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LEADERSHIP IN A CRAZY WORLD By Kevin Roberts
By Steve Schapiro
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A YEAR OF PRACTICULTURE
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OLDER & WISER By Ari Seth Cohen Introduction by Simon Doonan OLDER & WISER
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SONS & DAUGHTERS By Robert Mapplethorpe Poem by Patti Smith Text by Adam Gopnik, Susan Orlean, Francine Prose, Andrew Solomon
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THE LAST STOP
BROOKLYN SPIRITS
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VANISHING RELICS OF THE AMERICAN ROADSIDE By Ryann Ford
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THE EYES OF THE CITY
100 YEARS OF TRADITIONAL TATTOOS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JONATHAN SHAW By Jonathan Shaw
THE EYES OF THE CITY By Richard Sandler
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CRAFT DISTILLING AND COCKTAILS FROM THE WORLD’S HIPPEST BOROUGH By Peter Thomas Fornatale and Chris Wertz
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GOWANUS WATERS
MILE O’ MUD
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THE CULTURE OF SWAMP BUGGY RACING By Malcolm Lightner Introduction by Padgett Powell
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A TALE OF RABBIT REAL ESTATE By Steve Light
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Photographs by Jane Goodrich Written by Bob Raczka
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ADVANCED STYLE Older and Wiser By Ari Seth Cohen
Introduction by Simon Doonan The follow up to our bestselling ADVANCED STYLE will feature more senior street style and inspiration from all over the globe. In this new edition Cohen shares his work from the past few years including some of the world’s best-dressed and creative older gentlemen. Similar in format to the original, with dozens of full bleed images from cities all over the world including: Los Angeles, London, Cape Town, Rome, Florence, Tokyo, San Diego, Palm Springs, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Stockholm, and Geneva OLDER & WISER
ARI SETH COHEN DESIGN/FASHION Hardcover, 7 x 9-1/2 inches, 240 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-797-5 $35.00 US/CAN
Ari Seth Cohen a freelance writer, photographer, and blogger based in Los Angeles. He is the creator of Advanced Style, a blog devoted “to capturing the sartorial savvy of the senior set.” Advanced Style has appeared in national media such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, New York Magazine, The Fader, Vogue Japan, Vogue Italia, Elle, Elle UK, The UK Telegraph, Forbes.com, and internationally broadcast news and fashion programs. Simon Doonan is a writer, bon vivant, media personality, famous window dresser, and Creative Ambassador for Barneys New York.
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The book will also feature around 10 short essays (by the subjects of the book) featuring the wisdom and lifestyle secrets of some of Cohen’s favorite ADVANCED STYLE ladies. All new original text from Ari’s favorite ladies and an introduction from the always fabulous and witty Simon Doonan.
“...I must tell you that I am not really an old lady; just cleverly disguised as one. Art and colour keep me young, keep me sane. Working as I do as an untutored ‘outsider’ artist is my therapy, my medicine, my joy and my purpose in life. Colour surrounds me: I revel in it, splash it everywhere, gulp it with a spoon. I am immersed in art. I make it, collect it, it fills and defines my existence. Childish, shamanistic, wild and anarchic, it is as far outside the box as it is possible to be. Box?? There is no box! Be bold, be adventurous. Do profound things, dazzle yourself and the world. Don’t wear beige: it might kill you. Contribute to society, and live large. Life is short, make every moment count. It is never too late to find your passion.” -Sue Kreitzman
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“ To lead is to listen, to pay attention to every detail, to decide.” — Shimon Peres:
Where should people start with “leadership” in a VUCA world? Leadership is both art and science. There are all kinds of leadership. There is not a one-size-fits-all approach. But the essence of leadership doesn’t change. In the last 50 years, production, distribution and communication have been reset by technology. Leadership hasn’t changed much in 5000 years. Technology doesn’t alter leadership. It lets leaders reach more people, quicker, more emotionally – that’s all. Leadership resists change because it’s about human nature. Leaders take people to a better place. My stance for leadership in a crazy world was set by some great leaders and coaches, notably NFL coach Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) and Peter Drucker (1909–2005), the man Businessweek said “invented management.” Over 40 years, Drucker’s straight-lefts seeped so gradually into my operating framework that I thought I’d invented them.
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Leadership In a Crazy World By Kevin Roberts
64 SHOTS: Leadership In a Crazy World is a compendium of value-accelerators for business and life. It is gathered as a 64 shot method from the astute observations and remarkable life of creative business leader and iconoclast Kevin Roberts. A provocative figure traversing the peaks of global commerce, media and sport, Kevin Roberts - creator of the groundbreaking idea Lovemarks - is recognized as one of today’s most uncompromisingly-positive and inspirational leaders. In 64 SHOTS, Roberts draws on the biggest ideas, toughest experiences and greatest influences of his life to present 16X4 stripped down, straight-forward and instantly-absorbable insights on how to bring order to the chaos of business and life. The punchy insi ghts into winning - hitting readers lightly jab after jab - are an array of one-liners, sound bites, tweets, charts, quotes and historical reference points. They are loaded with Roberts’ experience, story, brio, provocation and direction.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/MARKETING/GENERAL Hardcover, 6-1/8 x 9 inches, 220 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-771-5 $24.95 US/CAN
Kevin Roberts is a creative business leader and iconoclast whose current career roles include Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s most iconic advertising brands, and Head Coach of Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications group. He was previously CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi (1997-2014), and has held leadership positions at Gillette, Procter & Gamble and Pepsi-Cola throughout the world. His business books include the groundbreaking Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands (powerHouse Books, 2004) published in 18 languages. Kevin Roberts is Honorary Professor of Creative Leadership at Lancaster University, Honorary Professor of Innovation and Creativity at the University of Auckland Business School, and Honorary Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the University of Victoria (B.C.) School of Business. He advises national organizations and global brands across commerce, media and sport. He lives in New York City and Arizona USA, Auckland New Zealand, and Grasmere in England’s Lake District. In 2013 he was made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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The language is extreme, brimming with the irrepressible attitude and provocation that fueled Roberts’ meteoric career. While there is a sequence, the 64 shots are stand-alone signposts towards living an enterprising and winning life. Anyone can dip into the book anywhere and find value. The writing is accompanied by (not necessarily linked to) a visual order of black-and-white photos of leaders in their cultural fields, some modern, many historical, some famous, and all personal. This eclectic selection of people are both direct and indirect influences to Kevin Roberts’ life. They all have an interesting - and some mysterious - connection to concepts of leadership in a crazy world. Examples are: Mary Quant, Vince Lombardi, Margaret Thatcher, Vivienne Westwood, Twiggy, Tom Peters, Peter Drucker, Martin Luther King, Renzo Rosso, Brigit Bardot, Bob Dylan, Sean Fitzpatrick (a rugby player). The book is high touch and glossy. It feels like Apple, not Shakespeare. 64 shots - will you take them?
