Bookworms
From enthralling novels to inspiring design books, tender bedtime stories, volumes of poetry and beyond, there’s nothing as alluring as a good book. Whether you’re looking for magic realism or a memoir, a book of art, travel guides, zines or a tote bag to carry them all, our Bookworms gift guide has it all. There are countless worlds to explore for the people in your life who love to read.
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Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World
Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made The World
Dr. Todd Boyd’s thorough history of hip hop starts in the 1970s and shares how it has become central to music and American history, impacting nearly every aspect of pop culture since then. For both the informed and those who love today’s hip hop but lack some of the genre’s history, Boyd breaks it down into its key players, defining moments, and sprawling influence.
Added: April 2024
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Made Here: Recipes & Reflections From NYC’s Asian Communities
Made Here: Recipes & Reflections From NYC’s Asian Communities
More than a recipe book, Made Here: Recipes & Reflections From NYC’s Asian Communities is a love letter to the chefs, bakers and food vendors that make food in 43 Asian eateries across NYC. Packed with essays that give context to dishes, interviews, illustrations and more, the cookbook spans cuisines and regions. Learn how to make Thai Diner’s som tum, Pecking House’s dirty fried rice, Awang Kitchen’s tahu gejrot, Kuih Cafe’s pulut inti Kuih Cafe, and more. Best of all, 100% of net proceeds go to Send Chinatown Love’s community-focused projects.
Added: February 2024
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Piero Lissoni Environments
Piero Lissoni Environments
Finally, a complete view of Piero Lissoni’s decades of work across architecture, interior design, furniture, furnishings, graphics, landscape and more. This substantial book, edited by Stefano Casciani, presents the Lissoni & Partners studio work in a well-organized and easy to peruse manner, from The Middle House hotel—our go-to in Shanghai, to the chic Sanlorenzo Yachts SP110 plus working, retail and living environments, there are beautiful images and inspiriting designs to inspire.
Added: December 2023
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The Ice Book
The Ice Book
Camper English’s latest book breaks down the methods to making clear ice at home. From squares to diamond cuts, inclusions and more—it’s literally everything you need to know about making ice to enjoy and to impress. Aside from its visual appeal, clear ice also melts more slowly and is surprisingly easy to work with.
Added: October 2023
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The Atlas of Car Design: The World’s Most Iconic Cars
The Atlas of Car Design: The World’s Most Iconic Cars
650 of the world’s most iconic cars—from 30 countries and 190 manufacturers—are presented in this comprehensive design-focused survey. Written by Jason Barlow with Guy Bird and an introduction by Brett Berk, it’s as much an authoritative reference book as it is design inspiration for novices or simply a nice addition to a coffee table. Organized by country and decade, it provides helpful insight into historical design trends. It’s currently available for preorder.
Added: August 2023
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Blue Dream and the Legacy of Modernism in the Hamptons: A House by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Blue Dream and the Legacy of Modernism in the Hamptons: A House by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
From DelMonico Books, “Blue Dream and the Legacy of Modernism in the Hamptons: A House by Diller Scofidio + Renfro” is an inspiring, insightful chronicle of the creation of one extraordinary home. A collaboration between Robert and Julie Reyes Taubman, acclaimed architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, builder Ed Bulgin, landscape architect Michael Boucher and designer Michael Lewis, the home—aptly named Blue Dream—reaffirms the avant-garde spirit of the Hamptons. The thoughtful text within the richly illustrated tome has been penned by renowned architecture critic Paul Goldberger.
Added: August 2023
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This Is Not a Cookbook: A Chef’s Creative Process from Imagination to Creation
This Is Not a Cookbook: A Chef’s Creative Process from Imagination to Creation
From celebrated chef Flynn McGarry—who first served tasting menus to guests in his early teens and opened the restaurant Gem in NYC at age 19, followed by 2022’s Gem Wine—This Is Not a Cookbook: A Chef’s Creative Process from Imagination to Creation is an illustrated book for young readers that’s boiling over with insight and encouragement. Designer Adil Dara contributed the charming illustrations and, thankfully, McGarry includes some of his favorite recipes.
Added: July 2023
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The Little Thing Is Sad
The Little Thing Is Sad
Illustrated by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave, The Little Thing Is Sad is a tender children’s picture book in which The Little Thing wakes up unhappy and seeks a remedy with the help of friends. The sweet book, published and bound by Narayana Press, includes an accompanying audiobook, read and soundtracked by Cave.
