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Art of Alchemy

David Brafman

Richly illustrated with unique images and engravings

By David Brafman, curator of rare books at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles

An intriguing subject to the present day

Alchemists didn’t just want to make gold, their ultimate goal was to subject nature to human imagination. For scientists, philosophers and artists alchemy seemed to be the key to the discovery of the creation of the world.

In this handbook full of stunning engravings and artistic images, David Brafman, curator of rare books at the Getty Research Institute, talks about how alchemy was the most important human invention after the fire and how it had a worldwide influence on science and art.

185 x 245 mm | 176 pages | 37,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript in production

David Brafman has been the curator of rare books at the Getty Research Institute since 2002.

Wunderkammer

German and Simplified

Chinese rights sold, English rights unavailable | English manuscript available

Dinosaurs are Collectible all rights available, except for English rights

English manuscript available

“AMONG ALL THE ARTS, IT IS THE ART OF ALCHEMY WHICH MOST CLOSELY IMITATES NATURE.”

Alchemists

are notorious for attempting to synthesize gold. Their goals, however, were far more ambitious: to transform and bend nature to the will of an industrious human imagination. For scientists, philosophers, and artists alike, alchemy seemed to hold the key to unlocking the secrets of creation. Alchemists’ efforts to discover the way the world is made have had an enduring impact on global artistic practice and expression. This book is the first to explore how the art of alchemy globally transformed human creative culture from antiquity to the industrial age, and displays the ways its legacy still permeates the world we make today.

Maps that Made History

1000 years of world history in 100 old maps

Martijn Storms

100 exceptional maps that put their mark on world history

The most beautiful and intriguing old maps from the world-renowned collections of Leiden University

From the worldview of Isidorus of Seville (7th century) to a Chinese propaganda map from 2013

This book takes you on a thousand-year world tour through a hundred exceptional old maps. From the early medieval worldview of the cleric Isidore of Seville through to a Chinese propaganda map from 2013, via a Nazi map of Warsaw planning the outlines of the Jewish ghetto. From Leiden to Ceylon, Jamaica, Philadelphia and the Sahara, and from exuberant charts of the world to local maps. Each of these maps has helped 'create' world history: they not only reflect the past but have also left their mark on it.

280 x 340 mm | 432 pages | 110,000 words full colour images | hardcover Korean rights sold, English rights unavailable English manuscript available

In this book, an international team of historians tells a hundred fascinating stories about remarkable maps from the renowned collections of Leiden University Libraries. These include gems of exceptional aesthetic value and curiosities that are now being shown to the general public for the first time. Together, they make this book a visual feast: a unique look at the past, and one that you will come back to time and again in the future.

Martijn Storms is Curator of Maps and Atlases of Leiden University Libraries. He is assisted by some fourty international experts and authors.

Flora Batava 1800-1934

The Wild Plants of the Netherlands

Esther van Gelder, Norbert Peeters

Monumental inventory of more than 2630 life-like painted trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, mushrooms and algae

With 100 stories by contemporary scientists about an equal amount of specifically picked, iconic plant species

New facsimile in the successful series of Atlas De Wit, Maria Sibylla Merian and Nederlandsche Vogelen

When publisher Jan Christiaan Sepp started an illustrated overview of all Dutch plants in 1800, he could never have suspected that the last part would only be published in 1934. Eventually the Flora Batava consisted of 461 instalments spread out over 28 books: a giant’s labour to which an extensive circle of amateur botanists, senior lecturers and artists contributed. This resulted in the up to then most complete inventory of indigenous flora of the country. An anthology that on top of that beautifully illustrates the large changes to the Dutch landscape, the science and the appreciation for national nature.

This one-volume republication contains a collection of all 2240 engravings which encompass more than 2630 plants, mushrooms, lichens, and algae painted from life. Another 100 iconic species were specially selected from the collection. They come accompanied by their original text and feature a story written by a new network of plant connoisseurs and admirers. Along with the extensive introduction and the index of species this new Flora Batava offers a colorful image of the Dutch plant world and the wonders it contains.

