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HOXTON MINI PRESS X PENGUIN BOOKS
This is the second book in collaboration with Penguin. Written by Adam Hay-Nicholls.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A groundbreaking book of car photography, revealing the car's unique role in our culture
Car photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. Predictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of glossy magazines, or huge blow-ups on giant billboards which have one designed aim: to sell a lifestyle. But our relationship with cars is so much more meaningful than these images might suggest. Like the camera, the car has changed the way we explore the world. With cars came road trips, and with road trips came some of the most important photographic documentaries of our time. A car is a vehicle not just for transport but for our hopes, desires and dreams.
In Smoke & Mirrors, a selection of world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers come together to pay tribute to the car. From Nick Turpin's images of 'donut' skid marks, Todd Hido's painterly landscapes taken through wet windscreens and William Green's shots of sleeping Tokyo taxi drivers, these photographs display cars at their most playful, introspective and meaningful, reminding us that there is more to them than just metal and machinery - for cars are emotionally intertwined with the lives we live.
240pp hardback, 195 x 253mm.
Adam Hay-Nicholls is a writer and media consultant specialising in motoring, Formula One racing, culture, travel, luxury and adventure. An editor, visual director and producer who has worked with some of the world's most talented writers, photographers and designers.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 9781846149443
£10.95
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'An Opinionated Guide to London Canals'. Text by Emmy Watts. 176pp, paperback, 112 x 162mm. Contains 54 places, an introduction, and a 'best for...'
Waterside pints and wild marshland, cheese barges and swan pedalos: London’s canals offer some of the most relaxing days out at all times of the year. From Little Venice to Limehouse Basin, by land or by water, explore the city and its diverse ecosystems at an altogether more peaceful pace.
This book is carbon neutral. This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-914314-61-2
£11.95
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'An Opinionated Guide to London Food'. Text by David Paw. 224pp, paperback, 112 x 162mm. Contains 77 places, an introduction, and a 'best for...'
London is delicious. But you already knew that. The problem is: where is really delicious? And we don’t mean just Michelin-starred-delicious, we mean the brightest, most innovative, most inspiring, multicultural cooking found anywhere in the city. Whether it’s fresh pasta, fiery curries, BYOB grills or life-affirming bagels, what we mean is: these are the places you simply have to try.
This book is carbon neutral. This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-914314-65-0
£10.95
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'An Opinionated Guide to London Bookshops'. Text by Sonya Barber and James Manning. Photography by Ellen Christina Hancock. 176pp, paperback, 112 x 162mm. Contains 64 places, an introduction, and a 'best for...'
Why buy a book on Amazon when you can buy it on a barge? London has every type of bookshop imaginable. Walk in and inhale the transportive smell of printed paper. Ahhhh. Whether you’re looking for a neighbourhood indie with perfect coffee or to get lost among antiquarian tomes, this unashamedly opinionated guide will tell you where to find your paper-filled peace.
This book is carbon neutral. This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-914314-66-7
£20.00
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'Brutalist Plants' by Olivia Broome, 208pp, hardback, 151 x 199mm.
Architects have long found ways of exploiting the contrast between the natural and the manufactured, but nowhere more keenly than in the meeting of plants and Brutalism. From angular terraces overgrown with vines to cracks that have become arteries for moss, these images tell a story of resilience – and unexpected beauty.
Olivia Broome runs the successful Brutalist Plants instagram account @brutalistplants, which has a global online following.
This book is carbon neutral. This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-914314-48-3