Writing is about communication. In our multimedia age, it co-exists with a developed oral culture of telecommunications, film and recorded sound. Through our television screens and popular press, it interrelates with sound and image in complex ways. Writing is nonetheless as important as ever as the[...]
A is for ari.
A teeny weeny ant
crawls with teeny weeny legs
on the bamboo plant.
Japanese is one of the most popular languages to learn in our multicultural society, and "My First Book of Japanese Words" introduces it in a playful and gentle way. Organized in a familiar ABC structure, [...]
This title includes, from garden to plate: 25 recipes and an A-Z pictorial directory of culinary flora. It provides planning, planting and cultivating over 25 edible flower schemes with accompanying recipes. It includes an illustrated flower directory provides at-a-glance information on over 45 edib[...]
A survey of the evolution of scripts and a guide to reading historical documents illustrated from a wide range of manuscripts. Fifty-five full-page plates give examples of the major western scripts in broadly chronological sequence, each accompanied by a commentary indentifying the type of script, i[...]
Atomic Ranch is an in-depth exploration of post-World War II residential architecture in America. Mid-century ranches (1946-1970) range from the decidedly modern gable-roofed Joseph Eichler tracts in the San Francisco Bay area and butterfly wing houses in Palm Springs, Florida, to the unassuming bri[...]
Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors showcases the virtues of the popular and ubiquitous ranch houses that sprang up across the country following World War II. It features the exceptional interiors of eight houses, discusses successes and challenges, and shows how to live stylishly. Tips are shared on [...]