No comments about Out of Town: The Country House.

No comments about Designing the Reclaimed Landscape.

No comments about Versailles: The History of the Gardens and Their Sculpture.

No comments about Water Gardens (Nature Guides).

2 comments about Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden.

1. A Frenchman explaining Zen and Japanese gardens, translated into English, makes for an international headache. Some good insights, yes. A lot of pseudo-Zen philosophical nonsense, yes. Best read with a glass of wine (French) in hand.



2. It's a good book on the subject of Zen. It introduces the spirit of Zen in terms of the number and location of rocks. You can't miss it.

3 comments about Touring Texas Gardens.

1. I'm a gardener in California, and was looking for something to help me select worthwile gardens to visit while touring Texas on vacation. This book fills the bill admirably.



2. Nothing is more invigorating and tranquil than a walk in a lovingly tended garden, and this wonderful book guides the lucky reader to the best such spots in Texas. Touring Texas Gardens catalogues the most seductive gardens over the sprawling state, complete with descriptions of their territory, lists of their flora and fauna, contact information, and driving instructions.
   
   Jessie Gunn Stephens, a well-known Texas naturalist and columnist who specializes in gardening, has created a carefully and exhaustively researched book that makes a wise and friendly companion for trips to these special places.
   
   I especially appreciate the book's "bird alerts," which remind readers which avian friends they will meet in these gardens and when each species is likely be there.
   
   This book is a rare treasure. You might like to keep an extra copy in the car.
   
   Bob Huffaker



3. This directory spotlights the best of Texas gardens. Many are hard-to-find treasures you'll recommend to gardening friends and family as great destination spots, or as ideal along-the-way travel breaks while driving through the state.

   The guide book provides details about each special garden: days and hours, garden type, size, themes, special "don't-miss" features, and even "bird alert" notes for birders. Many Texans don't know about these secret places -- I didn't! -- but with TOURING TEXAS GARDENS you'll find favorites to return to, time and again.

No comments about The House & Garden Book of Country Gardens (House & Garden).

2 comments about Civil Surveying Sample Exams for the California Special Civil Engineer Examination, 2nd ed..

1. The problems in this book are not as difficult as those presented on the exam. The exam's problems are much more tedious.
   
   Also, because this book is bound with staples, it is NOT allowed at the Surveying portion of the California State specific Civil PE exam, a fact I discovered today. If you try to take it in, it will be confiscated. While it may not have actually helped me since the test is actually much harder than this, it was very disappointing to have it taken away moments before the big test.



2. I just tooke the Engineering Survey section of the PE Exam two days ago and used this book as a reference. I DEFINITELY would NOT RECOMMEND this book as a reference. It will not help you prepare for the exam and will give you a false impression of how the exam is going to be like. The practice problems that are on the PE are a thousand times harder then what is in this book. If you want to pass the Engineering Survey section this book will not help you at all! The only use I have for this book now is for toilet paper. If Amazon did not require a minimum star rating of 1 star I would have give it zero.

No comments about Entrepreneurial Vernacular: Developers' Subdivisions in the 1920s (Creating the North American Landscape).

No comments about Advances in Computer Methods for Systematic Biology: Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Computer Vision.