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This rock biography tracks the progress of the band from the blues clubs of south London in the mid-sixties to their recent comeback. It is a candid account of the marriages, emotional entanglements, drugs and years of eclipse, as well as the music.

Sean Egan is an author and journalist who has interviewed members of Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Kinks, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, the Velvet Underground, the Who, and many others. He is the author or editor of

Showing the different ways in which Picasso worked in clay, pieces range from pre-existing forms or found objects to inventive shapes created by local potters according to Picasso's designs and pieces modeled by the artist himself.

A photo essay celebrating the Beatles' love affair with Indian culture and music records key events in this ongoing fascination, from their meeting with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to visits to the ashram by Mia Farrow, Donovan, and other celebrities.

Michael Sweerts was a Flemish painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, who is known for his allegorical and genre paintings, portraits and tronies.
While in Rome Sweerts became linked to the group of Dutch and Flemish painters of low-life scenes kn

Lynn Goldsmith is an American recording artist, a film director, a celebrity portrait photographer, and one of the first female rock and roll photographers.

Harry Benson’s Beatles portfolio includes some of the most intimate photos ever taken of the band.This volume collects the best of his luminous Fab Four shots, from their 1964 Paris tour (pillow fight included) to George’s honeymoon in Barbados. Contextua

Cruelty, fanaticism, terror, injustice, misery, death ... are the "fatal consequences" of war and political repression, and its gravity is such that the artist does not hide them after anecdotal and heroic portraits of particular individuals.

A study of the personal and professional history of van Gogh and Gauguin takes a close-up look at their brief collaboration in Arles in 1888 and discusses the role of each artist in promoting the other's search for a personal style that incorporated the l

For 40 years, Bob Gruen’s name has been synonymous with rock and roll. From taking early photos on tour with Ike and Tina Turner, to capturing the early CBGB/Max’s Kansas City scene to covering current stadium rockers such as Green Day, Gruen has always b

Warhol’s dynamic career from the late forties to the end of the eighties and creating a stunning compendium whose pieces, due to their rarity, value, and prestige as part of a museum or other collection, could simply never all be acquired by a single coll

Each edition is signed by the artist and wrapped in a silk scarf reproduction of Ai Weiwei’s work Straight, a reference to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008. This comprehensive book was made in close collaboration with Ai Weiwei and features paper cut chapte