Under Live Oaks: The Last Great Houses of the Old South
Southern Gothic Rehash: Both author and photographer of "Under Live Oaks" are English, and their knowledge of the South is distinctly secondhand and second-rate. Seebohm even acknowledges needing a crash course in Southern architecture from a [... more]
$40.00
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Great Lodges of the National Parks: The Companion Book ...
Beautiful book with spectacular pictures!: This is a gorgeous book. It has 192 pages--loaded with lovely glossy pictures. Not all of these lodges, however, are located in the national parks.Timberline Lodge is in a national forest and Oregon Caves [... more]
$35.00
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Survival Kit for Overseas Living, Fourth Edition: For ...
Awful: This book is terrible! Don't buy it! it is very condescending and generally stupid. It has a very high-and-mighty sophomoric attitude, while not really giving any worthwhile information. To add insult to injury, it is also out of date and contains [... more]
$19.95
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Sevruguin and the Persian Image: Photographs of Iran, ...
excellent photos - nastalgic: this is a great collection of some excellent photos of iran at the turn of the last century - it chronicles everyday life, including peasants, and the aristocracy and monarchy - there is a great picture of tehran's bustling [... more]
$24.95
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Nantucket Impressions
Author: Robert Gambee Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 917 EAN: 9780393010107 ISBN: 0393010104 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2001-09 [... more]
$50.00
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The Maine Coast From Above: Kittery to Calais
A great photo illustration of the Maine Coastline: Highly recommended if you're a photo buff like mylelf, or if you are into pictures of the Maine coastline. Would make an especially nice gift as a coffee table book. Not much narrative, but there are 112 [... more]
$30.00
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Key West Houses
Great photos: This book is full of wonderful photographs of Key West homes. I have not been yet, but would love to go and this book really inspires me. Fabulous photos: Not only does this book capture the beauty of Key West architecture, it is very [... more]
$19.95
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Highway: America's Endless Dream
a mundane revelation...best on the lot: Brouws seems to have acquired a photographer's eye that can look behind and around and through the grime and the dust of the highway's edge, and find an unheralded harmony in the play of concrete, neon, and metal. [... more]
$32.50
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The Doors of San Miguel De Allende
Interesting, I guess, but beware the title: This book was purchased as a gift for me. I am a subscriber to International Living, and San Miguel is a long-time favorite of theirs. I mentioned this, and the way the city had piqued my interest, to a family [... more]
$19.95
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Tibet: The Secret Continent
Another go 'round: Another book by Peissel. This one, much to my syrprise, is atually quite good. Various aspects are presented in self contained chapters. It is also telling for what it doesn't say. For istance, Peissel writes he's been trekking Tibet [... more]
$39.95
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The Hidden Gardens of Kyoto
thoughtful and thorough: This book provides an excellent inside look at kyoto's historical gardens, though without much of the context in which they exist (e.g. surrounding city, houses). The photography is fantastic as it realistically shows the reader [... more]
$45.00
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La Vie en Rose: Living in France
gorgeous photos: Looking through this book really made me feel as though I was touring the French countryside. Many of the homes are rural farmhouses or chateaus, and the pictures showcase the warmth and charm of that part of the world. Just beautiful. [... more]
$50.00
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