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  • Shoes A-Z: 45th Anniversary Edition
    Guinness, Daphne
    Exclusive access to the shoe collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of TechnologySky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art object and deeply ordinary, shoes tell the story of shifting attitudes toward desire, power, and wealth throughout history. Lace up for a journey through the most enviable shoe closet from the permanent c...

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  • California Crazy. American Pop...
    Heimann, Jim
    California’s architectural anomaliesAt the dawn of the automobile age, Americans’ predilection for wanderlust prompted a new wave of inventive entrepreneurs to cater to this new mode of transportation. Starting in the 1920s, attention-grabbing buildings began to appear that would draw in passing drivers for snacks, provisions, souvenirs, or a quick meal. The architectural estab...

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  • Sebastiao Salgado. Genesis: 45th...
    Salgado, Lelia Wanick
    A photographic homage to our planet“In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.” – Sebastião SalgadoOn a very fortuitous day in 1970, 26-year-old Sebastião Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder, he experienced a revelation: suddenly life made sense. From that day onward—though it took years of...

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  • Sebastiao Salgado. Amazonia: 45th...
    Salgado, Lelia Wanick
    Sebastião Salgado on the traces of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforestSebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there—an irreplaceable treasure of humanity.Salgado described the Brazilian Amazon as "the last frontier, ...

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  • Hiroshige & Eisen. the Sixty-Nine Stations...
    Paget, Rhiannon
    A historic trail through the heart of JapanThe Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. Inns, shops, and restaurants were established to provide sustenance and lodging to weary travelers....

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  • Small Houses: 45th Anniversary Edition
    Jodidio, Philip
    A sweeping survey of small-scale architectural inventionSmall Houses is a tribute to the endless artistic inventiveness of architects and ingenuity of perception of the familiar and known concepts. It is also a conscious pivot towards sustainability and reduction of impact on the environment as well as a daring attitude of change in lifestyle. As humanity faces inevitable press...

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  • EC Comics. the New Trend 1950-54. 45th Ed.
    Geissman, Grant
    EC Comic’s legendary New Trend eraIn 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines, who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All-American Comics, bringing the likes of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years, Bill Gaines and a “who’s who” of...

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  • Information Graphics
    Rendgen, Sandra
    How complex ideas are communicated via graphics“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”—Albert EinsteinOur everyday lives are filled with a massive flow of information that we must interpret in order to understand the world we live in. Considering the complex variety of data floating around us, sometimes the best—or even only—way to communicate is ...

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  • Walter Chandoha. Dogs
    Golden, Reuel
    The world’s most beloved pet photographer turns his lens on our canine companionsThe world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately Walter Chandoha, the 20th century’s greatest pet photographer found himself happily in the middle. He loved these intriguing creatures equally for their unique beauty and individualism, and as subjects to photograph in a caree...

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  • Anatomical Waxes
    Poggesi, Marta
    Meticulous anatomical waxworks showing human anatomy in all its complexityA book that gets under the skin in every sense, containing hundreds of vivid photographs of intricate anatomical waxworks, created more than two centuries ago to astounding levels of accuracy. The models were intended to advance medical understanding at a time when scientific curiosity and intellectual fe...

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  • Sexy Record Covers
    Hanson, Dian / Godtland, Eric
    The sexiest, funniest, weirdest record covers ever wrapped around vinylEric Godtland has worked in the record industry for over 35 years, and collected records since turning 12 in 1977. As manager of the American band Third Eye Blind from 1995 he traveled the world, exploring record stores in every country, adding to his collection. Sexy covers were not a priority, but always w...

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  • LOGO Beginning
    Muller, Jens
    Multilingual Edition: English, French, GermanA 100-year history of the origins and evolution of the trademarkBy the late 19th century, trademarks began to replace traditional emblems, like coats of arms, as identifying symbols for companies. At first, logos tended to be figurative, but over time they morphed into the abstract marks that we see everywhere today. Yet many iconic ...

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  • Architectural Theory
    Evers, Bernd
    The architectural treatises which shaped our worldIf you’ve ever wondered what goes through architects’ minds when they design buildings, you’ll be happy to know that there’s no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library may prove fruitful to your endeavor, but it won’t give you the instant gratification t...

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  • Book of Citrus Fruits, The: 45th...
    Lauterbach, Iris
    J. C. Volkamer’s 18th-century ode to the citrus fruitHave you ever thought of citrus fruits as celestial bodies, angelically suspended in the sky? Perhaps not, but J. C. Volkamer (1644–1720) did—commissioning an extravagant and breathtaking series of large-sized copperplates representing citrons, lemons, and bitter oranges in surreal scenes of majesty and wonder.Ordering plants...