250 x 300 mm | 912 pages | 174,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Esther van Gelder is a cultural historian and curator of old prints at the Dutch National Library (KB Nationale bibliotheek). She specializes in the history of natural history and scientific book culture. Norbert Peeters is a botanical philosopher and author of, among others, Botanical Revolution: the Botany of Charles Darwin and Wilderness-Varnish: a Philosopher in the Vondelpark.

The Discovery of Nature

Hans Mulder WINNER

Jan Wolkers Prize

Maria Sibylla Merian Changing the Nature of Art and Science

Marieke van Delft, Kay Etheridge, Hans Mulder, Bert van de Roemer & Florence Pieters

Magnificent book about the evolution of our views on nature: already in its 5th print!

Illustrated with unique images from historical collections

More than 10,000 copies have already been sold

Also available:

245 x 324 mm | 256 pages | 50,000 words | full colour illustrations hardcover | Simplified Chinese rights sold

Beautifully visualized book with the latest insights into her life and work

Merian inspired generations of scientists, artists and enthusiasts

Gathers the contributions of 23 international experts

210 x 260 mm | 304 pages | 95,000 words | full colour illustrations hardcover | all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Merian succeeded brilliantly in creating a one-woman genre that addressed both the requirements of the naturalists for anatomical correctness and the aesthetic interests of the connoisseurs.

– Arthur McGregor, president of the Society for the History of Natural History

Historian and book scholar Hans Mulder is a curator of the Allard Pierson Artis Library in the Peculiar Collections department of the University of Amsterdam. He’s also a project manager of the large-scale digitalization effort of the ‘Iconographia Zoologica’.

This book gathers the contributions of 23 international experts, most of whom are connected to the international Maria Sibylla Merian Society. The editorial team consists of Marieke van Delft, Kay Etheridge, Hans Mulder, Bert van de Roemer and Florence Pieters.

True Wildlife

Tom D. Jones

Unique wildlife photography: photographed up close; none of the pictured animals live in captivity

Tom D. Jones is the only Belgian Hasselblad Master

Includes a preface by the celebrated photographer Steve McCurry

Tom D. Jones is a wildlife photographer pur sang: he makes a point of never photographing animals in captivity and portrays them at very close range. The results are near human portraits of impressive animals like elephants, rhinos, lions, ... These also carry a clear message: let's take care of these often endangered species and the world they roam before it is too late. This is precisely what his friend and colleague Steve McCurry stresses in the foreword to this great book.

240 x 310 mm | 272 pages | ca. 5,000 words duotone illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript in production

Tom D. Jones is a wildlife and fine art photographer and owner of the Jones Gallery in Knokke. Since 2012, he is the only Belgian ever to become a Hasselblad Master, joining an impressive gallery of big names including Anton Corbijn, Albert Watson and Marco Grob.

Tom’s committed career has captured images that will serve as pieces of history for generations to come.

– Steve McCurry in the preface

Mountains Jurgen Groenwals

Experience mountain sports from the front line

Travel through the most beautiful mountain regions

With spectacular images

Mountains have fascinated since time immemorial. When you think of a mountain holiday, you immediately think of hiking, skiing, cross-country skiing, climbing, etc., but there are plenty of other disciplines to discover that you can practice with a view of magnificent mountain scenery!

Jurgen Groenwals, editor-in-chief of 100%Snow and 100%Trails, guides you through the rich array of mountain sports, and in the meantime lets you discover the eighteen most beautiful - well-known and less well-known - mountain villages and valleys in Europe.

For all die hard mountain sports enthusiasts, for the gentle mountain hiker, for anyone who likes a new challenge, in short, for anyone who has lost his/her heart to the mountains.

214 x 276 mm | 256 pages | ca. 36,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript in production

Jurgen Groenwals is editor-in-chief of the mountain sports magazines 100%Snow and 100%Trails, born storyteller, avid mountain sportsman and tester of sports equipment for several top brands.

