Monday, May 28, 2007

Diana: Her Story, as Told Through the Pages of People


Diana: Her Story, as Told Through the Pages of People

A Dress for Diana


This book keeps the (admittedly beautiful) work that Diana's designers did front and center. And I can't really blame them for this; it's not necessarily self-aggrandizing. After all, how does one write about a wedding dress, even one of the most gorgeous

Diana Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace


Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace brings together the most beautiful images from this last portrait sitting, displaying Diana in a state of relaxation and intimacy unlike any other. The selection of about seventy photographs includes many unseen images which, alongside previously published images, fill in the untold story of the shoot. Features include * Foreword by Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair * Introduction by Meredith Etherington-Smith, who played a major role in arranging the sitting in 1997 * Interview with Mario Testino conducted by Hamish Bowles
Diana, Princess of Wales at her most beautiful: the last portrait session by Mario Testino. Just five months before her tragic death in August 1997, Princess Diana was photographed by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama was offered a book contract, but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant, probing memoir of an unusual life. Born in 1961 to a white American woman and

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Dem