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Royal Weddings undeniably count among the superlative events of our time. Thousands of people line the way from the palace to the cathedral, and as many as one billion viewers follow the ceremony on their TVs, fascinated by the glamour, tradition and romance between two lovers, who eventually say "yes" to each other just like everybody else. Nothing surpasses the pageantry of a royal wedding. Pomp and ritual combine in a spectacle few can resist. That mingling of personal charisma, age-old institutions, and contemporary mores is enough to intrigue the most hardened of hearts! Royal Weddings tells the stories behind the most beautiful weddings of monarchs and heirs to the throne from all over the world. Take a richly illustrated book behind the scenes on the big days of Queen Victoria of England, Grace Kelly and Rainier, Diana and Charles, Letizia and Felipe and many others. These royal unions embody the hopes, dreams and characteristics of nations as distinct as Sweden, Japan and Spain. Comprehensive text and stunning pictures chronicle the fascinating details that make these state celebrations of personal commitment so unique and memorable.

* This magnificent volume will fascinate all interested by lavish indulgence fit for a king
* This richly illustrated volume offers a unique impression of the most spectacular royal weddings

Lavishly illustrated throughout with crystal-clear photography, this guide is the essential reference for the novice and experienced birdwatcher.

This large-format book starts with an extensively illustrated introduction, describing bird characteristics and behaviour. It also surveys the varied habitats in which birds may be spotted, including urban parks and gardens.

The 330 most commonly seen species are given a full-page entry in the species catalogue. See birds in their natural habitat and learn about characteristic behaviour with stunning photos showing adults in typical plumage, with male, female, juvenile, and summer or winter variations to help you identify birds quickly and easily. Colour-coded maps highlight resident and migratory distributions so you know which species of birds to expect when you are out and about. Within this bird book for adults there are key details and descriptions of rare species and accidental visitors to Britain and Europe.

The new edition of RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe includes access to a free-download audio app, which features recordings of birdsong and calls for the most commonly occurring species - so that species can be identified by sound and by sight.

Whether you are looking for a guide to help you take part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch or a bird-watching gift for friends and family, this bird-watching book is essential for quick and easy bird identification of European and British birds.

One of the world's top photographers, Russell James hails from Western Australia. Strongly idiosyncratic, his work is heavily influenced by his homeland's open landscapes and extraordinary light. Dream-like images combine the natural elements of air, sun, earth and water. Applauded for his sexy nudes, exuberant fashion spreads, as well as distinctive portraiture, his trademark style is instantly recognizable. Whether capturing the daily lives of Australia's aboriginal peoples, or crafting a luxury advertising campaign, this consummate professional leaves nothing to chance…

Russell James's work has appeared in many influential magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire and GQ.  In particular, his images in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition have drawn great acclaim. He has also created advertising campaigns for world-class clients such as Victoria's Secret.

 - With an introductory essay by Russell James and forewords by Heidi Klum, Donna Karan, and Sharen Turney, CEO of Victoria's Secret
 - A comprehensive overview of this accomplished and talented photographer

For NBA superstar turned style icon Russell Westbrook, fashion is not just a spectator sport—it pushes boundaries, blurs lines, and drives culture. This book is a celebration of Westbrook’s style on and off the court, and the creative people he admires and works with.

This deluxe edition of the book will come in luxury packaging that will include the book and a pair of Russell Westbrook designed sunglasses from his current collection that will be housed together in a clamshell box with an MVP bellyband.  The box itself will be black faux leather with a basketball grain and black glossy stamped basketball lines.

Russell Westbrook, a reigning two-time NBA All-Star MVP, is not your average basketball superstar. Apart from his meteoric rise within the ranks of the NBA, Westbrook is a creative force prominently known and admired by the fashion industry and his fan base for his daring sartorial experimentation and love of all things fashion. Whether he is seen at the front row of a runway show during Milan Fashion Week, within the pages of Vogue, GQ, and the New York Times style section, or collaborating with Barneys New York or the Jordan brand, Westbrook has garnered the reputation of being the NBA’s real fashion insider.

