Archives for Coffee Table Books
A Field Guide To Britpop – Be prepared for some memories and anthems
A Field Guide to ... delves into music’s most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever. In A Field Guide to Britpop, Steve Wide explores a scene fueled by north-south rivalries, tribal fashion and a good cup of tea. Uncover the artists and albums, the who’s…
Object Lessons – TV-The Hidden Lives Of Ordinary Things
TV Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary ; Once upon a time, the news was only 15 minutes long and middle-class families huddled around a tiny black-and-white screen, TV dinners on their laps, awaiting weekly sitcoms that depicted an all-white…
Accidentally Wes Anderson – stunning coffee table book!
"Pastel colours, front-on facades, hyper-stylized uncanny symmetry: director Wes Anderson has a defined aesthetic. Once you've got your eye in, you can see it account, @AccidentallyWesAnderson, has found favour with an 'engaged group of explorers with a keen eye,' who send him thousands of submissions every week." The Guardian A visual…
Clothes… and other things that matter
'Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase.' - Helena Bonham Carter Part memoir, part fashion history, part social commentary, Alexandra Shulman explores the meaning of clothes and how we wear them. (more…)
Bowie’s Books – The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life
Bowie. Artist. 'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing' Caitlin Moran (more…)
Empire Of Democracy – Guest Post By Mr B!
This is a big book about a big topic. “Empire of Democracy” tracks the triumph of democracy over communism, but at what cost?…………… And to what extent does that victory account for where western democracies are now? If you want to know more, Empire Of Democracy is the book for…
Dear Dad by Samuel Johnson – A collection of letters to fathers
If you could say anything to your Dad, what would it be? From the team who gave you the bestselling DEAR SANTA comes an honest, moving, emotionally memorable collection of letters to their fathers from some of Australia's most notable notables. The perfect gift for the dad in your life!…
Serving The Servant – Remembering Kurt Cobain
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time - and the only book written by someone who knew him. (more…)