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DAVID BOWIE By Steve Schapiro
At the very apex of David Bowie’s spectacular rise to rock n’ roll fame and glory, photographer Steve Schapiro seized a rare invitation from Bowie’s manager for a private photo session with the pop star in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie, by 1974, was a man of many faces and as many albums, had already lived the life of Ziggy Stardust and launched Alladin Sane with albums Pin Ups and Diamond Dogs soon to come. A musical force to be reckoned with, Bowie was also widely regarded as a fashion icon, pushing the envelope of sexuality and style and having created an internationally renowned persona. The mostly never-before-published images in Schapiro’s rare collection represent Bowie at his most creative and inspired self and present a glimpse into the intimacy that Schapiro and Bowie shared during their time together. As Schapiro tells it: “From the moment Bowie arrived, we seemed to hit it off. Incredibly intelligent, calm, and filled with ideas, he talked a lot about Alistair Crowley whose esoteric writings he was heavily into at the time. When David heard that I had photographed Buster Keaton, one of his greatest heroes, we instantly became friends.” PHOTOGRAPHY/SUBJECTS & THEMES/CELEBRITY Hardcover, 11 x 14 inches, 76 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-806-4 $75.00 US/CAN
Steve Schapiro is a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published six books of his work, American Edge, Schapiro’s Heroes, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Then and Now In Hollywood, and Bliss.
The first photo session started at four in the afternoon and went through the night till dawn. Bowie went through countless costume changes, each more incredible than the last and each seemed to turn him into a totally different person. Bowie relentlessly created these unique characters, each seemingly alive in their own charismatic space for Schapiro to create visual images to complement their very existence and turn them into iconic images for all time. Bowie and Schapiro kidded and laughed about shooting a series of close-up portraits on a putrid green background because they felt it was the worst possible background color for a magazine, and so they did on this lark - with the image eventually becoming a People magazine cover. The last image they made was at four in the morning to wrap up the marathon session when they went outside to shoot Bowie on his motorcycle - the sun hadn’t yet risen and the shot was lit dramatically by only the headlights of a car. This image remains one of Schapiro’s favorites of all time and is certain to live on in posterity.
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nfortunately, I don’t have a large vegetable garden. I’d love to have one, but I’m a renter. One day, I hope to buy a patch of land, build a small straw-bale cottage and spread my veg garden far and wide. But that’s not the case for now. Due to my space limitations, I have to manage my garden like a game of Tetris. When the seasons shift, there’s sometimes an overlap in crops. Carrots that have been growing over summer and autumn, for example, still occupy real estate that’s now needed for winter crops like peas, broad (fava) beans and kale. It’s a dilemma sometimes, because we can’t possibly eat all the carrots at once, but I sure need to harvest them to make way for the incoming crop. Over the past few winters I’ve been trialling a possible solution, and it involves a tub of sand.
an you believe it? A rabbit in my ‘rabbit-proof’ veg patch! Man, I feel like a complete hack at times! Darting for safety this morning, as I toured the patch, was a tiny baby rabbit. So small was it that it literally dived through the rabbit-proof fencing, through the ringlet only a few centimetres wide. This thing must be tiny under that winter fur! And it’s eaten some of my veg, too, that little mongrel! This is so embarrassing. A rabbit-hunting dude who can’t control the rabbits in his own backyard. Nobody’s perfect, eh? I’ve made it my mission to catch this baby bunny. No matter how damn cute it appears, it’s got the eating potential of a hungry teenager at dinnertime. Left to its own devices it’s capable of doing some real damage, so it has to go. My first wave of attack was to send in the canine. Henry’s a damn fine rabbit-hunter. He often catches them when we go for a walk in the paddock, so maybe he could be the cat to my mouse. It didn’t take long for Henry to pick up the scent. For a bird dog he’s more interested in rabbits, which makes hunting quail a challenge when we’re in thick rabbit country! Straight away he’s madly pointing under one of the fruit boxes, a perfect shelter for a tiny bunny. I get on my belly for a closer look and sure enough, looking right at me is a shit-scared bunny that picked the wrong garden to invade. With a bit of encouragement, it made a dash for freedom only to be chomped by Henry. A feed for the dog and I can rest a while, knowing my veggies are safe. For today, at least.
I’d read somewhere that root vegetables used to be stored in a sandy mix on boats for long-haul journeys. Surely this could work at my place, too! I must warn you though, you do require some specialist equipment, notably a tub and some sand. This technique works a treat. I’ve stored carrots in the sand for months, then pulled them out and they’ve been stiff as the day I pulled them from the soil. Parsnips, potatoes and turnips also store well for a few months, but I’ve found sometimes beetroot (beets) can get a bit woody if left too long.
Hippies’ Zucchini, Nuts Burghul SERVES 4 AS A SIDE
What you need 2–3 garden-fresh zucchini (courgettes) 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) olive oil 80 g (2¾ oz/½ cup) almonds 2 garlic cloves, crushed 175 g (6 oz/1 cup) burghul (bulgur wheat), cooked according to the packet instructions
hearty handful of parsley small handful of mint grated zest and juice of 1 lemon sumac, to taste goat’s feta, to serve
How to make it Preheat the barbecue grill to high. Cut the zucchini into lengthways strips. Drizzle with half the olive oil and toss to coat. Cook the zucchini on the barbecue until soft.
