Thames & Hudson Spring 2022 Catalogue

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This catalogue is also available to view at: thamesandhudson.com @thamesandhudson On the front cover: from Flora Photographica, p56.

Julie Cockburn, Plasticine Flowers, plasticine and poster on wood, 2010.

Contents

Art / Biography / Victoria and Albert Museum / The British Museum / Design / Illustration / Cultural History / Music / Photography / Fashion / Mythology, Philosophy & Religion / Mythology / Ancient History / General History / The Big Idea / Science / Creativity / Architecture / Monocle / Sport / Lifestyle / Thames & Hudson Australia / Highlights / Sales & Distribution Contacts /

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Affinities A Journey Through Images from The Public Domain Review Adam Green

An exploration of echoes and resonances across two millennia of visual culture, celebrating ten years of The Public Domain Review

Gathering a remarkable collection of over 500 images, Affinities is a carefully curated visual journey illuminating connections across more than two thousand years of image-making. Drawing on a decade of archival material at The Public Domain Review, the book has been assembled from a vast array of sources: from manuscripts to museum catalogues, ship logs to primers on Victorian magic. The images are arranged in a single captivating sequence which unfurls according to a dreamlike logic, through a play of visual echoes and evolving thematic threads – hatching eggs twin with early Burmese world maps, marbled endpapers meet tattooed stowaways, and fireworks explode beside deep-sea coral.

At once an art book, a sourcebook and a kaleidoscopic visual poem, Affinities is a unique and enthralling publication that will offer something different on each visit. Its playful and imaginative approach invites the reader to transcend familiar categories of epoch, style or historical theme, and to instead revel in a new world of creative possibilities played out between the images – opening up new connections, ways of seeing and forms of knowledge.

Praise for The Public Domain Review

‘An Aladdin’s cave of curiosity ... the best thing on the web’ Guardian ‘A gold mine of fantastic images and stories’ The New York Times

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Adam Green is co-founder and editor of The Public Domain Review, an online journal dedicated to exploring curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature and ideas. Since launching the project in 2011, he’s taken the review from modest beginnings to one of the most renowned digital projects of its kind, lauded by such outlets as the Guardian, The New York Times and Vice.

500 illustrations 28.0 x 21.5cm 368pp ISBN 978 0 500 025208 April £45.00

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David Hockney is perhaps the most critically acclaimed artist of our age. His bestselling Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters is also published by Thames & Hudson. Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator. His books include Modernists & Mavericks, Man with a Blue Scarf, A Bigger Message, A History of Pictures (with David Hockney), The Pursuit of Art and, most recently, Shaping the World, all published

by Thames & Hudson.

142 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 280pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296608 March £14.99

The Sunday Times bestseller

Spring Cannot be Cancelled David Hockney in Normandy David Hockney and Martin Gayford New in B-format paperback

David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy Also available 978 0 500 094235

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On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquillity for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at bay. So when Covid-19 and lockdown struck, it made little difference to life at La Grande Cour, the centuries-old Normandy farmhouse where Hockney set up a studio a year before, in time to paint the arrival of spring. In fact, he relished the enforced isolation as an opportunity for even greater devotion to his art.

Spring Cannot be Cancelled is an uplifting manifesto that affirms art’s capacity to divert and inspire. It is based on a wealth of new conversations and correspondence between Hockney and the art critic Martin Gayford, his long-time friend and collaborator.

Their exchanges are illustrated by a selection of Hockney’s new, unpublished Normandy iPad drawings and paintings alongside works by van Gogh, Monet, Bruegel, and others.

We see how Hockney is propelled ever forward by his infectious enthusiasms and sense of wonder.

A lifelong contrarian, he has been in the public eye for sixty years, yet remains entirely unconcerned by the view of critics or even history. He is utterly absorbed by his four acres of northern France and by the themes that have fascinated him for decades: light, colour, space, perception, water, trees. He has much to teach us, not only about how to see... but about how to live.

‘A burst of springtime joy ... a wideranging ramble through art, history, culture and food’ Daily Telegraph

‘A springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light ... scholarly, thoughtful and provoking’ The Times

‘Lavishly illustrated… Gayford is a thoughtfully attentive critic with a capacious frame of reference’ Guardian

‘Gloriously illustrated … a book about many things – Hockney’s love of France and French painting, his reflections on many other artists among them. But at its heart is this octogenarian’s adoration of nature, his belief that art is rooted in love, and a restless gusto for life’ Andrew Marr, The Spectator

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Kelly Grovier is the author of several acclaimed books, including 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age, Art Since 1989 and On the Line, all published by Thames & Hudson.

200 illustrations 24.0 x 16.5cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295564 March £20.00

A New Way of Seeing The History of Art in 57 Works Kelly Grovier New in paperback

A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre

What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination, generation after generation, century after century? From Botticelli’s Birth of Venus to Picasso’s Guernica, some paintings and sculptures have become so famous, so much a part of who we are, we no longer really look at them. We take their greatness for granted; our eyes have become near-obsolete.

A New Way of Seeing casts fresh light on some of the most famous works in the history of art by isolating in each a single, often overlooked detail that is a key to the work’s greatness. Kelly Grovier offers illuminating analyses of enduring masterpieces, frequently presenting them alongside comparative works, encouraging us to look deeply in order to perceive their richness, strangeness – and truest meaning.

‘Finally, a book that asks, with a restless and sensitive eye, what it is that makes masterpieces sing across the centuries. A highly enjoyable history of art that is also a fascinating meditation on excellence’ Jonathan Jones

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Susie Hodge is a bestselling author, art historian, historian and artist, and has written more than ninety books for adults and children. Her previous books include Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That, My Big Art Show, Art in Detail, Why is Art Full of Naked People?, Modern Art in Detail and Painting Masterclass, all published by Thames & Hudson.

72 illustrations 21.0 x 14.8cm 192pp ISBN 978 0 500 024935 May £14.99

How Art Can Change Your Life Susie Hodge

An innovative self-help manual that shows you how to use art to destress, reduce anxiety and enhance mood

Visual art can communicate with us in ways that words alone cannot. As expert writer on art Susie Hodge reveals, it can be enlightening, uplifting, challenging, informative, arresting, amusing and therapeutic.

How Art Can Change Your Life introduces readers to new ways of looking at a wide range of art. Through careful examination and explanation, it investigates how engaging with art and drawing upon its ideas can help everyone feel connected and inspired. From Frida Kahlo confronting her anxieties to Henri Matisse embracing happiness, from Louise Bourgeois conquering fear to Auguste Rodin finding hope, it shows how you too can use art to work through difficult emotions and improve your mental wellbeing. Even art that unsettles can help us to think and feel differently.

Artists have been conveying aspirations, emotions, ideas and stories for thousands of years; this book helps everyone to ‘read’ these messages, and thereby to enrich their own emotional life through art. Above all, it investigates how looking at art and drawing upon its ideas can help you to feel engaged and can address your own personal issues, whatever they may be.

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Patrick Mauriès is an author, publisher and journalist. He has devoted several books to forgotten figures in the history of art, literature and the decorative arts, including Fornasetti, Line Vautrin: bijoux et objets, Cabinets of Curiosities and Cabinet of Rarities, all published

by Thames & Hudson.

Over 250 illustrations 28.0 x 23.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 094075 February £45.00

Theatres of Melancholy The Neo-Romantics in Paris and Beyond Patrick Mauriès

The first substantial book on the Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting

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In 1926, the Galerie Druet in Paris made waves presenting a group of young painters who had spurned modernist abstraction and returned to a form of figurative painting.

For most of them this was the first time they had exhibited, but their impact was considerable. Art critic Waldemar George baptized them the ‘Neo-Romantics’ or the ‘NeoHumanists’. They were influenced by Picasso, in particular his Blue and Rose periods, but went beyond him to forge new ways of painting. These were artists who liked to play with forgotten references and obsolete visual devices such as trompe l’oeil.

Theatres of Melancholy is the first book in many years on the Neo-Romantics. The works of Christian Bérard, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Eugene and Leonid Berman – which also included theatre, opera and ballet design – attracted the admiration of Gertrude Stein, George Balanchine, Edith Sitwell and Christian Dior, among others.

Patrick Mauriès’s richly illustrated, engaging book sheds light on the group’s brooding and often nostalgic work, which will be seen as a revelation by a new audience today.

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Frances Spalding is an art historian, critic and leading authority on 20th-century British art. Her books include acclaimed biographies of Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, John Minton, Duncan Grant, Gwen Raverat and John and Myfanwy Piper, as well as a biography of the poet Stevie Smith. She is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art. In 2005 she was made a CBE for Services to Literature.

100 illustrations 24.6 x 18.6cm 384pp ISBN 978 0 500 518649 April £35.00

The Real and the Romantic English Art Between Two World Wars Frances Spalding

A fresh look at a period of English art that has surged in interest and popularity in recent years, authored by one of Britain’s leading art historians and critics

ISBN 978-0-500-51864-9

The 21st century has seen an enormous surge of interest in English art of the interwar years. Work by artists like Stanley Spencer and Eric Ravilious has soared in value, while new critical attention has been paid to others, often women, who were previously overlooked, such as Winifred Knights and Evelyn Dunbar. High-profile exhibitions have attracted record-breaking visitor numbers and challenged received opinion, encouraging a more nuanced understanding of the cultural landscape of the 1920s and 1930s.

With these new perspectives in mind, The Real and the Romantic takes a fresh look at this richly diverse period in English art. Frances Spalding’s thematic approach emphasizes the networks of connection between artists, illuminating the intriguing alliances and shifts in artistic sensibility that fed into the creativity of the interwar years.

Significant among these were a determination to break down the barriers surrounding the western European tradition through reference to the art of other cultures; and the pursuit of a ‘primitive’ or direct approach to art, particularly through study of the early Italian Renaissance.

Throughout all of this, an emphasis on the ‘real’ or the authentic remained dominant, even as romantic feeling played an important role in shaping artists’ responses to their subjects. Frances Spalding acknowledges the fluidity of the relationship between these two concepts and the way in which each ‘can tinge, colour or even merge with the other’.

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Biography

Deyan Sudjic is a writer and broadcaster, and a former architecture critic for the Sunday Times, the Observer and the Guardian. He is the director emeritus of the Design Museum, distinguished professor of architecture and design studies at Lancaster Univeristy, and a contributing editor for Wallpaper*.

His previous books include The Language of Cities (2017), and B is for Bauhaus (2014).

60 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 343555 April £30.00

Provisional cover

Stalin’s Architect Power and Survival in Moscow Deyan Sudjic

The first major publication on the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan, state architect to Joseph Stalin

What would an architect do for the chance to build the tallest building in the world? What would he sacrifice to stay alive in the midst of Stalin’s murderous purges?

Boris Iofan’s story is an insight into the troubled relationship of all successful architects with power. Iofan, a gifted designer and a committed Communist, became the Soviet Union’s most celebrated architect after Alexei Rykov, Lenin’s successor, persuaded him to return to Moscow from Rome with his aristocratic wife. Iofan was at the heart of political life in the Soviet Union and his work is key to understanding its official culture. When Stalin’s henchmen crushed the architectural avant-garde, it was Iofan who created the new national style. His career took him to New York and Paris, and to the destroyed city of Stalingrad. He was a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright, a rival of Le Corbusier and Albert Speer’s enemy. He kept silent when Stalin executed his friends; he also sacrificed his own talent by following the dictator’s instructions to the letter in creating the regime’s landmarks.

This book is an exploration of architecture as an instrument of statecraft. It is an insight into the key moments of 20th-century politics and culture from a unique perspective, and the personal story of a remarkable individual who witnessed many of the most dramatic turning points of modern history.

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Yuki Kihara is an interdisciplinary artist living and working on Upolu Island, Samoa. Since her solo exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2008, Kihara has exhibited extensively all over the world, and her work is held in many major collections. Natalie King is a curator, editor and arts leader. She was curator of Tracey Moffatt: My Horizon, the Australian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Thames & Hudson published the accompanying catalogue.

124 illustrations 27.0 x 19.5cm 160pp ISBN 978 1 760 761424 February £35.00

Yuki Kihara Yuki Kihara Edited by Natalie King Thames & Hudson Australia

Yuki Kihara – the first Fa’afafine and Pasifika artist to represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the Venice Biennale – reframes history through a contemporary queer, Indigenous lens

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Interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first Fa’afafine artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, with a groundbreaking exhibition of new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time. Kihara’s work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, consumerism, (mis)representation, and colonial legacies in the Pacific.

Edited by Natalie King – who has commissioned provocative essays by contributors from around the world – this publication contextualizes Kihara’s lifetime of works, which puncture and expose queer myths and question dominant narratives, turning so-called history on its head.

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Emma Ridgway is Chief Curator and Head of Exhibitions and Learning at Modern Art Oxford.

Vibece Salthe is a Curator at the Stavanger Art Museum.

125 illustrations 23.0 x 19.0cm 192pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 025420 May £25.00

Ruth Asawa Citizen of the Universe Emma Ridgway and Vibece Salthe

A unique look at the visionary artist, educator and activist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013)

‘I state, without hesitation or reserve, that I consider Ruth Asawa to be the most gifted, productive, and originally inspired artist that I have ever known personally’ R. Buckminster Fuller, 1971

Although less known outside North America, Ruth Asawa is an artist of vital importance to modern art. Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe, which accompanies the first solo public exhibition of Asawa’s work in Europe, introduces European audiences both to Asawa’s powerful art, including her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire, and her pioneering education practice.

It positions her expansive ethos – her self-identification as ‘a citizen of the universe’ and belief that art education can be life enriching for everyone – as a catalyst for creative forward-thinking in the 21st century.

Focusing on a dynamic and formative period in her life from 1945 to 1980, through extensive illustrations and additional essays by Sigrun Åsebø, John Blakinger and Emily Pringle, this book gives readers a unique experience of the artist and her work, exploring her legacy from a European perspective and positioning her as an abstract artist crucial to American modernism. It is a wonderful celebration of her holistic integration of art, education and community engagement, through which she called for a revolutionary and inclusive vision of art’s role in society.

Accompanies an exhibition at Modern Art Oxford from 28 May to 21 August 2022, and Stavanger Art Museum from 1 October 2022 to 22 January 2023.

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Martin Harrison is a leading authority in the fields of art and photography. He is the Editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné (2016) and of the Francis Bacon Studies series, Editor-in-Chief, Estate of Francis Bacon, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Over 270 illustrations 28.5 x 23.0cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296509 January £30.00

In Camera Francis Bacon Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting Martin Harrison Updated edition

‘Scrupulous and wellbalanced … crammed with information and illuminating speculation’ Literary Review Also available 978 0 500 296479

Francis Bacon famously found inspiration in photographs, film-stills and mass-media imagery. In this new, updated edition of In Camera, Martin Harrison reveals how these sources informed some of Bacon’s most important paintings and triggered decisive turning points in the artist’s stylistic development.

Key influences, including the masters Velázquez, Poussin and Rodin, the photographer Eadweard Muybridge and the film director Sergei Eisenstein, are given close consideration. Bacon’s work is examined in relation to the precedents set by other artists working in the tradition of making use of mechanical reproductions, including Pablo Picasso and Walter Sickert, and in the context of his contemporaries Lucian Freud, Mark Rothko, Graham Sutherland and Patrick Heron.

With the aid of over 270 illustrations, including valuable source images and documents, In Camera is a bravura accomplishment of original research, addressing important questions about Bacon’s painting practice and shedding fresh light on his life and work.

ISBN 978-0-500-29650-9

‘An indispensable work of reference for anyone wishing to follow the protracted dialogue that Bacon conducted with photography … and life’ The Art Newspaper ‘An opulent, paradoxically beautiful book’ Observer

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Marco Livingstone is an art historian, writer and independent curator who has written extensively on post-war figurative painting and sculpture, particularly on Pop Art. His many publications include books on David Hockney, Patrick Caulfield, R.B. Kitaj, Allen Jones, Paula Rego, Jim Dine and Duane Michals. His book David Hockney: Portraits and People (Thames & Hudson) was awarded the Sir Bannister Fletcher Award for best book on the arts.

250 illustrations 29.0 x 24.5cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 025314 June £45.00

Peter Blake Marco Livingstone New edition

A fully updated edition of the most comprehensive illustrated survey of the life and work of Peter Blake, published to mark the artist’s 90th birthday

Also available 978 0 500 971123

Since his emergence in the early 1960s as a key member of the Pop Art movement, Peter Blake (b.1932) has become one of the best-known and most widely loved artists of his generation. Though primarily a painter, Blake has produced collages, drawings, watercolours, sculpture and prints, as well as commercial art in the form of graphics and album covers, most notably his design for The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album in 1967.

