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Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden, this magnificent visual book, incorporating commentary by band members past and present, and never-before-seen photography from the Iron Maiden archives, chronicles the evolution of heavy metal's most prestigious band.<br/><br/> Iron Maiden is an institution. Hailed as pioneers of a new wave of British heavy metal in the 80s, the band has come to embody a spirit of fearless creative independence and ferocious dedication to their fans that has won them a huge following around the world and across the generations.<br/><br/> <b>Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams</b> traces the creative evolution of heavy metal's most influential and enthralling band, from 1975 to 2025.<br/><br/> Presenting iconic album and single artworks, photographs of the band's instruments past and present, stage props, hand-written lyrics and artefacts from the archive and the band's personal collections, as well as landmark photographs by Ross Halfin and John McMurtrie, <b>Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams</b> is rife with revelatory stories and intriguing insights from pivotal band members and management.<br/><br/> It is bookended by a foreword from band founder Steve Harris and an afterword by vocalist Bruce Dickinson.<br/><br/> <b>Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams</b> is the definitive legacy volume, celebrating the band's creativity, dedication, personality and success.

In our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist <strong>Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec</strong> (1864-1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters, paintings, and drawings, the artist <strong>immortalized the city's Belle Epoque nightlife</strong> and <strong>put the northern neighborhood of Montmartre on the global map of creative-hedonist hotspots.</strong><br/><br/> The son of old French nobility, Toulouse-Lautrec seems to have been drawn early on to visions of a demimonde, centering his attention on the <strong>dance halls, cabarets, and brothels </strong>of Montmartre and adopting <strong>famed dancers and singers</strong> as his subjects, most notably Jane Avril. His works include both lively performance scenes and quiet, tender "after-hours" portraits such as <em>The Sofa</em> and <em>In Bed. </em>Stylistically, he mastered <strong>both bold graphics, as celebrated in his promotional posters of Jane Avril, and a loose yet evocative sketchwork</strong>.<br/><br/> Though he died aged just 36, due to complications from alcoholism and syphilis, Toulouse-Lautrec's cultural influence was immense. This introductory book takes a walk through his world of singers, dancers, musicians, and prostitutes to reveal an artist of <strong>great humanity, striking figurative skill, and a pronounced sense for the energy and stories of a city</strong>.

<strong>THE ULTIMATE CELEBRATION OF THE MIDWEST PRINCESS</strong> <br/><br/>From hometown Missouri girl to the Midwest Princess and global FEMININOMENON we stan today, Chappell Roan is on an extraordinary journey. <br/><br/>Dive into the stories, fun facts and defining moments that shot this shining star into orbit. Packed with dazzling inspiration and empowering wisdom, this book is your guide to living boldly, flourishing fearlessly and thriving no matter what life throws your way. <br/><br/><strong>Whether you're a long-time fan or just discovering Chappell's magic, celebrating her punk attitude, iconic fashion and of course, her musical genius, with this essential companion</strong>.

One of the most thought-provoking and influential designers in the world she once declared 'the only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word "conformity"' Vivienne Westwood has been reinventing, changing and challenging the world of fashion for over five decades.<br/><br/>Celebrating 40 years of catwalk collections, this book records the inimitable creations imagined by Vivienne Westwood since her first runway show in 1981, as well as those designed by her husband and long-time collaborator, Andreas Kronthaler. Complete with an introduction and collection texts by Alexander Fury, and biographies written by the designers themselves, <i>Vivienne Westwood Catwalk</i> offers a rare opportunity to chart the development of a uniquely creative fashion house. <br/><br/>After <i>Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent</i> and <i>Prada, Vivienne Westwood</i> publishing in Spring 2021 is the sixth new volume in the best-selling Catwalk series, which offers an unrivalled overview of the collections of the worlds top fashion houses through original catwalk photography.

