"In post-World War I America - a world teeming with magazines, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and movies - many feared that the survival of traditional, serious books was in peril. This concern led to a publishing boom in fine editions - books valued primarily for their beauty, craftsmanship, extravagance, status, or scarcity. Beauty and the Book is a lively cultural history of the explosion in demand for these deluxe books during the 1920s and 1930s....

"Explore the highs and lows of modern life through the sharp, dark wit of Ruby Elliot--creator of the massively popular Tumblr account, Rubyetc, which has over 210k followers and growing. Ruby's simple drawings of not-so-simple issues capture the humor and melancholy of everyday life. Her comics appeal to both new adults who are beginning to explore these subjects and to battle-tested veterans of the daily struggles of life with mental illness."...

"Landing their first jobs in publishing, three friends struggle to meet the challenges of publishing careers and discover that their elderly neighbor is a Booker Prize winner who inspires each of them to venture on in their own paths."--

"Living a life most would only find in adventure novels, Amund Dietzel, went from shipwrecked sailor, to carnival attraction, to tattooer of great reputation. All of this under the auspices of the arts, which as a career can be as unforgiving as the sea, he carved out not only a life one would be proud to call theirs, but inspired many -- Back cover."--