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All work in this section by the designers credited (click on the index images to see full credits and project details). Ljoenes’s role limited to Art Direction and project oversight.
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The Widow Clicquot


The Story of a Champagne Empire
and the Woman Who Ruled It

Tilar J. Mazzeo

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte with spot-gloss

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Jacket design: Chin-Yee Lai
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Jacket photograph courtesy of Veuve Clicquot

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Ingredients


A Visual Exploration of
75 Additives & 25 Food Products

Dwight Eschliman
Text by Steve Ettlinger

Hardcover, 7.5" x 9.25"
Paper over board with bellyband

IACP Award 2016: Judge’s Choice
(International Association of Culinary Professionals)

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Book design: Tom Crabtree and Jerod Rivera / MANUAL
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes / Tom Crabtree
Photography: Dwight Eschliman
Additive and food styling: Vanessa Chu

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Unjustifiable Means


The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and
US Government Conspired to Torture

Mark Fallon

Regan Arts, 2017

Hardcover, 6 x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design/illustration: Mike McQuade
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Original photo: Saul Loeb / Staff / Getty Images

 

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The Jungle Effect


A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World—Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home

Daphne Miller, M.D.

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Design: David Uttley / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Photography by Steve Gardner of Pixelworks Studios
Illustration from Visual Language Library
Author photograph courtesy of author

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The Film Encyclopedia


The Complete Guide to Film and the Film Industry

6th Edition

Ephraim Katz
Revised by Ronald Dean Nolen

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Paperback 7.4" x 9.25"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design by Faceout Studio
Art Direction by Richard Ljoenes


“The best movie reference book, hands down.”
—Newsweek

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The Books That Changed My Life


Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People

Edited by Bethanne Patrick

Regan Arts, 2009

Hardcover, 5.625" x 8.25"
Uncoated stock

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Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai
Art Direction by Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket photograph by Tamara Staples / Getty
Front jacket photograph by Vipman / Shutterstock
Author photograph by Sharon Lepine McMahon
 

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No Good Deed


A Story of Medicine, Murder Accusations,
and the Debate Over How We Die

Lewis M. Cohen, MD

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Imprint, 2010

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Nate Salciccioli / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Jacket photography © Peter Dazeley, Getty Images
Author photograph by Ellen Augarten,
sculpture by Elliot Offner

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The 2 AM Principle


Discover the Science of Adventure

Jon Levy

Regan Arts, 2016

Paperback, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination with neon ink and stained edges.
Cover features die-cuts and a spin-wheel.
2-color neon printing throughout.

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Cover and interior design: Headcase Design /
Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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A City Dreaming


A Novel

Daniel Polansky

Regan Arts, 2016

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte soft-touch lamination

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Design: Ervin Serrano
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket photo: OnlyBackground/Shutterstock
Back jacket photo; Nina Buesing/Plain Picture
Author photo: Maribel De La Torre
 

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Baseball Americana


Treasures from the Library of Congress

Harry Katz, Frank Ceresi, Phil Michel, Wilson McBee, and Susan Reyburn

Foreword by George F. Will

HarperCollins Publishers,
Smithsonian / Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 9.25" x 11.5"
Matte lamination

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Design: Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Photography courtesy of The Library of Congress

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Note to Self


On Keeping a Journal and other Dangerous Pursuits

Samara O’Shea

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 8"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Chin-Yee Lai
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


ALTERNATE VERSION
Final two color options shown. The blue pattern is the printed version.

