goff books 2014 catalog

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GOFF BOOKS has a simple mantra: publish books that satisfy visual hunger, provoke the imagination, and rouse the creative spirit.

From breathtaking photography to lifestyle topics, from chic fashion to humorous anecdotes, GOFF BOOKS features stimulating insight to the world of pop-culture and visual literature. The artistic foundation of our projects drives our inventive production process—we present vivid imagery that illuminates original content to create the ultimate reader experience.

Our goal is to inspire and entertain—dive in and enjoy the spectacular collection of titles we present this season.

DOGS RULE, NONCHALANTLYFor over twenty years artist and illustrator Mark Ulriksen has been painting whimsical pictures of mans’ best friend for children’s books, private commissions, galleries and many of America’s leading periodicals, including The New Yorker, Time, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post. From his first dog through his most recent, Mark pairs his dry observations about his own experiences growing up with dogs with his colorful acrylic and gouache paintings that perfectly capture the unique personalities that dogs have.

FUTURE AMERICAN PRESIDENTConceived and brought to life by renowned photographer Matthew Jordan Smith, it is a reminder that every child has the right to aspire to greatness and ultimately achieve it. With a foreword from Disney star Zendaya Coleman and a personal note from President Jimmy Carter, Future American President features children from all 50 of the United States, from all ethnic and socio-economic background, and from all walks of life.

DAVID HUME KENNERLY ON THE iPhonePulitzer prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly’s philosophical journey through his photographic career combines lessons he has learned along the way with suggestions that will help everyone make better pictures. This book proves that memorable photographs are created less by the equipment than the eye behind the lens. It uses examples from his 2013 picture-a-day journey along with anecdotes and tips from the past that explore his own joy, passion and approach to shooting, while helping others to improve their pictures.

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Dogs Rule, NonchalantlyMar k U lr i ks e n

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Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly

7” x 9” Portrait144 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: CaseboundFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-10-82.44 kg/ 5.4 lbUSD $29.95World rights available

Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly is a collection of twenty years worth of whimsical dog paintings complemented by hand-written observations of dog behavior and first person experiences garnered over a lifetime of being a “dog person”.

“There is nothing happier than a happy dog” reads one of the observations in this humorous and heartwarming look at the everyday interactions between man and man’s best friend. Renown artist and illustrator Mark Ulriksen combines his handwritten observations with his intricate paintings of dogs from over 20 years of his career. Mark reaches back to his youth to talk about his first dog and chronicles the idiosyncrasies of each of the ten dogs that have enriched his life. Mark parallels major life events from dating, married life, and raising a family, with such humorous moments as house-breaking a puppy, obedience classes, the sad melancholy of nursing an aging canine friend, Ted, and his eventual ascension to “dog heaven.”

Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly will appeal to dog lovers of all ages. The intuitive, colorful paintings communicate a depth of understanding of the quips and quirks of our canine companions that will bring a smile to the faces of children, while the sophistication and nuance of Mark’s artistic expertise and his acute observations will resonate with anyone who has ever had a dog. In addition, having contributed more than forty covers to The New Yorker magazine, this collection will also appeal to art lovers and followers of his work.


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Mark Ulriksen is a San Francisco based artist and illustrator. In addition to his work for The New Yorker magazine, he has been published in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other national publications.


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David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone9” x 9” Square192 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: SoftboundFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-13-92.44 kg/ 5.4 lbUSD $29.95World rights available

David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone educates the audience as well as inspires with beautiful photographs from a prize-winning photographer.

David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone is Pulitzer prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly’s philosophical journey through his photographic career, combining lessons he has learned along the way with suggestions that will help everyone make better pictures. Kennerly’s journey is seen through the lens of his second “picture-a-day-for-a-year” project, this time using only the camera built into his mobile phone.

David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone proves that memorable photographs are created less by the equipment than the eye behind the lens. This book uses examples from his 2013 picture-a-day journey along with anecdotes and tips from the past that explore his own joy, passion and approach to shooting, while helping others to improve their pictures.

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David Hume Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his photos of the Vietnam War when he was 25 years old, one of the youngest people to ever receive that honor. Two years later he was appointed President Gerald R. Ford’s personal White House photographer. He was recently named, “One of the Most 100 Most Important People in Photography” by American Photo Magazine. He was a contributing editor for Newsweek, and a contributing photographer for Time and Life magazines. His archive is housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas, Austin.