‘Don’t try to feed me that hippie shit.’ That’s what I used to say in my head years ago when I’d go to someone’s place and there’d be anything ‘weird’ on offer. I was such a douchebag foodist. My food ignorance is what held me back for so many years. I had to work really hard on my tolerance and acceptance of different foods, but that was way back when and these days I’m a sponge for food diversity. ‘Pass the burghul salad’, ‘More quinoa, please’, ‘Is that hummus?’ have all come from my mouth at one point or another. If my old Macca’sloving self could see me now, he’d probably throw the unwanted cheeseburger pickles in my face.
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Zucchini are one of those vegetables I recommend people grow when they’re starting out raising food in their backyard. It’s a fast-growing crop that’s as giving as Mother Teresa. Almonds, on the other hand, take a bit more patience and work to get a decent crop, but with a little perseverance you can get a few good baskets of these delicious nuts from your own backyard, or someone else’s backyard in my case. See, years ago I got far too excited with converting my city backyard into a food bowl and planted too many fruit and nut trees. After one season of mega-growth, I had to accept that I had in fact gone overboard. A workmate with a country pad offered some space
Either roughly smash or chop the almonds and toast them in a hot dry frying pan over medium heat until they start to colour.
in his large orchard for me to relocate some of my trees. He even promised not to eat any of the produce. What a guy! I no longer work that office job, but every year I return to my friend’s orchard, catch up over a cuppa and pick some produce from my trees. Right next to my almond tree at this orchard sits an olive tree I bought for my friend when his father died. For some reason I get very emotional when I see how much the olive tree has grown. I never met his father, but I’m glad there’s a tree living and well to mark his existence on this earth. See, I am a damn hippie. This salad is perfect for me. I might buy a kombi and start wearing tie-dye.
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In a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic with the remaining olive oil (a glug).
When the zucchini are cooked, transfer them to a mixing bowl with the burghul. Chop the parsley and mint (reserving a few leaves of each as a garnish), then add to the zucchini and burghul with the almonds, lemon zest and juice, and garlic olive oil. Sprinkle with sumac, garnish with the reserved mint and parsley, and serve with a generous helping of crumbled feta while burning sandalwood incense.
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A YEAR OF PRACTICULTURE By Rohan Anderson
Rohan Anderson is all about cooking and eating real food. Food that has grown with the seasons and off the land that he’s tended, or wild food that can be hunted and foraged from the fields and the bush. This is Rohan’s year of living in practiculture: his observations, victories and failures, questions and opinions, and over 100 delicious recipes that in total record the reality of living a practical, more sustainable life. Rohan Anderson left his desk job in the city for the richer pleasures of living a simpler life on the land. Over the years he has developed his own principle of practical living. Practiculture is a lifestyle choice. It’s about direct involvement in the day-to-day elements of living, and at the heart of it, the rewarding choice to grow, hunt and forage beautiful, healthy and sustainable food.
COOKING - METHODS - OUTDOOR Hardcover, 8 x 10 inches, 304 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-798-2 $39.95 US/CAN
Rohan Anderson is a modern day food warrior. Raised on a small farm in rural Victoria in south east Australia, Anderson developed not only an affinity for nature, but also an understanding, and appreciation of the role nature plays in providing sustenance. Anderson has taken these lessons into his adult life where he now grows, hunts, fishes, and forages in wild and urban surroundings to feed his family. He also documents his adventures through photography, sharing his recipes, slow food philosophies and, (sometimes contentious) views on his hugely popular blog, Whole Larder Love. Describing himself not as a chef, but rather a family cook, Anderson is influenced by rustic, peasant-style cooking, with minimal fuss involved. It’s unlikely that you’ll find Anderson at the supermarket; instead he is usually wandering around his backyard garden, strolling through forests and paddocks fossicking for wild mushrooms, and fishing in cool mountain streams.
A YEAR OF PRACTICULTURE features 100 of Rohan’s simple, rustic, seasonal recipes along with a collection of honest stories and experiences of Rohan and his young family as they learn the realities of living a practical life surrounded by the bounty (and hardships) of the land through the seasons. Written in Rohan’s passionate, funny and no-nonsense style, he uses a mixture of humor and poetic writing to tackle the deeper issues that our modern food system raises. Recipes include rabbit backstrap with spring morel and sage; cold smoked bacon; grilled broccoli, almond and sriracha salad; salmon with pimenton crust and chili aoili; bottling fruit; elderflower cordial; crumbed quail with roast beetroot mash; sourdough bread; venison port pie and more! This is the ultimate guide to living on the land in modern times, illustrated throughout with stunning photographs of the landscape through the seasons and the recipes created from it. For people who fantasize about leaving the busy city and instead living a sustainable lifestyle, growing and harvesting their own food. Fans of Rohan’s blog and previous book, Whole Larder Love will revel in his personal and culinary journey in this second book.
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VINTAGE TATTOO FLASH
100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw By Jonathan Shaw
VINTAGE TATTOO FLASH is a one-of-a-kind visual exploration of the history and evolution of tattooing in America. A luscious, offset-printed, hardcover tome--a beautiful and serious addition to the understanding of one of the world’s oldest and most popular art forms.
ART - BODY ART & TATTOOING Hardcover, 12 x 10-1/2 inches, 250 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-769-2 $60.00 US/CAN
Jonathan Shaw is a world traveling outlaw artist, novelist, blogger, head doctor, anti-folk hero, whorehouse philosopher, legendary tattoo master, and notorious innovator and creator of underground art. Shaw was born in NY to big band legend Artie Shaw and movie star Doris Dowling, and was raised in LA where he learned to tattoo on the legendary Pike boardwalk from old-school California masters. After running with the likes of Jim Morrison, the Manson Family, and Charles Bukowski, he fell prey to heroin addiction and a life of crime. He finally left 1970s Hollywood to travel the world and founded Fun City, the first street tattoo shop in NYC since tattooing was decriminalized in the 1960s.
