The definitive introduction to art from the Viking age, in all media and styles.

Gives you an understanding of the ways in which modern art differs from realistic works of earlier centuries. This book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical and public hostility from Cy Twomblys scribbled "Olympia", Jean-Michel Basquiats crude but spontaneous "LNAPRK", and more.

A unique lens through which to view the modern world: 28 insider accounts of national histories, now available in B-format paperback.

A compact, introductory guide to modern art that explains styles, schools, and movements from Impressionism to the present day

The definitive introduction to the understanding and practice of archaeology, now in its second edition.

An international survey exploring the many ways in which painting is re-approached, re-imagined and challenged by today’s artists.

The hit Netflix series from the Duffer Brothers is now a spine-tingling comic that recounts Will Beyers' harrowing survival in the treacherous Upside Down!

When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!

Follow Will's struggle through the season one events of the hit Netflix show Stranger Thin...

The untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle-lines of the modern Middle East