With practical tips and soothing affirmations, enjoy a sense of peace wherever the day takes you with the calming influence of this beautiful book As our lives become increasingly busy, it may feel like stress is controlling you, rather than the other way around. Stress Less will help you to take back control and tackle your worries head-on by introducing lasting and positive changes in the form of simple calming techniques and handy tips to ease your everyday stresses. Guiding you to create a trouble-free mindset, inside this book you will find: – How to practise mindfulness to ground yourself – Ways to introduce self-care and regular “me” time – Fun ways to spend time in nature in order to experience its calming influence – Actionable tips to wind down before bed to ensure a good, restful night’s sleep Stress Less also includes powerful affirmations and mantras that can motivate and inspire you. Pause to find calm in the everyday with this handy guide.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 102 x 136 mm

Publication Date: 01-06-2023

PLAY AND LEARN: learn the legend of King Arthur as you play COMPLETE QUESTS including the search for the Holy Grail in order to win power, fame and glory SCREEN-FREE FUN: for age 8 and up ILLUSTRATED by Adam Simpson, bestselling author of The World of Shakespeare: 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle Players are all knights and queens vying for favour in Camelot, at the right hand of King Arthur. To win, you must complete quests and gain points. Collect deeds of honour, swords, castles and tokens of love to build your chosen quest, and block your opponents with hidden talents, battles and deception to win. Learn the incredible stories behind the quest for the holy grail, the sword in the stone and King Arthur's knights of the round table as you play. BOOST CREATIVITY with this deck of 80 dual-sided, illustrated cards TWO GAMES IN ONE for endless fun CREATE different geometric shapes with the unique card patterns STIMULATE YOUR IMAGINATION while playing a traditional memory game

Bind: stationery

Dimensions: 98 x 137 mm

Publication Date: 31-07-2023

GET READY TO INSPIRE the next generation of big thinkers and innovators HAVE FUN MATCHING 25 ingenious women to their change-making inventions FOR AGES 6+ so the whole family can play together and learn how women have changed the world This exciting card game lets children discover the women from history behind objects we use every day - from GPS to Jenga - as well as the pioneers who changed lives through science and technology, the modern inventors revolutionising the way we do things today, and even the 20th-century chef who came up with the chocolate-chip cookie. With a booklet that details all the fascinating stories behind the inventions and their creators' lives, this family game will get you talking about women who changed the world as you play time and time again.

Bind: stationery

Publication Date: 12-09-2023

Grazing boards are a wonderful, sociable way of eating - with surprisingly little effort, you can create an eye-catching spread to wow your family and friends. The Grazing Table is full of inspiring ideas for building your own grazing boards at home and includes more than 60 simple recipes for butter boards, cheeseboards, antipasti, mezze, help-yourself meals, fruit platters, dessert boards and more. Whether it's a midweek dinner or a big celebration, this beautiful book has a grazing board for every occasion. CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Dairy, Fruit & Vegetable Boards Including Caramelized onion butter board, Tear & share Camembert board and Rainbow fruit platter Chapter 2: Fish & Seafood Boards Including Prawn cocktail, Build your own poke bowl and Fish tacos Chapter 3: Poultry Boards Including Chicken butter board, Chicken wing platter and Duck & watermelon salad Chapter 4: Meat Boards Including Luxury picnic, Pizza dough balls and Smash burger board Chapter 5: Treat Boards Including Breakfast pancakes, Build your own eclairs and Movie night snack tray

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 196 x 253 mm

Publication Date: 14-09-2023

The debut cookbook from Jason Hammel, showcasing the all-day seasonal food and arty vibe of his iconic Chicago restaurant This book is the story of 20 years of cooking, love, friendship, and community told through food, with each recipe taking a particular moment in time as its inspiration. Chapters include: Brunch, Soups, Snacks, Salads, Vegetables, Pasta, Meat/Fish, and Desserts, along with dozens of 'building block' recipes and 'classic' signature dishes. With 90 all-day recipes, each marked with the date of their creation, and all-new photography, this first book about Jason Hammel's bustling hotspot, Lula Cafe, gives a vibrant insight into the food and story of this iconic Chicago restaurant, written by its admired chef-author owner. Beloved by its loyal clientele, Lula is a meeting place for locals, gourmands, artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians, and the intensely personal recipes and stories in this book are infused with their creative spirit - the perfect book for creative home cooks, and for readers who love stories about the ingredients, techniques, and people behind the food they eat.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 272

Dimensions: 207 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 12-09-2023

Arguably the best chef of his generation, and now a global superstar, over the course of his career Gordon Ramsay has built a restaurant empire, from Singapore to Las Vegas and from Bordeaux to Dubai. But alongside the new openings, tucked away in a quiet street in Chelsea in London is the jewel in Gordon's crown - Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. With its tiny dining room, the restaurant which Gordon opened 25 years ago, has a legendary reputation and has been awarded 3 Michelin stars for the past 15 years. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: A Story of Excellence is an exclusive look behind the scenes at one of the best restaurants in the world, and captures the constantly evolving quest for culinary perfection as Gordon and his brilliant team challenge themselves to stay ahead of the game in the ever competitive world of fine dining. Capturing the attention to detail that goes into each dish as they balance the best seasonal ingredients and flavors, set against the rich tapestry of restaurant life the book is a fascinating insight into the magical and rare experience of eating at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 304