Planktonium An Unseen World

Jan van IJken

A book that makes the invisible life in the water around us visible

The amazing images are accompanied by brief, informative texts about the portrayed species and source

A rare insight into the threatened life form that is the basis of the food chain

Planktonium by artist Jan van IJken reveals the invisible world of the microscopically small plankton. These surprisingly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms remain largely unknown to most of us because they are invisible to the naked eye.

Van IJken photographed the plankton through his microscopes and reveals the beauty and delicate structures of the tiny organisms in the greatest detail. They may be small but these organisms are of vital importance for the continued existence of our planet: they account for half of the oxygen production on earth, form the basis of the food chain and play an important role in the worldwide carbon cycle. With this book Jan van IJken shows plankton, threatened by global warming and ocean acidification, in its most pure and art-like form.

Jan van IJken is a movie producer and photographer in Leiden who focusses on the interface between art and science. His work is about the secrets of nature, microscopy, embryology and human-animal relations. He works, mainly autonomously, on long-term projects. As a photographer he developed a strong sense for natural light, composition and detail.

250 x 308 mm | 192 pages | ca. 6,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover German rights sold, English rights unavailable English manuscript available

Wild Places of Europe

Astounding views of the continent’s most beautiful nature sites

Wouter Pattyn

Stunning images of nature reserves on the European continent

Includes practical tips for organising a trip, and for taking the most beautiful photos

A source of inspiration for the adventurous traveller

Travel with nature and wildlife photographer Wouter Pattyn to explore 12 of the most beautiful nature reserves on the European continent. Along with photographs of stunning landscapes, Wild Places of Europe is a sourcebook of information for the adventurous traveller, including practical tips for booking your visit and taking the best photographs. Immerse yourself in these wonderful places and perhaps make plans to go to one yourself.

214 x 276 mm | 256 pages | 14,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Wouter Pattyn is a nature and landscape photographer. For more than 20 years he has been roaming the most beautiful nature reserves in Europe with a backpack full of photography equipment. Wouter makes books, supplies visual material for international magazines, writes for magazines and works for various agencies at home and abroad.

Flower Pieces

Bas Meeuws

A completely revised edition, packed with new images and texts

The book shows beautiful floral still lifes that reference old Dutch masters

Bas Meeuws' works are exhibited and acclaimed worldwide

Bas Meeuws' photographs are of an old-fashioned beauty and at the same time radically contemporary. Flower by flower, he assembles his still lifes, however, he does so in a digital format: the basis for Meeuws' monumental works are digital photographs of individual flowers. They nod to the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century with their love of luxury, but also their eye for the ephemeral. Meeuws struck a chord in the art world with his floral still lifes. He is represented by Dutch and Taiwanese galleries and exhibits from Amsterdam to New Delhi.

170 x 210 mm | 384 pages | 17,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Bas Meeuws is a passionate Dutch photographer. Since 2010, he has dedicated himself to updating the traditional and very Dutch genre of flower still life using digital photography.

Deserted In Pursuit of Drylands

Rucksack Magazine

Dream away: here are the most beautiful desert landscapes in the world from the editors of Rucksack Magazine

Covering some of the world’s most amazing deserts, including the Moab, the Atacama Mojave and Namib desert

Explores the sense of mystery that surrounds deserts

210 x 275 mm | 240 pages | 11,500 words | full colour illustrations

hardcover | all rights available, except for English rights | English manuscript available

Elements In Pursuit of the Wild Rucksack Magazine

The first book from internationally acclaimed Rucksack Magazine, whose bi-annual themed journals feature stories, photographs, and interviews on wilderness, travel, adventure, and escapism

Presents predominantly new material which has not been published in the journals or online

210 x 275 mm | 240 pages | 15,000 words | full colour illustrations hardcover | all rights available, except for English rights | English manuscript available

Covers many different locations, among which the Faroe Islands, the northwest Pacific, Scandinavia and Scotland

Rucksack Magazine is an internationally acclaimed magazine that presents strong visual and written stories driven by a passion for discovery, adventure and photography.

