With gorgeous full-color illustrations, ornate decorative elements, lettering in metallic ink, and engaging text, The Language of Flowers: A Fully Illustrated Compendium of Meaning, Literature, and Lore for the Modern Romantic is a treasure for flower lovers.
In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownsteinone of America's best political journalists (The Economist)tells the kaleidoscopic story of one monumental year that marked the city of Los Angeles creative peak, a glittering moment when popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become.
Discover theuniverse's lastunknownshere are theunanswered questionsthat obsess "e;the world's finest minds"e; (The Guardian)Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowThis is a little book of profound questions (only questions!
A visual history of one of childhoods most beloved iconsthe Little Red Wagontold through a rich collection of photos and stories that highlight its unique place in American culture.
A collectible, four-color illustrated AZ treasury of gangster rappers, the hip-hop high-life, and notorious pop culture history, told through a series of graphic doodles on 3 x 3 sticky notes.
Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now youve wasted the time you had set aside for more important things?
From burlesque show to fashion runway, magazine cover to Internet video, fashion icon and burlesque superheroine (Vanity Fair) Dita Von Teese has undergone more strokes of red lipstick, bursts of hair spray, boxes of blue-black hair dye and pats of powder in a month than a drag queen could dream of in a lifetime.
Rudyard Kiplings classic collection of fables gets reimagined in this deluxe four-color collectible volume, featuring stunning new artwork and nine interactive elements crafted by MinaLima Design, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the illustrated classic Peter Pan.
NPR Best Books of 2017In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race.
Although the traditions of philia and amicitia proclaim friendship as a universal concept, it has been an androcentric model until the emergence of the female friend in the Age of Enlightenment.
Two is an exquisite collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us.
New York TimesBestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentaryRBG"e;It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG.
A Spectacular Selection of More Than 150 Fantasy Art Shoes from the Stuart Weitzman CollectionWhen Stuart Weitzman opened its first boutique on Madison Avenue, its displays of specially commissioned fantasy shoes quickly became a destination, drawing crowds form all over the world to its magical windows.
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GREAT FICTION AND FOODPairing approximately 50 charming photographic re-creations of meals from classic and contemporary literatureall prepared, styled, and shot by the authorwith relevant excerpts, Fictitious Dishes is aninnovative gift bookfor literature lovers, foodies, as well as design and book junkies.
WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDElizabeth Anscombe: defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wearing Catholic and (eventual) mother of seven.
With more than 130 raw and revolutionary photographs, The Dirty Side of Glamour showcases Tyler Shieldss unrestrained creative spirit and offers a visual commentary on fame, excess, youth, the trappings of celebrity, and the power of letting go.
*The most unusual novel you will read all year, where you create your own story*'An ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge' Lauren Elkin, GuardianLonglisted for the 2021 Stella PrizeYou've grown roots, you're gathering moss.
*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**A TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21st CENTURY**OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives in this groundbreaking gift of a book.
The much-anticipated third and final volume of Norman Sherry's biography follows the tireless wanderings of Graham Greene, the writer's final forays into the fulminating trouble spots of the world which beckoned as sirens all his days.
As unconventional a biography as Dennis Hopper was a man, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom charts his roller coaster life and career through the lens of the landscape of American popular culture.
Very Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate the ruins of money and powerin search of love and connection.
This new edition of Dracula, offering the complete text of the original book with more than 50 original illustrations in the form of horizontal and vertical panels, spot illustrations, and ornate borders by Becky Cloonan, will delight Dracula fans.
A stunning anthology of the work of visionary stylist Lori Goldstein, whose interpretations of fashion and beauty have produced some of the most groundbreaking and iconic images in fashion and popular culture.
A beautiful, illustrated, keepsake volume of quotations by the legendary Elizabeth Taylor "e;Passion is the ingredient in me that has made me who I am.
LeeSiegel, author of Falling Upwards, Not RemotelyControlled, and Against the Machine delivers a provocative critique ofmodern lightness and frivolity, and a timely guide to being serious in an unserious age.
Whether on water, pavement, or fluffy white powder, the history of surfing,skateboarding, and snowboarding is a landscape filled with rugged personalities, exotic locales, wild innovation, and most of all the united dream of becoming one with the oceans, streets, and mountains.
