Over the past quarter century the Pixar team of writers, artists and directors have changed the shape of contemporary animation through their feature movies and shorts. From the classics such as A Bug’s Life and Toy Story through to recent masterpieces such as Toy Story 3, Up and Cars 2, this is a unique and comprehensive collection that offers us a behind the scenes guided tour of ever Pixar movie to date. The Chief Creative Officer at Pixar, John Lasseter, writes the foreword and for the first time we see the complete color scripts for every movie. The Art of Pixar ($34) is an outstanding book for any animation fan, and lets be honest who isn’t?
This book is a bona fide foodie classic. Fergus Henderson is the guy behind the St John restaurant in London, a world-renowned destination for everyone who wants to eat “on the wild side”. Here he presents some of the recipes that have earmarked him as one of the worlds most innovative, yet still traditional, chefs. […]