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A beautifully illustrated Flammarion history of Le Grand Hôtel and Café de la Paix — two Parisian institutions on the Place de l’Opéra since 1862, with a guest list spanning Proust, Wilde, and de Gaulle. An essential celebration of French luxury hospitality and la belle époque art de vivre.

The authoritative guide to Rosslyn Chapel — separating historical fact from popular legend about one of Scotland’s most extraordinary fifteenth-century buildings. Oxbrow and Robertson examine the intricate carvings and their real meanings with scholarly rigour and genuine engagement with the myths.

The comprehensive reference on tartan — over 400 clan, family, and district tartans documented with full-colour swatches, historical notes, and cultural context. From ancient disputed origins to Victorian revival and global fashion icon: the essential illustrated guide for anyone with Scottish heritage or a love of pattern.

The definitive reference documenting over 400 tartans with full-colour illustration, clan histories, and cultural context. From disputed ancient origins to romantic Victorian reinvention, Zaczek and Phillips trace the full history of one of the world’s most recognisable design systems.

Georgian writer Levan Berdzenishvili’s remarkable testimony of Soviet Gulag imprisonment in the 1980s — a portrait gallery of poets, philosophers, and dissidents who maintained their intellectual lives in the camps. Vital historical document and profound meditation on preserving humanity under duress.

A richly illustrated architectural and cultural history of New York’s most iconic street, from Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park. William J. Hennessey traces Fifth Avenue’s evolution across two centuries in a book that is both serious historical study and visual pleasure.

The definitive English edition of one of humanity’s oldest religious texts, reproduced in full colour from the Papyrus of Ani. Faulkner’s authoritative translation, accompanied by scholarly commentary, brings this 3,000-year-old guide through the afterlife to vivid, extraordinary life.

Uniforms of World War II by Andrew Mollo (Lorenz Books) — the uniforms of every major national force in the Second World War, from the Wehrmacht and the Red Army through the British, American, and Commonwealth forces to the Japanese Imperial Army and the Italian Regia Esercito, with full-colour illustrations and historical context for each national uniform tradition. A comprehensive reference for military history enthusiasts. Published by Lorenz Books.

The Japanese Myths by Joshua Frydman (Thames & Hudson) — one of the world’s great mythological traditions presented in its complete form: the creation of the islands from the cosmic ocean, the storm god Susanoo and the sun goddess Amaterasu, the descent into the underworld, the founding of the imperial dynasty. As rich, as strange, and as philosophically serious as the Greek or Norse myths — and significantly less familiar to Western readers. Published by Thames & Hudson.