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What's your favorite coffee table book?

Sep 1, 2011 2:05 AM

I saw this at someone's house, it's an absolute marvel, even if you're not a nerd (which I am):
http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/2a229d1a-485f-41ff-b8e0-26e0a9c990d5/the-math-book-from-pythagoras-to-the-57th-dimension-250-milestones-in-the-histo

Looking to stock my new coffee table. What are some of your favorites?

zarfus zarfus

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The Coffee Table Book of Coffee Tables! By Kosmo Kramer>
http://metaprime.blogspot.com/2010/06/kramers-coffee-table-book-via-seinfeld.html

hopper75 hopper75
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@hopper75: Great episode, didnt think it was real haha

zarfus zarfus
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Personal Favorite:

http://www.amazon.com/Skyscrapers-Philip-Johnson/dp/1884822452/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1314845786&sr=8-10

unoriginal26 unoriginal26
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A Day in the Life of America
http://www.amazon.com/Day-Life-America-Photographed-Photojournalists/dp/000649207X

Earth from Above
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081095947X/metafilter-20/ref=nosim

Lastly,
14,000 Things to be Happy About
http://www.amazon.com/14-000-Things-Happy-About/dp/0761147217

I am a simple man with simple likes.

rlapid2112 rlapid2112
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My new HP Touchpad

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@hopper75: That was my first thought when I read the question.

pxb006 pxb006
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Our Dumb World
http://store.theonion.com/product/our-dumb-worldpaperback,148/

benyust2 benyust2
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I'm a big fan of the Postsecret books by Frank Warren. http://www.amazon.com/PostSecret-Extraordinary-Confessions-Ordinary-Lives/dp/0060899190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314884340&sr=8-1

icet1986 icet1986
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@icet1986: Nice one(s), I forgot about them. Though it can be very heavy (emotionally) for a casual glance/read.

rlapid2112 rlapid2112
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Life: 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography

and

The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll

woothulhu woothulhu
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@icet1986: My wife loves these, maybe I'll surprise her with this.

zarfus zarfus
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I forgot about his one too, America 24/7 (I am partial to picture books):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0789499754/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used

rlapid2112 rlapid2112
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@rlapid2112: true, but excellent conversation starters.

icet1986 icet1986
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@icet1986: I definitely was tearing-up the first time I read through some of them. Can't seem to recall specifics, as they have since become congealed into one confession, in my mind.

rlapid2112 rlapid2112
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Janson's History of Art

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