Rucksack Magazine is an internationally acclaimed magazine that presents strong visual and written stories driven by a passion for discovery, adventure and photography.

Off-Grid Adventures

20 untamed travel stories around the world

Lien De Ruyck

Twenty adventurous journeys to surprising destinations, far away from all the travel clichés

Represents the new travel trend: authentic, respectful, and off the beaten track

Source of inspiration for the modern adventurer

Off-Grid Adventures brings together 20 exceptional travel adventures to special and surprising places all over the world. From a visit to the Japanese art islands of Naoshima and Teshima to surfing in Korea, horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan, and hang gliding over Canadian glaciers, this book is a source of inspiration for the modern adventurer who wants to stay far away from the beaten track and go in search of authentic experiences that respect the environment and the local population.

Includes beautiful and awe-inspiring images from renowned travel photographers, travel tips and guidance for the best places to go and to stay.

210 x 275 mm | 256 pages | 36,600 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Lien De Ruyck is a travel journalist and the woman behind the travel blog www.sonderling.be.

150 Bookstores You Need to Visit before You Die

Elizabeth Stamp

The 150 bookstores that every bibliophile must visit

The seventh book in the international successful 150 series

Selected and written by American author Elizabeth Stamp, journalist at AD and CNN

After 150 Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, Houses, Gardens, Golf Courses and Vineyards, now also 150 Bookstores you need to visit before you die.

These bookstores open up a world of beauty. You can wander endlessly in the peculiar selection of the independent, often specialized book merchant. Every store is a reflection of the thoughts, opinions and tastes of the owner.

Discover established bookstores that have been providing their readers with reading matter for decennia or newly opened bookstores with an innovative look. The American author Elizabeth Stamp guarantees that all 150 bookstores are worth visiting. Because of their history, peculiar architecture and their immaculate book selection.

169 x 230 mm | 256 pages | 26,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | all rights available, except for English rights | English manuscript available

Elizabeth Stamp is a freelance journalist and author. She writes for internationally renowned magazines, such as CNN Style, Vulture and Architectural Digest.

75,000 copies sold in this series

Desert Escapes

Karen Gardiner

The world's most exceptional resorts accompanied by stunning photography

This book is a source of inspiration for your ideal trip to discover the peace and space of the desert

More than 40 hotels that go back to the essence and at the same time offer luxury and inspiration

Travelling to the desert offers the great benefits of silence, slowness and space. This desolate feeling, beautiful landscapes and freedom can only be found in a few places in the world. This book bundles these dreamy locations and shows the most luxurious and special overnight stays the desert has to offer. Travel to the Sahara in Morocco, the salt flats (Salar de Uyuni) in Bolivia or the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and so much more.

205 x 270 mm | 256 pages | 18,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Karen Gardiner is a Scottish writer currently based in the US. She writes about art, special places and islands and cultural heritage. She writes for Condé Nast Traveler, BBC Travel, National Geographic Travel, The Guardian, Architectural Digest, etc.

Escape to the Country Living on the Farm

Ben Ashby

Reflections on the charm of farmhouse living from the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Folk Magazine

Learn how to maintain a garden seasonally, how to prepare typical farmer’s dishes and why farm life may not be for everyone, but is undoubtedly appealing to many Folk Magazine has more than half a million followers on Instagram

A slower pace of life, outdoor space and tight-knit communities come hand-inhand with village living – something many have come to appreciate in recent months. Many city-dwellers are looking for an alternative way of life and are preparing to move, making the dream reality.

In this beautifully photographed book, Ben Ashby, the editor-in-chief of Folk Magazine, reflects on the authenticity and charm of life on the farm. Having made the move several years ago from New York to Kentucky, he shares his thoughts on fitting into a small town, living on a farm, learning to celebrate the slow life, and being self-sufficient. For each season, he pilots us to the most inspiring farmhouses and pays tribute to the architecture and interiors of these unique spaces, as well as to the lifestyle and sense of community that goes along with country life. Now might be a perfect time for you to give farming life a try!

