New York Times: The Complete Front Pages: 1851-2008 - Hardcover

"Worth buying a coffee table for?.A mighty entry in this year's gift book sweepstakes." --John McAlley, NPR.org "History buffs will find plenty with which to fill winter evenings in 157 years? worth of the Times?.This is your go-to source." --O: The Oprah Magazine "The New York Times has produced a beauty." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune "This monster will satisfy the news junkie on you list in a big, big way. My pick for the best gift book of the year." --Ted Anthony, The New Haven Register "With the publishing of this stunning volume of the most momentous front pages of the past 150 years, accompanied by DVDs with with every single Times front page ever published, a sprawling snapshot of human civilization as Americans saw it -- is suddenly at our fingertips." "[A] satisfyingly hefty volume?reminding you of how the experience of reading the newspaper is at once public and intimate, of the enduring, essential, all-important power of the printed word." --The Associated Press Selected as a Best Gift Book of 2008 "[A] fascinating monster of a book?all the great events are here?" --John Mark Eberhart, Bookpage "A heavyweight knockout of a book?this amazing encyclopedia of journalism is finely enhanced by pertinent, reflective essays?an exceptional reference?extraordinary, eye-popping?" --Francine Prose, The Kansas City Star "The New York Times has produced a beauty." "Minneapolis Star-Tribune"" A heavyweight knockout of a book this amazing encyclopedia of journalism is finely enhanced by pertinent, reflective essays an exceptional reference extraordinary, eye-popping --Francine Prose "The Kansas City Star "" Worth buying a coffee table for .A mighty entry in this year s gift book sweepstakes. --John McAlley "NPR.org "" This monster will satisfy the news junkie on you list in a big, big way. My pick for the best gift book of the year. --Ted Anthony "The New Haven Register "" Selected as a Best Gift Book of 2008 [A] fascinating monster of a book all the great events are here --John Mark Eberhart "Bookpage "" [A] satisfyingly hefty volume reminding you of how the experience of reading the newspaper is at once public and intimate, of the enduring, essential, all-important power of the printed word. --Francine Prose "O: The Oprah Magazine "" "A heavyweight knockout of a book...this amazing encyclopedia of journalism is finely enhanced by pertinent, reflective essays...an exceptional reference...extraordinary, eye-popping..." "The New York Times has produced a beauty." "[A] satisfyingly hefty volume...reminding you of how the experience of reading the newspaper is at once public and intimate, of the enduring, essential, all-important power of the printed word." -- Francine Prose "O: The Oprah Magazine" "Worth buying a coffee table for....A mighty entry in this year's gift book sweepstakes." -- Dwight Garner "The New York Times"

For the first time ever, in one indispensable book-and-DVD package, "The New York Times" presents its complete front pages. The book reproduces a selection of 300 front pages covering the most significant events of the past 157 years, along with insightful commentary from the paper's top writers; and the accompanying DVDs include every front page published in the history of the "NY Times".