Electric tattooing as we know it today was invented in New York City at the turn of the 19th century. In the first days of American tattooing, tattoos were primarily worn by sailors and soldiers, outlaws and outsiders. The visual language of what came to be known as “traditional tattooing” was developed in those early days on the Bowery and catered to the interests of the clientele. Common imagery that soon became canon included sailing ships, women, hearts, roses, daggers, eagles, dragons, wolves, panthers, skulls, crosses, and popular cartoon characters of the era. The first tattooists also figured out that using bold outlines, complimented by solid color and hard shading, was the proper technique for creating art on a body that would stand the test of time. In the over 100 years since then, techniques and styles have evolved, and the customer base has expanded, but the core subject matter and philosophy developed at the dawn of electric tattooing has persisted as perennial favorites through the modern era. While most tattoos are inherently ephemeral, transported on skin until the death of the collector, a visual record exists in the form of tattoo flash: the hand-painted sheets of designs posted in tattoo shops for customers to select from. Painted and repainted, stolen, traded, bought and sold, these sheets are often passed between artists through one channel or another, often having multiple useful lives in a variety of shops scattered across time and geography. The utility of these original pieces of painted art has made it so that original examples can still be found in use or up for grabs if you know where to look. VINTAGE TATTOO FLASH draws from the personal collection of Jonathan Shaw--renowned outlaw tattooist and author--and represents a selection of over 300 pieces of flash from one of the largest private collections in existence. VINTAGE TATTOO FLASH spans the first roughly 75 years of American tattooing from the 1900s Bowery, to 50s Texas, through the Pike in the 60s and the development of the first black and grey, singleneedle tattooing in LA in the 70s. The book lovingly reproduces entirely unpublished sheets of original flash from the likes of Bob Shaw, Zeke Owens, Holt + Rowe, Ted Inman, Ace Harlyn, Ed Smith, Colonel Todd, the Moskowitz brothers, and many, many others relatively known and unknown.
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By Edward Mapplethorpe Poem by Patti Smith Introduction by Samantha Boardman, M.D. Text by Adam Gopnik, Susan Orlean, Francine Prose, and Andrew Solomon A baby’s first year is filled with an endless stream of new experiences, contributing profoundly to their physical, mental, and emotional development. Typically at the age of one-year an infant has the motor skills and ability to sit on their own for the first time and their uninhibited gaze provides a window into a distinct personality that will endure throughout their lifetime. It is these singular characteristics that photographer Edward Mapplethorpe captures so masterfully.
PHOTOGRAPHY - SUBJECTS & THEMES - PORTRAITS Hardcover, 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches, 140 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-790-6 $50.00 US/CAN
After completing his studies in art and photography, Edward Mapplethorpe assisted his older brother Robert (1946-1989) in his studio throughout the 1980s. In 1990, Edward launched his solo career establishing a distinct and personal style. His luminous nudes, portraits, still lives, and abstract works have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and in major cities around the world. He recently released an edition of chine collé photogravures printed in association with the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University. They will be part of a November 2016 exhibition in Berlin. Mapplethorpe lives and works in New York City.
The culmination of a 20-year project by one of today’s top-commissioned and internationally-recognized photographers, ONE features a series of 60 photographs that catch the fleeting, yet universal, moment of life when a child reaches one year of age. There is something remarkable in the innocent faces of the children portrayed in this book that serves to underscore our common humanity. The luxuriously printed duotone photographs in ONE are accompanied by essays from esteemed contemporary authors Adam Gopnik, Susan Orlean, Francine Prose, and Andrew Solomon. Patti Smith contributes a poem while Samantha Boardman, M.D. writes the introduction. Contributions from such diverse luminaries emphasize the widespread appeal such innocent and unguarded beauty has for so many people.
Patti Smith is a world-renowned songwriter, performer, artist, and writer. She is the author of Just Kids, winner of a 2010 National Book Award, and M Train (2015). Samantha Boardman, M.D. is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Public Health and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College. Adam Gopnik is an essayist, commentator, and staff writer for The New Yorker. Among his many books is the New York Times bestseller Paris to the Moon. Susan Orlean is the bestselling author of eight books and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Francine Prose is a novelist and critic. Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics, culture, and the arts, and has received a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. POWERHOUSE 2012 POWERHOUSE BOOKS BOOKS SPRINGFALL/WINTER 2016
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THE LAST STOP
Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside By Ryann Ford
THE LAST STOP The Last Stop does far more than capture the remarkable, effective design of our nation’s road stops. It preserves a moment in time that is quickly fading, a unique period in the American travel experience when the journey was just as important as the destination. It’s clear these modest structures did far more than provide picnic tables, they shaped our collective experience of golden-age car travel across the vast United States.
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Raised in a Southern California mountain town so small it didn’t even have a stoplight, Ryann Ford had the freedom to explore and observe from a young age. At age 12, she took her first photo using her father’s old Pentax Spotmatic from Vietnam; at age 18 she enrolled in the renowned Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Photography. Living in Los Angeles, Ryann’s creative work began to focus toward two subjects: artifacts of the abandoned American desert, and the fading landscape of California’s Salton Sea. In 2007, Ryann packed up her things and made the move to Austin, Texas, taking Route 66 to get there. Along the way, she discovered her next photography subject - the rest stop - a project that culminated in The Last Stop series. This work has been covered by outlets such as the New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and NPR. Ryann is currently a commercial photographer who shoots regularly for such clients as Better Homes and Gardens, the New York Times, and Texas Monthly. Her meticulously composed architectural and interior photography has become an industry favorite, and it is this style - clean and thoughtful - that continues to inform her fine art today.
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While driving in 2007 on a solo road trip from California to central Texas, photographer Ryann Ford was struck by a recurring sight: humble, solitary rest stops. A nondescript blur outside the car window to most, the quirky rest stops on Ford’s journey seized her attention - mock adobe dwellings in New Mexico, depression-era stone houses in Arizona, faux oil rigs in Texas. What was the story behind these playful pieces of Americana? After doing some research, Ford was alarmed to learn that these rest areas were currently being closed and demolished all over the country. With countless commercial options at nearly every highway exit, and states needing to cut expenses, many felt that these old rest stops were no longer necessary. Upon learning the news, she immediately felt an urgency to capture as many as she could before they were gone forever. Ford spent years on the road ducking under fences, stepping over fallen trees, and hiking through snow to reach some of these iconic rest stops; in doing so, she learned that they are so much more than toilets and tables - for the past several decades they have given millions of travelers from around the world rest, relief, hospitality and nostalgia. States Ryann visited and featured in the book are: New Mexico, Texas, California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, and Louisiana.
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BROOKLYN SPIRITS
Craft Distilling and Cocktails from the World’s Hippest Borough By Peter Thomas Fornatale and Chris Wertz
BROOKLYN SPIRITS presents an inspiring mix of recipes, profiles, and history, encouraging readers to not only make their own cocktails, but to get involved on a do-it-yourself level, and, in the true Brooklyn spirit, invent cocktails of their own.
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Chris Wertz has been involved in the booze business most of his life, and for the last 16 years, he has been a part of the New York restaurant industry, working as a bartender in Williamsburg and a General Manager in DUMBO. Before coming to New York City, Chris traveled through Europe sampling regional drinks for the sake of science--from homemade grappa in the hills of Tokaj, Hungary; to Becherovka at the source in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; and pastis in Provence, France. In 2005, he opened his first bar, Professor Thom’s, named in homage of famed 19th-century NYC cocktail creator Professor Jerry Thomas. Bestselling author Peter Thomas Fornatale has spent a good part of the last two decades drinking in Brooklyn. He’s also been a publishing professional in that time frame at Simon and Schuster and Random House. He took cocktail classes from legendary New York bartender (and author) Dale DeGroff and spent a summer supporting a horseracing habit by bartending at the acclaimed Chez Sophie in Saratoga Springs. Cocktails are literally in his blood: his grandfather, John T. Flynn, was a brand manager at Seagram’s for many decades. He is also a site coordinator at The Park Slope CSA, putting him in close touch with the best local ingredients (and the people who buy them).
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In the popular tradition of farm-to-table cookbooks, BROOKLYN SPIRITS: Craft distiLLinG and CoCktaiLs from the WorLd’s hippest BorouGh, is the first distillery-toglass cocktail book. Over the past two decade s, Brooklyn has become the epicenter of a Slow Food-inspired food and drink revolution. Brooklyn distillers, restaurateurs, bartenders, and cocktail aficionados are changing the way we drink by bringing back old techniques and recipes, and creating new ones that focus on small-batch distilling and fresh, local ingredients. In 2002, craft distilling was made legal in New York State for the first time since Prohibition. Many Brooklyn-based producers such as Greenhook Ginsmiths, Cacao Prieto, Industry City Distilling, Brueckelen, and others have taken advantage of this. Organized into chapters focused on these distilleries, each chapter will take an in-depth look at the distillery’s story and the spirits they offer, and will present half-adozen cocktail recipes. Within these chapters, there will be sub-sections on several varying topics: a look at the bars and restaurants serving the Brooklyn-produced spirits; highlights on the work of local mixologists; and subsections on the history of distilling in Brooklyn. The book will consist of: • Approximately 70 drink recipes like the Deathbed Manhattan, One Mint Julep, and the Kickstarter (a mix of updated classics and original cocktails contributed by Brooklyn distillers and bartenders, and the authors). • 15 recipes for syrups, bitters, and other ingredients to improve your cocktails.
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PAPER CATS
By PaperMade
Punch out, fold up and...voila! Instant Cuddly Kitty. PAPER CATS-- the 5th in a series that’s taking the world by storm. Behold 12 unique cat designs that are pre-cut, scored and perforated so they’re simple to punch out, fold up and enjoy--instantly becoming adorable 3D objects to play with and love! PAPER CATS also comes with 8 special pages that transform into the quintessential cat habitat--a carpeted cat condo! PAPER CATS deftly combines paper craft with advanced paper engineering so no glue, tape or tools are ever needed! PAPER CATS make great companions for anyone age 7 to 101. Best of all, they don’t need litter boxes, food or kick up any dander--some people may love them more than real cats.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES Paperback, 9-1/4 x 12 inches, 40 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-793-7 $14.95 US/CAN
PAPER CATS includes: • One oversized scratching post / carpeted cat condo • Piano Cat - the YouTube piano-playing feline • Mac -- the orange tabby from Bryant Park • Surprise kitty -- another YouTube cat star • Cranky Cat -- never content, even for a cat that sleeps all day • Spooky -- redefining the term “scary black cat”
PaperMade toy and game kits put the power to create and to play in your hands! Transform simple, flat, paper pages into functional 3-D games, toys, lifestyle accessories, and sculptures. PaperMade is the brainchild of Daniel Stark, the Principal and Creative Director of Stark Design, a multidisciplinary advertising and design and agency in New York City. Stark is the coauthor of Stoked: The Evolution of Action Sports (Empire Editions, 2006). Stark holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and resides in New York City with his wife.
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THE EYES OF THE CITY By Richard Sandler
Timing, skill, and talent all play an important role in creating a great photograph, but it is perhaps the most basic, primary element--the photographer’s eye--which is most crucial. In THE EYES OF THE CITY. Richard Sandler not only showcases decades-worth of his strong eye for street photography, but also the eyes of his subjects as he catches them looking into his camera at just the right moment. From 1977 to September 11th 2001, Richard regularly walked through Boston and New York City, encountering all that the streets had to offer, and the results are presented here, many for the first time.
Richard Sandler PHOTOGRAPHY/INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHERS/ MONOGRAPHS Hardcover, 9 x 12 inches, 200 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-787-6 $49.95 US / CAN
Richard Sandler is a street photographer and documentary filmmaker. He has directed and shot eight non-fiction films, including “The Gods of Times Square,” “Brave New York” and “Radioactive City.” Sandler’s still photographs are in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Historical Society, and the Houston Museum of Fine Art. He was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship for photography, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for Filmmaking, and a New York State Council on the Arts fellowship also for Filmmaking.
