British Museum Press

Publisher: British Museum PressIllustration(s): With over 250 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 217 x 217 x...

Contributor(s): Author: Marjorie CaygillThis is a 'must-have' celebration of the highlights from the British Museum's world-famous collections.The ...

Richly illustrated poetry anthology featuring beautiful images of birds from around the world

Composed of 17 syllables, haiku can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This is a selection of 6...

A selection of haiku focusing on the world of animals, birds and insects, illustrated with exquisite Japanese prints and paintings from the British...

Selection of classical and modern Chinese love poems, illustrated with brushwork calligraphy and scenes from rarely exhibited paintings and prints ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): WilsonNumber of pages: 16Collection: British Museum Activity BooksPublication date: 1999Dimensions: 210 x...

Beautifully illustrated gift book on the prints and drawings of Albrecht Durer, the first truly international artist.

Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic and maths puzzles, and jokes a...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Alan CummingsIllustration(s): 40 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2013Dimensions:...

Publisher: British Museum PressIllustration(s): 28 Illustrations, black and white; 300 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 20...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Antony GriffithsIllustration(s): 12 colour and 120 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 152Publication date:...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Susanne KuchlerIllustration(s): 100 col illusNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 296 x ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Martin FindellIllustration(s): 38 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2014Dimension...

Reducere. An accessible look at the world's oldest writing system, covering it's origins, historical development and demise. With new colour photos.

A beautifully illustrated selection of Persian poetry featuring images from the British Museum's world-famous collection. Now in a fresh new paperb...

The Rosetta Stone contains a decree written three times in Greek, Demotic and hieroglyphic that provided the key to the mysterious hieroglyphic scr...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): James RobinsonIllustration(s): 4 Illustrations, black and white; 25 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: ...

Publisher: British Museum PressIllustration(s): Illustrated in black and white throughoutNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2002Dimensions: 299 x...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Malaita traces the history and culture of a Pacific island from the 19th to 21st centuries through over 600 images drawn from the archives of the B...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Julie AdamsNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 283 x 224 x 30Cover type: HardbackEditor...

The Standard of Ur is one of the most famous objects to be discovered from ancient Mesopotamia. It was un earthed in a tomb in 1927 by Leonard Wool...

Traces the story of glass from its origins in Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago, to the creation of the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The compelling story of the world's oldest and best-loved dye. At any given time nearly half the world's population is wearing denim - this book te...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Hugh TaitIllustration(s): 150 Illustrations, black and white; 250 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 25...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Jennifer RamkalawonIllustration(s): 300 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2013Dim...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Sally GraingerIllustration(s): 80 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2012Dimension...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Sonja MarzinzikIllustration(s): 5 Illustrations, black and white; 20 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages:...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Jago CooperIllustration(s): 250 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimen...

From sarcophaguses to scarab beetles and canopic jars to crocodiles, this book features 20 unique, intricately foiled designs that can be slotted t...

Make your own 3D decorations with this brilliant board book of press-out fantastic creatures! From dragons to griffins and harpies to phoenixes, th...

Drawing on the British Museums wide-ranging collections, this catalogue provides a contextual survey of political art across Asia, covering the per...

Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Draws on the British Museum collection and other finds, sites and monuments to celebrate Viking culture and explore the impact of their conquest an...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Thorsten OpperIllustration(s): 280 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Di...

In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious or...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Thorsten OpperIllustration(s): 280 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Di...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Akiko YanoIllustration(s): With over 400 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 566Publication date: 2013Di...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Timothy ClarkIllustration(s): 150 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dim...

From the faithful wife to the powerful queen, the untouchable priestess to the high-living prostitute, the daily lives and roles of women in the an...

Publisher: British Museum PressIllustration(s): 25 Illustrations, black and white; 245 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 20...

DescriptionA catalog of the unique collection of modern and contemporary prints and drawings of film critic and author Alexander Walker (1930-2003)...

Presents for the first time the results of the excavation and scientific analysis between 2005 and 2013 of seventeen Iron Age cauldrons discovered ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Jaromir MalekIllustration(s): 21 Illustrations, black and white; 90 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: ...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Belinda CrerarIllustration(s): 200 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Di...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Steven HooperIllustration(s): 340 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2006Dimension...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Ralph JacksonIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour throughoutNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2010D...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Kate MortonIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour throughoutNumber of pages: 36Publication date: 2009Dime...

Provides an intriguing insight into the range, diversity and complexity of same-sex experiences throughout history. Takes objects ranging from Anci...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Jessica Harrison-HallIllustration(s): 125 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2009Di...

The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson's 1833-8 collections from the urban site of Begram and Kabul bazaar now in the British Museum, sup...

DescriptionWinner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from t...

Walter Edward Guinness (1880-1944), the first Lord Moyne, was an Anglo-Irish politician, businessman and explorer.Publisher: British Museum PressAu...

A richly illustrated catalogue accompanying a major British Museum exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Collection, colonialism, translation, and the ephemera that shapes the stories we tell about ourselves.Publisher: Charco PressIllustration(s): NoNu...

This is the second title in a series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books: a unique, new form of puzzle books, in which the reader must solve the puzzle...

In examining how the technologies of museum bureaucracy - the ledger book, the card catalogue, the database - operate through a colonial lens, Cata...

Reducere. An edited transcription of the holograph British Museum manuscript of Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel _Mrs. Dalloway_, "The Hours" was Woolf's early ti...