Non-Fiction & Lifestyle

Traditional Cookbooks vs Modern Culinary Manifestos

There are two kinds of cookbooks that end up living on your counter: the ones you splash with olive oil on a Tuesday night , and the ones you curl up with like a novel when it’s raining in Portland and you want to believe you, too, could casually make perfect focaccia in a sun-drenched kitchen....

Storing and Preserving Rare Photography Books

Photography books are a special kind of treasure. They are part gallery, part time capsule, and part object of desire, with paper types and inks that can be heartbreakingly sensitive. If you have ever opened a beloved photobook and noticed a faint “old basement” scent, a waviness to the pages, or a...

Celebrity Memoir vs. Historical Biography

Some days you want a voice in your ear, telling you a story like you are splitting a slice of cake at the kitchen table. Other days you want the steady satisfaction of facts and footnotes, where each chapter opens into another room of history. Both cravings are valid, and both are delightful in...

Remembering Heavy Biographies

Heavy biographies are a particular kind of wonderful. They are intimate and sweeping at the same time, full of rooms and letters and power struggles and long winters and longer grudges. They are also, let’s be honest, a lot to hold in your head. If you have ever closed a 700-page life story and...

Art and Photo Books for Your Coffee Table

Coffee table books are the rare home decor item that can be both gorgeous and genuinely useful. They hold color and texture like a piece of art, but they also hold stories. A good photography book changes the mood of a room the way a good soundtrack does. An art monograph can make your whole living...