Shows and describes ten houses Wright designed for moderate cost and modern features that include carports, open living spaces, walls of windows, and patios that open to the outdoors

Looks at ten of the most well-known houses that Wright designed in the Prairie style

Briefly traces Wright's life, education, and career, and shows and describes some of his own homes

Photographs highlight the traditional doorways into the houses and other old buildings of the historic Mexican city

For more than one hundred years, the kimono has been a motif in American art and popular culture. The Kimono Inspiration -- originally published as the catalog for the exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. -- explores the use and meaning of the kimono in America and traces the transformation of this quintessential Japanese garment from its ethnic origins, through its many appearances in fine art, costume, and high fashion, to its role in the contemporary art-to-wear movement.

Surfing traces the history of the sport from its beginnings in ancient Hawaii through the mid 1960s. This revised edition of the 1966 classic features extensive illustrations, a new introduction, and articles by Mark Twain and Jack London recounting their observations on surfing. The book also explores the development of the surfboard and follows surfing's timeline from the earliest legends to the accomplishments of modern surfing heroes.

Features 36 paintings by Martin, accompanied by "myths" he has written that communicate the essence of the paintings in verbal terms. The paintings are detailed renderings of imaginary landscapes. No scholarly trappings. 12x9.25" Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) devoted much of his life to a study of the ocean and the people whose lives were intertwined with it. This book is the first to focus on the full range of Homer's coastal subjects, with thirty-six reproductions of his most powerful works. Carl Little's essay discusses Homer's development as a painter; quotations from writers such as Homer scholar Philip C. Beam and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins add a further dimension to the thorough and enlightening text.

From built-in furniture to lighting, textiles, tableware, and mosaics, Frank Lloyd Wright's Furnishings introduces the wealth of interior objects that bear the Wright imprint. Furnishings and decorative arts were not afterthoughts but intrinsic parts of the architectural whole. Together they created a sense of repose -- the key, in Wright's mind, to a proper home.

Sometimes touching, sometimes humorous, these twelve photographs capture the essence of swine. Finally there is a collection of pig portraits that will please all appreciators of this intelligent animal.

A compilation of a series of exceptional but related paintings that give expression to facets of the shamanic experience. 100 paintings are reproduced in full color.