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Jean Nouvel by Jean Nouvel: Complete Works 1970-2008, Signed Limited Edition
Jean Nouvel by Jean Nouvel: Complete Works 1970-2008, Signed Limited Edition
by Jean Nouvel
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Limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies packaged in a translucent plexiglass slipcase reminiscent of the translucent facades often seen in Jean Nouvel designs. Jean Nouvel worked for over five years with author Philip Jodidio on this new... (read more)

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Emilio Pucci
Emilio Pucci
by Armando Chitolina
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Emilio Pucci created a fashion house unlike any other. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and candid shots from the family archive, this luxurious tome captures the breathtaking elegance and drama of this unique brand.... (read more)

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Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra
Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra
by Walton Ford
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Natural selection Audubon-on-Viagra - New York magazine, New York Walton Ford's life-sized watercolors of animals could be mistaken for 19th-century natural-science illustrations or British colonial paintings. Except they're not. Something strange and... (read more)

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Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint
Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint
by Nina Weiner
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Ten years, ten boxes, 118 issues, 6,076 pages The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimile From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture: emerging talents were focusing on... (read more)

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The Pedro Almodovar Archives
The Pedro Almodovar Archives
by Pedro Almodovar
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An in-depth exploration of Almodóvar’s complete œuvre Un film de Almodóvar: whether appearing in his stylish opening credits or on the suggestive poster that invariably accompanies each of his films, this announcement triggers... (read more)

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Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009
Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009
by Philip Jodidio
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The iconic work of a singular architect Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade... (read more)

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75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking
by Paul Levitz
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  Super heroes from the Atom to Zatara: 75 years of DC Comics   In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at a time when comic books... (read more)

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Meier: Richard Meier & Partners, Complete Works 1963-2008
Meier: Richard Meier & Partners, Complete Works 1963-2008
by Philip Jodidio
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"Coop Himmelb(l)au is not a color but an idea of creating architecture with fantasy, as buoyant and variable as clouds." So the architecture group itself defines its name and design concept. Beginning with inflated bubbles and interactive... (read more)

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Peter Beard
Peter Beard
by Peter Beard
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Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the... (read more)

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Carl Becker: Decorative Arts from the Middle Ages to Renaissance
Carl Becker: Decorative Arts from the Middle Ages to Renaissance
by Carsten Peter Warncke
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Ten centuries of European applied arts When Kunstwerke und Geräthschaften des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (1852–1863) was published, what purchasers in fact bought was a small printed museum of unusual treasures. With 216 hand... (read more)

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I'll Be Watching You: Inside the Police, 1980-83 (Taschen Spring)
I'll Be Watching You: Inside the Police, 1980-83 (Taschen Spring)
by Andy Summers
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The insider: The Police on tour photographed by guitarist Andy Summers Just announced: The Police Reunion Tour starts in Summer 2007 In the early 1980s, The Police went on tour accompanied by a photographer who documented the band behind the scenes in a... (read more)

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Frank Lloyd Wright: Complete Works, Vol. 1, 1885-1916
Frank Lloyd Wright: Complete Works, Vol. 1, 1885-1916
by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
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The definitive publication on America’s greatest architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of all time; indeed, his work virtually ushered in the modern era and remains highly influential... (read more)

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Norman Mailer: Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Norman Mailer: Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
by Norman Mailer
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, TASCHEN has paired Norman Mailer’s seminal text with spectacular photography—from the archives of NASA, LIFE magazine, and many other sources—to create a... (read more)

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Martius, Book of Palms
Martius, Book of Palms
by H Walter Lack
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Martius's magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree On 15 December 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with... (read more)

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John Gould: Family of Toucans
John Gould: Family of Toucans
by Jonathan Elphick
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Vivid and animated, in living color John Gould (1804–1881) was without question the most prolific ornithological artist of the 19th century, and the only one to rival John James Audubon in ambition and quality. Gould shared the romantic enthusiasm... (read more)

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Greatest of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali (Go)
Greatest of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali (Go)
by Taschen
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The undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing books, at a knockout price "This is not a book. This is a monument on paper, the most megalomaniacal book in the history of civilization, the biggest, heaviest, most radiant thing ever printed - Ali's... (read more)

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Arab Art
Arab Art
by Sheila S Blair
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Prisse d'Avennes's Dazzling Compendia of Islamic Art and Architecture Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807–1879), a French Orientalist, author and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th century Egyptologists. An ardent admirer of the superb skills of... (read more)

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Bettina Rheims & Serge Bramly: Rose, C'Est Paris
Bettina Rheims & Serge Bramly: Rose, C'Est Paris
by Bettina Rheims
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Surrealist visions, confused identities, obsession, fetish and seething desire Bettina Rheims and Serge Bramly's Rose, c'est Paris is both a photographic monograph and a feature-length film on DVD. This extraordinary work of art, in two different but... (read more)

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Mark Ryden: Pinxit
Mark Ryden: Pinxit
by Mark Ryden
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Mark Ryden’s carnival of curiosities Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered... (read more)

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