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Original covers: The golden age of African-American music Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assemblesover 500 legendary coversfrom agolden era in African-American music. Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience and street portraiture meets fantastical cartoon in this dazzling anthology of visualized funk and soul.Gathering both classic and rare covers, the collection celebrates each artwork's ability to capture not only a buyer's interest, but an entire musical mood. Browse through and discover the brilliant, the bold, the outlandish and the sheer beautiful designs that fans rushed to get their hands on as the likes ofMarvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Michael JacksonandPrincechanged the world with their unique and unforgettable sounds.Featuringinterviews with key industry figures, Funk & Soul Coversalso providescultural context and design analysisfor many of the chosen record covers. About the Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing.Bibliotheca Universalisbrings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.Bookworm s delight never bore, always excite! Text in English, French, and German

Desert aflame Sebastiao Salgado documents the torched Kuwaiti oil wells In January and February 1991, as the United States-led coalition drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein s troops retaliated with an inferno. At some 700 oil wells and an unspecified number of oil-filled low-lying areas they ignited vast, raging fires, sending billowing black clouds over the region and thousands of tons of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As the desperate efforts to contain and extinguish the conflagration progressed, Sebastiao Salgado traveled to Kuwait to witness the crisis firsthand. The conditions were excruciating. The heat was so vicious that Salgado s smallest lens warped. A journalist and another photographer were killed when a slick ignited as they crossed it. Sticking close to the firefighters, and with characteristic sensitivity to both human and envrionmental impact, Salgado captured the terrifying scale of this huge theater the size of the planet the ravaged landscape; the sweltering temperatures; the air choking on charred sand and soot; the blistered remains of camels; the sand still littered with cluster bombs; and the flames and smoke soaring to the skies, blocking out the sunlight, dwarfing the oil-coated firefighters. Salgado s epic pictures first appeared in the New York Times Magazine in June 1991 and were subsequently widely published and awarded the Oskar Barnack Award, recognizing outstanding images on the relationship between man and the environment. Kuwait: A Desert on Fire is the first monograph of this astonishing series. Like Genesis, Exodus, and The Children, it is as much a major document of modern history as an extraordinary body of photographic work. Text in English, French, and German"

This text presents an overview of the versatile designs and creations of Louis Comfort Tiffany, a designer whose name became synonymous with luxury. The Tiffany's were the founders of the prestigious Tiffany and Co. firm.

Take a bite. This is the best of sleeping, eating and shopping in NYC. In a city that soars as high in the imagination as it does in its skyscrapers of steel and glass, a visitor can easily feel too dazzled to know where to begin. This updated edition of TASCHEN's New York guide does the reconnaissance for you, scouring uptown and downtown to bring you the most secret, stylish and exciting venues in the city that never sleeps. Behind velvet ropes, entering unmarked restaurants and scouring Soho, Nolita and Tribeca stores, this is an all-access pass to parts of New York even most locals don't know. You can learn how to find Soho's hidden basement bar subMercer and Rao's, the Spanish Harlem Italian joint run by the Sopranos' actor who turned Madonna away. You can check where to buy New York's best cheesecake;and find the Greenwich Letterpress, where you get your own cards hand-printed. It comes with dictionary-style cutout tabs for easy navigation and a companion pocket-sized map. New York is yours for the taking.