Quarries

$50 width=”100″ height=”100″ /> $50 Edward Burtynsky: Quarries After 25 years of exploring the impact of industry on our planet, photographer Edward Burtynsky has accumulated a substantial body of work documenting the world’s major quarries. His images of these plundered landscapes are simultaneously beautiful and disquieting. Copies are available for $50 through Amazon. width=”300″ height=”300″ /> Edward Burtynsky: Quarries After 25 years of exploring the …

Book Release Club

$100 McSweeney’s Book Release Club It’s clichéd, but nothing beats a gift that keeps on giving, especially if it’ll last almost to the next holiday season (which means you might be covered for a birthday that falls in between). For the bookworm who loves witticisms and the clever use of irony in their reading, McSweeney’s Book Release Club sends your reader the next 8 books …

Wild Style: DVD and Book Giveaway

Wooden acting and choppy production quality aside (we think it's part of its charm), when "Wild Style" was produced in 1982 the movie-going public was barely aware of the burgeoning hip hop scene sprouting up in the decaying urban centers that had been abandoned by the comfortable classes in the previous decade. “Nothing else comes close to capturing the atmosphere of the early days of …