January 27, 2004

Shelf Life

A dynamic, new cooperative agreement is helping to transform the Landscape Architecture Bookstore while expanding your options for shopping online. A link from the bookstore's main web page takes you directly to John Wiley & Son Publishers, where you can purchase any Wiley title at a 15% discount. In addition, a few specially featured titles will be available for a limited time at a 20% discount. The discounted price rings up automatically before you complete the checkout procedure.

In order to receive these discounts, you must enter the Wiley site by clicking through from asla.org. If you find something you want, but decide to order it later, you will lose the discount when you go back unless you go back through asla.org. Why not bookmark our link now for easy future reference?

Landscape architects already know many of Wiley's titles--Ready, Set, Practice; The Landscape Lighting Book; Design with Nature; People Places. But now you can also discover their newly published offerings. And once you're on the Wiley site, you can browse and buy any book they offer--whether or not related to landsape architecture--with the same discount. These other books include the Frommer's Guidebooks series, as well as those ubiquitous For Dummies titles.

One customer who recently purchased online through this program reported back that the experience was very easy, with order confirmation arriving by email. Another happy customer registered her enthusiasm both for the stress-free process and for the quick shipping. Why not try browsing Wiley today? Start here.

We still carry lots of books by other publishers as well, and these remain available by calling the bookstore's customer service center at 1-800-787-2665.

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 this 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 (while supplies last).

• 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

John Rogers manages the Landscape Architecture Bookstore.