Wedded Bliss

Spectacular Weddings of Texas is a requisite reference and inspiration book for brides and grooms past, present and future; hopeless romantics; those who enjoy quick wit and beautiful photographs; those planning wedding-caliber celebrations; and anyone who loves to love and be loved.

Published by Brian Cabaret and Jolie Carpenter, this 304-page coffee table book is filled with more than 400 stunning images from top Texas photographers; courtship, engagement and happily-ever-after stories; fascinating editorial about Texas venues, salons and spas; as well as insight from wedding planners, florists, bakers and more.

G.I. Diet

Rick Gallop’s New York Times best selling book The G.I. Diet has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight and keep it off. The G.I. Diet Clinic makes the easy-to-follow diet even easier by incorporating motivational tips and techniques, recipes, shopping lists, meal plans and real life stories of successful participants of the G.I. Diet online workshops.

With a different chapter each week, Gallop covers meal planning and how to convert a family ’s favorite foods into green light dishes. He writes about behavior change and what to do when temptation is strong.

As a self-proclaimed architectural tourist, Russell Versaci sets out to discover where the classic house styles came from and what makes each one so different.

Part architecture, part history, Roots of Home: Our Journey to a New Old House  tells the story of the French, Spanish, English and Continental customs that shaped regional house styles around the country.

Illustrated with more than 300 old maps, drawings and photographs, Roots of Home paints a rich, visual portrait of the evolution of the American home and takes a look at how today ’s best traditional architects are renewing time-tested traditions in creating new old houses meant for the present.

Southern and Savory

Damon Lee Fowler introduces The Savannah Cookbook, which offers recipes for Southern classics such as rice and grits, soups and stews, poultry, fish and meat dishes, as well as a helpful chapter on pantry basics.

Fowler takes readers on a tour of Savannah’s most delicious private and public dining rooms, serving up dishes that have not changed in more than a century, and others that have been adopted from distant lands and made uniquely Savannah ’s.

Unexpected Beauty

Combining Marie O’Hara’s photography and Alison Hoblyn’s evocative text, Green Flowers explores the history, botany, care and cultivation of green-flowered plants. The hand-picked selection includes trees, grasses, vines and climbers, annuals, perennials, bulbs, wildflowers, edible plants and water garden plants.

Eighty-four plants are included in the book. Complete tips on growing and arranging the plants are given for each entry, as well as an account of the interesting myths, history and lore.

In the book Neutral Color Schemes, author Alice Buckley explains that neutral no longer means just whites or beiges. The modern neutral palate encompasses a wide range of shades, from the deeper hues of khaki, olive, gray, browns and even black, through lighter pinks, yellows and greens. She also points out that neutrals can be used in any decorative style: art nouveau, art deco, classical or contemporary.

The book contains a 220-page color directory that covers 200 palettes and their variations, plus expert advice on which colors will produce a desired effect.