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Future American President9” x 9” Square104 pagesPrinting: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: SoftboundFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-14-62.44 kg/ 5.4 lbUSD $39.95World rights available

Future American President is a visual journey of the American dream seen through the eyes of our least cynical and most helpful citizens, our children.

Conceived and brought to life by renowned photographer Matthew Jordan Smith, it is a reminder that every child has the right to aspire to greatness and ultimately achieve it. 50 states, 100 families and countless dreams: this book celebrates the best of the American spirit while inspiring countless children to dream big and never give up. With some incredible help from Boys & Girls Clubs of America, families in every state were beautifully photographed by Matthew Jordan Smith and asked what they would do if they were President. Sometimes funny, always thought provoking, their answers point to a future national attitude of hope, compassion, and understanding in an otherwise jaded world.

With a foreword from Disney star, Zendaya Coleman, and a personal note from President Jimmy Carter, Future American President features children from all 50 of the United States, from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, and from all walks of life. This book encourages and inspires today’s youth to always live their lives knowing that their highest aspirations are possible and that every great American leader and innovator was once also a Future President.


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Celebrated photographer Matthew Jordan Smith has worked with some of the top names in entertainment today and many international clients have used his artistry to showcase their vision. He has appeared as guest photographer and surprise judge on the hit TV show America’s Next Top Model numerous

times and has appeared on The View, Good Day New York, and BET. He counts among his many magazine interviews InStyle, Essence, Photo District News, Rangefinder, and Professional Photographer. He is an active volunteer with several art schools including Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, and RIT, as well as a board member of Kids with a Cause Europe and APA/LA.

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Light Falls Like BitsThe Photography of Trey Ratcliff

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Light Falls Like Bits: The Photography of Trey Ratcliff critically considers the work and the enterprise of world-renowned photographer Trey Ratcliff in art historical and theoretical contexts, in an attempt to contribute to the discourse on the evolution of photography in the 21st century.

Trey Ratcliff works in HDR (High-dynamic-range) photography and is one of the leading practitioners in the world. Armed with a camera and a tripod, he traipses across countries and ventures into some of its least populated corners. Harnessing an impeccable grasp on the aesthetic with an unmatched mastery of the technical, he converts into pixels a spectacular anthology of natural as well as manmade landscapes gleaned from different parts of the planet. Every joule of effort exerted between the click of the shutter to the click of the mouse is funneled into the crafting of images that offer a palpable yet timeless impression of the world around us.

Within the four edges of the frame, he sets out to build a perceptual theater – mystery occasionally interrupts clarity, brightness is always balanced by darkness, sharp details intersperse areas of softness. Pockets of riddles are embedded within the composition, inviting the viewer to a dance between intelligibility and a considered lack thereof. Jolting our sensorial faculties at every turn, Ratcliff journeys through our retinas and whets a most fundamental appetite within us to see our dwelling place in its infinite faces. Light Falls Like Bits

15” x 10” Landscape120 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: ClothboundFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-17-72.44 kg/ 5.4 lbUSD $45.00World rights available

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Trey Ratcliff is a photographer, artist, public speaker and writer. He posts a new photo each day on his travel blog StuckInCustoms of the destinations and situations he finds himself in as he travels the world. His work has been featured on the BBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and NBC.

Michelle Bogre is an educator, documentary photographer, copyright lawyer and author. She frequently speaks on issues of copyright, and photography as activism and advocacy.

Erik Davis is an author, award-winning journalist, and lecturer based in San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on the intersection of alternative religion, media, and the popular imagination. He is the author of four books, and his essays on music, technoculture, and spirituality have appeared in dozens of books.

Jordan Crandall is a media artist, theorist, and performer. He is Professor in the Visual Arts Department at University of California, San Diego. He is the 2011 winner of the Vilém Flusser Theory Award for outstanding theory and research-based digital arts practice, given by the Transmediale in Berlin in collaboration with the Vilém Flusser Archive of the University of Arts, Berlin.

Clayton Morris is a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend on Fox News Channel and a former co-host of The Daily Buzz. He covers consumer technology for Fox and hosts weekly technology segments for Fox News Radio and FoxNews.com.

