Covers.

A book's cover design is a major part in my decision every time I walk into a bookstore. To me a books cover should give the reader the initial mood and feeling of the story thats about to be embarked upon. When I picked up Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood without any prior knowledge of the story or even the author himself I felt that its cover gave a sense of perfection..From the colour choices and arrangement to the beautiful girl in the background it gave me the confidence to buy the book thinking, why would such amazing cover design be wasted on a uninteresting novel. Thank God I was right.

I finally decided to do some research on John Gall, the man credited for the novels design. Unsurprisingly, he has quite a few covers that really catch my eye. On a site simply called "Covers" John takes part in an interesting interview about his life and involvement with book cover design.

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Conspiracy In The Streets

I'm not one to always go out and look for a book to read so whenever I feel the urge to go to the bookstore, I don't know much about the "must read" authors so I usually just go by how attractive and well put together the cover design is from one book to the next..I came across a book called Conspiracy In the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight . Put together in collaboration with the respected history professor and magazine editor Jon Wiener, political activist Tom Hayden, and cartoonist Jules Feiffer who's illustrations complement the book so well.



The book takes you through the 1969 trial that brought together the well known figures from the antiwar protests, yippie demographic, and Black Panther party to face conspiracy charges. Both the book's writing and trial are very humorous and entertaining..recommended read for anyone wanting to learn more about how the US government handled those who felt the need for a serious change that could greatly effect their own agendas. The unbiased writing leaves the reader making their own opinions and gives a little history of what was 'really' happening during those confusing times.


-The cover photo features the men that were tried in the case with the exception of Bobby Seale (who was being held in jail).. the cover photo and design is what really made me pick the book up. A very nice find.

Conspiracy In The Streets