Portrait Gallery Store is an independent bookstore based in Canberra at the National Portrait Gallery. We have over 14,000 titles online and instore. With our focus on art, design & photography. While also offering an extensive range of  biography, history, literature & childrens' picture books. 

"Prefabulous and Sustainable" dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows the reader how beautiful and remarkably green these homes can be. In "Prefabulous and Sustainable" author, Sheri Koones, demystifies the prefabricated house by using 25 unique homes to showcase how factory-built homes are greener, more efficient, sturdier and more cost-effective than site-built homes.

This delightful children's book is a wonderful introduction to Picasso. It tells the true story of Antony Penrose, son of the photographer Lee Miller and the painter and writer Roland Penrose and his childhood friendship with the great artist. Some sixty-five enchanting illustrations accompany the text, including Picasso's most appealing artworks, plus evocative archive photography by Lee Miller.

The bird king, the anthropologists, the thing in the bathroom, the paraffin-oil koala, the secret birthday partywhat do they all have in common? Nothing! Except for the fact that they all come from the sketchbooks of Shaun Tan, acclaimed creator of The Lost Thing, the Arrival and Tales from Outer Suburbia. Also selected by the artist are preliminary drawings for book, film and theatre projects, portrait and landscape studies, along with pages from travelling notebooks.

he book showcases their work and their thoughts on key issues in contemporary urban art. This includes the ways in which street art has the potential to transform both public places and gallery space, the challenges of making work in urban spaces, the limits and potential to transform of a temporary art form, and its entry in the mainstream as one of the new most collectable art forms.

The publishers of the popular magazine titles Abode, Winning Design and Best Abodes,Think's Best Of series is an inspirational set of pictorial books filled with what is "now" in Australian architecture and design. Each book will grab the reader's attention and will walk them through a selection of Australia's best homes and gardens..

One bright February afternoon, on a beach in Cornwall, Gavin Pretor-Pinney took a break from cloudspotting and started watching the waves rolling into shore. Mesmerised, he wondered where they had come from, and decided to find out.

'Who do you barrack for?' Nothing unites or divides people as much as the tribal loyalty of AFL supporters. Combining passion for the game with a talent for words, seventeen writers explore the full range of supporters' emotions, from the fervour of a convert to the weariness of the long-term sufferer, the guilt of the turncoat to the joy of the flag-winner.

Jump in and buckle-up. P.J. O'Rourke delivers his rapid-fire wit from the driver's seat of Buicks, Land Rovers, Harley-Davidsons and at least one Soviet army surplus truck. "Driving Like Crazy" is a hilarious collection of fender-bending pieces that career along at O'Rourke's full-throttle, breakneck Gonzo best.