Dorling Kindersley's aim is to produce home reference books for all ages,
outstanding in quality and accessibility in both text and design. The adult list of titles is testament to this. Its scope is wide and varied and every title is carefully and thoughtfully put together creating something that excels in information and visual excitement.
Arts and Culture books:
We publish an abundance of popular culture and arts titles, from rock biographies to antiques guides. We've got bestselling books examining the lives of famous faces include James Dean, Sinatra and Dylan, comprehensive cinematic reference in Cinema Year by Year 1894 - 2005 and the Top 10 of Everything, which is yearly updated.
Our Antiques and Collectables list is enriched by the expertise of Judith Miller, who has produced a number of titles including her annual Antiques and Collectables Price Guides, DK Collector's Guides and the stunning encyclopedia, Furniture. Visit Judith's Minisite here. Browse our Arts and Culture titles at www.dk.com/artsandculture
Business and Computing books:
The backbone of our business books is the Essential Managers series, which helps people to break down business into bite size chunks in an attractive and practical way. We also look to management guru Tom Peters for excellence in business management guides including his four Tom Peter's Essentials and the inspirational Re-imagine!
We have a large collection of computing companions. Information Technology is unravelled in our Essential Computers instant reference series as well as The Computer Book, your surest route to PC perfection.
Browse our Business and Computing titles at www.dk.com/businessandcomputing
Family Reference books:
DK is a family publisher and we pride ourselves on publishing highly illustrated and informative books for all the family. These values are embodied in Human, Animal, Earth and Universe. These comprehensive visual guides have stunning photography and illustrations as well as encyclopedic information; they are essential family reference. Browse our Family Reference titles at www.dk.com/familyreference
Food and Drinks books:
From canapés to international cuisine and fine wines to contemporary cocktails, it's all covered in our extensive range of food and drinks books. We've got bestselling recipe books: The Cook's Book, Waitrose Food for all Seasons and Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook and a drinks range encompassing a plethora of award-winning wine guides and drinks libraries such as Michael Jackson's Whisky and Vincent Gasnier's Drinks.
Browse our Food and Drinks titles at www.dk.com/foodanddrinks
Gardening books:
We have an extremely strong gardening list supported by expert input from the RHS with comprehensive gardening reference titles such as Learn to Garden, Gardening through the Year and the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. Visit the RHS minisite here. We also have books from a number of well-known and respected names in the world of gardening such as Monty Don, Diarmuid Gavin and John Brookes.
Browse our Gardening titles at www.dk.com/gardening
Health and Wellbeing books:
With the help of top authors such as Ian Marber, Tracey Cox and Anne Hooper and with the support and expertise of the British Medical Association (BMA), our health and fitness titles are among the best in the market.
Bestselling Food Doctor, Ian Marber, promotes healthy eating for life in The Food Doctor Diet series (visit The Food Doctor minisite here), while Matt Roberts gets us into shape with his series of workout wonders. We have published a number of First Aid manuals, as well as an extensive range of medical reference guides in partnership with the BMA. The BMA/DK list is the ultimate in medical home reference producing books of quality, authority and clarity.
We also have a wide variety of sex and relationship guides from top sexperts including Anne Hooper and Tracey Cox. Visit Tracey's minisite here.Browse our Health and Wellbeing titles at www.dk.com/healthandwellbeing
History books:
From maritime adventures to 100 years of aviation, our bestselling history titles provide an array of historical knowledge. We've got military history in Battle and guides to World War I and II, as well as the first illustrated reference book on the Civil Rights Movement, The Coming Free. Browse our History titles at www.dk.com/history
Maps and Atlases:
Whether you want a compact atlas or an all-encompassing Great World Atlas, we publish a wide choice that include state-of-the-art mapping and country factfiles. These include a varying amount of detail for a wide range of uses.
Browse our Maps and Atlas titles at www.dk.com/mapsandatlases
Parenting books:
One of the most prominent and best-selling authors for DK is Dr Miriam Stoppard who has become well known to millions all over the world as one of the leading authorities on parenting, baby and childcare as well as on women's health, relationships and sexual well-being. Visit Dr. Miriam's minisite here.We also have a trusted parenting series from Johnson's, Johnson's Child Development Series and a choice of parenting and pregnancy titles from esteemed authors such as Zita West and Carol Cooper.
Browse our Parenting titles at www.dk.com/parenting
Science and Nature books:
As well as a variety of natural history titles such as our Pocket Nature guides and the DK Handbooks we have a number of bird books in association with the trusted RSPB. We have a wide selection of earth and environment books including our essential encyclopedias: Animal & Earth.
Browse our Science and Nature titles at www.dk.com/scienceandnature
Sports and Hobbies books:
We have popular hobby guides in the form of our Eyewitness Companions, from the creators of the bestselling Eyewitness Travel Guides; an essential reference library for those who want to know more about their favourite pastimes. Sarah Simblet's art guides and our digital photography bibles from photography guru, Tom Ang, cover other popular hobbies. And for the world of sport we have books on basketball, football, golf, sailing and cycling as well as a plethora of interests catered for by the Keep it Simple and 101 Essential Tips series.
DK also excels in books on pet care and we have a wide selection including Ultimate Cat and Ultimate Dog, and many by bestselling author, Bruce Fogle.
Browse our Sports and Hobbies titles at www.dk.com/sportsandhobbies.
Travel books:
DK excels in travel publishing and our travel guides are among the very best in the market. Our award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are full of essential information, stunning photographs, beautiful illustration and user-friendly maps. Following on from the popularity of these guides we launched a pocket series: the DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides, which are aimed particularly at people visiting a place for a short period of time. The concise but visual format will make sure that they will have seen and been to the best of everything.
We also have an extensive collection of language learning titles such as the Eyewitness Travel Guides Phrase Books and Phrase Packs (Book and CD), Hugo language learning courses and Eyewitness Travel 15-minute language learning guides.
Browse our Travel titles at www.dk.com/travel
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