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Insightful coffee table books you should have at home
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Coffee table books are more than just part of home decor — they also provide insight into the owner's personality and interests. (Shutterstock/-)
W
hatever your personality and interests are or the type of style of your house, these coffee table books are insightful and will provide an interesting read for you and your guests.
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National Geographic: The Photographs (2008)
The Photographs will always be a good choice for your table. Through this book, readers will be able to enjoy the amazing visuals, as well as stories of people captured by National Geographic photographers’ lenses, including the story of the iconic green-eyed Afghan girl on its front cover.
Sea of Ink: A Creative Writing Anthology (2013)
Written by undergraduate students of creative writing class A215 from The Open University in the UK, Sea of Ink offers its readers a set of various-themed writings, from factual life stories to fiction and poetry that are constructed heartily. Although written by writers whom you may not be familiar with, the stories will be enjoyed by many — from readers of romance to fans of horror novels.
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What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night (2014)
What would be like if your dinosaur toys were getting into mischief while you slept at night? Every November, Refe Tuma and his wife Susan brought their children’s dinosaur toys into “life”. As they did this during the night, every morning in November, their children would wake up to the mess their toys had created — on a full scale — including water overflowing from the sink and popcorn spilled everywhere. In this book, the results of the dinosaurs’ doing are immortalized through interesting photographs.
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries (1995)
As you may want to reconfigure the décor of your coffee table, you might want some inspirations to design or re-design your personal library from this book. At Home with Books by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm and Christopher Simon Sykes features many sets of home libraries – some of them owned by famous people from various fields. It is printed in full color and accompanied with professional advice on maintaining home libraries and books.
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Vanity Fair: The Portraits (2008)
Take a look into what the Vanity Fair photographers had captured through their lenses — 300 iconic portraits collected from works throughout their 95-year history to be exact. From the eyes of photographers of each generation — from Edward Steichen to Mario Testino — readers are invited to see the portraiture of Pablo Picasso, Katherine Hepburn, Madonna, Bill Gates and many more prominent figures in the world. (kes)
