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Author Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, Foreword by Slick Rick

On a hot summer night in August of 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy, put on a “back to school jam” in the rec room of their apartment block at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx. The rest is history. The birth of hip hop rippled out across the globe, influencing music and fashion for generations.

Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style draws on the experiences and memories of those who were there, from a foreword by Slick Rick, to interviews with Disco Fever club owner Sal Abbatiello and designers Dapper Dan and April Walker, to chapters from Vibe stylist Emil Wilbekin and former editor of The Source Kim Osorio. Topics cover the range of hip hop’s influential style over the past half century, tracing the evolution from early hip hop style, born of aspiration, individuality, and practicality to contemporary fashion steeped in luxury brands.

Hip hop style is a local story, told through spotlights on Times Square as an early fashion space, as well as an international phenomenon, shown in the prominence of hip hop fashion leaders on red carpets. Inventiveness, the art of the remix, and a diverse set of influences are consistent themes in sections that examine hip hop style from hair and nails to shoes and sneakers.

Fresh Fly Fabulous is the definitive source for hip hop style, brought to life by the groundbreaking photographers who captured it firsthand, including Janette Beckman, Jamel Shabazz, and Ernie Paniccioli.



About The Author

Elizabeth Way serves as associate curator at The Museum at FIT and author of Black Designers in American Fashion. Elena Romero serves as assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is a correspondent for CUNY-TV's magazine show LATINAS. Slick Rick is an iconic rapper, producer, and trendsetter whose hip hop classic with Doug E. Fresh "La Di Da Di" (1986) helped establish hip hop’s love affair with fashion.

Publish Date: February 07, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Design - Fashion & Accessories

Publisher: Rizzoli Electa

Pages: 256

Frida Kahlo: The Masterworks

Author Roxana Velásquez

A rich overview of the fascinating life and career of internationally renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), this volume features the artist’s complex and diverse paintings, a series of thoughtful essays about her and her oeuvre, and a detailed illustrated chronology.
As a woman artist who confronted many taboo subjects—and herself—head-on, Kahlo produced groundbreaking work that shifted the terrain of the art world. In these pages, new high-resolution photographs present the most accurate reproductions ever of her visionary artworks, including many ravishing details. That astounding fidelity and the detailed analysis of the artist’s life and process combine to make this a must-have book for Kahlo’s legions of fans worldwide.

Readable and illuminating, Frida Kahlo is illustrated with rarely seen paintings from private collections alongside iconic favorites, including many of Kahlo’s striking self-portraits and her sensual still lifes. Archival and personal photographs, insightful descriptions of her works, and numerous excerpts from her intimate diaries and letters provide context and imbue Kahlo’s work with additional meaning. Authors Héctor Tajonar and Roxana Velásquez—the world’s foremost authorities on Frida Kahlo—deftly untangle the many threads of Kahlo’s complex persona. Kahlo was a charismatic force. Fiercely political and proud of her Mexican heritage, she maintained a dense network of romantic and platonic relationships, including two marriages to fellow artist Diego Rivera. But her childhood illness and the tragic accident she suffered as a teenager left her physically vulnerable. Understanding that duality is key to fully appreciating Kahlo’s extraordinary work. With this deeply researched, stunningly designed volume in hand, readers can do just that.


About The Author

Roxana Velásquez is the director of the San Diego Museum of Art and previously served as director of the Palace of Fine Arts (2007–2010), the National Art Museum (2004–2007), and the San Carlos National Museum (1997–2004) in Mexico. She has garnered international recognition as an expert on Frida Kahlo and for organizing major exhibitions, including Frida Kahlo 1907–2007 as well as National Homage (which attracted a record-breaking 420,000 visitors) at the Palace of Fine Arts in 2007.

Publish Date: March 29, 2022

Format: Hardcover

Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs

Publisher: Rizzoli Electa

Pages: 224

Author Didier Ottinger

George Condo’s unconventional paintings are illuminated in context with his vast range of artistic influences—from Tiepolo to Picasso to Basquiat, and from psychedelic to new wave.

George Condo is renowned for his eclectic mix of artistic influences—from the Old Masters to cubism to pop art. The artist who coined the term “artificial realism” blends imagery and styles from various movements in works that critique contemporary Western culture and its excesses. His paintings and sculptures feature Humanoids—figures that are metaphors of our humanity, magnifying our emotions and revealing our high and low points. For the first time in his own words, Condo reveals the genesis and significance of his distorted creations and unveils previously unseen paintings created during the pandemic and the political turmoil in the United States.

