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Have You Ever Been Experienced?Raised on the blues, James Marshall Hendrix exploded onto the international stage in 1967 fronting the Jimi Hendrix Experience trio. The world had seen nothing like him before: a wild-haired, blues-rocking, singer-songwriter whose virtuoso psychedelic guitar style ..

100 artists who epitomize the contemporary art sceneKey figures on the avant-garde horizonThis special two-volume edition features 100 of the most exciting artists from TASCHEN's seminal Art at the Turn of the Millennium and the renowned Art Now! series - gathered in a comprehensive survey o..

Fashion of the 21st century100 fashion designers shaping the styles of tomorrowThis two-volume compilation brings together highlights from TASCHEN's Fashion Now! series to create a comprehensive overview of fashion design around the world at the start of the 21st century. Edited by i-D creat..

Holistic Hatha HolidaysSublime locations, acclaimed Yoga masters, restorative retreatsLooking for a tranquil vacation that leaves you relaxed, restored and uplifted? Then try a Yoga retreat. Even if enlightenment is not your aim, you’ll definitely achieve a luminous glow. Yogis understand th..

The Golden Age of bad girls Gun-toting femme fatales caught in the action! Follows the evolution and devolution of this distinctly American genre from 1924 to 1969 At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities, Am..

Dreamlike, fantastic imagery With Salvador Dal? as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the wild and turbulent sea of the Roaring Twenties, its sails full of winds blown by Sigmund Freud and Andr? Breton. With their mysterious, dreamlike, fantastic imagery, the Surrealists made sen..

The story of modern fashion—from couture to mass marketThe 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering to a wealthy elite, into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has left the catwalk. Along the w..

The life and times of The King Elvis Presley would have been the first to laugh at the mad, godlike status he attained after death, but he would have surely identified with the human, gospel-haunted need such adoration rises out of. He shared that need, and courted it. He could sing and move with a ..

Visual biographies of cinema's greatest starsWhy is the only non-American winner of the AFI's prestigious Life Achievement Award a Scotsman? Perhaps because Sean Connery's career, though international in scope and global in appeal, made him a "genuine movie star" without any pretensions or pande..

Visual biographies of cinema's greatest starsJack Nicholson was over thirty, and more than a decade into his acting career, when Easy Rider finally made him a star. His reputation as a rebellious anti-hero was furthered by three notorious confrontations in films of the 1970s: Five Easy Pieces, T..

Merian’s Exquisite SpecimensThe masterwork of an entomological pioneerAt a time when few women were educated or literate – and rarely travelled – German-born naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) made history with her studies of insects in Surinam. Trained as a copperplate e..

"Pierre et Gilles. Gilles et Pierre. Voici biento^t trente ans que le duo fonctionne. Pierre photographie, Gilles peint sur ces images. Il n'y a plus qu'a` se laisser emporter dans un univers qui ne doit rien a` l'outil informatique. Un monde onirique et kitsch. Un joli petit livre." - Arte News, Br..