On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the launching of their men's underwear line, Dolce + Gabbana is publishing a volume celebrating their sensual and unique view of male beauty. Celebrated for styling clothing that accentuates a man's inherent masculinity while revealing some of his hidden empathy, Dolce + Gabbana are one of fashions most celebrated designers. For this volume, Dolce + Gabbana have decided to highlight the beautiful, atmospheric, sensual photographic work of Mariano Vivanco, one of the world's leading photographers and a photographer with whom Dolce + Gabbana have had a long and fruitful collaboration. In this volume, Vivanco collects a series of photographs that celebrate the beauty and vigor of the male body at its most perfect. Featuring a series of the world's top male models -- Noah Mills, Jesper and Sebastian Lund, Miguel Iglesias, Adam Senn and above all the celebrated Tony Ward - in sensual poses highlighting the design and workmanship of Dolce + Gabbana's garments, The photos are both pure (rendered in rich duotone prints) and magnificent. Most of the images are en plein air, and they clearly owe their inspiration to Italy's noble Roman heritage And The ideals of classical Graeco-Roman sculpture. In a word, these photographs showcase the 'modern' Adonis as conceived by Dolce + Gabbana and Mariano Vivanco. Also included is a series of intensely erotic indoor scenes where each model truly becomes an object of desire. Each photograph will be introduced with a brief text or quotation from notable woman on the subject of men and underwear. This book will be a must have for anyone interested in fine photography, fashion, And The beauty of the male form.

Includes text by Peter Howarth and others.

Portraits Nudes Flowers is a collection of photographs by Lima-born Mariano Vivanco (born 1975), one of the world's leading editorial and advertising photographers. It includes portraits of some of the world's most fashionable faces, including Cindy Crawford, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Naomi Campbell, Ricky Martin, Antonio Banderas, Emma Watson and Sam Smith, among many others. Nudes have been a component of Vivanco's photography since his early studies in Melbourne, Australia, most notably his Candice Swanepoel and David Gandy nudes, both of which are featured here. Flowers have also been a longstanding subject of Vivanco's photographic explorations, and this volume includes a never-before-seen series of Vivanco's flowers. With a fresh and unexpected take on these highly popular subjects, Vivanco unifies his collection of portraits, nudes and flowers in a contemporary fashion.

This remarkable collection of candid nude photos of France’s national rugby team goes beneath the uniform to reveal what real jocks look like underneath it all. Each image taken by leading French photographer Fran�ois Rousseau depicts the rugby player―alone or with teammates―undressing, lounging on the bench, showering. Locker Room Men is at once a celebration of athletes and the beauty of the male form as well as the fulfillment of the fantasy of going behind the scenes in a winning team’s locker room. Sure to appeal to both gay men and straight women, these photos are unusual because the men are not models. They don’t work out just to look good―and look good they do―their bodies are sculpted by winning victories on the field. They aren’t made up, shaved, or prettified in any way. These are some of the world’s best rugby players―brawny, tough, competitive. Since 1999, the French national rugby team has posed nude or semi-nude for an annual calendar. The purpose behind the calendar was to get wider “exposure” for rugby and the team. In 2004, Fran�ois Rousseau was selected as photographer, and he successfully brought out the sensual beauty and sexiness inherent in the rugby players’ rough and tumble exterior. The calendar became a cult hit, and thus the book was born so that even more of these unparalleled images could be savored. Whether or not rugby will become more popular in this country remains to be seen, but this book will certainly raise the game’s profile…

It’s Aya’s wedding day. Her third. Her current two husbands aren’t too fussed. In a society in which there are few women, that’s just what happens. But as the household prepares for the wedding feast, a stranger arrives – one who threatens to challenge everything they believe in. Against a backdrop of modern rural India, Sharmila Chauhan weaves an extraordinary tale of love and wonder. From the preparation of luxury food and the sacrifice of the lamb to the dressing of the bride and the dance to end all dances, this will be an exuberant, joyful and challenging piece of theatre. ‘In parts of India, polyandry has become a necessity. Gendercide, as a consequence of the ancient preference for boys, the modern desire for smaller families and the increasing availability of ultrasound techniques to detect the gender of a baby still in the womb means that the number of females is declining. I wrote The Husbands both as a response to this but also as an exploration of the complexity of love, intimacy and trust between one woman and three men where gender differences and expectations are amplified. In a sense this play is as much a warning as an allegory for the fate of women in The West today.’ - Sharmila Chauhan

Surrounded by lies and deceit how do you work out who is telling the truth? When highly decorated war hero, Colonel Tariq joins the intelligence agency, his rise to the top seems assured. But in his first case he discovers a CIA agent has killed a young prostitute and a diplomatic crisis erupts.As the two nations negotiate, angry mobs take to the streets and he is caught up in a national scandal. Tariq is instructed to eliminate the only witness and instigate a cover up, trapping him in a terrible moral dilemma. As his professional ambition and private life collide, he must make a life changing decision that will have far reaching consequences for the future of his family and his country.

This book assesses the pivotal role played by the concept of beauty in Italian literature and language in the construction of the Italian national identity.