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Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World. Vol. 2
Following the best seller Axel Vervoordt: Timeless Interiors, this volume of fifteen new interiors expands on the Vervoordt vision for creating exceptional homes that combine natural elements, antiques, and fine art.
The art of harmonious living is extolled in this volume through twenty bespoke interiors designed by the Axel Vervoordt Company. Each room incorporates natural light as an essential component of design, along with other elements-water, metal, and wood-blended with a modern aesthetic and punctuated with fine art. The Vervoordt concept of the home is revealed through a refined balance between art and nature to create timeless living spaces. The range of featured properties includes homes by the sea, as well as in urban and rural locations, demonstrating a breadth of styles possible within the essential Vervoordt design principles.
Photography by Laziz Hamani brings into focus both the unique design details and the carefully constructed interiors that fuse to create each striking setting. These exceptional residences are rich with inspirational ideas to incorporate into your own home so that you can celebrate your living space in the singular Vervoordt style.
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Bayrut: The Cookbook
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is an exhilarating city with a tumultuous past yet a thriving, vibrant culinary reputation.
Perfectly poised between the Middle East and the Mediterranean, Lebanese cuisine is hugely popular — famed for its varied and flavourful regional dishes that emphasize whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables and seafood.
Beirut’s ever-changing, often turbulent, heritage means that its food has evolved an exciting character of its own. In this book, Hisham Assaad shows you the best the city has to offer, with accessible, delicious recipes, ranging from the classics to more modern fare. He tells the story of a city with energy and diversity, of multiple cultures and traditions, with ever-popular street food, a thriving restaurant and café scene, and traditional family favourites handed down through generations. Create lavish breakfast spreads, traditional Sunday feasts, fresh and vibrant salads, easy and nutritious dinners, or even an afternoon tea with perfumed sweets and delicacies.
With stunning photography, this book will transport you to the cultural melting pot that is Beirut — a city rightly famed for its incredible food.
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Nomad At Home
Nomad at Home dissects the desire to wander the globe from the point of view of the design-led traveller, those for whom ‘it is a better thing to travel hopefully than to arrive’.
In Nomad at Home, compulsive wanderer Hilary Robertson showcases 10 unique locations and tells the stories of different nomadic tribes: the Adopters, who have left home forever and made a life elsewhere, as well as the Escapists, always on the move, with a base in two, three or maybe even four locations. Then there are the Serial Wanderers, who simply absorb the DNA of any given destination and bring it all back home; creating Provence in Pittsburgh with ingredients gathered on their travels. There are more ways than one of satisfying a wandering eye. As well as offering inspiration from homes all over the globe, Nomad at Home also contains champion shopper Hilary's nomadic sourcebook, which allows readers to hit the ground shopping in destinations all over the world, with an address book for every country covered, every story told.
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Slim Aarons - La Dolce Vita
This lavish fourth volume in Abrams’ Slim Aarons collection revels in this photographer’s decades-long love affair with Italy. From breathtaking aerials of the Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits of celebrities and high society taken in magnificent villas, Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita captures the essence of “the good life.” Slim Aarons first visited Italy as a combat photographer during World War II and later moved to Rome to shoot for Life magazine, yet even after relocating to New York, he would return to Italy almost every year for the rest of his life.
The images collected here document the aristocracy, cultural elite, and beautiful people, such as Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Joan Fontaine, and Tyrone Power, who lived la dolce vita in Italy’s most fabulous places during the last 50 years. The introduction by Christopher Sweet shares stories from Aarons’s years in Italy and new insights about his life and career.
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Cook Beautiful
The debut cookbook from Athena Calderone, creator of EyeSwoon, with 100 seasonal recipes for meals as gorgeous as they are delicious. In Cook Beautiful, Athena reveals the secrets to preparing and presenting unforgettable meals. As the voice and curator behind EyeSwoon, an online lifestyle destination for food, entertaining, fashion, and interior design, Athena cooks with top chefs, hosts incredible dinners, and designs stunning tablescapes, while emphasizing the importance of balancing the visual elements of each dish with incredible flavors. In her debut cookbook, she’s finally showing the rest of us how to achieve her impeccable yet approachable cooking style. Included are 100 recipes with step-by-step advice on everything from prep to presentation-from artfully layering a peach and burrata salad to searing a perfect steak.