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Esteros del Iberá

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Esteros del Iberá

13 3/4” x 13 3/4” 368 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: SlipcasedFall 2014ISBN: 978-0-984693-5-24.4 kg/ 9.4 lbUSD $150.00World rights available

Esteros del Iberá, a landmark volume celebrating a peerless place, invites the reader to experience one of the largest freshwater wetlands in South America, a wonderland of sky, water, grass, and birdsong.

One of the largest freshwater wetlands in South America, comprising more than 2.5 million acres, the Iberá was forged from ancient geological forces and the long-ago wanderings of the mighty Paraná River. Today the landscape is a locus of conservation activity—including a campaign to create a new national park to protect the biodiversity of this striking region. Increasingly a destination for nature lovers, the marshlands attract birdwatchers from across the Earth, who come to see some 360 avian species that are found here.

A native son of Corrientes, world-class nature photographer Juan Ramón Díaz Colodrero has spent years documenting the region’s birdlife and other wild creatures. In Esteros del Iberá, his dazzling images put the reader into the heart of the Iberá’s life-affirming beauty. Supporting essays by leading regional conservationists and other experts illuminate the Iberá’s diverse natural communities and distinctive human culture. While the area is remarkably unspoiled, innovative conservation projects are augmenting wildlife populations and returning missing native species—such as the giant anteater and the jaguar—to their rightful homes in the landscape of shining waters. The Iberá presents a stark contrast to the modern world, a place where the trajectory of land health is moving toward integrity and wildness.

Also available as a Spanish Language Edition.

The Great Wetlands of Argentina

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Juan Ramon Diaz Colodrero uses his camera to get inside the magic world of nature and biodiversity, and thus contribute to the conservation of the natural beauties that the world holds. He has always been bound to nature, growing up in the wilderness, among trees, marshes and wildlife of Paraje Mora. Later, he moved to Europe, where he learned the art of wildlife photography from great photographers such as Juan Carlos Muñoz, Javier Sánchez and Eduardo Blanco. For the last two years, he has lived at the Iberá Wetlands, where he found nature in its most wild form.

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Perito Moreno National Park

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Perito Moreno National Park

13 3/4” x 13 3/4” Square304 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: SlipcasedFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-18-44.4 kg/ 9.4 lbUSD $150.00World rights available

Perito Moreno National Park presents a stunning collection of images, from renowned landscape photographer Antonio Vizcaino, of where the windswept Patagonian steppe meets the Andes. A stronghold of wild nature in a region so alluring that it has become synonymous with beauty at the end of the Earth.

Where the windswept Patagonian steppe meets the Andes, and the massive unclimbed south wall of Cerro San Lorenzo looks down on the Lacteo Valley, a visitor understands: Perito Moreno National Park is a stronghold of wild nature. In a region so alluring that is has become synonymous with beauty at the end of the Earth, Perito Moreno National Park is an icon of Patagonia. Named in honor of revered early conservationist Perito Moreno, the “John Muir of Argentina,” this relatively little visited park is a magnet for intrepid travelers and ambitious alpinists.

In a book as grand as the natural area it celebrates, with supporting essays from experts on the park’s natural and cultural history, this book offers an armchair tour of one of the world’s most scenic and unsullied landscapes. Legendary businessman and philanthropist Douglas Tompkins (founder of The North Face) contributes the book’s foreword. In a dramatic gesture that expanded the park in 2013, Tompkins donated a key private inholding in Perito Moreno to the Argentine national parks administration. For all of who dream of Patagonia, Perito Moreno National Park is a ticket into the heart of the wild.

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A professional nature photographer, editor, and conservationist, Antonio Vizcaíno uses beauty to help foster a new culture that respects the value of nature.

Doug Tompkins founded The North Face and Esprit clothing company. He created the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and soon afterwards moved to south Chile to focus on conservation.

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Monte León National Park


In Monte León National Park, photographer Antonio Vizcaíno takes readers on a visual tour of the park’s natural features, exploring the wildlife, landforms, textures, and sublime quality of light where land meets sea.

Endless sky, rock, and water: Where the arid grasslands of southern Argentina meet the Atlantic Ocean, the wild winds and waters of Patagonia have sculpted a magical landscape. This wonderland is Monte León National Park. Established in 2002 through public–private collaboration, the park’s creation was prompted by a gift from Kristine Tompkins, the former CEO of the clothing company named for this legendary region at the bottom of the Earth.