Peter Blake considers the artist’s remarkable diversity, assessing his work across all media, from the 1950s to the present. Marco Livingstone grounds Blake’s art firmly in his working-class origins, identifying a yearning for the innocence of childhood in Blake’s bittersweet paintings of the early to mid-1950s depicting children reading comics or going to the Saturday matinee at the cinema. From that moment, while studying at the Royal College of Art in London, Blake concerned himself with popular entertainments as subject matter for his paintings. The directness with which Blake gave expression to his enthusiasms for mass culture during the 1950s brought him to the forefront of the Pop Art movement before it had even been named, and independently of the investigations into similar areas by other British, American and European artists.

First published in 2009, the book has been fully updated and includes a completely new chapter that brings the story up to date. It is a wonderful celebration of the diverse and endlessly imaginative one-man show that constitutes the extraordinary work of Peter Blake.

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Keith Tyson is a British contemporary artist. He won the Turner Prize in 2002. Michael Archer is Professor of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. His writing on art has appeared in Artforum, Parkett and Art Monthly. Matthew Collings is a British art critic, writer, broadcaster and artist.

Ariane Koek is known internationally for her work in the arts, science and technology.

She founded the Arts at CERN programme in 2009, which she directed for five years. Mark Rappolt is Editor-in-Chief of ArtReview and ArtReview Asia.

400 illustrations 30.9 x 25.0cm 400pp ISBN 978 0 500 023938 April £65.00

Iterations and Variations: Keith Tyson Keith Tyson, Michael Archer, Matthew Collings, Ariane Koek and Mark Rappolt

The definitive survey of Keith Tyson’s thirty-year career

‘I don’t believe in a permanent self or in developing an artistic style. Our world is full of intricately connected systems and events. I’m simply trying to make work in collaboration with them.’ Keith Tyson British Turner Prize-winning artist Keith Tyson is known for a distinctive and diverse body of work including drawing, painting, installation and sculpture. Showing a wide range of influences ranging from mathematics and science through to poetry and mythology, he is interested in how art emerges from the combination of information systems and physical processes that surround us every day.

For over thirty years, Tyson has probed, dissected, explored and questioned reality. Not fixed to one artistic style, Tyson’s mission is to challenge himself and the audience, whilst working with diverse materials – paint, clay, metal, resin – to question our knowledge of the world we perceive as real, and art’s role in representing it.

ISBN 978-0-500-02393-8

Publication coincides with a major exhibition on Keith Tyson at Hauser and Wirth, New York.

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Simon Baker is Director of Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (MEP). He was formerly Senior Curator, Photography and International Art, Tate.

Prior to becoming Tate’s first curator of photography, he was Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Nottingham.

He has written widely on surrealism, photography and contemporary art.

338 illustrations 31.0 x 26.0cm 296pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296493 February £35.00

George Condo Painting Reconfigured Simon Baker New in paperback

The definitive monograph on the iconoclastic painter George Condo

With his arresting, unsettling style, George Condo emerged out of the dynamism of the New York art scene in the early 1980s, and he has been restlessly painting, drawing and sculpting – bringing forms into the world in one way or another – ever since. With his ‘fake’ Old Masters, reconfigured Manets, impossibly intricate paintings that seem abstract only from a distance, fractured and multifaceted ‘psychologically Cubist’ portraits, and the orgiastic misdemeanours of a host of butlers, bankers and priests, Condo has invented, mastered and expanded not just one painterly language but an entire lexicon.

Working closely with Condo, Simon Baker has combined biographical, chronological and thematic approaches to survey the artist’s work and career to date.

An introductory essay on Condo’s contradictory nature and a chapter exploring his phenomenal early career are followed by three thematic chapters that look at the years from 1984 to the present, tracing Condo’s systematic reconstruction of the techniques of painting, exploring his relationship to the concept of abstraction, and probing the darker side of his psychological iconography in drawing, painting, sculpture and writing.

George Condo is the definitive monograph on a unique artist; it will appeal to artists, art students and those with a general interest in art.

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Desmond Morris is one of the last surviving surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in 1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written many books, one of which (The Naked Ape, 1967) ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. Between 1956 and 1988 he presented a total of nearly 700 television programmes and gave over 400 television interviews.

107 illustrations 24.0 x 16.5cm 248pp ISBN 978 0 500 024881 March £25.00

The British Surrealists Desmond Morris

The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed by bestselling author and artist, Desmond Morris

Also available 978 0 500 296370

Fêted for their idiosyncratic and imaginative works, the surrealists marked a pivotal moment in the history of modern art in Britain. Many banded together to form the British Surrealist Group, while others carved their own, independent paths.

Here, Desmond Morris – one of the last surviving members of this important art movement – draws on his personal memories and experiences to present the intriguing life stories and complex love lives of this wild and curious set of artists. From the unpredictability of Francis Bacon to the rebelliousness of Leonora Carrington, from the beguiling Eileen Agar to the ‘brilliant’ Ceri Richards, Morris brings his subjects’ foibles and frailties to the fore.

His vivid account is laced with his inimitable wit, and profusely illustrated by images of the artists and their artworks. Featuring thirty-four surrealists – some famous, some forgotten – Morris’s intimate book takes us back in time to a generation that allowed its creative unconscious to drive their passions in both art and life.

Praise for The Lives of the Surrealists

ISBN 978-0-500-02488-1

‘A delight … Juicy little nuggets litter the book’ The Times ‘Gossipy, waspish, biased, score-settling and very entertaining’ Literary Review

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Christopher Lloyd is a British art historian, and was Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures from 1988 to 2005. He is also the author with Thames & Hudson of Cezanne; Drawings and Watercolours, Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels and Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Drawings.

In addition, he has organized and curated numerous exhibitions and made a six-part television series on the paintings in the Royal Collection.

273 illustrations 21.0 x 16.0cm 496pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296547 February £20.00

Masterpieces An Art Lover’s Guide to Great Britain & Ireland Christopher Lloyd Compact edition

An expert guide to the highlights and unexpected treasures of British collections

If you find yourself in Hull, Cork or Dundee, what paintings should you go and look at? Many great works await you around the British Isles in the galleries and museums – but they are easily overlooked.

Here, the distinguished broadcaster and critic Christopher Lloyd identifies over 265 masterpieces in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, from the National Gallery, London, to The Burrell Collection in Glasgow.

Some are acknowledged greats, others are surprising and quirky: all are richly rewarding. All the paintings are the personal selection of Lloyd who has come across and enjoyed or admired them in public collections during the course of his career. His purpose throughout is to encourage others to visit the same places and experience the same pleasures.

For tourists, this book offers a treasure trail; for the art lover, an expert companion; for all, an essential guide to the highlights of British collections.

‘A tremendously good idea, very well done … a masterpiece of concision’ Times Literary Supplement ‘Exactly the companion you would wish to take with you on a museum crawl: knowledgeable, urbane and discreetly impatient with dense art-historical lingo’ Guardian

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Victoria and Albert Museum

In association with

Eric Ravilious (1903–1942) was a painter, designer, illustrator and wood engraver, and he remains one of the best-known English artists of the 1930s. A close friend of Edward Bawden, he evoked the English landscape, culture and customs in his striking watercolours and ceramic designs. Sir James Maude Richards (1907–1992) was editor of Architectural Review from 1937 to 1971 and architectural correspondent of The Times for more than 20 years.

24 illustrations 22.9 x 14.8cm 112pp ISBN 978 0 500 480793 February £20.00

High Street J. M. Richards and Eric Ravilious

ISBN 978-0-500-48079-3

A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J. M. Richards

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First published in 1938, this charming book introduces the British high street. Shops include the family butcher, the cheesemonger, the baker and confectioner and the oyster bar, as well as specialized establishments such as the plumassier, the clerical outfitter and the submarine engineer.

Only 2,000 copies of the original book were printed before the lithographic plates were destroyed in the London Blitz. As a result, it has become one of the most collectible of all artists’ books from this period. This beautiful facsimile edition features all 24 of Ravilious’s colour illustrations, and includes an essay by Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum, that sets the book in its historical context.

Illustrators

Paul Gravett is a writer, critic, curator, publisher and broadcaster who has worked in the comics industry since 1981.

He is author of many books, including Mangasia, and Posy Simmonds in the Illustrators series, both published by Thames & Hudson. He is co-director of Comica, the London International Comics Festival.

100 illustrations 24.5 x 18.7cm 112pp ISBN 978 0 500 094334 June £18.99

Tove Jansson Paul Gravett The Illustrators

An appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin books, which are adored by children and adults across the globe Also in The Illustrators series

ISBN 978-0-500-09433-4

Ludwig Bemelmans 9780500519950 Raymond Briggs 9780500022184 Dick Bruna 9780500094136 Walter Crane 9780500022627 Judith Kerr 9780500022153 Miroslav Šašek 9780500023341 Posy Simmonds 9780500022139

Tove Jansson (1914–2001) was one of the most original, influential and perennially enjoyed illustrators of the 20th century. Her popularity remains undimmed in the 21st century: she was the subject of a recent biopic, Tove, and a 3D animated version of her much-loved Moomin stories, Moominvalley, has been broadcast on Sky since 2019.

This book provides fresh insights and a deeper appreciation of her extraordinary life and art, offering an in-depth analysis of her process, influences, styles and subjects as they changed over time. It charts her beginnings as a cartoonist for the satirical magazine Garm, responding to the Second World War and its aftermath as she developed from art student to painter and muralist, bohemian and lesbian. It also explores the emergence of her Moomin world, which appeared in her first children’s book in 1945 and then in the London Evening News, the world’s biggest-selling evening paper. This body of work is one of her great achievements, expanding her stories, settings and cast and invigorating her drawing and writing.

Her interpretations of such classics as Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Hunting of the Snark, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit are also examined in detail, and her many novels are documented here along with personal commentaries from her own writings.

‘One of the most original, versatile, philosophically dextrous, warm and generous artists ever to have graced this world’ Ali Smith

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World of Art

World of Art See the arts through expert eyes

‘The single most influential series of art books ever published’ Apollo \

‘World of Art delivers real knowledge with crisp, useful clarity’ Guardian ‘Outstanding … exceptionally authoritative and well-illustrated’ Sunday Times

Revised, updated and redesigned

ISBN 978-0-500-20481-8

190 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 280pp ISBN 978 0 500 204818 April | £14.99

ISBN 978-0-500-20463-4 ISBN 978-0-500-20479-5

See all the other titles in the World of Art series so far at: thamesandhudson.com/woa

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193 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 204788 April | £16.99

ISBN 978-0-500-20490-0

ISBN 978-0-500-20476-4

144 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 208pp ISBN 978 0 500 204795 April | £14.99

197 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 204764 April | £14.99

ISBN 978-0-500-20478-8

184 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 240pp ISBN 978 0 500 204634 April | £14.99

171 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm | 216pp ISBN 978 0 500 204900 April | £14.99

Maja and Reuben Fowkes

Raphael Paul Joannides

Publication coincides with a major exhibition on Raphael at the National Gallery, London, opening in April 2022

155 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm 296pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 204757 April £16.99

Raphael died at only thirty-seven, but he is considered the single most influential artist of the Renaissance. Here, Paul Joannides explores the different social and regional contexts of Raphael’s work and discusses all aspects of his artistic output. He traces Raphael’s career from his origins in Urbino, through his altarpieces made in Umbria in the shadow of Perugino, to the first flowering of his genius in Florence where he painted a series of iconic Madonnas that are among the most beloved images in Western art.

He dominated Rome’s artistic life and extended the range of his activities to that of architect, designer, pioneer archaeologist and theoretician.

The foundation of Raphael’s versatility and range was his supreme clarity of mind as a draughtsman.

Knowledge of his drawings, on which Joannides is a leading expert, is central to understanding of his achievement, and they are thoroughly explored here.

ISBN 978-0-500-20484-9

An authoritative introduction to one of the most influential painters in the history of art, written by the pre-eminent authority on the subject

Maja and Reuben Fowkes are co-directors of the Postsocialist Art Centre (PACT) at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, and co-founders of the Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art, Budapest. They are also the authors of Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950.

ISBN 978-0-500-20475-7

A timely introduction to contemporary environmental art and activism

World of Art

Art and Climate Change

The scientific evidence is incontrovertible: an environmental crisis is upon us. Art and Climate Change presents an overview of ecologically conscious contemporary art that addresses the climate emergency, as artists across the world call for an active, collective engagement with the planet, and illuminate some of the structures that threaten humanity’s survival. Across five chapters, Maja and Reuben Fowkes examine artworks that respond to the Anthropocene and its detrimental impact on our world, from scenes of nature decimated by ongoing extinction events and landscapes turned to waste by extraction, to art from marginalized communities most affected by the injustice of climate change. What guides the artists gathered together here is an ardent concern for the living, breathing subject of the Earth and all fellow terrestrials caught up in this fastmoving climate drama.

Paul Joannides is Emeritus Professor of Art History at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books, including (with Tom Henry) Late Raphael and (with Rick Scorza) The Life of Raphael, both published by Thames & Hudson.

190 illustrations 21.0 x 15.0cm 208pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 204849 April £16.99

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Serge Fauchereau is a scholar and art critic. He was a professor of American literature at New York University, and has curated major exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou. He has published over twenty books, including a dozen monographs on such artists as Braque, Jean Arp, Kupka and Malevich.

195 illustrations 25.5 x 19.5cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 025130 January £35.00

Art of the Baltic States Modernism, Freedom and Identity 1900–1950 Serge Fauchereau

A lavishly illustrated reference on a little-known chapter in art history – the art of the three Baltic States, covering a wide range of media, movements and styles

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The Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – retain strong cultural identities that have survived despite centuries of colonization by powerful neighbouring lands. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, artists and writers were starting to reclaim and promote their own artistic heritage as radically distinct from that of the invading nations, with pioneers such as M. K. Čiurlionis and Vilhelms Purvitis demonstrating rare originality in their work. In the wake of the First World War, the three Baltic countries regained their autonomy, and the 1920s and 30s became a rich period of openness and international artistic exchange. Modernism in all its forms flourished, not only in painting but in sculpture, printmaking, photomontage and the decorative arts, ranging from the elegant abstraction of Arnold Akberg to the provocative figuration of Kārlis Padegs and the experimental photography of Domicėlė Tarabildienė.

Art of the Baltic States is organized into three main chapters, documenting the history of art in each country.

Enriched with illustrations from important museum collections, Fauchereau covers key art movements as well as their complex historical background, from time under the Tsars and the German crown to the invasion by the Soviet Union and beyond. With each country showcased in its own lavishly illustrated section, this is a wonderful guide to a vibrant field in European art history that is often overlooked but deserves rediscovery and a place on the global stage.

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Partha Mitter is Emeritus Professor of Art History at the University of Sussex. Parul Dave Mukherji is Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Rakhee Balaram is is Assistant Professor of Global Modern and Contemporary Art and Art History at State University of New York-Albany.

621 illustrations 30.8 x 24.0cm 744pp ISBN 978 0 500 023327 March £85.00

20th Century Indian Art Modern, Post-Independence, Contemporary Partha Mitter, Parul Dave Mukherji and Rakhee Balaram Published in association with Art Alive

A landmark volume: the first to address the entire sweep of Indian art across the subcontinent and South Asia from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day

Recent decades have seen significant growth around the world in the interest, acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists. Filling a significant void in scholarship on the subject, this much anticipated book provides an engaging and informative history of modern art from the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of prominent Indian and South Asian art historians and scholars.

Illustrated throughout and offering strong narrative content, 20th Century Indian Art provides multiple perspectives from key experts on modernism, modernity and plurality, and expansive ideas about contemporary art practices. It features a range of subjects and topics, including Group 1890, the Madras Art Movement, Regional Modern and Dalit art, as well as artists ranging from Amrita Sher-Gil to Raqs Media Collective. It also has sections devoted to the art of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia.

Together with lively discussions and a selection of absorbing interviews with artists, this is the definitive reference for anyone with an interest in Indian art, whether as a student, gallery-goer or armchair enthusiast.

‘A landmark cosmopolitan contribution to the profound spirit of intellectual inquiry and aesthetic hospitality that have, through the centuries, inspired the arts of India’ Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University

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T. Richard Blurton was the Head of the South and Southeast Asia section at the British Museum.

Trained as an archaeologist, he has worked all over South Asia.

His publications include Krishna in the Garden of Assam, Bengali Myths and Hindu Art.

The British Museum

In collaboration with

500 illustrations + 1 map 24.0 x 17.0cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 480649 April £30.00

India: A History in Objects T. Richard Blurton

An authoritative visual history of India, one of the world’s oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present

ISBN 978-0-500-48064-9

Also available 978 0 500 519707 978 0 500 480403

Here is a history told through the rich material culture of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects, this superb new overview connects today’s South Asia with its past. Early chapters uncover prehistoric objects from 1.5 million years ago, examine artefacts from the Indus Civilization, and follow the emergence of Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism and Sikhism, as well as the influences of Islam and Christianity.

The distinct Mughal style is traced through paintings, architecture, hardstone carving, metalwork and jewelry.

This volume also explores trade with Europe via examples of textiles and other luxury goods. Finally, modernism and political independence in the 20th century are examined through popular prints, contemporary photography and the performing arts.

