“Mountains: Mapping the Earth's Extremes…features 13 of the world's most magnificent mountains in an entirely new way. Using high-resolution satellite data, scientists have created a series of 3D maps of mountain landscapes. The breathtaking results provide virtual landscapes from previously impossible viewpoints.”
— Mountain Living
“The months roll around with pleasant rhymes and beguiling artwork.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“Snappy text and peek-a-boo images [take] hotel lovers on a tour of beds and baths where they can commune with their significant others… The settings are luxe and fabled.”
— WAG Magazine
“A ravishing resource… this luxe dreambook assembles profiles of 35 hotels from around the globe, selected by the Mr. and Mrs. Smith online travel site.”
— Passport Magazine
“Engrossing… Readers interested in true crime and forensics will appreciate Selzer's singular volume.”
— Library Journal
“Hardcore historical crime fans will find this anthology irresistible.”
— Booklist
“If someone you know loves 'C.S.I.' and reading, give them Murder Maps USA, which revisits notorious murders from the Civil War to World War II.”
— The New York Times
“Stuffed with archival newspaper clippings, vintage illustrations, mugshots, timelines, deeply disquieting photos and, of course, maps that plot where the killings occurred, the book is a veritable cornucopia of crime.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“The perfect crime rarely is. Even the cleverest killer can slip up somewhere. A footprint in the flower bed, a fingerprint on a doorknob, a strand of hair by the body—something's always left behind. Adam Selzer's Murder Maps USA: Crime Scenes Revisited details dozens of these stray clues, and the killers they helped catch.”
— New York Daily News
“Game play is easy for [a] 5-year-old, but there are some complex aspects that keep even the adults interested.”
— Cool Mom Picks
“[With] muted colors and stunning, intricately textured illustrations…this deceptively simple tale is laced with profound, beautifully wrought truths… A clever and poignant tribute to the love of all those who made the journey.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Haunting and magical… One of the best takes on the experiences of children of immigrant parents…in a picture book form… A story of truly enduring love… Each piece of this book fits snugly together with every other piece, like a well-constructed puzzle. Simple enough for children to understand. Layered enough for adult readers to appreciate. Strangely perfect.”
— Betsy Bird School Library Journal
“A poignant, fantastical conceit, reminiscent of the work of Shaun Tan… In spare, unflinching prose, Sworder shows just how much [parents are] willing to give up so their son can have what other children have… [His] soft pencil-and-watercolor illustrations, inspired by Japanese woodblock prints, are as rich with emotion and atmosphere as his text.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“A remarkable celebration of unconditional parental love… Surpasse[s] The Giving Tree in both illustrations and narrative… Sworder gifts lucky readers of all ages a perfectly harmonized achievement in words and art.”
— Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“This book makes an amusing introduction to the process of writing a book.”
— Learning
“The Mysteries of Cinema is not really an argument about film's essential qualities, but a collage of similarities, preoccupations and obsessions that drive not just its filmmakers, but seem to consume the medium itself.”
— Brian Brems Vague Visages
“A deft updating of Parisian semiotics and midcentury cultural criticism for our own time. If you're a fan of Barthes and of the Umberto Eco of How to Travel with a Salmon, you'll likely enjoy this entertaining rejoinder, [a] look at the hidden structures and unacknowledged tendencies of our day.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“An indispensable volume.”
— Ornament
“This book more than does justice to the unique facility…with sumptuous, full-bleed photos… The text…sheds light on just about every aspect of the museum… It's the next best thing to being there.”
— Azure
“The images are a magical portal to childhood fantasy and play, to a lost world of unfettered, unfiltered imagination and creativity.”
— Huffington Post Arts
“A revelatory account of the German artist Adam Elsheimer, contextualizing his small oil-on-copper paintings within the intellectual and cultural milieu of Rome around the year 1600… Bell is much less interested in what would eventually emerge as science during the next 300 years than he is in new ways of seeing and depicting that emerged in the early 17th century… Combining life writing with close looking, Natural Light reads not like academic art history but rather like the extended essays of James Hall, Malcolm Bull, and Roberto Calasso.”
— Choice
“Delectable… Readers looking to bring greenery indoors will devour this handy guide.”
— Publishers Weekly
“[Written] with confidence and verve …strikes an excellent balance between broad popular appeal and satisfyingly rich content.”
— Society for American Archaeology
“The phenomenal hospitality, cultural, and private residence work of the practice Neri&Hu is presented in meticulous detail like never before. Through sketches, before-and-after imagery, and narrative-driven concept descriptions, readers are given an inside look at the painstaking process that goes into their commissions, which often involve unifying heritage buildings with contemporary interventions.”
— Surface
“The elegant and intelligent prose, paired with photos that highlight the firm's spare design, will enchant fans of minimalism. Sophisticated and beautiful, this is sure to delight architecture buffs.”
— Publishers Weekly
“[A] stylish debut… Extensive photographs illustrate the advice in action… Li provides tasteful rules of thumb, and her perceptive survey sheds light on the key tenets of modern French style. Readers will be taken with this.”
— Publishers Weekly
“a must for anyone looking to expand their understanding of the Scandinavian influence on global handmade and industrial design marketplaces”
— American Craft
“A wide variety of ideas for creating modern outdoor spaces in any environment.”
— Detroit News
“Explores how you can reinterpret the past to meet the design needs of today”
— How Design
“At once easygoing and erudite, eye-filling and intellectually engaging.”
— The New Republic
“A fine portfolio section…. Students of design will be interested in this book.”
— Library Journal
