Powerhouse Books: 30 books
The Art of the Idea
And How It Can Change Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
“An original and beautiful book. It suggests that the surest way to liberate ourselves is through the power of our ideas.”
—Nelson Mandela Foundation
“This is not just one of those books that makes you think. It challenges you to think. It demands that you think, and to beware of...
by Rachel Hulin
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A fantasy children's book intended for infants and toddlers, Flying Henry follows the story of a baby who develops a magical ability to fly. Aware of his rare gift, he soars through his home, into nature, and unfamiliar places, testing the limits of his new skill by examining the world around him...
Grandmother Power
A Global Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Whether fighting for the environment, human rights, education, health, or cultural preservation, a new generation of activist grandmothers across the world are using their strength, wisdom, and hearts to make a difference.
An unheralded grandmothers' movement is changing the world. Insurgent...
The Mind's Eye
The Art of Omni
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Omni was a jewel among popular science magazines of its era (1978–1998). Science Digest, Science News, Scientific America, and Discover may have all been selling well to armchair scientists, but Omni masterfully blended cutting edge science news and science fiction, flashy graphic design, a touch...
Lovemarks
the future beyond brands
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
"Ideas move mountains, especially in turbulent times. Lovemarks is the product of the fertile-iconoclast mind of Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi. Roberts argues vociferously, and with a ton of data to support him, that traditional branding practices have become stultified....
Fare Forward
Letters from David Markson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In this first-ever book of letters by novelist David Markson—a quintessential "writer's writer" whose work David Foster Wallace once lauded as "pretty much the high point of experimental fiction in this country"—readers will experience Markson at his wittiest and warmest. Poet...
Down in the Hole
The unWired World of H.B. Ogden
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Down in the Hole humorously re-imagines HBO and creator David Simon's The Wire as an illustrated Victorian novel.
Highly anticipated since its initial online appearance and immediate viral proliferation, first-time authors and ersatz Victorian scholars Joy DeLyria and Sean Michael Robinson...
Vivian Maier
Street Photographer
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher.
A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly...
by
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The original, instant classic which set the world afire. The first book to introduce the phenomenon that is the life story and work of Vivian Maier.
A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian...
Caffe Lena
Inside America's Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In 1960, burgeoning actress and defiant dreamer Lena Spencer opened a small, grassroots coffeehouse in the quaint upstate New York town of Saratoga Springs. Within her then-husband’s plan to start the Caffè as a means for the couple to artistically flourish while “making enough money to retire...
by Ari Seth Cohen, Dita Von Teese
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Advanced Style is Ari Seth Cohen’s blog-based ode to the confidence, beauty, and fashion that can only be achieved through the experience of a life lived glamorously. It is a collection of street fashion unlike any seen before—focused on the over-60 set in the world’s most stylish locales. The...
by Alexandra Crockett
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Skulls and Siamese. Corpse paint and Persians. Baphomet, pentagrams, blood, and tabbies!
Metal Cats combines two amazing subjects: the extreme personalities of the hardcore metal music scene and their adorable kitties. These incredibly cute and fluffy felines have been photographed with their...
The Gospel of Hip Hop
The First Instrument
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument, the first book from the I Am Hip Hop, is the philosophical masterwork of KRS ONE. Set in the format of the Christian Bible, this 800-plus-page opus is a life-guide manual for members of Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and practical...
Loveworks
How the world's top marketers make emotional connections to win in the marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
In 2004 Kevin Roberts wrote Lovemarks: the future beyond brands. It was admired by many as a breakthrough in marketing thinking but was also controversial because of its surprisingly obvious thesis: that emotional connections are at the heart of sustained relationships between producers, retailers,...