Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, the great myths are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning, heroism and cruelty, sensuality and war.

For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war – but what about love?

Photographs and stories of 500 women from around the world, based on the author’s hugely popular website

An inspirational and insightful resource for architecture students and professionals that offers a new way of thinking about architecture to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Whether you’re trying your hand at painting for the first time or honing your artistic ability, Artist’s Painting Techniques is the handiest guide to teach you how to paint.

Learn how to draw with charcoal, pen, and pastel with step-by-step workshops from professional artists.

The Book of Symbols sets new standards for thoughtful exploration of symbols and their meanings, and will appeal to a wide range of readers: artists, designers, dreamers and dream interpreters, psychotherapists, self-helpers, gamers, comic book readers, religious and spiritual searchers, writers, students, and anyone curious about the power of archetypal images.

Drawing on myriad genres and techniques – portraits, nudes, fashion spreads, medical micrographs – Nathalie Herschdorfer approaches the body as a nebulous and dynamic organism, a site for self-invention, a source of self-loathing, and an arena for personal myth and public scrutiny … the book contains a number of contemporary masterpieces ‘New York Times Book Review