The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

A soldier falls asleep on duty and is threatened with being court-martialled. An officer lies in mud, fighting for his life and the life of his men. A young man walks across Waterloo Bridge, explosives in his rucksack, heart pounding. In this powerfully moving book, Faulks shows us the true face of war. These are […]

Produced using a mixture of naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria, wild fermented beers offer the ‘fine dining’ of the beer world. These beers are how beer tasted 200 years ago, before brewing was industrialised, and are enjoying a worldwide revival. Jaega Wise, head brewer at East London’s Wild Card Brewery and presenter of Amazon Prime’s […]

The cheap, colourful plastic designs from East Germany pitted against the cool functionalism of West German design: The publication German Design 1949 – 1989: Two Countries, One History does away with such clichés. More than 30 years after German reunification, it presents a comprehensive overview of German design history of the post-war period for the […]

‘One-in-a-million creativity, Ixta’s food is simply outstanding!’ Yotam Ottolenghi ‘This is such a beautiful and joyful book.’ Nigella Lawson ‘Ixta is what we all long for in a cook. Innovative, passionate, exciting and accessible.’ Andi Oliver ‘Ixta has a unique culinary voice, producing food that’s bold and intense and audacious. Buckle up. It’s quite a […]

Truman Capotes debutroman Andra röster, andra rum [Other Voices, Other Rooms] blev en omedelbar klassiker när den utkom 1948. I dag räknas den till milstolparna i den amerikanska 1900-talslitteraturen.

A House in Japan examines the Japanese home as a site of architectural inquiry―an intimate scale through which ideas about space, structure, and domesticity are continually reimagined. In a context shaped by constraint, precision, and cultural continuity, the residential realm becomes a space of subtle provocation and quiet experimentation. The projects in this volume are […]

Lars Arrhenius (1966-2020) var en sällsynt ­produktiv och levnadsglad konstnär som i sviterna efter en levertrans­plantation gick bort i april 2020. Han blev 53 år gammal. Lars Arrhenius rörde sig bekymmerslöst mellan olika genrer. Han målade i olja, producerade barnprogram för SVT, visade videokonst, gjorde offentliga utsmyckningar, tecknade serier, släppte en vinylskiva med musik, konstruerade […]

Back in 2002, Simon ‘Woody’ Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Freaker and his life was never the same.