Added: June 2023
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Table of Contents Community Cookbook
Table of Contents Community Cookbook
Table of Contents is a food, literature, arts and culture project from chef Evan Hanczor. The Table of Contents Community Cookbook features recipes and other works by 36 writers (including Alexander Chee, Carmen Maria Machado, Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Kaitlyn Greenidge), along with illustrations from more than 18 artists. In addition to being a diverse selection of recipes, the book is a way to give back to the community, with all proceeds going to Food Issues Group (FIG), a grassroots collective working toward an equitable and sustainable food system in New York.
Added: April 2023
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Prisoners’ Inventions (New Edition)
Prisoners’ Inventions (New Edition)
While incarcerated in California, author and illustrator Angelo was invited by art practice and publication Temporary Services to document the various things he’d seen his peers invent, ranging from immersion heaters to tattoo ink, pillows and chessboards. His findings—which are a testament to the ways prisons deny people basic necessities as well as the inventiveness of people who are incarcerated—were collected and published in 2003 as Prisoners’ Inventions. This new edition features an additional 80 pages, with even more drawings, photos and blueprints.
Added: April 2023
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The Gourmand’s Egg. a Collection of Stories & Recipes
The Gourmand’s Egg. a Collection of Stories & Recipes
Celebrating the link between the culinary and the cultural, The Gourmand’s Egg. a collection of Stories & Recipes explores the social significance of eggs. From appearing in Egyptian mythology to becoming an icon of religious purity in Piero della Francesca’s Brera Madonna, its symbolism in feminist art and more, the egg is omnipresent. Weaving together art history, photography, recipes and essays, this first volume of TASCHEN’s collaboration with award-winning journal The Gourmand is equal parts delectable and fascinating.
Added: March 2023
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Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
Trans visibility in popular media and culture is the highest it’s been, yet the current moment has been marked by increasing violence and suppression. A compilation of essays, conversations and investigations, Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility navigates this paradox. Edited by Reina Gossett, Eric A Stanley and Johanna Burton, the book examines how seemingly progressive opportunities often come with strings attached.
Added: March 2023
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A GIFT
A GIFT
Bringing together artwork and words from children around the world, A GIFT is a heartwarming, humorous and at points heartbreaking book. Included are paintings from South Africa’s Cyrene Mission, art collected in the 1930s from New York’s Children’s Museum of the Arts and more, altogether creating a compendium that serves as a reminder of the wondrous perspective unique to children. Price is in Pounds.
Added: February 2023
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Ghost Music
Ghost Music
An Yu’s sophomore novel, Ghost Music, is a mysterious work that combines mushrooms and music, memory and self-discovery. Song Yan, the protagonist, is a concert pianist who begins to be haunted by dreams of a doorless room full of fungi. When a surprise package ends up at her apartment, she unknowingly sets off on a journey that grows increasingly bizarre, thought-provoking and captivating to read.
Added: February 2023
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The Silver Spoon for Children New Edition: Favorite Italian Recipes
The Silver Spoon for Children New Edition: Favorite Italian Recipes
Comprising 40 recipes for Italian dishes, the new edition of The Silver Spoon for Children celebrates the book’s 10th anniversary with a refreshed, user-friendly layout. Featuring charming, helpful illustrations by Harriet Russell as well as enticing food photography, the updated cookbook (edited by Amanda Grant) includes instructions on making classics like spaghetti all’amatriciana, stuffed peaches and prosciutto-wrapped melon. Intended for kids seven and older, it’s a useful, fun resource for young cooks.
Added: January 2023
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Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed
Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed
From LA-based creative collective Cactus Store, an updated version of the original Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed includes new archival imagery, that spans 80 years, alongside expanded notes. Cacti surviving the snow-capped mountains of Bolivia, succulents that grow in lava in the Galapagos Islands, a two-leaf plant that has lived for a millennia: these fascinating photos and more complete this stunning collection.
