Washington's Gardens at Mount Vernon
 Beatiful and fascinating: This lovely book, full beatiful photographs is a must for any one interested in American history and garden history in general. In fact it gives us Americans a garden history (slavery excluded) to be as proud of as the British [... more]
$40.00
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California: An Interpretive History
does "interpretive" mean neglectful? or just PC?: It is true that UC Berkeley is a top ranked school for History. Sadly, this UC Professor misses the mark. This interpretive history does do many aspects of California History justice, but it [... more]
$55.40
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Charleston Style: Past and Present
Rekindles Fond Memories: Susan Sully's book revived many delightful memories of my recent visit to Charleston. Her evocative prose paired with the beautiful photographs made as much of an impression on me as seeing Charleston's gracious architecture in [... more]
$50.00
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Amazon.com Review: Voodoo. Decadent socialites packing Lugars. Cotillions. With towns like Savannah, Georgia, who needs Fellini? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil takes two narrative strands--each worthy of its own book--and weaves them together to [... more]
$25.00
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The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello
A gem of a book for lovers of Monticell0--and fruit!: Peter J. Hatch, head of gardening at Thomas Jefferson's beloved plantation, Monticello, offers an authorative and edifying look at the orchards and fruits grown historically and today at this [... more]
$49.50
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Hands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape
Glad I Read This: This remarkable book is essentially a history of Vermont told from the perspective of the relationship between human beings and the physical environment, i.e. how succeeding generations have tried to make a living out of a surprisingly [... more]
$39.95
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Palm Springs: The Landscape, the History, the Lore
Now THIS is Palm Springs: Mary Jo Churchwell's history of Palm Springs touches on the familiar Palm Springs of old ....a Palm Springs populated by the beautiful people like Bob Hope and Gig Young, Lucy and Desi, and yes, the lovely Miss Dinah Shore. BUT, [... more]
$25.00
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Home Town
Amazon.com Review: Northampton, Massachusetts, boasts a rich history that dates back to the 17th century. It is home to Mount Holyoke, which has been climbed by Charles Dickens and Henry James (among others), and to Sylvia Plath's alma mater, Smith [... more]
$14.95
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Texas' Big Bend Country (Texas Geographic Series, No 1)
Photographs of Big Bend National Park: A large-format (8.5x11", oblong) color photo book of Big Bend National Park and vicinity. Includes shots of canyons, deserts, ghost towns, local flora and fauna, park map. 60% photos, 40% text. Best book ever [... more]
$6.95
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Republic of Dreams : Greenwich Village: The American ...
Amazon.com Review: New York's Greenwich Village, "the most significant square mile in American cultural history" and "home of half the talent and half the eccentricity in the country," is the subject of Ross Wetzsteon's Republic of [... more]
$35.00
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Water for Gotham: A History
Amazon.com Review: "The chief disadvantage of New York," observed the Swedish botanist Peter Kalm in the mid-18th century, "is the want of good water." The Dutch farmers who settled on Manhattan in the 1600s found the island, which is [... more]
$29.95
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Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile
how to get to know a place....: ....is what the author shows you throughout this highly readable tale of Scratch Flat, a mile-square locale near Concord. The history of its geography, botany, and inhabitants unfolds here in lucid prose devoid of [... more]
$16.95
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