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Phaidon
20th-Century World Architecture
$100.00
Visit product page →The Phaidon Atlas of 20th Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time in one volume, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpieces.
Divided into six world regions, the collection is the result of a rigorous selection process and the input of more than 150 specialists from around the world. Each building is fully illustrated and described by a short text. In addition, a mass of useful information is provided. This includes details of architects' practices and extensive indexes. Comprehensive world data illustrates the changing economic and political contexts of architectural production throughout the century.(Due to the extra large size of this title please email info@srumptiousreads.com for postage quote.)
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Eden Weiss, Bikesnobnyc
A Bike Snob Abroad: Strange Customs, Incredible Fiets, and the Quest for Cycling Paradise
$15.00
vEden Weiss, Bikesnobnyc
A Bike Snob Abroad: Strange Customs, Incredible Fiets, and the Quest for Cycling Paradise
$15.00
Visit product page →Bike Snob is all grown up! After two books and thousands of miles under his tires, Bike Snob is back with a book that takes his family on the road - 2 year old son in tow - on an international cycling adventure into the wild and tweedy bike-share lanes of London, the Bakfiet equipped cycling utopia of Amsterdam and the back roads of Switzerland and Italy.
But all roads lead home eventually, and the Snob takes a close look at the
state of American cycling after a decade of advocacy, infrastructure development and backlash have frankensteined us into some semblance of a bike-friendly nation. But is it working?
With humorous anecdotes and his trademark biting wit and wisdom,
Bike Snob takes us on his most personal narrative journey yet and ultimately
shines a light on the growing-pains that exist in any culture that asks the two-wheeled, four-wheeled and smartphone-text-happy pedestrians to share the road. -
Massimo Vacchetta
A Handful of Happiness Ninna, the tiny hedgehog with a big heart
$27.00
A feel-good memior about a man and his hedgehogVisit product page →
Massimo Vacchetta, an Italian veterinarian specializing in large animals, is recently divorced and feeling heartbroken and depressed--until the day that someone brings an orphaned baby hedgehog into his clinic. As the tiny hedgehog cries and whimpers, Massimo immediately understands the extent of the animal's vulnerability and isolation. Recognizing her helplessness and desperation in himself, he connects with her in a way he's never connected with any other animal.
In caring for this hedgehog, Massimo uncovers her vibrant personality, and rediscovers his own. Soon, another sick hedgehog lands in his lap. And then another. As people begin to seek him out to heal and care for their injured or orphaned animals, Massimo finally discovers his life's mission.
As other sick hedgies are healed and released, Massimo continues to dote on Ninna like a child, constantly fretting about her health and happiness, caring about her in a way he's never cared about anyone or anything else. But the cage that once kept her safe soon becomes a prison, and as much as it breaks Massimo's heart to let her go, he knows she longs to be free.
Through this life-affirming story of a man and his hedgehog, we learn that no love is too great and no creature is too small. -
Jon Hammer, Karen McBurnie
A Manhattan Bar for All Reasons
$12.00
This handy guide to New York City bars lists 31 great places to have a drink whatever your mood, from a quick beer to an elaborate cocktail. It is a guide for the connoisseur as well as the thirsty, taking in fancy bars and dive bars, bars with views and bars with history, bars to play bocce, and bars to get into trouble. And, of course, there are bars to forget those troubles too.Visit product page → -
Olivier Dupon
Art Flowers : Contemporary Floral Designs and Installations
$55.00
Visit product page →Monumental and modern. Intimate and rustic. Living sculptures. Created by thirty-eight of the world's most renowned designers, these are flowers as you have never seen them before.
Once upon a time, flowers were merely beautiful. Now, they can be breathtaking (Rebecca Louise Law's installation of 7,000 roses strung from the Royal Opera House ceiling), mind-bending (Harijanto Setiawan's floral kaleidoscope),
or surprising (Azuma Makoto's candy-colored bottled flowers).
With an exquisite cover and monumental size, this elegant tome is both a gorgeous object to anchor a coffee table and a trip around the world of contemporary floral design.
Through the work of 38 artists from 14 countries--from Amsterdam to Japan and from Spain to the United States--this collection shows the ingenuity possible for every occasion: decorations for weddings, arrangements for banquets, installations for shops and hotels, accessories for fashion shows, art gallery exhibits, and more intimate but no less memorable displays for the home. -
Dominique Crenn and Karen Leibowitz
Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste
$70.00
Visit product page →Atelier Crenn is the debut cookbook of Dominique Crenn, the first female chef in America to be awarded two Michelin stars—and arguably the greatest female chef in the country. This gorgeous book traces Crenn’s rise from her childhood in France to her unprecedented success with her own restaurant, Atelier Crenn, in San Francisco. Crenn’s food is centered around organic, sustainable ingredients with an unusual, inventive, and always stunning presentation.
To put it simply, Crenn’s dishes are works of art. Her recipes reflect her poetic nature with evocative names like “A Walk in the Forest,” “Birth,” and “The Sea.” Even the dishes that sound familiar, like Fish and Chips, or Broccoli and Beef Tartare, challenge the expected with their surprising components and her signature creative plating. This impressive and beautiful cookbook by a chef who is often the only woman to be mentioned in the same breath with other culinary giants is bound to captivate the food world.
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Noemi Vola
Bear With Me
$30.00
There are bears when they arrive, they do not want to leave anymore. Ther’s nothing you can do when a bear comes to stay. He follows you everywhere, and the more you try to send him away, the more he sticks to you: on the couch, while you are having a bath, or when you try to sleep. He even would get on a boat with you! This book created by the illustrator Noemi Vola tell us that sometimes it is possible to live with those who are heavy, dark and cumbersome; we just need to find our balance. Because eventually everyone has a bear on the stomach with whom he has to deal everyday.Visit product page → -
Gingko Press
Bon Appetit : Complete Branding for Restaurants, Cafes and Bakeries
$90.00
International and diverse in scope, Bon Appetit showcases establishments that have gone the extra mile, providing cohesive brand identities that make use of every possible advantage to strengthen their appeal. Dark and elegant industrial fantasies compete with bright, colourful pop suites and stark modern masterpieces to capture consumer loyalty in this comprehensive volume.Visit product page →
