In the Spotlight

The Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America

Kerby Miller and Patricia Mulholland Miller

Chronicle Books

www.chroniclebooks.com

Just as one of the greatest history lessons unfolds on each page, so do maps, letters, advertisements and photographs specially produced to simulate authentic immigration materials. Through intimate letters and printed journals, the book publisher recaptures an era spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries when immigrants from Ireland entered the new world. The interactive materials are designed to join together the experiences of those at home and abroad in a link between past and present, demonstrated most effectively in its rich ode to history using detachable pages within the bound text. To accomplish this, the publisher utilizes styles that would best imitate vintage papers and documents without losing durability. The book was printed in two parts—the first, a traditional book printing and binding run, and the second, a sheetfed process for the unbound materials.

Halston

Steven Bluttal and Patricia Mears

Phaidon

www.phaidon.com

As the creator of Jackie Kennedy's signature pillbox hat and the designer of choice for Liza Minnelli in the 1970s, Halston is synonymous with American style. The designer became renowned for creating a modern, minimal, yet glamorous look that encompassed everything from flowing caftans and ultrasuede dresses to uniforms that lent panache to airline attendants and The Girl Scouts of America alike. The book, produced in honor of Halston's inimitable style, is no exception to this ideal. Two hundred color illustrations, 300 black-and-white photographs and dozens of reproduced drawings and sketches not only pay homage to fashion, but celebrate design from production to completion. According to the publisher, reproducing a wide array of fabrics was not an easy task. But it was achieved by using color calibration devices that assured a matching end product, paying careful attention to texture, color and form.