Robert Downs: Venice Italy

The environmental impacts of sprawling development have been well documented, but few comprehensive studies have examined its economic costs. In 1996, a team of experts undertook a multi-year study designed to provide quantitative measures of the costs and benefits of different forms of growth. Sprawl Costs presents a concise and ...more

With new movies, TV shows and books appearing all the time, the popularity of Star Trek is at an all-time high. Now, following his bestselling The Ultimate Unauthorized Star Trek Quiz Book, Robert W. Bly provides 750 more multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank and mix-and-match questions covering the entire spectrum of Star ...more

The third title in the Acadia National Park guide series, Acadia's Carriage Roads covers the history, geology, and biology of the area. It includes practical advice and maps to help visitors get the most from their tours of the roads, whether on foot, by bicycle, or on cross-country skis. With ...more

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Houston Texans have collaborated to document the team's first season in the NFL in this book. From the players' draft to the Texans' opening day to the final game of the Houston team's inaugural year, the quiet and the frentic rhythms are ...more

Here, in warm prose and vivid watercolors, Heather relives her visits to Aunt Sylvia's cabin, season by season. You and your children will accompany Aunt Sylvia and Heather and her brother Toby as they gather pieces of semiprecious green, pink, and black Maine tourmaline at an abandoned quarry, make a ...more