Because these are among the greatest book covers in the world.

"The Kibbo Kift were an early 'open air' social movement founded by John Hargrave in 1920. Hargrave’s aim was to encourage “outdoor education, the learning of handicrafts, physical training, the reintroduction of ritual into modern life, the regeneration of urban man and the establishment of a new world civilisation.”"

"books from an invented intellectual history concerned with the study of invertebrates and other animals as they relate to architecture and psychology."

"DERZEIT is the first and only independent daily newspaper for Fashion Week Berlin. It's a young and interdisciplinary publication that looks at the cultural field stylishly, critically and with a certain euphoria."

"...the late 60s–early 70s French magazine Plexus, a sexy offshoot of Planète. (John found it through DRTENGE.) It's an intriguing mix of surreal-fantastic-psychedelic art, interviews with writers (Jacques Sternberg was the literary editor), Playboy-style comics and the occasional Popeye comic, science fiction stories, Gilles de Rais profiles, philosophy, and—though there are few traditional photo spreads—lots and lots of boobs. Each early issue features a full-color "pin up": an erotic work by an artist like Leonor Fini."

title and cover art for Jeffrey Deaver's new James Bond novel, CARTE BLANCHE