This book is a collection of stylish and inspiring images and text that provide a rare glimpse into Westbrook’s world, revealing how he uses style as a psychological weapon on and off the court and how he has redefined the role of a contemporary athlete turned cultural figure. From photographs documenting his bold and cutting-edge outfits worn during the playoffs to images of his collaborations with global style brands and original quotes and interviews with fellow athletes, designers, and creative figures that inspire Westbrook, this book explores how to be fearless and confident in fashion and in life, what it means to be stylish, and the importance of authenticity in everything from style and music to art and business. This all-access volume is an essential for his fans and readers interested in sports, style, design, and popular culture.

About the Author:

Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.

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For NBA superstar turned style icon Russell Westbrook, fashion is not just a spectator sport — it pushes boundaries, blurs lines, and drives culture. This book is a celebration of Westbrook’s style on and off the court, and the creative people he admires and works with.

This book was created with three different covers designed by Raymond Pettibon and will be shipped to customers at random.

Russell Westbrook, a reigning two-time NBA All-Star MVP, is not your average basketball superstar. Apart from his meteoric rise within the ranks of the NBA, Westbrook is a creative force prominently known and admired by the fashion industry and his fan base for his daring sartorial experimentation and love of all things fashion. Whether he is seen at the front row of a runway show during Milan Fashion Week, within the pages of Vogue, GQ, and the New York Times style section, or collaborating with Barneys New York or the Jordan brand, Westbrook has garnered the reputation of being the NBA’s real fashion insider.

This book is a collection of stylish and inspiring images and text that provide a rare glimpse into Westbrook’s world, revealing how he uses style as a psychological weapon on and off the court and how he has redefined the role of a contemporary athlete turned cultural figure. From photographs documenting his bold and cutting-edge outfits worn during the playoffs to images of his collaborations with global style brands and original quotes and interviews with fellow athletes, designers, and creative figures that inspire Westbrook, this book explores how to be fearless and confident in fashion and in life, what it means to be stylish, and the importance of authenticity in everything from style and music to art and business. This all-access volume is an essential for his fans and readers interested in sports, style, design, and popular culture.

About the Author:

Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.

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120 color photographs

Russia - Even after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Russia remains a nation shrouded in mystery. The country's modern aesthetic includes vestiges of its past that combine and collide with its present, reflected in such unusual imagery as an ornate palace which now houses a hip-hop rehearsal studio, and the stained-glass windows of a church that immortalize the icons of the proletariat. Photographer Andrew Moore explores Russia's majestic beauty and paralyzing decay with striking honesty, often finding them in the same frame. Russia: Beyond Utopia is an intricate hybrid of modern Russia'sunresolved past and uncertain present, revealing a country on the cusp of a new era.

Andrew Moore's works are represented in the collections of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Inside Havana was his first published monograph.

Sailing is a philosophy of life that seems to bring out the best in human nature. Everything depends on the interplay of nature and man so that sailing yachts can glide powerfully through the waves. They fulfil the desire for freedom and adventure as well as luxury and relaxation.

This illustrated volume represents an exclusive selection of 40 sailing yachts showing the latest maritime trends, styles and visions. Designers and shipyards have devised fascinating new approaches to meet the challenges posed by the forces of wind and water as well as the demands for increased speed and style. Whether the refurbished classic that has sailed the seas for decades, the minimalist lightweight racer or the luxury 141-meter cruiser, every boat has her story to tell.

From the content:

- Bracuda (Perini Navi with Ron Holland and John Pawson)
- Rainbow (Starling Burgess Design with Dykstra Naval Architects)
- Kokomo (Dubois Naval Architects with Redman Whiteley Dixon)
- Sea Cloud (Cox & Stevens)
- Chrisco (Luca Brenta with Wetzels Brown Partners)

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Понад 40 років Саллі Манн (нар. 1951) створювала експериментальні, елегічні та неймовірно красиві фотографії, які досліджують головні теми буття: пам’ять, бажання, смерть, сімейні зв’язки та владну байдужість природи до людських зусиль. Те, що об’єднує цю велику кількість робіт — портрети, натюрморти, пейзажі та інші дослідження — це те, що все це «виведено з одного місця», американського Півдня. Манн, яка є уродженкою Лексінгтона, штат Вірджинія, використовує свою глибоку любов до своєї батьківщини та знання її історичної спадщини, щоб поставити потужні, провокаційні запитання — про історію, ідентичність, расу та релігію — які відлунюють через географічні та національні кордони. Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings складається з п’яти розділів — «Сім’я», «Земля», «Остання міра», «Постій зі мною» та «Що залишилося» — і включає багато робіт, які раніше не виставлялися й не публікувалися. Це широкий огляд мистецьких досягнень Манна.

