When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge. The project took several years to develop and when it was finally published in 2014, it weighed in at 26 kg (57 pounds). This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format. Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images-such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace-as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before. The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga. "What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else," Leibovitz says. "The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It's not arranged chronologically and it's not a retrospective. It's more like a roller coaster." Fans of Leibovitz and her many celebrated subjects can now enjoy that same roller coaster ride for themselves with this unlimited edition.

Celebrating the magick of the natural realm, Volume IV of The Library of Esoterica, delves into the symbolism, ceremony, and our ritual relationships with the botanical world. A visual journey through our interdependent evolution with nature, Plant Magick celebrates botanicals as creative muse - from ancient Greek sculptures to Renaissance paintings to visionary art inspired by psychoactive plants, cacti, and mushrooms. Our myths, beliefs, and shared stories are continually reflected in nature; purity represented by the white lily or spiritual awakening by the bloom of the lotus. Our joys and laments are mirrored in the cycle of the seasons, in the seed birthing sprout, or in the dead leaf falling softly from winter branches. Plants, trees, and flowers as signifiers of transition are also deeply embedded within rites of passage rituals across global cultures. Rose petals strewn along the wedding aisle mark the evolution into womanhood and marriage. A wreath of lilies stands sentinel over an open grave. A lover's bouquet awaits on the doorstep. The wooden May Day pole is circled by girls wearing crowns of woven daisies, celebrating the coming of spring. Birth, unions, and burials - cycles of joyful celebration and deep grieving, all are marked symbolically with herbs, flowers or branches of a tree - the integration of nature into ceremony our method of signifying catharsis. Since time immemorial, plants have also served as potent symbols within the religions of the world; Buddha attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, Eve plucking the Apple of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. From root to vibrant blossom, Plant Magick explores the fertile, interconnected history between plants and people, the multitude of ways in which we embrace plants in spiritual ceremony, as healing medicine, as creative muse and as gateways into deeper explorations of consciousness. About the series The Library of Esoterica explores how centuries of artists have given form to mysticism, translating the arcane and the obscure into enduring, visionary works of art. Each subject is showcased through both modern and archival imagery culled from private collectors, libraries, and museums around the globe. The result forms an inclusive visual history, a study of our primal pull to dream and nightmare, and the creative ways we strive to connect to the divine.

Find guidance on your spiritual journey, reassurance of better times to come, and tools to co-create the new Golden Age with The Golden Future Oracle. We are moving toward a new fifth-dimensional Golden Age that will be a time of peace and happiness, when the world as we know it will have changed—beyond recognition—for the better. In this beautiful 44-card oracle, Diana Cooper offers inspiration to focus on the harmonious future that awaits us all. Using these cards will help you to: · learn about the golden future · raise your frequency · awaken more of your twelve fifth dimensional chakras · understand where you can direct your energy to help co-create the Golden Future · focus on your higher ascension and so much more! Each card connects you with the spiritual beings overseeing each aspect of our Golden Future. Lady Nada will help you to tune in to your divine health blueprint; Lord Gautama, as the embodiment of wisdom, will encourage you to trust that your needs will be provided for; and Universal Angel Butyalil will encourage you to accept yourself as a cosmic being. The Golden Future Oracle will be your uplifting spiritual guide amidst the turbulence of modern-day life. It will guide you along this collective transformational journey toward a new age, and help you to act with higher consciousness so that you can attract more abundance and support from the universe.

The TASCHEN bookstand brings your collection out from the confines of your bookshelves, and back to its rightful place on center-stage.The three sizes of medium, large, and extra-large allow for the secure and stylish display of almost our entire spectrum of titles, except for our gargantuan SUMOs. Also reflecting the variety within our editions, three eye-catching colors – radiant pink, crystal green, and urban grey – provide a fitting foundation to display TASCHEN’s big, bright, and bold back catalog.

My First Clock Book is a fantastic novelty board book from Priddy Books even includes a clock with hands that move! Set around a school day, each page has a different time for children to learn about. The clock is set in a die-cut within the cover and folds out so the child can match the time on every page, reinforcing the concept. With fun illustrations and simple questions to answer, kids will learn all about time and how it relates to their own day.

