Richly illustrated book presenting the gorgeous Chinoiserie floral and avian wallpapers in the houses where they have been used. The author founded the company thirty years ago, setting up a... read more
The winner of this year's Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing is a meticulous, spirited diary observing the changing seasons from the perspective of an autistic teenager.
A hardback edition of this memoir of an Anglo-Irish woman married to a German lawyer and her experiences of living in Germany during WW2. A classic, and should be given to all who don't know... read more
A well-illustrated and erudite monograph on the last of the libertine painters of the ancient regime, who fell off the swing of favour in his own lifetime.
A lavish illustrated book on one of the most comprehensive private collections of pocket watches. Includes baroque glories and wonderful enamelled watches for export to Turkey and China in t... read more
JN explores ancient and modern breathing techniques to show how breathing correctly - yes, most of us do it wrong - can transform one's physical and mental health.
If you want to read one book about inequality and its ramifications for all societies, now and in the past, let it be this. By a former Pulitzer winner.