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With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Places is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind.

Illustrated with 180 photographs with detailed captions explaining their history and often ghostly past, Graveyards is a vivid pictorial exploration of the best-known, most-haunted and quirkiest burial places in the world today.

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with 150 illustrations and artworks of saints from every part of the world, this book will fascinate anyone interested in inspiring religious figures from Biblical times to John Paul II.

The Cold War provides a pictorial examination of this crucial era in history, offering the reader an instant understanding of the key events and figures in this 45-year period through 150 dramatic and memorable photographs.

The Tao Te Ching, written around 300BC, describes the fundamental beliefs of Taoism, addressing how to live a simple, peaceful and harmonious life, how to rid oneself of desires and institutions that promote greed.
This traditional Chinese-bound dual-language edition presents the original Chinese text with a new translation on the facing page.

Chinese Astrology is a beautifully illustrated guide with easy-to-use instructions to help you understand the fundamental ideas and determine the more advanced aspects accompanied by an explanation of each character and its significance within Chinese astrology: the perfect guide to your inner and outer life.

The sayings known as Cheng yu are used frequently in Chinese.
Chinese Proverbs Illustrated features ovr 75 of the more than 5,000 Cheng yu, reproduced in a large format.
Alongside each phrase is an accessible and inspiring explanation, its literal translation in English, and what the particular strokes symbolize.

Classical Chinese calligraphy is a popular and valuable art form. Characters expressing concepts such as love, peace, respect and happiness are reproduced in a large format, with an accessible and inspiring explanation of how the character developed, what the particular strokes symbolize, and its various different meanings.

Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour and loyalty. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding, Bushido: The Soul of Japan will appeal to anyone interested in leadership, the code of the Samurai and Japanese culture.

Arranged chronologically, History of the World provides a sumptuous, pictorial guide to the most significant events in human history, from the Bronze Age to the 21st Century.

Illustrated with 150 photographs and artworks, Japanese Myths is an accessible, entertaining and highly informative exploration of everything from the kami holy spirits venerated in Shinto religion to the divine origins of the Japanese imperial family.

Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi’s Five Rings is an illustrated new modern translation of a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict produced in a pocket format including 75 images.

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened - the worst nuclear accident in history. Chernobyl provides a photographic exploration of the catastrophe and its aftermath in 180 authentic photos. See the wreckage of No. 4 Reactor, the historic photos of the clean-up operation, and today's decaying apartments and deserted streets.

Chinese myths are rich in symbolism and teach us about an ancient culture that stretches back more than 4000 years. Illustrated with 120 photographs and artworks, Chinese Myths is an accessible, entertaining and highly informative exploration of the fascinating mythology underlying one of the world’s oldest and most influential cultures.

Haiku features 80 classic poems from four poets – Matsuo BashoŻ, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki – which range across more than 200 years of Japanese poetry. Each poem is presented in Japanese script, along with romanised Japanese (romaji), a new English translation and an illustration echoing the poem's theme. 

Arranged in chapters covering physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle, communication, behaviour and working dogs, Dogs is a hugely informative visual celebration of man's best friend. With fascinating captions on every page, even dog lovers will learn something new. 

The Periodic Table Illustrated is a compact illustrated guide to the 118 elements and their properties that will inform and fascinate anyone interested in the core chemical elements that make up our world. Each entry includes the chemical symbol for each element, as well as its structure, uses and history.

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding, Hagakure Illustrated is a new modern translation of a collection of instructive and entertaining anecdotes reflecting on every aspect of life and death according to Bushido, the moral code of the Samurai.

The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience, celebrates the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importance with Zen Buddhism and Taoism.
Covering cultural life, aesthetics and philosophy, this is an exquisitely produced edition using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques.

Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi’s Five Rings is an illustrated new modern translation of a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict produced using beautiful traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques and including 75 images.

Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi’s Five Rings is a new modern translation of a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict produced using beautiful traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques.

The 2,500-year-old I Ching, or 'Book of Changes', is an ancient Chinese work of divination and prophesy, consulted by dropping bundles of dried grass stalks.
Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding with 75 illustrations that make the perfect gift edition, this book will allow anyone to use the I Ching to predict their destiny.

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Haiku features 90 classic poems from four poets: Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki with each poem is presented in Japanese script, along with romanized Japanese (romaji) and an English translation.

The Tao Te Ching, written around 300BC, describes the fundamental beliefs of Taoism, addressing how to live a simple, peaceful and harmonious life, how to rid oneself of desires and institutions that promote greed.
This traditional Chinese-bound dual-language edition presents the original Chinese text with a new translation on the facing page.