This compelling visual history, from the rural life of the subcontinent to the urban splendour of dynastic empires, will inspire and inform everyone interested in the material culture of South Asia.

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Timothy Hyman is well known both as a writer on art and a painter. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2011, and is the author of Bonnard and Sienese Painting, both published by Thames & Hudson.

158 illustrations 26.0 x 19.0cm 256pp paperback February ISBN 978 0 500 296530 £25.00

The World New Made Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century TImothy Hyman New in paperback

‘A thing of beauty’ Sunday Times

The distinguished writer and artist Timothy Hyman cuts a new path through the tangle of 20th-century art, exploring the work of more than 50 individual painters who offer a counter-argument to Western formalism and a foundation for the figurative painters of the 21st century. Structured not as a survey but as in-depth studies of more than 130 specific artworks, it brings these often marginalized artists centre-stage: not just Alice Neel and Balthus, Max Beckmann and Frida Kahlo, but also Marsden Hartley and Charlotte Salomon, Bhupen Khakhar and Jacob Lawrence.

‘Magnificently illustrated, this is art history at its most eye-popping and also its most brain-tickling’ Observer ‘Wonderfully concrete in detail and wide-ranging in scope ... a new and convincing scenario for the history of twentieth-century painting’ Linda Nochlin ‘Magnificent ... will change forever our sense of the “story” of modern art’ Gabriel Josipovici ‘Highly original ... there are brilliant insights and connections on every page’ David Bindman

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Linda Nochlin (1931–2017) was Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. She wrote extensively on issues of gender in art history and on 19th-century Realism.

Her numerous publications include Women, Art and Power, Representing Women, Courbet and Misère, as well as the pioneering essay from 1971: ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’. Aruna D’Souza is an art critic, writer and curator.

Her book Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times.

126 illustrations 23.5 x 17.0cm 448pp ISBN 978 0 500 293706 March £35.00

Making It Modern Essays on the Art of the Now Linda Nochlin Edited by Aruna D’Souza

A selection of key essays by one of the most influential voices in art history, including seven previously unpublished pieces

ISBN 978-0-500-29370-6

Also available 978 0 500 295557

Making it Modern brings together the pioneering art historian Linda Nochlin’s most important writings on modernism and modernity. Before the publication of her groundbreaking essay on feminism in art, ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’, Nochlin had already firmly established herself as a major practitioner of a politically sophisticated, class-conscious and transformative social art history. She was part of an important cohort of scholars determined to rethink the narratives of the subject under the pressure of contemporary events such as student uprisings, the women’s liberation movement and the Vietnam War, with the help of politically engaged literary criticism that was also emerging. She continued to write with the same urgency throughout her career.

Nochlin embraced Charles Baudelaire’s conviction that to be modern is to be of one’s time – and that the role of an art historian is to understand the art of the past not only in its own historical context but according to the conditions of the contemporary world. From academic debates about the nude in the 18th century to the work of Robert Gober in the 21st, whatever she turned her analytic eye towards was very much conceived as the art of the now – the art we need to look at to navigate the complexities and contradictions of our present moment.

Including seven previously unpublished pieces, this collection of thirty essays highlights the breadth and diversity of Nochlin’s output across the decades, including discussions on radical politics, colonialism, fashion, museums and sex – often at the same time.

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M+

In collaboration with

M+ Collections: Highlights Edited by Doryun Chong, Lesley Ma, Pauline J. Yao and Ikko Yokoyama

A richly illustrated companion to selected works from the collections at M+

Hong Kong Visual Culture: The M+ Guide Edited by Tina Pang

A portrait of Hong Kong through the city’s material culture

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M+ Collections: Highlights presents the work of more than 300 artists, designers, film-makers, photographers and architects specially selected to represent the museum's extensive collections, from Zhang Peili and Charlotte Perriand to Nam June Paik, Zaha Hadid and Shigeru Ban. The book is organized into seven chapters, each devoted to works from a single decade from the 1950s to now, and includes analytical entries on selected works. Twenty-four thematic essays illuminate some of the movements and ideas around which the collections have grown. Full of unexpected connections and new perspectives, M+ Collections: Highlights is not only an invaluable introduction to M+’s unrivalled treasury of visual culture but also an indispensable work of reference.

The authors all work at M+. Doryun Chong is Deputy Director, Curatorial and Chief Curator; Lesley Ma is Curator, Ink Art; Pauline J. Yao is Lead Curator, Visual Art; and Ikko Yokoyama is Lead Curator, Design and Architecture.

760 illustrations 28.0 x 23.0cm 504pp ISBN 978 0 500 024362 January £60.00 Chinese edition also available: ISBN 978 0 500 024676

Key to the M+ collections are objects made in or associated with Hong Kong, from neon signs and advertising ephemera to architectural plans, photographs and artworks, all of which offer new perspectives on contemporary life in the city.

Hong Kong Visual Culture: The M+ Guide takes the reader on a journey through the city’s modern and contemporary material culture. The book is arranged into three main sections, with the first focusing on artworks and objects that reflect daily life in Hong Kong; the second documenting the urban environment; and the final section concentrating on artistic perspectives and approaches that demonstrate the city’s unique outlook. Also included is a fold-out map by artist Don Mak, who also created the cover artwork. From Cantopop and Zaha Hadid’s man-made polished granite mountain to masterpieces of vernacular culture by the calligraphic artist the ‘King of Kowloon’ and the photographs of Michael Wolf, this richly illustrated book celebrates Hong Kong’s significant contribution to global visual culture.

Tina Pang is Curator, Hong Kong Visual Culture, M+.

272 illustrations 21.0 x 16.0cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 024966 April £25.00 Chinese edition also available: ISBN 978 0 500 024942

© M+, Hong Kong. Photo: Dan Leung

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Apocalypse Ready The manual of manuals A century of panic prevention Taras Young

Apocalypse planning through an historical lens: an expertly curated compilation of officially published guides on how to deal with disaster, drawn from government archives all around the world

Civil Defence Booklet (Zivilschutzfibel), Federal Office for the Civil Protection of Bad Godesberg, West Germany, 1964

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Climate change is causing extreme weather events and threatens to destroy the planet, while the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that disaster can manifest at any time and appear from any quarter. These and other possible impending catastrophes have caused rising levels of collective fear around the world, and increased demands for governments to plan, prepare and avert calamity for its citizens.

Apocalypse Ready displays the plethora of public survival advice and scare tactics proposed from all around the globe to deal with every disaster scenario that has occurred or been imagined since the early 20th century.

From leaflets showing how to build an earthquake shelter to booklets providing step-by-step advice on how to protect yourself and your family during a nuclear war, and from posters showing how to minimize your chances of catching Spanish flu to documents indicating how to identify aliens, this carefully curated selection of disasterplanning documents reveals differences in public attitudes towards impending catastrophe, and showcases the variety of approaches taken by governments in advising their citizens. Explanatory captions clarify the messages contained in the survival documents, while the author’s commentary provides historical context for the official advice, exploring how our preoccupation with apocalypse has manifested at different times and in different places.

On the front lines of European nuclear tension, civil defence was serious business. Like many of its kind, this booklet, Zivilschutzfibel (Civil Protection), covered a plethora of potential disasters, but its focus was on preparing the population for nuclear attack.

Section 3

The flash. Biological foodstuffs / chemical fuels.

Stay at home! The Safe room is the safest place!

Overview of the weapons armoury. So says the scientist. Atomic weapons. What can we do?

How can you help yourself and others?

Nuclear Attack

What can we do today to prepare? In case of fire…

Prepare your essentials bag. Where do you find help? The home pharmacy. There is still a chance.

Provisions: food and drinking water.

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Taras Young is author of Nuclear War in the UK and of the blog Communicating the Unthinkable, and has written articles and essays for History Today, BBC History magazine, Fortean Times and Wellcome.

He has been researching and collecting Cold War, natural disaster and alien invasion brochures, booklets and posters for over a decade, and contributed material to the 2018 exhibition ‘War of Nerves’.

750 illustrations 24.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 024317 March £25.00

Tuberculosis prevention poster campaign, Shanghai Relief Society for the Elderly, China, 1953

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Prevention of Tuberculosis ( Authorities in China encouraged the public to maintain strong physical health and practise good hygiene to halt the spread of TB. The second poster demonstrates how to dispose of sputum safely.

❶ Exercise to stay in good shape.

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your hands to prevent infections spreading. ❹ Get vaccinated.

The Spreading Channels of Tuberculosis ( ). These posters show the vast variety of ways TB can be transmitted – from talking at close quarters, to sharing utensils and using saliva to count out paper bills.

❶ Means by which Tuberculosis can be spread through the respiratory system. ❷ Coughing. ❸ Sneezing. ❹ Speaking closely. ❺ Feeding, or through mouth contact ❻ Kissing. ❼ Sleeping in a bed together

Nuclear War

Overleaf: To Prevent Tuberculosis, Publicity Office of the Central Ministry of Health, China, 1953

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Tuberculosis can be spread through the digestive system.

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Sharing meals on the same table as a patient

❹ Using saliva to turn pages. ❺ Sharing a handkerchief. ❻

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Survival in Likely Target Areas, Emergency Measures Organization, Canada, 1962

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Another booklet in the Blueprint for Survival series, this guide focused on survival advice for those in the crosshairs of Soviet missiles. Dramatic illustrations showed how objects found in an urban setting could offer protection from the effects of a nuclear burst.

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① Survival In Likely

Target Areas, Blueprint For Survival No.5, front cover, Canada 1962.

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The search for extraterrestrial life Light

0 to 15 miles Badly Burned

18 to 23 miles Sunburned

15 to 18 miles Blistered

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Effects of 5 Megaton Blast on Buildings Heat

5 M.T. 0 to 9 miles Serious Fires 9 to 20 miles Smaller Scattered Fires Light

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Immediate Radiation from a 5 Megaton Blast 5 M.T. Immediate Radiation

0 to 2 miles Lethal to Most

ISBN 978-0-500-02431-7

Heat

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H-Bomb explosion: light and heat, immediate radiation, blast (known as immediate effects) and radioactive fallout. ❷ Blast: immediately after the light, heat and radiation, a powerful blast wave moves out in all directions from the centre of the explosion. It destroys everything within 3 miles of the explosion and causes varying degrees of damage out to 15 miles. ❸ Immediate Radiation: most people within 2 miles of the explosion who survived the blast and fire would die from this immediate radiation unless they had adequate protection against it.

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Effects of 5 Megaton Blast on Exposed People

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The arrival of aliens would be an astonishing upheaval that would fundamentally change global society forever. Yet visitors from space are traditionally much more the stuff of Hollywood screenplays than official government emergency plans. Naturally, governments do not admit to preparing for contact with extraterrestrial beings, let alone a full-scale invasion: alien encounters are strictly the domain of screenwriters, sci-fi novelists, fantasists and the bemused – or so official channels would have us believe.

But, for all the bureaucratic denials, it is a fact that the world’s governments have asked questions about flying saucers, funded attempts at communication with aliens, and spent significant time and public money analysing the threat UFOs pose to national security.

① Os ad mollam ab

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Paul Gorman is a journalist, author and commentator on visual culture. He has written a number of books, including The Story of the Face: The Magazine that Changed Culture and Derek Boshier: Rethink / Re-entry, both published by Thames & Hudson.

He has staged a number of exhibitions in the UK and France, and is currently a writer at large for GQ. 300 illustrations 28.0 x 23.0cm 224pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296455 June £30.00

The Wild World of Barney Bubbles Graphic Design and the Art of Life Paul Gorman Expanded edition

A monograph on the era-defining graphic designer Barney Bubbles, published to celebrate what would have been his 70th birthday

The Wild World of Barney Bubbles celebrates a graphic design genius whose work linked the underground optimism of the 1960s to the sardonic and manipulative art that accompanied the explosion of punk. Barney Bubbles remains a powerful influence on contemporary artists almost forty years after his death. He created designs for Sir Terence Conran and underground magazines Oz and Friends, as well as remarkable record sleeves and posters for Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, Ian Dury, Hawkwind, The Damned and Nick Lowe. He collaborated with artists and photographers, including Derek Boshier and Brian Griffin, and produced paintings, furniture, set designs and promo videos.

This expanded edition of Paul Gorman’s definitive Barney Bubbles monograph contains hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs, working sketches, notebooks and original artwork. It also includes new essays from Clarita Hinojosa and Kate Moross, as well as sixteen pages of rare ephemera painstakingly collected by the author over the years.

ISBN 978-0-500-29655-4

‘Fascinating, definitive’ Sunday Times ‘Sumptuous, stylish, informed’ Mojo ‘A chance to appreciate this remarkable legacy’ Creative Review

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Brigitte Koyama-Richard is a professor of comparative literature and art history at Musashi University in Tokyo.

She has published several works on Japan, including L’Animation japonaise, and she regularly works with Les Nouvelles éditions de la Scala specializing in art and Japanese culture.

420 illustrations 26.5 x 22.2cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296837 May £25.00

One Thousand Years of Manga Brigitte Koyama-Richard

A rich, vibrantly illustrated account of the history and sources of manga

Also available 978 0 500 294611

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As contemporary as this graphic art form may appear to readers outside of Japan, manga has, in fact, deep roots in Japanese culture, drawing on centuries-old artistic traditions: traces can be found in seventh-century temple paintings, folding screens decorated with comic characters, and painted medieval Emakimono scrolls. The more familiar manga comics of today echo similar themes, both light and serious, and draw on narrative forms present in the sagas and skits from Japan’s rich cultural heritage.

This book spans the history of manga in all its splendour and diversity: from Hokusai’s seminal Manga in 1814 to the advent of the gekiga style in the 1950s; from the landmark Astro Boy by Tezuka Ozamu to Lady Oscar, Riyoko Ikedan’s shôjo manga aimed at young girls; from samurai sagas to the more alternative productions of the magazine Garo; and from the demons that populate the works of Mizuki Shigeru to the latest creations from Jirô Taniguchi, each period is covered in detail.

One Thousand Years of Manga is both a rich documentary account and a visual delight with over 400 illustrations. A thorough exploration of the sources of manga, this book makes it possible to understand how this mass-produced cultural artifact – aimed at adults as much as at children – has developed into an essential facet of Japanese culture that is now enjoyed across the globe.

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Duncan Harris is a screen capture artist for videogames, with over a decade of game industry experience. He has created official in-game imagery for titles such as Tomb Raider, Hitman, Crysis, Minecraft, EVE Online and The Evil Within. His clients include EA, PlayStation, Crytek, the V&A and many more.

Alex Wiltshire is a writer and consultant for videogames, design and technology. He is the author of the bestselling book Minecraft Blockopedia, and the editor of Britsoft: An Oral History. Previously editor of Edge, he has also written for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, PC Gamer and Eurogamer.

240 illustrations 28.0 x 21.5cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 023143 March £25.00

Making Videogames The Art of Creating Digital Worlds Duncan Harris and Alex Wiltshire

An in-depth visual guide presenting the captivating creative journeys behind the world’s leading videogames

ISBN 978-0-500-02314-3

Making Videogames is an unprecedented snapshot of modern interactive entertainment, with insight from true pioneers about the most important games in the world. Illustrated with some of the most arresting ingame images ever seen in print, the book explores the unique alchemy of technical and artistic endeavour that constitutes the magic of videogames, striking a captivating balance between insight and accessibility.

Across twelve chapters, each focusing on a specific game from AAA blockbusters such as Half-Life: Alyx, Control and Grid to cult breakthrough games including No Man’s Sky and Paper Beast, the book documents the incredible craft of videogame worldbuilding and visual storytelling via the world’s most popular, but seldom fully understood, entertainment medium. Its text orbits breathtaking, specially created imagery ‘photographed’ in-engine by Duncan Harris, demonstrating the magic and method behind each studio’s work.

Aimed not only at die-hard videogame fanatics, but also at designer-creatives and the visually curious, Making Videogames is a thrilling showcase of the boundless creativity of this amazing industry.

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Malcolm Russell studied history at the University of Sheffield where he was also more recently an Honorary Research Fellow. He first started unearthing objects from the past thirty-five years ago and now connects with his passion for the past through mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames.

His remarkable finds were featured as part of the Thames Festival in the exhibition 'Foragers of the Foreshore' at Oxo Wharf. He is one of the most popular mudlarks on social media, and has contributed to publications such as Treasure Hunting, The Searcher and Beachcombing. He lives in east London.

500 illustrations 26.0 x 18.0cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 024225 March £25.00

War with Russia, revealed by a clay pipe.

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Silver Penny of Burgred, King of Mercia.

852–874 Found at Westminster by Monika Buttling-Smith. above.

Washing the Skins and Grading the Wool (1594–1596). Wool and cloth workers in Leiden are depicted by Isaac van Swanenburg. English merchants competed with the Hanseatic League to control the wool and cloth trade in England and with the Baltic cities.

the motif of a ‘turk’s head’ has a long association with smoking, and by the Victorian era had been incorporated into the designs of clay tobacco pipes.

