David Strahan

This is a beautiful book, celebrating the preserving and restoration of a number of historic residences in San Antonio, Texas. It is richly illustrated with both inside and outside views of homes throughout the city. 25 buildings are covered and it is a feast to leaf through this book and see a San Anonio that many do not know about. Many of the descriptions are quite complete as to the effort required to bring some of these older homes around. There are bits of feature of the current residents who are keeping the home up, as well as those who instigated the restoration. Besides the gorgeous interior, many of these homes have very attractive landscaping and gardens. This book helps one think of San Antonio as the most beautiful city in Texas, if not the whole southwest of the United States.… (meer)

Despite the histrionic title this is a remarkable book. Not only is it full of accurate, up to date and important information about peak oil, it is entirely entertaining and impossible to put down. Written by an investigative journalist, he explains concepts and ideas about peak oil in a way that are fully understandable to the lay reader, and very entertaining - I read it in 3 sittings over a day and a half. Highly recommended. I had to import it from Amazon.ca (Canada) into the US as it's not available for sale here but it should and hopefully will be.… (meer)