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The Elephants in my Backyard


A Memoir

Rajiv Surendra

Regan Arts, 2017

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte soft-touch lamination, gold foil

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Jacket design: Rajiv Surendra and Richard Ljoenes
Chalk lettering/artwork: Rajiv Surendra
Jacket photography: James Tse
Author photograph: Luke Fontana
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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The King of Vodka


The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the
Upheaval of an Empire

Linda Himelstein

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Design: Charles Brock / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Author photograph: © Peter Graham, 2009

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Bien Cuit


The Art of Bread

Zachary Golper
and Peter Kaminsky

Regan Arts, 2015

Hardcover, 9" x 10.5"
Exposed spine and black lacquered edges

2016 New York Book Show, 1st Place / Cookbook

2016 American Graphic Design Awards / GDUSA Magazine / Book Design

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Interior design: Steve Attardo / Ninetynorth Design
Cover and box design: Richard Ljoenes
Overall Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Photography by Thomas Schauer


 

“The 21 Best Cookbooks of 2015.” —Epicurious

“Our 15 Favorite Cookbooks of 2015.” —bon appétit

“One of the best cookbooks of 2015.”
—New York Times Book Review

“The Best Cookbooks of 2015.” —Vogue

“The Best Cookbooks of 2015.” —Eater

“Bien Cuit is the most beautiful cookbook
I have ever seen.”  —David Haeselin, 
Los Angeles Review of Books

“Zachary Golper demystifies and adapts
bread recipes for home cooks.”
—T: The New York Times Style Magazine

“Lots of people are fond of saying that bread baking is part art, part science; this book is truly at the intersection of both.” —Departures

“This is the kind of bread civilizations were founded on.” —Brooklyn Magazine

“This is a stunningly beautiful book.”
—Claire Saffitz, bon appétit

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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception


H. Keith Melton
Robert Wallace

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Christopher Tobias
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendary document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.

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The Airplane


How Ideas Gave us Wings

Jay Spencer

HarperCollins Publishers
Collins / Smithsonian Books, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Gabriele Wilson
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Author photograph by Deborah Spenser
Front jacket photograph (top) © Museum of Flight, Seattle; All other jacket photographs courtesy of Library of Congress

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The Weight of a Mustard Seed


An Iraqi General’s Moral Journey During the Time of Saddam

Wendell Steavenson

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.25"
Matte lamination

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Design: Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


ALTERNATE COVER
This is not the final printed cover

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Smithsonian Atlas of Aviation


Charting the History of Flight from the First Ballooms to Today’s Most Advanced Aircraft

Dana Bell

HarperCollins Publishers
Collins / Smithsonian Books, 2008

Hardcover, 9.5" x 10"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Gabriele Wilson
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket photograps: top row, from left: © NASM, © NASM, © USAF Map in middle © NASM Bottom row, from left: first two images © Hulton Archive / Getty Images, third image © Ablestock / Jupiterimages
Back jacket photograps: top row, from left: © USAF, © NASM, © NASM; bottom row, from left: first two images © USAF, third image © NASM; map on front flap © NASM
Author photograph by Carolyn Russo

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The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop


Richard M. Isackes & Karen L. Maness

Regan Arts, 2016

Hardcover w/slipcase, 11" x 14"
Cover and slipcase printed on cloth

Communication Arts Design Annual, 2017

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Cover and interior design: Gabriele Wilson
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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General Sherman’s Christmas


Savannah, 1864

Stanley Weintraub

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Design: Charles Brock / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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The Professor


& Other Writings

Terry Castle

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Imprint, 2010

Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.25"
Matte Soft-touch lamination

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Design: Richard Ljoenes and Terry Castle
Collage: Terry Castle


“Brave, learned, sassy, wildly funny . . . [Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today.” —Susan Sontag

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Casa Nostra


A Home in Sicily

Caroline Seller Manzo

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Uncoated stock

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Design: Erica Heitman Ford / Mucca Design
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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The House at the End of the Road


The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial
Family in the American South

W. Ralph Eubanks

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Chin-Yee Lai
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Jacket photograph © Philippe Cheng / IPNSTOCK.com
Author photograph © Lee Ewing

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Leonard Bernstein


American Original

How a Modern Renaissance Man Transformed Music and the World During His New York Philharmonic Years,
1943–1976