With the outbreak of the Crimean War, these enjoyed a new wave of popularity – allowing smokers to show their affinity with Britain’s ally in the fight against Russian imperial expansion: the ailing Ottoman Empire. Some bear the name of the Ottoman commander Omar Pasha. Born Mihajlo Latas, an Orthodox Christian in Austrian territory, he fled to the Ottoman Empire to escape embezzlement charges.

9. forgotten heroes of the crimea.

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enslaved people & immigrants.

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Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Cap Badge, early 20th century, Found at Westminster by Seán O’Mara.

Mudlark’d Hidden Histories from the River Thames Malcolm Russell

The first illustrated book on mudlarking that tells the captivating stories of forgotten people through objects recovered from the River Thames

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Machine Gun Corps Cap Badge, 1915–1922. Found at Westminster

by Seán O’Mara.

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The Life Guards Cap Badge, c. 1922 with the motto ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense‘. Found at Westminster by Seán O’Mara.

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Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Cap Badge, 1904–1949. Found at Westminster

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Combining insights from 200 eclectic objects discovered on the Thames foreshore, meticulous historical research and contextual illustrations, Mudlark’d uncovers the hidden histories of the past’s misfits, nonconformists, marginalized and poor. Beginning in each case with a particular find, Malcolm Russell tells the stories of the people who owned, made or used such objects, revealing the habits, customs and crafts not only of those living in London but also of those passing through, from continental Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.

In the 18th and 19th centuries London was the busiest port in the world, exchanging goods, ideas, people and power with every continent. The Thames long acted as London’s water source, shipyard, thoroughfare and rubbish dump. Its banks have been densely packed with taverns, brothels, markets and workplaces, and scavengers – known as mudlarks – have scoured them since at least the 18th century. Consequently, the Thames today offers a repository of intriguing objects that evoke ways of life long forgotten. A delicate bone hair pin uncovers the story of Roman ornatrices – enslaved hairdressers. A counterfeit coin reveals the heritage of millions of Australians. Glass beads expose the brutal dynamics of the transatlantic slave trade. Clay tobacco pipes uncover the lives of Edwardian women parachutists and Victorian soldiers. A candlestick reveals the stories of 17th-century sex workers.

The book also includes a primer, giving step-by-step advice on how to mudlark on tidal rivers and how to identify commonly made finds.

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Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator and journalist, and former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

His previous books include Black Gold of the Sun and Africa State of Mind, the latter published by Thames & Hudson. Michelle D. Commander is the associate director of New York’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She is the author of Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic.

Kameelah L. Martin is the director of the African American Studies Program and professor of African American Studies and English at the College of Charleston, North Carolina.

300 illustrations 25.0 x 19.5cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 024621 June £30.00

In the Black Fantastic Ekow Eshun Contributions by Michelle D. Commander and Kameelah L. Martin

An exploration of Black art at its most imaginative, ambitious and politically urgent, showing how it is reimagining perspectives on race, gender, identity and the body in the 21st century

ISBN 978-0-500-02462-1

Accompanies a major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, opening in June 2022

In the Black Fantastic assembles art from across the African diaspora that embraces ideas of the mythic and the speculative, and in so doing brings to life the forces that shape Afrofuturism – the cultural movement that conjures otherworldly visions out of the everyday of Black experience – and beyond.

Standing apart from Western narratives of progress and modernity – based as they are on the historical subjugation of people of colour – the book explores how Black artists are drawing inspiration from Africanoriginated myth, knowledge systems and spiritual practices to confound the Western dichotomy between the real and unreal, the natural and the supernatural.

250 illustrations span the spheres of photography, painting, sculpture, cinema, literature and architecture, reaching across time, space and art form to draw together everything from works by leading visual artists such as Kara Walker, Chris Ofili and Lina Iris Viktor to groundbreaking films like Black Panther and Get Out and the radical politics of pan-Africanism.

Divided into three sections – ‘Invocation’, ‘Migration’ and ‘Liberation’ – each introduced by Eshun, the book also includes two commissioned essays by Michelle D. Commander and Kameelah L. Martin, as well as selected texts from other voices. Rich in ideas and vast in scope, In the Black Fantastic presents a thrilling and timely survey of a movement in which fantasy is the gateway to creative and cultural liberation.

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Richard Havers was a British music author, journalist, consultant and broadcaster.

He was the author of over fifty books, including Rolling Stones 50 and Verve: The Sound of America, both published by Thames & Hudson.

600 illustrations 27.7 x 21.6cm 400pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296516 February £35.00

‘Full of treasures from the archives’ Sunday Times

‘Blue Note finally gets the book it deserves’ Jazzwise

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The Finest in Jazz Since 1939 Richard Havers New in paperback

The official illustrated history of Blue Note, the most influential and important brand in jazz

Blue Note is not only known as the purveyor of extraordinary jazz but is also famous as an arbiter of cool. The superb photography of co-founder Francis Wolff and the cover designs of Reid Miles were integral to the label’s success and this highly illustrated publication – featuring the very best photographs, covers and ephemera from the archives, including never-before-published material – commemorates Blue Note’s momentous contribution to jazz, to art and design, and to the music business.

Tracing the evolution of jazz from the boogie-woogie and swing of the 1930s, through bebop, funk and fusion, to the eclectic mix Blue Note releases today, the book also narrates a complex social history from the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany to the developments in music and technology in the late 20th century. Celebrating over eight decades of extraordinary music, this book demonstrates how Blue Note has stayed true to its founders’ commitment to ‘Uncompromising Expression’.

Music

Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression

‘Truly a thing of beauty’ Record Collector ‘This book is as handsome as a Blue Note record’ Robert Elms, BBC Radio London

‘Even the images themselves still thrum with energy’ Sunday Herald

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Rhiannon Adam is an established Polaroid photographer and is a key figure in the instant photography community. She is an expert in the field, teaching workshops and short courses on Polaroid creative techniques.

In April 2019 she was named as one of the winners of The Photographers’ Gallery’s inaugural New Talent Award, and her work showed at the gallery between June and October 2019.

840 illustrations 23.0 x 17.7cm 240pp flexibound ISBN 978 0 500 296523 March £16.99

Polaroid: The Missing Manual Rhiannon Adam New in paperback

An accessible and comprehensive ‘how to’ guide to expressive and experimental techniques and manipulation of Polaroid prints and cameras

Polaroid: The Missing Manual is the go-to resource for all lovers of instant photography. Divided into two main parts, ‘Camera and Film Format Guide’ and ‘Creative Techniques’, it offers a comprehensive introduction to instant photography, including: a wide-ranging overview of instant cameras and compatible accessories and film; tips on what to buy and where to buy it; how to adapt equipment and preserve the life of your images; easy stepby-step guides to a wide range of image manipulations, accompanied by visual showcases of the work of the very best Polaroid photographers; and extensive resources section, complete with film compatibility guide, a list of stockists and safety information.

Polaroid: The Missing Manual provides photographers, art students and vintage camera enthusiasts with the knowledge and skills to push the boundaries of what a Polaroid photograph can be.

‘Impressively researched … very useful … will have wide appeal to a variety of image makers’ Amateur Photographer

‘A true snapshot of the instant film scene today … highly recommended’ Photographica World

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Sophie Howarth is the co-founder of The School of Life, founder of Department Store for the Mind, and former Curator of Public Programmes at Tate Modern.

She has co-authored several books on photography, including Street Photography Now and Family Photography Now, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Today she teaches creative leadership and supports various social and environmental activists in London.

50 illustrations 22.9 x 15.2cm 144pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 545539 April £14.99

The Mindful Photographer Sophie Howarth

The hurried person’s guide to mindful photography, peaceful contemplation and a slow creative practice, including hands-on assignments, enlightening concepts and inspirational stories

ISBN 978-0-500-54553-9

In a world where millions of images are shot at every moment of every day and where fast-paced environments exhaust and stifle creativity, The Mindful Photographer proposes an antidote: slowing down. Through concepts as varied as ‘Confidence’, ‘Gratitude’, ‘Playfulness’ and ‘Compassion’, all combined with hands-on assignments, Sophie Howarth invites readers to reflect on their photographic practice and learn to pause, pay attention and become at one with the world around them.

From the canonical to the contemporary, The Mindful Photographer features the works of photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Weston, Sally Mann, Sarker Protick, Nadav Kander, Kate Kirkwood, Rinko Kawauchi, and many more. Their images are accompanied by quotes, stories and anecdotes to inspire the reader, simultaneously broadening their photographic knowledge and creative perspectives.

Putting aside preconceived ideas and the competitive pressures of picture-perfect Instagram posts, the book rewires our relationship with photographic practice as one to be experienced as unconditionally joyful and rewarding. Sophie Howarth’s insightful and soothing texts work as a guide to both a mindful approach to photography, and a photographic approach to meditation.

Offered in an affordable and pocketable format, this will be the must-have companion for anyone seeking the spiritual benefits of creative practice and a more mindful approach to engaging with their world through photography.

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Photography Gerry Badger is a writer, photographer, curator and critic. His previous publications include The Photobook: A History (vols 1–3) with Martin Parr, and The Genius of Photography, which accompanied a BBC television series.

ISBN 978-0-500-02217-7

Over 250 illustrations 29.5 x 24.5cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 022177 May £45.00

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British Documentary Photography Since 1945 Gerry Badger In Collaboration with the Martin Parr Foundation With contributions by Lydia Caston, Ekow Eshun, Claire Grafik, Hana Kaluznik, J. A. Mortram, Rianna Jade Parker, Simon Roberts, Lou Stoppard, Bindi Vora and Val Williams

A compelling social and cultural history of Britain since the Second World War, showing how photographers have depicted the country over the last seventy years

Another Country offers a lively, vital rethinking of British documentary photography over the last seven decades. This collection includes a diverse range of photographers working in an exciting array of photographic and artistic modes, encompassing images from iconic reportage to photo-text pieces, from self-portraits to political photo-collages.

As Britain takes an increasingly significant place in the history of documentary photography, award-winning photography writer and critic Gerry Badger brings vital context and breadth to the conversation. Organized chronologically, each chapter spans a particular period of social and cultural history, focusing on the major photographers, figures, institutions, publications and galleries that shaped the photographic climate of their time, as well as the broader tastes of the era. Chapter-by-chapter picture sections present famous works alongside forgotten masterpieces, interspersed with focused commentaries on selected photographs by both Badger and a range of contributors. This multilayered approach provides a rich understanding of the evolution and sheer variety of British documentary photography.

A must-have for anyone interested in the history of postwar Britain and of British photography, this book is a comprehensive overview of how photographers and photoartists have depicted Britain and British society over the last seventy years.

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Another Country

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Photography ‘A huge variety of expression and experimentation by women photographers … Magisterial!’

Madame Figaro

Top: Nair Benedicto, Amazonia – hairdresser working in a bar, Guritai, Brazil, October 1985. © Nair Benedicto/N Imagens.

Bottom-left: Rineke Dijkstra, Odessa, Ukraine, August 4 1993. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris. © Rineke Dijkstra.

Bottom-right: Yva, Self-portrait, 1926. Das Verborgene Museum, Berlin.

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Luce Lebart is a historian of photography, curator and French correspondent for the Archive of Modern Conflict collection. She was the Director of the Canadian Institute of Photography from 2016 to 2018 and of the collections of the Société Française de Photographie from 2011 to 2016.

Marie Robert has been chief curator at the Musée d’Orsay since 2011.

450 illustrations 28.8 x 25cm 504pp ISBN 978 0 500 025413 June £60.00

A World History of Women Photographers Edited by Luce Lebart and Marie Robert

‘Even when they have been recognized in their lifetime, women photographers have been erased from the history of the medium. This beautiful book sets the record straight’ Charlie Hebdo

This magnificently illustrated book showcases the work of 300 women photographers from all over the world, from the invention of the medium to the dawn of the 21st century. As in many fields of art history, few of their names are now widely recognized and their work has often been overlooked due to a tendency to focus on male creators. However, women were closely involved in all major photography movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and have used the camera as an extraordinary tool for emancipation and experimentation. These are artists who never stopped documenting, questioning and transforming the world, breaking down social boundaries, challenging gender roles and expressing their imagination and sexuality.

To capture the diversity of this global body of work, Luce Lebart and Marie Robert have invited 160 international women writers to contribute to this volume, which is a bold and beautifully illustrated manifesto as well as an invaluable work of reference.

‘From 19th-century female pioneers of intimate work to today’s women adventurers, this celebrates a share of the creation, invention and thus the glory that finds its full measure here’ Le Figaro ‘A landmark publication’ Elle

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Nathalie Herschdorfer is a curator and art historian specializing in the history of photography. She is the Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland. Among her other books are Afterwards, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Photography and Coming into Fashion, all published by Thames & Hudson.

394 illustrations 21.0 x 14.7cm 432pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296561 January £25.00

Body The Photobook Nathalie Herschdorfer New in paperback Compact edition

The definitive survey of contemporary photography of the human body

The body remains a battleground. Politicized, conceptualized and increasingly shared, our oftenparadoxical relationship with the human form is nothing new, but finds itself heightened in the digitized, virtualized era of the ‘post-industrial’ body. No longer a tool but a work-in-progress, our bodily expectations bound from fantasy to reality, beauty to tyranny, art to commerce and curiosity to obsession, leaving us dreaming of other bodies and alternate lives.

Surveying a range of over 360 photographic representations from the worlds of art, fashion, scientific and vernacular photography – including the work of Nobuyoshi Araki, Bettina Rheims, Lauren Greenfield, Viviane Sassen, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Daido Moriyama, Sally Mann, Pieter Hugo and Juergen Teller, Sølve Sundsbø and Daniel Sannwald – Body: The Photobook explores what our imaging of the human form, and the ways in which those images have been used and shared, might reflect of our relationship to the body.

Supporting the broad range of photography is an essay by the psychologist Professor David Sander, who discusses the neurological representation of our own bodies.

‘A landmark survey’ The i newspaper ‘Visually stimulating’ Aesthetica

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Roger Ballen is an American-born photographer who has worked and lived in South Africa since the 1970s. His previous books include Platteland (1994), Outland (2001), Shadow Chamber (2005), Boarding House (2009), Asylum of the Birds (2014), The Theatre of Apparitions (2016) and The World According to Roger Ballen (2019).

Ballen, whose photographs are collected by some of the most prestigious institutions in the world, has won numerous awards in both photography and filmmaking. Robert J. C. Young is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University.

373 illustrations 28.8 x 27.0cm 372pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296554 February £45.00

Ballenesque Roger Ballen: A Retrospective Roger Ballen Introduction by Robert J. C. Young Revised and updated edition

A substantial retrospective on one of the world’s most remarkable and critically acclaimed art photographers, brought fully up to date

ISBN 978-0-500-29655-4

Also available 978 0 500 545218

Roger Ballen (b. 1950) is one of the most important and original art photographers working today. Best known for his probing, often challenging images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation and photography, he has achieved global recognition with a series of startling monographs and exhibitions spanning some five decades.

The artist’s only comprehensive retrospective, Ballenesque takes the reader on a visual, chronological tour of the photographer’s entire oeuvre. This revised, compact edition has been brought fully up to date, and includes a new chapter that presents previously unpublished work from the artist’s recent adoption of colour photography.

Featuring reflective texts by Ballen himself, the book offers a distinctly personal account of the photographer’s career to date. Each of the key stages in Ballen’s creative journey is explored, from his first serious use of a camera in the late 1960s to his return to pastel drawing during the Covid-19 pandemic – a journey that, for Ballen, has been both an outward and an inward exploration of the self.

With an introduction by cultural theorist and critic Robert J. C. Young, Ballenesque provides not only an entirely new way of seeing Ballen’s work for those already familiar with his career, but also a thorough introduction for those encountering his photographs for the first time.

‘Essential reading’ Royal Photographic Society Journal ‘Wonderful … wincingly moving’ The Independent

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William Klein (b. 1928) is an American photographer, painter, designer and filmmaker. New York-born, Klein settled in Paris in 1948, where he studied at the Sorbonne and worked briefly under Fernand Léger. Best known as a photographer, he achieved fame with a series of acclaimed photobooks, including Life is Good & Good for You in New York (1956), and through his fashion photography for Vogue magazine. Klein is also a filmmaker, having directed both feature films and documentaries, a graphic designer and an art director. He still lives in Paris. c. 250 illustrations 33.5 x 25.5cm 336pp ISBN 978 0 500 545584 June £60.00

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William Klein: Yes William Klein

A landmark retrospective encompassing William Klein’s lifetime of creativity across photography, filmmaking, painting, book design, graphic design and beyond

Photographer. Filmmaker. Artist. Designer. To master just one of those disciplines would be the work of a lifetime for most individuals, yet William Klein has achieved greatness in each field over the last eight decades. Klein is one of the foremost image makers of the past century, and one whose work is an enduring creative influence on contemporary artists, photographers and filmmakers.

