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Cross the continent and share the drama of "high iron" on Class I railroads like BNSF and CSX, KCS, and UP. High-stepping regionals like East Penn, Pend Oreille Valley and Delaware & Hudson are featured, too, while classic locomotive 148 (4-6-2) rolls on U.S. Sugar rails, and the Pere Marquette (2-8-4) steams for the North Pole. Railroading! includes descriptive commentary about the featured railroads, rolling stock, and 24 full-color photogra...

The pleasure of driving through the country comes from the visual pleasure of trees and barns and stone walls, but also from the unexpected discoveries made along the route. In Country Roads the paintings of artist Thomas Wood remind us of the enjoyment found in discovering a special shop, a farm stand, or a country fair. Spend the year finding special places along these Country Roads.

This remarkable collection of classic steam locomotives offers thundering power and great style through more than 50 years of railroading. Locomotives include: Russian Decapod 2-10-0 from 1917, Northern Pacific Alco-built Challenger 4-6-6-4 from 1936, Nickel Plate Lima-built Berkshire 2-8-4, Southern Pacific Mikado 2-8-2 from 1911, Louisville and Nashville Mountain 4-8-2, Delaware and Hudson Northern 4-8-4 from 1943, Western Maryland Pacific 4...

Chartered in Pennsylvania in 1846, construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad began in 1847, and the first all-rail line reached Pittsburgh in 1852. Eventually PRR connected Chicago with Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania Railroad recalls the unique engines and trains of "The Standard Railroad of the World.

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Gettysburg is a paradox: Today it is beautiful, still, and filled with visitors, yet this national military park serves as a powerful reminder of the clash of armies and the great loss of life that took place here nearly 150 years ago. Gettysburg: This Hallowed Ground explores this Civil War battleground through contemporary photographs by National Merit Award-winning photographer Chris Heisey and poems by noted Civil War author Kent Gramm. A ...

Sara Steele is one of America's most widely recognised and lauded watercolourists. Her paintings range from dramatic images of flowers and evocative still lifes to expansive abstractions and ethereal landscapes. Her palate is intense and the dialogue she establishes with her subjects is bold and expressive. This book marks the midpoint of the artist's career, and celebrates 30 years of painting. As a retrospective survey, this new book is an i...

At the end of the nineteenth century, a group of artists and professionals built or purchased houses in the small neighboring towns of Plainfield and Cornish, New Hampshire. The social epicenter of the Colony became "Mastlands, " house of the Dr. Arthur Nichols family. Prominent visitors from around the world toured the Nichols' gardens and danced in the ballroom at Mastlands. Author Alma Gilbert celebrates the area's history in The Cornish Co...

This book is the 2nd in the 'Lighthouse Companion' series. In it you will find full colour photographs of each of the 81 lighthouses on the coast of both states, along with a brief history of each, directions to reach it by car, or its latitude and longitude to find it by sea. Contact information is also given for those looking to arrange tours. It includes appendices that cover lodging, local events and sites of interest in each area and is d...

Setting Sail tells the 10, 000-year story of mankind's quest to cross the world's oceans. It is a remarkable saga that moves from island to island, between nations, and eventually across continents as various peoples share skills and technologies that advance their sailing skills. The book accompanies a four-part television program which is currently airing on the Discovery Channel's High Definition network. A DVD of the program is included wi...

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Artist Sara Steele is widely recognized for her dramatic watercolors of flowers, vivid still lifes, expansive abstractions, and ethereal landscapes. In the summer of 2005, the artist will celebrate thirty years of painting with a mid-career retrospective hosted by the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art. Sara Steele, Blueprints for Paradise accompanies the exhibition. In addition to serving as the catalog for the retrospective, the book inc...

Through these photographs, Martha's Vineyard shares itself and reveals its unique sense of place. Visiting this remarkable island in the sea is endlessly renewing and this book can take you there in every season.

This book is a comprehensive guide in the 'Lighthouse Companion' series. In it you will find full colour photographs of each of the 42 lighthouses on the coast of both states, along with a brief history of each, directions to reach it by car, or its latitude and longitude to find it by sea. Contact information is also given for those looking to arrange tours. It includes appendices that cover lodging, local events and sites of interest in each...

The great American sailor Joshua Slocum may have had little else to do when he began rebuilding the small sloop Spray. He could, however, look back at a lifetime on the ocean as preparation for his remarkable circumnavigation. Beth Leonard attended college and collected a master's degree in business. She could point to a successful international management consulting career, but there was no blue-water sailing on her resume. Like so many of us...

Chef Marco Perez delivers a panoply of yogurt dishes that range across every facet of the dinner menu, from aperitifs to desserts. More than sixty recipes are accompanied by superb photographs of the completed results. The book begins with an introduction that comments on the history and cooking of yogurt, its impact on good health, and its culinary applications. The recipes that follow use yogurt in innovative ways that deliver a host of deli...