Burton Bernstein and Barbara Haws

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 8.5" x 9.5"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Faceout Studio / Charles Brock
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket image © Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images
Back jacket image by © Walter Strate/New York Philharmonic Archives

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Among the Cannibals


Adventures on the Trail of Man's Darkest Ritual

Paul Raffaele

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6 x 9"
Uncoated stock

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Design/illustration: Henderson Bromstead Art Co.
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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At Night She Cries, While He Rides His Steed


A Romance Novel for Dudes

Ross Patterson

Regan Arts, 2015

Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.25"
Soft-touch matte lamination

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Jacket design and overall Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Interior design: Daniel Lagin
Illustrations: Tim McDonagh
Author photograph: Jarrod Taylor
 

This book is not for the easily offended.
Consider yourself warned.

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Getting into Guinness


One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside
the World's Most Famous Record Book

Larry Olmsted

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Matt Lehman Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Author photo: Allison Olmstead

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The Football Fan’s Manifesto


Michael Tunison

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Paperback, 5.3" x 8"

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Design: Christopher Tobias
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


ALTERNATE DESIGN / NOT FINAL COVER
The version shown here is not the final printed cover. 

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The Unwritten Rules of Baseball


The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime

Paul Dickson

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 5.5" x 7.1"
Paper-over-board. Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Christopher Tobias
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.


Text by Burt Boyar

HarperCollins Publishers /
Regan Books, 2007

Hardcover, 9.5" x 12"
Matte with foil and cloth spine

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Cover and interior design: Stephen Schmidt / Duuplex
Photography: Sammy Davis, Jr.
Overall Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


Sammy Davis, Jr. will forever be remembered as one of America's finest entertainers. An all–around performer who could sing, dance, and act, Davis broke racial barriers in the entertainment world and became the only non–white member of the Rat Pack. Only now, however, is Davis's talent as a photographer finally being recognized. In this previously unpublished collection of black and white photography, readers will be fascinated by Davis's portrayals of A–list performers, iconic world leaders, and scenes from everyday life. Davis's subjects include dozens of classic celebrities–such as Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, and James Dean–who are often photographed at their most casual and revealing moments.

Accompanying the pictures is an assortment of remembrances by Burt Boyar, a longtime friend and traveling companion of Davis who collaborated with the entertainer on both of his autobiographies. Through a series of memorable anecdotes, Boyar reflects on Davis's many achievements as well as the private moments they shared as friends. Along with Davis's candid shots of ordinary life–from a group of children laughing to a baseball game at the Washington Monument–these stories reveal a side of the performer far removed from his Rat Pack persona.

The release of this book will also coincide with the release of Burt Boyar's upcoming documentary, Sammy Speaks, created from his extensive archive of taped conversations with the star.

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You Don't Look Fat, You Look Crazy


An Unapologetic Guide to Being Ambitchous

Ashley Longshore

Regan Arts, 2017

Hardcover, 6" x 7.5"
Faux cloth stock

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Jacket design: Ashley Longshore and Richard Ljoenes
Interior Design: Alisha Petro
Overall Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes


“Her work . . . brings a ribald eye to wealth, fame, and status.” —Vanity Fair

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Mega Weird


Stories from the Anxiety-Ridden Mind of Nicholas Megalis

Regan Arts, 2015

Paperback, 8" x 10"
Also in Limited Edition with printed exposed board
(shown here).

