Frances Lincoln

Colour in Your Garden

- First paperback edition of this classic gardening manual by one of the world s most acclaimed garden designers

Alphonse Mucha

Generally agreed to be one of the most important contributors to Art Nouveau, the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha was trained, celebrated and lived most of his life in Paris. His unforgettably iconic images of Sarah...

British Library Diary 2008 - Georgian Britain

The British Library Diary 2008 is illustrated with works from the Topographical Collection of George III, now held by the British Library. The collection of some 50,000 items, dating back from 1824 to around 1588,...

Cracow

Cracow, for 700 years the ancient capital of Poland, is its most historic and architecturally ornate city and one of Europe`s architectural gems. Its oldest quarter is on UNESCO`s list of the world`s 12 most precious...

Crop Circles

Whether they are scientific enigmas, paranormal phenomena, mischievous hoaxes or inspired land art, the scale, beauty and mathematical and symbolic complexity of crop circles continues to astound. Throughout the...

Garden Designer Revised Edition

In this fully revised edition of a classic design and style sourcebook, Robin Williams shows you how to make beautiful gardens in which every element fits harmoniously into a whole. With a wealth of examples and...

Great Gardens of the World

In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the...

Icons of 20th Century Landscape Design

The 29 landscape designs selected for this book have changed the way we look at designed outdoor spaces. They are examples of the ways in which 20th-century landscape designers have attempted to create a new style to...

Self-sustaining Garden

The harder gardeners work, the more problems seem to multiply. But if we let them, plants can do much of the hard work for us. This remarkable book, first published in 1997 and now revised and reillustrated, shows how...

St Petersburg

This lavishly illustrated book tells the epic 300-year story of St Petersburg through its architecture, landscapes, literature and art, from the city`s origins and its earliest buildings through to the present day....

Style City

London now ranks alongside Paris, New York and Milan as a global fashion capital, and it has produced such outstanding designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Stella McCartney. Style City...

The Gardens of Japan

In Japanese gardens, visitors find nature consdensed and brought to perfection: trees are trained and sculpted; the finest natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature; and the seasons are celebrated with spring...

Victoria and Albert Museum Desk Diary