Taschen`s New York: Hotels, Restaurants & Shops
New York has so many things to see that one gets dizzy just thinking about it. Nobody can miss the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, or the Metropolitan Museum but if you want to make the most of your NYC...
From Dickensian charm to modern cool, London has it all–and this guide will help you find it. With a selection of stylish hotels, from classic to designer; antique markets, vintage stores and the hippest boutiques;...
Elizabeth Taylor was a "diva" when that word still had meaning, before it was applied to every female celebrity with slightest bit of attitude and style. She was also one of the first actors to be raised to celebrity...
Terraces & Balconies / Terrasses et Balcons / Terrassen und Balkone
Terraces and balconies have always been essential architectural features - they are effectively the continuation of a dwelling outdoors. Terraces are mostly related directly to the landscape surrounding a building....
Hand-painted movie posters that made Bollywood a winner. Since its inception in the second decade of the 20th century, the Bombay-based Indian film industry - Bollywood - has developed a unique visual language,...
Tribal times Karl Bodmer, "The American Indian" provides a rare and privileged look at Native American life and customs before the invention of photography. Extensive travels, from 1832 to 1834, conducted by...
"Pomona Britannica", originally published in 1812, celebrated the richness of food variations cultivated in England, with superb illustrations by George Brockham of 256 species of fifteen kinds of fruit. For this...
The Blaue Reiter ("Blue Rider") group of artists was formed in Munich in 1911 on the initiative of two outstanding artists: Wassily Kandinsky, the fundamental pioneer of purely abstract painting, and Franz Marc, the...
The female leg is an erotic oddity: non-genital, and nearly identical in structure to the male limb, there is no obvious reason why it should be eroticized. Yet through much of history, across many cultures, the...
The Bible in Pictures: From the Workshop of Lucas Cranach
The complete 117 images that triggered a religious revolution. Martin Luther`s Bible, published in 1534, was the first complete German Bible and a pivotal event in the history of Christianity. Luther`s revolutionary...
"The Big Butt Book" explores this perenn
"The Curse of Lono" is to Hawaii what "Fear and Loathing" was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist`s "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally...
The Hotel Book: Great Escapes Asia
Find your inner Zen: Enlightening destinations from India to Indonesia. Much more than a travel or holiday guide, Great Escapes Asia is first and foremost a paradisiacal photo album. Featuring opulent photographs of...
The Hotel Book: Great Escapes North America
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters… Following up on our Great Escapes Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America titles is this volume concentrating on the most extraordinary and tempting Canadian and...
The Hotel Book: Great Escapes South America
Continuing its quest to seek out the world`s most unique and inspiring hotels, Taschen takes on South America. This diverse selection of hotels, posadas, and haciendas highlights the most exceptional destinations on...
How to make your business work online. Featuring 60 success stories, from clients` briefings to final projects, this book provides detailed studies divided into five chapters: e-Commerce, Corporate Sites, Campaigns,...
In the beginning was the word, and in the Middle Ages was the zenith of the Bible. It was a time when bibles were commissioned by kings, princes, and high-ranking members of the Curia, whose wealth and influence begat...
This volume retraces the development and magnificent flowering of Mayan architecture in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize over the period 300 B.C.-A.D. 1500. Tikal, the earliest Mayan religious centre, Palenque,...
At the turn of the century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis started on his thirty-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both artistically and...
The New Erotic Photography Vol. 2
Несомненный успех первого издания стал причиной появления второго сборника эротических фотографий. И это не просто снимки, на которых запечатлено обнаженное тело, это полноценные картины, в которых авторы пытаются...
