Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the ‘playing fields’ of chess games, a semi-permanent ‘structure’ that can determine whether a player…
February 2013Trade Paperback$21.95978-1-84994-070-2Batsford
A beautifully packaged anthology of poems from around the world and throughout history, all especially selected for reading aloud, with one glorious poem for every day of the…
October 2023Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-846-3Batsford
An illustrated anthology of poetry celebrating life in England’s capital. “Earth hath not anything to show more fair,” said William Wordsworth on London in 1802. Hundreds of years…
February 2026Hardcover$17.95978-1-84994-965-1Batsford
A guide to creating beautiful and meaningful textiles. Poetic cloth is about how cloth, stitch and surface create personal meaning in textile art. It shows how a more…
August 2019Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-536-3Batsford
Renowned watercolorist Ann Blockley brings untamed woodlands and forest wilderness to life with her acclaimed style and innovative techniques. Best-selling artist and author Ann Blockley is renowned for…
September 2023Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-808-1Batsford
A sublime collection of beautiful poems written about birds to read again and again as a source of comfort and joy. Poets and artists have always looked to…
September 2023Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-835-7Batsford
A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. This exquisite book is a revised and updated edition of a classic collection that contains over…
August 2025Hardcover$17.95978-1-84994-966-8Batsford
Celebrate all things love with this daily anthology of love poems. With one for every day of the year, there’s something for everyone to love. Love is such…
November 2024Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-916-3Batsford
Poetry of the Zodiac is a fun and enlightening collection that takes you on a journey around the different signs of the zodiac wheel. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations,…
March 2026Hardcover$24.95978-1-83733-043-0Batsford
Warning: this anthology contains poems to enter the. bloodstream and rewild the spirit. As with all life on Earth, the climate emergency, species extinction, ecological disaster, global pandemics,…
March 2021Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-638-4Batsford
A celebration of outdoor swimming – looking at the history, design and social aspect of pools. The 1930s architecture of the pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking…
August 2020Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-623-0Batsford
An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style – and its finest examples Post-modernism was the 1980s’ counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best…
November 2017Hardcover$35.00978-1-84994-450-2Batsford
Colour it in psychedelic colours, in tasteful tones, in all shades of orange! But just colour it! Recapture the purest sense of creativity by colouring in the most…
September 2015Non-traditional book$9.95978-1-84994-287-4Batsford
An updated edition of Paul Keres’ classic endgame instructor, designed specifically for practical players with over 500 extra diagrams to facilitate learning and memorisation of critical lines of…
July 2018Trade Paperback$21.95978-1-84994-495-3Batsford
A practical companion to help kids enjoy outdoor activities and adventures even when it’s rainy, snowy or windy. As the weather turns into autumn and the kids start…
September 2017Trade Paperback$12.95978-1-84994-438-0Batsford