A Thousand Crossings та його каталог представляють значну частину багатогранної творчості Манна. Вона по черзі ніжна, безтурботна, поцяткована сонцем, епічна, алюзивна, обтяжена, зі шрамами, скорботна, темна, уважна, дослідницька, спокутлива, пам’ятна, інтроспективна, примирлива та мудра».

— The New York Review of Books

Про авторів:

Саллі Манн – відома американська художниця та автор кількох схвалених критиками книг про фотографію, а також мемуарів Hold Still, які стали фіналістом Національної книжкової премії. Вона все ще живе в Лексінгтоні.
Сара Ґріноу та Сара Кенел є кураторами Національної галереї мистецтв та Музею Пібоді в Ессексі відповідно, а також кураторами Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings exhibition.

Children, landscape, lovers-these subjects are almost as common to the photographic lexicon as light itself. But Sally Mann's take on these iconic themes, rendered through both traditional and esoteric processes, is anything but common.

Astonishingly original both in imagery and technique, Mann's work consistently challenges the viewer: in her hands, experiences drawn from daily life are rendered both disquieting and sublime. Now, having studied relationships between parent and child, artist and subject, life and death, Mann investigates the bonds between husband and wife.

Exquisitely detailed, intimate, psychologically and emotionally intense, Sally Mann: Proud Flesh engages territory most often inhabited by male artists portraying their wives and female lovers, as Mann turns the camera to her husband of 39 years, Larry.

Beautiful, textured and provocative, these unprecedented nude studies neither objectify nor celebrate; rather, they go far under the skin to suggest a relationship between man and woman that is profoundly trusting: sensual, sexual, sometimes painful, often indescribably tender and always unblinkingly honest.

About the Author:

Sally Mann is a celebrated American artist and the author of several critically acclaimed books of photography, as well as the memoir Hold Still, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She still lives in Lexington.

The amiably spontaneous pictures taken by Sam Shaw (1912–1999) are well known: the native and life-long New Yorker shot countless cover photographs for Life and Look in the fifties and sixties, and later also took the still images for the films he produced himself. Shaw and Marilyn Monroe were friends, and he captured her unique aura in countless unpretentious portraits. During the filming of The Seven Year Itch, he staged his probably best known picture with her: Marilyn standing over a subway grate, a waft of air blowing the skirt of her white dress above her knees.

Sam Shaw also portrayed almost every major Hollywood star of his day, consistently capturing the moment in his quest for truthfulness, with enthusiasm and from a new perspective, just as if he were selecting the camera angle for a film sequence. The researcher and author Lorie Karnath, the book’s editor, enhances the publication with very personal memories of her long-time friend.

From stunning coastal views to bridges wrapped in dreamy fog, this collection showcases 300 photos of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area captured by more than fifty acclaimed photographers from across the Instagram community.

From the Golden Gate Bridge and the Palace of Fine Arts to Salesforce Tower and the Transbay Transit Center's elevated rooftop park, from Point Reyes and Muir Woods to Napa and Sonoma wine country, the San Francisco Bay Area has long been celebrated as the most photogenic region in the United States.

Nowhere has that magic glittered brighter than on Instagram, where a community of dedicated photographers has captured and shared some of the most stunning images ever seen of the Bay Area.

Following the runaway success of New York City on Instagram, this collection encapsulates the San Francisco Instagram experience with fresh takes of familiar icons and fascinating glimpses of the city's newest landmarks and the natural beauty of the Bay Area's most scenic destinations. Complementing the spectacular photography is a list of "Most Instagram-Worthy Spots"-- the perfect guides for both photo enthusiasts and adventurers seeking to explore the sights featured in the book. For anyone with a love of the San Francisco Bay Area and Instagram, San Francisco on Instagram will be both the perfect keepsake and a source of inspiration.

About the Author:

Dan Kurtzman is a travel and landscape photographer based in San Francisco. He has been a leader and organizer on Instagram since its early days, where he curates the beautiful and inspiring work of some of Instagram's most talented artists

The Streets of San Francisco. An epic pictorial history of the City by the Bay

Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day.

Enjoy eye-catching views of the city’s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco’s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland. Some of the city’s most famous residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead, Angela Davis, Janis Joplin, Sylvester, and Allen Ginsberg, among others.

