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Dear Photograph

Dear Photograph

by Taylor Jones

Hardcover, 247 pages, HarperCollins, $25.99, published May 8 2012 | purchase
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This beautiful collection of more than 140 never-before-seen Dear Photographs displays photos from the past to the present that evoke childhood memories, lament difficult losses and celebrate the universal nature of love. 75,000 first printing.

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Blown Covers

Blown Covers

New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See

by Francoise Mouly

Hardcover, 128 pages, Harry N Abrams Inc, $24.95, published April 1 2012 | purchase
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In Blown Covers, Françoise Mouly — The New Yorker's art editor since 1993 — explains how she selects each issue's topical, iconic cover image and gives readers a glimpse at some of the juicier images that didn't make the cut.

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Bookshelf

Bookshelf

by Alex Johnson

Hardcover, 272 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, $24.95, published May 1 2012 | purchase
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Children's Picturebooks

Children's Picturebooks

The Art of Visual Storytelling

by Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles

Paperback, 192 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $35, published February 8 2012 | purchase
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Prom

Prom

by Mary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell

Hardcover, 162 pages, J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, $49.95, published April 3 2012 | purchase
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Abstract City

Abstract City

by Christoph Niemann

Hardcover, 267 pages, Harry N Abrams Inc, $24.95, published April 1 2012 | purchase
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A collection of posts from illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann's visual blog for The New York Times. Niemann turns mundane experiences such as riding the subway or trying to get a good night's sleep into flights of visual fancy.

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The Lady in Gold

The Lady In Gold

The Extraordinary Tale Of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer

by Anne-Marie O'Connor

Hardcover, 349 pages, Random House Inc, $30, published February 7 2012 | purchase
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  • The Extraordinary Tale Of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer
  • Anne-Marie O'Connor

Shares the events that shaped the creation of the painter's most famous portrait, covering such topics as the story of the salon hostess who was his model, contributing factors in turn-of-the-century Vienna and the painting's fate.

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Jack Robinson on Show

Jack Robinson on Show

Portraits 1958-72

by Jack Robinson and Cybill Shepherd

Hardcover, 192 pages, Trafalgar Square, $39.95, published November 21 2011 | purchase
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Da Vinci's Ghost

Da Vinci's Ghost

Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image

by Toby Lester

Hardcover, 275 pages, Simon & Schuster, $26.99, published February 7 2012 | purchase
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  • Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
  • Toby Lester

Recounts the intellectual journey behind the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and how the drawing represents the momentous period in Western history when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.

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PostSecret

PostSecret

Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

by Frank Warren

Hardcover, 276 pages, Harpercollins, $28.99, published December 1 2005 | purchase
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  • Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
  • Frank Warren

Offers illustrated postcards from the PostSecret website sent in by people who anonymously reveal secrets from their past which they have never told to anyone, presenting a full range of emotions.

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Alex Steinweiss

Alex Steinweiss

The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover

by Kevin Reagan and Steven Heller

Hardcover, 416 pages, Taschen America Llc, $69.99, published April 1 2011 | purchase
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1950s Radio in Color

1950s Radio in Color

The Lost Photographs of Deejay Tommy Edwards

by Christopher Kennedy and Terry Stewart

Hardcover, 254 pages, Kent State Univ Pr, $49, published March 1 2011 | purchase
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Collection of color photos by the Cleveland DJ of early rock and pop stars.

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The Toaster Project

The Toaster Project

Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch

by Thomas Thwaites

Paperback, 191 pages, Chronicle Books Llc, $19.95, published September 28 2011 | purchase
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Thomas Thwaites, a graduate student at London's Royal College of Art, sets out to build a toaster from scratch — not just an object that toasts bread, but one that aesthetically and mechanically replicates the ubiquitous $6 drugstore toaster. After dissecting a live toaster to uncover its 400 separate parts, he embarks on a project that takes nine months, thousands of dollars, and nearly 2,000 miles of travel.

