"Life" has, of course, visited its archives before - but never like this. This edition puts the photographs on display, not only as part of the page layout but as the page itself. The explanatory text will be out of the way, so that each image can be savoured. Moreover, prints will be included that [...]
In April of 2011 LIFE ventured to London for our bestselling book The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This June we return to capture all the pomp and circumstance as England celebrates its queen's 60th year on the throne. All of the best photography from the festivities will be i[...]
To launch our new line of LIFE books celebrating legendary figures in our world, who better than Clint Eastwood? He is an icon among icons, a titanic figure in movie history still going strong at age 82. The recent dustup over his "Halftime in America" ad during the Super Bowl only confirms how larg[...]
When the boy from Ohio was growing up he became obsessed with flight-he piloted a plane before he drove a car. He raptly followed the exploits of Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1, and wondered if he himself might have the right stuff one day. As he saw the Mercury 7 astronauts assembled, he lamented tha[...]
Honoring seven decades of outstanding work, a superlative assemblage of photographic images offers unforgettable moments from the past seventy years, capturing each era's greatest celebrities, horrific battlefield sequences, and everyday American life.[...]
Hundreds of "Life's" readers have demanded "We want a Picture Puzzle book!" And here, in a special 192-page collection, that demand is met. There are variations on themes and variations on the game itself, as scores of colour and vintage black-and-white photographs - many from the famous "Time-Life [...]
A definitive handbook for living well on one's own terms brings together a collection of informative, empowering, and motivational articles from O, the Oprah Magazine that are filled with expert advice on how to promote one's physical and emotional well-being, from maintaining one's health to buildi[...]
Have you ever wished you'd saved all the good advice you've received for the times you needed it most? In this brand-new collection from the pages of O, The Oprah Magazine, 93 contributors reveal what they know for sure about finding lasting happiness, making meaningful connections, getting through [...]
This book covers Obama from his childhood and adolescence to his time as editor of The Harvard Law Review and his Chicago activist years, culminating with the excitement of the historic 2008 Democratic National Convention.[...]
From Hoboken to Hollywood, Frank Sinatra was always a larger-than-life package of talent, charisma and controversy. Singers had been big before, but there had never been a sensation like the young Sinatra. He drove the women wild and lived a life of monumental drama and intrigue. He secured his stat[...]
The life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was filled with drama, beauty, grace, and style. On the arm of the dashing young senator from Massachusetts - the man who would be President - she captured the nation's imagination, and then its heart. "Life" magazine was there for every chapter in her [...]
No movie star in history is as iconic as Marilyn Monroe. This fact has had the unfortunate effect of distancing the observer from the human being. Marilyn is too often seen as an object instead of as a person. Not in this book. Carefully choosing from the portfolios of photographers who knew her wel[...]
An intimate account of the Royal couple, featuring breathtaking photos from the April 29th Royal Wedding.
LIFE has covered all of the lavish royal weddings since even before Queen Elizabeth II wed in 1953, and of course the magazine documented in splendid, intimate detail the "wedding of the cen[...]
Everyone can benefit from understanding the Bible, and Time-Life Books' Everything You Need to Know about the Bible is the ultimate visual guide. This helpful book is filled with photos, illustrations, art, and maps, plus sidebars throughout featuring fun facts, Top Ten lists, verses to know, and mo[...]
Stave off hyena attacks, light a fire with chocolate, and outride an avalanche with "How to Survive: The Handbook for the Modern Hero." This entirely illustrated step-by-step guide teaches readers the ins and outs of survival, from life-saving first aid to extreme wilderness-conquering tactics.Outdo[...]
During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale--not to mention the most influential members of the South Viet[...]
The biography of the revolutionary magazine editor who created the "Cosmo Girl" before "Sex and the City"'s Carrie Bradshaw was even born
As the author of the iconic "Sex and the Single Girl" (1962) and the editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine for over three decades, Helen Gurley Brown (19[...]
A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Dwight Garner)
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An Amazon Best Biography of 2017
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The first and only biography of Jann Wenner, the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine, and a romp through the hothouses of rock and roll, politics, media, and Hollywood, from the Summer of Love to the Internet age. Lennon. Dylan. Jagger. Belushi. Leibovitz. The story of Jann Wenner, Rolling Ston[...]
A delicious romp through the heyday of rock and roll and a revealing portrait of the man at the helm of the iconic magazine that made it all possible, with candid look backs at the era from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and others.
The st[...]