The Wedding Album

Sunday's behemoth New York Times Style Magazine, when not covering six foot tall amazonians draped in $2000 bubblewrap, covered two wedding-centric tomes worth checking out. Rebecca Mead's One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding isn't available until May, but this investigation into the billion dollar bridal industrial complex sounds like an intriguing read.

For instant gratification, you can pick up Alice Harris' The Wedding Album, of a compilation of wedding pictures from the silly to the sublime, from American celebrities to tribal couples tying the knot. A great addition for the coffee table or a clever gift for that worldy bride to be.