Exquisite book - captured my daughter's heart (10 yrs old) when we were waiting for dinner to be served at a B&B in Galisteo N.M. While not O'Keeffe's most famous works, this is an intimate book, with poems. Would love to find one for her.

The book gives history and insight on his life and follows his working history from Macon to Florida to Atlanta. His attention to detail is pointed out in many chapters and the photography along with the orginal drawings are a good touch. If your looking for some ideas or maybe a facade to copy this would be a excellent book. Most of his houses are timeless designs and the interior views and elevation views are stunning.

A meticulously researched and highly engaging book detailing some of the remaining "cottages" (if you consider a 16 room house with 5 bathrooms a cottage) at the Jekyll Island colony. If you're familiar with the subject, you'll already know that some of the wealthiest men of the late 19th and early 20th century made Jekyll (off the southern coast of Georgia, near the Florida border) their getaway of choice; some going to the extent of building elaborate residences for their brief sojourns South. This book details the histories of some of the remaining houses; who built them, who enjoyed them, and how eventually death and financial decline caught up with just about all of them. It's loaded with photos, and not just boring old architects' shots of the finished products- we are treated to casual snaps of the families having tea outside, playing with the kids in the pool, or going for a ride in the pony cart. Add to this the aforementioned well-researched history of the families and houses themselves, and you have a book that you won't be able to put down. I'm a dedicated remainder-and-used book buyer, but I'm going to gladly play Amazon for a new copy of this. It's absolutely worth it. Enjoy!

Wow, everyone sure seems to love ol' Jimmy Carter right about now! Kinda makes you wonder why we ever voted the grinnin' Ghandi out of office. Well, no, not really. Not if you're unlucky enough to still be cursed with memories of what it was actually like when Jimmy Carter was President. Anyway, for those of us still suffering malaise-inspired nightmares, Gary Allen's acidic (and, unlike Carter's writing, short-and-to-the-point) 1976 "biography" is a wonderful antidote. Inside, you will find the details of Carter's life before he was a virgin. Allen writes with a venemous wit and there's something delightfully cathartic in reading his sarcastic take on our 39th President, especially with all the recent talk of Carter being our greatest ex-President. (Though this is perhaps true if you consider Carter's greatest act within the White House was to eventually leave it...)

Mr. Bragg's book is a well-researched, well-written, and immensely valuable regimental history of this little-known but quite important Georgia unit. The GSL was a crack outfit by any standard, despite being no more than a state militia, and it's contributions in the Atlanta and Georgia Campaigns have been sadly overlooked until now. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book is an entertaining read as well, not common in these narrow subject histories.

The book is written by a two-term, eight years, former Governor of Georgia. It is more a personal story than a political story. As such, the reader gets a view of what inspired a very private individual to take on a very public political office. This is a book which can dispel the common belief that all politicians are crooked and just in politics for themselves. It is also a book for those who seem to be demanding a theocracy. As a Christian, Harris made some decisions which advisers told him were not "politically astute" but which he believed to be right. Yet, he steered clear of the "hot-button" religious rights issues, such as abortion. The book reveals a great deal about the family upbringing of Harris and the values that shaped his life. The same values he would carry into public life. He was not a darling of the media and given very little chance for success when he announced his race for Governor. He had only a 2% name recognition among voters, but broke from the crowded field to win the democratic nomination. The book doesn't expose any scandal, is not shocking in any way, and makes no enemies. It is just an easy read about an unassuming individual that wielded tremendous power. Nice guys can finish first.

I purchased this book for my daughter at a school book fair, and insisted that she read it because I felt it was important for her to understand the history of slavery, from a child's perspective. Before she finished reading it, she had to sit and tell me almost every detail of the story of Hannah. Hannah is an inspirational story that not only helps pre-teens to understand the life of black children in the southern states during the time of slavery, but it also challenges them to make good choices today.

JUDY SCUPPERNONG is a gem of a book! It tells what happens to three girls in Fitzgerald, GA one summer in the middle of the 20th century when an outsider moves in and affects their lives. The story is unique, told in a series of poems but each poem can also stand alone. As the story moves along with the passage of summer, the girls encounter mysteries: who is Iola, what happened to Laddie, and what is making crystals grow in the glasshouse? As they unravel the mysteries, they also learn that things do not stay the same.

Fascinating Kenny Klinkert

Great account into the life of this street-wise philosopher. Interesting how many of the folks in Laguna Beach know him and cheer him on with positive "cat calls" as he skips along the streets and alleys of this town. It's nice to hear how he mixes religion and philosophy into curious reflections on life. Kenny Klinkert has led and is leading a very interesting life, and has made it a positive one despite the horrors of his childhood. I found this book an engaging read, into the very different mind and world of Kenny F. Klinkert By the way, I ran across this book during genealogical research into my last name. So who knows, we might be related!

I literally could not put this book down. I picked it up after midnight one evening to help me fall asleep and could not manage to get it closed until I had finished reading the whole thing.