I was having a look around some of the shops, to see the deals in the January sales.
There are some amazing deals, many of which I found in Chapters Bookstore (Parnell St., Dublin)
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw some giant books on various topics (flora/birds/horses/earth/photography) and they were reduced to €20, down from €68! Even at this price of €68 I believe they would be undervalued.
Both of the books are hude, and beautifully presented. In the interest of appreciating the scale, here’s a picture with a CD in front of one of the books:
The book “The Complete Earth” has 220 pages of full-page full-colour satellite photographs and composites. The photos here show how photos of the earth are presented across two pages, measuring 70cm in width (over 2 feet). The end of the book has 24 pages (12 by 2 page spreads) of the earth for each month across a year. Seeing the snow retreat and come back in October/November is fascinating.
The other book is one on Ansel Adams, the famous landscape photographer and naturist. In Transition Year I did a project on Adams, a photographer my teacher was particularly impressed with, and some of his work is simply breathtaking.
The book also contains small descriptions and backgrounds on the photos, much of Adams’ work has a story behind it as he campaigned for preservation.
I really recommend people have a look in Chapters for some interesting books, especially the reduced coffee-table books.
Please comment if you’ve any thoughts!
Posted on January 10th, 2009 by David
Filed under: personal
