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|  | Decoration of Houses by Alexandra Stoddard
Taking Edith Wharton's 1897 book of the same title as her guide, Alexandra Stoddard writes an updated, illustrated guide to decorating for today's world, including new ways to think about space, color, light, art, and much more. AUTHOR: Alexandra Stoddard
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Houses by Mail by Diane Maddex, H. Ward Jandl, Katherine C. Stevenson
It was the American Dream by Mail Order —Smithsonian Americans have ordered from Sears, Roebuck just about everything they have needed for their homes for 100 years—but from 1908 to 1940, some 100,000 people also purchased their houses from this mail-order wizard. Sears ready-to-assemble houses were ordered by mail and shipped by rail wherever a boxcar or two could pull in to unload the meticulously precut lumber and all the materials needed to build an exceptionally sturdy and well-designed house. From Philadelphia, Pa., to Coldwater, Kans., and Cowley, Wyo., Sears put its guarantee on quality bungalows, colonials and Cape Cods, all with the latest modern conveniences—such as indoor plumbing. Houses by Mail tells the story of these precut houses and provides for the first time an incomparable guide to identifying Sears houses across the country. Arranged for easy identification in 15 sections by roof type, the book features nearly 450 house models with more than 800 illustrations, including drawings of the houses and floor plans. Because the Sears houses were built to last, thousands remain today to be discovered and restored. Houses by Mail shows how to return them to their original charm while it documents a highly successful business enterprise that embodied the spirit and domestic design of its time. "After decades of obscurity, Sears houses have become chic." —Wall Street Journal "These were … spacious, solidly built homes." —Parade "Don’t be surprised if your own cozy bungalow turns up [in the book]."—Philadelphia Inquirer "A nostalgic and informative look at the tastes of Americans in the years before World War II."—Publishers Weekly "The bible to researchers of Sears’ ready-cut homes."—Saturday Evening Post AUTHOR: Diane Maddex, H. Ward Jandl, Katherine C. Stevenson
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Richard Wilson by Harry Stocks, Michael Archer, Simon Morrissey
The work of installation artist Richard Wilson is explored by a trio of critics. AUTHOR: Harry Stocks, Michael Archer, Simon Morrissey
PUBLISHER: Merrell Holberton
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Treasure Island by Angela Cheyne, Earle Hitchner, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Jasper Britton, John Lawrence
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time. AUTHOR: Angela Cheyne, Earle Hitchner, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Jasper Britton, John Lawrence
PUBLISHER: Kingfisher Publications, plc
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Ornament & Silence by Kennedy Fraser
Thirteen essays that first appeared in Vogue and The New Yorker concerned with women in art and literature and their search for authentic self-expression. Along with pieces on such figures as Nina Berberova, Virginia Woolf, and Flaubert`s mistress, Louise Colet, Fraser intersperses vignettes from her own life about her garden, her sister, and buying meat in New York. AUTHOR: Kennedy Fraser
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Pride & Prejudice by Andrew Worrall, Anna Quindlen, Donald J. Gray, Frank W. Bradbrook, Isobel Armstrong
Excellent for both libraries & personal collections! All ages can enjoy the easy-to-read features of this LARGE PRINT unabridged Classic with LRS Readability Plus(tm): Sharp, bold EXTRA LARGE 18 point type. Wide spacing & margins. High-opacity non-glare white paper providing good contrast for both library & home reading. Durable highest quality binding allowing book to lay open flat with full-color hard covers. This timeless classic, PRIDE & PREJUDICE is a novel defined by romance, rivalry & ritual - a classic of its genre. A wonderful story of romantic love developing amid the constraints of social mores & familial rivalries. AUTHOR: Andrew Worrall, Anna Quindlen, Donald J. Gray, Frank W. Bradbrook, Isobel Armstrong
PUBLISHER: Quiet Vision Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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