Encompassing roughly 155,000 acres and 25 miles of shoreline, Monte León is now held in trust for future generations as part of Argentina’s national park system. It is both a destination for adventurous travelers and a home to an array of charismatic creatures—a place where guanacos remain ever wary of stalking pumas, vast colonies of Magellanic penguins coat the beaches, and every tide pool harbors a universe in miniature.

With essays by the key players who helped birth the new park and other experts complementing Vizcaíno’s images, Monte León is a book as beautiful as the landscape it celebrates. For everyone who has ever dreamed of Patagonia, Monte León is your invitation to visit a treasure of the Patagonia coast.


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A professional nature photographer, editor, and conservationist, Antonio Vizcaíno uses beauty to help foster a new culture that respects the value of nature. A Mexican citizen but full-time world traveler, he studied at the International School of Photography in New York, and over the past two decades has published twenty books. He is co-founder of America Natural, a conservation organization that employs landscape photography as its primary means of communication.

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Chile’s Corcovado National Park is one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth. In Corcovado National Park, renowned landscape photographer Antonio Vizcaíno captures the beauty and diversity of a magical setting almost untouched by modern humans.

Shimmering lakes. Snow-capped mountains. Primeval forest where pumas haunt the shadows. Free-flowing rivers that race to the sea. This is Chile’s Corcovado National Park. Rising above it all is the Corcovado volcano, whose striking form has been a land¬mark for travelers along the Pacific coastline in southern Chile for centuries. Modern visitors to the region have called the mountain, “the Matterhorn of South America.”

Designated in 2005 by President Ricardo Lagos, the park was born of an innovative public-private collaboration spurred by the largest-ever donation of private land to Chile’s system of protected areas. With a foreword by Lagos and essays by other principals in the park’s creation, Corcovado National Park explores the natural wonders of an extraordinary place and tells the stories of the conservationists who made certain it would remain a bastion of wild nature held in trust by the Chilean people for future generations.


Chile’s Wilderness Jewel

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A professional nature photographer, editor, and conservationist, Antonio Vizcaíno uses beauty to help foster a new culture that respects the value of nature. By contributing these images to environmental education campaigns, Vizcaíno seeks to increase protection for the extraordinary biodiversity of the Americas.

Doug Tompkins founded The North Face and Esprit clothing company. He created the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and soon afterwards moved to south Chile to focus on conservation.

Writer Tom Butler is the editorial projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and a long-time conservation activist focused on wilderness and biodiversity.

Ricardo Lagos served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006.

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Find and Seek Singaporesally r oyD H o Us e

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Find and Seek Singapore

9” x 12” Landscape36 Pages Printing: 4c + spot gloss throughoutBinding: CaseboundFall 2014ISBN: 978-1-939621-11-52.44 kg/ 5.4 lbUSD $24.95World rights available

Find and Seek Singapore is colorful, educational, and makes an enjoyable read for all members of the family.

When a child steps outside his ordinary world and travels to a foreign city or country, an adventure awaits. In Find and Seek Singapore a small boy arrives in Singapore with his family, willing to explore his new surroundings with an open heart and a spirit of wonder. All senses are activated as we are taken on his adventure and discover what is the Singapore experience through the eyes of a child.

Universal themes of travel, exposure to new cultures and a sense of discovery are pertinent to the story. His adventure will leave an impression on the reader’s memory to keep, and hopefully ignite a love of travel in this diverse world in which we live.

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Sally Roydhouse is an Australian creative who was born in a small country town in Tasmania, where she was lovingly raised on a farm. Sally is now a freelance designer based in Singapore, and designs for publishing and design projects and enjoys creating and writing picture books.

Paul ChesleyA Photographic Voyage

A Photographic Voyage is a collection of photographer Paul Chesley’s most indelible images, shot over the course of his 40-year career at National Geographic Society.

This collection takes us to a score of locations across the globe. From Bhutan to Bali, from China to Ukraine, from Micronesia to Cuba, Chesley has photographed not only the romance of illusions but “the magic of reality in thousands of instants,” as said by Joseph Conrad.

Paul Chesley’s photographs are juxtaposed to provocative historical and personal essays by journalist Keith Lorenz. These essays are a counterpoint, which together with Chelsey’s images create a mood, not an explanation; a visceral journey through the exotic, the lush and the beautiful while providing thoughtful insight into the lands and people that Chelsey has encountered—a parallax view through which readers gain a greater perspective on the world around them.

