Everything You Know Is Pong ($) is a brilliantly designed and beautifully illustrated tribute to the game of ping pong. The most popular sport in the world is also just about the least appreciated, and here we have tales of the table from such icons as Will Shortz. Nick Horby, Davy Rothbart, Jonathan Safran Foer and Harold Evans. Every sport going claims that it is the world’s game but none can come close to the global status enjoyed by the ubiquitous and modest game of ping pong. Quite why this fast paced phenomena has never reached the upper echelons of sporting history, and made superstars of its plays, is still a mystery, one this book seeks to solve.
Meat | Everything You Need To Know ($30) is a reference manual for meat lovers. Americas’s premier butcher explains everything from the best and most flavorful cuts to purchase, to exactly how to prepare each cut based on 75 recipes that can come only from years of knowledge gained by being a fourth generation butcher. […]