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What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets by Peter Menzel Staff Pick Peter Menze, author of Hungry Planet, brings us another eye-opening look at food around the world — and this time, it's personal. Each page shows the diet of one person, in one day of their life. The book is organized by calories, starting with a woman... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball Staff Pick From the author of the National Book Award winner Slaves in the Family, The Inventor and the Tycoon is about the partnership of Eadweard Muybridge and Leland Stanford — one an eccentric inventor of stop-motion photography, the other a railroad... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz and Sharon Delano Staff Pick Get the stories behind Leibovitz's photos — who, how, where, and why. The Stones on tour and the queen at Buckingham Palace; a surgeon in Kosovo and Baryshnikov on Cumberland Island. At Work is a treasure for photographers and fans alike.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $31.00 Used - Hardcover
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Women by Annie Leibovitz Staff Pick Annie Leibovitz got her start at Rolling Stone in the early seventies. There she made a name for herself and produced some of the publication's most well-known photographs, including the famous shot of a naked John Lennon wrapping himself around a fully... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dirty Wow Wow and Other Love Stories: A Tribute to the Threadbare Companions of Childhood by Cheryl Katz Staff Pick I had a blue mouse named Mousie (that was her everyday name; her full name had to do with being the Queen of Blueberry Land, but the specifics are lost to me now). Mousie developed a discolored tummy from my childhood nosebleeds, and a squashed sideways... (read more) List Price $12.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Bear Portraits by Jill Greenberg Staff Pick This disarming, adorable collection of bear portraits by celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg is my favorite book of the year. Like Andrew Zuckerman (Creature), Greenberg has the unique ability to coax powerful emotions out of her large, carnivorous... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Rebel Youth by Karlheinz Weinberger Staff Pick This is a book of photos from the 1950s and '60s of Swiss juvenile delinquents sporting their interpretation of American culture. The large, handmade belt buckles featuring Elvis and Brando, the chain and rope-stitched fly denim jeans, fur vests, and DIY... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Twilight by Gregory Crewdson Staff Pick Crewdson's filmic images strongly reference TV programs such as 'The Twilight Zone' and deal with fantasy and the paranormal in a creepy "your-town-here" American setting. His work is surreal but even more so that he involved the community of small town,... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Holding on by David Isay Staff Pick I've bought Holding On for at least five people, one of whom read a chapter each night before she went to bed. She called it a book of common prayer, which it is. It's a collection of short pieces by David Isay (of Sound Portraits Productions, www... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain by Eirik Johnson Staff Pick Sawdust Mountain is a gorgeous book. I'm not a photographer, a historian, or a visual artist but I've been a bookseller for a decade, and I've lived in the northwest almost 20 years, and this book comes closer to visually depicting the legacy of... (read more) Your price: $45.95 New - Hardcover
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The Selby Is in Your Place by Todd Selby Staff Pick What began as a web site (www.theselby.com) devoted to pictures of photographer/illustrator Todd Selby's friends in their homes quickly exploded into a full-time project that took him on a whirlwind tour of interesting people's homes the world over. In... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 by Annie Leibovitz Staff Pick From one of the most famous and gifted photographers of our time, this exquisite compendium marries the artist's personal photographs with her professional work. Chilling, expansive, and, at times, breathtaking.... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $40.00 Used - Hardcover
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Beautiful Pigs: Potraits of Fine Breeds by Andy Case Staff Pick A famous Muppet once said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." That prima-donna behavior might have been what cost Miss Piggy her slot in this stunning... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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William Eggleston's Guide by William Eggleston Staff Pick Eggleston's work is dedicated to showing the beauty, humor and horror that surround us at all times and in all places. Forty-eight images of this viewpoint are captured here. Be sure to check out Walker Evans' Polaroids book - also on my "best of 2002... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Creature by Andrew Zuckerman Staff Pick My copy is wrecked from being pawed by houseguests young and old. But that's okay, because it's fun to watch them turning the pages, deciding on a favorite creature. The hummingbird? The chimp? What's yours?... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Body Type: Intimate Messages Etched in Flesh by Ina Saltz Staff Pick In Body Type, accomplished graphic designer and typographer Ina Saltz offers a glimpse into the diverse, imaginative, and deeply personal world of typographic tattoos. From nicknames and birthdates to poetry, song lyrics, mantras, and memorials, the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mark Morrisroe by Klaus Ottmann Staff Pick Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Other Pictures: Anonymous Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection by Thomas Walther Staff Pick Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Strongman: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon by Robert Mainardi List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Half Past Autumn #1: Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective by Gordon Parks List Price $40.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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