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This book highlights and explores some of the world's most extraordinary and luxurious spa destinations. It offers readers a curated list of 150 exceptional spas across various countries and regions, each renowned for its unique treatments, breathtaking locations, and exceptional wellness experiences.Includes detailed insights into each featured spa, its amenities, signature treatments, wellness philosophies, and the overall ambiance. Readers can expect to find a combination ...

Hotels continue to appeal to the imagination. The sector re-invents itself time and time again and sets the limits for the ultimate overnight stay. But which hotels offer you a once in a lifetime experience? This book lists the ultimate top 150 hotels, compiled by travel and lifestyle journalist Debbie Pappyn.All hotels guarantee a unique experience: a unique view or location, the incredible luxury or inimitable charm, the sophisticated design, the service or simply manta ray...

After 150 Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, Houses, Gardens, Golf Courses and Vineyards, now also 150 Bookstores you need to visit before you die.These bookstores open up a world of beauty. You can wander endlessly in the peculiar selection of the independent, often specialized book merchant. Every store is a reflection of the thoughts, opinions and tastes of the owner. Discover established bookstores that have been providing their readers with reading matter for decennia or newly o...

Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history’s most elegant patterns and ornamental designs.The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet’s L’Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875–1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville’s L’Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile, and ceramic orn...

Chinese myths are rich in symbolism and teach us about an ancient culture that stretches back more than 4000 years. Illustrated with 120 photographs and artworks, Chinese Myths is an accessible, entertaining and highly informative exploration of the fascinating mythology underlying one of the world’s oldest and most influential cultures.

OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLDAn insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.‘Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.’ New York Times Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relation...

No matter who you’re talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Trial lawyer and communications expert Jefferson Fisher has gained millions of followers online through short, simple, practical videos teaching people how to argue less and talk more. And now he offers a tried-and-true framework that will show you how to transform your life and your relationships by improving your next c...

Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987, Harvey Whitehouse went to live with an indigenous community deep in the Papua New Guinea rainforest. His experiences there convinced him that, far from being wildly different, humans are fundamentally alike: their beliefs and behaviours rooted in a set of evo...

'YUNG PUEBLO IS THE REAL DEAL - A MODERN SAGE AND GUIDING LIGHT' - VEX KINGThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lighter offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships.'Personal transformation that is grounded in self-love and has greater inner peace as the goal will naturally teach you how to love better. Seeing yourself clearly opens ...

Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking truth and wisdom in some of the most difficult spaces – communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the mental health emergency hitting teenagers today in many countries around the world.In The Anxious Generation, Haidt shows how, between 2010 and 2015, childhood and adolescence got rewired. As teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, time online so...

Celebrate this timeless classic with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations. Adapted by master pop-up artist Robert Sabuda, this magical and heart-breaking tale by Hans Christian Andersen comes to life in bold colour. With a jaw-dropping number of three-dimensional pop-ups on every page, dive inside the towering underwater castle, sail on the prince’s elaborate ship, and ...

Fall down the rabbit hole again and again with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations.Robert Sabuda?s dazzling adaptation of Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland makes the whimsy and fantastical burst out of the page. With a jaw-dropping number of three-dimensional pop-ups on every page, follow the White Rabbit through the forest, dine with the Mad Hatter, and play croquette ...

Swoop into the dangerous and exciting world of Neverland with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations. Robert Sabuda brings new life to J M Barrie’s beloved story with his stunning and intricate pop-ups. With a jaw-dropping number of pop-ups on every page, take to the skies with Peter Pan, cower in fear of Captain Hook’s mighty ship, and explore the forests the Lost Boys c...

With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siècle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and olive, his seductive compositions of patterns, flowers, and beautiful women became paradigms of the Belle Époque years. Mucha’s work permeated illustration, posters, postcards, and the advertising designs of his day.His striking posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt were particu...

Mario Testino is recognized as the ultimate fashion photographer of his generation but his pictures of Kate Moss transcend fashion. The result of two decades of extraordinary friendship, and phenomenal glamour, this iconic collaboration is an intimate insight into the lives and minds of two of the world’s definitive style leaders. This book follows the journey of this exceptional fashion partnership, from early days backstage at the shows to behind-the-scenes glimpses of the ...

Post-9/11, America’s sense of invincibility was shaken. The dotcom bubble had burst, there was war with Iraq, and eco-angst was becoming mainstream, as evidenced by impressive sales of the Toyota Prius. For escapism, self-expression, and even romantic connection, America turned to tech.Geeks were the new superheroes, and the iPod and iPhone reigned supreme, both commercially and creatively. Social media began its unstoppable rise, with MySpace and Facebook pushing brands to g...

From a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine’s cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world’s most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways the universally beloved bloom has been depicted through time and culture, both within and beyond the garden.

Discover the beguiling history of witchcraft, magic, and superstition through the centuries in this stunningly illustrated title.A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and televisio...

Three-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her wealthy parents’ summer house. The alarm was on all night long and the windows and doors were locked. Investigators do not find any evidence of an abduction and fear the worst. Experienced lawyer, Joanna Chylka, and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, are tasked with defending a married couple charged with murder by the prosecutor’s office. The trial is circumstantial in nature, but everything seems to point to the par...

A complete monograph devoted to the Polish master of abstract painting, whose compositions play with minimalist forms and colourStanisław Fijałkowski (1922-2020) boasts a direct connection to the very origins of the European avant-garde he was an assistant of Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who in turn had studied under Kazimir Malevich.Throughout six decades Fijałkowski maintained a solely unique idiom of mystical painting, hovering between the abstract and the representational. He a...

The perfect introduction to Aboriginal art for students, travellers,art lovers and collectors, now in its fourth edition.This concise survey showcases the incredible, diverse work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists. Building on traditions that stretch back at least 50,000 years, these artists have long worked in a variety of contexts from the sacred and secret realm of ceremony to more public spheres. From isolated beginnings to post-colonialism and the present, Wally Ca...

Rice and shine with this collection of recipes for every home cook!

Decades’ worth of images have been distilled down to 512 pages of photographs in this ultimate retrospective collection of Nobuyoshi Araki's work, selected by the artist himself. First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new format to celebrate TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, the curation delves deep into Araki’s best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of kinbaku, or bondage. As girls...

The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition.Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectur...