The Iris

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Mathew, Brian

Gardening & Landscape Design

Universe Publishing

A collection of cartoons by some of the world's leading cartoonists satirizes the O.J. Simpson trial and the worldwide attention it has received

Od'd On OJ: Fresh Squeezed Pulp from the World's Great Cartoonists

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

The legendary Gabriel ("Coco") Chanel (1883-1971) is precisely that for the simple reason that her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Born into the French peasantry and then raised in a convent orphanage, Chanel grew up an authentic beauty with a gift for fashion, social trends, and business that enabled her literally to invent the look of the 20th century as well as its fragrance. She also had a profound effect upon both its art and culture, using her immense wealth, wit, and social access to support Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the plays of Jean Cocteau, the music of Igor Stravinsky, and the poems of Pierre Reverdy. Bit by bit, this fearless young genius stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair as well as their skirts, put them in bathing suits, and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced slacks, dark-toed sling pumps, the "little black dress," quilted handbags, and the braid-trimmed, brass-buttoned two-piece suit that became her trademark. As for the fabulous costume jewelry, she piled it on mainly because of its power to make simplicity look glorious. Early in the 1920s Chanel launched the first couture perfume - No. 5 - bottled in the famous square-cut flacon, a Cubist-inspired Art Deco icon. She was the first haute-couture designer to work in ballet, theatre, and even film, beginning with a stint in Hollywood for Sam Goldwyn and moving on to Jean Renoir, Lucchino Visconti, and Alain Resnais.

Chanel (Universe of Fashion)

FRANCOIS, BAUDOT

Biographies & Memoirs

This unique celebration of the rich and fascinating tradition of fly fishing traces the history of the sport in America's most important fly-fishing regions: the Adirondacks and New England; the Catskills; the spring-fed streams of Pennsylvania and the Midwest; the Rockies; the Northwest; and the saltwater fisheries of the North and the Florida Keys. Providing an introduction to the development of fly fishing in America, this book demonstrates how fly-fishing pioneers adapted European traditions to form a distinctly American sport, with its own rods, reels, lines, flies, and of course its own heroes. A discussion of today's fly-fishing innovations and most popular rivers is a valuable addition to this evocative story.

Fly Fishing In America

Tom Rosenbauer

Crafts & Hobbies

The Graphic Language of Neville Brody

Arts & Photography

Wozencraft, Jon

Graphic Design

This is a book about men who were beautiful enough and brave enough to bare all for photographers and painters between he years of 1935 and 1955. Forty-eight men are represented, of whom thirty-two were still living when I began working on the project (three have since died). Their modern-day portraits have been taken by a talented young photographer, Ethan Winslow, as a record of my encounters and to contrast with the stylized beauty of the past (remarkably, for the most part they remain beautiful and brave). In many ways this book came about because its time was due, as interest in the art and photography of the prewar and wartime periods has revived. The photography of this era looks surprisingly modern to our eyes. In particular, photographs of the male nude that were once only for the private collector now inspire today's artists and creative directors.

Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

David Leddick

Photography & Video

Male models and men's fashion are changing the way we look at men. Marcus Schenkenberg, the world's first male supermodel, is at the forefront of this movement in men's style, fitness, beauty, and image. Included here are the greatest photographs of Marcus's career, plus many taken exclusively for this book, from such top fashion photographers as Bruce Weber, David LaChapelle, Richard Avedon, Karl Lagerfeld, Steven Meisel, Peter Beard, Patrik Andersson, Tyen, and Albert Watson. Drawing on personal diaries, exclusive interviews for this book, and commentary from industry professionals, New Rules defines today's new male ideals, from fitness training to the runway. Renowned menswear designers such as Valentino and Versace, image makers such as Kevin Krier and Jim Moore, and beauty experts such as makeup artist Francois Nars and haircolor guru Brad Johns, share with Marcus their groundbreaking, trendsetting ideas about masculinity, beauty and style.

Marcus Schenkenberg: New Rules

Gianni Versace

Boss Models

Photographs explore the career of supermodel Kate Moss

Kate: The Kate Moss Book

Kate Moss

Humor & Entertainment

From Armani to Zefferelli, Italian men have long been synonymous with fashion, style, and sensuality. In this collection of fascinating personal reflections and photographs, Italian men-be they aristocrats, world-class designers, international businessmen, or men on the street-divulge their deeper thoughts on lust, love, and romance. These Icons harbor wildly divergent, yet always passionate views on matters of the heart: Luciano Pavoratti explores the power of love while Olympic gold medallist Alberto Tomba boasts of sexual conquests.
 Bernardo Bertolucci, Harry Cipriani, and Leonardo Mondadori-as well as Armani and Zefferelli-are among those striking poses in this high-style expos of Italian male magnetism.

Italian Men: Love & Sex

Andrea Blanch

From New York's famous Paramount Hotel to the official apartments of former French president Francios Mitterand, Philippe Starck's designs are as popular and as well-known as they are ubiquitous. You can stay in a Starck hotel in New York, Miami or London; you can mail-order a Starck design for a rural cottage; and you can buy a Starck motorcycle, a Starck lamp, or a Starck toothbrush. Filled with photographs, descriptions, and Starck's own commentary, this book features his recent and current work in architectural and industrial design, including the forthcoming Covent Garden Hotel in London.

Starck

Conway Lloyd Morgan

Architecture

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