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A Life in Tattoos. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection of the Art and Its Makers, 1730s–1970s Legendary tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the ...

Here today, gone tomorrow. Architecture on the move As economic problems make some shy away from grandiose, long-lasting buildings, a wave of new temporary buildings and architectural is sweeping over the planet. These can have uses from emergency...

Ten in One: The Architects. A special edition gathering ten seminal Basic Architecture monographs The Basic Architecture series is a building aficionado’s delight, with crisp images and texts that give you the full picture. This reference wo...

"Sex? What else? Why have my pants got a hole in the front?" Welcome to Terryworld, the land restraint forgot Who took 1970s porn esthetic and made it fashion chic? Terry Richardson. Who made the trailer park trendy and the tractor hat d...

Who took 1970’s porn esthetic and made it fashion chic? Terry Richardson. Who made the trailer park trendy and the tractor hat de rigueur? Richardson again. Who’s equally at home in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Purple and Vice? Our boy T...

Seven years in the making, 600 entries, 5,200 illustrations... An unprecedented architecture encyclopedia Unlike most architecture encyclopedias, which tend to concentrate more on buildings and floor plans than their designers, this tome puts the ...

Game on. A photographic tribute to football's most beautiful era It was Pelé who coined the phrase “the beautiful game”, and in the 1970s the game was at its most beautiful, free-flowing and entertaining. Football became tru...

Autobiographical homes. This title deals with the houses architects design for themselves The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants. While it&rsquo...

A prolonged, quiet unfolding of genius is what Jane Livingston, chief curator of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, calls the first century of National Geographic photography. Striving to portray our planet's remarkably diverse people, creatures, and l...

One big slice of cheesecake. Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high art In the 15 years since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Pai...

One Big Slice of Cheesecake. Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high art Since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Paintings by leadin...

Lucas Cranach’s incendiary illustrations for Luther's 1534 Bible: the book that changed Christianity forever Martin Luther's Bible, published in 1534, was the first complete German Bible and a pivotal event in the history of Christia...

The Golden Hills before the Silicone Valley: Three decades of the world’s most spectacular natural curves Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts...

OK, imagine the best photos from the iconic first volume of the body parts series, The Big Book of Breasts, in a new 28 by 28 cm size, but popping off the page in state-of-the-art 3D. An impossible dream? Not so, Luddites! In this wonderful modern wo...

Lovely Legs: From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose. Running the gamut of gorgeous gams The female leg is an erotic oddity: non-genital, and nearly identical in structure to the male limb, there is no obvious reason why it should be ...