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This is a genuinely groundbreaking work which has changed the way we look at boys in art, in literature and in life. In a series of carefully constructed and dazzlingly illustrated themes, ranging from the boy as a passive love object to soldier boys, from the boy under the female gaze to what is a ..

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This title accompanies a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Following an introduction that looks at camouflage in the natural world, lively anecdotal text explores the different styles and meanings of camouflage throughout history. It looks at the interplay between modern military developm..

"In the City" is the third title in the phenomenally successful "The Way We Live" series, providing a visual, in-depth view of lifestyles in cities around the world, from New York to Cairo, from London to Saigon, in five major sections. The book takes every opportunity to make cross-cultural compari..

Without writing there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve?In an absorbing text, Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and ..

Wristwatches presents illustrated portraits of all the popular watch brands - some of them long since unavailable - from America, Germany, Japan, France, and, of course, from the world’s major manufacturer of timepieces, Switzerland. In its technical chapters, it explains all the highly complex oper..

As the very fabric of reality wears thin all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al’Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength.Perrin ha..

HR Giger first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy landscapes. However, he scored his breakthrough in applied art, and particularly in his high-profile movie work on Ridley Scott's Alien. In 1980, he received an Oscar for "Best Achievement for Visual Effects" for his designs of..

"A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, ‘Madame, if that's the way you see it, so be it.'" An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Ma..

Noted photographer Christopher Bliss has always found his inspiration in the grandeur of urban skylines and the challenging and invigorating life style of the cities they represent. Throughout his career as a commercial photographer, New York's soaring verticality and dynamism have been the subjects..

London has a well-deserved reputation as a premier European design and style center. This volume covers up-to-the minute London design from the worlds of architecture, interiors and fashion. This truly is a comprehensive survey with coverage of cultural, commercial and residential spaces. In additio..

New York is known as the city that never sleeps and it’s a non-stop source of design innovation. This volume covers state-of-the-art New York design from fields such as architecture, interiors and fashion. Lively illustrations show what’s happening in New York’s commercial and cultural spaces, as we..