New Releases

SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books

Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home by Mike Tapscott

Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home  Written from an inside perspective, Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home aims to explore the issue of homelessness, not ‘what went wrong’ in the decisions and events that lead to becoming homeless, but instead what differences – and similarities – there are between the way those who have and have not experienced homelessness think. Tapscott does this partly through his own exploration into work with homeless clients and his first real interactions with homeless people in general, and partly through his interviews and conversations with those around him.

Journaling his experiences, Tapscott questions the ideals of those who live […]

2014-08-01T13:52:53+02:00August 1st, 2014|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

112 Hours by Rian Hughes

112 HoursThe fifteenth volume of this font guru’s fascinating obsession turns this time to numbers. Rian Hughes, a British designer based at Device Fonts, manages to make typography massively interesting by putting together a beautiful, artful layout that holds the eye and attention.

Rian studied at the LCP in London before briefly working for an advertising agency, i-D magazine, Smash Hits magazine and a series of record sleeve design companies. Having cut his teeth drawing comics for Paul Gravett’s seminal alternative press comic magazine “Escape”, for Belgium’s Magic Strip he co-wrote and drew the graphic novel “The Science Service”, published in […]

2020-02-20T12:47:24+02:00July 1st, 2014|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Antarctica 2014 by Karen Johns

Antartica 2014

This beautiful book by traveler Karen Johns documents her trip to Antarctica in 2014. Laden with exquisite photos, we feel we are with her on her journey through a reflective blue-ice paradise. Of course, the fluffy penguins will enchant everyone, but the ship photos cutting through still waters flanked by mountains and icebergs are amazing, along with timeless shots of whales and seals. This book will make anyone want to go visit.

Johns writes,

We travelled through one of the most beautiful wilderness places on earth, with snow, ice rock and teeming with amazing wildlife. Vast mountain ranges of emptiness

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2014-07-01T12:38:47+02:00July 1st, 2014|Categories: New Releases|

Polanski’s Ghosts by Burkhard von Harder

Polanski's GhostsIn March 2009 Roman Polanski shot “THE GHOSTWRITER” on the Isle of Sylt. The photographs in this book show the Listland Movie Set, left behind when the job was done – one still can sense the presence of Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor and Eli Wallach.

During the shooting of this film, Polanski was again called to trial in the US for a crime he committed years before – that of the rape of an underage girl. That will surely pique interest for this book, and its title.

The photos are a fascinating look at this abandoned film set, and a […]

2014-07-01T12:25:14+02:00July 1st, 2014|Categories: New Releases|
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