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Bowie tells the story of one of the world's most iconic and influential figures in popular music. With a career spanning over four decades, David Bowie has consistently topped charts all over the world, selling an estimated 140 million albums worldwide. Bowie, through beautiful photographs and memorabilia, illustrates his journey from humble beginnings to world superstardom. |
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Metallica grew from the fledgling thrash metal scene of the early 1980s to become one of the biggest metal acts in the history of music. They still play sell out concerts around the globe and their music is critically acclaimed. Their story is one of excess, success and very heavy metal. Their music has been constantly innovative, breaking the boundaries of what constitutes heavy metal and skilfully appealing to a huge global audience. As early as 1986, Master of Puppets was seen as the album that broke thrash to the wider audience, and by the time Metallica (the black album) came out in 1991, it cemented their reputation as metallers who remained faithful to the core, but were able to adapt and make themselves hugely popular. |
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David Bowie is the quintessential musical chameleon, shifting over the years from glam rocker and commercial popster to actor and avant-garde composer, while always pushing the envelope of technology and artistry. Through an exploration of his diverse body of work, Chris Welch reveals that the only constant in Bowie's career are his incredible voice, imagination, and talent for artistic reincarnation. |
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After more than a decade in the game, Eminem endures as one of the most popular celebrities. The world's most successful rapper continues to break records in the modern era, recently reinventing himself after a drug overdose to hold his own against viral sensations like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. Controversy is one quality that Marshall Mathers III has never failed to deliver in spades. From his fledgling rhymes with New Jacks and D-12 through to Billboard chart-busting epics like My Name Is, The Way I Am and Stan, his body of recorded work has been an exercise in lyrical genius, satirical wit and enjoyably gratuitous offensiveness. This book examines, for the first time, the entire oeuvre of the immensely gifted poet and street culture purveyor that is Eminem. This is the definitive critical study of the man dubbed by Newsweek as the most compelling figure in all of pop music: it's a quest for the visceral, troubled raison d'etre of Eminem. |
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Who was just seventeen and made Paul's heart go boom? Who was Lady Madonna? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What inspired Happiness is a Warm Gun? Why was Paul the walrus and what inspired the lyrics to Ringo's Octopus's Garden? In The Complete Beatles Songs, Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating the events immortalized in The Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination. This beautifully packaged 2015 edition has been fully revised and updated with a complete set of printed lyrics to accompany each song, used with exclusive permission from the band's music publishers, and includes new information on many songs. |
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This remarkable book reveals the story of 40 of the world's most fascinating plants. The plants are explored through specially selected facsimile texts from the Archives at Kew and expert introductions, as well as exceptional and beautiful illustrations. Extraordinary Plants also includes 40 beautifully reproduced prints of the plants which can then be framed, allowing the reader to truly appreciate these magnificent plants. |
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It is impossible not to have fun adding colour to this stunning collection of woodland sprites. Whether you're applying the finishing touch to a fairy in the forest or bringing a fairy in flight to life, The Fairyland Colouring Book will enthrall you for hours. With over 120 charming designs to colour, this adult activity book is the perfect gift for the artist in your life and a fantastic source of inspiration for anyone looking to create their own designs. |
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Eric Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. He is a highly respected figure in the pantheon of rock and roll greats, and his long career — with the Yardbirds and Cream, and as a solo artist — has been acknowledged by hundreds of awards and accolades over the years. Eric Clapton celebrates the legendary musician through stunning, rarely published photographs and the reproduction of 20 items of memorabilia, including posters, tickets, flyers and signed photographs. Eric Clapton gives the reader a front-row seat (and backstage access as well) to the career of the legendary guitarist who the only person to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. This unique book is a treasure trove of memorabilia and photographs and the ultimate celebration of world's greatest living guitarist. |
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Written by his trusted friend and companion, Dr John Watson, The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Case Notes chronicles nine of the most fascinating cases solved by the world's most famous detective. Based on the many notes and evidence gathered during the course of Sherlock Holmes's investigations, this fantastic collection is painstakingly presented as a scrapbook by Dr Watson. In these pages, you'll discover newspaper articles, sketches and maps that were crucial to solving the cases, with each item reproduced as a historical artefact, complete with tears, stains, foldmarks and insightful annotations written by Watson. Fifteen of these items are secured within special glassine evidence bags for easy removal and careful study by the reader. |
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«Vintage Furniture» is a celebration of the inspiring designs, leading designers, and amazing advances in furniture manufacturing of the past century and up to the present day. With public interest in retro styling stronger than ever, «Vintage Furniture» is an invaluable historical reference and source book for every collector of furniture, whether they enjoy following a particular designer or certain era of design history. The reader is led through the evolution of design styles, new materials and production techniques along a chronological route within each design movement. Each chapter weaves historical information with groundbreaking key furniture icons. Beautiful examples of highly collectible furniture are shown in their original settings as well as in specially illustrated interior locations. Every chapter also includes profiles of key designers of the period, from Marcel Breuer and Arne Jacobsen to Joe Columbo and Philippe Starck. Each chapter culminates with a round-up of the key classic icons of the movement. Over 200 items are illustrated in colour and a full international source directory guides design hunters in search of up-to-date information on where to buy.» |