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Unpacking My Library

Unpacking My Library

Writers and Their Books

by Leah Price

Hardcover, 201 pages, Yale Univ Pr, $20, published November 28 2011 | purchase
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  • Writers and Their Books
  • Leah Price

Looks at the literary collections of thirteen top novelists--including Jonathan Lethem, Rebecca Goldstein, Junot Diaz, Alison Bechdel, Edmund White, Claire Messud, and Lev Grossman--and showcases their libraries with full-color photos.

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Just My Type

Just My Type

A Book About Fonts

by Simon Garfield

Hardcover, 356 pages, Penguin Group USA, $27.50, published September 1 2011 | purchase
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  • A Book About Fonts
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Documents the history of typefaces from the early days of Gutenberg to the modern applications of digital fonts, tracing the impact of font usage in business and pop culture while explaining what favorite fonts reveal about personality.NPR Bestseller

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The New York Times Magazine Photographs

The New York Times Magazine Photographs

by Kathy Ryan

Hardcover, 448 pages, Aperture Foundation, $75, published September 30 2011 | purchase
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Editor Kathy Ryan presents diverse photographs in four sections: reportage, portraiture, style and conceptual photography, including photo illustration, all accompanied by tear sheets. A behind-the-scenes look from photographers, writers and editors offers commentary and anecdotes on images that have captivated the public.

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Art Museum

The Art Museum

by Phaidon Press

Hardcover, 992 pages, Phaidon Press, $200, published October 17 2011 | purchase
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  • Phaidon Press

Ten years in the making, The Art Museum covers 2,500 works of art, compiled by a global team of 100 art history specialists.

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Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

Savage Beauty

by Andrew Bolton, Susannah Frankel, Tim Blanks and Solve Sundsbo

Hardcover, 240 pages, Yale Univ Pr, $45, published May 31 2011 | purchase
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  • Andrew Bolton, Susannah Frankel, et al

Features garments made by the designer throughout his career, accompanied by quotes from the designer, an essay about his fashion career, and an interview with his long-time design assistant.

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Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

by Annie Leibovitz and Doris Kearns Goodwin

Hardcover, 244 pages, Random House Inc, $50, published November 8 2011 | purchase
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For Pilgrimage, Annie Leibovitz visited places with personal meaning. From Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts to Georgia O'Keefe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, Leibovitz photographed locations and artifacts, instead of her traditional celebrity subjects.

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The Art of Walt Disney

The Art of Walt Disney

From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond

by Christopher Finch and John Lasseter

Hardcover, 503 pages, Harry N Abrams Inc, $85, published October 1 2011 | purchase
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  • Christopher Finch and John Lasseter

One of the most successful art books on American pop culture featuring concept art, animation drawings, and archival material from films.

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Ocean Soul

Ocean Soul

by Brian Skerry and Gregory Stone

Hardcover, 263 pages, Random House Inc, $50, published November 15 2011 | purchase
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Chicks With Guns

Chicks With Guns

by Lindsay McCrum

Hardcover, 167 pages, Harry N Abrams Inc, $45, published October 1 2011 | purchase
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In Chicks with Guns, Lindsay McCrum has created a cultural portrait of women gun owners in America through photographs that are both beautiful and in a sense unexpected. The book examines issues of self-image and gender through the visual conventions of portraiture and fashion, but the guns are presented here not as superimposed props but as the very personal lifestyle accessories of the subjects portrayed.

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Indigo

Indigo

In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

by Catherine E. McKinley

Hardcover, 235 pages, St Martins Pr, $27, published May 24 2011 | purchase
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  • In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
  • Catherine E. McKinley

A history of the rare pigment discusses its significance in everything from colonialism and slavery to fashion and religion, describing the mysterious scientific process through which it is obtained and the ways in which the author's own family was profoundly influenced by the indigo trade. 35,000 first printing.

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The Heights

The Heights

Anatomy of a Skyscraper

by Kate Ascher

Hardcover, 207 pages, Penguin Group USA, $35, published November 10 2011 | purchase
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  • Kate Ascher

A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.

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