Sandler credits his fascination with street life to his years in New York as a teenager in the 1960s. Young Sandler, a frequent truant, spent much of his time in a very different Times Square than we know today. His quests were to buy illegal fireworks and visit the arcades and side shows, particularly Hubert’s Flea Circus on 42nd Street. Manhattan was was a cyclone of faces: some at play, many clearly suffering. All eyes, ears, and heart, Sandler was sensitive to it all as a kid peering into this adult world. Such early impressions would come to play a significant role in his later street photography. Living in Boston in 1977, and after two careers involved in helping others, as a natural foods chef and acupuncturist, Sandler realized an overwhelming desire to do something for himself, alone. As if on cue, a late 1940s Leica appeared in his life and he hit the Boston streets in an experimental mood. He shot in Boston for three productive years and then moved back home to photograph an edgy, nervous, angry, dangerous New York City. In the 1980s crime and crack were on the rise and their effects were devastating the city. Graffiti exploded onto surfaces everywhere and the Times Square, East Village, and Harlem streets were riddled with drugs, while in midtown the rich wore furs in vast numbers and “greed was good.” In the 1990s the city experienced drastic changes to lure in corporate interests and tourists and the results were directly felt on the streets as rents were raised and several neighborhoods were sanitized, making them ghosts of what, to many, made them formerly exciting. Throughout these turbulent and triumphant years Sandler paced the streets with all his knowledge of what the city was, ever on the lookout for what his eye connected to as it transformed and changed the lives of everyone who lived in it. For better and for worse, one was simply “on the street” in public space, bathing in the comforts, or terrors, of the human sea and Sandler’s work is the marbled evidence of this beauty mixing with decay as only his eyes could capture it.
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GOWANUS WATERS By Steven Hirsch
The Gowanus Canal is a 1.8-mile-long waterway connecting Upper New York Bay (the bay in between Brooklyn, Manhattan, New Jersey, and Staten Island) with the formerly industrial interior of Brooklyn. Originally it was fed by the marshland and freshwater springs in Brooklyn and drained into the Atlantic Ocean in Upper New York Bay. Because of the way it was created, though, it has become stagnant and polluted by decades of runoff and dumping from local neighborhoods and businesses. In the summer, you can smell it from blocks away. It’s not a good smell, but that doesn’t deter photographer Steve Hirsch, who finds all kinds of beauty in what floats upon the surface.
PHOTOGRAPHY- LANDSCAPES/NATURE - ENVIRONMENTAL CONVERSATION & PROTECTION/HISTORY - UNITED STATES STATE & LOCAL - MID ATLANTIC Hardcover, 10-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches, 156 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-792-0 $45.00 US/CAN
Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Steven Hirsch now lives in New York’s East Village. Hirsch’s work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, Paris Match, Time, Wired, Vice, Print, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic and Stern. He has taught at the International Center of Photography, The New School, Parsons School of Design, The School of Visual Arts, New York University and Pratt Institute. Hirsch has been awarded two New York Foundation for the Arts grants and his work has been widely exhibited and collected by The Museum of Modern Art, The Polaroid Collection, The Everson Museum of Art, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Israel Museum, The Howard Stein Collection, The Library of Congress and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, among others.
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Steven Hirsch grew up in Brooklyn in the late 1940s and 50s when Brooklyn was filled with a new middle class. Brooklyn was a paradise and he knew practically the whole borough, except for the Gowanus Canal. It was not until 2010 when a friend took him Hirsch there for the first time that he witnessed the famously polluted and now EPA Superfund waterway. When one thinks of canals they usually picture tree-lined waterways bustling with commercial activity. Not so with the present-day Gowanus. Built in the middle-to-late 19th century, the canal was to benefit the ever-expanding industrial revolution that arose in Brooklyn and to drain the surrounding marshes for land reclamation. Its creation accomplished those goals, but once it was no longer helpful it was left to decay, and decay it did. Today, the Gowanus Canal is lined by fuel oil depots and bus and scrap metal yards and is recognized as one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States. In 2010 it was declared a Superfund site. The day Hirsch first visited the acrid and vile smell made him nauseous. While standing on the bank he noticed a large eruption of oil start pulsating on the surface. He photographed it for about 15 minutes and it disappeared as quickly as it started. So was born a fascination with the way two centuries-worth of chemicals and detritus mixed with the water. Hirsch has shot the canal surface dozens of times since that unforgettable day and the result is a series of eerily beautiful abstract photos, telling the visual story of what pollution and indifference hath wrought. The combination of the inky blacks and varied specks and sheens all appear to be galaxy-like, but the viewer must not forget that they are looking at heavily polluted water here on Earth and nestled in one of the nations most populous and affluent cities. Today, efforts are being made to clean up the canal and will need to continue to for years to come, and it is important documentation like Hirsch’s work which should help spur action.
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MILE O’ MUD
The Culture of Swamp Buggy Racing By Malcolm Lightner Introduction by Padgett Powell
A native Floridian, photographer Malcolm’s first monograph, MILE O’MUD, shows us his home’s beauty; scarred and raw, surrounded by lush blue sky and restorative greens and we witness a community unapologetically celebrating their colorful and unique history, full of wild abandon and enjoying every minute of it. Churning the buttery muddy water at the Florida Sports Park, the swamp buggy races keep Florida’s frontier heritage alive. A bastard child to NASCAR, these custom buggies (part boat, part dragster) tear through terrain more like the lake in the center of Daytona International Speedway than the track surrounding it. PHOTOGRAPHY - SUBJECTS & THEMES - LIFESTYLES/ SPORTS & RECREATION - WATER SPORTS Hardcover, 12-3/8 x 12-1/8 inches, 136 pages ISBN 978-1-57687-794-4 $50.00 US/CAN
Malcolm Lightner is a photographer who works and resides in New York. Born in 1969 in Naples, Florida, he is a fourth generation native Floridian. Malcolm has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants and his work has been featured in a range of exhibitions including Art + Commerce Emerging Photographers and NYPH (New York Photo Festival). Malcolm’s photography is included in the permanent photography collections at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida. His work has appeared in Dear Dave Magazine, The Oxford American, VICE, Aint-Bad Magazine and Life among other publications. Malcolm is a member of the photography faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York City since 2002.
