Palm trees in Pittsburgh? Bouganvillea in Boise? Hard to believe, but you don't have to live in the tropics to grow lush tropical plants outdoors.

Horticulturist Richard Iversen shows you how to turn your tired garden into an exotic paradise that will dazzle your senses no matter how far from the equator you live.

The Exotic Garden teaches you how to design, install, and maintain summer gardens rich with tropical plants. You'll learn where to position the exotic garden on your home site, whit size and shape the garden should be, and how to prepare its soil. From the glossary of 100 entries you can choose the best candidates to create yur own tropical paradise.

"This book...is destined to change the look of American gardens."

-- Andr? Viette, host of In the Garden

From 1941-1945, America was a united machine committedto one common cause- the defeat of the Axis dictators. It was a period of hero's and tyrants. It was a time of great personal sacrifice. With America's young men fighting overseas on foreign soils, factories needed workers. Millions of women went to work in the defense plants to produce war materials. Children collected scrap and savings stamps. Meat and sugar were a rationed item. Americans worked hard, grew their own vegtables and spent 10% of their earnings on war bonds and knew that loose lips sunk ships. Blackouts were in effect and entertainment was curtailed. So it was "REMEMBERPEARL HARBOR", "BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS", "SAVE FOR VICTORY!" and "BACK THE  ATTACK!", and "V FOR VICTORY!"

Selected from Frank B. Arian MD. and Martin S. Jacobs private collections, America's Wartime Scrapbook is a remarkable array of collectibles ranging from sweetheart jewelry, propaganda posters, postcards, postal items, cinderella stamps and stickers, magazines, comics, banners, toys and games, to a wealth of wartime ephemera. Each colorful page includes an interestingand informative insight into the life on the American homefront that will be of interest to people of all ages.
Price: $24.95

What makes a "good" or successful house design? To architects Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein and Barbara Winslow (among the co-authors of A Pattern Language), the answer is contrast.

In everyday language, the authors explain their theory: how strong contrasts -- open spaces combined with closed spaces, light with darkness, simplicity with complexity -- can produce harmony in a living environment.

With the help of drawings and photographs of successful house interiors and exteriors, the authors show you how to evaluate residential architecture. In telling detail, they provide specific examples of how they apply the theory of contrast in the houses they design -- both single and multiple-family dwellings. They also analyze other people's work. Whether you're an architect, builder, designer or home owner, you'll discover how to design a comfortable, inviting home.