Back in 1841, Louis Hachette published the first of what became his Guide Bleu series, (competing with Karl Baedeker who had launched his famous imprint in 1827).
The famous imprint, part of the book-publishing division of Bertelsmann of Germany, was merged into Ballantine Books, a sister unit better known for science fiction, romances and thrillers.
Not only are they releasing on one of the most famous imprints out there, but being given the opportunity to showcase their music independently and fast.
You could be driving in any part of the country, on any highway between the various cities and towns in India and you are bound to come across these famous words imprinted on the backsides of the trucks.
When Carissa's Wierd disbanded in 2003, he and guitarist Mat Brooke formed Horses almost immediately before adding the "Band of" prefix and landing a deal with Seattle's world-famous Sub Pop imprint.
On the one hand, he and his wife, Nan, a book editor at Doubleday with her own imprint, are famous for entertaining and for dinners that sometimes spill over onto the enclosed roof deck of their Upper East Side townhouse.
Now open at the sides, the mezzanine may be enclosed in translucent vinyl screens or fiberglass boards, possibly imprinted with famous quotations about New York.
This near-silent story of the slow re-humanization, the redemption of individuals which we call marginalized takes place in a shanty that could be anywhere, and happens to be on the edges of Turin, Italy, which is perhaps fitting, given that city's famous shroud with its ghostly imprint, and the absolutely beautiful final scene in which two street urchins riding on a bus seem to disappear.
The Joni Mitchell-esque anatomisations of relationships continue in songs such as "The Muse" and "I Was Just A Card" – Marling has also let a few Joni-style melismatic touches slip into her delivery here and there – while the sombre "Night After Night" clearly bears the epistolary imprint of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat".
The originals were exhibited internationally and found their way into the private collections of famous people, and the designs were imprinted on signed designer scarves.
For six weeks, starting on 10 April, the world's most famous piece of linen – said to show the imprint of Jesus Christ after it was wrapped around his crucified body – will be on view in the city's 15th-century cathedral.
