Frances Lincoln
Founded in 1977, Frances Lincoln publishes beautifully crafted books that will be sources of information and pleasure for many years. Our long-established, highly renowned list includes gardening titles featuring a host of well-known names, as well as the much-loved walking guides by Alfred Wainwright. Other notable areas of interest include books on the history of Britain and London and an ever-growing list of innovative titles on art and culture.
What makes great art - 80 masterpieces explained
What Makes Great Art showcases a selection of 80 outstanding paintings and sculptures from around the world and throughout time, assessing just what it is that makes them so great.
Why do some artworks stand out head and shoulders above others? What makes a painting truly great, and secures its artistic legacy for centuries after its creation?
Some owe their greatness to composition of colou
€8.90 excl tax
Photography Rules
Photography Rules presents over 150 essential mantras for photographers, combining practical tips and inspiration. Expert Paul Lowe compiles insights from renowned photographers like Dorothea Lange and Richard Avedon, encouraging experimentation across all photography aspects. This accessible guide is a valuable resource for students and professionals alike.
€11.70 excl tax
RHS Desk Diary 2024
The official Royal Horticultural Society week-to-week desk diary contains a beautiful collection of plant illustrations, making this the perfect gift for all gardeners and plant lovers.
The Royal Horticultural Society Diary 2024 brings together a selection of rare and beautiful works by artist Priscilla Bury (1799–1872) from the RHS Lindley Collections.
The diary features work from the splend
€1.30 excl tax
FashionQuake
Discover fashion that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.
FashionQuake introduces 50 pivotal moments that shook the world and changed mainstream fashion forever, telling the fascinating stories behind each piece’s creation, reception and legacy.
From awe-inspiring couture to protest T-shirts, bum
€8.90 excl tax
What Coco Chanel Can Teach You About Fashion
If Coco Chanel were to give a masterclass on design, creativity and attitude, what wisdom would she impart? Discover the life, work and legacy of Chanel in this sharply curated biography focusing on artistic spirit.
Chanel’s ethos captured the imagination of post-war women, releasing them from the corseted silhouette and changing what we wore forever. But how did Chanel think? How did her experi
€8.90 excl tax
FilmQuake
Discover films that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when filmmakers take tradition and rip it up. FilmQuake introduces 50 movies that shook the cinematic world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy.
€8.90 excl tax
MusicQuake
Discover music that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy – causing fascination and intrigue in some and rejection and scorn in others. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.
MusicQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal albums and performances that shook the world of modern music – chronicling the fascinating tales of their creation, recepti
€8.90 excl tax
ArtQuake
Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy.The books begin with the rebels who struck out against Victorian conformism, daring painters and sculp
€8.90 excl tax
What Alexander McQueen Can Teach You About Fashion
If Alexander McQueen were to give a masterclass on design, creativity and attitude, what wisdom would he impart? Discover McQueen's life, work and legacy in this sharply curated biography focusing on artistic spirit.
Alexander McQueen will go down in history as the most talented and enigmatic 'bad boy' of fashion. But it w
Alexander McQueen will go down in history as the most talented and enigmatic 'bad boy' of fashion. But it w
€8.90 excl tax
Cult Musicians
WHAT MAKES A CULT MUSICIAN?
Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably unique or critically divisive, cult musicians come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a chance change in fashion sees their work propelled into the limelight.
Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably unique or critically divisive, cult musicians come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a chance change in fashion sees their work propelled into the limelight.
€8.90 excl tax
House of Plants
Learn how to care for your succulents, cacti and air plants with this beautiful but practical guide to indoor plants.
These gorgeous, fashionable plants are handsome, hardy and perfect for urban living and this comprehensive companion is all you need to learn how to nurture and enjoy them, as well as how to stylishly arrange them in your home.
House plant specialists Caro Langton and Rose Ra
€15.10 excl tax
Urban botanics - an indoor plant guide for modern gardeners
Have trouble keeping house plants alive? Struggling to find your green fingers? Fear not! You can still have a beautiful plant-filled home with this stunning guide to indoor plants.
€13.70 excl tax
Pretty Little London: Trips
A curated guide to the most chic, stylish and unique trips around the UK – all within easy reach of London – from the creators of the hugely successful Instagram account @prettylittlelondon.
Sometimes even Londoners need a change of scenery – the fresh sea air and the sand between our toes, the bright lights of a new city to discover, the relaxing charm of a small town, or rolling hills with n
€11.70 excl tax
Road Life
Road Life introduces you to 35 inspirational people from across the globe who’ve made their vans, campers and buses part of their lifestyle, and provides you with the tools to do the same.
What’s the appeal of a life on the road, with everything you need contained on four wheels? Tried it yourself and felt inadequate and underprepared? Or feel daunted by converting a vehicle yourself? The camp
€11.70 excl tax
Concrete Concept
This compelling and in-depth study looks at some of the most inspiring and iconic brutalist buildings, in a quest to find the soul of one of modern architecture's most misunderstood movements.
No modern architectural style has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. This is architecture at its most assertive: comp
No modern architectural style has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. This is architecture at its most assertive: comp
€11.70 excl tax
Pretty Little London
A curated guide to the most chic, stylish and unique sites in London, from the creators of the hugely successful Instagram account @prettylittlelondon.
Inviting you on a stunning visual tour of the city, your guides Sara and Andrea present the most Insta-worthy destinations in the capital.
With everything from cafes and restaurants to galleries, parks and hotels, Pretty Little London intro
€11.70 excl tax
Rooms of Their Own
Rooms of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works.
The perennial question asked of all authors is, 'How do you write?'. What do they require of their room or desk? Do they have favourite pens, paper or typewriters? And have they found the perfect daily routine to channel their creativity? Crossing
€13.70 excl tax
How Zoologists Organize Things
Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival – differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths a
€13.70 excl tax
Modernist Estates - Europe
From the pre-war Viennese Werkbund Estate (designed by the likes of Gerrit Rietveld and Adolf Loos), the post-war Swiss Siedlung Halen (by Atelier 5) to more recent builds such as the Medina Complex in Eindhoven (Neave Brown), Modernist Estates: Europe showcases 15 housing schemes through archival and contemporary photography, alongside a series of interviews with current residents. This beautiful
€20.60 excl tax
Language Of Tattoos : 130 Symbols and What They Mean
Tattoos are everywhere: one in three of us has at least one. Body art is one of the most popular ways of expressing our identity and beliefs.But whether we're aware of it or not when we choose a design to be permanently inked on our skin, a complex language of meanings lies behind the visuals we choose. A lotus flower, koi carp swimming upstream or a dragon rising towards the sun: in the language
€13.40 excl tax
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