At Home
A Short History of Private Life
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $15.95
With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern...
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The Perfectly Imperfect Home
How to Decorate and Live Well
Written by Deborah Needleman
Illustrated by Virginia Johnson
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $30.00
Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.
Over the years, founding editor in chief of
domino magazine Deborah Needleman has seen all kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her conclusion: It’s not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and comfortable home. Just a few well-considered...
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At Home
A Short History of Private Life
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $11.99
From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”
Bill Bryson and his family...
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The Architecture of Happiness
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $18.00
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs...
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HERS
Design with a Feminine Touch
Written by Jacqueline deMontravel
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $35.00
Design your own beautiful sanctuary in any space, with unabashedly feminine style Whether you are happily single or a mother of four, having a room that pleases you is a common fantasy. After all, what woman doesn’t want a modern, romantic, feminine, grown-up space that she can call her own—where she can...
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Great Houses of Havana
Written by Hermes Mallea
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $75.00
Great Houses of Havana celebrates one hundred years of creativity, design, and style that made the city "the Paris of the Caribbean." For four hundred years, Havana was the center of Spanish trade in the western hemisphere. With the expansion of the sugar industry, independence from Spain, and North American investment...
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Big, Easy Style
Creating Rooms You Love to Live In
Written by Bryan Batt and Katy Danos
Photographed by Kerri McCaffety
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $35.00
An enchanting space that’s truly unique calls for a sense of humor, whimsy, and an open mind. From a charmed New Orleans childhood to a successful acting career on Broadway and the award-winning TV show
Mad Men to the opening of his popular Big Easy home furnishings boutique, Hazelnut, Bryan Batt...
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Traditional Now
Interiors by David Kleinberg
Written by David Kleinberg
Contribution by Chesie Breen
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $60.00
“Beauty meets quality of life.” This is the mantra David Kleinberg adopted from his sixteen-year tenure at the venerable design firm Parish-Hadley, and it is the mantra that guided his own firm, David Kleinberg Design Associates, in its rise to the top of the interior design hierarchy. In
Traditional Now, the...
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