Recipes include Grilled Zucchini Flatbread with Ramp-Pistachio Pesto,Charred Eggplant with Zaatar and Yogurt Tahini, Mezzi Rigatoni with Radicchio and Guanciale, Stewed Pork with Squash and Walnut Gremolata, Blood Orange Bundt Cake with Orange Bitters Glaze, and more. Organized by season, each section closes with a tablescape inspired by nature, along with specific table décor and entertaining tips. Cook Beautiful is where design meets food, where culinary tradition marries food styling, where home chefs become experts. These are luscious dishes to make for friends and family, with advice that will inspire you to create visually stunning, and still wholly delicious, culinary masterpieces.
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Arent & Pyke
The objects that tell stories, the colours that call to the senses, the materials that evoke certain moods – all these play a vital part in the design of a home by Arent & Pyke. Known for their focus on the psychology of space, the design duo maintains that a well-designed home can enrich your life. Their masterful approach to colour and materials results in optimistic, meaningful interiors high on charm and comfort.
With expertise in the softer nuanced tones of the tertiary palette, colours such as coral, nougat and olive, Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke use colour to lift the spirits and arresting material pairings to evoke a nostalgic allure. Whether it’s the drama of three different types of marble or a checkerboard terrazzo floor of variegated greens, the Arent & Pyke signature style balances colour and materiality.
This, their first book, addresses their design ethos expressed through joy, colour, character, spirit and alchemy, and showcases their best work. Each of the projects featured include paint names, fabric brands, key learnings and insights into how these spaces were created. Generously illustrated and artfully designed, Arent & Pyke: Interiors Beyond the Primary Palette exemplifies how a thoughtfully designed space has the power to generate a sense of grounding, comfort and freedom to create a full, joyous living experience.
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Contemporary Japanese Architecture
The contemporary architecture of Japan has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than seven Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize.
Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book reveals how this unique creativity is a fruit of Japan’s very particular situation that includes high population density, a modern, efficient economy, a long history, and the continual presence of disasters in the form of earthquakes. Accepting ambiguity, as seen in the evanescent reflections of Sejima’s Kanazawa Museum, or constant change and the threat of catastrophe is a key to understanding what makes Japanese architecture different from that of Europe or America.
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Jakar Square Beach Blanket | Black
Our signature square beach blankets are back - double sized for a design that works equally well as a throw or a picnic rug. Each throw is woven from the softest Turkish Cotton and finished with a knotted edge.
Measurements
170cm x 170cm / 66.9" x 66.9"
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
180cm x 180cm / 71" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 900gr
- Grams per square metre (GSM): 280
Jakar Square Beach Blanket | Tuscan Green
Our signature square beach blankets are back - double sized for a design that works equally well as a throw or a picnic rug. Each throw is woven from the softest Turkish Cotton and finished with a knotted edge.
Measurements
170cm x 170cm / 66.9" x 66.9"
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
180cm x 180cm / 71" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 900gr
- Grams per square metre (GSM): 280
Jakar Square Beach Blanket | Terracotta
Our signature square beach blankets are back - double sized for a design that works equally well as a throw or a picnic rug. Each throw is woven from the softest Turkish Cotton and finished with a knotted edge.
Measurements
170cm x 170cm / 66.9" x 66.9"
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
180cm x 180cm / 71" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 900gr
- Grams per square metre (GSM): 280
Jakar Square Beach Blanket | Guava
Our signature square beach blankets are back - double sized for a design that works equally well as a throw or a picnic rug. Each throw is woven from the softest Turkish Cotton and finished with a knotted edge.
Measurements
170cm x 170cm / 66.9" x 66.9"
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
180cm x 180cm / 71" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 900gr
- Grams per square metre (GSM): 280
Olive Oil Bar Soap | 50gr
Olive Oil Bar Soap humectant properties help your skin absorb and retain moisture which keeps it from drying out. It has a light warm fragrance and has antimicrobial properties. Honey Olive Oil Bar Soap can be used on your face, body and hair (as long as it's not colour treated).
