This lavishly illustrated book includes photographs, postcards, flyers, tickets and brochures, which conjure up the atmosphere of Cuba s past times and places and some of those associated with it. Divided into two parts; the first, a visual Archive, which was the property of a Chicago gangster Grover Dullard, is a vignette of Prohibition and proof of Havana s attractions for the Mob; and the second, an extraordinary collection of printed material from pre-revolutionary Cuba, which paint a picture of its heyday.

What happens when you invite such luminary fashion designers as Stephen Jones or Hussein Chalayan to collaborate with important contemporary artists such as Cerith Wyn Evans or Gavin Turk and ask them to think about the Olympic values of speed, strength, agility and stamina? A celebration of the best of British creativity and a set of innovative exciting works of art, which will be unveiled at London s Victoria and Albert Museum for the Festival of London, during the 2012 Olympic Games.

Out of Focus offers an international perspective on current trends in photography. The companion to the first major photography exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery since I Am a Camera in 2001, this stunning compilation presents 37 international artists working in the medium photography in diverse, innovative and arresting ways. Amongst the renowed practitioners: Mitch Epstein and Ryan McGinley form the USA; Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin from South Africa; Noemie Goudal from France; JH Engstrom from Sweden; Jonny Briggs, Mat Collinshaw and John Stezaker from the UK; and David Noonan from Australia. This stunning, lavishly illustrated volume stnds as a tribute to the best work being done in photography today.

Basil Hyman, a keen amateur photographer, took hundreds of photographs of everyday life in Britain during the 1950s. The Lost Album is a nostalgic look back at this long-gone era, filled with photographs made during a time of enormous social change--just after World War II and before the 'Swinging Sixties'--and a wealth of ephemera: theater tickets and playbills, newspaper advertisements, ration books, and much more.

An innovative and controversial designer and typographer with a worldwide reputation Jonathan Barnbrook, creates a ground-breaking monograph revisiting his most successful projects and presenting his views on design and his personal graphic work

In Tunnels Portuguese photographer Andri Principe explores the boundaries of knowing oneself and others through themes such as isolation and absence. By photographing people from behind, while hiding or through windows, Principe captures images that deal with issues such as loneliness and the difficulty of communicating, while also reflecting on the limits of the photographic medium.

The first in a planned series of books on photography by Max Forsythe, 'Drive by Shooting' presents images shot from inside moving cars, trains, and rickshaws. The book freezes the transient moments we experience as passengers and allows a rare opportunity to examine them in greater detail. The publication's 25 panoramic images demonstrate Forsythe's passion for intense color and location shooting.

Italian visual artist Andrea Dojmi captures the essence of being a child in the 1970s through this unique art project presented in book form. Edited by Raffaella Guidobono, 'Aimready' celebrates infancy, the time and place where no rules apply. Revisiting the actual and mental spaces of his own childhood, Dojmi creates a family album of digitally altered photographs that are both familiar and uncanny.

Spurred on by ground-breaking innovation from a coterie of underground artists world-wide, many of whom are renowned exponents of graffiti, the sticker craze answers a need for instant coverage via a barely conspicious action. Prepared in advance from an array of materials and techniques, including appropriated and altered labels, self-adhesive film, stencils, colour-copies and computer print-outs, these elaborate and distinctive artworks are capable of blanket coverage at street level.

One of the more widely discussed and inventive exponents of contemporary British art, Sam Taylor-Wood has spent a decade creating film and photographic works that extend the boundaries of their media. She worked closely with Bruce Mau Design on this project to give unprecedented insight into the usually private or suppressed source images behind her work.

A comprehensive insider's view of the world's fastest-growing winter sport and the energetic subculture it has spawned. It offers a holistic picture with action shots, behind-the-scenes reportage, hospital portraits and the latest graphic designs and illustrations. These images are infused with commentary, quotes and jargon from those who live for snowboarding - pitching iconic high-points alongside day-to-day minutiae, weather obsessions with the trappings of a professional rider's engagements.

This volume explores the immeasurable impact of Black subculture on British streets, dance floors, wardrobes and beauty parlours over the past three decades. It gives unique visual expression to the energy and innovation of a range of fashion trends and musical subcultures, including ragga, drum 'n' bass, house, and UK garage, through a wealth of unpublished images from legendary and contemporary photographers including Dennis Morris and David Swindells. Compiled by journalist and cultural commentator Ekow Eshun, with contributions from DJs Trevor Nelson and Norman Jay.

Reputed to have initiated the young British art movement, Hirst is considered the pre-eminent artist of his generation. This project brings together for the first time all his works in the collection of Charles Saatchi, his most prolific and proactive patron.

In this first illustrated book of the celebrated choreographer's life and work, extracts from personal journals and letters with photographs from his own collection reveal how some of the masterpieces of 20th century musical theatre and dance came about.

We enter petrol stations, make our purchases and leave, without stopping to consider the creative and technical skill that has gone into the genesis of these modern-day icons. Minale's latest book not only provides us with a compendium of recent petrol station design including all the leading international names (e.g. Shell, Texaco) from the USA to the Middle East to Russia as well as the designers who created each project. An essential book for anyone interested in design, marketing or retail.

Guido pioneered the radical unstructured styles made famous by his subjects - the likes of Kate Moss and Stella Tennant - reacting against slick salon styles, to enhance rather than hide people's idiosyncrasies. In this book he presents 100 classics shot by fashion photographers David Sims, Steven Klein and Paul Wetherell.