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3.30.2015

So Much Attractive Leisure in Here

Today, the winds of spring bring you tales of the stylish pursuits of sporting humans. They bring you hope. They bring you... a new coffee-table book series filled with interesting people doing inter
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03/30/15
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A Series of Very Sporty Coffee-Table Books
Today, the winds of spring bring you tales of the stylish pursuits of sporting humans. They bring you hope. They bring you... a new coffee-table book series filled with interesting people doing interesting things in the fields of tennis, golf, soccer and yachting. That got too involved.
UD - This Could Get Leisurely
GOLF
This Could Get Leisurely
 
The tome: A pictorial odyssey through some of the most prestigious clubhouses and golf courses in the world, both past and present. Knickers. Respectable amount of those, too.
Highlights: JFK on a golf cart with about 972 children; a diamond-encrusted golf ball; JFK doing other things.
411:
The Stylish Life: Golf, $55, available now
UD - You Don’t Play Tennis, You Feel Tennis
TENNIS
You Don’t Play Tennis, You Feel Tennis
 
The tome: You just finished your first mimosa. You step onto a clay court, say something cordial and adjust your headband. Then you play tennis if there’s time. That’s this book.
Highlights: Woody Allen hanging out with a tennis racket; Chris Evert being a good loser; a very headband-forward Björn Borg.
411:
The Stylish Life: Tennis, $55, available now
UD - Of Course Soccer Is in Here
FOOTBALL
Of Course Soccer Is in Here
 
The tome: It’s about the soccer kind of football. But if you’re not a fan, you’re in a safe place here. It’s mostly pictures of fetching people doing things that are neat.
Highlights: A Hamburg fan crying while wearing a stupid hat with soccer balls on it; a little Mick Jagger; a lot of WAGs.
411:
The Stylish Life: Football, $55, available for preorder now
UD - Big Boats. Fancy People. Win-Win.
YACHTING
Big Boats. Fancy People. Win-Win.
 
The tome: Well, this is a book that glorifies the sh*t out of yachts and all the excess that goes along with them. We didn’t think you’d mind.
Highlights: Charles and Diana on the royal yacht; Grace Kelly holding a poodle on her way to Monaco; less Leo than you were expecting.
411:
The Stylish Life: Yachting, $55, available for preorder now
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Photos: Petr Josek, Reuters/Corbis (Golf); Bettmann, Corbis (Tennis); Picture Alliance/DPA (Football); and Tim Graham, Getty Images (Yachting)

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