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The surprisingly modern-looking, sometimes hallucinatory illustrations and the cursory descriptions of the Book of Miracles strikingly convey a unique view of the concerns and anxieties of the 16th century, of apocalyptic thinking and eschatological expectation. This facsimile volume reproduces the Book of Miracles in its entirety.

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Take a truly magical mystery tour with this sparkling compendium of magic and trickery from medieval thaumaturgies to 20th-century showmen. Featuring hundreds of rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings, The Magic Book follows this special performing art from the 1400s to the 1950s.

(Hardback)

Across world capitals and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. This third edition of the best-selling 36 Hours Europe is comprehensively revised to offer 130 expert itineraries from The New York Times, revealing the continent's best-kept secrets. Includes 20 new stories ranging from Galway, Burgundy, and Bergen to the Amalfi Coast and Cyprus.

(Paperback)

Take a trip through American office design, from Marcel Breuer's IBM campus to Lil Miquela's Instagram profile. This book is a refreshing take on the forms of workplaces, from the 1970s into the future. In a collection of 12 essays with photos by Iwan Baan, explore the global trends that have defined the modern office space.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Teeming with tapestries, manuscript illuminations, carpets, and tiles, this far-reaching compendium brings together the two greatest 19th-century catalogues of ornament into one indispensable reference book. Encompassing designs from medieval times through to the 19th century in styles as diverse as Egyptian, Etruscan, or Middle Eastern, this book is dedicated to decoration.

(Hardback)

Though he died aged 36, Toulouse-Lautrec's influence was immense, immortalizing the nightlife of the Belle poque and putting the Paris neighborhood of Montmartre on the global map of hedonist-creative hotspots. Walk through his world of singers, dancers, musicians, and prostitutes and discover an artist of great humanity, figurative skill, and sense for the stories of a city.

(Hardback)

This XL double-volume provides an unrivaled curation of the ultimate collector motorcycles of all time. From super-rare pioneer bikes, venerated British classics and German speed machines to lightning-fast Japanese racers, groundbreaking Italian superbikes, and highly radical road rockets, this book is a dazzling celebration of motorcycle design and engineering at its innovative best.

(Hardback)

For so many champions of art history, the ultimate sounding board was-and remains-Diego Rodrguez de Silva y Velzquez. This monograph presents his complete works in beautiful reproductions, including enlarged details and photography of recently restored paintings.

(Hardback)

This catalogue raisonn of Velzquezs complete works features brand new photography of recently restored paintings. In extra-large format and with numerous details, and a fold-out, the book celebrates the painters insight, humanity, and brilliant technique.

(Hardback)

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Take a jazz trip like no other with William Claxton and Joachim E. Berendt's legendary photographic journey across the concert halls, side streets, and big bands of 1960s America. From coast to coast, this tribute is a living, breathing, beating picture of the genre that enraptured America across social, economic, and racial lines.

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How do people respond to "how are you" on opposite sides of the pond Do lunch breaks change over distant longitudes Is the boss bigger in Paris or L.A. With the latest book in her best-selling series, Yang Liu distills the obvious and not-so-obvious contrasts between the European and U.S. experience into clever, crisp pictograms.

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It's time for a reality check with the opposite sex. As part of her best-selling pictogram series, leading designer Yang Liu distills the experiences, challenges, and many perspectives facing men and women, from age-old clichs to current debates, from boardroom politics to bedroom antics.

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Graphic designer Yang Liu brings the way we were face to face with the way we are. Through Facebook, food waste, concentration spans, Liu's crisp pictograms offer a lively, discerning distillation of our ever-evolving world, from the details of daily experience to the momentous happenings of history.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

From an Olympic ski jump to the world's largest airport terminal, this book contains the complete works of Dame Zaha Hadid, one of the great architects of the 21st century and the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. With photos, descriptions and drawings, readers can explore the life and philosophy of the Queen of the Curve.

(Hardback)

The ultimate anthology of cinematic showpieces, in extra-handy format. This careful selection of movie masterworks sets noir alongside new wave, slapstick alongside tragedy in a far-reaching, infinitely inspiring guide to the jewels of 20th-century filmmaking.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Open the door into 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past two decades. With featured architects including Daniel Libeskind, Herzog & de Meuron, and Zaha Hadid, this is a dependable global digest of the nuances, challenges, and opportunities of turning all the emotional and practical requirements of "home" into a constructed actuality.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge urban renewal schemes With 100 projects from China, Chile, and everywhere in between, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Drawn from our Illustration Now! series, this book surveys 100 of the makers and shapers of the illustration scene. With featured artists including Istvan Banyai, Mirko Ilic, Anita Kunz, and Christoph Niemann, the international overview provides an invigorating record of the dynamism and diversity of the genre with a self-portrait, portfolio samples, and description for each illustrator.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, this edition rounds up some of today's most exceptional and inspiring interiors across six continents. From rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism, the selection celebrates a global spectrum of styles, united by authenticity, a love of detail, and a zest for individual expression that will never go out of fashion.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Discover the latest and the greatest of Japan's manga scene. This extensive overview features classic maestros like Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy) and Katsuhiro Otomo (creator of Akira) as well as the most exciting newcomers and, of course, their fictional superstars.

(Hardback)

In true Pop Art style, movies of the 1960s blurred the lines between art, mass market, and pop culture into a vibrant cinematic decade. From Mary Poppins to Jean-Luc Godard, this book gathers the must-see films of a transformational era, shaped by innovation, Spaghetti Westerns, sci-fi star turns, and important progress in female characterization.

(Hardback)

For many film lovers, the 1970s represent a high point in creativity, a golden age of individualist directors making their marks. In this book you'll find a host of key movies of the era that saw a flowering of talent and the arrival of the blockbuster with the likes of Jaws and Star Wars.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)