Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark?

The 150th Open Annual is an essential souvenir for all golf fans, telling the story of another dramatic Championship, with complete statistical records and gripping day by day reportage, plus extensive feature photography.

This innovative, tactile board book is perfect for engaging preschool children in shapes, animals and the natural world, and developing their motor skills, allowing them to trace basic shapes in nature with their fingers.

El Alamein was the World War II land battle Britain had to win. This book analyses the logistics of keeping desert armies supplied with petrol and reappraises the combat strategies of Montgomery and Rommel. It ranges from the domestic political pressures on Churchill to the aerial siege of Malta.

Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became one of the biggest rock stars on the planet.

Alice in Wonderland is an exquisite layered board book that combines a simple narrative with die-cut holes and original illustrations to create a captivating storytelling experience.

Fully authorized and illustrated throughout, the updated Alien Vault is the ultimate tribute to a film that changed cinema forever.

All Behind You, Winston will tell the story of the most remarkable gathering of leaders in modern British history: the War Ministry that saw the country through its darkest - and finest - hour.

In Alpe d' Huez, veteran cycling journalist Peter Cossins reveals the triumphs, passion and despair behind the great exploits on the Alpe and discloses the untold details that have led to the mountain becoming as important to the Tour as the race is to resort at its summit.

And A Dog called Fig is a study of how animals help writers deal with the challenges of the creative process, insterspersing the author's own experience with stories of other famous writers and their dogs

A highly readable portrait of an astute and incisive manager.

Gardens have provided the location, the subjects the pastime and the passion for our greatest artists, from Matisse and Monet to Dali and Da Vinci. This book looks at 20 gardens and more than 30 associated artists and examines the art, the garden-making, and the gardens they immortalised which you can visit today.