220 x 285 mm | 256 pages | 22,500 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Ben Ashby is co-founder, photographer and editor-in-chief of Folk magazine. He lives in Kentucky.

Outdoor Interiors

Juliet Roberts

Beautiful coffee table book about garden design that invites people to come together

Includes more than 200 prestigious projects

With practical tips & tricks for the creation of stylish outside spaces

In her book Outdoor Interiors author Juliet Roberts reveals the most beautiful and stylish outside space in the world, all designed to be enjoyed as an extension of the houses they encompass. They have to invite people to come together, to entertain and to relax – they have to be gardens to live in.

Roberts exposes five styles – traditional, contemporary, playful, every day and minimal – and gives countless tips to create the same style in your garden. It always creates warm environments for different occasions – whether it is a patio for drinking cocktails around the fireplace, a large table for having dinners or a cosy sitting area to nestle away with a book. Draw inside out with this inspiring coffee table book chock full of ideas.

240 x 320 mm | 256 pages | ca. 15,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript in production

The British Juliet Roberts writes for diverse media about gardens and green. She’s the author of The Organic Kitchen Garden.

© Paola Lenti

Barcelona Interiors

Carolina Amell & Gala Mora

London Interiors

Emma J Page

Barcelona's most beautiful interiors gathered in a stylish and inspiring book

Carefully selected by Gala Mora, journalist for AD Spain

Ideal for lovers of interior design, architecture and the city of Barcelona

220 x 280 mm | 256 pages | ca. 17,000 words | full colour illustrations

hardcover | all rights available

English manuscript available

This book takes you behind the elegant facades, where timeless charm is created by the use of wood, warm colours and fabrics. Barcelona Interiors focuses on the most exclusive and unique homes that represent the authentic Barcelona way of living.

Carolina Amell is an experienced book packager, specialised in illustrated non-fiction books, with over 20 published titles. Gala Mora is a freelance journalist for AD Spain.

220 x 280 mm | 256 pages | ca. 22,000 words | full colour illustrations

hardcover | all rights available

English manuscript available

For all fans of London's design, architecture and interior design

Both classical and more extravagant houses in the metropole

Carefully selected interiors

by Emma J Page

London Interiors shows classic London houses, eclectic gems, converted industrial buildings and historic mansions. All in the beautiful setting of one of the most vibrant cities of Europe: London.

Emma J Page is a London-based author and journalist. She writes about design, interior & lifestyle for AD, Homes & Gardens, The Times Magazine and others.

Japandi Living

Japanese tradition. Scandinavian design

Laila Rietbergen & Marlous Snijder

With more than 200 images of interior design in which Japanese aesthetics and Scandinavian design go hand in hand

Author Laila Rietbergen has more than 480,000 followers on Instagram and with this book she provides you with your daily dose of Japandi inspiration

With practical tips and tricks, you'll enjoy your own Japandi hotspots in no time

Get into this year's interior design trend: Japandi. A style that combines serene Scandinavian design elements with the rich Japanese design tradition. A combination of serenity and clean lines with a lot of attention for materials, textures and natural touches.

According to authors Laila Rietbergen and Marlous Snijder, Japandi is more than just a decorating style. It is also a lifestyle that they want to share with their readers. Besides more than 200 images of the most beautiful Japandiinteriors and designs, the book also gives practical tips to transform your own home.

Find complete relaxation in your own beautiful minimalist home, where the designing styles from two parts of the world meet.

Laila Rietbergen is passionate about the Japandi interior trend and its way of life. She follows the trend closely and inspires her 200,000 followers on a daily basis. Marlous Snijder is a freelance writer, content maker and columnist.

