A photographer attempts to capture the perfection of babies, from the swirl of a cowlick to the smoothness of skin on a neck, while the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author muses on moments like a baby's first steps. 50,000 first printing.

Naked Babies

Arts & Photography

Kelsh, Nick

Quindlen, Anna.

Photography & Video

Viking/Studio

A popular gift volume featuring dozens of meticulously accurate, full-color paintings--including a fold-out illustration of the whole Titanic--offers a wealth of information about the "unsinkable" cruise ship and its fatal voyage. Reprint.\nAmazon.com Review\nThe tragedy of the Titanic has been captured in fiction, nonfiction, music, poetry, cartoons, official judicial inquiry, survivors' recollections, still photography, TV shows, and film; all of the above are covered to some extent in this good and popular book. But few Titanic books match the paintings by Ken Marschall, a specialist on the subject whose work can be found in other books by the ship's discoverer, Robert Ballard, who wrote the introduction here. The photos are notable--including shots of the red-paint-stained iceberg that may have caused the sinking, the pristine ship, the sunken wreck, the people involved in the case--but Marschall's dozens of large-scale paintings really do help to dramatize and explicate moments no camera glimpsed and few eyewitnesses agree upon. 
There is much to recommend the text, too. You could make a movie just about Second Officer Charles Lightoller, who helped accelerate the lifeboat-launching process, saving lives; stepped off the ship's bridge into the Atlantic; was sucked down into a ventilator taking in water, vainly swimming against its suction; and then got expelled by a blast of air, like a human cannonball in a circus, and landed next to a lifeboat that had been knocked 20 feet clear of the sinking ship's deadly whirlpool by a huge ship's funnel that crashed into the waves nearby. Lightoller was marvelously clever in his courtroom interrogation by an attorney determined to maneuver him into admitting blame for the disaster. 
There is much more history in between the dramatic illustrations, facts both grand and trivial--if you're bent on knowing what actually happened to the dogs aboard, the answer is in this book. Definitely one of the better titles dealing with Titanic. --Tim Appelo

Titanic:  An Illustrated History

Lynch, Don

Travel

Hard cover first edition book by famed writer / publisher Graydon Carter.

Vanity Fair's Hollywood

Hitchens, Christopher et al.

Graydon Carter & David Friend (editors)

Provides complete instructions for making patchwork vestments and quilted church decorations, featuring designs from around the world

The Patchwork Pilgrimage: How to Create Vibrant Church Decorations with Quilting Techniques

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Liddell, Jill

Liddell, Andrew

Crafts & Hobbies

Deco by the Bay: Art Deco Architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area

Illustrated with over 150 color plates of exteriors and interiors, Deco by the Bay takes us on an inspiring tour of the Bay Area, and it shows us how to appreciate the buildings as a whole, as well as the details of Art Deco ornament that provide so much lively design interest - zigzags, chevrons, rays, speed lines, stepped arches, and stylized floral and natural forms. In addition to an in-depth discussion of the primary Deco buildings and their architects, Deco by the Bay includes separate chapters on plaster and terra cotta, which were important components of Deco architecture. The final section of the book is devoted to nine walking tours - illustrated with maps and photographs - that lead us through the following districts in San Francisco: Marina, Pacific Heights, Downtown, South of Market Street, Upper Market Street; and also through Downtown Alameda, Downtown Berkeley, and Uptown and Downtown Oakland.

Crowe, Michael F.

Architecture

Bulging with information, this little book is a delightful celebration of food that will appeal to anyone who is fiercely dedicated to finding the finest, latest, rarest, and most delicious culinary knowledge. How To Be a Better Foodie serves up entertaining and informative morsels to satisfy even the most insatiable cravings, such as: ? Unusual delicacies?prawn shells, radish leaves, parmigiano reggiano rind and more ? The latest in culinary trends such as belly pork, wagyu beef, lotus root crisps, green tea iced meringue, and sousvide preparation ? International foodie pilgrimages and an almanac of seasonal delicacies With quizzes to test the reader?s foodie prowess, illustrations throughout, and page after page of compelling food facts, this book offers revelations for even the most advanced foodie as well as a wealth of tidbits for the eager novice.

How to Be a Better Foodie: A Bulging Little Book for the Truly Epicurious

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Sudi Pigott

Cooking Education & Reference

A president and executive creative director of Coach presents a series of stark black-and-white images of world-class UFC athletes at moments of solitary authenticity, in a collection that reveals each fighter's gentle and disarmed side when depicted without competitors. 20,000 first printing.

Fighter: The Fighters of the UFC

Krakoff, Reed

Rachel Felder

The author presents detailed theories on how some of Western art's famous masterpieces by such artists as da Vinci, Caravaggio, Velßzquez, and Van Eyck were actually created while discussing how his speculations have sparked worldwide anger and astonishment.

Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters

HOCKNEY, DAVID

History & Criticism

A collection of photographs taken in Memphis brings to life the legends of blues, jazz, rock and roll, and soul, including W.C. Handy, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, and others.

The Memphis Blues Again: Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs

Biographies & Memoirs

Ernest C. Withers

Daniel Wolff

Arts & Literature

Provides detailed, up-close photographs of living butterflies and moths in all stages of development, along with information on common and rare species.

Butterflies and Moths

Jean-Pierre Vesco

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