If you could have dinner with any artist, who would it be?
A Mexican fiesta awaits in the garden at Casa Azul, but only if you can make it past some spider monkeys, hairless dogs, a fawn and an Amazonian parrot. Join Frida (and Frida and Frida), along with Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky and a trio of powerful women - Josephine Baker, Georgia O'Keeffe and Jacqueline Lamba - as you piece together the artists, artworks and surroundings that bring Frida Kahlo's passionate story to life.
Do you know why Frida wore long colourful skirts? Or why she often claimed to be three years younger than she was? The answers to all these questions, along with 23 other insightful Frida-facts, have been printed on the inside lid of the puzzle. Brace yourself for one of the most iconic, most interesting artist stories in history as you take up the challenge of this 1000-piece puzzle.
The Dinner Date Jigsaw Puzzle series is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of history's most famous artists. It is a high-quality, luxury puzzle. Each puzzle piece is backed with white board, ensuring that the puzzle doesn't fray, but is still compatible with puzzle glue.
En 2010, le journaliste et auteur Will Jones a quitté la vie londonienne pour déménager dans le Canada rural avec sa jeune famille. Son rêve était de construire une cabane isolée dans les bois, qui serait un refuge silencieux du monde.
Ceci est l'histoire de la création de son ultime cachette, inspirée par les pratiques de construction de cabanes à travers le monde. Le livre est rempli de conseils pratiques pour les constructeurs en herbe et de perspectives sur l'histoire de la culture des cabanes.
Dans ce livre, Will Jones explore l'histoire et le romantisme de la construction de cabanes et plonge dans les styles architecturaux, les outils et les techniques des constructeurs historiques et modernes. Tissant l'histoire personnelle de sa propre construction de cabane avec des savoir-faire pratiques illustrés sur tout, de la décision du site et de son orientation, aux fondations et à la conception intérieure, le livre essentiel de Jones regorge d'idées inspirantes.
L'envie d'échapper à la ville et de vivre en pleine nature n'a jamais été aussi forte. À la fois récit, histoire et guide pratique, c'est la lecture ultime pour quiconque rêve de construire sa propre cabane.
Roses, lilies, violets, and marigolds are among the 50 flowers, all featured in the works of Shakespeare, that wind around this beautifully literary circular jigsaw puzzle
Shakespeare grew up in the English countryside and filled his works with references to flowers, plants, animals, and insects. Celebrating them all, Rebecca Harris's rich illustration style brings this circular jigsaw puzzle to life. Memorable quotations from the poems and plays scroll through the art: "I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows" from A Midsummer Night's Dream, for instance. Lush, fruitful, and romantic, this puzzle will appeal to bookstores thanks to the strong literary connections, and to hobbyist puzzlers thanks to the intricate art.
An intimate and mouth-watering journey into the lives and cuisine of the Bloomsbury Group, featuring numerous unpublished recipes, beguiling quotations and original artworks.
The Bloomsbury Group fostered a fresh, creative and vital way of living that encouraged debate and communication ('only connect'), as often as not across the dining table. Gathered at these tables were many of the great figures in art, literature and economics in the early twentieth century: E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, J. M. Keynes, Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf, among many others. Here the Bloomsbury story is told in seven broadly chronological chapters, beginning in the 1890s and finishing in the very recent past. Each chapter comprises a series of narratives, many of which are enhanced with an appropriate recipe, along with sketches, paintings, photographs, letters and handwritten notes, and featuring original quotations throughout.
Part cookbook, part social and cultural history, this book will appeal to lovers of food and lovers of literature alike.
Unlock the secrets of the ancient Egyptian afterlife as you assemble this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle and make the treacherous journey through the underworld. Will you reach Aaru?
Discover the mysterious rites and rituals of death in ancient Egypt as you assemble this 1,000-piece puzzle. Witness mourners escorting the departed to their tomb, where a jackal-headed priest recites sacred spells to prepare them for the afterlife. Follow their journey through the Duat - the Egyptian underworld - into the Hall of Two Truths, where their heart is weighed to determine their fate. If worthy, they will enter Aaru, a serene paradise where they are welcomed by their ancestors.
However, the journey to Aaru is fraught with peril. The deceased must overcome many demons, including Apep, the god of chaos, who takes the form of a colossal serpent. With help from powerful gods and goddesses including Re, the sun-god, and Osiris, ruler of the underworld, they must navigate the various challenges that stand between them and eternal paradise.
Puzzlers can learn about the Book of the Dead and the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt in the concertina fold-out. Despite its name, the Book of the Dead wasn't wasn't a single 'book', but a collection of funerary scrolls created over 2,000 years. The concertina includes an accessible introduction to the history of these scrolls and a step-by-step guide to navigating the Duat. When unfolded, it reveals a large reproduction of the jigsaw illustration with a key to its eighteen vignettes. Each vignette is paired with a real spell from the Book of the Dead - just in case you need to charm a demon or two!
A celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of the most remarkable trees, with exquisite illustrations from the incomparable collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
More than 60,000 species of trees are found in an amazing variety of forms, sizes and habitats. Every tree has its own story and here are over 60, selected for their particular resonance and connection with humankind and representing most of the world's major zones and ecologies.
In this compact edition, portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, the authors reveal the details of trees from around the world, both familiar and strange. We use timbers for building and creating, have discovered which tree fruits and seeds taste delicious, and which can kill or cure us, and which species can add colour and spirituality to our lives - from the timber of mahogany to the delights of chocolate and pomegranate, from the medicinal tea tree to the deadly manchineel, and from fragrant frankincense to the highly prized dragon's blood tree.
Artists and botanists alike have been inspired by trees for centuries, and a varied and beautiful range of images from the unrivalled archive at Kew illustrate the stories, to create this enlightening and enchanting book.
Celebrating the glories of gothic style and attitude, this tarot deck and accompanying handbook will help any goth find their true path
With traditional tarot iconography given a uniquely gothic aesthetic, this deck is illustrated with sophisticated new art by illustrator--and goth--Natalie Foss. Using the 78 cards and 40-page guidebook, elegantly presented in a gift box, the deck will accompany the user on their journey toward self-knowledge, and a more profound understanding of their place in the world. The 22 cards of the traditional Major Arcana, taking the user on a journey from the Fool to the World, are a proven way to address life's challenges; the 54-card Minor Arcana, consisting of suits of Wands, Pentacles, Cups, and Swords, help us understand our creative, material, emotional, and rational selves. All are explained and demystified in the accompanying book, written by a seasoned tarot practitioner (and ex-goth) Stephen Baird, so even beginners will be able to interpret the cards they draw, singly or as part of sophisticated spreads.
Embark on a captivating 1,000-piece journey through art history with this jigsaw puzzle. Trace the evolution of human expression from the first drawings to modern-day masterpieces.
New to art history and puzzled about where to start?
Try piecing together this beautifully illustrated timeline featuring fifty key moments in art history. This jigsaw traces the story of art, starting at Blombos Cave, the oldest known workshop where the first drawings were discovered. Step inside the studio of Artemisia Gentileschi, follow Sebastião Salgado documenting life in the Amazon, and uncover Emperor Qin Shi Huang's vast Terracotta Army.
This is perfect for puzzlers who want a fun introduction to art history.
A garden that cannot be seen in one glance entices people to step outside with a sense of wonder. Landscape designer Paul Bangay has an extraordinary ability to envisage scale and create gardens that feel as though they've been there forever. These gardens are places to explore.
They emerge from the countryside, with borrowed landscapes and dramatic views as key elements. Within each design, Paul creates spaces that bring a different experience of the garden. Vast lawns are bordered by wild grass terraces or dramatic herbaceous borders that flower all year round. An allée of trees directs the eye to mountains in the distance. Outdoor dining areas create intimate vantage points within the broader scale. Jasmine-covered walls diffuse exquisite scent on summer nights.
From grand gardens in France to a forest grown from saplings, join Paul on this tour de force of projects complete with lakes, mountains and walled gardens. For each project, Paul shares the design process, as well as garden plans and extensive planting lists.
Simon Griffiths' photography of these gardens from around the world captures the sublime form, light and generous landscapes.
Big Garden Design documents a designer who relishes the challenge of working at scale and the principles of landscape design from the most precise detail to the grandest vista.
If you could have dinner with any artist, who would it be?
A giant grasshopper, an anteater and an ocelot named Babou - they're not your usual dinner guests. Put down your lobster telephone and experience the magic of Salvador Dali in this 1000-piece puzzle. Join Meret Oppenheim, Rene Magritte and a kaleidoscope of butterflies as you piece together the artists, artworks and surroundings that bring this surrealist dream to life.
Did you know that Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo? Or that he once packed 500kg of cauliflower into a Rolls Royce? Piece together this 1000-piece puzzle and then peek inside the lid to discover the meaning behind everything in the artwork. There's 25 interesting facts to discover.
The Dinner Date Jigsaw Puzzle series is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of history's most famous artists.
In this vast sweep of our Earths history, Michael Benton brings the deep past to life as never before. Deploying the cutting-edge tools in biology, chemistry, physics and geology that are transforming our understanding of previous environmental cataclysms including the incredible new discovery of a hitherto unknown extinction event he uncovers not only their lethal effects but also the processes that brought about such large-scale destruction.
Beginning with the oldest extinction, Benton investigates the Late Ordovician, which set the evolution of the first animals on an entirely new course; the late Devonian, brought on by global warming; the cataclysmic End-Permian, which wiped out over 90 per cent of all life on Earth; and, book-ending the age of the dinosaurs, the newly discovered Carnian Pluvial Event and the End-Cretaceous asteroid. He examines how global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification, erupting volcanoes and meteorite impact have affected conditions on Earth, the drastic consequences for global ecology, and how life in turn survived, adapted and evolved.