Didier Ottinger examines the career, influences, and works of this unconventional artist who is at once rewriting the history of art and caricaturing the immoderation of the modern world. An exhibition of Condo’s Humanoids at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco opens nearly a quarter century after he created set and costume designs for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

About The Author

Didier Ottinger, general curator of heritage and specialist in modern and contemporary painting, is assistant director of cultural programming at the Centre Pompidou where he curated exhibitions on Edward Hopper (2013), David Hockney (2017), and Georgia O’Keeffe (2022). American artist George Condo’s work is in the permanent collections of the Met, MoMA, Broad Foundation in Los Angeles, Tate, and Centre Pompidou. Exhibitions of his work have been shown in New York, London, Rotterdam, Berlin, Venice, Shanghai, and more. H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover is a philanthropist.

Publish Date: September 05, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs

Publisher: Flammarion

Pages: 192

Discover New Adventures in the Great Outdoors, Featuring Recipes, Activities, Travel Inspiration, Tent Hacks, Bushcraft Basics, Foraging Tips and More!

Say yes to new adventures! This beautiful book is brimming with tips, recipes, activities and more to help you plan your perfect trip and discover the joys of camping in the great outdoors. Camping is one of life’s purest pleasures. It’s a way to escape the frantic pace of the everyday, to get back to nature and to discover new experiences – and nothing comes close to the joy of sleeping under the stars. Packed with ideas for first-time campers and seasoned experts alike, this book is sure to inspire your next trip and help you create memories to last a lifetime. Within these pages you will … And much more! Whether you’re seeking a relaxing natural getaway or an intrepid wilderness adventure, the great outdoors is waiting for you. So, pack your bag, pick up your tent and go camping!
Hardcover

Published April 14, 2022

This edition
Format
Hardcover
Published
April 14, 2022 by Summersdale
ISBN
9781800071780 (ISBN10: 1800071787)
ASIN
1800071787
Language
English

So many great ideas and a lot of brilliant egg 'accessorising'. I can't think of anyone whose life wouldn't be improved by having this book. It's a triumph!' – Diana Henry

'I love the recipes, writing, photography and ethos – flavor-packed, globally inspired egg dishes, on the table in minutes. This will be very well used in my kitchen and in yours too! An instant classic.' – Rukmini Iyer, author of The Roasting Tin series

A compendium and celebration of eggs.

Over 100 recipes and ideas that make eggs the star of the show. Whether you're partial to fried, poached, boiled, baked, scrambled or set, in this definitive book you'll find all the inspiration you need for breakfast, brunch and beyond. From everyday classics to reinventions of old favorites with surprising twists, Good Eggs is a collection of delicious and dependable dishes that will take your eggs to the next level. From simple eggs with a twist, such as Fried Eggs with a Crisp Cheese Skirt, Savoury Eggy Bread, and Kimchi and Blue Cheese Omelettes, to essential global classics such as Huevos Rancheros, Eggs Bhurji and Menemen, as well as eggs that cater for large groups, this fun and inventive cookbook is for egg-lovers everywhere.

224 pages

Ines de la Fressange details how she derives joy from her personal relationships—friends, family, and partner—and shares tips for finding happiness in others.

Friendship has always been Ines’s refuge, and her deepest personal growth has come through her closest relationships. She can attest that surrounding yourself with the right people is the secret for finding joy and navigating the high and low points with equal grace. Life is never exactly what we expect it to be; it’s full of surprises, and that’s a good thing. After a period of recentering on ourselves, it’s time to turn that focus onto others.

Ines has compiled everything that brings her happiness through her various relationships. She shares how she nurtures those connections, combining advice with lifestyle tips to get you through every day: from style to sharing meals to simple wellness pleasures like goal setting, gratitude, and letting go. The book is filled with her charming drawings and personal photographs.

This chic volume features an ultra thin hardcover binding, pages sewn in with variegated color thread, head and tail bands, bold pink endpapers, and a five-color cover printed on textured paper and featuring original illustrations by Ines.

About The Author
Model Ines de la Fressange founded her brand and boutique Ines de la Fressange Paris. She is brand ambassador for Roger Vivier and designs a line for Uniqlo. Sophie Gachet is a fashion journalist. Together, they coauthored the New York Times best seller Parisian Chic, as well as Parisian Chic City Guide, Parisian Chic Look Book, The Parisian Field Guide to Men’s Style, and Parisian Chic: Encore. Olga Sekulic is an actress.