This is a dense bar of soap that retains its form, will never crack and will not leave the usual soap residue on your shower shelf or bathroom vanity. Honey Olive Oil Bar Soap is beneficial to all skin types. Treat your skin kindly everyday.
Ingredients
Saponified Olive Oil, Saponified Coconut Oil, Saponified Castor Oil, Fragrance
Anatolia" Fig Leaf, Bergamot, and Rosewood
Istanbul" Clove, Sandalwood, Cardamom
Tangier" Neroli, White Jasmine, Nutmeg and Tuberose
Andalusia" Thyme and Alive Leaf
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Dimensions
6cm x 6cm x 4cm / 2.36" x 2.36" x 1.57"
Wgt | 0.15kg / 0.33lb
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What makes Saardé Natural Olive Oil Soap so special?
Saardé all-natural olive oil bar soap is made on a beautiful sun-drenched olive farm on the Aegean coast of Turkey - a region where olives have been cultivated for over 2000 years.
The process and formulation of this soap were developed over many years to be particularly moisturising and nourishing – it is unlike any other soap you have ever used - it feels beautiful to use, doesn't leave your skin feeling dry and doesn't crack or get the soapy slime that many soaps do.
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Just the good things
- No SLS/SLES
- No Dyes
- Natural ingredients
- No synthetic preservatives
- No synthetic colours
- Palm oil-free
- Moisturises & nourishes the skin
- Biodegradable
- Vegan
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Benefits
- Moisturising and nourishing – One of the best things about olive oil soap is its powerful moisturising and nourishing properties. It helps to soften the skin moisturising while gently cleansing.
- Rich in antioxidants – Olive oil promotes healthier skin by reversing oxidation and repelling damage-causing free radicals.
- Suitable for all skin types – Olive oil soap can be used by everyone, from babies to the elderly, and are suitable for all skin types. Its moisturising and nourishing properties mean it is suitable for people with dry skin. Olive oil soap is non-greasy and doesn’t clog pores which is great for oily or acne prone skin. Olive oil is hypoallergenic, which means it won’t cause a nasty reaction when applied to skin.
- Mild and soothing for the skin – Olive oil soap is a great alternative for people suffering from eczema or psoriasis as it has a lower pH than most commercial soaps. It's moisturising, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties help to soften, sooth and nourish the skin, all without interfering with natural skin function.
Live Beautiful
Beautiful design isn’t just pleasant to look at; it improves the quality of our lives. In Live Beautiful, the highly anticipated design book by Athena Calderone, the EyeSwoon creator taps into her international network of interior decorators, fashion designers, and tastemakers to reveal how carefully crafted interiors come together. She also opens the doors to two of her own residences.
With each homeowner, Calderone explores the initial spark of inspiration that incited their design journey. She then breaks down the details of the rooms-like layered textures and patterns, collected pieces, and customized vignettes-and offers helpful tips on how to bring these elevated elements into your own space. Filled with gorgeous photography by Nicole Franzen, Live Beautiful is both a showpiece of exquisite design and a guide to creating a home that’s thoughtfully put together.
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Istria
‘Istria is testament to the idea that recipes are so much more than instructions, that they are accumulated layers of stories and histories, both personal and collective, brought to life every time a dish is made. An exquisite book.’ — Rachel Roddy
Istria is the heart-shaped promontory at the northern crux of the Adriatic Sea, where rows of vines and olives grow in fields of red earth. Here, the cuisine records a history of changing borders — a blend of the countries (Italy, the Republic of Venice, Austria, Hungary and now Slovenia and Croatia) that have shared Istria’s hills and coasts and valleys.
This book is a record of traditions, of these cultures and of Paola’s family: recipes from her childhood, the region’s past, and family and friends who still live beside the Adriatic coast. Among recipes for semolina dumplings, beef and pork goulash and apricot strudel are memories of the region and stories of the recipes’ authors: the Italian-Istrians who remained in the region after the 1940s, and those who left for new countries.
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Hare + Klein Interior
Distinguished by an aesthetic of understated luxury and attention to fine detail, Hare + Klein is synonymous with uncompromisingly comfortable, liveable interiors made exceptional by deceivingly effortless styling. Whether it’s a stark inner-city warehouse brought to life by contemporary furniture and finishes or a rural idyll seamlessly linked to a gorgeous garden, Hare + Klein’s style is unmistakeable.
