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A lavishly illustrated book presenting high-class holiday rentals on five continents. Founded in 1977, Engel and Volkers is one of the world's leading service companies specializing in the sale and leasing of premium residential properties, commercial real estate, and yachts.

Weaving together the narratives of female farmers from across three continents, Women Who Dig offers a critical look at how women are responding to and, increasingly, rising up against, the injustices of the global food system. Beautifully written with spectacular photos, it examines gender roles, access to land, domestic violence, maternal health, political and economic marginalization, and a rapidly changing climate. It also shows the power of collective action. With women from Guatemala, Ni...

Meet the people upholding a 4,000-year tradition deep in Mongolia's Altai region: the Kazakh eagle hunters. For centuries, the Kazakh have nurtured a special bond with golden eagles. Painstakingly trained to hunt small mammals and return to their handlers’ arms, these majestic birds are the product of an extremely rare, age-old art and are treated like family members. This time-honored tradition survives today due to the diligence of these people, and is passed down from parent to child startin...

George Clooney is not one for long-term relationships. But what's remained beyond the grasp of any woman to date was no problem for the pot-bellied pig Max: before it died in 2006, Max had spent 18 years at the side of the "Sexiest Man Alive." Even half a century ago, the photographer Edward Quinn recognised that the relationship between stars and their pets is a special one. On the Cote d'Azur — the Mecca of the 1950s and 1960s jet set — he managed to create some of his most personal celebrity...

This series will bring together unique, inspiring interiors by renowned photographers worldwide and is made in cooperation with photo agency Taverne Agency. The series will consist of small, practical books, Homes World Wide - Compact as well as luxurious interior books, Homes World Wide - Deluxe. A unique book that showcases the homes and interiors of artists from all over the world. Be inspired by very personal and original ideas on interior design, from some of the world's most creative peop...

When the very first issue of the iconic fashion and culture magazine DAZED & CONFUSED was published in 1991, the world was a different place. Now over three decades later, the magazine has shaped minds and become known worldwide for its visual iconography. Rankin, DAZED's founder and first photo editor, provided the very tone for which the magazine is known for today. Now internationally recognised as one of the UK's leading photographers, he honed his craft during DAZED DECADES. Rankin's work f...

Photographer Staci Bernstein stages “living pictures” to tell the story of Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, which was known as Film Row during the 1920s, became a haven for artists in the 1960s and 1970s, and gave birth to Grunge in the 1980s and 1990s. Bernstein and crew tell the local history decade by decade through vignettes and photographs labeled “two truths and a lie” or “two lies and a truth.” Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction!

Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the state became determined to better manage the movement of Africans into the urban areas and to place them in properly controlled locations. The promulgation of the Native (Urban) Areas Act of 1923 was intended to meet these objectives. The Act was...

Road Life introduces you to 35 inspirational people from across the globe who've made their vans, campers and buses part of their lifestyle, and provides you with the tools to do the same. What's the appeal of a life on the road, with everything you need contained on four wheels? Tried it yourself and felt inadequate and underprepared? Or feel daunted by converting a vehicle yourself? The campers in this book can show you how to roll up in style. From expert craftsmen who've converted entire bus...

This series will bring together unique, inspiring interiors by renowned photographers worldwide and is made in cooperation with photo agency Taverne Agency. The series will consist of small, practical books, Homes World Wide - Compact as well as luxurious interior books, Homes World Wide - Deluxe. Colour is part of our lives and is always present. It's an integral part of any interior design process. The overall feel of a room is dictated by the specific shades used. Colour: Loving and Living W...