Published to accompany a major retrospective at the International Center of Photography, William Klein: Yes is the definitive book on Klein’s career. With over 250 images, it follows William Klein’s entire creative and artistic arc from the 1940s to today, from his abstract paintings through his startling, authentic street photography and photobooks, to his dynamic, satirical take on filmmaking.

William Klein himself has overseen the production of this large-format publication, from the selection of the content to the book’s design. Organized chronologically, and with an astute, accessible text by the renowned writer David Campany, it will both introduce William Klein to a new generation, and be a source of fresh insights for those who already know who William Klein is: a true original.

ISBN 978-0-500-54558-4

Published to coincide with a full career retrospective exhibition opening at the International Center of Photography, New York, in June 2022.

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Top left: Smoke + Veil, Paris, 1958 (Vogue). Top right: 4 Heads, New York, 1954.

Bottom: William and his son Pierre in his studio, Paris, 1965.

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Photofile

Photofile

The Photofile series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers, in an affordable pocket format. Handsome and collectable, the books are produced to the highest standards.

Each mini-monograph contains some sixty full-page reproductions, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography. The series has been awarded the first annual prize for distinguished photographic books by the International Center of Photography, New York.

‘Finely produced’ The Times ‘Fantastic ... informative ... an excellent introduction to a photographer’s oeuvre’ Digital Photography Review

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Cameroonian-born Samuel Fosso is one of Central Africa’s leading contemporary artists, whose playful and perceptive work investigates Pan-African identity and history through the use of portraiture. Renowned for his ‘autoportraits’, in which he styles himself and others as characters from popular culture or politics, Fosso reflects the world around him through a distinct and sometimes controversial aesthetic. Against makeshift backdrops, he experiments confidently with props, poses and costumes.

Fosso’s work is now held in at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Tate. He was the recipient of the ICP’s Infinity Art Award in 2018.

Photofile

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Frank Horvat Foreword by Virginie Chardin

60 illustrations 19.0 x 12.5cm 144pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 411209 June £12.99

Frank Horvat (1928–2020) changed the course of fashion photography forever. The Italian-born photographer made his debut as a photojournalist in France, where he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, and where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life. By the mid-1950s Horvat was collaborating with the biggest fashion magazines in the world, such as Elle, Vogue and Jardin des Modes.

His fresh and often imitated style brought humour to fashion photography by presenting models in unlikely situations, whether wearing a billowing wedding dress on a bus platform, or standing on the steps of the Metro in a cocktail gown. His work is held in many prestigious institutions around the world, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

This new title in the Photofile series has a foreword

by Virginie Chardin, and celebrates Horvat’s work in sixty full-page reproductions.

ISBN 978-0-500-41122-3

A mini-monograph on Frank Horvat, best known for his fashion photography

ISBN 978-0-500-41120-9

A compact survey of the work of renowned African photographer Samuel Fosso

Samuel Fosso (b. 1962) is a Cameroonian-born photographer who has worked for most of his career in the Central African Republic.

Virginie Chardin writes widely on photography. She is the author of Ernst Haas in the Photofile series, among other books.

60 illustrations 19.0 x 12.5cm 144pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 411223 June £12.99

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William A. Ewing is an author, lecturer and curator of photography. Director of the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne from 1996 to 2010, his many publications on photography include The Body, Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements and Civilization, all published by Thames & Hudson. Danaé Panchaud is the director and curator of the Photoforum Pasquart in Biel, an exhibition centre dedicated to Swiss and international emerging photography.

200 illustrations 29.5 x 24.5cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 024584 March £45.00

Flora Photographica Masterworks of Contemporary Flower Photography William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud

ISBN 978-0-500-02458-4

Vivid, bold, spectacular and unexpected: a definitive overview of one of contemporary photography’s most innovative fields

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There has never been a period in photography’s long history when flowers have not been a central focus, whether in the form of the classic still life, the botanical study, incorporated into portraiture and studies of the human body, documented in street photography, or used subversively in surrealist collage and montage.

Today, flower photography remains in full bloom, with photographers the world over depicting flowers and floral motifs in novel ways. Featuring works by more than 120 photographers, Flora Photographica links the very best of flower photography from the past thirty years with its predecessors – canonical floral studies from the realms of photography, botanical illustration, drawing and painting that have marked the collective imagination for centuries, if not millennia.

Works by contemporary photographers such as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Ruff, Vik Muniz, Valérie Belin, Viviane Sassen, and Martin Schoeller appear across nine thematic chapters, complemented by two in-depth essays by curators William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud exploring the relationship between contemporary works and the rich traditions of floral art and photography.

Vibrant and abundant with myriad species of flora, this stunning book is both a celebration of organic beauty and a keen look at the meaning of flowers in human culture – not to mention an insightful look at a key aspect of contemporary photography – making it a must-have publication for lovers of flowers and photography alike.

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Mouna Mekouar is an art critic and independent curator based in Paris, France. She was associate curator of Simple Shapes at Centre Pompidou-Metz (2014), and was curator at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, from 2012 to 2014.

Stephan Janson is a fashion designer and co-curator of Yves Saint Laurent at the Museums.

Madison Cox is president of the Saint Laurent Museums in Paris and in Marrakech, and president of the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.

180 illustrations 28.5 x 22.0cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 025444 April £30.00

Yves Saint Laurent and Art General editors: Mouna Mekouar and Stephan Janson With a foreword by Madison Cox

An unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide

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January 1962 saw the launch of the very first collection by Yves Saint Laurent. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of his couture house, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is organizing a unique retrospective of the couturier’s work that juxtaposes his creations with art works from the collections of five major Paris institutions: the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée Picasso, as well as presenting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the secrets of couture at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent.

From the ancient world to pop art, Yves Saint Laurent regularly took inspiration from art history as he combined colours, carved out new forms and rethought the structure of garments in order to create his own masterpieces.

Here, androgynous silhouettes and Proustian gowns stand alongside Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, feather patterns respond to Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings, flowing silhouettes merge with a mural by Raoul Dufy, Lucio Fontana’s neon lights make metallic fabrics sparkle and the motifs on a coat echo The Dance by Henri Matisse.

Exploring the couturier’s deliberate homages to the masters of art and his neverending quest for new means of aesthetic expression, this book takes readers on an unforgettable journey through art history with Yves Saint Laurent as a guide.

Accompanies a year-long exhibition at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris opening on 29 January 2022, and installations at the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée Picasso from January to May 2022.

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Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud is Louis Vuitton’s master perfumer, and the creator of several award-winning perfumes.

Lionel Paillès is a perfume journalist based in Paris. He is the author of Esprit de synthèse: Du parfum, des molecules, Chanel: The Art of Creating Fragrance: Flowers of the French Riviera and Petit lexique des amateurs épris d’odeurs et de parfums. Aurore de la Morinerie is a Paris-based fashion illustrator. She is a regular contributor to Le Monde, ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar, and collaborates with a number of prestigious fashion houses, such as Hermès, Maison Margiela and Cartier. c. 100 illustrations 31.0 x 24.0cm 240pp tbc hb in a clamshell box ISBN 978 0 500 022382 May £75.00

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Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud and Lionel Paillès With watercolours by Aurore de la Morinerie

A journey for the senses across five continents, A Perfume Atlas traces the origins of the precious essences that create Louis Vuitton’s exclusive perfumes

Presented in a luxurious package, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas offers a rare look at the time-honoured crafts of the perfumer, with specially commissioned illustrations and texts revealing the stories of the precious natural elements that create the house’s unique perfumes.

With exclusive, first-hand access to Louis Vuitton’s master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, A Perfume Atlas explores how the flowers are cultivated, the growing seasons and techniques used to harvest the blossoms, and how essential oils are extracted, distilled and composed to create new and complex fragrances. From Chinese magnolia and osmanthus to India’s tuberose and jasmine, each seed pod, berry, woody stem, fruit, leaf and flower opens a world that evokes the thrill of far-off places and names, trade routes, sea journeys and the rhythms of the seasons.

A poetic celebration of a most mysterious art, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas is the perfect gift for lovers of nature, luxury, travel and beauty.

ISBN 978-0-500-02238-2

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Jérôme Gautier is an expert on fashion photography and the history of fashion. His Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style was published to critical acclaim

by Thames & Hudson in 2011.

Illustrated throughout 28.8 x 21.6cm 312pp ISBN 978 0 500 025048 February £40.00

Dior New Looks Jérôme Gautier Compact edition

A lavish celebration of one of the world’s greatest couture houses, combining Christian Dior’s classic and newest creations

Also available 978 0 500 021545

Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His ‘New Look’ amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance. Dior’s search for the perfect line and the ideal silhouette has been celebrated by couturiers of the first rank: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri have all made their distinctive contribution.

This book honours Dior’s influence by celebrating the elements of style for every generation since 1947, through inspired pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Six thematic chapters express outstanding Dior characteristics, including the silhouette, the evening gown and the eternal muse – in short, the aspects of the House that lend it unique distinction both then and now.

The most beautiful fashion plates from Dior’s own time sit beside examples of the house’s creations through the decades. The resonance between classic archive photographs and the latest most up-to-date frames is clear and compelling.

‘Jérôme Gautier weaves an engaging narrative’ Financial Times

‘Exquisite … showcases more than half a century of iconic fashion looks that continue to influence how we dress today’ Image

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Patrick Mauriès is a writer and publisher of many notable titles on fashion and design, including Jewelry by Chanel, Cabinets of Curiosities, The World According to Karl and The World According to Coco, all published by Thames & Hudson. Jean-Christophe Napias is an author, translator and editor of books on dandies, dance music and camp culture.

His recent publications include The World According to Karl, The World According to Coco and Choupette: The Private Life of a High-Flying Fashion Cat, all published by Thames & Hudson. c.60 illustrations 17.0 x 12.0cm 176pp ISBN 978 0 500 024140 February £12.99

The World According to Christian Dior Edited by Patrick Mauriès and Jean-Christophe Napias

An elegant collection of Christian Dior’s maxims on style, women and inspiration, presented in a fashionable gift format

Rightly described as the ‘Designer of Dreams’ in the V&A’s recent blockbuster exhibition on the house of Dior, which attracted millions of visitors the world over, Christian Dior was an unrivalled arbiter in the world of high fashion. His wild success was built on a subtle understanding of fashion, couture, style, elegance and women – a perspective and insight best revealed in Dior’s own words, which are gathered here for the first time.

Dior was generous with his advice on all things, from style and how to dress, to his insights into the creative process, invaluable for any budding designer.

Presented in a beautiful package and accessible format, The World According to Christian Dior is the perfect gift for fashion fans, publishing on the occasion of the house’s 75th anniversary.

‘No elegant woman follows fashion blindly.’

‘In an age of machines, couture is the last refuge of the artisan.’

ISBN 978-0-500-02414-0

Also available 978 0 500 023488 978 0 500 293935

‘I’m a mild man, but I have violent tastes.’

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Alfons Kaiser is an editor at German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He knew and worked with Karl Lagerfeld for many years.

53 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 384pp ISBN 978 0 500 025123 February £25.00

Karl Lagerfeld A Life in Fashion Alfons Kaiser

The definitive story of fashion’s most enigmatic icon

‘I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that.

It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long’ Karl Lagerfeld

ISBN 978-0-500-02512-3

Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the Chanel and Fendi brands for decades, and his wit and wisdom amused and informed the world. Yet despite a massively public persona, his hinterland remained unknown. What is the truth behind this larger-than-life but enigmatic figure?

The journalist and fashion specialist Alfons Kaiser met Lagerfeld on numerous occasions. He has now written the first authoritative biography on this fascinating character, whose life has always been marked by elements of secrecy. From his parents’ links with the Nazi regime to Lagerfeld’s last days in the company of only his closest friends, this book – the result of unprecedented archival and field work – divulges all the facets of a passionate artist and workaholic: the precocious boy who preferred to draw in the attic rather than play with his peers; the son who quarrelled with his parents but never got away from them; the competitor of Yves Saint Laurent, whom he outshone in the end; the brother, uncle, friend; and finally, the partner of Jacques de Bascher, the great love of his life.

‘A must-have for every aficionado!’ Vogue

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Mythology, Philosophy & Religion

Suzanna Ivanic is lecturer in early modern European history at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on religion, material and visual culture, and travel in Central Europe.

She is also the author of The Materiality of Belief: The Spiritual World of Early Modern Prague.

450 illustrations 24.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 252543 April £25.00

Catholica The Visual Culture of Catholicism Suzanna Ivanic

ISBN 978-0-500-25254-3

A clear, concise and detailed analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of Catholicism

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Paintings, architecture, metalwork, gemstones and ivories have been used to glorify God and convey the cornerstones of faith since the beginning of Christianity, and nowhere more so than in Catholicism. Focusing on a carefully curated selection of art and artefacts, this book guides the reader on a worldwide journey through Catholic art and culture, decoding the symbolism and clarifying the meaning inherent in the iconography, rituals and sacred sites of Catholicism.

Catholica is organized into three parts – Tenet, Locus and Spiritus – each containing three themed chapters.

The first part introduces the centrepieces of the faith, explaining the symbolism in the artistic representation of the holy family, apostles and saints, and in stories from scripture. The second part examines places of worship, identifying the constituent parts of the cathedral and presenting evocative images of roadside shrines. The third part explores celebrations and traditions, including personal devotional tools and jewelry. For each of the nine themed chapters, illustrated introductory text is followed by a presentation of the key figures, the key stories and the key iconography relevant to each theme. Paintings and artefacts are examined in detail, identifying and explaining the symbolism and the stories depicted in each.

Catholica does not just provide readers with a set of decoded visual symbols to refer to when attempting to interpret Catholic imagery, wherever they encounter it; it is also a brilliant sourcebook of imagery for designers to harness and reference in modern secular culture.

Mythology, Philosophy & Religion

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Mythology

Joshua Frydman is Assistant Professor of Japanese in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma. An expert on ancient Japan, his academic interests include the development of writing systems in East Asia and worldwide, and the role of transregional and global cultural interactions in the development of premodern societies as viewed through literature and art. He is the author of Inscribed Objects and the Development of Literature in Early Japan.

95 illustrations 19.6 x 12.9cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 252314 April £14.99

The Japanese Myths A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits Joshua Frydman

The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend

Also available The Celtic Myths 978 0 500 252093 The Egyptian Myths 978 0 500 251980 The Greek and Roman Myths 978 0 500 251737 The Norse Myths 978 0 500 251966

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How many modern fans of Japanese cinema, anime, manga, literature or popular music thrill to the images of gods and monsters in the shrouded valleys and craggy peaks of the islands? Yet few in the West understand the long history of Japanese mythology that underpins them – a tapestry of Shinto, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, imperial propaganda and regional folklore. From the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of legendary emperors and empresses, sorcerers, mountain hermits and vengeful ghosts, and the modern reincarnation of ancient deities as the heroes of anime, mythology remains a living, evolving part of Japanese society. This volume not only retells these ancient stories but also considers their place within the patterns of Japanese religions, culture and history.

The ways in which the people of Japan understand their myths are very different today than they were a century ago, let alone over a millennium. Author Joshua Frydman takes the very earliest written myths in the Kojiki and the Nihonshoki as his starting point, and from there traces Japan’s mythology through to post-war State Shinto, the rise of the manga industry in the 1960s, J-horror and iconic video games such as Okami. For anyone interested in Japan and its exports, this smart, accessible and compelling guide to its myths shows both ancient and contemporary Japanese culture in a new light.

Mythology

Richard Buxton has been researching and writing about Greek myths for over forty years.

He is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Bristol and author of numerous books, including The Complete World of Greek Mythology, Myths and Tragedies in their Ancient Greek Contexts and (with Mercedes Aguirre) Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History.

102 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 518809 February £20.00

The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think Richard Buxton

A sophisticated look into the eight Greek myths that remain the most relevant to us today, exploring their powerful cultural impact from their ancient origins to the present

‘ “Promethean” and “Herculean”: everyday words in our English language but they evoke a wealth of mythical associations when one delves back – as Richard Buxton does so brilliantly – into their ancient Greek origins.

Buxton’s adroit selection of ancient myths to retell is perfectly suited to explaining as well as narrating these stories’ enduring charm’ Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis

ISBN 978-0-500-51880-9

Also available 978 0 500 252369

The Greek myths seem to speak to us universally, their deities tantalizingly human – often indulging in behaviours morally ambiguous at best and obscene at worst – and their heroes dealing with dilemmas and destinies that echo conflicts in our own lives. How is it that these tales have retained their power to connect with our own fascinations, fears and desires?

Richard Buxton explores the stories at the heart of this ancient mythology and how they have come to influence our society today. Each chapter focuses on a mythical character and the powerful stories and interpretations that surround them. Buxton charts their cultural impact through a rich variety of re-imaginings, examining the many guises they have taken through the ages and the profound truths that they continue to illuminate.