It was on a Malibu beach in 1988 that Peter Lindbergh shot the White Shirts series, images now known the world over. Simple yet seminal, the photographs introduced us to Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Rachel Williams, Karen Alexander, Tatjana Patitz, and Estelle Lefebure. This marked the beginning of an era that redefined beauty, and Lindbergh would go on to alter the landscape of fashion photography for the decades that followed. This edition gathers more than 300 images from forty years of Lindbergh's career. It traces the German photographer's cinematic inflections and humanist approach, which produced images at once seductive and introspective. In 1980 Rei Kawakubo asked Lindbergh to shoot a Commes des Garcons campaign, one of his earlier forays into commercial photography. Kawakubo gave him carte blanche. The following years brought forth collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion and resulted in a relationship of mutual reverence; Lindbergh's respect for some of the greatest designers of our time is palpable in his portraits. Among those photographed are Azzedine Alaia, Giorgio Armani, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Jil Sander, and Yohji Yamamoto. Widely considered a pioneer in his field, Lindbergh shirked the industry standards of beauty and instead celebrated the essence and individuality of his subjects. He was pivotal to the rise of models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Mariacarla Boscono, Lara Stone, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Nadja Auermann, and Kristen McMenamy. Lindbergh's reach also extended across Hollywood and beyond: Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Richard Gere, Isabelle Huppert, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Brad Pitt, Catherine Deneuve, and Jeanne Moreau all appear in his works. From the picture chosen by Anna Wintour as the cover of her first Vogue issue to the legendary shot of Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, it is never the clothes, celebrity, or glamour that takes center stage in a Lindbergh photograph. Each picture conveys the humanity of its subject with a serene melancholy that is uniquely and unmistakably Lindbergh. From the outset of his career, Lindbergh was well-known in the contemporary art world, where his photographs were exhibited in galleries long before they appeared in magazines. This edition features an updated introduction adapted from an interview in 2016, allowing a glimpse behind Lindbergh's lens, where the photographer recounts his early collaborations, the tenuous relationship between commercial and fine art, and the power of storytelling. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

Perfect for little hands, this mini book will help children build their vocabulary and develop early language skills. With first words to learn and lots of full-colour photographs of everyday objects, these sturdy board books provide an excellent platform for first learning.

It's time for count and seek - would you like to come and play? Let's count up all the dinosaurs and see who's here today! Count and spot the silly dinosaurs in this madcap, rhyming picture book. From T. rex magicians to dancing Diplodocus, this hilarious picture book encourages children to learn basic sums through play and interactivity. As well as basic counting and sums, this book introduces children to numbers bond and fact friends for the number 6. With playful characters to spot and bouncy rhyming text, this engaging picture book is perfect for sharing with a child to support their learning in a fun way.

Use the shapes to help Peppa finish her patterns! Encourage children to identify different repeating patterns in this interactive book. Can they fit the correct shapes into the patterns to complete them? Talk together about the repeating colours or shapes they can see. Learn with Peppa: Peppa's Patterns and Shapes is a sturdy board book that helps children recognise repeating patterns by using their knowledge of shapes and colours. Peppa and her friends are making decorations for the school fair, but It's not as simple as just matching the shapes to complete the patterns - what colour do they need to choose, too? - Peppa and her friends take centre stage in this brand-new series of interactive learning board books - Support early maths learning through recognition of shape, colour and pattern - The book houses six key shapes to place in the gaps to complete the patterns - Each Learn with Peppa interactive board book has been developed by educational experts - Access additional resources and guidance on the Learn with Peppa website Let Peppa support your little ones on their early learning adventure in Learn with Peppa.

Alphaprints makes learning to count fun in this Easter themed tabbed life-the-flap book. Sweet rhymes accompany Easter animals and items ingeniously created from fingerprints and photographs of everyday things. A tabbed board book treat to celebrate Easter and the arrival of Spring.

Fantastic creative play pack for budding explorers with a story board book and 15 sturdy cardboard pieces in a plastic clamshell. The pieces can be used to fit into the spaces in the book or for imaginative play. Puzzles pieces to play with and fit into the big board book encouraging hand-eye co-ordination and problem solving skills.

Perfect for little hands, this mini book will help children build their vocabulary and develop early language skills. With first words to learn and lots of full-colour photographs of everyday objects, these sturdy board books provide an excellent platform for first learning.

