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The truth behind Freddie Mercury's complex romantic relationships.

A radical re-evaluation of American modernism

New Retro focuses specifically on graphic designers that evoke bygone eras with their creative work from logo design to poster and print design, fashion, products, packaging design and more.

Reinterpreting the past the greatest form of creative flattery never goes out of fashion. Drawing on classic examples from the history of graphic design, this title shows how the past can be updated to the needs of today.

Reuters photojournalists submit some 1,500 photos a day, creating an annual archive of over half a million images. This work documents a year in the life of our vibrant, troubled, beautiful planet. It features images that encompass the fantastic diversity of trends, moods and stories that have defined 2008.

Graffiti is the latest craze in commercial graphics and stencil graffiti is a refined version of the medium. Manco gives over 400 examples of this art form from all around the world, produced in a variety of media and with a huge range of subject matter from politics to poetry.

(Hardback)

With over 200 images drawn from the whole history of Western Art, illustrating the vicissitudes of the beautiful male, we are invited to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, spontaneity and vulnerability. In exploring the iconic ideal of the beautiful boy, Greer demolishes one of the last great Western taboos.

(, Classic Format)

The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100.

(Paperback)

A history of and guide to the Royal Exhibition building in Melbourne. The book explores the construction of the building and its role as host to two international exhibitions. It also looks at the subsequent roles and its restoration in the 1980s.

An unprecedented celebration of every Old Master painting in the Vatican, as well as hundreds of additional masterpieces in the papal collection, is included in this deluxe slipcased book.

(Hardback)

An illuminating new biography of one of Britain's biggest and most influential bands, written with the full input and cooperation of Simple Minds, shedding new light on their dazzling art-rock legacy.

Offers a biographical note on the artist and an introductory chapter on the technique of oil painting. In this title, the authors explain besides the significance of details, also the technique of painting in oil that the artist improved, allowing him to achieve his innovative artistic results.

(Paperback)

What makes a great building This is a question that has preoccupied architects for centuries. This title features 350 photographs which take you on an epic journey celebrating some of the finest examples of architecture from over 2,000 years of civilization. It contains over 80 buildings, over 40 of which are featured in photo essays.

(, 7th Revised edition)

Presents various developments in archeology and art historical research. This book offers a fresh perspective on various developments shaping our cultural history.

Set in the period 1840 to 1863, "Gangs of New York" is Martin Scorcese's take on the gangs, criminals, crooked cops and politicians of New York. This book charts the making of this epic, with cast interviews, script, production photographs, costume and set-designs, and behind-the-scenes images.

(, Media tie-in)

Ordinary Decent Criminal is a gangster movie, transposed to modern day Ireland. It follows the adventures of a man who robs from the rich but lives with the poor.

(Paperback)

[Sub]stance gives voice to a new generation of young designers emerging from the University of Pennsylvania's famous landscape architecture program.

Just when you thought there was no hope of ever finding a comprehensive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists, along comes the 1,000 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor, a bindup of Walter Foster's bestselling Color Mixing Recipes books,

An exciting new behind-the-scenes showcase of the surprising, wonderful and significant pieces held in our national museum, for children and adults alike.

This collection profiles 100 of the finest films in cinema history. Traversing every genre, the book presents classic, cult, famous, and lesser-known films. Each masterpiece is introduced with essential information, film stills, and original posters. From Metropolis to Annie Hall, celebrate the art of the silver screen and find abundant inspiration for those movie nights in.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This two-volume set tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 15 years. The collection features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & De Meuron to Mass Design Group's Maternity Waiting Village in...