220 x 280 mm | 256 pages | 14,800 words full colour images | hardcover | Simplified Chinese rights sold, English rights unavailable | English manuscript available

Supercars

Rudolf van der Ven, foreword Shmee150

50 unique supercars collected in one book

Photographed in Miami Vice-style with the light painting photography technique, which gives a unique 80's effect

Discover the stories behind the cars and all the technical data

Supercars is a celebration of the world's most beautiful and iconic supercars, ranging from icons like the Ferrari F40 to modern classics such as the Bugatti Veyron. Belgian photographer Rudolf van der Ven captures the essence of each car in this stunning 224-page coffee table book through his photography and unique stories. Foreword by Tim "Shmee150" Burton.

240 x 320 mm | 224 pages | ca. 20,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Rudolf van der Ven is a Belgium-based commercial and automotive photographer. Shmee150 is a British car vlogger and YouTuber, who is based in London. His YouTube channel has over two million subscribers and features videos of him traveling to see exotic cars and maintaining and using his own car collection.

Hidden Architecture

Buildings that blend in Alyn Griffiths

A comprehensive exploration of buildings that blend into their environment

Highlights 33 of the world’s most important projects by leading architects worldwide

By expert Alyn Griffiths, a regular contributor to magazines such as Wallpaper* and Dezeen

Buildings can be buried underground, hidden amongst trees, covered with greenery or even sunk into the sea. They can be clad in mirrors to reflect their surroundings, disappear beneath an urban plaza or be hidden from view on top of another building. Each of these imaginative solutions offers a way for architecture to blend in rather than stand out.

Hidden Architecture tells the stories of projects from around the world that are cleverly disguised but still beautifully detailed and outstanding in their execution.

210 x 270 mm | 192 pages | 20,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | all rights available English manuscript in production

Alyn Griffiths specialises in architecture and design, and writes for magazines such as Dezeen, Dwell and Wallpaper*.

Micro Tattoos

The World's Top Fine Line Tattoo Artists

Sven Rayen & Ti Racovita

The tattoo bible about the trend of the moment: micro tattoos

Discover the most beautiful and arty designs and drawings in ink

Featuring work by important tattoo artists such as Jake Nowicz, Mr. K, Daniel Berdiel, Bombayfoor and many others

Micro Tattoos are hot and make the art of tattooing more accessible for many people. This book takes a closer look at the trend and shows the most beautiful small fineline tattoos from the best tattoo artists worldwide.

It offers a handy alphabetical overview of the artists, a number of interviews with the most important tattoo artists and a few stories 'behind the tattoo', focussing on the creative process behind a micro tattoo.

130 x 190 mm | 272 pages | 12,500 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

Sven Rayen is a celebrated tattoo artist and runs Studio Palermo in Antwerp together with Ti Racovita.

The Design of Retreat

Laura May Todd

220 x 280 mm | 256 pages

all rights available, except for English rights

English manuscript available

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Homes for Nomads

Thijs Demeulemeester & Jan Verlinde

220 x 280 mm | 208 pages

all rights available, except for English rights

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Homes for Collectors

Thijs Demeulemeester & Jan Verlinde

220 x 280 mm | 224 pages

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Living on the Edge

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220 x 280 mm | 256 pages

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The Art of Optical Illusion

Agata Toromanoff & Pierre Toromanoff

180 x 250 mm | 192 pages

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Edgy Architecture

Agata Toromanoff

220 x 280 mm | 224 pages

all rights available, except for English rights

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Mythical Cols HC

50 Legendary Climbs

Frederik Backelandt

The most legendary cols bundled together

Beautiful photographic material

Renewed version of the beautiful coffee table book Mythical Cols, with extensive new content

Besides the Col du Tourmalet, the Selvio Pass and the Col du Galibier, you can now also marvel at the Furka Pass, the Gotthard Pass and the Sella Pass in ways you have never seen them before. The heaviest climbs are the most beautiful experiences and this book lets you experience every bit of it, whether you’re going out there yourself or joining along from your couch.

Frederik Backelandt started out as a sports journalist at a popular Belgian newspaper and now leads Grinta! Publicaties. Among other publications, they produce the Grinta! and Cycling magazines. Frederik has also written several cycling books. He doesn’t just display his cycling knowledge on paper, he also cycles himself. Several times he won the world championship cycling for journalists and he is absolutely engrossed with cycling in the mountains.

