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Pierre Le-Tans illustrations and Bertil Scalis entertaining pen portraits tell the stories of the worlds most celebrated owners of Louis Vuitton luggage.

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Describes the passionate struggles that have taken place in order to utilize, protect and understand the wonder that is the Amazon. This book features the adventures and misadventures down the centuries of the explorers, missionaries, indigenous Indians, naturalists, rubber barons, scientists, anthropologists and archaeologists.

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Unrivalled in its scope and detail, this guide to the key elements of tree classification, anatomy and use, represents the culmination of a lifetime's work in tropical and subtropical climates around the world.

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Presents 226 fonts from major type libraries in well over 1,000 typefaces. This work presents a selection ranging from classic fonts to newcomers, from Baskerville, Bodoni and Jansen to Auto, Farnham Text, and Ginger. Each entry includes a passage of dummy text that allows you to assess the overall apearance and characteristic style of a font.

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Featuring great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna and Titian, this title takes a journey into their world. It offers an introduction into the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance.

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For centuries, Bible stories and ancient Greek and Roman mythology were the main subjects of Western art. This book explores the roots of Western civilization. It introduces the reader to the best-known stories from the Bible and mythology. It presents a selection of masterpieces by some of the worlds greatest painters.

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In 1650 Velazquez was in Rome, where he depicted members of the papal court with a new freedom of approach, while the following year saw his keenly awaited return to Spain, where he returned to the conventions of the court portrait. This title presents a survey of one of the key moments in the history of the Spanish court portrait.

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Tells the entire story of jazz from its earliest days in New Orleans to the 1970s and beyond told through archival material from Verve, the genres most important label. This title presents some of the rarest records and unseen ephemera from the label that helped define the world of jazz.

An expertly written and exquisitely photographed study of the buildings of Victor Horta, a figure of central significance to Art Nouveau and to the origins of modernism in architecture and interior design.

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Vienna was home to some of the most extraordinary minds of modern times, and was a vigorous melting-pot of radical fresh ideas and concepts in every field art, architecture, literature, music, politics, journalism and theatre. This title features 25 essays on the key movements and figures of the era.

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An exceptional volume bringing together almost 1,000 images representing the diversity and richness of the visual arts in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.

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Vincent van Gogh's letters have long been prized as some of the most valuable documents in the world of art. Not only do they throw light on Van Gogh's own complex and intriguing character, they enlighten the whole creative process as seen through his eyes. This book presents biographical and art-historical information.

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A fascinating new account of the work and lives of Britain's women artists in the twentieth century.

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Renowned for his scenes of domestic life, Vuillard was one of the great post-impressionist artists. This text covers all of Vuillard's work and explores his association with a number of important stylistic movements. It includes extracts from early journals and correspondence with contemporaries.

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Brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers.

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Wayne Thiebaud has long been recognized as one of America's prominent modern artists. This title brings together 120 of Thiebaud's important paintings, watercolours and pastels. It contains essays that trace the course of his career from the 1950s onwards.

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A fascinating study of the drawings by American artist Wayne Thiebaud, published with his cooperation

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A survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present.

Hey little owl, what are you doing I'm waking up! What's up, Mr Pelican I'm having my dinner! This title is packed with interactive tabs that put children in the driving seat.

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Beautiful show ponies, athletic race horses and nomadic desert horses all get their chance in the limelight in this charming introduction to our equine companions, which includes advice on grooming and care.