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The Jeep class is designed to slog through with the driver’s head barely above water and the Pro-modified built exclusively for speed as they hit 75mph and dwarfed by their own four-foot wheels. Fans pile meat in baking pans and cans of Budweiser in boxes and stack themselves in bleachers, truck beds, and on top of home-made platforms to cheer for the Swamp Buggy Queen and pray for drivers’ quick recoveries when the track proves too treacherous. Malcolm Lightner grew up down the street from the original “Mile O’ Mud” swamp buggy track off of Radio Road. After moving to New York in 1999, he returned at least once a year from 2002 to 2013 to document the races--missing only 2005 due to a hurricane forced cancellation. “When Malcolm Lightner first shows me the spectacle of these people and these races, he is curious to know my take on them, possibly even a bit apprehensive. ‘Refined nutbarism,’ I tell him. ‘Is that a word?’ ‘It is now.’” -Padgett Powell, from the introduction
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There are some things that I don’t need to remember, though, because they are always running through my mind. For instance, the day Roy left —
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THE WATERS OF OUR TIME By Thomas Roma and Giancarlo T. Roma
NOW IN COLLECTOR’S EDITION HARDCOVER
The second collaboration between father and son Thomas Roma and Giancarlo T. Roma, THE WATERS OF OUR TIME is a book that could only be done in the latter part of this renowned photographer’s career and with the unique contemplation of his watchful son. A retrospective of sorts, the book contains 142 of Roma’s photographs spanning most of his career, beginning on the cover with a picture taken from his first roll of film shot in 1972, and a fictional text by Giancarlo T. Roma, written as a first-person narrative recollection in the voice of an older woman who has spent her life in Brooklyn. The written story begins on the book’s cover and is interwoven with the photographs, lending a reflective quality to the interplay between them. In this way, the project is a true collaboration, resembling the making of a movie in reverse, where the pictures function as the script and the text acts as the moving images, coming in response. The title comes from the song “Follow” (written by Jerry Merrick and famously sung by Richie Havens, also a Brooklyn native), whose lyrics are reproduced throughout the book, and serves as kind of a sound track to the story, adding to the cinematic quality.
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Thomas Roma is a two-time recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships (1982 and 1991) and a New York State Council for the Arts Fellowship (1973). Roma’s work has appeared in one-person and group exhibitions internationally, including one-person shows with accompanying books at The Museum of Modern Art, NY and the International Center of Photography. He has published twelve monographs including: Enduring Justice (powerHouse Books, 2001) with an introduction by Norman Mailer, On Three Pillars (powerHouse Books, 2008) with text by Phillip Lopate, and his 2010 powerHouse Books publication Dear Knights and Dark Horses with an introduction by Alec Wilkinson. He has taught photography since 1983 at Yale, Fordham, Cooper Union, and The School of Visual Arts and in 1996 became the Director of the Photography Program at Columbia University School of the Arts where he is a Professor of Art. Roma lives in Brooklyn with his wife Anna. Giancarlo T. Roma is a 2013 graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York with a degree in English and African American Studies. He is a freelance writer and coauthor of Show & Tell (powerHouse Books, 2002) as well as an avid chess and guitar player.
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THE WATERS OF OUR TIME was conceived as an homage to Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes’ book The Sweet Flypaper of Life published in 1955, a cherished part of the elder Roma’s library. The book remains true to Flypaper in terms of design (size, layout, font), but differs greatly in process. Whereas Hughes selected and sequenced DeCarava’s photographs before writing the text for Flypaper, Roma selected and sequenced his own photographs first, leaving Giancarlo to write the text in the white space between pictures for The Waters.
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SEX MAGAZINE #1-10
By Asher Penn SEX MAGAZINE #1-10 is an omnibus collection of the entire run of the online arts and culture magazine SEX. SEX is an online culture magazine based in New York. Designed for the web, and completely free, SEX has acted as a real-time archive of a spectrum of creative ideas available to anyone who wants to take the time to look. The list of artists, graphic designers, musicians, fashion designers, writers, and photographers featured in these digital editions reads like a yearbook of the most important forces in the shifting creative landscape of the post-internet era, including Venus X, Maggie Lee, Daniel McDonald, Bill Strobeck, Harsh Patel, Cali Thornhill Dewitt, Susan Cianciolo, Almalia Ulman, Spencer Sweeny, Total Freedom, Eckhaus Latta, Petra Cortright, Gerlan Jeans, Ratking, Peggy Noland, Jacob Ciocci, and many others.
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Asher Penn is a New York based artist and founder of Sex magazine. He has contributed to numerous magazines including Artforum, Interview, Bad Day, Art In America, The Heavy Mental, and Monster Children.
Inspired by the independent magazine renaissance at the turn of the millennium, (Index, Butt, Made in USA) SEX sought to create it’s own culture with a digital-native, lofi aesthetic on a largely unregulated internet, giving voice to new ideas and attitudes towards both art and life alike. SEX is a response to the stalemate between the Internet and print--looking to the principles of its favorite magazines as an exit strategy towards new frontiers. SEX MAGAZINE: #1-10will collect the first ten issues of SEX, in print for the first time--a physical testament to the influential power of the web and an unrivaled account of art and culture at the coming of age of the new millennium. “Sex Magazine contains little sex, except in the way that everything contains some sex. Also, it’s great.” -Fiona Duncan, Bullet Media “Sex Magazine is a platform for the underground New York scene that has decided to grow to become a part of New York’s history.” -Alexander Stipanovich, Opening Ceremony Blog “Sex (magazine) seems to be everywhere, and everyone is doing it.” -Katherine Rochester, Artforum Critics Picks
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WHAT WOULD ANYTHING BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING ELSE By Matt Olson
WHAT WOULD EVERYTHING BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING ELSE is a peek inside the thought process of one of today’s leading voices in contemporary design.
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Matt Olson is co-founder of the experimental design studio RO/LU. Started in 2003 as a landscape office, soon after an “open practice” was established to create an environment in which the work could be followed rather than led. Since, they have created a sprawling body of work that involves objects, participation, performance, writing and institutions. Their work has been shown internationally and is in many esteemed private collections as well as the permanent collection at the Walker Art Center. Olson was featured in the book PIN-UP Interviews and has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wallpaper, Surface and other major design and art publications. He lives in Saint Paul with his wife Amy and dog Mojo.
