Robin Langley Sommer Livres

Contains more than one hundred reproductions of classic Rockwell paintings.

Dazzling full-color photographs reveal the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, from Northern California to Alaska.

American architecture is unmatched in its richness and diversity. It reflects economic and geographic challenges, ethnic and stylistic influences, technological innovations and creative responses.

From New England's coastal towns to California's Big Sur, every one of these 440 pictures of American beauty is a visual treasure. Pictures carry you off to sparkling Hawaiian beaches, the charming Savannah riverfront, Chicago's Wrigley Field, and a joyful Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. The people, the monuments, the big cities and small towns are all represented in a visual voyage you'll never forget.

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Photographs explore the natural beauty of North America's West and its wealth of diverse landscapes, from the dunes of California's Mojave Desert to the snow-capped peaks of the Canadian Rockies

The colorful panoply of residential architecture from early colonial days through the twentieth century is richly illustrated in this handsome, evocative volume, which pays tribute to the immense creativity and craftsmanship of our ancestors across the continent. Rugged pioneer homes, classic saltbox cottages, whimsical Victorian "painted ladies," lavishly endowed mansions, and functional, clean-lined Prairie houses are just some of the styles explored in these pages.