Publish Date: October 18, 2022
Format: Hardcover
Category: Self-Help - Personal Growth - Happiness
Publisher: Flammarion
Trim Size: 5-3/4 x 8-1/4
Pages: 144

Featuring Cute Woodland Creatures Perfect Travel Activity for Children Ages 3 and Up


🐻36 PIECE PUZZLE – Happy Campers 36 Piece Puzzle To Go, which comes packaged in a 100% cotton drawstring bag, features an adorable scene of a campfire trio. This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for children ages 3 and up! The box includes a fun postcard with the full puzzle image for reference. This puzzle is easy to throw in a suitcase or tote bag, and when assembled, the puzzle fits just right on an airplane tray, making it perfect for travelling or just being out and about.
🐻BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – This Happy Camper puzzle is made up of 36 pieces that fit together to create a colorful image of animals gathered around a campfire, enjoying music and yummy smores in nature. Children will have a great time putting together the images of these adorable campers!
🐻PERFECT FOR GIFTING – This Happy Campers puzzle is perfect for introducing little ones to the joys of camping and spending time in nature. Each piece is made of sturdy greyboard and is brightly colored to engage young children's senses and encourage screenfree playtime. The puzzle is designed to develop problem solving skills, spatial reasoning, and hand-eye coordination, all while having fun!
🐻EASY HANDLING – The 36 ribbon cut puzzle pieces are thick and sturdy. The completed puzzle measures 12” x 9”. Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.
🐻Mudpuppy – Mudpuppy offers a wide range of non-digital and environmentally friendly puzzles, games, and toys for children and the young at heart. We believe in creating toys that help kids' unplug and spend less time in front of screens with modern designs that are fun and interesting.

Healthiest Vegetables focuses on 15 of the most nutrient rich vegetables, including sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, and kale and how to use these in easy and delicious recipes. Each section is devoted to a vegetable and has a detailed chart with cooking methods and timing, photos of different varieties, and nutritional information.

With over 75 recipes like Pea & Chervil Soup with Crispy Pancetta, Polenta & Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries, and Beetroot and Chocolate Brownies alongside, basic information on the vitamins and minerals your body needs—plus which vegetables provide them, buying and storage tips, and common alternatives, your best health is well within reach.

Healthiest Vegetables will change the way you nourish yourself and teach you delicious recipes along the way.

224 pages

Turning Intelligence into Magic
John Hegarty

A revised and expanded edition of the book described by Books Monthly as ‘an absolute gem. A bible, in fact’.

If the future is going to be creative, then Hegarty on Advertising points you in the right direction. Written by one of the world’s legendary advertising men, this best-selling book contains five decades’ worth of wisdom from the man behind hugely influential campaigns for brands such as Levi’s, Audi, Boddingtons and Lynx.

In this new and improved edition John Hegarty reveals what lies behind a great idea and effective advertising, the ingredients of a successful brand, the right way and the wrong way to run and launch an advertising agency, why you should always question the brief, the art of pitching to a potential client, the central role of storytelling in advertising, the impact of new technology in a rapidly evolving industry, and the importance of dealing with succession. And if that isn’t enough, read the final chapters on winemaking and The Garage Soho, a startup incubator that he has co-founded, to find out what happens when an advertising man becomes the client and has ideas sold to him.

Both a credo for creativity and a brilliantly entertaining memoir, Hegarty on Advertising provides unparalleled industry insight through stories and anecdotes about the agencies in which Hegarty has played a vital role and the many characters with whom he has worked along the way. Packed with straight-down-the-line, generous, engaging and witty advice, it will be of immense appeal across the whole creative spectrum, from those who want to work in advertising to chief executives who understand the power and value of ideas that sell.


About the Author
John Hegarty is one of the world’s most famous advertising creatives. Founding Creative Partner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), he has received, among other awards, the D&AD President’s Award for outstanding achievement and the International Clio Award. He is a member of The One Club of the New York Creative Hall of Fame.

Format: Paperback
Edition Type: Revised and expanded edition
Size: 22.9 x 16.6 cm
Extent: 244 pp
Publication date: 15 February 2024
ISBN: 9780500296967

One Hundred Herbs · Grow · Cook · Heal
Caz Hildebrand

A stylishly illustrated compendium of 100 herbs, designed to enrich our understanding of all their uses

This isn’t just a book for the kitchen – it’s for the greenhouse, the medicine cabinet, the coffee table...

Award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium is a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium. The visual genius behind the international bestseller The Geometry of Pasta, she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden properties.

From bergamot, comfrey and dill to sassafras, vervain and wasabi, all types of herbs are covered; each is explained through the fascinating history of their uses and symbolism. There are tips on how to use them as seasonings and how to create healing potions, as well as advice on when and how to grow them.

Herbarium celebrates all facets of herbs and all their life-enhancing properties.


About the Author
Caz Hildebrand is an artist and former graphic designer who co-founded Here Design. She is the award-winning designer of bestselling cookbooks by Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sam and Sam Clark of Moro. She is also the author and illustrator of The Grammar of Spice and An Anarchy of Chillies, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Format: Paperback with Jacket
Size: 22.0 x 15.6 cm
Extent: 224 pp
Publication date: 9 March 2023
ISBN: 9780500297018

Caz Hildebrand

Sixteen individual notecards (with envelopes) featuring stylish illustrations from the book Herbarium

The illustrations on these chic notecards are all taken from award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium, a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium.

