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A Librarian, Suggested Readings on Body Parts
Book cover for Morpho: Simplified Forms by Michel Lauricella. The cover is minimalist with a white background and features a pencil sketch of a simplified human figure in motion. The title is displayed in orange and black text along the left side.
Art:
Morpho: Simplified Forms by Michel Lauricella
This book presents a unique perspective on the human body for beginning and professional artists to study and implement in their drawing work. The book simplifies the human body into basic shapes and forms.
Book cover for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. The design features an art deco-style illustration of swirling smoke and reclining figures in shades of blue and gold. The title appears in large, bold yellow-orange text with a vintage-style font.
Art:
A Wandering Eye: Travels with my Phone by Miguel Flores-Vianna
Flores-Vianna shares some 250 of his favorite images taken all over Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas—captured only with his smartphone—in the hope that viewers, seeing the world through his eyes, will learn to love these most wondrous of places as much as he does.
Book cover for Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland. The cover has a vintage illustration of a woman in period clothing, sitting with her hand resting on her head, with a soft purple hue overlay. The title is in large serif letters at the top.
Classics:
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
The first original English prose pornography
See/Saw
Classics:
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
A condition much to be desired
See/Saw
Mystery:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
An historical fantasy novel, exploring the sense of smell and its relationship with emotional meanings that scents may have
Book cover for The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan. The cover features a black background with a stylized fountain pen nib forming the silhouette of a woman in a red dress. A red ink droplet falls from the tip of the nib. The title appears in bold white letters, and a quote from Alex Michaelides is displayed in red.
Mystery:
The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
An Agatha Christie-esque mystery told by a ghost writer who says “I tell other people’s stories for a living. . .. I nip and tuck their excesses, soften their hard edges, polish whatever an armada of editors and publicists deem unsightly till it sparkles.”