Beverly Narkiewitcz and Lincoln S. Bates
An ecclectic collection of a few hundred small museums in the
USA, with hours, admission rates, and a half page or so description
on each one. Intentionally omits (for the most part) "questionable"
roadside attractions, county historical museums, natural history
museums, historic homes, and military museums.
Edited by Neil Schlager
This book contains stories found in the much larger library
reference work When Technology Fails, published by Gale Research.
The 34 disasters selected for this 250 page book are fairly
well known, including several airline crashes, nuclear submarine
wrecks, hotel fires, and structural failures.
Alexander Wilson
As the title suggests, this book is a fun look at all sorts
of built landscapes, and a nice review of things like Montreal's
Expo 67, and ecological disater sites. Wilson, writing as a
Oakland native transplanted in Toronto reminds us that "no
area in the continental US is more than 21 miles from a road".
Ragnar Benson
A unique little book that points out some of the more dramatic,
in size and in effect, explosions that have taken place throughout
the world and throughout history. Of the 20 discussed in the
book, most are industrial or military accidents, and some of
the most interesting ones took place in the former Soviet Union.
Tad Bartimus and Scott McCartney
The book follows the route of Interstate 25, from Las Cruces,
New Mexico to Buffalo, Wyoming, describing the nuclear/military/industrial
facilities which are clustered along this highway: from the
Trinity Site to the ICBM fields of the Great Plains. Unfortunately,
the authors gush with biased rhetoric, and the style of the
prose is casual and self-righteous.
Russel and Jeanne Gurnee
A state by state listing and brief description of the over 200
"show caves" in the USA, with addresses and telephone
numbers. Indespensible!
Craig Adcock
Large format book on this landscapey, cosmic artist, whose Roden
Crater project has already consumed a MacArthur grant, and threatens
to consume him too.
Joe Chew
A book about the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research,
a unique facility that specializes in thunderstorm and lightning
research. Also covers the thirty years of pioneering atmospheric
research in the state that preceeded the foundation of the Lab.
James Welling
A book of black and white photographs of the German town of
Wolfsburg, a factory town with a Volkswagen plant that employs
52,000 people. Welling's grey images juxtapose interior, industial
forms, with the exteriors of residential structures. A haunting
book.
Lucy R. Lippard
Intersting examination of the similar aspects of these forms,
which include many examples of modern and ancient earth art
such as mound-building and monolithic construction, and rituals
related to seasonal variations.