Added: January 2023
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Yves Saint Laurent at Home
Yves Saint Laurent at Home
Exploring Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s apartment on rue de Babylone and the Yves Saint Laurent haute couture maison on Avenue Marceau (both in Paris), Château Gabriel in Deauville and Villa Majorelle in Marrakech, Yves Saint Laurent at Home is filled with images of lush gardens and resplendent interiors. The silk hardcover book features photographs by Marianne Haas, as well as text from interior designer Jacques Grange (Saint Laurent and Bergé’s longtime friend and collaborator), model Betty Catroux, journalist Laurence Benaïm and others. Gazing upon the organized chaos of rich tapestries, colorful murals, opulent fabrics, striking light fixtures and more, readers become aware of the couple’s dedication to collecting and their respect and passion for craftsmanship.
Added: January 2023
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Football: Designing the Beautiful Game
Football: Designing the Beautiful Game
Football: Designing the Beautiful Game is a first-of-its-kind book that explores the evolution of soccer and the role design played in creating its international reach. With words by analyst Statman Dave, broadcaster Martin Tyler, architect Jacques Herzog and adidas vice president Sam Handy along with interviews with Justin McGuirk and James Bird, the book spans the style of famous stadiums to team badges, footwear materials and more. Price is in Pounds.
Added: January 2023
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How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors
How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors
The co-founders of Sight Unseen, Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer, explore the emotional significance of objects and how they impact our lives in How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors. Within the vibrant, hardcover tome, the duo compiles practical advice and visual inspiration for thoughtfully selecting objects and creating satisfying interiors with notes on different space limitations, styles and budgets. It’s a spirited and pragmatic design guide that delves into the impact of a space.
Added: January 2023
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Ikoyi: A Journey Through Bold Heat with Recipes
Ikoyi: A Journey Through Bold Heat with Recipes
From childhood friends and co-founders of London’s two-Michelin-starred Ikoyi, Iré Hassan-Odukale and Jeremy Chan’s Ikoyi: A Journey Through Bold Heat with Recipes explores the flavors of sub-Saharan West Africa. The spice-focused menu at Ikoyi is given extra insight in the book, with each of the 80 recipes accompanied by a story explaining how the dish was developed, as well as information about seasonality. The dishes here will thrill home cooks, thanks to their unique blend of technical and rustic styles.
Added: January 2023
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The Practice of Art and AI
The Practice of Art and AI
In partnership with Ars Electronica, the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab plumbs the relationship between art and science in The Practice of Art and AI. The book explores the rapid development of AI art and revisits the exhibitions and projects since the lab’s opening, with new insight, interviews and supplementary material. It makes for a thought-provoking meditation on art and technology.
Added: December 2022
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Nice Outfit
Nice Outfit
The first issue of Felix Choong’s fashion magazine, Nice Outfit, tackles the rise of military aesthetics, the relationship between clothing and violence and the abolition and ephemerality of the industry. Spanning politics, archives, theory and speculative fiction and featuring contributions from Elizabeth Wilson, Dal Chodha, Eilidh Duffy and more, the magazine takes the temperature of the current fashion landscape with candor and nuance. Price is in Pounds.
Added: December 2022
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The World of the Brontës: A 1,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
The World of the Brontës: A 1,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
The work of the Brontë sisters comes to life in this 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle from Laurence King Publishing. From the Yorkshire moors to Mr Heathcliff and other characters from their novels, the puzzle—which is illustrated by Eleanor Taylor and features a pull-out poster—is suffused with allusions to the stories and figures that shaped the Brontës’ nineteenth century literature. Price is in Pounds.
Added: December 2022
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Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites
Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites
Paradise Found: An Erotic Treasury for Sybarites compiles and contextualizes the pioneering work of sexual anthropologist and designer Betony Vernon. Written by Vernon, the book explores empowering, sensual design, jewelry as a form of the erotic and advice on how to use these tools to heighten pleasure. Tantalizing and riveting, the trove uncovers new sides to desire, sex and design.
Added: December 2022
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An American in Provence: Art, Life and Photography
An American in Provence: Art, Life and Photography
From acclaimed commercial and fine art photographer Jamie Beck, An American in Provence: Art, Life and Photography chronicles the beauty of the French countryside with profound texture, wonder and majesty. Beck moved from NYC to Provence for a one-year journey that’s since blossomed into five years of breathtaking moments—including the birth of her daughter, Eloise. More than a photo book and memoir, An American in Provence includes photography tips, as well as recipes Beck learned for fresh regional cuisine.
Added: December 2022
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