Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005

6 best books like Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 (Phil Baines): Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, The Story of Art, A History of Illuminated Manuscripts, Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World, It Chooses You, 30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity across Time and Space

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

Author	Simon Garfield
ISBN	1592406521

What’s your type? Suddenly everyone’s obsessed with fonts. Whether you’re enraged by Ikea’s Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it’s okay to like Comic Sans, Just My Type will have the answer. Learn why using upper case got a New Zealand health worker...

The Story of Art

Author

E.H. Gombrich

This text is the 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. Eight new artists from the modern period have been introduced. They are: Corot, Kollwitz, Nolde, de Chirico, Brancussi, Magritte, Nicolson and Morandi. A sequence...

A History of Illuminated Manuscripts

Author	Christopher de Hamel
ISBN	0714834521

Medieval manuscripts are counted among the greatest glories of Western civilization. With their gold and painted decoration and their charming miniatures, they have always had immense appeal, and images from them can be seen everywhere - from greeting cards and wrapping paper to expensive facsimiles....

Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

Author	Lawrence Goldstone
ISBN	0767908376

Michael Servetus is one of those hidden figureheads of history who is remembered not for his name, but for the revolutionary deeds that stand in his place. Both a scientist and a freethinking theologian, Servetus is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation in the human body as well as the...

It Chooses You

Author	Miranda July
ISBN	1936365014

In the summer of 2009, Miranda July was struggling to finish writing the screenplay for her much-anticipated second film. During her increasingly long lunch breaks, she began to obsessively read the PennySaver, the iconic classifieds booklet that reached everywhere and seemed to come from nowhere....

30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity across Time and Space

Author	Phaidon Press
ISBN	0714847895

30,000 Years of Art presents 1000 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world, arranged in chronological order for a general readership. Breaking through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history, it celebrates the vast range of human artistry across time and space....