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THE WAR POETS 1914–18: TWO BOX SETS OF ANTHOLOGIES OF SIXTEEN OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WAR POETS OF WW1. INTEGRATED PAGE LAYOUTS CHRONICLE THEIR LIVES WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR.
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WEATHERBYS – A PRIVATE BANK QUARTERLY HOUSE MAGAZINE THAT OFFERS THEIR CLIENTS A RICH EDITORIAL MIX OF THE ARTS, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES AS WELL AS SPORT, FINANCE, POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS.
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PUBLISHED BY BLOOMSBURY, THIS DEFINITIVE STUDY OF THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE TULIP WAS WRITTEN WITH GREAT DEDICATION AND FORENSIC SUBJECT RESEARCH OVER AN EXHAUSTIVE SIXTEEN YEARS BY ANNA PAVORD.
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MOST MEN HATE TRENDS. THEY WANT CLOTHES THAT DON’T GO OUT OF FASHION AND WILL REWARD THEIR CARE AND ATTENTION. THE SUIT TRIES TO CUT THROUGH THE MARKETING AND EXPLAINS THE VALUE OF GOOD TAILORING.
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RICH DIVERSITY AT THE BM: SICILY CULTURE AND CONQUEST; LIGHT, TIME, LEGACY WATERCOLOURS OF ROME FRANCIS TOWNE (1780–81); THE ART OF CHINA; LIFE AND SOLE FOOTWEAR FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND BM FAMILY ADVENTURES.
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SUNKEN CITIES: EGYPT’S LOST WORLDS WAS THE BRITISH MUSEUM’S FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF UNDERWATER DISCOVERIES. THE TWO LOST CITIES HAVE CHANGED PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGYPT AND GREECE.
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A FAST READ FOR FAST PEOPLE, AM IS THE QUARTERLY ASTON MARTIN OWNERS MAGAZINE. EDITORIALLY IT IS TAILORED TO THE READER’S CHARGED LIFESTYLES WITH EXTREME SPORTS AND FOREIGN CLIMES AS PART OF THE MAGAZINE’S MIX.
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KEROUAC BACK ON THE ROAD REVISITS THE BEAT POET AND HIS GREATEST NOVEL ON THE ROAD. IT SEIZED THE SPIRIT OF ITS TIME AS NO OTHER WORK OF THE 20TH CENTURY HAD SINCE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY.
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A COMBINATION OF THE SMART PROSE OF GARDENING WRITER MONTY DON AND THE STUNNING IMAGES OF FLEUR OLBY, GARDENING MAD IS A COMPILATION FROM THEIR OBSERVER COLUMN AND ARRANGED MONTHLY OVER THE GARDENING YEAR.
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TURNBULL & ASSER HAD ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN 1885 AS A VERY HIGH-END GENTLEMAN’S SUIT AND SHIRTMAKER AND HAD CLIENTS RANGING FROM TOP CITY EXECUTIVES, MPS, PRINCE CHARLES, JAMES BOND, CHURCHILL AND PICASSO.
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THE RESTORATION OF THE LAST HOME OF THE EXILED DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR IN THE BOIS DE BOLOGNE UNCOVERED A CACHE OF PHOTOGRAPHS HIDDEN FROM VIEW FOR MANY EARS. THEY FORMED THE BASIS OF THIS BOOK
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THE CABINETOF CURIOSITIES WAS CREATED BY THE COBBE FAMILY IN DUBLIN IN 1750. NOW HOUSED AT HATCHLANDS PARK, SURREY, IT HAS CHANGED SO LITTLE OVER THE YEARS THAT IT OFFERS A UNIQUE TIME-CAPSULE OF A DISTANT PAST.
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WINE GUIDES BY THE WORLD OF FINE WINE MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO THE VERY BEST WINES OF BORDEAUX, BURGUNDY AND CHAMPAGNE. THE PUBLICATION’S EASY WRITING STYLE APPEALS TO WINE LOVERS ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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A CATALOGUE FOR A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE V&A OF THE ICONIC ITALIAN FASHION GURU GIANNI VERSACE. A DESIGNER TO THE FAMOUS AND TO ROYALTY, HE WAS THE FIRST TO COMBINE HIGH FASHION WITH MUSIC.
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THE LOUVRE’S REMBRANDT, VERMEER AND THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE CURATED THE WORK OF REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, JOHANNES VERMEER AND THEIR PEERS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AMSTERDAM, LEIDEN AND THE CULTURAL VALUES OF THE TIME.
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THIS A1 WALLCHART FOLDED DOWN TO A MAILABLE A4 AND RECALLS SMIRNOFF’S RICH HERITAGE AND ADVERTISING LEGACY. PACK DESIGN FOR A PERIOD CRYSTAL DECANTER BY WATERFORDS WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE MARKETING.
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AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF HENRY J. HEINZ AND HIS 57 VARIETIES. IT CHARTS HIS RISE FROM PURVEYING PICKLES IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1869 AND THE ICONIC GLOBAL ADVERTISING THAT HELPED DEFINE AN ERA.
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VE/VJ DAY RECALLS THE JOY OF THE FIRST DAYS OF PEACE, THOSE TASKED WITH REBUILDING A SHATTERED EUROPE AND THE OFTEN NEGLECTED STORY OF THE ‘FORGOTTEN ARMY’ STILL FIGHTING THE JAPANESE EMPIRE IN THE FAR EAST.
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THE OBSERVER REDESIGN, PRIOR TO PURCHASE BY THE GUARDIAN NEEDED A NEW MASTHEAD, CLASSIC TYPOGRAPHY AND GRITTIER PHOTOGRAPHY TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION. THE LAUNCH OF THE INDEPENDENT EMPLOYED THE SAME METHOD.
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IT WAS ONCE FELT THAT EBOOKS WOULD BRING ABOUT THE DEMISE OF THE BOOK COVER. FORTUNATELY TRADITIONAL VALUES HAVE PERSISTED AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. GREAT COVER DESIGN LIVES ON,
BUT COMPETITION IS TOUGH.