Cigar-bands have sdorned cigars for more than 150 years. Until World War I they were produced and printed to the hightest quality using the best methods available, with the result that many cigar-bands of the time are genuine works of art. Images depicted on the bands are varied, but specific themes may be distinguished – flowers and foliage, for example, or heraldic ‘charges’, or of course portraits of contemporary rulers and celebrities. This book features nearly 1,800 cigar-bands drawn from the collection of Roger van Reeth, including some of the most beautiful, some of the rarest and some of the oldest. Their presence adds something special to what is already a special publication: the Flavour, perhaps, of a superb Havana cigar.

Provides information on choosing and smoking cigars, covering such topics as the best cigar size to smoke, how to choose quality cigars at a good price, and the preparation and distribution of cigars worldwide.

With humour and wisdom, this book shows you how to talk your way to success! Learn the right way to approach anyone and leave a good impression. Learn how to become indispensable at your job. Learn how to get people talking positively about you. Learn how to start a life-long friendship within the first few minutes after meeting anyone! Whether you are meeting someone famous, or the boss's wife, this book teaches you how to better handle that most intimate act: conversation. The authors of this book prefer to call it "The Art of the Shmooze"!

Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California. Published to coincide with the first retrospective of Diebenkorn's work since his death, this catalog is the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available. 192 color illustrations.

The Art of Objects explores the experimental encounter of arts and industry in Italy at the turn of the 20th century, tracing the origins of the Italian culture of design in the social and aesthetic construction of the age's most iconic industrial objects.