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Paul ChesleyA Photographic Voyage

9.5” x 13.5” portrait280 Pages Printing: 4c + spot varnish throughoutTrade clothFall 2013270 PhotographsISBN 978-1-939621-0-472.44kg/5.4lbUSD $60.00World rights available

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Paul Chesley comes from a family of scientists who encouraged exploration into the unknown. By the time Chesley was in his mid-twenties he realized that he could make a larger contribution to life through his photography. For the next four decades, beginning in the early ’70s, Chesley completed over thirty-five projects worldwide with the National Geographic Society. In addition, he freelanced for numerous worldwide publications.

Keith Lorenz grew up in Manhattan. He attended Harvard where he majored in European history. He hitchhiked out West, and to Mexico, Central America and Cuba, from the age of seventeen. Two years in the US Army in Germany were followed by a year on the Left Bank in Paris. Returning to New York, he sought a newspaper job but luck provided him with a one-way ticket to Thailand.

Sand and GolfHow Terrain Shapes the GameG eo r G e wate r s · P r e fac e By to M D oak

Sand and GolfHow Terrain Shapes the Game

12” x 9” landscape140 Pages Printing: 4c + spot varnish throughoutTrade clothFall 2013350 Photographs40 IllustrationsISBN: 978-1-939621-03-02.44kg/5.4lbUSD $40.00World rights available

Sand and Golf: How Terrain Shapes the Game explores what makes golf, and golf course architecture, so special on sandy terrain.

Golf was born on sandy ground and the features of the game are a direct product of that terrain. Fairways and greens were derived from the naturally occurring areas of short grass found among the coastal dunes of Scotland. The original sand traps were areas of bare sand that can be found scattered throughout any dune landscape. As the game spread beyond the coastal dunes it took these features with it, and while they have been incorporated into a variety of landscapes they have always fit best on sandy ground. For this reason each major expansion in golf has begun with new courses on sandy ground. Even the best courses of the modern era are products of sandy terrain. The reason golf works so well on sandy ground is that it quite literally belongs there.

Golf on sandy terrain is something special because golf itself is a product of that terrain. Sand and Golf looks at all aspects of the relationship between sand and golf, from golf’s earliest days to the spread of the sport across the globe. Golf and golf course architecture on sandy sites is explored in every detail, using examples and illustrations from the best sandy courses in the world.

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George Waters is a golf course architect with particular expertise in designing on sandy sites. He has participated in the design and construction of several of the most significant new courses on sandy terrain, in addition to the restoration of several sandy classics. He lives in San Francisco, CA.

Tom Doak is one of the world’s leading golf course architects and the author of numerous books and articles on golf course architecture. He has designed five courses ranked among Golf Magazine’s Top 100 in the World, four of those on sandy terrain. He lives in Traverse City, MI.

Butterflies and All Things SweetThe Story of Ms B’s Cakes

Butterflies and All Things Sweet is the labor of love of one of the most iconic and creative women in Asia—Bonnae Gokson.

Bonnae Gokson’s book opens a window on the inspiration and ideas behind her extraordinary cake designs. Unique in the world, these cakes encapsulate the creative vision of the woman who made her name working with luxury brands including Chanel, Giorgio Armani, W Hotels and Ritz-Carlton.

Butterflies and All Things Sweet is not a cookbook, but a visual feast, exploring the ingredients, ideas and inspiration behind the works of edible art through lush photography shot on location in Hong Kong—the home of Bonnae Gokson’s cafés and restaurants—and internationally. The ruffles of a petticoat. The petals of a delicate peony. Rolls and rolls of satin ribbons in a dozen shades of red. The startling purple hue of taro at the market. The juicy citrus cells of a pomelo, the jewel-like seeds of a pomegranate. Fragrant ripe raspberries at the height of their perfection. The gold lustre of a butterfly’s wing, glimpsed and then gone. “When there’s a lot going on, it is the simple things in life that are the most powerful,” she says.

Butterflies and All Things Sweet is also avaliable in a Special Edition. Every Deluxe Edition is hand numbered and signed and includes Laser Die Cut End Pages, Page Guilding, a Custom Stretch Bandeau Fashion Accessory, and is sealed in a collectible Perspex Box.

