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A new biography of Vincent van Goghs sisters, published in English for the first time, containing previously unpublished letters and photographs from the archives of Van Gogh descendants.

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When it comes to interior lifestyle decisions, there are more ways than ever to find inspiration. This treasure trove of design ideas featuring a rich variety of colours, textures and styles reflects the complexity of different lifestyles from around the globe.

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In the 6th-century BC, a prince from Northern India left family and fortune in search for answers to the great questions of life and death. Known as Buddha, his teaching soon spread over the world. This book explores the life, teachings and philosophy of this man.

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Provides an exploration of the arts of antiquity, beginning with the earliest European cave paintings and continuing up to the coming of Christianity and Buddhism in the Old World, and to the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World. This book focuses on common solutions that man, the artist has devised for the problems posed by his environment.

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Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age.

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The definitive catalogue of one of the most important collections of Byzantine decorative art in private hands, which is not open to the public.

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The fourth catalogue devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art, comparable to the holdings of many of the world's great museums.

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The first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.

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Do you prefer cats or dogs Chocolate or vanilla ice-cream The hen or the egg Mummy... or Daddy This pop-up book with flaps to lift, is packed with interactive tabs that put children in the driving seat.

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The first monograph about the houses of the major Nordic-Canadian architect Todd Saunders.

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A maker of memorable images...Tom Phillips has a range of sympathy which goes beyond the Anglo-American gamut...he is a quintessentialist; a man who likes to reproduce complex and difficult subjects to a magic minimum. --John Russell, The New York Times

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A raucous yet detailed look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who documented the sounds that changed our culture.

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A major new illustrated study of a remarkable piece of architecture and engineering, and one of Britains most iconic landmarks.

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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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Jewelry as an art form in Mughal India is presented in this collection of treasures, with pieces ranging from rings, necklaces and other body ornaments to detailed work on boxes, flasks, bowls and daggers. They exemplify creative stone settings, inlay techniques, engraving and relief decoration.

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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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