Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes magazine Jan 2009: Book Reviews!

Going Google

Acclaimed New York Times columnist Randall Stross takes readers deep inside Google, the most important, most innovative and most ambitious company of the Internet Age. His revelations in Planet Google demystify the strategy behind the company's recent flurry of bold moves, all driven by the pursuit of a business plan unlike any other: to become the indispensable gatekeeper of all the world’s information, the one-stop destination for all our information needs. Will Google succeed? And what are the implications of a single company commanding so much information and knowing so much about us?

Divine Design

In Kitchens: A Sunset Design Guide, a panel of professionals—including architects, interior designers and home builders—lend their expertise to help steer you toward the right layout and product choices for your lifestyle.

Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs, case study projects and Q&A sessions with pros, Kitchens provides the inspiration to turn a bland kitchen into a grand kitchen. Discover appliances that match the way you cook, storage solutions, countertops that clean with ease to thinking “green” in your kitchen design.

Savory Science

The Science of Good Food by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss with A. Philip Handel, Ph.D., is the ultimate A to Z reference book that brings the science of food to home cooks and professionals alike.

This book contains more than 1,600 entries that touch on a variety of scientific disciplines from biology and chemistry to agriculture and nutrition.

No matter what ingredients, techniques or equipment you are using, no matter what cooking question you need answered, The Science of Good Food shows you the way.

Gorgeous Gardens

Gardens Private and Personal by Nancy D’Oench and Bonny Martin explores the gardens of more than 90 Garden Club of America members across the country who have opened their gates to a photographic tour of their beautiful and treasured backyard oases.

Each chapter explores a different design element: entryways, water, containers, color and much more. The gardens are beautifully depicted through the photography of Mick Hales, one of the world’s leading garden photographers.

Making Millions

Internet Riches The Simple Money Making Secrets of Online Millionares is a strategy-packed guide by top e-business consultant Scott Fox. Fox reveals the powerful but simple methods used to strike it rich on the Net. Exclusive interviews with “mom and pop” entrepreneurs prove how easy it is to get started and build a million-dollar enterprise.Internet Riches also features an action plan for brainstorming new business ideas as well as practical pointers and inspiring interviews.

Perfect Perennials

More than 10 years in the making, Perennials is the most comprehensive guide available to these popular plants. It includes descriptions of more than 2,500 types of perennials, each variety described in detail and illustrated with a color photograph.

After three decades of collaboration, authors Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix continue to expand their plant collections and hone their knowledge.

Perennials contains expert information on cultivation and propagation, flowering times, plant origins as well as sources.

Godly Garlic

An essential element in cuisine around the world, garlic enjoys near mythic status among cooks, chefs and enthusiasts of natural remedies. The Complete Garlic Book, by Ted Jordan Meredith, is the most comprehensive and in-depth guide available to what surely should be the next gourmet frontier. Detailed chapters cover the history of garlic, illustrated guide to garlic groups, garlic cultivation, cuisine and culture, curing and storage, and therapeutic benefits.

Seriously Science

National Geographic presents The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works, an affordable comprehensive compendium of cutting-edge scientific information perfect for inquisitive minds of every age. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions and the most up-to-date investigations are explained in detailed text and illustrated with 2,000 vivid images.

Play With Your Food

For those with creative spirits and who want to try their hand at cake and cupcake decorating, Cake Art is the perfect guide. Kate Cavotti and Alison McLoughlin, chefs from the Culinary Institute of America’s prestigious baking and pastry faculty, describe the various techniques and provide easy-to-follow instructions so the home baker can create beautiful cakes and cupcakes. Cake decorating is an activity that can be enjoyed by everyone.

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