Professor of Greek Culture emeritus, University of Cambridge

‘Enchanting ... No one has better conveyed these stories’ bearing on our 21st-century mind’ Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford

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Ancient History

Pierre Tallet is Professor of Egyptology at the Sorbonne and President of the French Society of Egyptology. He is leader of the archaeological mission at Wadi el-Jarf, where he discovered the Red Sea Scrolls. Mark Lehner is President of AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) and has conducted fieldwork at Giza for over 40 years. He is the author of the bestselling The Complete Pyramids and Giza and the Pyramids, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Over 200 illustrations 24.0 × 17.0cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 052112 January £30.00

The Red Sea Scrolls How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids Pierre Tallet and Mark Lehner

Told by the archaeological detectives themselves, the inside story of the extraordinary discovery of the world’s oldest papyri – revealing how King Khufu’s men built the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls – the world’s oldest surviving written documents – in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner’s research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the first time, Tallet and Lehner together give us the definitive account of this astounding discovery.

The story begins with Tallet’s hunt for hieroglyphic rock inscriptions in the Sinai Peninsula, leading up to the discovery of the papyri – the diary of Inspector Merer, who oversaw workers in the reign of Pharaoh Khufu – at Wadi el-Jarf, the site of an ancient harbour on the Red Sea. The translation of the papyri reveals for the first time exactly how the stones of the Great Pyramid were transported to Giza. Combined with Lehner’s excavations of the recently unearthed harbour, the Red Sea Papyri have greatly advanced our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians were able to build monuments that survive to this day.

Tallet and Lehner narrate this thrilling discovery and explore how the building of the pyramids helped create a unified state, propelling Egyptian civilization forward.

This lavishly illustrated book captures the excitement and significance of these seminal findings, conveying above all how astonishing it is to discover a contemporary eyewitness testimony to the creation of the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World.

Ancient History

John Julius Norwich was the author or editor of more than twenty books, including the New York Times bestseller Absolute Monarchs, and The Great Cities in History, published by Thames & Hudson. He began his career in the British foreign service, but resigned his diplomatic post to become a writer. He was a chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and the honorary chairman of the World Monuments Fund.

John Julius Norwich died in 2018.

18 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 293409 February £10.99

Cities that Shaped the Ancient World John Julius Norwich New in B-format paperback

John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations - and which in turn have shaped our own

Featuring: Uruk • Ur • Hattusa • Troy • Babylon • Nineveh • Persepolis • Pergamum • Jerusalem • Petra • Ephesus • Palmyra • Memphis • Thebes • Amarna • Carthage • Alexandria • Meroë • Leptis Magna • Aksum • Knossos • Mycenae • Athens • Akragas • Paestum • Rome • Pompeii • Nîmes and the Pont du Gard • Trier • Mohenjo-Daro • Linzi • Xianyang • Pataliputra • Anuradhapura • Caral • La Venta • Monte Albán • Teotihuacan • Tikal • Palenque

ISBN 978-0-500-29340-9

Also available 978 0 500 292518

The cities of the ancient world built the foundations for modern urban life, their innovations in architecture and politics essential to cities as we know them today. But what was it like to live in Babylon, Carthage or Teotihuacan?

From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the spectacular urban monuments of the Maya in Central America, the cities explored here represent almost three millennia of human history. Not only do they illustrate the highest achievement of the cultures that built them, but they also help us understand the rise and fall of these ancient peoples. Eminent historians and archaeologists with first-hand knowledge of each site give voices to these silent ruins, bringing them to life as the teeming, state-ofthe-art metropolises they once were.

‘Gorgeous ... a pleasure to peruse’ Minerva

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Ancient History

Dimitra Papagianni is a Palaeolithic and stone tool specialist, who has taught at Cambridge and Oxford.

Michael A. Morse is a historian of science with a specialty in the history of British archaeology, and the author of How the Celts Came to Britain.

77 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296400 June £12.99

The Neanderthals Rediscovered How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse Third edition

‘A beautifully synthesized portrait of a powerful people’ Nature

There is a little Neanderthal in all of us. Although they have been extinct for 40,000 years, our genetic inheritance means that they are not entirely gone. Since the publication of the first Neanderthal genome in 2010, our understanding of the Neanderthals – and our connection to them – has changed dramatically. Once stereotyped as simple and brutish, recent discoveries by archaeologists and geneticists have painted a different picture of Neanderthals, and one more familiar to us: they buried their dead, cared for the sick, and even painted cave walls.

We can now delve into their DNA to trace their evolution in Europe and movements across Asia, and piece together how they lived and died in amazing detail.

This fully updated edition presents cutting-edge research on our fascinating hominin relatives: their interbreeding with humans and other species, including the recently discovered Denisovans; their social behaviours, such as smiling to indicate friendliness; and the genes they have passed down to us that could be affecting our health. By confronting our differences from, and similarities to, the Neanderthals, this book addresses the biggest question of all: what it means to be human.

‘Compelling and engaging … Prepare to have your prejudices shattered and your understanding of humanity challenged’ Clive Gamble, University of Southampton ‘Excellent and absorbing’ Current World Archaeology

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109 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 024195 February £20.00

How to Build Stonehenge Mike Pitts

‘I read this book with huge enjoyment. A fascinating story, meticulously told, of how Stonehenge was built.

We may never know why, but now we know how!’

Bernard Cornwell

Ancient History

Mike Pitts is an archaeologist and award-winning journalist. He has been the editor of Britain’s leading archaeological magazine, British Archaeology, for over a decade, and is the author of Digging up Britain, Digging for Richard III and Hengeworld.

ISBN 978-0-500-02419-5

Icon of the New Stone Age, sculptural and engineering marvel, symbol of national pride: there is nothing quite like Stonehenge. The monument stands silent in the face of the questions its unlikely existence raises: who built it?

Why? How? There has been endless speculation about why Stonehenge was built, inspiring theories ranging from the credible to the improbable, but far less investigation into how. In the millennia since its creation, the seemingly impossible endeavour of raising the stones with Neolithic technology has remained inexplicable – until now.

In the past decade ground-breaking discoveries, made possible by cutting-edge scientific techniques, have traced the precise provenance of the bluestones in Wales – but can we plot their journeys to the Salisbury Plain? And how might teams of labourers lacking machinery or even pack animals have dragged them 150 miles to the site?

How did they carve joints into the sarsen boulders, among the hardest stones in the world, and then raise them into place? Mike Pitts draws on a lifetime’s study to answer these questions, revealing how Stonehenge stood not in austere isolation, but as part of a wider world, the focus of a megalithic cosmology of belief, ritual and creativity.

‘Deeply satisfying … Mike Pitts writes with erudition and enthusiasm in a way that makes us wonder anew at the stunning achievement that Stonehenge symbolizes.

This is essential reading for all who are curious about the human spirit’ Sir Barry Cunliffe

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General History

Peter Stanford is an awardwinning writer, journalist and broadcaster. His investigations into the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas include Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle, Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident and Angels: A Visible and Invisible History. He is a former editor of the Catholic Herald, and writes for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph titles, and The Tablet.

He is director of the Longford Trust for prison reform.

26 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 256pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296639 April £10.99

Pilgrimage Journeys of Meaning Peter Stanford New in B-format paperback

A thought-provoking reflection on pilgrimage past and present, and a compelling exploration of its relevance today

The enormous rise in popularity in recent decades of the Camino, the ancient pilgrim path that stretches from France, across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, is part of a wider phenomenon being witnessed on other time-honoured pilgrim routes around the globe and across the faiths. But this is happening in a world that in many places is ever more sceptical, secular and scientific, with formal religious affiliation in steep decline. Why? Peter Stanford draws on his own experience as a pilgrim to address pilgrimage’s renaissance, looking at a diverse range of pilgrimage sites that includes Rome, Jerusalem, Lalibela in Ethiopia, the Buddha Trail in northern India, Shikoku in Japan and the self-styled ‘power place’ of Machu Picchu in Peru. He considers how pilgrimage, with its long history, essential intertwining of arduous journey and openness to personal transformation, is providing the modern age with a means to take a longer, slower and hence more profound look at life, stretching all the way back to when the first pilgrim put one foot in front of another.

‘A terrific read’ Lady Antonia Fraser ‘The book’s best passages give the reader a sense of what makes these places unique … We are reminded that people can be drawn towards pilgrim shrines for reasons which have little to do with trends in the travel industry’ The Spectator

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46 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 320pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296721 May £12.99

Napoleon’s Plunder and the Theft of Veronese’s Feast Cynthia Saltzman New in paperback

‘A fascinating and deeply rewarding book’ Adam Zamoyski, Daily Telegraph

General History

Cynthia Saltzman is the author of Portrait of Dr. Gachet: The Story of a Van Gogh Masterpiece and Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures. She has also written for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal.

ISBN 978-0-500-29672-1

Napoleon’s Plunder chronicles one of the most spectacular art appropriation campaigns in history and, in doing so, sheds new light on the complex origins of the Louvre.

It centres on the story of Napoleon’s theft of Paolo Veronese’s Wedding Feast at Cana, a vast, sublime canvas that in 1797 the French army tore from a wall of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. Feast was just one of the spoils of war that Napoleon claimed for the French nation and displayed in the Louvre. He filled the former palace of the French kings with his acquisitions, and Europe flocked to Paris and hailed the Louvre as the greatest museum in the world. Did he take it for himself?

Or for France? Or for the world at large?

Saltzman interweaves the stories of Napoleon’s military campaigns, uncovering the treaties through which he obtained his loot, with the histories of the plundered works themselves, exploring how these masterpieces came into being. As much as a story of military might, this is an account of one of the most ambitious cultural projects ever conducted.

‘A compelling account of the fragility of beauty before avarice … Saltzman’s thrilling blend of historical narrative and art criticism is fitting testimony to its enduring greatness’ Paul Lay, The Times ‘Wonderful’ Andrew Marr, Start the Week, R4

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General History

‘I love this book. The strangeness, the darkness, the madness, the gruesomeness, the politics, the families, the feuding, the deaths! It makes Game of Thrones look like a scrap in the playground’ Russell T. Davies

Paul Lay, Editor, History Today

‘Kevin Lygo is a connoisseur, collector and specialist in the Byzantine era, which when combined with his flair for storytelling, make this a publication to savour’ Will Gompertz

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‘A highly readable, beautifully illustrated survey of the rulers of a great medieval empire that spanned more than a thousand years, from Constantine the Great to the fall of the Eastern Empire. Lygo has succeeded brilliantly in bringing this fascinating but strangely neglected subject to life’

General History

Kevin Lygo is an expert in Islamic and Byzantine art who has travelled across Europe and the Middle East extensively. He is the editor of Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages and Pages of the Qur’an. A study of Islamic Calligraphy. He is Director of Television at ITV and former Director of Television at Channel 4. Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Robert Peston is a journalist, writer and the Political Editor of ITV News.

186 illustrations 24.0 x 16.5cm 336pp ISBN 978 0 500 023297 March £25.00

The Emperors of Byzantium Kevin Lygo Foreword by Robert Peston Introduction by Bettany Hughes

A compelling and vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told through the lives of its emperors

Based in the great city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages. The continuation of the Roman empire, it ruled over a vast terrain straddling Europe and western Asia from the 4th to 15th centuries – yet its history remains largely unfamiliar. This chronicle

by Byzantine expert Kevin Lygo brings this majestic and turbulent period to life through the lives of its emperors: a role that encompassed being head of state, supreme military commander, and God’s representative on earth.

These rulers, who include well-known figures like Constantine the Great and Justinian I, and a number of extraordinary women such as Irene of Athens and Zoe Porphyrogennete, combined both ruthless usurpers as well as soaring intellectuals. But they all left their mark upon the modern world with the establishment of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith, the creation of a visual template for Christian art, and magnificent monuments that include the cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the mosaics of Ravenna and the architectural wonder that is Mount Athos.

Throughout, Lygo paints vivid portraits of the entire Byzantine cast, with tales of political survival, religious devotion, sexual intrigue and artistic brilliance. This is a humanizing portrayal of more than ninety individuals whose rule profoundly impacted the lives of millions.

‘This revelatory and brilliantly researched book opens the door to one of the best-kept secrets in art – the magnificent empire of Byzantium’ Waldemar Januszczak

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General History

Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. His publications include the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations, as well as Revolutions: How They Changed History and What They Mean Today and Great Cities Through Travellers’ Eyes.

9 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 336pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 296134 March £12.99

Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic Voices from History Edited by Peter Furtado New in B-format paperback

A collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages

Also available 978 0 500 293003

Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, to Covid-19.

There was a time when to read accounts of the Plague in Wittenburg by Martin Luther or the Great Plague of 1665 by Samuel Pepys – scenes of anguish and woe, empty streets, quarantined houses, closed businesses, overflowing graveyards, heroic doctors and nurses, quack remedies and charlatans – was to enter a disturbing and unfamiliar world. Today, to read the same words is to be hit by a jolt of recognition and understanding. As well as causing a huge loss of life, the Covid pandemic has taught us a great deal about ourselves and the way we live, illuminating tensions at the heart of society.

This collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages bears witness to despair, rage, the blackest of humour, heartbreak and hope. These voices hold up a mirror to our own experiences of, and responses to, the crisis today.

‘Insightful, moving and empathetic’ BBC History Magazine

‘Fascinating … traces the social, political and publichealth responses evoked by disease-related disasters across the globe … resonates strongly in today’s world’ Minerva

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87 battle plans 19.8 x 12.9cm 448pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 286531 May £12.99

The Great Battles of All Time Edited by Jeremy Black New in B-format paperback

A distinguished team of 26 military historians reveal the decisive conflicts that have shaped world history from the 5th century bc to the 21st century

General History

Jeremy Black is one of the UK’s most respected and prolific historians. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war.

His recent books include France: A Short History, also published

by Thames & Hudson.

ISBN 978-0-500-28653-1

The course of history rarely changes so swiftly and decisively as on the battlefield. In this masterly overview, an international team of historians reconstructs and analyses seventy key clashes from 490 bc to the 21st century and appraises their impact on the world order.

Their studies encompass not only the great land battles, but sieges such as Constantinople and Tenochtitlan; naval battles at Trafalgar and Tsushima; and aerial struggles including the Battle of Britain. Truly global in scope, the collection marches from the Teutoburg Forest in ad 9, where the German tribes annihilated a Roman army, to Hakata Bay in 1281, where the Japanese defeated the Mongols, to the heart of the American Civil War at Gettysburg in 1863 and beyond.

Together they show how technology and tactics advance in tandem, as battlefield commanders respond to advances in mobility, communications and firepower, how certain principles endure, and how victory in battle may not win the war. Illustrated with nearly ninety specially commissioned battle plans, this is an essential introduction to the great battles in history.

‘Intelligently conceived and well written … brings out the great continuities of war’ Scotsman

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The Big Idea

Mattha Busby has written widely on drug and health policy, human rights, society and the environment. Currently living in Mexico, he is a freelance journalist who reports regularly for the Guardian and VICE magazine. He has a BA in History and International Relations from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA in Journalism from Goldsmiths college.

150 illustrations 22.9 x 15.2cm 144pp paperback ISBN 978 0 500 295687 May £12.99

Should All Drugs be Legalized?

A primer for the 21st century Mattha Busby

A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use

From prescription medicines and alcohol to cocaine and cannabis, the use of drugs has reached an unprecedented high. We have always sought to alter our moods and relieve pain, so why today are some drugs prescribed or licensed while others remain prohibited? Cannabis is already partially legalized in more than 50 countries. Should magic mushrooms, MDMA and LSD be next in line?

This illuminating investigation into the effects of drug use on individual and social health considers whether the war on drugs has done more harm than the drugs themselves and if microdosing is the future. It advocates for decriminalization and calls for safe spaces for drug consumption where there is a need. Finally, it examines the case for a fully regulated market: is it now time for stimulants and psychedelics to be legalized and sold over the counter in licensed pharmacies?

Also in the Big Idea series 978 0 500 294581

See all the titles in The Big Idea series so far at thamesandhudson.com/ TheBigIdea

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978 0 500 295663

Science

Paul Murdin is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy. Since 1963 he has been a research scientist (studying supernovae, black holes and neutron stars), an observatory administrator and a science policy maker for the government and the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK. In a parallel career he is a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC and CNN, and is identified as the co-discoverer of the first stellar black hole found in our Galaxy, Cygnus X-1.

37 illustrations 23.4 x 15.3cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 024645 March £25.00

The Universe A Biography Paul Murdin

‘A magnificent guided tour through the cosmos … the next best thing to actually flying out into space and seeing the Universe for yourself’ Jim Al-Khalili

Also available 978 0 500 295199

The distinguished astronomer Paul Murdin takes us on a breathtaking journey across the lifetime of the Universe, from the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and even beyond. Murdin draws on the latest discoveries in astronomy to describe the most important characters and events in the life of our Universe: the most powerful explosions, the most curious planets, and the most spectacular celestial bodies. He charts our developing understanding of the cosmos, showing how early thinkers deduced profound truths from even the simplest observations, and how astronomers have tracked the Universe as it passed through maturity and as it now moves into middle age.

