Книги видавництва Thames & Hudson

This is the most comprehensive and inspirational volume ever published on the extraordinary world of shells, including a worldwide directory of shell collections and grottos and a photographic glossary of shells Shells have been put to an amazing ...

Interior design has undergone a quiet but profound revolution in the last decade, as home-owners have become more aware of international influences and more prepared to experiment, to break out of the prescribed moulds of style. Many different parts ...

The definitive retrospective on the Bauhaus, the 20th century’s greatest art school ‘Architects, sculptors, painters, we all must return to the crafts!’ declared the architect Walter Gropius in his Bauhaus manifesto. Founded as a...

This beautifully illustrated, full-colour history of costume has been produced by bestselling author John Peacock especially for children. With over 325 hand-drawings and clearly written descriptions on every page, it will delight children and be ...

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ornette Coleman – some of the names that brought jazz out of the age of bebop and into the present. As the medium matured in the Forties, Fifties and Sixties, an intense flowering of new styles spa...

On 3 July 1954 Elvis Presley entered a recording studio in Memphis Tennessee, and rock and roll was born. Springing from its roots in the gospel and blues of the American South, rock became a huge business, a global culture, and the stirring voice of...

A new edition of this essential overview of the most exciting, dynamic form of photography The Street Photographer’s Manual celebrates the spirit of street photography with inspiring instruction to help you capture the perfect urban moment. ...

This inspirational book illustrates and discusses both grand and small water gardens throughout the world, from the formal Islamic masterpieces of Granada and Kashmir to the tranquil gardens of Kyoto in Japan. Every principal school of garden design ...

A wonderful catalogue of ideas for getting the best out of outdoor lifestyles – beautiful and practical! An unerring eye for style and superb photography create a seductive portrait of the delights of living alfresco around the world. Ou...

This book marries Stafford Cliff’s unerring eye with the remarkable photography of Gilles de Chabaneix to present a catalogue of opportunities for getting the best out of a life by and on the sea. Seaside Architecture holiday villas in Franc...

Beyond and behind the life of the streets lie the private spaces – interiors and rooms where the tastes and aspirations of individuals are reflected in the design and arrangement of objects set among different colours, textures, materials and f...

The Way We Live is the ultimate guide to home making, presenting in a single source of reference design ideas from across the world, from different cultures and from different times. Gilles de Chabaneix’s atmospheric and inspirational images...

Collecting is an art form, and our homes are the intimate museums where we display our treasures – and with them, aspects of ourselves. Stafford Cliff and Gilles de Chabaneix offer a fascinating compilation of images that celebrate the ways in ...

Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a well-informed...

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them i...