4. Ideas Illustrated;

Originally published in the Relocated issue of Ideas Illustrated, art director and author George Lois suggests five inspiring additions to consider for your bookshelf. Illustration by Martin Nicolausson and Clara Terne.

THE LOG OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
(International Marine Publishing Company, 1987)

The account of the most epic journey in history, with his vivid impressions of The New World, which Columbus presented to Queen Isabela in 1493.

HERE IS NEW YORK 
by E.B. White (The Little Book Room, 1976, 1999) 

E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room, sweltering in the summer heat, and wrote a remarkable book on the most exciting city in the world.

LAY THIS LAUREL
(Eakins Press Foundation, 1973)

An album on the iconic Saint-Gaudens memorial on Boston Common, honoring the first black volunteer regiment led by Robert Gould Shaw, who all died valiantly serving the Union cause on July 18, 1863.

LITERARY LIVES
by Edward Sorel (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006)

Ed Sorel viciously illustrates the lusts, hypocrisies and idiocies of ten iconic literary figures. He takes no prisoners.

T. REX AND THE CRATER OF DOOM
by Walter Alvarez (Vintage Books, 1998)

If you’re a fan of Michael Crichton, find out what really happened to make the dinosaurs extinct! An explosive read of the comet (asteroid?) attack, 65 million years ago.

Based in New York, George Lois is an art director and author renowned for marketing miracles.

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