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The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages) 20 reviews
James Bentley
Thames & Hudson, 1997
Tuscany
Great service and beautiful pictures of Tuscany but somewhat dissapointed at the lack of an organized route map for efficient traveling to the various villages.
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Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers9 reviews
Mike Hollingshead, Eric Nguyen
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Fantastic photography
A fantastic book with consistently great photographs from two of the best lensmen to roam the Plains. Everyone who likes striking high-quality photographs of Nature at her fierce finest will enjoy this book. It includes a nice dictionary of storm chaser terms as well as a brief but informative section on how these amazing storms work. I had high expectations for this book and it met or ...
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The Complete Roman Army23 reviews
Adrian Goldsworthy
Thames & Hudson, 2003
Complete coverage
Adrian Goldworthy's The Complete Roman Army gives a pretty complete coverage of the Roman legions during their heydays during the late Republican and early Imperial periods. It reflects on the gradual evolution of the Roman army as it developed from a semi-professional civilian army of the Senate to a permanent professional forces under the Caesars.
The book gives a pretty complete coverage ...
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Winfield House 2 reviews
Maria Tuttle, Marcus Binney
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Beautiful Edition
Mrs. Maria Tuttle provided readers with a very special insight into the Winfield House. Having attended many receptions in the home, this book will always hold a special place in my heart. Mrs. Tuttle did an outstanding job of giving readers a personal view of life at the mansion. The photographs are breathtaking along with being quite beautiful. I especially like the pull-out pages to give ...
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Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
John Hemming
Thames & Hudson, 2008
A history of the Amazon, its peoples, and those who have explored the river by an author with unsurpassed knowledge and experience in the region. By far the world's largest river, the Amazon flows through the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest on earth. Human beings settled in Amazonia ten thousand years ago and learned to live well on its bounty. Europeans first saw the Amazon around 1500 and started settling there in the seventeenth ...
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Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson
Thames & Hudson, 2007
Destined to become the authoritative text on Eliasson as well as a lasting resource on contemporary installation art. In the work of Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, the sun can rise inside a museum and rainbows can appear indoors. His immersive installations explore the intersection of nature and artifice, transforming ordinary spaces into sites of wonder and spectacle. From kaleidoscopes to waterfalls to mirrored passageways, the projects ...
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Food: The History of Taste4 reviews
Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2007
Real Gastronomy in a Fine Style
I must say I was truly fortunate to receive a pre-publication copy of this exquisite volume. Editor Paul Freedman displays all the literary deftness of an M.F.K. Fisher or Calvin Trillin, without ignoring the analytic depth of gastronomic writing since Brillat-Savarin. An academic historian, Freedman treats the history of cuisine with a refreshing clarity and seriousness in his introduction. ...
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Let's See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker
Peter Schjeldahl
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Seventy-five of Peter Schjeldahl's engaging pieces on art from The New Yorker , published together for the first time. Distinguished critic at The New Yorker since 1998, Peter Schjeldahl has been described as America's most influential writer on art. Blessed with an unerring eye, he tackles a myriad of subjects with wit, poetry, and perspicacity, examining and questioning the art before him while reveling in the power and beauty of ...
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya 7 reviews
Mary Miller, Karl Taube
Thames & Hudson, 1997
Already a classic
One of THE definitive reference works for everyone even remotely interested in the cultures of ancient Mesoamerica, "Gods and Symbols" well comprises the most important as well as more specialized facts, covering all its subjects from Olmec to Aztec times in the same amount of detail. It's written to be accessible to both beginners and people more firm with the subjects, and certainly offers more ...
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The Complete World of Greek Mythology8 reviews
Richard Buxton
Thames & Hudson, 2004
Well Constructed and Visually Engaging
I've been picking through the gamut of Greek myth texts for an introductory course, and I was fortunate to come across this beauty. It's not just a mythology text that the art historian can use, it's the ONLY classical myth "textbook" I have encountered that could legitimately appeal to art history classes. There are illustrations (usually color photos) on every page. The quality of the pages ...