This expert retelling of scientific breakthroughs allows us to link long-ago upheavals to our modern crises. As todays climate scientists and political leaders grapple to understand these processes and our planet enters the sixth great extinction, these insights from the past may hold the key to survival.
Feared, revered, respected, and beloved, cats have left an indelible paw print on the histories and civilizations of humankind. Over the last two million years, cats and people have interacted in diverse and unexpected ways, but the predecessors of today's furry friends were predators, not pets.
Leading anthropologist Jerry Moore charts the cat's path from deadly enemy to improbable roommate, making use of the latest archaeological evidence to produce an original and revealing narrative. Starting with the terrifying prehistorical scimitar--tooth cat of the Pliocene age and the lion drawings of the Paleolithic Chauvet caverns, Moore journeys through our complicated history with these charismatic creatures. He travels along the Nile and across the Mediterranean, sailing on to South America, exploring pet cemeteries, cat mummies, and exquisite statuary across continents and centuries.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, artifacts, and artworks, this book surveys our relationships with cats from the Paleolithic period to the present day, unlocking the mysteries of these remarkable creatures. While cats are now beloved members of families around the world, our attempts to bring cats in from the cold have not always had happy endings, as Moore explores through such famous feline fanciers as Joe Exotic, Siegfried Fischbacher, and Roy Horn. From incredible archaeological finds to cave paintings, and from classical statues to contemporary social media, Cat Tales surveys ancient and modern interactions between humans and cats, wild and domestic, to ask a simple question: who domesticated who?
A cross-country culinary adventure complemented by mouth-watering photographs - an invaluable resource for chefs and home cooks who wish to recreate the flavours of Indian streets in their own kitchens.
Texture, colour, flavour - the essence of India itself, intertwine and explode in this stunning cookbook. Celebrating the patent versatility and abundance of Indian cuisine, India Local focuses on India's street foods and chaats.
Uncover the legendary roots of Rome as you build this stunning 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle and journey through Virgil's greatest masterpiece, the Aeneid.
Build this jigsaw puzzle - without divine intervention - and join Aeneas, Trojan hero and son of Venus, as he escapes the fallen city of Troy. Follow as he battles mighty storms and ancient monsters, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair, and ultimately reaches Italy, where he is destined to found a great city.
Embark on an epic voyage of discovery, in one thousand puzzle pieces!
In this fabulous puzzle, collage artist Maria Rivans celebrates Darwin''s journey with a glorious selection of its sights - from the giant tortoises of the Galapagos to the fossils of the Andes and, of course, the Beagle herself. Giving the puzzle an extra dimension, an accompanying booklet identifies the fauna included and reveals the stories behind the images chosen for the puzzle.
Tableaux, sculptures, bois flotté, coquillages, bric-à-brac de brocantes... Comment tirer le meilleur parti des objets que nous possédons et chérissons ? Comment sublimer nos intérieurs en exploitant les qualités décoratives d'une collection d'objets, qu'ils soient précieux ou non ? Grâce aux superbes photographies de Gilles de Chabaneix, Stafford Cliff nous propose quantité d'idées de mises en scène pour nos intérieurs et nous invite à un voyage dans des maisons parmi les plus splendides du monde. Dans les sept chapitres qui composent cet ouvrage nous découvrons ainsi de magnifiques agencements d'objets, qu'il s'agisse d'art, d'artisanat, d'antiquités, d'objets utilitaires ou religieux ou encore de formes intrigantes trouvées dans la nature. Vivre les objets constitue une véritable source d'inspiration pour les décorateurs, les collectionneurs et aussi tous ceux qui sont intimement convaincus que la beauté réside dans le détail et que toute chose, de la plus précieuse à la plus prosaïque, raconte en définitive une histoire. Plus de 250 photographies en couleurs.
Road Trip! is a nostalgic 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle journey with a coast-to-coast theme!
Join celebrated collage artist Maria Rivans on a freewheeling jigsaw journey across America! Driving from sea to shining sea, taking in the deserts, the Rockies, the great plains, and the forests of New England, you'll feel the excitement of the open road and the wind in your hair.
Maria's brand-new collage celebrates the imagery of the 1950s and '60s, an era of beautiful cars, confident graphics, and carefree driving; it includes a host of nostalgic views of the nation's great landscapes and cities.
A fascinating compendium showcasing the extraordinary wonders of the birds that share our world through exquisite ornithological illustrations, prints and drawings.
We share the Earth with more than 10,000 species of birds and we have always been enchanted by them. Here, over 60 birds, organized thematically into eight sections, cover all aspects of our relationship with birds.
'Songbirds' celebrates the greatest bird virtuosi, such as the Nightingale, while 'Birds of Prey' include majestic hunters s
