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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life (Penguin Lives)
$14.00
Books about Mr. Wright, especially those that delve into his personal life, tend to grow like kudzu. Their authors start out intending to present a coherent, concise picture of the man, but they find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, controversy, and innuendo that swirls about him even today. Too many authors abandon any pretense of order and just splash it all down on paper, leaving the reader to hack through the resulting jungle alone.

Ms. Huxtable's admirable book is the first Wright biography I've seen that resists the temptatation to make the reader do all the work. She tells more about Mr. Wright and about his important buildings in fewer words than any other author. Of course there are errors here and there--most of the principals are long dead, and who can reconstruct a conversation that took place eighty years ago with any accuracy? All Wright biographers, except the syncophants associated with the Taliesin Fellowship, disagree on various points. One must also remember that the Fellowship's mythmaking apparatus started up shortly after the Fellowship began, and went into overdrive after Mr. Wright's passing in 1959, making it difficult to separate fact from fiction. Having to see through this smothering blanket of hagiography makes Ms. Huxtable's accomplishment all the more remarkable.

Even those who think they know all about Frank Lloyd Wright may learn a thing or two from this book, and it would be hard to imagine a better introductory book for those who know they do not.

Family Dog: Doggone Girl Is Mine + Family Dog Goes Homeless [VHS]
$12.98
This is one of the funniest cartoons I have ever seen. Saw it on TV 20 years ago and was thrilled to see it was available on a VCR tape.
The dog in this movie is so funny but it is also true to life, too.
Would recommend this for everyone regardless of your age.

Huxtable
$0.99

Charlie Rose with Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano & Ada Louise Huxtable (August 5, 2005)
$24.95
An hour on architecture with Pritzker Prize-winning architects Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano. Joining them, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.