A beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewellery.
A new assessment of the inventive and influential artist Jan van Eyck.
A surprising and fascinating compendium of stone facts, myths, legends and stories.
The tale of a notorious 1911 London gunfight, the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’, and its consequences.
Unravels the intimate narratives woven into the fabric of our most personal garments.
A thought-provoking examination of the allegedly immoral provenance of Western museum collections.
Recounts the origins, art, literature and legends of the cherry tree.
Ruins and Fragments is a wide-ranging, elliptical and engaging view of the history of modernity through the lens of the ruined and fragmentary. It... Læs mere
In this book, David Leeming analyses the Medusa in myth, history, philosophy, modern psychoanalysis, art, literature, feminism and the advertising industry
Pineapple is a culinary love story enriched with vivid illustrations and irresistible recipes from around the world for eating and drinking the pineapple.
The nature and culture of the much-admired, amenable geranium.
A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.