A children's book featuring artwork, historical facts, and mythological texts.

Presented as a practical art course, this book progresses from basic linear and energy drawing to more advanced drawing and colouring techniques - suitable for both aspiring and experienced artists.

Presents the collection of John Howe's dragon art. This book reveals the myths behind each dragon, as well as an exploration on its render, with full captions, annotations, highlighted details and design elements.

The essential companion for any reader journeying through The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by John Howe, conceptual artist on the Lord of the Rings films.

This beautiful 3-dimensional book explores the history and life of the Knights - their armour, their battles, courtly love, etc. Pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, pull-tabs and an interesting and lively text take the reader back in time to the magical world of jousting, fighting and feasting. A good companion volume to the bestselling "CASTLES" which was a BA title in 1994.

A collection of dragon art that features various medieval, celtic, gothic and sci-fi icons ranging from fire dragons erupting from molten depths, through sea dragons churning stormy seas. It reveals the myths behind each dragon, as well as an exploration on its render, with full captions, annotations, highlighted details and design elements.

As an increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports, hotels, on motorways, or in front of TV and computer screens, Augi investigates the alteration of awareness that has resulted from this invasion of non-places.

Money Power and the Origins of Our Times. .

Contained in a high quality decorative folder, complete with background information, the six pictures selected here - many not seen before - are examples of Howe's dramatic artwork taken from his portfolio A Tolkien Gallery .

Suitable for practical artists, this book provides demonstrations, sketches and finished paintings. It covers a range of subjects essential to aspiring fantasy artists, including materials and the creative process, and drawing and painting humans, beasts, landscapes and architecture.

This lavish hardback edition of 'Beowulf' follows the successful 'The Snow Queen'.

A stunning portfolio of over 100 of John Howe's Tolkien and fantasy cover, calendar and exhibition paintings, with supporting notes, sketches and photographs by the artist. Includes Foreword by Peter Jackson, director of the award-winning film trilogy.

Containing a series of some 270 specially posed photographs, the authors recreate the fighting men of the High Middle Ages set in their 15th century environment. Noblemen and armoured knights, officers and halbardiers, artillery and handgunners, and others are placed in realistic outdoor settings and historic interiors in Britain and Europe.

Learn the art of ancient correspondence with this egyptologist's stationery kit. For all budding egyptologists, this pack includes clues to some of Egypt's hidden mysteries. Contains wallet + 16 notepaper sheets, 16 envelopes, 2 sticker sheets, 6 postcards and wafer and sticker seal.

Available together for the first time, Tolkien's Maps of The Hobbit, Beleriend and Middle-earth are beautifully presented in an exquisite box-set illustrated by John Howe. This special edition includes a unique map of Numenor.

A companion to the bestselling 'Wizardology', this book features twenty-four lessons in Wizardology presented by Master Merlin that span a whole year's worth of magical learning. Divided into four sections based on the four seasons of the year - and the four elements - young apprentice wizards will learn much magical and mythical lore, while also being able to read legends associated with Merlin .

Drawing on field survey and historical data, this title shows that the involution of America's urban core after the 1960s is due not to the emergence of an 'underclass', but to the joint withdrawal of market and state fostered by public policies of racial separation and urban abandonment.

Focuses on a century of film. This book argues that - after the century of Chaplin and Pol Pot, Monroe and Hitler, Stalin and Mae West, Mao and the Marx Brothers - film and history are inextricably intertwined. It presents the author's thoughts on film theory, cinematic technique, film histories, as well as the video revolution.