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  • Walt Disney's Children's Classics 1937-1953
    Solomon, Charles
    Experience vintage children's storybook illustrations by early Disney artistsIn Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s, Disney artists popularized illustration for children both on the big screen and in the pages of the Golden Books, a series of affordably priced children's books. These stories distilled the visual language of Disney films and brought historic and contemporary ...

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  • Art for All
    Growe, Bernd
    Discover the lives and work of five iconic Impressionist artistsThis inspiring collection covers the work, the lives, and the enduring impact of five key Impressionists, in one volume that’s a primer and a celebration of probably the most popular artistic genre of all time. Each featured artist broke boundaries in different ways, astounding late 19th-century society with their ...

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  • Tina Turner by Peter Lindbergh
    Bach, Erwin / Lindbergh, Peter
    With her music and boundless passion for life, Tina Turner enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Peter Lindbergh was a lifelong friend of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll and shot intimate portraits of her over many years.Lindbergh’s photographs do more than just document her iconic status; they reveal the powerful, joyful, and at times intro...

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  • Homes for Our Time.
    Jodidio, Philip
    Multilingual Edition: English, French, GermanA fresh selection of contemporary houses around the worldClimate, environment, history, and technology are transforming architecture worldwide. The second volume in the Homes for Our Time series documents this housing revolution and raises questions: What role do homes play in our endangered world? How can they innovate?In Sri Lanka,...

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  • Japan 1900
    Arque, Sabine
    Land of the Rising Sun at the Turn of the CenturyThe Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades, Japan became a less remote and more attractive destination for the internationa...

    $1,907.00 MXN

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  • Arts & Architecture 1950-1954
    Taschen
    The seminal architecture journal resurrectedFrom the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture. Emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated at once modern design and low-cost materials. The trend was most notably embodied in the famous Case Study House Program, a blueprint for modern habitation cha...

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  • Karl Blossfeldt
    Adam, Hans Christian
    German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural ...

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  • The Fire Next Time
    Baldwin, James / Schapiro, Steve
    First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America’s so-called “Negro problem.” As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith...

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  • Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, The
    Nadel, Dan
    Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the years since his death. With his paintings now breaking auction records (Egyptian Queen sold for $ 5.4 million in 2019) he’s long overdue for this ultimate monograph.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal ...

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  • Hr Giger
    Andreas J. Hirsch
    “At its essence, Giger’s art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination, which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb.” – Ridley ScottSwiss artist HR Giger (1940–2014) is mo...

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  • Lindberg, Dior
    Harrison, Martin
    Dior by Peter LindberghAn homage to fashion’s most beloved photographerPeter Lindbergh photographed Dior’s most exceptional muses, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron among them, and signed campaigns for Lady Dior and J'Adore with his inimitable style. Throughout his career, the photographer was one of the house’s closest collaborators. This final book was an original cocreati...

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  • Frank Lloyd Wright
    Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks
    A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) is at once unmistakably individual and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional harmony with their environment, as well as for their use of steel and glass to revolutionize the interface of indoor and outdoor, Wright’s designs helped announce the age of modernity, as much as they secured his place in the annals of ar...

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  • Leonardo
    Zöllner, Frank
    One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonné of all of the artist’s masterful paintings.Drawn from our best-selling XXL edition, the book traces the artist’s life and work across 10 chapters...

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  • Life. Hollywood
    Taschen
    The LIFE archives spotlight Hollywood and the magic of the moviesIn November 1936, publisher Henry R. Luce launched LIFE as a photo-led weekly news magazine with a clear purpose: “To see life; to see the world; to eyewitness great events.” Before readers’ attention was consumed by television, LIFE served as their window to the world, and by the late 1940s, it was being read by ...

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  • Robert Doisneau
    Gautrand, Jean Claude
    As sensitive to human suffering as to the simple pleasures of life, Robert Doisneau is one of the most celebrated exponents of the Photographie humaniste that swept through the 1950s. Cherished in particular for his soulful portraits of Paris, Doisneau demonstrated a unique ability to find – and perfectly frame – charismatic characters, entertaining episodes, and fleeting momen...

    $1,335.00 MXN

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  • Sacred Sites
    Hundley, Jessica
    A Journey Through Spiritual LandscapesTaking us on a journey through the history of sacred art and architecture, Sacred Sites explores the myriads of ways in which we imbue our environments with profound and enduring meaning. From our early designation of nature and the body as temple to our futuristic embrace of imaginary realms, we travel the vast and mystical landscapes of ...

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