The second half of last century was a golden age for Italian architecture, with many experimental buildings constructed in big cities, tiny towns and remote areas. These almost forgotten architectural masterpieces are explored with tenderness in “Italo Modern 2.” Published by Swiss Park Books, the book is the brainchild of two architects (and brothers) from Vienna: Martin and Werner Feiersinger. To compile the tome, the …
The impact of photographer and author Sebastian Copeland’s latest work, “Arctica: The Vanishing North,” is two-fold. First, its pages reveal the wonders of the world’s further point north, inspiring wanderlust and nothing short of awe. Second, a story unfolds of the perils that the region faces. On the surface, it stuns, but the book also manages to activate something within the viewer: a want to …
Somewhere along her decades-long crusade for gender equality and civil rights, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was aptly (and lovingly) named Notorious RBG. Inspired by her life’s work and new-found fame, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” offers fans, feminists and anyone optimistic for a more open-minded society the intimate, never-before-told story behind the revolutionary woman.