The portrait miniature—a precious, hand-held painting, exchanged as a token of love or remembrance—has long been cherished for its ability to connect people. This book reveals the extraordinary stories, artistic achievement, and cultural and political impact behind these tiny artworks.

This vibrant history of miniature painting, from its fifteenth-century origins to the early twentieth century, links art, fashion, and society in a captivating tale of identity and representation. The Portrait Miniature expands the story to explore the genre's global reach and highlights the important role of women in its development. Illustrated with miniatures shown at or close to their actual size, as well as enlarged details that allow the reader to revel in the painters' skill, this book celebrates some of the most sophisticated portraits ever accomplished.

Award-winning graphic designer and author Luke Herriott invites you to create uniquely idiosyncratic messages or decorate your stuff with these fun alphabets.

Everyone loves the cool graphic look of the classic ransom note, and letters cut from newspapers make any message a little edgy yet playful. The Ransom Note Sticker Book makes it easy to spell out anything you like and capture that unique look.

Thousands of stickers—A-to-Z, plus accents, numerals, and punctuation—in a host of fonts and typefaces are ready for your messages. You can use them to add color to your journals, you can name your stuff, or you can give a Valentine’s Day card a mysterious anonymous touch. . . .

Stationery, wrapping paper, and collages will all benefit from these alphabets, and they make the perfect gift for the crafter, journal-keeper, or scrapbooker.

Skittledog Sticker Books are loved by junk journallers, collage artists, and scrapbookers for their fun and imaginative range.

Make sure to check out:
The Ransom Note Sticker Book
Ye Olde Ransom Note Sticker Book.
The Curious Collectables Sticker Book.
All the Feels: A Sticker Book of Faces and Emotions

Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat—all this is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, an epic account of one of the pivotal episodes in English history, embroidered on a strip of linen. Famously, it shows the stricken Anglo-Saxon king Harold dying on the battlefield of Hastings in 1066 amid a shower of arrows, as axes clash, spears fly, and fallen warriors are trampled beneath charging hooves.

However, there is much more to this remarkable historical and artistic treasure, which tells its tale with an intensity and immediacy that speak to our modern world, almost 1,000 years after its creation. Many mysteries and questions still surround this unique embroidery, and not all is as it might appear at first glance. Who made it, when, why, where, and what for? David Musgrove and Michael Lewis skillfully lead us through the full story of the Tapestry and the history it relates, providing illuminating insight into a world of fascinating details that might otherwise be overlooked or their significance missed. They set the events in the context of the machinations on either side of the English Channel in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest and tease out what the Tapestry tells us of the deeds of kings as well as aspects of everyday life in medieval Europe. This is the definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created.

‘Exquisite.’ Red Mag
‘Full of yearning, melancholy and the romance of travel.’ Irish Times
‘Beautiful.’ Independent

A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.

A collection of all the song lyrics Kazuo Ishiguro has written to date for the renowned American jazz singer, Stacey Kent, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain is also an inspiring ode to collaboration.