Today the literary world is honoring the life, and death, of William Shakespeare. While his exact birthday isn’t really known, we observe it on April 23, the date he died at age 52. And while there are scores of classics inspired by William Shakespeare’s writing, like Moby Dick, by Herman Melville; Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley; Shakespeare […]
When you really want to show off your geek pride, there’s nothing quite so impressive as a hefty coffee table book. What better way to proclaim your allegiance to your favorite franchise than with an exhaustively detailed, beautifully illustrated tome that lets guests know that, yes, you do really care about this stuff—every bit of […]
From books that transform into works of art, to books that take you behind the scenes of your favorite TV series, to an assemblage of some of the most famous photographs ever taken, this carefully curated collection of gift books includes something for everyone on your list.
That most famous of Gumpisms, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get,” also applies to trips to the bookstore—you never know what gem or oddity you’re going to find tucked away on the shelves. There’s always the chance that you’ll stumble across a book that will literally make your […]