Murdin shows how our own lives were seeded from the Big Bang, galaxies, stars and planets. He considers some of the key questions: how did structures like galaxies and ourselves emerge from the dense maelstrom of the Universe’s birth? How did the ‘dark matter’ that we can’t even see speed up the development of galaxies, and how does ‘dark energy’ work to speed up the expansion of the Universe? Why hasn’t the Universe collapsed in on itself – and will it one day?

And finally, he offers a glimpse into the future old age of our Universe, and what it means for us all.

‘A biography that contains all biographies and a stunning read from the Big Bang to the birth of our efforts to understand the Universe. I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in the life of our cosmos’ Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011

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Creativity

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Richard Holman is a creative specialist, with a background in design and advertising. He gives talks and runs workshops on creativity all over the world, inspiring people to be more confident and have better ideas.

He also hosts the podcast ‘The Wind Thieved Hat’, where he interviews leading artists and creators, and is a regular contributor to publications like Creative Review. Al Murphy is an illustrator whose clients include the BBC, MTV, Newsweek, the Guardian and Faber & Faber. He has inspired many to pursue a career in illustration, confident they can do better.

50 illustrations 21.6 x 13.8cm 168pp ISBN 978 0 500 024607 February £16.99

Creative Demons and How to Slay Them Richard Holman Illustrated by Al Murphy

An inspirational guide for creatives that will enable readers to overcome obstacles to success

If you’ve ever embarked on a creative endeavour, then there’s a good chance you’ll have been bedevilled by self-doubt, fear of failure or a lack of inspiration at some point along the way. This book will help you to banish those mind-forged monsters one by one, no matter how grotesque or scary they may be.

Drawing on inspirational anecdotes from art, philosophy, neuroscience, nature, music and contemporary culture, creativity expert Richard Holman provides you with your very own mental armoury to see you through every stage of the creative process.

By learning through the experiences of such creative luminaries as Leonardo da Vinci, Marina Abramović, J.K. Rowling, Dr Seuss and Herbie Hancock, you’ll find out how best to overcome the perils of procrastination, the sting of criticism, the seductive tug of convention or the gnawing feeling that you’re not up to it.

It’s time to say farewell to your demons and make your next creative project the very best it can be.

ISBN 978-0-500-02460-7

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Architecture

Kerry Hill (1943–2018) was born in Perth, Western Australia, where he trained as an architect. He left Australia for Hong Kong in the early 1970s, before founding his studio in Singapore in 1979. Hill was awarded the Australian Institute of Architecture’s Gold Medal in 2006. Geoffrey London is the Emeritus Professor of Architecture at The University of Western Australia, where he is a past Dean and Head of School.

ISBN 978-0-500-34366-1

750 illustrations 30.0 x 26.0cm 440pp ISBN 978 0 500 343661 May £65.00

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Works and Projects Kerry Hill Introduction by Geoffrey London

The definitive monograph of the late Singapore-based Australian architect’s practice, internationally admired for its ‘tropical modern’ design and luxury resorts

The late architect Kerry Hill designed buildings that whisper rather than scream. This beautifully illustrated book brings together a corpus of works from 1992 to the present, with an emphasis on the actively ongoing practice’s recently completed works, including the celebrated Aman hotels and resorts in Tokyo, Kyoto and outside Shanghai, as well as important large-scale buildings in his home town, Perth.

Kerry Hill was one of the masters of 20th-century architecture, consistently designing restrained, cleverly conceived buildings that often blurred the boundaries of defined space with permeable screened walls and lush landscapes beyond. His practice’s sensitivity to local materials and construction is renowned, resulting in architecture with a lightness of touch that sits perfectly in its environment.

With recent projects such as the Amanyangyun hotel in China, the practice has explored restoration, moving ancient trees and houses 700 km (435 miles) to be meticulously reassembled and updated with modern-day touches to create a series of historic villas set in bamboo groves. The Aman Kyoto resort, meanwhile, reimagined a forest landscape initially slated as the garden for a textile museum as the setting for a 26-suite contemporary ryokan.

Documenting in detail more than fifty projects across Australasia and beyond, this is the only comprehensive monograph of perhaps the most refined and respected architect of his generation.

Architecture

KHA / Kerry Hill Architects

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Bill Bensley is a gardener, architect, interior designer and wide-ranging explorer. After graduating from Harvard, Bensley moved to Asia, where he established his own studio, BENSLEY, in Bangkok (1989) and Bali (1990). Since then, Bensley has designed more than 200 resorts, hotels and palaces in 30-plus countries. Suzy Annetta is the Consultant Editor of Design Anthology magazine, a Hong Kong–based independent publication that celebrates the burgeoning creative and cultural scene in Asia. She is the author of Design in Asia, also published

by Thames & Hudson.

350 illustrations 37.4 x 27.4cm 512pp ISBN 978 0 500 024683 March £95.00

More Escapism Hotels, Resorts and Gardens around the World by Bill Bensley Bill Bensley Consultant Editor: Suzy Annetta

The second monograph on the exuberant, extravagant work of interior designer, architect and landscape designer Bill Bensley

BENSLEY is a small atelier of youthful and energetic architects, interior designers, artists, graphic designers and landscape architects who know no limits. Since 1989, the studio has designed more than 200 hotels and resorts, spas and homes, mostly in Southeast Asia – each reflecting the bold, extravagant aesthetic for which Bill Bensley is known. Vanity Fair has described him as ‘the craziest sane designer in the world’, while Condé Nast Traveller has hailed him as a ‘master of fabulation’.

More Escapism visits twelve of Bensley’s most exciting, outlandish and award-winning projects, from luxury hotels to Bill Bensley’s own home in Bangkok.

Bursting with hundreds of vivid photographs, this bold, large-format design monograph is the perfect vehicle for Bensley’s theatrical style. In his own words: ‘If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.’

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Baan Botanica: Bangkok, Thailand • Capella Hanoi: Hanoi, Vietnam • Capella Ubud: Bali, Indonesia • Shinta Mani Wild: Cardamom Forest, Cambodia • Shinta Mani: Siem Reap, Cambodia • MGallery Hotel de la Couple: Sapa, Vietnam • MGallery Yen Tu: Yen Tu, Vietnam • JW Marriott Lamarck University: Phu Quoc, Vietnam • Rosewood: Luang Prabang, Laos • Four Seasons Resort: Koh Samui, Thailand • Four Seasons Resort: Chiang Mai, Thailand • Four Seasons Tented Camp: Golden Triangle, Thailand

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Architecture

Vo Trong Nghia (b. 1976) founded Vo Trong Nghia Architects in 2006 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His designs are at the foregront of ‘green’ architecture and sustainable practices, and have received many accolades, including multiple World Architecture Community Awards and a Wallpaper* Design Award in 2021. Philip Jodidio is the author of numerous books, including The New Pavilions, Casa Moderna: Latin American Living and Casa Tropical: Houses by Jacobsen Arquitetura.

393 illustrations 27.0 x 21.5cm 400pp in 2 paperback volumes (Vol 1: 224pp; Vol 2: 176pp) Slipcased ISBN 978 0 500 343593 January £50.00

Vo Trong Nghia: Building Nature Vo Trong Nghia Introduction by Philip Jodidio

A career-spanning, slipcased monograph in two volumes presenting the work of one of Asia’s most thoughtful and innovative architects

ISBN 978-0-500-34359-3

Following a long recovery from decades of war, Vietnam has emerged as one of the most exciting centres of design Asia – led largely by the work of Vo Trong Nghia, born one year after the end of the Vietnam War, whose work has gained an international following. As a student in Japan, he studied under the minimalist architect Hiroshi Naito and encountered the work of the Colombian architect Simón Vélez, a proponent of bamboo architecture with its large spans and high, voluminous spaces. The ideas and teachings of both were to have a profound influence on his own designs.

The buildings of Vo Trong Nghia Architects, established in Ho Chi Minh City in 2006, make clear reference to these sources and influences of the past, and to Vo’s own adherence to the Five Precepts of Buddhist teaching. The architect’s two main themes – green architecture and bamboo as a building material – form the basis of this two-volume celebration of his work. From the Wind and Water Bar, his first foray into bamboo as a building material, to resort complexes, art installations and his game-changing series of residences, House for Trees, Vo Trong Nighia: Building Nature proves that green architecture creates local relevance, beauty and elegance in its own right.

With rising populations around the world and the pressures of looming climatic catastrophe, the work of Vo Trong Nghia is a call for architecture to transform itself from a source of pollution to a reason for hope.

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Monocle

Illustrated throughout 30.0 x 22.5cm 240pp ISBN 978 0 500 971215 January £50.00

The Monocle Book of the Nordics Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and Joe Pickard

Monocle heads north in this celebration of all things Nordic

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Monocle’s latest book is a celebration of the Nordic region, with some surprises, quirks and – maybe – a sauna or two along the way. Monocle’s journalists, editors and photographers have returned time and again to all corners of northern Europe for insights, inspiration and ideas for living better.

This book isn’t about hammering the overhyped hygge trend or fussing over foamy food. Much the opposite – it’s about a shared but distinct set of values that have helped varied nations excel in quiet diplomacy, thoughtful design and reasoned debate. Monocle looks beyond the clichés and uncovers the folks, firms and stories that help the region rank highly for everything in everything from art and architecture to eating well.

Far from lumping these different nations together, the Monocle team will highlight the people, places and products that show the Nordics in all their nuances: lessons we can all learn from makers in Norway’s high north or retailers reaching higher in Reykjavík; the firms building bridges in Denmark or selling Swedish soft power abroad.

The world can learn a lot from our knowing northern neighbours – and The Monocle Book of the Nordics is the ideal place to start.

Monocle

Tyler Brûlé is Editorial director and chairman of Monocle.

Andrew Tuck is the magazine’s Editor in chief. Richard Spencer Powell is Monocle’s Creative Director. Joe Pickard is Head of book publishing.

Illustrated throughout 30.0 x 22.5cm 304pp ISBN 978 0 500 978511 April £60.00

The Monocle Book of Reportage Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck, Richard Spencer Powell and Joe Pickard

A compendium of Monocle’s greatest photography, timed to coincide with the magazine’s 15th anniversary in March 2022

Back in 2007 the first issues of Monocle magazine hit newsstands and kiosks around the globe. At its core was a pledge to commission all original photography – capturing the world on film, on the ground and in the moment. In the years since, Monocle has continued in its pursuit of documenting the world through its unique lens – from embassies and residences to world leaders and cultural stars. Each issue has featured a dedicated photographic Expo section celebrating lesser-known locales, obscure events and curious characters through truly outstanding photography. Alpine wrestlers, Syrian outposts, French legionnaires, noodle-makers, game show hosts and private member’s clubs have all graced the pages.

The Monocle Book of Reportage draws on the best of these photographic stories from an archive a decade and a half in the making. A handsomely produced linen bound edition, the book also features supporting text about the photo assignments and the stories behind them, including first hand accounts from the photographers involved.

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Sport

Alexis Berg is one of the world’s premier sports journalists.

Specializing in long-distance events, often in hard-to-reach locations, Berg has captured some of the world’s most challenging races and extraordinary humans.

His passion for the Barkley Marathons, for which he has also produced a film with Aurélien Delfosse, arose from a fascination for the race's unique founder, terrain and participants. Since 2013 Aurélien Delfosse has been a journalist for L’Équipe, one of the world’s leading newspapers devoted to sports. He has also produced multimedia narratives and documentaries.

150 illustrations 28.0 x 22.0cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 025079 February £45.00

The Finishers The Barkley Marathons Alexis Berg and Aurélien Delfosse

A glorious photographic record of the superhumans who have completed the Barkley Marathons, one of the most mythical running races on earth

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It is a race like no other: there is no website to take entries; participants are selected from those who find a way to submit written applications and the $1.60 entry fee; only around forty people are chosen to run, with condolences from the race director. The course, based in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, was inspired by the failed escape of James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr’s assassin, amid the unforgiving landscape and vegetation where Ray’s prison was based. Runners must complete five roughly 20-mile (32-kilometre) loops – those who manage to complete only three laps are deemed to have achieved the ‘fun run’ – with a total elevation climb equal to two ascents of Mount Everest. Since 1986, only 15 people have ever finished. This exceptional publication celebrates their unbelievable achievements.

Thanks to ultrarunning photographer Alexis Berg and L’Équipe journalist Aurélien Delfosse, we now have a record of those superhumans who have completed the race. Crisscrossing the United States to meet each finisher, Berg and Delfosse travelled from New Hampshire to Oregon via New Mexico, Colorado, California and Utah, capturing atmospheric landscape photography and candid portraiture. Their in-depth interviews with the finishers convey the spirit of their legendary achievements and provide unique insights into the minds and mentalities of those who have conquered the Barkley Marathons.

These stories inspire awe, respect and reflection at the limit of the human spirit.

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Simon and Julie Freeman are runners and founders of the magazine Like the Wind, which tells the individual stories of runners and their personal experiences. They are experts on the subject of trail running, and also run a social media service for marketing endurance sports.

Dean Karnazes is an American ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner.

225 illustrations 24.0 x 18.0cm 256pp flexibound ISBN 978 0 500 295618 April £20.00

Running Wild Inspirational Trails from Around the World Foreword by Dean Karnazes Edited by Julie and Simon Freeman

An inspirational collection of the world’s most beautiful scenic runs, selected by the editors of cult independent running magazine Like the Wind

ISBN 978-0-500-29561-8

Trail running is as simple as it sounds: just put one foot in front of the other, somewhere unpaved and outdoors. The opportunities it presents are endless, with a wide variety of routes that stretch over mountains, forests and deserts, in hot climates and frigid ones, through some of the most wild and beautiful places on Earth.

Targeted at both novice and experienced runners, this book presents the finest trail-running locations around the world. From the heights of the Alps to the snowy expanses of the Arctic to the jungles of Latin America and the outback Down Under, each destination is brought to life by a different trail runner, showcasing exactly what makes each location so spectacular, as well as providing practical information to keep you moving on the ground. Compiled by the editors of Like the Wind, the first independent running magazine, each run offers an unparalleled experience, while the foreword was written by renowned American ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes.

As trail-running events assume the popularity and buzz of music festivals – tens of thousands of people run in some of the world’s toughest endurance races – this book offers a passport to exotic places and experiences, on and off the trail, at a time when getting off-grid and alone with yourself has never been more important.

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Lifestyle

Claire Bingham is an interiors journalist and author who has been finding, writing about and photographing amazing homes for almost twenty years.

Previously the homes editor of UK Elle Decoration, she writes about interiors, travel, perfume and food for publications worldwide including Vogue Italia, Sunday Times Style, Architectural Digest and Grazia.

She is the author of many books, including Wild Kitchen, also published by Thames & Hudson.

400 illustrations 25.0 x 19.5cm 224pp ISBN 978 0 500 024003 April £25.00

The New Naturalists Inside the Homes of Creative Collectors Clare Bingham

Twenty collectors open their homes to reveal the weird and wonderful world of natural objects

ISBN 978-0-500-02400-3

Also available 978 0 500 023013

From cabinets of curiosities to today’s interest in foraged decorations, obsessive and eclectic collectors of natural objects have long filled their homes with their finds – everything from fossils and feathers to seeds and dried flowers. This book offers a glimpse inside twenty homes of the most interesting and creative collectors, revealing the stories behind their collections and how they celebrate their love of nature in their everyday spaces.

This new generation of naturalists are using their collections to craft creative careers and decorate their homes with their finds. From a German manor filled with antique taxidermy to the Paris apartment of a sculptor working with feathers and an Italian beachside retreat that showcases foraged shells and pebbles, this book provides a wealth of inspiration for celebrating the beauty of the world around us more sustainably. Practical tips on everything from curating a shelf of objects or using them to decorate walls and surfaces offer plenty of ideas the reader can apply in their own homes. With our everincreasing interest in finding new ways to reconnect with nature, this will be inspirational reading for all those who want to bring the outdoors in.

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Thames & Hudson Australia

Amber Guinness was born in London and grew up in Tuscany.

She learned to cook at her mother’s side in the kitchen at Arniano, the farmhouse restored by her parents Jasper and Camilla. In 2014, she founded The Arniano Painting School, a residential painting holiday designed to breathe life back into Arniano after her father's death.

120 illustrations 27.5 x 21.5cm 288pp ISBN 978 1 760 762711 March £29.99

A House Party in Tuscany Recipes, Stories and Art from Arniano Amber Guinness

Art meets food in this sublime story of family and friends at the Arniano Painting School in Tuscany

There are many farmhouses in Tuscany, but few are quite so magical as Arniano. It is here, in this 18th-century podere, that Amber Guinness grew up and learned to cook. And it is here that she established The Arniano Painting School, a residential painting course that offers an immersive art and food experience. Filled with ideas for the perfect welcome cocktail, feast curation, seasonal menu suggestions and notes on an Italian pantry and wines, A House Party in Tuscany is a joyous celebration of thirty years of cooking and hosting at Arniano.

