Martin Salisbury

"Peek inside the sketchbooks of 60 historical and contemporary illustrators from around the world. This inspiring collection spotlights the power of personal notebooks in the creative process. It contains a treasury of rough sketches, note-filled margins, collaged pages, color explorations, and thumbnail drawings from an array of iconic illustrators. Each artist's work is expertly contextualized and offers a glimpse into the origins of memorable characters,...

"In the modern era, the beautiful book, an art object in its own right, has become the key to the ongoing attraction of print publishing as physical books continue to distinguish themselves from the screen. Author Martin Salisbury traces the evolution of the book jacket from its functional origins as a plain dust protector for expensively bound books to its elaboration as an artistic device to catch the eye of browsing book buyers. The increasing...

Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and what its rediscovery and excavation has revealed about daily life in the Roman Empire.

When Adam enters a secret cupboard at his school, he is transported through time to 1942, into the middle of a World War II air raid.

A brief biography of Mary Stuart tracing the events which led her to political exile and death in England.

A collection of classic and contemporary stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, and Margaret Mahy, all featuring supernatural themes.