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Spielberg: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel (Thames & Hudson) — the complete Spielberg career presented with exceptional visual material and the critical depth it deserves: from Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark through E.T. and Jurassic Park to Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Lincoln. The most commercially successful and most diverse career in American cinema — analysed with the seriousness it has not always received. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Design: The Whole Story (Thames & Hudson) — the complete history of design from the crafts of antiquity through the Arts and Crafts movement, the Bauhaus, postwar industrial design, graphic design, corporate identity, digital interfaces, and the sustainability imperative of the contemporary moment. Over five hundred objects and projects profiled — the most comprehensive design history available in a single volume, with Thames & Hudson’s characteristic visual richness. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Harry Gruyaert: Morocco (Thames & Hudson) — Gruyaert’s definitive Morocco collection, gathering work from across five decades of photographing a country whose chromatic intensity has drawn him back repeatedly. The terracotta and cobalt and saffron of Marrakech, the silver Atlantic light of Essaouira — the full range of Moroccan visual experience captured by one of the great colour photographers. Large-format, rich, and completely absorbing. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Italy: In the Footsteps of the Masters by Stefano Zuffi (Thames & Hudson) — a visual journey through the landscapes, cities, and buildings that shaped Western art, pairing each location with the works it inspired: Raphael in Urbino, Caravaggio in Rome, Titian in Venice. Travel photography of exceptional quality combined with art historical depth — the ideal companion for anyone who has been to Italy or plans to go. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion by Cassie Davies-Strodder (Thames & Hudson) — a visual history of the designer whom Chanel called the only true couturier and Dior called the master of us all. Cristóbal Balenciaga’s technical mastery of construction, material, and silhouette was so complete that his peers regarded themselves as craftspeople by comparison — and his 1951 and 1967 collections each changed the shape of fashion. The essential Balenciaga reference. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Yves Saint Laurent: The Impossible Collection by Laurence Benaïm (Thames & Hudson) — fifty of the most significant pieces from forty years of YSL haute couture, presented in the large-format photography that makes this as much an art book as a fashion reference. Each piece selected for the qualities that distinguish fashion from clothing — the argument for which pieces deserve to be called works of art, and the visual record to support it. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Givenchy Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Alexandre Samson (Thames & Hudson) — every Givenchy collection, documenting the forty-year career of the most faithful custodian of the haute couture tradition in the second half of the twentieth century. A designer whose most famous client was Audrey Hepburn and whose most important achievement was demonstrating, season after season, that technical perfection in couture is the deepest form of respect for the body. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Versace Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Tim Blanks (Thames & Hudson) — every Versace collection, documenting the development of one of fashion’s most immediately recognisable visions: the Medusa head, the safety pin, the leather and the gold, the supermodels, the baroque excess that defined the 1990s. From Gianni through Donatella — a complete visual record of fashion as spectacle and as power. Published by Thames & Hudson.

Chanel Catwalk: The Complete Collections by Adélia Sabatini (Thames & Hudson) — every Chanel collection from the house’s reopening through the most recent season, documenting the continuous reinvention of the most influential fashion aesthetic in the world. Under Karl Lagerfeld for thirty-six years, Chanel became simultaneously a shrine to the original Coco aesthetic and a laboratory for its transformation. Runway photography, detail shots, and authoritative commentary throughout. Published by Thames & Hudson.