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«In «Vogue Make-up», Juliet Cohen throws open her make-up bag and regales us with smart beauty tips from the experts and recommendations from the cosmetic counters. With insider knowledge and professional advice, the book covers all aspects of make-up, from colour eyeshadows to concealers, mascaras to manicures. «Vogue Make-up» demystifies techniques with advice from beauty gurus and make-up artists, giving you the confidence to experiment with colour and different looks. Learn the tricks of the trade — shaping your brows to accentuate your face shape, shading your eyeshadow to make your eyes look larger or using lip colour for full, kissable lips.» |
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Women love shoes. Even women who couldn`t care less about fashion can appreciate the line of a finely turned heel. This book is for women and men for whom the mere thought of new shoes prompts an involuntary sigh of pleasure. It examines how shoes can alter the way you feel about yourself by simply changing the way you walk. |
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Looks at the fashion history and celebrates the significant designers, developments and movements of various decades. This book chronicles influences from the arrival of the flapper to modern trends to plunder the past as well as cross-blend disciplines. |
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«Modern ideas of beauty are inextricably linked to fashion — and «Vogue» is considered to be the authority. As the world's leading fashion bible, «Vogue» has created and documented key fashion moments and with its unrivalled access to the world's best models, hairstylists, make-up artists and photographers, «Vogue» has immortalized every beauty trend over the last century. «Vogue Beauty» is the definitive beauty experience, which perfectly balances accessibility and aspiration. Covering the gamut of health and beauty from the healing powers of Reiki to the best make-up looks, «Vogue Beauty» shows that beauty is not about the perfect face or body — it concerns individuality, vitality, wellbeing and personal style. The philosophy of «Vogue Beauty» is to work on beauty from the inside outwards, with chapters on Body, Skincare, Hair, Make-up, Scent and Complementary Medicine. «Vogue Beauty» also highlights the healing benefits of botanical products in skin creams, herbal remedies, aromatherapy oils and flower therapies, reflecting the industry's love of all things natural and green.» |
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From the time he first appeared in a school production of Peter Pan, aged just 10, Heath Ledger knew that he wanted to be an actor. His journey from his home in Perth, Western Australia, to international stardom in Hollywood was tragically brief, yet eventful. Ledger lived his entire adult life as a sought-after celebrity in the full and unrelenting glare of the media spotlight. The book follows Ledger's rise to fame from his early beginnings as a teenager on Australian TV, detailing his many high-profile romances along the way. His first taste of international box office success came during his teen idol' phase with movies like A Knight's Tale, but he was also to achieve critical acclaim with Oscar-nominated performances such as his portrayal of a gay ranch hand in Brokeback Mountain. Ledger's role in The Dark Knight is predicted to make The Joker one of the darkest anti-heroes of the movie world. |
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Love Lust Desure is the ultimate book of erotic photography, featuring the best work of the leading erotic photographers. These photographs celebrate the huge range of ways in which people express their sexuality, from fetishism to fantasy, and show the beauty of the naked form, male and female. Erotic photography is now at the forefront of fashion, and Love Lust Desire brings together a collection of the most exciting and significant work in this field. The images of couples bring a new dimension to the nude study, while the range of photographers, with their different approaches, provides a comprehensive review of erotic photography over the last century. Featured photographers will include: Michael Childers; Bob Carlos Clarke; Wolfgang Eichler; Nan Goldin; James & James; Pierre et Gilles; Housk Randall; Turner Prize-winner Wolfgang Tillmans: Trevor Watson. |
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As news of the 50-year-old pop superstar's demise spread around the world, there were tears, shock and surprise: a hero was dead. This fully illustrated biography of the international superstar tells the life and death of Michael Jackson in words and pictures. One of the greatest pop music icons the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson had millions of fans all around the world and had an undeniable influence upon fashion, music and popular culture. |
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Decade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Handbags recounts over 100 years of shoe history, from Elsa Schiaparelli's mesh bags for Whiting & Davis in the 1920s through the Hermes Kelly bag in the 1950s to the Fendi Baguette of the 1990s. Accompanied by archive images, fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of period pieces, the most collectible and beautiful handbags are showcased. An invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of times past, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped handbag design, revealing exquisite and groundbreaking work from such luminaries as Salvatore Ferragamo, Coco Chanel, Hermes, Fendi, Bonnie Cashin and Judith Leiber. |
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From the day they were born, Prince William and Prince Harry have been the focus of attention in Britain and around the world. Their parents' fairytale wedding, followed swiftly by the arrival of two sons, seemed like the perfect happy ending. Growing up in Highgrove and at Kensington Palace, the two young princes were successfully sheltered from the pressures that drove their parents apart and, ultimately, led to their divorce. Following the tragically early death of their mother, Diana, William and Harry attracted massive public sympathy, a sentiment that still attaches to them to this day. But as well as sympathy, the public now respects them as outgoing, hard-working and competent young men, who have honoured their mother's legacy in their charity work and in their determination to protect her memory. The world has also seen that their relationship with their father is a loving and happy one, and that in this, at least, the Royal family appears to have learnt a lesson from Diana.As they move into their adult roles — whether in the form of official Royal duties or those on the front line, fighting alongside their fellow countrymen — they are both developing into a new breed of Royal, as much at home organising a pop concert or taking a gap year in Africa or South America, as they are at State occasions or in full regimental dress uniform. |
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Featuring interviews with band members and key people close to them, and tracing the band's meteroic rise from the early days to a group that has galvanized the pop music scene, this title explores the background and inspiration behind the songs written by U2. |
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