Thames & Hudson Bücher

The last significant tribal culture in Europe, the Celts are today associated with a particularly rich body of symbolism and mystery. Rituals, omens, and signs were central to their religious beliefs, and were expressed by a variety of beautiful designs and symbols found in Celtic stonework, metalwork, and manuscripts. Includes 78 illustrations, 40 in color.

Barcelona boasts a unique heritage of cultural achievement, political and military independence and artistic refinement. In comparison to places like Paris and London, it can seem pocket-sized, but it is a multi-faceted gem: small, accessible, coastal with a unique architectural heritage as well as substantial sections that are tourist-friendly without being blandly over-commercialized. around the cathedral, the Barri Gotic, the Ribera, Barcelonetta and the Raval. From these tiny streets to the wide Eixample and beyond it is evident that this is a city that takes design seriously, with new talent on show everywhere in small galleries and combination showroom/shop/ateliers. Fantastically designed bars and restaurants are emerging to cater to the design-conscious youth, and maintain Barcelona's reputation as a world capital of design. sleep, eat, drink, shop, retreat, explore, or just hang out in stimulating surroundings. It selects all the special places where locals as well as travellers will find a vibrant urban experience, and is accompanied by concise, informed texts and easy-to-read maps.

Every year since 1955 an international jury has met in Holland under the auspices of the World Press Photo Foundation to choose the world's finest press photographs. Universally recognized as the definitive competition for photographic reporting, this was described by Michael Rand of The Sunday Times Magazine as "the International photographic contest". The pick of international visual reportage from 1992 some 150 pictures submitted by photojournalists, press agencies, newspapers and magazines throughout the world - is brought together for the The World Press Photo Competition 1993, the 36th contest in the series. Selected from over 15,000 images of the highest quality, taken by more than 1,500 photographers representing over 70 countries, each shot encapsulates one of the year's historic dramas. Showing all walks of life, portraying private happenings as well as headline news, they make up a mosaic of time on the wing.