It’s made by hand, it’s about the works of Michelangelo, it weighs 62 pounds and it costs north of $100,000. “Michelanglo: La Dotta Mano”, is out now.

As shocking as this seems, Joe the Plumber has landed himself a book deal. The magnum opus is titled Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream, and will focus on his take on American values.

photograph by Mireille de la Lez

Vanity Fair has a 9 image sampling of Mirelle de la Lez’s pictures from the Arctic, which are visually stunning and full of impact. These pictures are part of the book described below.

An extraordinary visual summary of the landscape, wildlife, and beauty of the Far North, photographer and naturalist Mireille de la Lez’sVanishing World:The Endangered Arctic shows the Arctic as a place of surprising color and quickly fluctuating form. Accompanied by text from Fredrik Granath, the photos also function as an arresting reminder of what we stand to lose if climate change goes unchecked. In 30 years, according to Dr. Neil T. M. Hamilton, director of the World Wildlife Fund’s Arctic Initiative, in his foreword to the book, the warmer periods of the year may produce a contradiction in terms: an iceless Arctic.