Hare + Klein Interior showcases the signature use of texture, colour and scale in responsive interior design that has defined their practice to date. Featuring alluring photography, architectural sketches, fabric swatches and mood boards for fourteen properties, this, their second book, offers further insight into their design decisions and the stunning, timeless homes that they produce.
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Good Mornings
Brunch always feels like an indulgent treat, reserved for lazy weekends. But what if brunch could be an everyday treat without the indulgence? Good Mornings is full of beautiful options that are as good for you as they are delicious.
Featuring gorgeous, simple recipes, these dishes are all refined-sugar free, mostly vegetarian and packed with vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options. With chapters focusing on drinks, baking, eggs and things, fruit and cereals, there’s no reason every morning shouldn’t be a Good Morning.
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Great Escapes Greece
Greece’s ancient art and culture form the cradle of Western civilization-numerous monuments and museums tell to this day of the country’s rich history. Greece is unique also by virtue of its breathtaking landscapes, the hospitality of its inhabitants, and its fabulous hotels, making it the dream destination of many travelers. The fresh and healthy cuisine, the crystal clear sea, and the canvas-worthy sunsets do the rest-a trip to Greece is pure delight.
Angelika Taschen travels from the mountains of Macedonia in the north to the Peloponnese with its mythical places like Corinth, Sparta, and Olympia, and to the larger and smaller groups of islands in the south. She opens the doors to some of the country’s most extraordinary hotels, including Imaret in Kavala, located in a former Ottoman complex; Tainaron Blue Retreat in a secluded former defense tower in the Mani; and The Windmill, a converted windmill on the island of Kimolos in the Cyclades. She invites readers to discover legendary luxury hotels, like Eagles Palace in Halkidiki or Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses, and takes them to enchanting B&Bs like Guesthouse Mazaraki in Mystras or Mèlisses on Andros, run by food blogger Allegra Pomilio.
Along her itinerary, she visits hotels on well-known picturesque islands-such as the Mystique on Santorini and the Soho Roc House on Mykonos-but also accommodations in remote places like the Mediterraneo on the island of Kastelorizo, which lies in the very southeast of Greece off the Turkish coast. In addition she shows interesting architectural and design concepts, such as The Rou Estate hotel village, a historic, carefully restored hamlet on Corfu; the minimalist Olea All Suite Hotel on Zakynthos; and Ammos on Crete, where no two pieces of furniture are alike and new eccentric pieces are added every year.
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Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Tuscan Green
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Gram per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Pink
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
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Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Gram per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Sand
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
Shipping and Returns
Free shipping for all Australian orders over $100 and international orders over $300. More information here.
Free 30-day returns for all standard orders as per our returns and refunds policy here.
Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Grams per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Honey
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
Shipping and Returns
Free shipping for all Australian orders over $100 and international orders over $300. More information here.
Free 30-day returns for all standard orders as per our returns and refunds policy here.
Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Gram per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Black
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
Shipping and Returns
FreFree shipping for all Australian orders over $100 and international orders over $300. More information here.
Free 30-day returns for all standard orders as per our returns and refunds policy here.
Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Gram per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sicily Turkish Beach Towel | Anatolia
Checkerboard pattern meets Mediterranean-inspired hues in the new Sicily Towel Collection. Loomed from the finest Turkish cotton, these towels are soft, absorbent, and make the perfect companion for all things summer & outdoors.
A beautiful combination of practicality & aesthetics - use as a beach towel, bath towel or travel towel. These flat woven towels are easy to fit in your beach bag and dry quickly.
Materials
100% Turkish Cotton
Details
- Designed in Australia by Saardé Co-founder Verity Kizek
- Made in Turkey
Care
- Machine wash up to 30°C / 86°F
- Line dry or tumble dry on low heat
Shipping and Returns
Free shipping for all Australian orders over $100 and international orders over $300. More information here.
Free 30-day returns for all standard orders as per our returns and refunds policy here.