‘The cookbooks that stay with us tell a story. A House Party in Tuscany is one to treasure. Delicious recipes from a region I love and a chef I admire’ Ruth Rogers

‘A stunning book in every way. Amber Guinness paints such a dreamy, evocative picture of her home in the Tuscan countryside and of the sumptuous feasts she cooks there. I long to be there with her and to eat everything in this book’ Skye McAlpine

‘I love this book. Amber Guinness is an inspired cook and hostess. More importantly, she really understands the culture, technique and taste of Tuscan cooking’

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Loyd Grossman

440 illustrations 29.7 x 23.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 1 760 761738 May £25.00

The Land Gardeners Cut Flowers Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld Compact edition

The Land Gardeners show you how to establish organic garden beds and sow, grow and harvest over 100 varieties of cut flowers

Thames & Hudson Australia

Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld both trained and worked as lawyers before studying garden design.

Henrietta went on to work with landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and then started her own garden design business. Bridget studied horticulture in London before spending three years in her native New Zealand, then returning to move to Wardington Manor. At The Land Gardeners, Henrietta and Bridget specialise in the design of productive gardens – particularly walled gardens.

In this visual diary of life in the garden, The Land Gardeners share their beliefs on the importance of soil health, introduce you to their favourite blooms and inspire you to create your own cutting garden with expert knowledge on how to grow and what to gather by season.

Based in the original walled garden at Wardington Manor, The Land Gardeners have revived the tradition of working with the land to produce abundant, seasonal flowers for clients’ use in decoration, design and events.

But for all the frivolous bucolic beauty of the flowers, it is the productivity and health of the soil that truly underpins The Land Gardeners’ philosophy. The book explores lively soil, the joy (and, arguably, necessity) of gathering from our gardens, and the imperative that we care for our soils and live among healthy, vital gardens.

‘The perfect accompaniment to home growing’ Daily Telegraph ISBN 978-1-760-76173-8

‘Inspirational and practical’ Best Gardening Books of the Year, Sunday Times

‘Beautiful … it is the book’s practical aspects that are so seductive’ World of Interiors

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Erin Lovell Verinder is a fully qualified herbalist and nutritionist, wellbeing expert and author. She runs a bustling clinic and works with clients worldwide. She is the author of one other book, Plants for the People, also published by Thames & Hudson.

68 illustrations 24.0 x 19.0cm 312pp flexibound ISBN 978 1 760 761417 March £17.99

The Plant Clinic Erin Lovell Verinder

From the bestselling author of Plants for the People comes the definitive guide to healing with plant medicine, featuring 150 recipes for over 100 conditions

Also available 978 1 760 760465

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The Plant Clinic is a revolutionary new guide destined to reignite your health and transform your life. Expert herbalist Erin Lovell Verinder decodes healing with plant medicine to remedy over 150 common health complaints across: Vitality; Immunity; Detoxification; The Gut; Hormone Health; Mums and Bubs; Hair and Skin; Emotions, Mind and Spirit.

Nettle and Oat Straw Infusion is essential to bring people back from burnout; Liver Loving Greens Powder is a wonder for detox support; Iron Life Slow Brew Syrup is for everyone with low iron levels; and the Lovers’ Oxymel is delicious, helpful and so different from other libido support.

With over 150 recipes, including Love Lung Syrup, Zen Day Tea, The Breakout Salve, Eczema Cream, Kidney Tone Tea and Shifting Stagnancy Tea, this book is the definitive healing bible for modern day living. Sharing deep herbal wisdom along with the ultimate First Aid Kit for soothing bruises, aches and pains and much, much more, this is the book to make you glow.

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Alana Langan is an interior stylist, designer and author who is guided by a passion to enhance wellbeing through a connection to nature.

Her work has been published in Elle Decoration UK, Vogue Living, Inside Out and House & Garden, among others. Together with Jacqui Vidal, she is the co-founder and director of Melbourne-based botanical wares design studio IVY MUSE. Jacqui Vidal is a designer, writer and mother of three. Having lived in Europe and Byron Bay, Jacqui returned to Melbourne and established herself as a gallerist and an artist agent. In 2014, she co-founded IVY MUSE with her long-time friend and coconspirator, Alana Langan.

130 illustrations 21.0 x 17.0cm 160pp ISBN 978 1 760 761103 February £17.50

Nature Style Alana Langan and Jacqui Vidal

A step-by-step guide to plant-styling your home to promote health, happiness and wellbeing

It’s no secret that time spent in nature is good for us.

Nature helps us thrive, improves our health and wellbeing, decreases stress and increases happiness. But if you don’t have the luxury of a forest at your doorstep, bringing the outside in can provide an immediate connection to the natural world and the many benefits that come with it.

From the founders of the botanical wares design studio IVY MUSE comes this practical guide to styling the home for health and harmony, using nature as a blueprint.

With expert advice on houseplants and how to style them, as well as pro-tips on the choice of decor and materials, finishes and furnishings, this book shows how natural elements can be incorporated into any room in the house – both effectively and affordably.

Nature Style is essential reading for anyone seeking to restore body and mind in a natural and nurturing home environment where houseplants are the heroes.

ISBN 978-1-760-76110-3

Also available 978 0 500 501030

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How to French Country Colour and Design Inspiration from Southwest France Sara Silm

The ultimate guide to surrounding yourself with French country style

Architecture at the Heart of the Home Jan Henderson and Dianna Snape

A visual survey that explores the essence of exactly what makes a home unique

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Capturing the beauty and tranquility of deepest southwest France, interior designer Sara Silm distils the unique colours, textures and flavours of this distinctive corner of the world. Inherent in Sara’s detailed knowledge of French country style are philosophical lines drawn between colour, temporality, style, sensation and season, such that every design choice is a contemplation of time and place. She offers colour codes for six completely unique colour palettes derived from Béarnaise towns and their surrounds: the patina of weather-beaten shutters, of local brick and fading roof tiles, violet-hued ice cream and rolling hills bursting to life in spring.

Coupling detailed, practical design knowledge with evocative notes on rural French life and choice recipes, How to French Country offers a path to gentler living. It is the perfect salve for the Covid-weary.

Sara Silm is a writer, cook and stylist. She lives in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southwestern France. This is her first book.

232 illustrations 26.0 x 20.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 1 760 760984 January £30.00

A house has walls and ceilings, and perhaps a garden and boundary fence that delineates ‘yours from theirs’ – but there is always that place within a home that is special and becomes its beating heart. This book sets out to challenge the preconceived ideas of what this could be.

In this book, a heart takes many forms. Each of its twenty-two projects has an individuality that comes from its particular heart, and that influences the design and narrative of the home. It could be the human connection to nature or the physical link between the interior and the exterior, a view, a particular room, or even an architectural feature. These projects speak of architecture as both part of the Australian landscape and the means through which the landscape is experienced: but the architecture is always the hero.

Jan Henderson is principal of Henderson Media Consultants.

Dianna Snape is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in architecture, interior and landscape photography.

221 illustrations 29.0 x 23.0cm 272pp ISBN 978 1 760 761486 February £29.99

Colour is Home A Brave Guide to Designing Classic Interiors

A bold guide to creating classic interiors

Anna Spiro: A Life in Pattern Anna Spiro

187 illustrations 25.7 x 21.6cm 224pp ISBN 978 1 760 761561 April £29.99

Anna Spiro has long been hailed as Australia’s most original and creative interior designer. Her globally adored aesthetic is unapologetically maximalist and a paean to comfort; her devotion to the craft of working with pattern on pattern on pattern – combined with her intuitive layering of colours, objects old and new, art, books and foraged treasures – creates spaces that sing with individuality.

In this standout design monograph, Spiro offers up a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom, showing how the very best interiors come from following your own path.

From mood boards to fabric suggestions, furniture ideas to room layouts, A Life in Pattern includes more than 250 photographs from twenty different interior design projects.

This is a sourcebook of inspiration and joy, celebrating a bold and visually complex style that can only come from an interior designer at the height of their powers.

Anna Spiro has been working as an interior designer for more than two decades. Her distinctive style and approach were launched onto the world stage with her highly lauded re-design of the boutique hotel, Halcyon House. In 2014 Anna published her first book, Absolutely Beautiful Things. She recently formed Anna Spiro Textiles, and her hand-painted wallpaper range with De Gournay was launched in 2021.

ISBN 978-1-760-76150-9

A beautiful, linen-bound book showcasing work

by Anna Spiro, one of Australia’s most popular interior designers

ISBN 978-1-760-76156-1

Charlotte Coote

Charlotte Coote is a leader in classic contemporary interior design.

With many years' industry experience working in Australia, Europe and the United States, she is a sought-after designer of interiors, furniture and lighting. Charlotte is the founder of and head designer at Coote & C o., her design business based in Melbourne, Australia.

She is also the creator of The Mountain Academy, an online interior design course.

Thames & Hudson Australia

In this gorgeously inspirational and effortlessly practical book, renowned interior designer Charlotte Coote guides readers through the process of designing a space, from creating the original design brief through to the finished room. Using her five principles of design – timelessness, authenticity, lifestyle, scale and quality – Charlotte shows how to balance comfort and style, light and shadow, colour and neutrals, old and new. Charlotte's bold and decisive style is like a breath of fresh air, with easy-to-follow tips and ideas for wall colours, kitchen finishes furniture and fabrics to achieve rich and layered interiors.

This essential stylebook will help you create a home that will stand the test of time.

194 illustrations 33.0 x 25.5cm 256pp ISBN 978 1 760 761509 January £45.00

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Dinner with Dalí Iratxe López de Munáin

Piece together the artists, artworks and surroundings that bring Salvador Dalí’s world to life in this surreal 1,000-piece puzzle

A giant grasshopper, an anteater and an ocelot named Babou – they’re not your usual dinner guests. Put down your lobster telephone and experience the magic of Salvador Dalí in this 1,000-piece puzzle. Join Meret Oppenheim, René Magritte and a kaleidoscope of butterflies as you piece together the artists, artworks and surroundings that bring this surrealist dream to life.

When you’ve done the 1,000-piece puzzle, take a peek inside the lid, where you’ll find 25 interesting facts to discover. For example, did you know that Dalí designed the Chupa Chups logo? Or that he once packed 500kg of cauliflower into a Rolls Royce? Both fun and informative, this puzzle is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of one of history’s most idiosyncratic artists.

Iratxe López de Munáin is an illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.

She has a passion for drawing and for bringing curious characters to life in vibrant and colourful scenes. Her clients include Apple, HP, Penguin Random House and Scholastic.

Box: 28.0 x 28.0cm Completed puzzle: 48.5 x 68.0cm 1,000 pieces ISBN 978 1 760 761950 January £12.49 exc VAT £14.99 inc VAT

You’re invited to Claude Monet's residence in Giverny. Pull up a chair in the iconic yellow dining room and join PierreAuguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas and other Impressionists for a feast of floating water lilies. But steer clear of the kitchen! Monet’s wife Alice is not happy about having ex-wife Camille’s portraits all over the walls.

Did you know that the painting that inspired the entire Impressionist art movement is hanging on the back wall? Or that the poster on the table is from the first Impressionist exhibition that opened in Paris in 1874?

Piece together this 1,000-piece puzzle and then peek inside the lid to discover the meaning behind everything in the artwork. There’re 23 fascinating facts to discover.

Dinner with Monet Iratxe López de Munáin

Immerse yourself in Monet’s world with this 1,000-piece jigsaw, which portrays the artist’s home in Giverny

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Box: 28.0 x 28.0cm Completed puzzle: 48.5 x 68 cm 1,000 pieces ISBN 978 1 760 761912 January £12.49 exc VAT £14.99 inc VAT

Highlights

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Christopher Spencer – aka @ColdWar_Steve – has been acclaimed as the Brexit Bruegel and a modern-day Hogarth. With over 330,000 followers (and counting) his Twitter following is greater than the membership of the Conservative Party.

100 illustrations 19.7 x 21.5cm 128pp ISBN 978 0 500 025154 Out now £16.99

Cold War Steve – Journal of the Plague Year Cold War Steve

Following the bestselling Festival of Brexit and A Prat’s Progress, star satirist Cold War Steve returns with a viral vengeance with his Journal of the Plague Year

Cold War Steve, the collage artist dubbed ‘the modernday William Hogarth’, casts a searing eye back at the last year on ‘Plague Island’ Britain and abroad: featuring a global pandemic, an inept government at home and the US election’s absurdist saga, his chronological journal spans lockdowns, G7 summits, crises and scandals, leaving no one unscathed.

Featuring the usual suspects in despicable settings, and rife with art historical references, Journal of the Plague Year brilliantly blends world news and art in signaturestyle collages, each accompanied by witty commentary.

Published in an enlarged format, this new tome will delight Cold War Steve’s huge fanbase, and anyone in need of humour after the grimness of this past plague year.

Praise for Cold War Steve

‘The modern-day William Hogarth’ Ricky Gervais

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‘The George Grosz of our sorry time’ Bonnie Greer

417 illustrations 28.0 x 22.0cm 416pp ISBN 978 0 500 025062 Out now £40.00

The Year That Changed Our World Edited by Marielle Eudes In association with Agence France Presse

A visual history of the world under Covid-19, revealing stories of hope behind the headlines

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Marielle Eudes is Global Photo Director at AFP (Agence France Presse), a leading global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the events shaping our world and of the issues affecting our daily lives.

The Year That Changed Our World is the definitive visual document of humankind’s resilience in the face of the pandemic and the perfect way of understanding and showing to future generations the world during the time of Covid-19. More than 400 photographs record humankind’s resilience, resourcefulness and sense of purpose in the face of a global pandemic.

Marielle Eudes, Director of Photography at Agence France Presse, contributes an Introduction to the book, while further texts and quotes from a range of contributors and public figures offer on-the-ground insights. Brought to you by the photographers at Agence France-Presse from a network spanning more than 150 countries, The Year That Changed Our World is a unique document of what we went through, and a means to make sense of it all.

ISBN 978-0-500-02506-2

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Chanel No 5 Pauline Dreyfus 750+ illustrations 32.5 x 26.5cm 426pp ISBN 978 0 500 023129 £150.00 2 hb volumes in a box

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Forever Saul Leiter Saul Leiter With texts by Margit Erb, Michael Parillo and Akiko Otake 247 illustrations 21.0 x 14.8cm 296pp ISBN 978 0 500 296431 £19.99 pb

ISBN 978-0-500-25244-4

Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts Kate Lister 450 illustrations 24.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 252444 £25.00

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Versace Catwalk Tim Blanks 1200 illustrations 27.7 x 19.0cm 632pp ISBN 978 0 500 023808 £55.00 hb

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Tim Walker: Story Teller Tim Walker 174 illustrations 34.5 x 27.5cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 293911 £35.00 pb

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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black Naomi Parry 300 illustrations 29.0 x 22.2cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 024287 £30.00 hb

The Rolling Stones: Unzipped The Rolling Stones Introduction by Anthony DeCurtis 400 illustrations 31.7 x 24.1cm 288pp ISBN 978 0 500 023853 £35.00 hb

Symbols of the Occult Eric Chaline 500+ illustrations 23.0 x 17.0cm 256pp ISBN 978 0 500 024034 £16.99

Memento Mori Paul Koudounaris Illustrated throughout 28.0 x 18.7cm 216pp ISBN 978 0 500 252611 £25.00

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Iconotypes Richard I. Vane-Wright 1600 illustrations 25.2 x 18.8cm 688pp ISBN 9780500024324 £65.00 hb

William Morris Anna Mason 668 illustrations 28.0 x 23.5cm 432pp ISBN 978 0 500 480502 £50.00 hb

Looking back at Francis Bacon ISBN 978-0-500-29647-9 David Sylvester 230 illustrations 26.8 x 21.6cm 272pp ISBN 978 0 500 296479 £30.00 pb

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office Neri&Hu Design and Research Office 404 illustrations 27.0 x 21.5cm 352pp ISBN 978 0 500 343609 £45.00 hb

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The Lives of Lee Miller Antony Penrose 116 illustrations 19.8 x 12.9cm 320pp ISBN 978 0 500 294284 £10.99 pb

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Art Day by Day Alex Johnson 21.6 x 13.8cm 464pp ISBN 978 0 500 023648 £16.99 hb

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Women in Abstraction Christine Macel & Karolina Lewandowska 350 illustrations 30.0 x 22.5cm 344pp ISBN 978 0 500 094372 £50.00 hb

ISBN 978-0-500-02451-5

More Cats Galore Susan Herbert 140 illustrations 21.0 x 19.0cm 192pp ISBN 978 0 500 024515 £14.99 hb

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Art in Detail Susie Hodge 700 illustrations 23.4 x 21.9cm 432pp ISBN 978 0 500 296417 £25.00 pb

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