Mark - 

My first choice would be the "Anthology" book.  Really nice collection of photos and all text is in the Beatles' own words (companion to the Anthology videos).

I have loads of Beatles books, and I could recommend others, but this one is (IMO) your best bet for a photo-heavy coffee-table book.

Michael

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From: markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) 

> Hello all: 
> My partner is a big Beatles fan, so I thought I would get him a book on the 
> group for Christmas. However, he is a very busy guy and is not big on reading 
> lengthy novels or academic tomes, so I am really looking for more of a 
> coffee-table type book on the group. (Lots of high quality photos and brief but 
> well written text.) 
> 
> I'm honestly not sure if there is something like that out there, but I figured 
> some of the more Beatles-obsessed Audites folk would know. 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Mark E.