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Grand Avenues
The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Written by Scott W. Berg
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding... Read more >
The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Written by Scott W. Berg
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding... Read more >
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Nice House
Written by Samuel G. White
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $45.00
“White's project descriptions are lucid, brief and hype-free, and they come stocked with floor plans. He describes terrain contours, materials and palette choices and circulation patterns…This is a practical yet mouthwatering and aspirational study of architects helping people honor the streetscape, keep properties saleable and upgrade their home life by several... Read more >
Written by Samuel G. White
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $45.00
“White's project descriptions are lucid, brief and hype-free, and they come stocked with floor plans. He describes terrain contours, materials and palette choices and circulation patterns…This is a practical yet mouthwatering and aspirational study of architects helping people honor the streetscape, keep properties saleable and upgrade their home life by several... Read more >
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American Visions
The Epic History of Art in America
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 648 pages
On Sale: November 9, 1999
Price: $50.00
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
The intense relationship between the American people... Read more >
The Epic History of Art in America
Written by Robert Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 648 pages
On Sale: November 9, 1999
Price: $50.00
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.
The intense relationship between the American people... Read more >
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The President's House
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
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Gardens of the Hudson Valley
Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for... Read more >
Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for... Read more >
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New York 2000
Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium
Written by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove
Format: Hardcover, 1520 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $100.00
Touted by Publisher's Weekly as "an unprecedented record," the new book in the New York series, New York 2000, is indeed an exceptional survey of this great city's architectural heritage. As the world's financial and cultural capital, New York demands the best in architectural design and balances the constant pressure to... Read more >
Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium
Written by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove
Format: Hardcover, 1520 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $100.00
Touted by Publisher's Weekly as "an unprecedented record," the new book in the New York series, New York 2000, is indeed an exceptional survey of this great city's architectural heritage. As the world's financial and cultural capital, New York demands the best in architectural design and balances the constant pressure to... Read more >
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The New French Interior
Written by Penny Drue Baird
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $50.00
Through her first book, Bringing Paris Home, Penny Drue Baird established herself as an authority on all things French—interior design, flea market and antiques shopping, Parisian life, and stylish entertaining. In The New French Interior, she moves beyond the traditional historic styles to explore the design elements that make up the... Read more >
Written by Penny Drue Baird
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $50.00
Through her first book, Bringing Paris Home, Penny Drue Baird established herself as an authority on all things French—interior design, flea market and antiques shopping, Parisian life, and stylish entertaining. In The New French Interior, she moves beyond the traditional historic styles to explore the design elements that make up the... Read more >
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Edwin Lutyens
Country Houses
Written by Gavin Stamp
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $65.00
Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), perhaps the greatest British architect of the twentieth century, was introduced by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, his celebrated collaborator, to Edward Hudson, the founder of the great British magazine Country Life, in 1889. Hudson thereafter did all he could to promote the work of a man he admired... Read more >
Country Houses
Written by Gavin Stamp
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $65.00
Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), perhaps the greatest British architect of the twentieth century, was introduced by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, his celebrated collaborator, to Edward Hudson, the founder of the great British magazine Country Life, in 1889. Hudson thereafter did all he could to promote the work of a man he admired... Read more >
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Beatrix Farrand
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
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Higher
A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
Written by Neal Bascomb
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $19.00
The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America.
In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manhattan, a fierce rivalry... Read more >
A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
Written by Neal Bascomb
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $19.00
The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America.
In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manhattan, a fierce rivalry... Read more >
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