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The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things ...

1 review
Richardson Wright

Modern Library, 2003

Gardening seventy years ago....
Editor and writer Michael Pollen has added Richardson Wright's THE GARDENER'S BED BOOK (first published in 1929) to the Modern Library Garden Series. Although Wright included an entry for every day of the year plus a longer piece for each of the first 11 months, I read about ten pages a night and thus finished it in about a month. Wright was the editor-in-chief of House and Garden for thirty four ...

House & Garden Book of Style: The Best of Contemporary Decorating

1 review
Dominique Browning

Clarkson Potter, 2001

A handsome volume from a classic magazine
Dominique Browning, editor of HOUSE & GARDEN magazine, has a triumph on her hands with "House & Garden Book of Style." HOUSE & GARDEN has long been the sophisticated cousin to the more accessible HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, and that chicness is in evidence here. The HOUSE & GARDEN cool austerity--sometimes sacrificing warmth for hard-edged style, but many times not--is amply displayed throughout. The book ...

Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement

9 reviews
Dominique Browning

Scribner, 2003

Truly beautiful collection of essays
As a longtime fan of personal essays -- and one who teaches writing workshops on the topic -- I found this to be an exceptionally enjoyable and beautifully written collection. Best of all, as a homemaker who loves the domestic arts, I think Browning strikes just the right tone of love and yearning for home. Most of us are too busy these days to spend all the time we'd like creating a home and ...

The New Garden Paradise: Great Private Gardens of the World

8 reviews
Dominique Browning, The Editors of House & Garden

W. W. Norton, 2005

A tour around the best gardens in the world
This book is huge and a most for garden reference. It's organized in seven chapters that will impress all kind of taste: The New Classicism: Magical gardens from places such as NY, Spain, Germany...+ The New Traditionalism: Enchanting pictures from NY, IL, France, Japan...+ The New Naturalism: Beautiful gardens from NY, Idaho, France, Arizona, England. The Plantsmen: Magnificent proposals ...

Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener

6 reviews
Dominique Browning

Thorndike Press, 2004

I don't even garden
I had read a review of her book in the NYTimes and am a fan of the magazine she edits, so I bought the book. I fell in love with the story of collapse, confusion and renewal. Frankly the metaphor of the garden served as many a problem in one's own life. Wrap it all up in gorgeous prose and a compelling (yes! she makes a garden wall collapse and the ensuing drama exciting!) story and I had a book ...

The House Always Wins: Create the Home You Love-Without Busting Your Budget
Marni Jameson

Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2009

More than 7 million readers of Marni Jameson's weekly home design column have already discovered how Jameson entertains and inspires, while imparting well-researched and personally validated DIY advice. Now, in her first-ever book on home improvement, she offers a compulsively readable, zanily humorous, yet also completely practical guide to a headache-free home makeover for everyone decorating a new house or updating an old one.Jameson has ...

House of Worship: Sacred Spaces in America

10 reviews

Assouline, 2006

House of Worship worth the praise
My 82 year old father has been a Methodist minister for 57 years. I purchased this book for him for Father's Day. What I loved is how it shows the differences in places of worship in stunningly beautiful photography, but also shows what my Dad always told us.....the building we worship in is a tribute to God with which we thank Him for our abilities to create.......the people and what they do ...

My Mother's Garden

1 review
Dominique Browning, Jamaica Kincaid

Chamberlain Bros., 2005

Anthology of Multiple Authors' Heartwarming Essays
This collection of essays, authored by an impressive group of writers, is a poignant tribute to mothers everywhere. An easy read, the book is not unlike a bag of literary potato chips -- you just can't stop with the first essay. I found myself totally immersed in one story after another, till the whole book was read. I laughed some, cried a little, and marveled at the pleasant memories of ...

The Well- Lived Life

1 review
Dominique Browning

Assouline, 2003

the well lived life
i was a big fan of the House and Garden magazine so i was disappointed by this book. More inspirational shots, ie. flowers, people, etc... than actual homes. the book is lovely but thought it would be more of a shelter book than "artsy" type format.

House & Garden Magazine, 2004

Special Issue : Beds, Oct.04 Edition

House and Gardens Magazine (March 2007), 2007

Special Issue: Color Trends (New ways to use color).

The New Garden Paradise
Dominique Browning

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005

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