POV
32
DECEMBER2015
AMERICANWAY
ILLUSTRATION
TKTKTKTK
PHOTO
DAVID HALLORAN
FORTHE
HISTORIAN
LeeMiller:AWoman’s
War
ByHilaryRoberts
(Thames&Hudson, $55)
Originallyamodel and
thena fashionphotogra-
pher, LeeMiller earned
her greatest accolades as
agroundbreakingphoto-
journalist duringWorld
War II. This new collection
sets its sights beyond the
battlefields, exploring the
war’s impact onwomen
acrossEurope.
FORTHE
LUSH
TheYearofDrinking
Adventurously: 52
Ways toGetOutof
YourComfortZone
ByJeffCioletti
(Turner, $19.95)
Everything tastes better
when it’s orderedoff the
menu.Here, JeffCioletti,
editor-in-chief of
Beverage
World
magazine, shares
weekly rounds of his
most enticing, exotic and
intoxicating libations from
around theworld.
FORTHE
MUSICBUFF
RecordStores
ByBernd
Jonkmanns (seltmann
+söehne, $59)
In recent years, vinyl has
made itswayback from
thedead, andBernd
Jonkmanns has thebook
toprove it. TheGerman
photographer traveled
to35 cities inhis quest
to capture thequirky,
quixotic cultureof nearly
200 record stores inall
their
HighFidelity
glory.
FORTHE
ARTIST
ArtForms from the
Abyss:ErnstHaeckel’s
Images from the
H.M.S.Challenger
Expedition
ByPeterWil-
liams, et al (Prestel, $29.95)
Renownedbiologist and
illustrator ErnstHaeckel
circumnavigated theglobe
from 1872 to 1876 to
catalogue, inbreathtaking
detail, nearly5,000un-
examinedocean species.
Discover them for yourself
with this gorgeous read.
FORTHE
ROMANTIC
DearMr.You
ByMary-LouiseParker
(Scribner, $25)
Inher literarydebut,
actressMary-LouiseParker
(
Weeds
,
TheWestWing
)
turns the spotlight on the
leadingmen inher life
througha series of letters.
This unconventional
and compellingmemoir
addresses everyone from
a taxi driver sheonce
screamedat to thegrand-
father shenever knew.
FORTHE
TRAVELER
Lingo:AroundEurope
inSixtyLanguages
ByGastonDorren (Atlantic
MonthlyPress, $25)
This linguist-led tripof the
tongues acrossEurope
doles out bite-size
bon
mots
about thehistory,
eccentricities anddiversity
of languages bothobvious
(German) andobscure
(Gagauz). Plus, it’s laugh-
out-loud funny—and that’s
inall languages.
FORTHE
FILMFAN
Fellini:TheSixties
ByManoahBowman
(RunningPress, $65)
Half a centuryafter their
initial releases, Federico
Fellini’sfilms continue
todefineadecade,
captivatingaudiences
longafter the 1960s. This
dazzling coffee-table
bookexamines those
award-winningfilms, the
era that theyembodyand
thegroundbreaking Italian
director behind it all.
Tome
forthe
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