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Butterflies and All Things SweetThe Story of Ms B’s Cakes

9.5” x 11.875” portrait260 Pages Printing: 4c + spot varnish throughoutTrade clothFall 2013300 Photographs40 IllustrationsISBN: 978-1-939621-01-62.44kg/5.4lbUSD $45.00World rights available

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Bonnae Gokson’s immersion in the world of luxury fashion, lifestyle and hospitality spheres hobnobbing with the most influential designers of our time, such as Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Missoni, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Dries Van Noten, Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Louboutin and the late Alexander McQueen has honed her unique aesthetics and keen sense of style.

In 2008, she embarked on a new style adventure. With inimitable creativity and flair, she founded her burgeoning empire of ultra-glamorous hotspots including SEVVA restaurant, chic C’est la B café/bar, and scrumptious Ms B’s Cakery in Hong Kong to international acclaim. Considered by many to be art forms, her ventures are constantly imitated.

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A Life in Books The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley —An Illuminated Novel

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A LIFE IN BOOKS: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley is an illuminated novel containing 101 books within it, all written by Warren Lehrer’s protagonist who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career.

Nearly a year after controversial author Blue Mobley is thrown into a federal prison for refusing to reveal the name of a confidential source, he decides to break his silence. But it’s not as simple as giving up a name to the grand jury. Over the course of one long night, in the darkness of his prison cell, he whispers his life story into a microcassette recorder, tracing his journey from the public housing project of his youth, to a career as a journalist, then experimental novelist, college professor, accidental bestselling author, pop-culture pundit, and unindicted prisoner.

This four-color, full-length novel fuses art and literature, and distinguishes itself as one of those books you’ll want to hold in your hands, feast your eyes on, read and re-read, share with friends, and treasure for years to come.

A LIFE IN BOOKSThe Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley

7.5” x 9.5” portrait380 Pages Printing: 4cTrade clothFall 2013150 Photographs25 IllustrationsISBN: 978-1-939621-02-32.44kg/5.4lbUSD $34.95World rights available

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Warren Lehrer is a writer and designer, acclaimed for capturing the shape of thought and reuniting the traditions of storytelling with the printed page. He has received many awards for his books and multimedia projects, including the Brendan Gill Prize, the Innovative Use of Archives Award, three AIGA Book Awards, two Type Director’s Club awards, The International Book Design Award, a Media That Matters Award, and grants and fellowships from the NEA, NYSCA, NYFA, the Rockefeller, Ford, and Greenwall Foundations. His work is in many collections including MoMA, LA County Art Museum, The Getty Museum, Georges Pompidou Centre, and Tate Gallery.

Little Blue PlanetBy j o n r i G G s an D c o r r i n e r. evan o f f witH art By ale xan D r ia nazar

Little Blue Planet is a lighthearted tale about hope and friendship, created by and published in honor of Jon Riggs.

The story highlights the importance of keeping dreams close to the heart, while engaging children and adults alike with dazzling illustrations and a fun rhyme scheme.

A lonely little blue planet’s wish for a friend is heard by the loving sun, and so begins the eternal friendship between the earth and moon. All will surely be enchanted by this cheery spin on how the sun, moon, and earth accompany each other in outer space, bonded through the magic of dreams.

Little Blue Planet

10” x 10” square24 Pages Printing: 4c + spot varnishTrade clothSpring 201311 IllustrationsISBN: 978-1-939621-07-82.44kg/5.4lbUSD $16.95World rights available

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Jon Riggs (1959-2011) grew up in southern California and spent the majority of his creative life living and working in Laguna Beach, CA. For the past twenty years, Jon worked as an art director, creative consultant, and set designer for major movie studios and in commercial and broadcast media production houses. His strong creative spirit inspired many, and the deep connection he felt with the earth and his surroundings was part of what made his life exceptional. Sadly, Jon passed away far too soon in the fall of 2011. This book, inspired by his playful artwork and the sweet story he wrote on a whim long ago, is dedicated to his two daughters.

Alexandria Nazar received her degree in Fine Arts and History from UC Davis in 2011; shortly thereafter she moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue a career in the arts. Though her training was in fine arts, Alexandria’s true love is illustration—collaborating with local writers and poets, she loves to bring the written word to life.

Editor Corrine R. Evanoff has long desired to fuse her love of the written word with the sprightly joy she feels when entertaining children, and the result is her first book-editing project, Little Blue Planet. She holds a B.A. in History from Sonoma State University, works at a publishing house in Marin, and does freelance editorial work in her spare time. Corrine resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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