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Cover design and overall art direction: Richard Ljoenes
Interior design: Jacob Covey
Illustrations: Tom Megalis

INTERIOR IMAGES COMING SOON


1st Place, New York Book Show, 2013 /
Special Trade category

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Mrs Ravenbach’s Way


A Novel

William M. Akers

Regan Arts, 2016

Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.25"
Uncoated stock

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Design: Anna Wilkenfeld and Richard Ljoenes
Illustrations: Anna Wilkenfeld
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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The Thoreau You Don’t Know


What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant

Robert Sullivan

HarperCollins Publishers,
Collins Imprint, March 2009

Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5"
Matte lamination

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Design and illustration: Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Author photograph: Myrna gCopaleen

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Born to Explore

 
How to Be a Backyard Adventurer

Richard Wiese

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Paperback, 6" x 9"
Gritty matte lamination

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Cover design: Henderson Bromstead Art Co.
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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A Splintered History of Wood


Belt Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, & Baseball Bats 

Spike Carlsen

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Design: Charles Brock / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Jacket photographs © Shutterstock
Author photograph: Kat Carlsen

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Spice


Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean

Ana Sortun

HarperCollins Publishers /
William Morrow Imprint, 2006

Hardcover, 7.4" x 9.1"
Uncoated stock

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Jacket design: Erica Heitman-Ford / Mucca Design
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket photographs: (top) by Benn Mitchell /
Getty Images; (bottom) by Pat Behnke / Alamy
Back jacket and front (middle), and all interior
photographs by Susie Cushner
Author photograph by Jason Grow

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One Gun Ranch, Malibu


Biodynamic Recipes for Vibrant Living

Alice Bamford & Ann Eysenring

Regan Arts, 2017

Hardcover, PLC, 7.75" x 10.25"
Wibalin coverstock, Buckram finish

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Interior design, hand-lettering and illustration: Laura Palese
Cover design and overall art direction: Richard Ljoenes
Photography by Martin Löf and Jack Guy

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Turbulence


A True Story of Survival

Annette Herfkens

Regan Arts, 2016
Hardcover, 6 x 9"
Uncoated stock

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Jacket design: Richard Ljoenes
Artwork: Jim Darling
Author photograph by Christina Paige
Photograph of children by Paul O. Colliton Studio
Front flap photograph courtesy of author.

 

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How Math Explains the World


A Guide to the Power of Numbers,
from Car Repair to Modern Physics

James D. Stein

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint / Smithsonian, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte Lamination

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Jacket design: Jamie Keenan
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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The Hungry Scientist Handbook


Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies

Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Paperback, 7.4" x 9.1"
Gritty Matte lamination

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Design: Headcase Design
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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alibaba


The Inside Story Behind Jack Ma and the Creation
of the World's Biggest Online Marketplace

Liu Shiying and Martha Avery

HarperCollins Publishers,
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design: Jason Gabbert / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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Time of the Twins


The Story of Lex and Livia

Kendall and Kylie Jenner

Regan Arts, 2016

Hardcover, 6 x 9"
Metallic stock
Matte soft-touch lamination

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Design: Louise Mertens / Richard Ljoenes
Artwork: Louise Mertens
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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My Booky Wook


A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up

Russell Brand

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination with fluorescent ink and silver foil

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Jacket Design: Charles Brock / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Jacket photograph: Dean Chalkley


New York Times Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller

The Hit Charade


Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest
Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History

Tyler Gray

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Jacket design by The Designworks Group (Faceout Studio)
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Front jacket images: Backstreet boys by Joerg Carstensen / EPA / Corbis; Low Pearlman by Soeren Stache / DPA / Corbis; *NSYNC by Frank Trapper / Corbis / Sygma
Back jacket image: O Town by WirImage / Getty Images
Author photograph © Nick Rhodes

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Sultana


Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History

Alan Huffman

HarperCollins Publishers,
Collins Imprint / Smithsonian Books, 2009

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Design: Patti Ratchford
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
 

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Losing My Religion


How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in
America—and Found Unexpected Peace

William Lobdell

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 6" x 9"
Matte lamination

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Design: Jamie Keenan
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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Bardisms


Shakespeare for All Occasions

Barry Edelstein

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2009

Hardcover, 5.5" x 7.125"
Matte lamination

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Design: Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes
Illustration: Victor Juhasz
Author photograph: Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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Bohemian Modern