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Mediterranean Modern (Design House)1 review
Dominic Bradbury
Thames & Hudson, 2006
Book Review
This book is a spectacular example of the classic modern style of homes that are so pleasing to the palette. The very homes whose clean lines melt right into the surrounding milieu inviting you to come join in this union of nature and man-made. Make this master of texts a great addition to your library. I'm very glad that I did!
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The Rainbow Goblins37 reviews
Ul De Rico
Thames & Hudson, 1994
Stunning!
I have all the same things to say as everyone else. I loved this as a kid, my copy was all torn apart, the artwork is stunning, etc., etc.
The story is lovely and teaches a lesson. My 2-year old likes this story because of the illustrations and the COLORS. He likes to name the colors of the goblins. Of course, he does not really understand the story, which is good, because it might be a ...
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Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Art and Imagination)14 reviews
Robert Lawlor
Thames & Hudson, 1989
An excellent presentation. Glad I bought it
Reading Robert Lawlors book took me out of a classroom and into a discussion of the origins of mathematics. Just enough details to all the material covered, making it a breath of fresh air to others stodgy presentations.
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Avant Gardeners
Tim Richardson
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Profiles of the fifty most exciting contemporary landscape design practices from around the world. For the past decade, garden and landscape design have seen a burgeoning of new ideas on space and the experience of the outdoors. Recent garden plans have embraced the latest thinking in materials, science, and interactive design, and have appropriated ideas from related disciplines such as architecture and product design, redefining and blurring ...
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Art Deco Textiles: The French Designers2 reviews
Alain-Rene Hardy
Thames & Hudson, 2006
A reference 'Bible' of both hand made & machine-made textile
Art Deco Textiles is an informed and informative survey of art deco fabrics which packs in color examples drawn from a diverse range of designers in the field, from Marrot and Benedictus to Chanel. Alain-Rene Hardy's research through museum holdings, manufacturer's archives and private collections alike produces an unparalleled reference 'Bible' of both hand made and machine-made textiles, ...
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Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals3 reviews
Rob Thompson
Thames & Hudson, 2007
the best so far
As an industrial designer and a professor of ID at a Furniture Design college, I am very pleased with this book. It is probably the best book of its kind, so far, covering most processes and describing them in the most excellent manner (with nice diagrams, case studies etc). I would love to see bigger pictures in the next edition. This can be used as a great reference textbook! A big "thank you" ...
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William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books 7 reviews
William Blake
Thames & Hudson, 2001
The ultimate book!
William Blake has changed the way poetry and art interact. He believed that art and poetry will never be complete as long as they are presented one without the other. That's why he was an artist as much as he was a poet. By the way, his contemporaries did not acknowledge him as a poet!
This book brings a rich and wonderful collection of his original works. And for those who do not like ...
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The Maya, Seventh Edition (Ancient Peoples and Places)15 reviews
Michael D. Coe
Thames & Hudson, 2005
The Gold Standard by which to measure all others
Tho' I was "just" wanting to be informed before my brief trip to Mexico, it was a joy to read the Michael Coe book, & immerse myself in this rich history of the Mayan people. It made my visits to the ruins so very much more rewarding than a tour book could ever begin to do!
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The True History of Chocolate, Second Edition12 reviews
Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe
Thames & Hudson, 2007
Awesome Story
Story book style of delivery made this book enjoyable for the entire family. This book was packed full of information yet the manner in which it is written made it enjoyable to read as well as retain. Very informative and interesting as well as fun.
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Creative Advertising: Ideas and Techniques from the World's Best Campaigns21 reviews
Mario Pricken
Thames & Hudson, 2004
Creative Advertising
This book has become one of my favorite books in my library. Extremely creative ideas and large, colorful photos. I am very pleased to have this book.
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