BEAUTIFUL BOOKS AND MUSINGS
'I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.' - Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Turning The Pages – Some Book Moments. For me, an afternoon spent in a book store turning the pages discovering some book moments is absolute bliss. Biographies, fiction, lifestyle, social history will just touch the surface of my book shelves. Each book that is highlighted I have either read, in the middle of reading, or waiting for my new copy to arrive. On an average I have six books in my sight that I am reading, looking at and learning from each week.
Do not expect a review – that is for you the reader to decide. I am simply sharing books that have captured my heart.
LIFE & FASHION MOMENTS
Pockets – By Hannah Carlson. A fascinating and surprising social and design history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-fifteen hundreds up to today that uncovers what pockets reveal about us, our place in society, and how we move through the world. Who is allowed pockets and why? Why is it that men’s clothes are full of pockets while women’s have so few? How is it that putting your hands in them can be seen as a sign of laziness, arrogance, confidence, or perversion?
Visit Hachette Book Group to explore more of this social history story.
An American In Provence – By Jamie Beck. Be transported to the South of France – part art book, part travelogue, part memoir, and part cookbook, and perfect for art lovers, Francophiles, and armchair travellers alike. An American in Provence is a beautiful collection of exquisite portraits, scenic, and still-life photography from wildly popular, creative and award-winning photographer Jamie Beck.
Visit publisher Simon and Schuster to learn more. Such a beautiful publication.
Ralph Lauren A Way Of Living – By Ralph Lauren. A stunning celebration of Ralph Lauren’s signature home collections—including the designer’s own homes – which have inspired the world of interior design for nearly half a century. The book commemorates the 40th anniversary of the home collection with the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the signature style of Ralph Lauren and his pioneering lifestyle approach to design.
Visit publisher Rizzoli New York to explore more on this commemorative book.
Image Credits | Hachette Book Group; Simon and Schuster; Rizzolli New York.
THE BEAUTY BUSINESS
The Company I Keep – By Leonard Lauder. Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business his mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand and ultimately into the iconic global prestige beauty company it is today.
Read this from Harper Collins to learn more what is behind a family in business.
A RETAIL EMPIRE
Merlyn – By Michael Shmith. The illustrious life of Merlyn Baillieu Myer spanned more than three-quarters of the twentieth century. Her life was transformed when, in San Francisco on her twentieth birthday in 1920, Merlyn married department-store magnate Sidney Myer. Together, they consolidated the identity of the Store (as the family called the Myer Emporium) into a formidable business. Together, they lived and loved life to the full. But Dame Merlyn (as she became) almost forty years after her death, Merlyn’s philanthropic influence still resounds deeply within her family.
Read this remarkable story from Hardie Grant Books that will take you to a different era in society.
A CHANGING SOCIETY
Debs At War 1939-1945 – By Anne de Courcy. An extraordinary account – from firsthand sources – of upper-class women and the active part they took in the War. Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For many, the war changed all that for ever. This social history account will have you transfixed from the first page.
And once you have read Debs At War you will be reaching for more from Anne de Courcy. I know I have. A wonderful book is something you always return to.
Images | Harper Collins Books; Hardie Grant Books; Anna de Courcy.
Editorial Notes: Book images to relevant Publishing Houses.
More To Read
Discover ‘Travel Inspired – Home Decor To Covet’ – just one of the stories in A Life To Love. It will be a beautiful read.
