Adirondack Style
Amazon.com Review: The Adirondack "Great Camp" style bears witness to the long and interesting history of New York State's northeastern corner, from the splint basketry and bark sheathing used by the native people, the furs and skins so prized [... more]
$37.50
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Gardens in the City: New York in Bloom
Amazon.com Review: New York, a city of skyscrapers and gardens, has much to teach the rest of the world about making gardens--despite, or perhaps because of, limited space and difficult conditions. In Gardens in the City: New York in Bloom, the [... more]
$49.50
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Digital Hustlers: Living Large and Falling Hard in ...
Really NOT worth reading.: This 'book' is nothing but a collection of stutters from too many people. There is no central character to follow. Its really hard to stay motivated in reading this. Content interesting but structured badly: The content of [... more]
$26.00
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The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views ...
A good book for a visitor to NYC: I bought this book a few days before my first visit to New York City. However, just reading very first part of this book gave me good knowledge of both history and architectures of NYC. This book starts with the born of [... more]
$49.95
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Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Plan ...
An important book: I happend to bump into the book by accident. I was doing research into Edward Bouton, creator of Baltimore's Roland Park. Bouton also doubled as the general manager of the Sage Foundation's Forest Hills Gardens. This is a great book, [... more]
$39.95
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New York City Trees
The only guide you will need when visiting the NY area: This is a superb pocketable book that gives the full lowdown of trees in the metro area. Full color throughout - lovely photos and enough trees included to be pretty well all you need for much of [... more]
$19.95
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Adirondack Camps: Homes Away from Home, 1850-1950
Author: Craig A. Gilborn Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 643.2 EAN: 9780815606260 ISBN: 0815606265 Number Of Pages: 367 Publication Date: 2000-05 [... more]
$49.95
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Garden Guide: New York City (Garden Guides)
Garden Guide: A Gem: This book is filled with beautiful photos and short descriptons of gardens from all five boroughs of New York City. Leafing through it, once again I realized how special this city is. Garden Guide: New York City is a must for anyone [... more]
$19.95
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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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Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to ...
Government Bungling - Again!: Gertz begins by relating how, prior to 9/11, the CIA failed to help an Afghan leader trying to rally forces against the pro bin Laden Taliban. As a result, he was captured and executed. Lack of Coordination: In '95, [... more]
$27.95
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One Thousand New York Buildings
As solid and beautiful as the buildings they describe: Every once in a while I'll walk down a street of my busy city and spot a building that I'd never seen before, or, if I had seen it, never paid it much mind. But something about it--its age or its [... more]
$34.95
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