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Carl de Keyzer, DavidVan Reybrouck, and Geoff Dyer, editors.
A stunning and haunting reminder of the Great War and its horrors, as viewed from the front lines,and elsewhere. An extraordinary book.
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Laia Abril
A circumspect examination of one family’s unspeakable loss in the wake of a young daughter’s untimely death, from complications of bulimia. Abril is a slow looker—a photographer who bears witness with candor and compassion.
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Tim Marshall
For designers who thrill to the idea of the infographic, maps are like crack. This is the mothership of essential data, and it’s well researched and written, too.
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Sven Birkerts
Looking closely at the questionable technological practices by which we are often unwittingly united, Birkerts takes his cues from art, philosophy, and literature. He’s a (self-described) crank, but a deeply thoughtful and highly articulate one.
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Sherry Turkle
Meditations on communication in the digital age. Turkle is a magnificent writer who writes with honesty and scrutiny about the impact of technology on all that is human.
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Elizabeth Alexander
Heartbreakingly written and brave, a poet and professor examines her own profound loss when her husband dies unexpectedly.
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Julie Halls
A mesmerizing visual collection of the dashed optimism of a forgotten age. Exquisite.
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C. Huhne
The behemoth of the year—weighing in at approximately fourteen pounds—with large-scale reproductions of iconic images from the golden age of airline travel.
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Jennifer Gross, editor
Thoughtfully compiled and richly illustrated, and a reminder that drawing lies at the core of so much of what we see and remember.
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Maira Kalman
From our beloved Maira—what is there to say? The book, its author, its subject: perfection.
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