modernist painting and Erotica.
Their D.I.Y collaborative approach ― a rarity in today’s individualist, fast-paced culture ― has enabled them to create highly ambitious works, in both scale and endeavour, all over the world: from monumental murals and installations, to intensely detailed, award-winning animations, textile works and paintings. They’re also known for the art they’ve created for some of the world’s leading musicians, including Pearl Jam, U2, Blink 182, Beck and more.
This book is their first monograph and is an unprecedented insight into the BF’s innovative and multilayered art practice, with never-seen-before works presented alongside some of their most iconic, as well as personal texts, documents and photographs by the artists reflecting on their journey to date.
The book is designed by celebrated Copenhagen-based studio Claus Due, with texts by Charlotte Jansen. This monograph is a must for anyone with an interest in contemporary art and design, street art, or Middle Eastern culture.
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Brighton Folk: People Watching, for Sport
Brighton’s residents have a reputation for their vivid eccentricity. This book does not set out to prove whether this is true or not, but is a documentation of what stands out to the photographer, however exciting or mundane it may seem. A lot of the photographs are as much about the environment that the person is in as they are about that person. From there on it is up to the viewer to build a narrative.
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Tom Eckersley: A Mid-century Modern Master
An overview of the work of 20th-century graphic design icon Tom Eckersley – packed with hundreds of his instantly recognisable designs.
From iconic posters for the Post Office and London Transport to designs for brands such as Guinness, this richly illustrated book explores the work of influential British poster artist and design teacher Tom Eckersley (1914–1997).
Part of the ‘outsider’ generation that transformed graphic design in Britain in the mid-century era, Eckersley’s instantly recognisable posters have become true icons of 20th-century style. Here, design writer and former Eckersley archivist Paul Rennie gives a fascinating exploration of Eckersley’s life and work, from his Northern upbringing and early career, through pioneering work during the Second World War, to his central role in mid-century graphic design in the decades that followed.
Over 200 designs from throughout Eckersley’s career are featured. Made in his signature style combining bold, bright colours and flat graphic shapes, there are designs for clients such as the BBC, British Rail, Keep Britain Tidy, Gillette, BP and Shell.
The book also examines Eckersley’s position at the forefront of the explosion of print culture in the 20th century, how he helped to transform design education in Britain, and the lasting legacy he left behind.
A celebration of a true mid-century modern master, this is the first book on Tom Eckersley of its kind and will appeal to anyone interested in graphic design and visual communication.
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Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics
Discover the power and impact of protest art with this authoritative, richly illustrated history of social and political protest graphics from around the world.
Expertly written and unique in its scope, this extraordinary book features hundreds of the best examples of posters, prints, murals, graffiti, political cartoons and other endlessly inventive graphic forms that have been used in political protest throughout history and to the present.
Spanning continents and centuries, Protest! documents the vital role of the visual arts in calling for freedom and change. It examines how graphics have been used to highlight injustice, protest wars, satirize authority figures, demand equal rights and fight for an end to discrimination.
An astounding emotional visual exploration which includes:
Hogarth’s Gin Lane, Goya’s Disasters of War, Thomas Nast’s political caricatures, French and British comics, postcards from the women’s suffrage movement, satirical anti-fascist magazines, ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstrations, clothing of the 1960s counterculture, Cuban revolutionary poster art, the anti-apartheid illustrated book How to Commit Suicide in South Africa, the “Silence=Death” emblem from the AIDS crisis, The Last Whole Earth Catalog, anti-corporate advertising campaigns, Stonewall posters and postcards, murals created during the Arab Spring, electronic graphics from Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution, posters created for the Women’s March, the Trump Baby inflatable blimp, the magazine Charlie Hebdo, Black Lives Matter posters and flags.Read more
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Conversations from Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories
‘A beautiful, deeply affecting and powerful marriage between art and activism’ – KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner
‘These are vital conversations. Everyone should eavesdrop on them’- KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of award-winning bestseller Home Fire
Conversations From Calais is a global art movement that captures moments between volunteers and refugees in poster form. Pasted on our city walls these posters amplify marginalised voices and bear witness to those who are often ignored.
Features essay contributions by Osman Yousefzada, Gulwali Passarlay, Nish Kumar, Joudie Kalla, Waad Al-Kateab, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ai Weiwei and Inua Ellams.
‘Showcases what the world so desperately needs more of right now: heart, hope and humanity’ – EMMA GANNON, author & podcaster
‘These conversations remind us that the only difference between ourselves and anyone else is circumstance’ – OLIVE GRAY, actor
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Cabinet of Curiosities: Over 1,000 Curated Stickers from the Fascinating Collections of the Smithsonian
Celebrate the beautiful and the unique with a sticker compendium of more than 1,000 stunning selections from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.In collaboration with the Smithsonian comes a book of over 1,000 stickers of varying sizes showcasing incredible photographs and illustrations from the millions of captivating collections from the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex. From Victorian anatomy illustrations to rare animals; seashells to insects; scientific oddities to jewelry; spacecraft and airplanes to letters and numbers, this book is brimming with a curated selection of stickers perfect for mindfulness and creative relaxation.
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Encyclopaedia Eorzea -The World of Final Fantasy XIV- Volume II
The second volume of the official Final Fantasy XIV lore books, written and compiled by the Final Fantasy XIV development team! Packed with art and information, this full-colour, hardcover volume presents a panoramic overview of the world of Eorzea and its inhabitants. The world of Final Fantasy XIV has grown to encompass not only the untraversed corners of Eorzea, but the far-reaching lands of an entire new continent to the east. With new horizons come new discoveries, and so it is with great pleasure that we bring you the second volume of Square Enix’s best-selling Encyclopaedia Eorzea, containing hundreds of pages of newly compiled information on the realms we proudly call our second home. Dedicated to those for whom the pursuit of knowledge is a never-ending journey. Includes an exclusive bonus item code for an in-game item, Matoya’s Hat (head gear)!Read more
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Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works
The Mega Man Zero series is a fan-favorite Mega Man spin-off known for it’s exciting gameplay, stellar character designs, and engaging story.Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works collects the unique artwork of the series, and is filled with character designs, concept sketches, location artwork, key visuals, item charts, creator interviews, and more! A must-have for all video game fans and inspired artists!
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Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works Hardcover
Celebrating the franchise’s 25th anniversary, this new hardcover edition of Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works is the ultimate compilation of Darkstalkers artwork and history!The book collects the spectacularly haunting artwork behind every Darkstalkers game, including key visuals, character illustrations, promotional artwork, rough concepts, and creator commentary. Also featured are multiple interviews with the creators behind the series, plus tribute pin-ups from your favorite Capcom artists!
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