Autumn Colour
Autumn brings vibrant colour to the landscape and Nae Jang Sa National Park is the pinnacle. It is a really special place to visit as we just don't have those large expanses of native deciduous forest back home. It is part of a massive mountain ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Laburnum Walk
Structure and formality is returning to favour in gardens. Plants trained into hedges or along trellises or pergolas have become very fashionable. A pinnacle of garden achievement is a pleached walk. 'Burke's Backyard' recently visited a garden ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Charles Segal
The legends surrounding Oedipus of Thebes and his ill-fated offspring provide the subject matter for Sophocles' three greatest plays, which together represent Greek drama at the pinnacle of its achievement. Oedipus the King, the most famous of ... [... more]
Random House |
Janet Todd
The Rebellious Kingsborough Sisters and the Making of a Modern Nation They were known as the Ascendancy, the dashing aristocratic elite that controlled Irish politics and society at the end of the eighteenth century-and at their pinnacle stood ... [... more]
Random House |
Robert Forster
The Legend of Kid Delicious, The Last Great American Pool Hustler In many sports, the pinnacle is Wheaties-box fame and notoriety. But in the world of pool, notoriety is the last thing a hustler desires. Such is the dilemma that faces Danny ... [... more]
Random House |
William McBrien
In his life and in his music, Cole Porter was "the top"-the pinnacle of wit, sophistication, and success. His songs-"I Get a Kick Out of You," "Anything Goes," and hundreds more-were instant pop hits, and their musical and [... more]
Random House |
Keith Irvine
Interior decorator Keith Irvine steamed into New York Harbor in 1957 and immediately embarked on designing the unique, inspired interiors that have ensured him a place at the pinnacle of his field. His designs are characterized by feeling-wit, ... [... more]
Random House |
Richard K. Morgan
In just a few short years, Richard K. Morgan has vaulted to the pinnacle of the science fiction world. Now he turns his iconoclastic talents to epic fantasy, crafting a darkly violent, tautly plotted adventure sure to thrill old fans and ... [... more]
Random House |
A.C. Graham
Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T'ang-a period of growing political turmoil and violence-are especially notable for combining strking formal inovation with raw ... [... more]
Random House |
Chippy Irvine
Interior decorator Keith Irvine steamed into New York Harbor in 1957 and immediately embarked on designing the unique, inspired interiors that have ensured him a place at the pinnacle of his field. His designs are characterized by feeling-wit, ... [... more]
Random House |
Dennis Bock
Emiko Amai is six years old in August 1945 when the Hiroshima bomb burns away half of her face. To Anton, a young German physicist involved in the Manhattan Project, that same bomb represents the pinnacle of scientific elegance. And for his ... [... more]
Random House |
Paige Rense
Paige Rense plotted and executed the rise of Architectural Digest to the pinnacle it sits on today--the top of the highly competitive field of international design publications. For several years she was the only person to hold the position of ... [... more]
Random House |