Dimensions: 258 x 328 mm

Publication Date: 29-08-2023

This book on patternmaking for menswear provides first class guidance on illustration, making it a handy tool for designers, students and advanced hobbyists. In this volume on men's clothing, part of our series on fashion patternmaking techniques by renowned author and designer Antonio Donnanno, readers will acquire the technical and stylistic knowledge they need to ensure their sartorial creations are technically flawless and stay fresh and new. After an introduction to the essential patternmaking tools, basic fabric notions, anatomy and measurement of the male body, industrial sizes and tailoring terms, the author describes in detail and step by step the making of patterns, covering a wealth of types of men's garments for all lifestyles and circumstances: from shirts to jackets, waistcoats, trousers, knitwear and underwear. All is presented with clear and easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations which indicate the author's long experience both as a teacher and as a consultant to international firms and pattern publishers. A special feature that makes this volume unique is the inclusion of an attached pattern sheet showing a base pattern for shirts, jackets and trousers in five sizes. Aimed at professional tailors, teachers and students, sewing lovers and industrial sample makers, this new volume in the Donnanno Fashion Patternmaking series is a useful and practical tool for meeting contemporary menswear tailoring challenges and needs.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 288

Dimensions: 220 x 290 mm

Publication Date: 30-09-2023

The World's Best Typography: The Yearbook of the Type Directors Club of NY (published for the first time 1980) is a bible of inspiration for typography practitioners and enthusiasts. Within its pages, top creatives as well as publishers and students can find role models, fresh trends, inspiring content and new sources of inspiration. Readers will be inspired by the intersection of craftsmanship and creation, of classical skills and trailblazing innovations. Here, trends are identified and set, as the around 750 awarding-winning designs and some 35 new fonts presented clearly illustrate. Designers from all over the world compete to appear in the book. Previously divided into two competitions, one each for Communications Design and Typeface Design, the program is now a single competition consisting of three disciplines: Type Design, Typography and, for the first time, Lettering, which has its own jury. The Award for Typographic Excellence is the ticket to the best agencies in the world. The yearbook also reflects the latest typography trends, sets standards, is a collector's item and distinguishes its owners as visual thought leaders.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 360

Dimensions: 210 x 285 mm

Publication Date: 05-09-2023

This visually stunning love letter to the art of traditional crafts takes readers inside Europe’s most illustrious—and in many cases endangered—decorative arts workshops to profile how artisans continue to maintain the highest centuries-old standards of workmanship and creativity. Beginning in the Renaissance, ateliers were established as places for European artists to work and teach their crafts. Centuries later most of these spaces have disappeared, but a select few continue to produce some of the world’s most celebrated and sought-after objects in the areas of crystal, ceramics, wrought iron, fabric, bookbinding, mosaic, wood paneling, and more. John Whelan and Oskar Proctor traveled throughout Europe to document these important spaces, both to celebrate them and to preserve their disappearing ideals. Ranging from the wellknown to the obscure, this volume takes readers inside dozens of ateliers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. Sumptuous double-page spreads feature alluring photography, and fascinating background texts tell their stories. By shining a light on their collective value as well as their individual expertise, this book offers both a historic evaluation of how ateliers have been shaped by modern forces—and also a clarion call for their preservation.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 288

Dimensions: 240 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 09-02-2023

Combining selections from her celebrated performance pieces as well as independent projects, Valie Export’s photography takes center stage in this unprecedented exploration that offers new insights into the career of an early radical feminist artist. In groundbreaking controversial works such as Touch and Tap Cinema and Action Pants: Genital Panic, Valie Export was one of the first feminist artists to reconsider the ways in which the female body is depicted in conventional film and media. This volume considers how Export’s photography plays into these projects, as a means of documentation, as experiments, or as independent works. Beginning in the late 1960s it spans decades of conceptual photographs that critically examine visual images’ and mass media’s modes of functioning, portrayal, and perception. Rarely seen publicly, these photographs afford new insights into Export’s oeuvre. They are situated at the nexus of film, video, and body art and causally linked to the socially critical and feminist issues around subject and space, performance and visual image, body and gaze, and femininity and representation. The volume traces Export’s photographic work as parallel to her first performance pieces and then later in her career as she investigates all characteristics of the photographic image, from one-point perspective to cropping, to the temporal implications of static individual images. Accompanying the first exhibition to highlighting Export’s photographs this stunning volume was produced in close collaboration with the artist and reflects her exacting standards and vision.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 272

Dimensions: 230 x 285 mm

Publication Date: 30-05-2023