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"Cadavers, camera, action!" (The New York Times Book Review). From the advent of photography in the 19th and into the 20th century, medical students, often in secrecy, took photographs of themselves with the cadavers that they dissected: their first...

Brighton's residents have a reputation for their vivid eccentricity. This book does not set out to prove whether this is true or not, but is a documentation of what stands out to the photographer, however exciting or mundane it may seem. A lot of the...

Youthful and tender, Ukrainian model Emily Bloom looks just like a fairy out of our fantasy. And what a sexy fairy she is! And a very flexible one too – as a former gymnast she can do spectacular exercises with her body. When Emily came into the picture,...

"I've paged through stacks of books on the history of watches. . . . But I hadn't come across a book that actually moved me until I picked up A Man and His Watch. The volume is filled with heartfelt stories."-T: The New York Times Style Magazine "There...

Mary McCartney is a photographer, filmmaker, TV cook and author. In Feeding Creativity she blends her passions for food and photography, cooking 60 of her favourite recipes for friends, family, musicians, actors, artists and visionaries. Mary makes each...

The deceptively simple lemon takes center stage in the second volume of TASCHEN’s collaboration with The Gourmand, masters of the rich intersection of food and art. The star of Renaissance gardens, that shaped the Medici dynasty, have the power to ward...

This sumptuous and luxuriously produced volume gathers portraits, album covers, photographs of performances and rehearsals, rarely seen private moments, and candid snapshots of Prince, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of his generation. This...

In Making Faces, make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of make-up application and technique but also how to use those fundamentals (sometimes in unconventional ways) to create a wide range of different looks. It...

THE PERFECT COMPANION TO PETER MAY'S LEWIS TRILOGY, AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE HEBRIDEAN ISLANDS.The landscape of the Outer Hebrides, with its stark cliffs, ghostly mists and lonely beaches, has become a definitive character of Peter May's...

Text in English, French & German. In 2004 Rolling Stone declared PENTHOUSE "The greatest adult magazine in history." From humble beginnings as a project started to fund an art collection, PENTHOUSE eventually became one of the world's most notorious...

The 'Masters of Photography' series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their...

From the time The Big Penis Book was published, readers anticipated The Big Book of Pussy. Granted, perhaps not the same readers, but the seed had been planted and the calls and letters began flowing in. Once they had that long-awaited book, some found...

Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs presents charming and wonderfully diverse portraits of bird eggs and nests, each specially selected from specimens held by the Natural History Museum, London. The Museum holds one of the largest and most comprehensive...

Charming, quirky and effortlessly sexy, Ukrainian blonde Mila I would just be the ideal night nurse for all of us. The tall, slender sweetheart is on many members' all-time favorites list, and it's easy to see why. Blue-eyed beauty Mila made her debut at...

SORAYAMA: A Grandmaster of technical and erotic phantasy without limits. The Japanese artist Sorayama lives in Tokyo. He is a global phenomenon and has the reputation of being an enfant terrible. His art is being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037666555Author Rod BerryFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Edition SkylightPublisher Edition SkylightWeight(grams) 494g

A fishing port for centuries, a holiday resort since the 1760s and a vital part of the energy industry since the 1960s Great Yarmouth has a long and fascinating history. Yarmouth’s position at the mouth of the River Yare enabled it to become a major...

"This historically important tome is a stunner from the off, the resplendent glittery hardback exterior merely teasing at the delights within... 'The End Is Near' is an indispensable collection of images from a unique rock 'n' roll moment, beautifully...

"... Like the singer herself, this book is just so damn sexy." - The Detroit Free Press Taylor Swift is the quintessential millennial. Free-thinking and creative, she navigates pop stardom with boundless charisma and a keen eye on her digital presence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037666739Author Stefan SoellFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Edition SkylightPublisher Edition SkylightWeight(grams) 171g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943105247Author Alex TruewFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Edition ReussPublisher Edition ReussWeight(grams) 738g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875506Author Teruyoshi HayashidaFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 521g

We all want to see Snow White with tattoos, right? Well, at least photographer Robert Alvarado does. In his newest collection of high-octane pin-up images, Alvarado shows how his own style of shooting and editing, which has been called cartoonish,...

Mila Azul is one of MetArts all-time top models, a vivacious brunette with a sweet face and huge natural breasts. The adorable Ukrainian babe takes such obvious pleasure from sharing her spectacular body, her smile bewitching as she bares her flawless...

How do you define beauty? MetArt has been pondering that question for the past twenty years. A world leader in artistic nude photography and film, MetArt has made it their mission to present the most enchanting girls to grace our planet, many of them...

Collins Complete Guide to British Muchrooms and Toadstools allows everyone to identify mushrooms found in Britain and Ireland. The book is illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout, featuring the species you are most likely to see. By...

Gants Hill, a suburb of the London Borough of Redbridge, Essex, has long been a thriving community and shopping area, all centred around the famous and, at times, difficult to negotiate roundabout. Home to the iconic Moscow Metro-inspired underground...

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Sought-after, sophisticated and versatile, the Hermes carre is wearable art that never goes out of fashion. Unveiling the history and artistry of the brand's silk accessory from the first designs in the early twentieth century to today, this fashion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorWith more than 80 million specimens, the scope of the Museum's collections is simply vast including the ill-fated dodo, dazzling diamonds and a full-size blue...

In Victorian Bradford, when death came, there was only one real place to be buried. For the rich and poor alike the newly laid out Undercliffe Cemetery, designed by William Gay, was the fashionable place to be seen in death. The cemetery, which was...

Go beyond the ordinary with this remarkable travelogue, guidebook, and coffee table keepsake filled with spectacular color photography that showcases Iceland's stunning beauty and hidden gems, from its fjords and highlands to the Western Islands and the...

A handy, pocket-sized guide to 220 of the world's spiders, Gem Spiders is the perfect introduction to these 'creepy-crawlies' There are approximately 35,000 known species of spider in the world, but it is estimated that the true number in...

My book of Africa takes the reader on a journey into Africa and into the world of a ten-year-old girl called Tippi. Tippi is no ordinary child. She believes that she has the gift of talking to animals and that they are like brothers to her. 'I speak to...

An authoritative and beautifully illustrated book on wild food and foraging by one of the leading experts.'I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It...

Australia and the Australian landscape conjure up images of golden sand beaches with blue water and white-tipped waves, red, rocky expanses punctuated with the ghostly trunks of gum trees, blue-green tree-filled mountains, or misty rain forest canopies...

Stefan Soell has already thrilled a steadily growing international fan base with his photo collections in books such as My Favourite Top Models, Alpengluhn, Waldlust, Modern Urban Girls, Susann and Carisha. The fresco painters of both antiquity and the...

'Jewellery in all its guises has been a signifier of glamour in the pages of Vogue since the magazine's inception in 1916...the jewellery always commands the image - infinitely powerful and desirable, inventive and extraordinary.' - Alexandra...

Trope New York, the fifth volume in the Trope City Editions series, celebrates the architecture and urban landscapes of the "city that never sleeps," one of the world's cultural capitals. The collection highlights the photographic images of emerging and...

There are many books written on Bury St Edmunds, some academic, others having a more simplistic approach. This book tells the story of the town through the letters of the alphabet, setting out to explore and inform the reader of some of the facts and...