Cobalt Press 2006. 265 pages. Illustrated. $50. 

2007 Independent Publishers Book Award. 

Available at Cobalt Press or david@davidcoggins.com

A chronicle of the artist's travels to cities around the world, this book combines encounters with people he met -- from artists and journalists to cooks and opera singers -- with ruminations about place and restlessness and the changing nature of cities. Containing over 90 photographs and drawings, The Nostalgic Heart is a celebration of urban life and the beauty and humanity of "the old square."

"David Coggins shares a world of insight in his beautiful travel book -- an unsentimental diary of poignant vignettes and artfully tinted photos. He is a romantic but a wise and insightful one who comes to terms with distance, time, and inevitable loss."

Mary Abbe, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A haunting and evocative voyage of discovery full of the precise observations of an artist's eye."     

William Boyd, author of Any Human Heart and Restless

"The Nostalgic Heart is my kind of book. Compelling to read, beautiful to hold in the hand and observe with the eye, and its emotional scent lasts long after it is left on the bedside table."  

Mason Riddle, Thinking Souls, mnartists.org