Living in Silver Lake

Barbara Bestor
with Kimberly Stevens

HarperCollins Publishers /
Regan Books, 2005

Hardcover, 8" x 10", printed case
Limited Edition with slipcase and exposed spine

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Cover and interior design: Michael Worthington & Eli Carrico with Yasmin Khan and Jiwon Lee / Counterspace Studio
Illustrations: Geoff McFetridge
Architecture/interior photographs: Joshua White
Portrait photographs: Jon Huck
Overall Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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Stupid Wars


A Citizen’s Guide to Botched Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions & Ridiculous Revolutions

Ed Strosser & Michael Prince

HarperCollins Publishers /
Collins Imprint, 2008

Paperback, 5.5" x 8.25"
Gritty matte lamination

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Cover design: Matt Lehman Studio
(formerly: Invisible Associates)
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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Who Turned Out the Lights


Your Guide Tour to the Energy Crisis

Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson

HarperCollins Publishers /
Harper Business, 2009

Paperback, 5.25" x 8"

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Cover design: Nate Salciccioli / Faceout Studio
Art Direction: Richard Ljoenes

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WidowClicquot_LowRes_SS.jpg
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The Widow Clicquot
Ingredients_ANIM_5e_small_03.gif
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Ingredients
UnjustifiableMeans_LowRes_SS.jpg
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Unjustifiable Means
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The Jungle Effect
FilmEncyclopedia_RP_LoRes_SS_v2.jpg
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The Film Encyclopedia
BooksThatChanged_Straight_On_LoRes_MedGray_SS.jpg
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The Books That Changed My Life
NoGoodDeed_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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No Good Deed
2AM-Principle_Anim_LowRes_SS_v2.gif
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The 2 AM Principle
CityDreaming_Straight_On_RGB_LowRes_SS.jpg
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A City Dreaming
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Baseball Americana
NoteToSelf_Straight_On_Brown_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Note to Self
ElephantsBackyard_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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The Elephants in my Backyard
Vodka King_Brighter_v2_SS.jpg
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The King of Vodka
BienCuit_ANIM_2d_small.gif
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Bien Cuit
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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception
Airplane_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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The Airplane
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The Weight of a Mustard Seed
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Smithsonian Atlas of Aviation
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The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop
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General Sherman’s Christmas
Professor_Straight_On_RGB_LoRes_SS.jpg
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The Professor
CasaNostra_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Casa Nostra
HouseAtEndOfRoad_Straight_On_MedGray_v3_SS.jpg
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The House at the End of the Road
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Leonard Bernstein
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Among the Cannibals
AtNightSheCries_ANIM_v2.gif
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At Night She Cries, While He Rides His Steed
GettingIntoGuiness_StraightOn_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Getting into Guinness
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The Football Fan’s Manifesto
UnwrittenRules_Straight_On_MedGray_SS.jpg
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The Unwritten Rules of Baseball
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Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.
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You Don't Look Fat, You Look Crazy
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Mega Weird
MrsRavenbachsWay_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Mrs Ravenbach’s Way
Thoreau_Straight_On_LoRes_SS_v3.jpg
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The Thoreau You Don’t Know
BornToExplore_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Born to Explore
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A Splintered History of Wood
Spice_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Spice
OneGunRanch_ANIM_LowRes_2a.gif
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One Gun Ranch, Malibu
Turbulence_StraightOn3D_LowRes_SS.jpg
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Turbulence
HowMathExplains_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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How Math Explains the World
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The Hungry Scientist Handbook
Alibaba_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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alibaba
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Time of the Twins
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My Booky Wook
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The Hit Charade
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Sultana
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Losing My Religion
Bardisms_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Bardisms
BohemianModern_ANIM_v2a.gif
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Bohemian Modern
StupidWars_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Stupid Wars
WhoTurnedOutLights_Straight_On_LoRes_SS.jpg
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Who Turned Out the Lights

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