China Through the Looking Glass: Fashion, Film, Art
by the pages and pages of exquisite images that follow. Juxtaposed almost without explanation and photographed and printed with a deliciousy gauzy reverence, their beauty will stop you in your tracks. Open it up and prepare to be overwhelmed. —Tom
Consider my breath taken. I'm not much of a follower of fashion (you may have seen how I dress), and we haven't featured many art and fashion books in the store (for one thing, I'm not sure how to dis... (Tom)
Lightning Rods
by Helen DeWitt
Let's be clear: this book is not for everybody, perhaps not even for many of the readers who loved DeWitt's fantastic debut novel, The Last Samurai (which, inexplicably, has gone out of print). That b... (Tom)
Seacrow Island
by Astrid Lindgren
There is no red-haired girl strong enough to lift a horse in Astrid Lindgren's Seacrow Island, but fans of Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking will still recognize her appealingly anarchic outlook in this s... (Tom)