Lavishly illustrated, fact-filled, in a new enhanced paperback edition, The Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Celebration commemorates the gift of the trees from Japan to our Nation’s capital in 1912, one hundred years ago. Extensive photographs and illustrations complement intriguing stories of how the Japanese cherry blossom trees came to be planted around the tidal basin and the eventual development of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
The war correspondent trails clouds of glory. The names from World War I, Korea, and Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Kosovo are likewise as redolent of adventure and derring-do, with photojournalists and radio and television commentators crowding the pantheon.
Pick up an interior decorating magazine or walk through a home goods store and you will not miss seeing toiles in almost protean profusion. Toiles for All Seasons is about this fascinating textile story.
The only surviving of the seven ancient wonders of the world, the Pyramids and Sphinx are the most familiar of all archaeological sites. Despite their popularity, there are no other guides that focus on the Giza plateau and its monuments and how they evolved.
Outer Beauty Inner Joy is a spiritual book about beauty in which the author has gathered the wisdom of Renaissance writers and artists into a contemplative modern-day book of hours.
Part guide, part meditation, part history, this beautifully written and lavishly illustrated book sets the moral scene in which we must commemorate the lives of those who died for their country in war.
Every era has a flag story to tell. Suffragettes, Know-Nothings, Boy Scouts, and the Ku Klux Klan have all claimed it as their own. It flies in moments of victory, on Iwo Jima during World War II, and in moments of pro-found sorrow, as when America grieved for the victims of 9/11.
Marvels of Maiolica explores the rich history and ornate styles of these beautiful wares as well as the key role they played in Renaissance society.
A stunning documentary history of aviation and space flight in the last 100 years that highlights the achievements of both the famous and the everyday people involved in the endeavor as well as every major type of aircraft.
A lavish and innovative exploration of the arms and armor of the men and women of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, Knights in Shining Armor is published to coincide with the landmark exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum.
The Boston Freedom Trail is America’s premier Heritage Trail. Its sixteen sites of national historical interest are lovingly illustrated in delicate watercolors and accompanied by historical description by the staff of the Freedom Trail Foundation.
Eyes of the Nation is a magnificent one-volume pictorial and narrative history of the United States with more than five hundred exceptional illustrations, many reproduced here for the first time.
In his richly illustrated documentary tribute to the American animal and other foreign nationals in flight, the author introduces an all star cast, from the Montgolfier brothers first balloon-borne menagerie (a sheep, a rooster and a duck) to Kiddo and more.