Coffee Table Books That Depict and Provide Escape From

"...Bordertown..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Art of Tony Millionaire;
Hot Potatoe: [Sic]

Two new retrospectives represent what's best and funniest and most poignant about comic art

"...Two beautiful books considered here, both of them for your coffee table..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Home Field' Looks Great on the Coffee Table

With a forward from Buzz Bissinger

"...I'm a sucker for big sports-related coffee-table books with lots of beautiful glossy photos. So when..."

Aug. 28, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...12 iPads on the floor for a makeshift end table; coffeetable books can do both. And those are just..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The World in Vogue: People Parties Places

Time travel, history lesson, and visual feast

"...not to be a benchwarmer, etc. – visit the Books blog at austinchronicle.com/underthecovers...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Anne Harris

Your Coffee Table's Begging For Books Like These

Two new volumes of art from Steve Brudniak and Clifford Ross

"...Through the Looking Glass, now out from Hirmer Publishers..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Something to Keep the Coffee Table Company

The season's best oversized books

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature

South African Art Now

The heft and gravity of this 320-pager may far exceed the typical mission of the coffeetable genre

"...320-pager may far exceed the typical mission of the coffeetable genre; while quite lovely to look at, this work..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Calvin Littlejohn: Portrait of a Community in Black and White

This collection is a lively, loving document of Fort Worth

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

The Future of Fantasy Art

This collection gives fantasy artists the large format and glossy presentation that they truly deserve

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sports Illustrated: The Football Book Expanded Edition

This almost 5-pound tome is a must for any serious NFL fan

"...are extraordinary, even more so due to the large coffetable format. Particularly interesting are the pics chronicling the development..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Mark Fagan

The Little Books of Christmas

"...The barrage of coffee table books aside, Christmas (and Valentine's Day) is the..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto

A particular and passionate instructional for drinking

"...The Hour: A Cocktail Manifestoby Bernard DeVoto Tin House Books, 136 pp., $16.95..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Big, Beautiful Books

Adorn your coffeetables with these hardbound masterpieces

"...good for traveling light, but there's something about the coffeetable book that an e-reader just can't touch. If someone..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Books Feature by Monica Riese

Rock 'n' Roll Books Redux

"...The stack of rock & roll books on my desk was barely mined in this week’s..."

Dec. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"......"

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

by Bill Bentley

"...intelligently written, but too academic and ugly for my coffee table. Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen deserves..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...media cri de guerre appears to be "Today your coffee table, tomorrow the ottoman." Let 'em have it: Conquering..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...Parker's. When she died, all but one of her books was out of print. But starting in 1993, a..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Seduced by Sound: Austin

Seduced by Sound: Austin – 100 Musicians on Why They Make Music

"...all the covers, [and] put a pot of black coffee and a tin cup on the bedside table. I'll..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Dinner Lab + Phaidon = Magnus Nilsson's Nordic Feast

Not even an army of frost giants could keep us from this culinary event

"...by Jack Kirby in the pages of Marvel comic books hundreds of years after Snorri Sturluson wrote his takes..."

Nov. 16, 2015 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rectangular Packages With Ribbons

What most befits you vis-a-vis ageless Ray Bradbury this season? His new one and an illustrated look back at all the old ones.

"...Bradbury's new novel credits him with writing "over 100 books," which seems like a lot more than are currently..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Dita Von Teese: Your Beauty Mark

Our intrepid reporter and his friend take the new book for a test drive

"...Figure, if this coffee-table compendium of beauty advice and autobiography and in-depth reportage..."

Dec. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Estate Sale Roundup: May 8-11

So many options, so little time.

"...of bedding and quilts, as well as doilies, runners, tablecloths. To entertain, vintage stemware; Spode Christmas dinnerware; tea sets;..."

May 8, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Faces and Places

"...An American Century Even at its most abstract, photography..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Whither Grunge? Seattle Rocks

"...Clark Humphrey's Loser would both look great on a coffee table. They're big, glossy, immensely attractive, enjoyable, easy browses..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Books Feature

Holiday Wish Lists 2006

Give 'til it helps: Part 2

"...Cash donations for fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables. (You can't put those in a food drive barrel.)..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Features Feature

A Cookbook a Day Keeps the Munchies at Bay

Texas Book Festival showcases seven food books from around the world

"...into town, there's just one thing on our mind: cookbooks! We dove in fork first to find the tastiest..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

You Oughta See the Pictures

Hollywood forever: New film books reviewed

"...Photographer Bunny Yeager called Bettie Page the perfectly proportioned..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Feature

Gaga Over Guzu

Austin Books & Comics' new spin-off store is an eyeful

"...Crappy Cats! Plushy internal organs! Darwyn Cooke's Parker adaptations! Coffee table art books by Shepard Fairey and Gary Baseman!..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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