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<b>An intimate, beautiful collection of more than two hundred never-before-collected photos of the Beatles at work and at play-many published for the first time-taken by their lead guitarist, George Harrison<br/> <br/>This extraordinary book features:<br/>- 200+ intimate images chronicling the Beatles' rise to world fame, captured by one of their own<br/>- Running commentary on the photos including never-before-seen quotes from Harrison himself<br/>- Essays by Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, and writers Colm T&oacute;ib&iacute;n and George Saunders</b><br/><br/>From 1963 to 1969, George Harrison traveled the world with his bandmates, Pentax in hand, chronicling their impossible path from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan, Adelaide to Rishikesh, the Eiffel Tower to the beaches of Tahiti and beyond.<br/><br/>In this extraordinary collection of George's personal photos and 8mm film stills-curated by Olivia Harrison, George's widow-are singular images of Paul, John, Ringo, and George and the band's friends and entourage as they rocketed to stardom and fostered the joyful madness that came to be known as Beatlemania. This revelatory, beautifully designed book takes the reader along on their first plane ride to the US, motorcades through the Australian outback, shopping trips in Paris, and more.<br/><br/>The candid, unguarded photos, brimming with Harrison's wit, intelligence and penchant for experimentation (he was enamored of selfies, long before the iPhone), and snapped in those rare moments out of the spotlight offer a remarkable, inside look at the human beings behind the Beatles, trying to hold onto themselves-and enjoy themselves-while standing at the center of the storm.<br/><br/><i>The Third Eye </i>opens a window into the world of the Beatles-and the transformative cultural moment that they sparked-through the singular artistic vision of George Harrison.

<b>THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF MADONNA'S WORK EVER.</b><br/><b><br/>THE DEFINITIVE, UNTOLD RECORDING HISTORY OF MADONNA, TOLD ALBUM-BY-ALBUM AND SONG-BY-SONG.</b><br/><br/><b>Explore the extraordinary artistry and vision of Madonna in this comprehensive guide, chronicled song-by-song throughout her groundbreaking career.</b> From her arrival in New York in 1978 to her fearless reinvention across decades, this book delves into Madonna's record breaking albums, groundbreaking artistry, and iconic moments; including hints <i>Like a Virgin</i>, <i>Material Girl</i>, and <i>Vogue</i>, as well as her genre-defying works in <i>Ray of Light</i> and <i>Confessions on a Dance Floor,</i> and her latest album,<i> Under the Covers.</i><br/><br/>Packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, in-depth song breakdowns, and fascinating stories of her creative process, this book explores the ideas, influences, and key collaborators that have shaped Madonna's unique, boundary-pushing sound.<br/><br/><i>Madonna: All the Songs</i> offers an intimate portrait of her evolution as a singer, dancer, performer, and cultural force. Lavishly designed, this is the ultimate gift for every Madonna fan.

<b>Featuring more than 450 awe-inspiring images curated by Stephen Ellcock, <i>Ark</i> is a celebration of the living wonders of this planet.</b><br/> <br/> Stephen Ellcock - renowned curator and author of <i>The Cosmic Dance</i>, <i>Underworlds</i> and <i>Elements</i> - brings together an amazing selection of images from a broad range of cultures and eras, depicting living wonders from all five kingdoms of nature.<br/> <br/> This visual treasury also features a foreword by Robert Macfarlane, an essay on the stories of the ark by acclaimed author Sarah Perry, and three inspiring essays on the natural world by tree scientist Harriet Rix, marine biologist Helen Scales and birder Stephen Moss. Each writer guides readers through some of the intricate, life-sustaining relationships that populate nature's elemental realms of earth, water and air, and outlines some of the threats that climate change and human actions pose. Symbols throughout pinpoint which of the species pictured are critically endangered or vulnerable. <br/> <br/> <i>Ark</i> is a celebration of the myriad lifeforms inhabiting our planet and a powerful environmental call to arms.