"At its essence, Giger's art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination, which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb." -Ridley Scott Swiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. Yet this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, of pollution and wasted resources, and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival. Following the SUMO-sized monograph which was begun shortly before the artist's unexpected death, this affordable anniversay edition pays homage to Giger's unique vision. The book shows the complete story of Giger's life and art, his sculptures, film design, and iconic album covers as well as the heritage he left us in his own artist's museum and self-designed bar in the Swiss Alps. In an in-depth essay, Giger scholar Andreas J. Hirsch plunges into the themes of the artist's oeuvre while an extensive biography draws on contemporary quotes and Giger's own statements. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

(Originally published as DEFY GRAVITY) New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss investigates the mystical phenomenon of healing and the presence of grace in every life. What is grace? How does grace work? How do I know if I've ever had an experience of grace in my life? For decades, readers and students have turned to medical intuitive Caroline Myss for answers to these essential questions. In these pages, she takes readers on a transformative journey to investigate the "holy authority" of grace and find tools to heal themselves and their lives. Originally published as Defy Gravity, this searching and eloquent book offers a message that we need now more than ever. Inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments, Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understanding of healing's spiritual underpinnings. Using what she discovered, she invites us into an intimate and healing engagement with the soul, which we experience through exploring our seven shadow passions, building an empowered inner self around our seven inherent graces, and learning how to work with the mystical laws that govern it. With this knowledge, you can break through the boundaries of ordinary reason. You can heal from illness, heartbreak, and pain. You can learn to live fearlessly. And you can start to discern the guidance of grace in every moment of your life.

A brand-new edition to help you lift your energy, unlock a higher frequency, and start receiving more joy and miracles in your life! Everything is comprised of energy, including you! You express energy in what you create, experience, and attract. Right now, the Universe is calling you to align your life to a higher energetic frequency, and at any given moment you have the opportunity to Raise Your Vibration. Let best-selling author Kyle Gray be your guide! This new edition focuses Kyle's teachings into 77 essential practices, sharing inspiring affirmations, channeled wisdom, and energetic messages to help you awaken your divine connection and activate your light. You'll discover how to: * Trust in the love and support of the Universe * Clear your energy field and protect your vibes * Activate the flow of spiritual energy through your chakras * Cultivate a daily spiritual practice with simple tools * Attract positive experiences into your everyday Leading a high-vibe life means living with purpose and love. It's about recognizing your potential and directing it accordingly, so that you make room for an endless flow of miracles, guidance, and support in every area of your life.

Explore the joys of Spring with this sturdy sensory book. It's specially designed to stimulate babies with colourful pictures, activities and textures to feel. These fun, simple, Spring-themed activities encourage babies to interact with the book through sight, sound and touch. With lots of bright pictures and engaging novelties to enjoy together, this is the perfect sensory experience to share with young children.

A savvy witch’s guidebook on strengthening their innate capacity to speak the symbolic language of the universe and trusting their inner knowing—their intuwitchin. From the founder of Witch School Mia Magik (@miamagik) comes a guide to what she calls IntuWitchin. There’s a key difference between intuition and IntuWitchin. While they both come from within us, IntuWitchin involves our innate capacity to learn and fluently speak the symbolic language of the Universe. It allows us to receive information from every animal or number, any part of our body, dreams, conversations, and more. We’ve all been told to follow our intuition, but IntuWitchin shows you how. It means reclaiming your magik to see how the world around you is always communicating with you and letting you know which way to go. IntuWitchin makes you your own teacher, guide, healer, and hero of your story. Putting the Witch in IntuWitchin supports you in owning your witchiness—how your wisdom expresses through you—and synergizing that unique essence with the magik of the world all around you. The book describes how to tap into your Intuwitchin and apply it in your life with rituals, magikal practices, journaling prompts, and chapters on: – Reclaiming the witch wound in order to move forward in courage and empowerment – Understanding signs and symbols from the Universe – Divination tools like astrology, tarot, numerology, and color magik – Recognizing how your body speaks to you – Incorporating the wisdom of the elements into your magik

Nel vorticoso passare del tempo, il graphic design - con la sua vivida e nitida sintesi di immagini e idee - ha catturato lo spirito di ogni epoca. Ogni singolo istante di ogni giorno siamo circondati da packaging minimalisti, pubblicita pittoresche, brillanti infografiche ambientali e agili interfacce: ecco dunque che il graphic design serve tanto a trasmettere informazioni quanto a riflettere le aspirazioni culturali e i valori di una societa. Grazie alla sua vasta conoscenza della materia, l'autore Jens Muller passa in rassegna i progetti piu straordinari di ogni anno, che rappresentano altrettante pietre miliari nella storia del design. Questa raccolta di importanti lavori grafici rappresenta una riflessione ormai imprescindibile sull'evoluzione di un campo creativo soggetto a continui cambiamenti e sfide. Aiutandoci a riconoscere l'impatto decisivo del graphic design sulla nostra vita quotidiana, questi progetti fondamentali fungono da coordinate per orientarsi nella storia contemporanea. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

