The Coffee Table Book Thread

InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
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As with the job thread, something very simple.

What do you have sitting on your coffee table. Or failing that, what art style book do you like thumbing through when you have nothing better to do?

I have 2.
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1582403228/qid=1073220196/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-4486319-7460019?v=glance&s=books' target='_blank'>Genesis: The Art of Transformers</a>
<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764309277/qid=1073220269/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-4486319-7460019?v=glance&s=books' target='_blank'>The Unofficial Guide to Transformers</a>

They're both awesome just to flick through sometimes....

I'd really like to find a copy of the One Piece or Naruto art books... oh well it's all good.
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    I have a few books i pick up from time to time, basically just to thumb through or gawp at the pretty pictures.

    <li><a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156389629X/qid=1073222562//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-9327082-8836149?v=glance&s=books&n=507846' target='_blank'>Sandman - The Dream Hunters</a>
    This is the only Sandman graphic novel i own. Well, it's just an illustrated book really. The artwork is done by Yoshitaka Amano and is absolutely amazing.

    <li>The Trigun Ultimate Fan Guide #1
    I'm still yet to find #2, but it's a cool little book that has screencaps, artwork and lots about the story, i pick it up occasionally just for the hell of it.

    <li><a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/430990453X/qid=1073222872//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/102-9327082-8836149?v=glance&s=books&n=507846' target='_blank'>Junko Mizuno's Hellbabies</a>
    Absolutely fantastic artwork from illustrator Junko Mizuno. Quite bizarre stuff really. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <a href='http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~mjdotcom/' target='_blank'>The official Junko Mizuno website</a>. **Warning** Does contain some adult drawings. Well, a lot of them.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    Up front by Bill Mauldin [old book written by a famous WWII cartoonist who was on the front]
    The Colditz Story [WWII book about Colditz castle where all the allied prisoners prone to escape attempts were sent]
    Cracked by Dr. Drew Pinsky [Dr. Drew's personal insight into his world of addiction medicine]

    Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior A Commando's Guide to Success [my favorite book, ever]
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    Dandy and the Beano. Pwnt
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook, by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht.

    Probably one of the most fun books to page through that I've ever had the opportunity. Explains how to do everything from perform a bootlegger reverse, to how to maximize your chances of survival when diving out a fifth-story window, to how to perform an emergency tracheotomy.
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    <a href='http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400049628/202-6627965-4381447' target='_blank'>The Zombie Survival Guide </a> Enough Said.

    <a href='http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140285539/qid=1073227471/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/202-6627965-4381447' target='_blank'>Day Of The Triffids</a> Best Book Ever. Or maybe its just the wway it describes the fall of civilisation and then what people do so well....
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->how to perform an emergency tracheotomy.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Yummy <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Tv/dvd remote.

    My mp3 player
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    edited January 2004
    When I'm bored I just read Al Franken books over and over. They are suprisingly good to re-read.
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  • TransmissionTransmission Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14456Members
    A coffee table book about coffee tables.
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  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    A Brief History Of Time



    The Universe In A Nutshell

    Both by Stephen Hawking.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Transmission+Jan 4 2004, 10:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Transmission @ Jan 4 2004, 10:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A coffee table book about coffee tables. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That turns into...............A COFFEE TABLE!
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <a href='http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/design/new/facts/03820.htm' target='_blank'>Japanese Graphics NOW!</a> - A christmas present. Im normally not a fan of japanese culture, but some of the art is really lovely.
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  • P-KhanP-Khan Join Date: 2003-05-27 Member: 16776Members
    Heisenberg Probably Slept Here - Richard Brennan
    A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking

    These two are always on the table. The rest are there cause.... well.... they are just random books which appear there. You'll see I read a lot <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> .

    Crime and Punishment - Feodor Dostoevsky
    Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev
    Long Day's journey Into Night - Eugene O'Neil
    Chekhov: The Major Plays - Anton Chekhiv
    "One Hell Of a Gamble" the Secret history of the Cuban Missile Crisis - Aleksandr Fursenko & Timothy Naftali (had to read this one for my history class. did an in-depth project on the Cuban Missile Crisis)
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    <a href='http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/guns/gunsv1index.html' target='_blank'>How to Draw Manga: Guns and Military</a>. Not really a "How to Draw Book" but serves as a reference point for your gun drawings. Also contains detailed info on the different types of guns in the book. Good to look at when your bored. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Transmission+Jan 4 2004, 04:39 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Transmission @ Jan 4 2004, 04:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A coffee table book about coffee tables. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You beat me to it you sod!

    /me walks comically into the doorframe instead of through the door and milks it for all it's worth
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  • UZiUZi Eight inches of C4 between the legs. Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13767Members
    2004 Gun Digest

    Chicken Soup for Your Butt (Beavis and Butthead)

    Chicken Soup for Serial Killers

    Original AK-47/AKM manual in Russian
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761128611/qid=1073235891//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/103-6635515-4292665?v=glance&s=books&n=507846' target='_blank'>The BEST Case Scenario Survival Handbook.</a> Just about the funniest parody book I've ever seen that isn't some sort of story. It makes fun of those Worst Case Scenario books.

    <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/060960502X/qid=1073235940/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6635515-4292665?v=glance&s=books' target='_blank'>Haikus for Jews</a>. You kind of have to be Jewish to get it, but it's another super funny short book, perfect for coffee tables. From which I have never drinken coffee.
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