Cycling Women

A guide for women with a passion for cycling

The Women Peloton

Perfect

for the rapidly growing community of female cycling fans

The first all-round guide on the market for this devoted community

Cyclists Elke Bleyaert and Jasper Stuyven are the co-founders of the team of experts The Women Peloton

Dietary advice, training schedules, equipment tips… the cycling worlds is still mainly oriented towards men. But what do we actually know about women and bikes? How do you pick the right materials? What’s the ideal meal for doing sports?

In this practical guide, the team of 'The Women Peloton' answers all questions. For both experienced female racing cyclists and starting cycling divas.

170 x 240 mm | 176 pages | 32,000 words full colour illustrations | paperback all rights available

Elke Bleyaert is the founder of the cycling club for women Les Femmes Flahutes and friend of cyclist Jasper Stuyven. Because she felt that female cyclists lacked information aimed specifically towards women, she founded the online platform The Women Peloton in 2021, for which she contacted a team of top experts.

Work Out Food

60 recipes from more energy to work out

Claudia Van Avermaet

The Sport Cookbook for Cyclists

Fast Cooking, Delicious Food and Better Performance on the Bicycle

Stephanie Scheirlynck

60 accessible recipes for everyone who works out

Basic recipes that you can adjust to your training programme With handy schedules for each type of athlete

80,000 copies sold in this series

Let yourself be guided by top-class sport dietician Stephanie Scheirlynck in your own kitchen!

50 new recipes and 15 simple sporty classics that you can serve quickly

195 x 240 mm | 176 pages | 31,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

My Power Planner all rights available

Claudia Van Avermaet is a certified food, mind and body coach, and was educated in sports nutrition. She owns health blog thepowerloft.com and is the author of several successful books.

195 x 253 mm | 192 pages | 18,000 words | full colour illustrations paperback with flaps | all rights available

With scientific underpinning and adjusted to your sport, for cyclists of all levels

Stephanie Scheirlynck has worked together with, among others, olympic champion Nafi Thiam

Stephanie Scheirlynck is a top-class sport dietician and works for several well-known Belgian sport teams and individuals. Drawing from her experience she knows well which nutrients sportsmen need and when they need them.

Healthy eating and exercises for the conscious man

Guy T’Sjoen

Top physician Guy T’Sjoen explains why on average men don’t live as long as women do, and wants to motivate all men to close that gender gap immediately

An easy and achievable plan to become and stay fit after the age fifty

With healthy recipes and well-balanced, simple exercises

As an endocrinologist and hormone specialist, top physician Guy T’Sjoen comes across many people who are overweight or obese and he notices the medical consequences of this: cardiac disease, diabetes type 2 and a low testosterone level.

Many men come to realise that at the age of fifty their declining health causes one limitation after the other. Guy T’Sjoen enthuses a large group age-mates, but also younger and older men to join an inspiring health movement. This is something you do for yourself, your self-image, your energy level and your sexual health. Because you want to take care of yourself and the people you love.

In this book, Prof. T’Sjoen, who passed the age of 50 himself, explains why men are worse off health wise than women. His four week plan encompasses lovely, achievable recipes that have been created by dieticians of Ghent University Hospital, and well-balanced exercises with power bands, that have been drawn up in cooperation with sport coaches.

195 x 253 mm | 192 pages | 42,750 words full colour illustrations | paperback all rights available

Guy T’Sjoen is a professor of endocrinology (hormone diseases) of the Ghent University Hospital. He’s also an andrologist and know much about the hormone testosterone.

Top 1,000 of the Best Cyclists in the World

Jacques Sys

Sport journalist Jacques Sys presents 1,000 cyclists that lent colour to 150 years of international cycling

Unique cyclist encyclopaedia with the greatest, most tragic or most remarkable anecdotes from the head or bowels of the peloton

Standard overview of the international cycling community

Cyclists perform superhuman feats, they are bustled and at times crushed out, they cycle on while they are completely drained already.

