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<p>On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop's most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures.<br/><br/><i>The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast</i> recounts the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of MF DOOM. Broken down into five sections: The Man, The Myth, The Mask, The Music, and The Legend, journalist S. H. Fernando chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, NY, through to the mysterious, masked icon that he was to become. Centring the music, Fernando deftly lays out the history of east-coast rap against DOOM's life story and dissects the personas, projects, tracks, and lyrics that led to his immortality.<br/><br/>Including exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with him, the book provides an unknown, intimate, behind the scenes look into the life of MF DOOM, a supervillain on stage and hero to those who paid attention.</p>

The greatest story to encapsulate the roaring twenties, The Great Gatsby has remained a timeless classic in American literature.

<b>The official book commemorating the 50th anniversary of <i>The Dark Side Of The Moon.</i></b><br/><br/>March 2023 marks fifty years since the release of Pink Floyd's classic album <i>The Dark Side Of The Moon</i>. Designed by Pentagram to high specifications, this celebratory publication brims with rare and unseen photographs and reveals the visual conception of the original iconic album artwork. It will be a covetable package for the legions of Floyd fans out there - new and old.<br/><br/>* Presents rare and unseen backstage and onstage photography of the band during the album tours of 1972 to 1975.<br/>* 129 candid photographs by Storm Thorgerson, Jill Furmanovsky, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson document the soundchecks, the shows and the after shows.<br/>* A review of the October 1972 Wembley gig, originally published in <i>Melody Maker</i>, provides insight into one of the Floyd's most celebrated performances.<br/>* Reveals the visual conception of the iconic album artwork.<br/>* Includes a complete listing of the tour dates.

<b>An irresistible anthology of photography's greatest and most famous images.</b><br/><br/><i>PhotoBox</i> presents a collection of 250 photographs by 200 of the world's most prominent photographers, ranging from legendary masters to contemporary stars, in a compact paperback format. Photographers include Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliot Erwitt, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, and many more. Each image is accompanied by an engaging commentary and a brief biography of the photographer. This revised edition features fifty new photographs by an international array of practitioners, including Dayanita Singh, Cristina de Middel, Gregory Halpern, Lua Ribeira and more.

Den bild vi har i Sverige idag av den internationella konstnärsskara som samlades i den franska byn Grez-sur-Loing under 1870- och 80-talen, präglas i hög grad av sin tids nationalistiska kulturklimat, men också av den konstruktion av platsen och fenomenet konstnärskoloni som både konstnärer och konsthistoriker skapat i efterhand.

<p><b>A brand-new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, authorised by the legendary filmmaker, taking readers on stunning adventures to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way.</b><br/><br/>AWA is back with a new book full of incredible real photos that look plucked from the world of Wes Anderson - sharing dozens of idiosyncratic stories that make each place unique.<br/><br/>You'll venture to Antarctica through the Drake Passage, make a stop in lesser-known Jincumbilly, Australia (where there are more platypuses than people), travel the backroads of Vermont, and drop into one of the oddest umbrella shops of London.<br/><br/>But no matter where or how the adventure unfolds, it's nothing without the people who make it memorable. Here, we share the stories of communities and characters who come to life as vividly as the photos themselves.<br/><br/>* You'll meet the father of American skydiving, who created the officially sanctioned centre of the world - a Californian town with a population of two.<br/>* You'll visit the 'post office at the end of the world' in Tierra del Fuego - and meet the mustachioed letter carrier who, in his free time, runs an anarchist island micronation called Redonda.<br/>* And you'll travel to a town in the Arctic Circle where cats are not allowed, humans cannot be buried, and a primary attraction is a doomsday vault containing the recipe for the Oreo cookie.<br/><br/>Thank you for exploring!</p>

<p>ABBA THE OFFICIAL PHOTO BOOK is the <b>only authorised and official book</b> about one of the greatest pop groups of the 20th century. Covering their entire career, with a foreword and captions from Bjoern, Benny, Frida and Agnetha, the book features never-seen-before pictures spanning the band's entire career.<br/><br/>With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and first-hand accounts, this is the perfect gift for ABBA fans everywhere.</p>