<b>A chunky sticker book with thousands of individual letters that can be turned into uniquely idiosyncratic messages or decorations of all kinds.</b><br/><br/> Everyone loves the cool graphic look of the classic ransom note, and letters cut from newspapers make any message a little edgy yet playful.<br/> Now <i>The Ransom Note Sticker Book</i> makes it easy to spell out anything you like and capture that unique look. Thousands of stickers - A to Z, plus accents, numerals, and punctuation - in a host of fonts and typefaces are ready for your messages.<br/> You can use them to add colour to your journals, you can name your stuff, or you can give a valentine's card a mysterious anonymous touch... Stationery, wrapping paper, and collages will all benefit from these alphabets, and they make the perfect gift for the crafter, journal-keeper or scrap-booker.<br/><br/> With a grungy, vintage letterpress vibe, the letters irresistibly recall the age of print newspapers - and the collection includes type ornaments, woodblock illustrations and a range of accents for elegant, multilingual ransom notes.

'The world is blood-hot and personal': in her moving and illuminating introduction, the poet Emily Berry remembers her own teenage encounters with<i> Ariel </i>and offers a personal way into this definitive collection. She shows us how Plath can crystallize our most volatile emotions, transforming them into images so potent and precise that they resonate with us all. Plath has been an inspiration to successive generations; her influence, enduring and profound.<br/><br/>'If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hardminded . . . They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity . . . the book is a major literary event.' A. Alvarez, <i>Observer</i>, 1965

<b>Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and heavy metal fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume surveys more than 80 of the genre's greatest axe-slingers from the 1970s to present.</b><br/><br/> From metal pioneers like Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore to today's hottest shredders, thrashers, and riffers, <i>Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars</i> is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made metal. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by metal-defining eras and subgenres, including: <b>early metal</b>, <b>hard rock and arena rock</b>, <b>prog rock</b>, <b>Euro metal</b>, <b>hair metal</b>, <b>shred</b>, <b>thrash</b>, and more.<br/><br/> Prown's knowledgeable discussions examine specific <b>noteworthy guitars</b> each player made famous, as well as <b>effects pedals</b>, <b>amplifiers</b>, and <b>career overviews</b> that include the players' first-person revelations and insights.<br/><br/> Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book features an early chapter on <b>influencers</b> who set the stage for the genre (think Clapton, Hendrix, and Beck), plus sidebars so you don't miss out on any of metal's nooks and crannies, touching on <b>grunge</b>, <b>math metal</b>, <b>nu metal</b>, <b>doom metal</b>, and <b>the genre's roots </b>in blues and early rock.<br/><br/><b>Guitarists profiled:</b><br/><br/> Eric Clapton<br/> Jeff Beck<br/> Jimi Hendrix<br/> Pete Townshend<br/> Jimmy Page<br/> Tony Iommi<br/> Ritchie Blackmore<br/> Leslie West<br/> Martin Barre<br/> Mick Box<br/> Johnny Winter<br/> Joe Perry & Brad Whitford<br/> Brian May<br/> Robin Trower<br/> Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser<br/> Rick Derringer<br/> Ronnie Montrose<br/> Frank Marino<br/> Mick Ralphs<br/> Eddie Van Halen<br/> Ace Frehley<br/> Tom Scholz & Barry Goudreau<br/> Nancy Wilson<br/> Neal Schon<br/> Angus & Malcolm Young<br/> Pat Travers<br/> Michael Schenker<br/> Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson<br/> Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing<br/> Rudolph Schenker, Uli Jon Roth & Matthias Jabs<br/> Dave Murray & Adrian Smith<br/> Randy Rhoads<br/> Kerry Livgren & Rich Williams<br/> Alex Lifeson<br/> Michael Wilton & Chris DeGarmo<br/> John Petrucci<br/> Phil Collen & Steve Clark<br/> Gary Moore<br/> Joan Jett<br/> Lita Ford<br/> Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson<br/> Mick Mars<br/> John Sykes<br/> Vernon Reid<br/> Yngwie Malmsteen<br/> Steve Vai<br/> Joe Satriani<br/> Vivian Campbell<br/> Jason Becker<br/> Paul Gilbert<br/> George Lynch<br/> Tony MacAlpine & Vinnie Moore<br/> James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett<br/> Dave Mustaine<br/> Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman<br/> Scott Ian<br/> Slash<br/> Zakk Wylde<br/> Dimebag Darrell<br/> Ty Tabor<br/> Jerry Cantrell<br/> Tom Morello<br/> Kim Thayil<br/> Mark Tremonti<br/> Alexi Laiho<br/> Herman Li<br/> Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher<br/> Nita Strauss<br/> Nili Brosh