Pump Up the Volumes

Tomes for the home display well, while providing inspiration and entertainment

(Pictured left to right)

Music/Art: Freedom Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83 ($39.95, SJR Publishing), by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker, at Book Beat, Oak Park.

Art: Painting Today ($75, Phaidon), by Tony Godfrey, at Book Beat, Oak Park.

Décor: A Passion for Blue & White ($60, Broadway Books), by Carolyne Roehm, at Stacey Leuliette Gracious Living, Birmingham.

Photography: Magnum Magnum ($34.95, Thames & Hudson), edited by Brigitte Lardinois, at Book Beak, Oak Park.

Photography: Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000 ($100, Harry N. Abrams Inc.), Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Shop, Detroit.

Literature: 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up ($34.95, Universe), by Julia Eccleshare, at Book Beat, Oak Park.

Décor: Books Do Furnish a Room ($39.95, Merrell), by Anthony Powell, at Book Beat, Oak Park.

Entertaining: Park Avenue Potluck Celebrations ($35, Rizzoli), by Florence Fabricant and The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, at Stacey Leuliette Gracious Living, Birmingham.

Décor: Downtown Chic, Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing ($45, Rizzoli), by Robert and Cortney Novogratz, at Book Beat, Oak Park.