Walk through five centuries of homes both great and small--from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to today's Ralph Lauren-designed environments--on a house tour like no other, one that delightfully explicates the very idea of "home." You'll see how social and cultural changes influenc[...]

The Best Tool of the Millennium

The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by "The New York Times, " whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." An award-winning author who once built a house using only hand tools, [...]