For over 10 years as a co-founding member of the forward-leaning, interdisciplinary studio RO/LU, Matt Olson has found that consistent mining of a wide range of influences is what allows him to deliver fresh and critically-acclaimed design. RO/LU does not rely on formal design training but instead depends on the partnership’s firm grasp of design and theory history as well as an unending curiosity and openness to all things. It is this passionate understanding and unique interpretation of the world around them which has been crucial to their success. While history typically shows one action influencing the next, Olson’s modes of thinking are anything but linear, and WHAT WOULD EVERYTHING BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING ELSE provides a constellation of the references Olson routinely pulls from. Like the controlled chaos within a pinball machine, concepts and ideas are rigorously put through the course, bumping and ricocheting off each other until a path forward is created. From architecture to travel, film to a memorable restaurant experience, the changing of the seasons to a song overheard while walking on the street, there is nothing that Olson’s senses have encountered that is off-bounds for inclusion. RO/LU practices design with the unchanging principle that as opportunities arise something old can become something new, that we are made of the knowledge of others, and our post-internet zeitgeist is our perpetual connectivity to all things, and all input, stimulation, and inspiration should fully be put to use. WHAT WOULD EVERYTHING BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING ELSE presents a fascinating tour through the thought process of a renowned and acclaimed contemporary designer. By sharing the excitement and energy contained in knowledge and celebrating the living aspects of encounters with the past, a map like none other emerges. “What makes RO/LU so interesting is that they straddle the tide line between art and design. That line is constantly moving, and they seem to always be just ahead of it, helping to create the zeitgeist.” -Wall Street Journal
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THE BUNNY BURROW BUYERS BOOK
A Tale of Rabbit Real Estate By Steve Light This saga of a swiftly increasing family of rabbits in search of a new place to call their own, rendered in exquisitely detailed artwork featuring cut-outs and gatefolds, is a perfect book for small children whose families are moving to a new home. Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit are having baby bunnies, and their burrow-for-two is just too small to accomodate a growing family. Time to call the forest real estate agent! As anyone searching for a new home must, the Rabbits look at a lot of different places, each one appealing in its own way, but none of them quite is right! Will they find the perfect new home to call their own?
JUVENILE FICTION - ANIMALS - RABBITS Hardcover, 8 x 7 inches, 16 pages Age: 4-8 years ISBN 978-1-57687-752-4 $19.95 US/CAN STEVE LIGHT is the author of many best-selling children’s books, including the Vehicles Go! series (Trucks Go!, Trains Go!, Diggers Go!, Planes Go! and Boats Go!, all from Chronicle) and Have You Seen My Dragon? (Candlewick, 2014.) Steve is a preschool teacher and professional storyteller who lives with his wife in New York City.
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A single, black brushstroke that runs through the entire book provides a line that can be traced by little fingers from page to page, and anchors the detailed pen-and-ink style that Steve uses to show the forest homes and the creatures who currently inhabit them--the visible aboveground part of each burrow appears above the line, and the underground portion shows below the line. In addition, circular die cuts in each page allow a peek into the next burrow. With gorgeous artwork and exquisite production, this lovely little volume makes a fine gift for any new homeowner, and particularly for those with small children. • According to the US Census Bureau, around 40 million Americans move house each year--and growing families account for a significant percentage of the numbers, as they outgrow their spaces. • Preschoolers and elementary-school age kids often feel significant anxiety about moving house; this book helps them anticipate the change with positive feelings.
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MOKOMAKI
By Satu Kontinen Meet the Mokomakis, a group of adorable little birds who cavort playfully through the pages of this picture book while teaching the basics of numeracy to preschoolers. A mommy fox is searching for her lost baby, and asks the Mokomakis for help as she looks--the little birds cheerfully mount a search through the forest, where they meet lots of other creatures, who helpfully join in--and kids can, too! As they search, readers practice sequencing, sorting and classifying, comparing, and grouping while looking for the missing fox.
JUVENILE FICTION - CONCEPTS - COUNTING & NUMBERS ON SALE 3/1/2016 Hardcover, 8 x 10 inches, 32 pages Age: 3-5 years, Grade: Up to Kindergarten ISBN 9781576878057 $14.95 US/CAN
SATU KONTINEN is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator obsessed with little animals and Instagram photography. She is known for using bold colors and creating quirkily cute creatures that spark the imagination of kids and adults. Her work was nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize, and in 2008, she won an award for designing and illustrating one of the most beautiful book covers in Finland. Her Mokomaki books have been published in countries around the world.
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• teaches the building blocks of numeracy at the pre-K level in a fun way • each spread asks the reader to play a game, including searches, comparing, grouping, and sequencing, to help in finding the lost fox kit • numbers are presented so young readers can begin connecting numerals correctly with the groups of objects they represent a funny and active read-aloud, perfect for making reading a fun event, Mokomaki also encourages early reading practice
“Small birds wandering amidst the other animals offer help, inviting kids to observe, count and add . . . stylized drawings and bright colors allow one to learn while having fun.” -Culturebox, France TV “The Mokomaki series calls for savviness and problemsolving skills . . . the books have gotten an enthusiastic response in France and Taiwan as well.” -Helsingin sanomat newspaper, Finland
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NEW YORK IS MY PLAYGROUND Photographs By Jane Goodrich Written by Bob Raczka
Storyteller and street photographer Jane Goodrich creates an exciting, kid-centric portraits. The end result is a fresh, moving homage to all who use New York City as their playground. • Shows children how the city’s streets, structures, and landmarks can provide a unique playspace • Includes text from veteran children’s author Bob Raczka • Playful urban romp that shows the pleasures of city living are not just for grown-ups
JUVENILE NONFICTION - LIFESTYLES - CITY & TOWN LIFE ON SALE 5/3/2016 Hardcover, 9 x 9 inches, 32 pages Age: 3-7 years, Grade: Preschool - 2 ISBN 9781576877890 $14.95 US/CAN
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BOB RACZKA is the author of numerous books for children including Presidential Misadventures and Bob Raczka’s Art Adventures. He lives in Glen Ellyn, IL. JANE GOODRICH is a New York based newborn and children’s photographer with an artful eye and modern edge. Jane Goodrich’s talent lies in her ability to capture a real moment in time--no matter how quickly it passes.
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