December 8, 2003

Shelf Life

The New Orleans annual meeting didn't end with the closing of Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Expo Hall H (have they even heard of people movers?) or the return of the last tour bus--at least not for the Landscape Architecture Bookstore. While exhibitors and convention center personnel ripped up carpet and broke down product displays, able ASLA staff volunteers prepared nearly 100 cartons for return to our Maryland warehouse and ASLA's DC headquarters. Just last week our warehouse reported that the last of our return shipment has been processed, catalogued, and accounted for.

It's still not over. Titles ordered especially for the annual meeting now await shipment back to their respective publishers. But before we send them back, we want to offer ASLA members one last opportunity to browse these special buys.

Maybe you were so busy at the meeting that you didn't get back to the bookstore as you promised yourself you would. Or maybe you couldn't make it to New Orleans at all. In either case, here's your chance to shop at a more leisurely pace. And you don't need to worry about whether these purchases will fit in your luggage or fall out of the airplane's overhead rack--our always reasonable shipping charges remain in effect. Just call us toll-free at 1-800-787-2665 to order.

We won't take backorders on these offerings. Once they're sold out or returned to their homes, this sale with its great discounts is finished. For the Bookstore, that's when the annual meeting will be over.

The following 2004 calendars are available only through the end of December.

Gardener's Guide Calendars

Perennial favorites from Fulcrum Publishing, these calendars offer garden care guidance specific to both the region and time of the year. Fulcrum charges $12.95 each for the colorful, numbered days. ASLA member price is only $9.50. To see how they look, check the Fulcrum website.

MIDSOUTH
covering Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia
Stock # T312 $9.50

SOUTH
covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas
Stock # T313 $9.50

NORTHEAST
covering Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Stock # T314 $9.50

MIDWEST
covering Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Stock # T315 $9.50

The New York Botanical Garden 2004 Engagement Calendar

A fine, inexpensive gift, the New York Botanical Garden's 2004 Engagement Calendar features exquisite illustrations from a work entitled Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, Selected from Drawings and Descriptions Presented to the Honorable Court of Directors of the East India Company by William Roxburgh, MD (1751-1815). Each week's page faces one of Roxburgh's color illustrations. Calendars include a partial listing of Public Gardens in the United States and a memo pocket inside the back cover. Ignore the Garden's suggested price of $18.95; our remaining inventory is available for just $14 each.

Stock # T3NYBG $14

The Last Navigator

New Orleans Annual Meeting opening speaker Steve Thomas, former host of This Old House, drew throngs of enthusiastic listeners to the bookstore for autographed copies of his book, The Last Navigator, a unique and compelling account of his education in the ancient art of navigation without charts or compass, using only natural signs--stars, waves, birds--under the tutelage of one of Micronesia's last surviving navigators.

Published at $15.95, our remaining copies (sorry--these aren't autographed) are available for only $11 while supplies last.

Stock # T35744 $11

LAF Case Study Series

The Landscape Architecture Foundation has introduced a new book series of case studies in land and community design for meeting the needs of design and planning professionals for detailed information on innovative projects that provide holistic solutions to complex social, economic, and environmental problems. Individual case studies offer in-depth analysis of important projects and examine key successes and failures. They document effective approaches to land development and preservation, making that information accessible to a broad audience of practitioners, educators, and policymakers.

The publisher offers these books at $25 each. We are charging $25 for one, $45 for two, or $60 for all three. In addition, we will include free with each order a copy of LAF's Case Study Method for Landscape Architecture.

• Paris-Lexington Road
  Stock # T307 $25

• Urban Open Space
  Stock # T308 $25

• Village Homes
  Stock # T309 $25

• Case Study Method for Landscape Architecture
  Stock # CASE; $15 or free with any of the above case study titles

Especially noteworthy about the New Orleans bookstore: many thanks are due newly designated honorary ASLA member Nancy Buley of J. Frank Schmidt & Son Company. Through her efforts and collaboration with other nurseries--including Plant Development Services, Inc., and Bold Spring Nursery--Buley filled the bookstore proper and adjoining book signing area with an abundance of live plants decorated for a New Orleans Halloween. My personal favorite was the cryptomeria black dragon. After the show was dismantled, these plants were donated to the New Orleans Parks Department--an appropriate extension of an already generous effort.

John Rogers manages the Landscape Architecture Bookstore.