The visual genius behind the international bestseller The Geometry of Pasta, she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden properties. A selection is reproduced in this stylish box set of notecards.


About the Author
Caz Hildebrand is one of the Creative Partners at Here Design. She is the award-winning designer of sumptuous best-selling cookbooks by Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sam and Sam Clark of Moro. In 2010 Caz created The Geometry of Pasta with leading chef Jacob Kenedy of London’s Bocca di Lupo, revealing the secrets of eating the authentic Italian way. Her book Herbarium & Grammar of Spice are published by Thames & Hudson.


Format: Index Cards
Size: 16.4 x 12.3 cm
Extent: 16 pp
Publication date: 26 December 2016
ISBN: 9780500420669

Board Book - Lift the flap, March 2, 2021 by Erin Jang (Illustrator), n/a The Indigo Bunting (Illustrator)

Explore Feelings with This Engaging and Colorful Board Book! 😊💛

Help little ones recognize and express their emotions with How Are You Feeling?, a beautifully illustrated board book designed to introduce young children to different feelings. Featuring bright colors, playful artwork, and simple language, this book is a perfect tool for early emotional learning.

Encourages Emotional Awareness – Helps toddlers understand and name their feelings, from happy and excited to sad and sleepy.
Engaging & Relatable – Playful illustrations and expressive characters make emotions easy to identify.
Perfect for Little Hands – Sturdy board book pages ensure durability for everyday exploration.
Supports Early Learning – A fun and interactive way to introduce social-emotional development.

A wonderful first book about feelings—perfect for building emotional intelligence in little learners! ❤️📖

Baby - 5 years

Marcos Farina , Little Gestalten (Editor)

Chickens, penguins, and parrots – how many are there?! Our latest collaboration with Marcos Farina and the followup to the much-loved and popular first Little Gestalten board book, The Animal Show, How Many Birds? explores first numbers in Marcos’ colorful and fun way – with birds!

How to Be French: Eat Drink Dress Travel Love

Author Janine Marsh

Delve into the art of loving and living in every moment.

What does it mean to be French?

Is it pausing to enjoy a glass of good wine or a spread of cheese? Being a flâneur down laneways steeped in history? Knowing just how to dress so you always look effortlessly chic?

This book is a celebration of the French lifestyle—an education in drinking to savor the moment, travelling indulgently, and cherishing food and culture. A lesson in the joy of taking things slowly. We may not all live in France, but anyone can learn how to be un petit plus français with this guide by Janine Marsh.



About The Author

Janine Marsh is a writer and Francophile with one foot in France and one foot in the UK. In 2012, she set up The Good Life France to keep in touch with family and friends. Today, she reaches millions of readers, has written three best-selling books, publishes The Good Life France as a quarterly magazine, and hosts The Good Life France podcast.

Publish Date: October 31, 2023

Format: Hardcover

Category: Reference - Personal & Practical Guides

Publisher: Smith Street Books

Pages: 216

By Olivia Gibbs

This charmingly illustrated gift book offers 52 creative ideas to help you unlock the keys to happiness through acts of kindness, a positive mindset, and healthy habits.

Learn to practice patience, embrace forgiveness, release anger and find lasting joy with this inspiring guide for a happy life.

• A beautifully illustrated gift book!
• 52 simple yet effective ideas for mindfulness, meditation, gratitude, and more.
• Learn how to let go of fear, nurture your inner child, be present, and live a more fulfilling life.
• A perfect gift for anyone looking for serenity in a hectic world.
• 16 “tear-and-share” mini-postcards included with the book!

Happiness, peace, and serenity are within reach, and this lovely book can help you attain them. If you like it, be sure to check out its companion, The Better Day Book , also by Olivia Gibbs.
168 pages, Hardcover

Published July 26, 2022

This edition
Format
168 pages, Hardcover
Published
July 26, 2022 by Better Day Books
ISBN
9780764364136 (ISBN10: 0764364138)
ASIN
0764364138
Language
English

by Frances Tophill (Author), Charlotte Ager (Illustrator)

Discover a glorious collection of unique gardens filled with plants from all kinds of environments.

Go on an adventure with one of the U.K.'s favorite gardeners, Frances Tophill, through twenty different gardens.

Explore everywhere from the vegetable garden to a tropical glass house, and discover the wildlife living in our hedgerows. Learn about more than one hundred kinds of plant, and get your hands in the soil with 28 seasonal growing and nature activities.

A glossary of key terms at the back makes this the perfect book for budding gardeners looking to dive into a world of plants.

In the book you will discover . . .

The Tropical House filled with huge green leaves and bright flowers
The Ancient Woodland, where you might spot some wildlife amid the towering trees
The Rock Garden, where plants adapt to grow on the sheer surfaces
The Soil, a secret world that's teeming with microscopic life

5 - 7 years