Discover why millions rely on the #1 New York Times best-selling Medical Medium for health answers and natural healing protocols they can’t find anywhere else to over 100 symptoms, autoimmune diseases, and neurological disorders. The second of two essential brain health books, in full color and over 600 pages, offers customizable cleanse protocols, over 100 recipes, heavy metal detox smoothies, and cutting-edge self-healing information to protect yourself from anxiety, burnout, chronic fatigue, and over 300+ symptoms and disorders. Your brain has abilities to heal beyond what medical research and science are aware of today. The brain remains a mystery to medicine when it comes to chronic illness and mental health struggles. Measuring deficits of the brain doesn’t equate to knowing what’s really wrong or what to do about it. What if you could access neurological healing and pain relief no one realized was possible? “After years of doctors being unable to diagnose, identify, or pinpoint our child’s gastrointestinal issues, Anthony’s expertise and intuition led us to not only identifying the issue, but more importantly, Anthony’s precise protocols have been the invaluable catalyst in our daughter’s healing, recovery, and her happiness...” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lauren Hashian With Medical Medium Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes and its companion volume, Medical Medium Brain Saver, Anthony William sheds light on our brain and nervous system. Originally conceived as one life-saving book, Brain Saver had to be divided in two when it became too big to print. Each book now stands alone, so you can start with the one you need most—or read both for a full picture of your brain’s health. In Medical Medium Brain Saver, Anthony William delivers powerful health answers about the why—the sources of nearly 100 brain- and nervous system–related symptoms, diseases, and disorders. Here, in Medical Medium Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes, he provides even more compassionate, life-altering guidance to help you understand how to heal from a vast range of brain and neurological symptoms, diseases, and disorders, including: · Anxiety · Addiction · ALS · Alzheimer’s · Autism · Burnout · Cranial Nerve Problems · Depression · Eating Disorders · Long-Haul Covid · OCD · Parkinson’s · Seizures · Vagus Nerve Issues…and many more With practical steps that you can customize to your unique needs, Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes offers: · Details on everyday foods, supplements, and additives that are putting your brain at risk · A comprehensive guide to the supplements that will support your healing process—and exactly how to use them for over 300 symptoms and conditions, with specific dosages included · More than 100 recipes for delicious foods custom-created to support brain health · Profoundly effective brain meditations and other healing techniques · Cleanse protocols and guidelines for detoxing from heavy metal exposure, and recipes for all-new Medical Medium Brain Shot Therapy—quick hits of medicinals in liquid form, in combinations of ingredients designed to bring instant relief when the brain is under particular stress And when you want to understand your symptoms and conditions on a deeper level, you can turn to this book’s companion, Medical Medium Brain Saver, for extensive details about what causes chronic physical and mental suffering—and how to boost your immunity and safeguard yourself from illness. You’re not lost anymore. You didn’t bring your suffering upon yourself. Whether your mission is recovery or prevention, you’ve finally found the answers—the real answers—that you won’t find anywhere else about how to save your brain before it’s too late. Join the millions who have found relief with Medical Medium information so that you can finally live your best, most purposeful life. “As a functional-medicine doctor and a cardiologist, I see and help people with many chronic diseases. I use Anthony’s teachings in one way or another with most of my patients. It has made me a better doctor. I can help people I couldn’t help before.” — from the foreword by Alejandro Junger, M.D., New York Times best-selling author

Help Little Kitten say goodnight to the garden in this gentle, interactive bedtime board book. This gentle, rhyming story follows Little Kitten as she scampers through the garden and travels home to bed. Along the way, the reader is invited to say, sing or kiss goodnight to all the creatures on the journey. This peaceful, snuggly bedtime story is ideal for sharing with your toddler and for building bonds. As the sun sets, the soft scenes become more bedtime-friendly and as you say "goodnight" to the garden, toddlers also wind down and get ready for bed themselves. A perfect first bedtime book for toddlers who love to say goodnight! Other titles available: Say Goodnight, Little Tractor

This early learning play sets consists of a board book with bright photographs and chunky press out puzzle pieces in a plastic pocket. Designed to develop a young child's vocabulary and matching skills while learning key concepts such as identifying colours, food, toys and animals. The puzzle pieces help to develop fine motor skills, giving children the satisfaction of fitting the pieces into the pages.

Mummy Pig is worried they're going to be late for lunch at Granny and Grandpa Pig's house. Daddy Pig is worried that it might rain. And George is worried about driving his little car downhill in case it goes too fast. But Peppa isn't sure she can tell everyone about her little worry . . . Find out how sharing your worries can help them to disappear in this brand new story.