Book Description: Beginning in the Gilded Age and extending through the 1930s, American millionaires constructed flamboyant and conspicuously opulent dream palaces to establish their prestige. With more than 80 full-color photographs, this volume is a spectacular tour through some of North America's most, lavish, exotic...read more

Book Description: Armchair travelers and globetrotters alike will appreciate these lavishly illustrated, informative volumes which will rekindle old memories and inspire new flights of fancy.Defining the precarious border between land and sea, lighthouses are legendary monuments throughout America's coastal regions, and have captured the imaginations of artists, poets, and dreamers for ages...read more

Traces the historical and technological development of the arch from the ancient world to the twentieth century, and highlights the arches of the Colosseum, Chartres Cathedral, Monticello, and the Guggenheim Museum. (view table of contents)

Traces the historical and technological development of the arch from the ancient world to the twentieth century, and highlights the arches of the Colosseum, Chartres Cathedral, Monticello, and the Guggenheim Museum.

Book Description: Here is the history and romance of the majestic vessels with tall masts, billowing sails, and distinctive figureheads that conquered the seas and changed the face of the world.

Part of a series that pays homage to some of the most beloved American landmarks, this richly illustrated volume is filled with a cornucopia of photographs that reveal the magic of American lighthouses.