Dimensions
90cm x 180cm / 35" x 71"
- Towel Weight: 370gr
- Gram per square meter (GSM): 230gr
Sunrise Dance
When you wake up in the morning, playful animals are starting their day! Push and pull the sturdy tabs to make dragonflies dance and bear cubs bustle in this sweet, interactive tale of morning-time fun.
A charming and interactive bedtime read-aloud, young children will delight in moving the durable novelty elements, making the illustrations transform through their efforts.
Details
Board book
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The Modern Explorers
This book profiles forty modern explorers who have disproved the idea that there is nowhere left to discover. Some are experienced and celebrated worldwide, while others are just starting to make their mark.
The Modern Explorers delves into challenging and extraordinary expeditions to the remotest parts of the world by explorers from the United States, Australia, China, France, and beyond. Nine thematic sections cover all terrains: Polar, Desert, Rainforest, Mountain, Ocean, River, Under Sea, Under Land, and Lost Worlds. Written mainly by the explorers themselves, these accounts provide unique insight into what it is like to join an expedition, from being dragged through the top of the rainforest canopy in an inflatable raft suspended from a balloon to pedalling a boat across the Pacific to standing on the edge of an erupting volcano.
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Draw Like an Egyptian
A weird and wonderful activity book about the culture, gods and traditions of Ancient Egypt.
Take a journey down the Nile to the Delta and discover the rites and rituals, art and culture of the Ancient Egyptians. Jackal-headed Anubis, Osiris, ruler of the underworld and his wife, Isis, goddess of love, is brought to life in Jay Wright's warm, contemporary style. Activities include: designing a pharaoh's headdress, making up your own gods, writing your name in hieroglyphics and discovering the treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb, alongside plenty of colouring in. A warm, humorous illustration and text style will get young readers engaged with the fascinating historical rituals and traditions of one of the world's greatest civilisations. Beautiful presentation and packaging will appeal to the adult gift market as well.
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With a Little Kelp From Our Friends
'A great, easy-to-understand book for kids about how important seaweed is.' - Tim Flannery
Did you know that feeding seaweed to cows can reduce the methane in their burps and farts by more than half? Or that a forest of kelp absorbs more carbon than a tropical rainforest of the same size? We can even make edible bioplastics from seaweed!
Beyond the tideline, there are around 10,000 types of seaweed. An essential ingredient for life on Earth, seaweed has sustained animals and people for many thousands of years. From ancient history and mythology to modern uses in food, health and medicine, discover how seriously cool seaweed is, and how it can even help tackle climate change.
Complete with a guide to common seaweeds and foraging guidelines, this charmingly illustrated picture book will educate and inspire, and encourage respect for the natural world.
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Axel Vervoordt: Living with Light
Following the best seller Axel Vervoordt: Timeless Interiors, this volume of fifteen new interiors expands on the Vervoordt vision for creating exceptional homes that combine natural elements, antiques, and fine art.
The art of harmonious living is extolled in this volume through twenty bespoke interiors designed by the Axel Vervoordt Company. Each room incorporates natural light as an essential component of design, along with other elements-water, metal, and wood-blended with a modern aesthetic and punctuated with fine art. The Vervoordt concept of the home is revealed through a refined balance between art and nature to create timeless living spaces. The range of featured properties includes homes by the sea, as well as in urban and rural locations, demonstrating a breadth of styles possible within the essential Vervoordt design principles.
Photography by Laziz Hamani brings into focus both the unique design details and the carefully constructed interiors that fuse to create each striking setting. These exceptional residences are rich with inspirational ideas to incorporate into your own home so that you can celebrate your living space in the singular Vervoordt style.
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Inside Tangier Houses & Gardens
A white-walled city perched between Morocco and Europe, Tangier was long a haven for the literary and artistic avant-garde - and black sheep - of Europe and America.
Now a new generation of residents is blending colour, pattern, and taste to create an interior aesthetic all their own. Inside Tangier explores a selection of these exceptional properties and their eccentric inhabitants - from an antique dealer and collector Gordon Watson and interior designers Frank de Biasi and Veere Greeney to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and antique dealer Christopher Gibbs - providing rare insights into the sometimes bohemian, sometimes extravagant, but always stylish "Tangerine" lifestyle.
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