This book features hundreds of newly found images from dozens of archives including museums, universities, libraries, galleries, private collections, and historical societies, from 19th-century daguerreotypes to mid-century Kodachromes to 21st-century digital pictures. Master photographers include, among others: Stephen Shore, Imogen Cunningham, Fred Lyon, Steve Schapiro, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Albert Watson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton, Fred Herzog, Ansel Adams, Jim Marshall, and many local shooters. Also includes introductory essays and captions by Bay Area–based author Richie Unterberger and a “Best of San Francisco” books, music, and movies section and biographies of the photographers. Tony Bennett famously sang, “I left my heart in San Francisco,” and this meticulously researched and conceived portrait will equally inspire and make you fall in love with the spirit of the City by the Bay.

The editor:

Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, the National Geographic editions, the David Bailey SUMO and Andy Warhol. Polaroids.

The author:

Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books, including volumes on the Who, Bob Marley, and 1960s folk-rock. A San Francisco Bay resident for 35 years, he has contributed to numerous publications, including MOJO, Record Collector, and The Oxford American. He teaches courses at several Bay Area colleges, including the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and the University of California at Berkeley.

It’s easy to be carried away by the sheer pleasure of Sani. This five-star, family-owned ecological reserve in Greece stretches across a 1,000 acres and hosts five inspirational hotels as well as a striking yacht marina. With its endless golden beaches lapped by the crystal clear waters of the Aegean and flanked by the fragrant pine forests of the Kassandra Peninsula, Sani immerses visitors in nature at its most pristine and beautiful. Guests enjoy the highest standard of luxury, including private beach and pool options, exquisite spa treatments, and an array of sports and fitness programs and eco-friendly activities and events for the entire family. This book curates the finest photographs of Sani by Marina Vernicos to bring this unique resort to life and evoke its simplicity, beauty, and social and environmental consciousness.

Some 100 colour images capture the unique freedom and joy of a Sani holiday: taking off on a bike through the forests, savouring fresh flavours direct from the Sani gardens, and the bliss of diving into a warm, aquamarine pool. A special book for a one-of-a-kind destination, the serenity and contentment of Sani are infused into this richly-illustrated volume which readers can experience every day.

- A sumptuous photo book capturing the five-star ecological reserve of Sani in Greece
- Over 100 colour images evoke Sani’s stunning location, luxurious accommodations, and environmental consciousness
- An inspiring celebration of a unique holiday resort and the natural beauty of the Aegean Sea

Uncensored and provocative shots of models and artists

A decade after his sizzling debut A Private View, Sante D'Orazio returns with a second volume of photo-diary-scrapbook, covering 1997 to 2008. Uncensored and provocative, D'Orazio's shots are mounted in collage-style entries framed with candid, handwritten observations. All-night parties and day-long photo sessions provide the light and shade of D'Orazio's jetset lifestyle - celebrities, models, musicians, actors and artists all feature, in various states of dress and undress. Included here are Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Diane Kruger, Tricia Helfer, Stephanie Seymour, Liz Hurley, Jay-Z, Mickey Rourke, Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, Pam Anderson, Keith Richards, Axl Rose, Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel and many more. Informal images contrast with posed shots, color with black and white, and outtakes are shown along published photos from the likes of Playboy and Interview. With a keen eye, this New York-based photographer creates a dynamic tableau of moods and styles. Access to this demi-monde is rare; capturing its essence in words and pictures, rarer still. Sante D'Orazio succeeds on both counts.

About the photographer:

Sante D'Orazio (b. 1956) is an internationally renowned photographer whose advertising campaign clients include Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Revlon, and L'Oreal, and whose editorial fashion shoots have featured in Vogue, Esquire, Town & Country, Max, Interview and Vanity Fair. His previous books include A Private View (1998), Sante D'Orazio: Photographs (2000), and Gianni and Donatella (2007).

About the author:

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) is a painter, photographer and graphic artist, and one of the founders of Pop Art. Known for his landscapes with superimposed slogans and "word paintings," Ruscha has had many international retrospectives, and represented the USA at the 2005 Venice Biennale. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

A doll’s face, a pin-up figure and a man-eating smile - Pamela Anderson mesmerized the world as the present-day blond bombshell in a tradition extending from Jean Harlow through Brigitte Bardot to Madonna. Sante D’Orazio’s titillating pictures of a one-day Hollywood session with Pam in 2000 are now available in a reduced-size edition.