This lavishly illustrated volume of the imaginative interior and exterior spaces designed by visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright showcases his unique ability to create a building in harmony with its environment, as seen at Falling-water in Pennsylvania; Wright’s beloved home Taliesin West in Arizona; and the groundbreaking Unity Temple in Illinois. Spencer Hart pays tribute to the man who has been called “the single greatest influence on twentieth-century design.

The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to ‘do your bit’, is a design classic and has been repeatedly imitated worldwide. In the run-up to the World War I anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent artwork of Leete and his fellow designers, and explores their legacy. Featuring colour reproductions of propaganda posters and drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book challenges received historical wisdom about these hugely popular and enduring images, and reveals a surprising new history that is no less than groundbreaking.

Signs and symbols inform our perceptions, thoughts and dreams. This wide-ranging multicultural compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining over 500 symbolic images, complete with artistic allusions, metaphor and allegory. Clare Gibson is the author of several books on spirituality, legend and symbolism. Categories explored include: Sacred Symbols, Identity Symbols, Magic and the Occult, Symbol Systems, Nature, Fantastic Creatures, Emotions and the Inner Mind.

Our solar system and the 88 constellations that populate our night sky feature prominently in this wide-ranging book, but that is only the beginning. The Sky Handbook also explains the causes of our weather and the makeup of our atmosphere, the Big Bang and the history of the universe, and the story of human flight and space exploration. The book also offers a distinctly human perspective, since from our earliest civilisations people have looked up at the sky in wonder. The cosmologies of early peoples; the great astronomers of Ancient Greece, Baghdad, and the Renaissance; how human activity threatens our skies – these topics contribute to a better understanding of our place in the universe.

In the encounters in the wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlife: here, the swan. With his inimitable passion and vision, he relives memorable encounters with some of our best-loved native species, offering intimate insights into their extraordinary lives. “The birches, the larches, the mountain grasses and the reed bed are all afire, sparkling after sleety rain and in fitful sunlight. It is as if nature has contrived its finest theatrical stage set and then turned up the colour. There are stags roaring, for it is the season of the red deer rut. There are golden eagles in the mountains, peregrines and ravens on nearby crags, and otters on the river. Every spring, reliably at the nesting season, the place floods spectacularly. I have come here to watch a pair of mute swans.”

The Goddess—the first manifestation of humanity’s need to personify its sense of the sacred in a supreme being—had Her origins in prehistory. Early societies venerated Her as the source of all creation, and the unconscious yearning for Her continues today through sacred images ranging from the Virgin Mary to the icons of animistic societies around the world. Goddess Symbols celebrates this powerful archetype and promotes a greater awareness of self, sexuality and human society.

“Monstrously good.” – Louise Welsh. London, 1823. Mary Shelley’s real-life friend Isabella Baxter Booth is ‘disturbed in her reason’ – seeing ghosts and dependent on narcotics to escape a hellish life with an increasingly violent, deranged husband. Fearful of her own murderous impulses towards him, Isabella flees for her childhood home in Scotland, where she meets an ambitious young doctor, Alexander Balfour. He will stop at nothing to establish a reputation as a genius in the emerging science of psychiatry and he believes that Isabella could be the key to his greatness. But as his own torments threaten to overwhelm Alexander, is he really the best judge of which way madness lies?

Kerrigan’s tone is carefully balanced and the writing is compelling – he urges us to seize the day before it seizes us (Sarah Stone, Dying Matters Coalition). Death is inevitable, yet most of us avoid thinking about it at all costs. But is ignorance really bliss? Perhaps if we prepare ourselves thoughtfully for death – whether our own or a loved one’s – and take charge of our own affairs, we will be able to reduce some of the suffering involved. With new medical life-support technologies, generational & family conflict, complicated loans and pensions, concerns for a greener planet, and all our online activities…Dying, mourning and their aftermath can be a whole lot of grief. Where There’s a Will guides you through all the emotional, financial, legal and practical issues that you need to consider. With a combination of constructive tips and thoughtful reflections on dying, death and bereavement, this book throws light on subjects that all too often remain taboo.

The subject of witchcraft has exerted its fascination throughout recorded history. In this absorbing volume, illustrated with woodcuts, photographs and paintings from around the world, are magical traditions, myths and legends from many cultures alongside a disturbing history of fear, ignorance, persecution and prejudice.

“Strong feeling, uncompromising frankness” – Marina Warner. On wishing night, a seal slips from her watery domain and assumes human form on a Scottish island, but being human proves to be stranger and more complex than she’d imagined. This is an edgy modern retelling of the classic selkie tale, originally published in The Four Marys, a quartet of contemporary novellas drawing on Celtic history and folklore.