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Editor's Choice Desert Boom Blame it on the desert air--when movie stars and millionaires hired architects like Richard Neutra and Albert Frey to build homes for them in Palm Springs, something magical happened. Palm Springs Modern documents the resulting homes--the Annenbergs' Rancho Mirage estate and Frank Sinatra's rambling house among them.   Spotlight Tiny Treasures Each of these undersized books is packed with lush images and informative writing. They're cheap and they're small, so grab a handful and stuff them into the pockets and stockings of every art, architecture, and photography lover on you holiday shopping list. Art, Architecture & Photography Bestsellers Rembrandt's Eyes ~ Simon Schama Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works ~ Francesco Dal Co and Kurt W. Forster Life: Our Century in Pictures ~ Richard Stolley and Tony Chiu Notable Gift Sets The American Century 2-Volume Boxed Set: Art and Culture, 1900-2000 by Barbara Haskell, Lisa Phillips Surrealism : Two Private Eyes by Nesuhi Ertegun, Daniel Filipacchi (Editor) In the Museums High Museum of Art, Atlanta: Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles: Lee Krasner Whitney Museum, New York: The American Century: Art & Culture, 1950-2000

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