Mick Manning

Why was this amazing monument erected? How did our Stone-Age ancestors bring such massive stones to the site from so far away? How did they raise the enormous stones to their upright positions? What was Stonehenge used for, and who lived around the site? With captions and pictures, and using up-to-the-minute research discoveries, Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom tell the...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to art history, telling the stories of the world's greatest paintings and artists from prehistory to the modern dayThe Story of Paintings begins with the cave paintings of our Stone Age ancestors and continues through to the modern day. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom take your on a tour of their personally selected gallery which...

A beautifully illustrated biography of one of the world's most iconic artists, Claude Monet, told from his perspective and including reproductions of his most famous artworks. Claude Monet is one of the most famous artists of all time, founder of the art movement Impressionism, with work in almost every major gallery around the world. Produced to coincide with the 200th...

A beautifully illustrated biography of one of the world's most iconic artists, Claude Monet, told from his perspective and including reproductions of his most famous artworks. Claude Monet is one of the most famous artists of all time, founder of the art movement Impressionism, with work in almost every major gallery around the world. Produced to coincide with the 200th...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to music history, telling the stories of the world's greatest musicians from Bach to Beyonce.The Story of Music begins with the early drums and flutes of our ancestors, which date back to the last icea age, through to the modern day. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom take your on a tour of their personally selected...

An inspiring introduction to art history, telling the stories of the world's greatest portraits, the artists and their sitters from Picasso to Cindy ShermanThe Story of Portraits begins with an ivory sculpture of a female head carved during the last ice age, and takes the reader through to the modern day, with iconic photos, including the first ever photographic selfie,...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to music history, telling the stories of the world's greatest musicians from Bach to Beyonce.The Story of Music begins with the early drums and flutes of our ancestors, which date back to the last icea age, through to the modern day. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom take your on a tour of their personally selected...