This book puts the best 1,000 cyclists of the world in the spotlight. At the same time, it is a journey through the long history of competitive cycling. With moving and mollifying stories, with vivid and light-hearted anecdotes pinned within their specific portrait of an era. But also with joy and sadness, with triumphs and dramas, with lying and cheating, the cycling sport is a reflection of life.

270 x 230 mm | 560 pages | 372,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Jacques Sys is one of our most experienced sport journalists. He studied journalism in Utrecht and started his journalistic career in 1974 at Sport ’70. From 1994 to 2022 he was chief editor of Sport/Voetbalmagazine. Among other publications, he wrote the Top 1000 of Belgian Cyclists.

© Belga

170 x 210 mm | 144 pages | 20,000 words | full colour illustrations

paperback | all rights available

Just Padel

170 x 210 mm | 144 pages | 16,000 words | full colour illustrations paperback | all rights available

Erik Clarys, better known as the Sheriff, is a former Belgian darts player. He’s won multiple Belgian championships and managed to qualify more than ten times for the World Championship Darts. At the moment he’s a co-commentator of large darts games on Belgian television.

Vincent Dedecker is a licensed padel trainer, instructor of the padel training program by the Flemish tennis federation and commentator of padel games on TV.

170 x 210 mm | ca. 144 pages | ca. 16,500 words | full colour illustrations

paperback | all rights available

Wim Pyl runs his own adventure company, Mangata, and is the driving force behind the SUP sports community at 'Wind & Water Sports Flanders'. He is also ocean ambassador at 'Starboard', for which he regularly gathers waste from waterways with his SUP.

The 10 Lessons for Life of a Hiker

Dorien Draps

Dorien Draps is the figurehead of a new generation of hiking enthusiasts

Invigorating edition with stunning illustrations

With tasks, questions for reflection and meditative exercises for on the road

Dorien Draps is not the textbook example of a seasoned hiker. She is a young, female copywriter, and on top of that she lives in the city. Yet she lost her heart to hiking and the whole philosophy of life that comes with it. Because outside is better than inside.

In this book, she brings her ode to walking, averse to the well-trodden paths. A combination of philosophical stories, scientific insights and personal anecdotes that are both compelling and entertaining. At the centre are the ten greatest life lessons that walking can teach you, from rediscovering your wild instincts to learning to look back at nature or a crash course in praying with your feet. Each time complemented with concrete tips, beautiful illustrations and exercises to get into the walking flow. For both experienced hikers and enthusiasts who have only just (re)discovered hiking.

Dorien Draps discovered the power of hiking and being in nature a few years ago. She wanted to share those benefits with everyone, so she founded blog and podcast Op Wandel, which won her the Blog Award in 2022. In the meantime, Op Wandel grew into a professional platform with courses to get out and about well-prepared, safely and independently.

125 x 177 mm | 160 pages | 25,800 words duotone illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Dorien Draps

Qigong

Live longer, healthier and happier Frank Adam

Mindful exercises, meditations, pressure point massage, and healing herbal and nutritional tips for a healthier life

Preventive healthcare of the future

A book to read and act upon!

In this book, author Frank Adam makes the ancient eastern exercises accessible for the general public. Through mindful exercises, meditations and acupressure techniques you learn how to avoid disease, stress and fatigue and you experience a deep, self-healing inner strength.

The techniques improve vitality and flexibility, slow down the ageing process and broaden spiritual awareness. They are part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TMC) and are approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Qigong is a book to read and act upon, filled with attractive illustrations, practical health tips, wise quotes and inspiring stories.

195 x 240 mm | 184 pages | 39,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover German and French rights sold

Frank Adam is Medical Qigong & Reiki Practitioner, Healing Tao Associate Instructor, member of Healing Tao Belgium and expert in the field of Qigong. He also writes for Belgian newspapers and radio stations.