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New York City's oldest neighborhoods are downtown, where scores of timeworn ads have improbably survived for decades. These "ghost signs" hold the secrets of businesses and products that vanished decades ago. Clues to our jobs,...

Based on a series of lectures developed by noted furniture designer Richard Schultz, this brief, striking book lays out his design manifesto both challenging and adding to Louis Sullivan's credo "form follows function." From African...

Twenty tattoo artists and four executive chefs share their home recipes, personal stories, and tattoos in this beautiful and intimate cookbook. Tattoo artists from around the United States invite you into their personal kitchens in...

21 winners of Germany's juried residential interior design competition illustrated here capture the fresh, eclectic flair of German home interiors. If German interior designers have a genius, it's for mixing modern with vintage finds and...

15 one-of-a-kind houses attuned to Australia's diverse climates, topography, and raw beauty, revealing the way Australia's top architects craft their houses in relationship with the great outdoors. Australia has wildly differing topographies and climates, and...

A comprehensive look at 16 cutting-edge homes designed to resist the forces of earth, wind, fire, and water The climate is changing, and so must domestic architecture. Premium materials—brick, stone, wood—and timeless design used to be...

The age of the metrosexual is over. Dead and buried. In places as diverse as Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Richmond, Miami, and Charleston, modern American men are ushering in a new golden age of hirsute...

The first book to survey the works of 38 contemporary painters who are "disrupting" figurative painting with technology- and memory-inspired alterations. Disrupted Realism takes an in-depth look at the works of contemporary painters who are challenging...

Since Alvardo's Pin-Up Nudes was first published in 2013, it has become a bestseller in pin-up photography. In this second edition, Alvarado uses his trademark innovative technique to blur the line between photography and illustration. Relying...

Cat behavioral therapist Anneleen Bru explains how cat owners can achieve perfect harmony with their feline friends. People have been under the spell of the mysterious and elegant nature of the cat for thousands of...

Set between the sound and the sea, Long Island is home to some of America’s most intriguing country houses. This book highlights the best examples, telling the story of each through outstanding contemporary color photography....

Discover the lives of Cuba's cats through the lens of award-winning photographer Emmy Park. This book is full of beautiful and raw images; explore the relationship between Cubans and their feline companions that roam the...