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A revelatory and very personal exploration of Indian classical music from 'one of his generation's best writers' (Guardian). Winner of the 2022 James Tait Black Biography Award.

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A vivid showcase of work by more than thirty of the worlds leading contemporary female documentary photographers.

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his third official companion to the much-loved cult TV show is packed with unseen photos, costume designs, behind-the-scenes secrets and much more, including brand-new Firefly short stories by the show's writers!

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Reproduces the Imperial War Museum's collection of over 30,000 British Government wartime posters and proclamations, mostly from the First and Second World Wars, and most forgotten after their initial use. This title contains stirring messages that once exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort: Eat Greens for Health, and more.

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Italian artist Lucio Fontana literally tore the art establishment apart. Trained as a sculptor, he combined form and color in radical spatial gestures, most famously his slashed canvases of the 1950s and '60s. Regarded as the father of midcentury Spatialism, his provocative practice channeled postwar innovation in a pioneering synthesis of art, technology, and science.

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Features photographs that provide a visual document of Europe in the midst of an environmental crisis.

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'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby' Charles Dickens. FOR THE LOVE OF: BABIES contains beautiful, unforgettable moments of a baby's life. An exquisite collection of moving photographs and words, taken from all walks of life showing the connection and love between baby and the world.

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(Hardback)

It's classic Hollywood -- uncensored. This is the ultimate guide to the "Pre-Code" era of early filmmaking (1930-1934), whose strikingly modern themes and characters inspired a cult following and serve as a perfect entre to classic film for contemporary audiences.

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Piero Fornasetti used illusions, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs, such as the sun, playing cards, fish and flowers to create a style that was his own. This book documents Fornasetti's life and art, and Ettore Sottsass provides a personal tribute.

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The architecture of Expressionism marks the starting point of the discipline into the Golden Twenties - also in the urban cityscape of the metropolises of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This volume offers a complete overview of all the buildings in the region which still exist and shows a completely new perspective on a familiar region.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Between the Franco-Prussian War and WWI, France in the 1900s was a gilded moment of peace and prosperity. Critically acclaimed authors Sabine Arqu and Marc Walter curate this XXL collection of some 800 vintage photographs, postcards, posters, and photochromes. From the grand Paris World's Fair to the honey light of the Cte d'Azur, it's a...

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Francesco Bosso presents his last photographic work documenting with stunning black-and-white images the dramatic melting of the icebergs in the Artic.

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Frans Lanting's photographs are a striking exploration of existence on Earth. The renowned wildlife photographer journeyed across the globe to capture these images of bountiful biodiversity. As wildly contrasting as the contours of the world may be, Lanting's photos show us the symmetries and dependencies that bind the Earth's ecosystems into...

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

An unrivaled photographic journey through time and geography, Frdric Chaubin's Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed gathers 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics, each built between 1970 and 1990. In their local exoticism, outlandish ideologies, and puzzle of styles, these vast, weird, and wonderful buildings are extraordinary...

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(Hardback)

A very personal story of a lifetime spent cultivating an eye for French style and bringing it to life in the home.

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(Paperback)

An in-depth study of printmaking in Papua New Guinea from its beginnings in the late 1960s. This work explores the National Gallery of Australia's collection of over 600 prints and drawings from Papua New Guinea, including the earliest known contemporary prints.

(Spiral bound)

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical cartoon in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis, and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers that visualized a golden era of Black music.

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As the definition of designer expands and architects today create everything from jewelry to urban masterplans, a new wave of objects ranging from furniture to small-scale architectural inventions is transforming our interior spaces. This book offers examples of this new design typology, by renowned architects and designers from around the globe.