<b>A bold and dynamic survey of contemporary street photography from across Africa, featuring leading image makers shaping a vibrant and exciting genre.</b><br/> <br/> Energetic, colourful, experimental: street photography across Africa has a well-established and complex history, and its own unique dynamic. From classic compositions of architecture, people and movement, to street-style portraits and photographs of youth culture, music and dance - the street becomes a stage. It's about identity, personality and storytelling: friends skateboarding, a chance encounter, the hustle and bustle of megacities.<br/> <br/> Selected and introduced by acclaimed curators of photography, <i>Street Photography Africa</i> presents the work of over thirty of the continent's most exciting practitioners, interleaved with discussions of the locations, themes and communities that underpin Africa's contemporary photography scene.

<b>A special, fiftieth-anniversary edition of David Hockney's witty, candid and revealing account of his life and work.</b><br/> <br/> <i>David Hockney by David Hockney</i> was first published in 1976 and grew out of twenty-five hours of recorded conversation with the artist. A carefully crafted, collaborative memoir, this special full-colour edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's first publication. <br/> <br/> Hockney recounts his early years in Bradford, where he was born, grew up and first went to art school; his years at the Royal College of Art in London, during which he had his breakthrough; his sojourn in California, which inspired some of his best-known paintings, drawings and prints; and his subsequent phase in Paris, where an exhibition at the Louvre established him as a 'continental master'.<br/> <br/> The book's fascination lies not only in the fact that the text is entirely Hockney's own - so that his life-story is given full clarity - but also that it reproduces his paintings, graphic work and drawings. The story, presented more or less chronologically, is informative and humorous, full of descriptions of his work, anecdotes about himself, other artists and friends, his thoughts about art and his ambiguous relationship with other styles. Above all, it is the story of an artist who is ceaselessly striving to improve his craft and to portray the world around him imaginatively.

<b>Travel alongside Claude Monet to twenty destinations where he created his most famous work - including Venice, Rouen, Etretat, Antibes and London - all of which nourished his mastery of light.</b><br/> <br/> Claude Monet was a lifelong traveller. For more than fifty years, he made his way through Europe, looking for remarkable scenes, reflections, nuances and transparencies of light to capture through his painting - the result of patient, obsessive observation. From Normandy to Venice, via London, Brittany, the Mediterranean and the banks of the Seine, his travels were far more than mere journeys: they were an incessant quest for visual sensations. Florence Gentner retraces his artistic and personal trajectory, showing how twenty destinations profoundly influenced some 250 of his major works, as well as the evolution of his palette.<br/> <br/> Extracts from more than 100 letters, numerous sketches, notebook excerpts and reproductions reveal the circumstances of his journeys and convey the painter's state of mind while he was away from home. His travel paintings constitute an exceptional body of work, enriched, for each trip, by an insightful analysis from Marine Kisiel.<br/> <br/> Part artistic biography, part travelogue, and presented in a beautiful printed cloth hardcover binding, <i>Monet Abroad</i> reveals the modernity and insatiable curiosity of a painter constantly in search of new horizons and new subjects.

<b>A close-up study of Francis Bacon's paintings, magnifying details and looking at underlying themes.</b><br/> <br/> Francis Bacon famously resisted explaining his work, often claiming not to know what it meant. Yet this refusal has tended to discourage close looking, with critics favouring theoretical abstraction or biographical interpretation instead. Francis Bacon: Closer sets out to reverse that tendency. Rather than reducing Bacon's imagery to familiar tropes - violence, distortion, the 'screaming popes' - it explores the variety and complexity of his visual language. The book centres on detailed studies of eighty paintings, organized around motifs such as heads, mouths, wounds, pigment and abstraction, revealing the anatomical and psychological preoccupations embedded in the work. While aimed at scholars, it will also appeal to anyone interested in how Bacon's paintings were made and what they mean.