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 enlarge | Authors: Rick Smolan, Jennifer Erwitt
Publisher: Running Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 73076
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0762434155
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.9300222
EAN: 9780762434152
ASIN: 0762434155
Publication Date: March 24, 2008
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Much more than a coffee table book July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book for the whole family to page through and read together. It will be particularly appealing to children, since the material is not only appropriate for them - it is heavily focused on how the family is structured around the daily routine of kids.
The book celebrates our diversity. We are a much more complex country than the rest of the world gives us credit for. We are not uni-dimensional, by a long stretch. We have many regional and micro-cultures and a broad spectrum of lifestyles, habits and opinions.
In this book, Rick and Jennifer give a unique, respectful and gentle insight into people's homes and the things they care about. The camera sees the deep ties that bind all those people to their homes, their pets, their things, their landscape and, most importantly, to each other.
We see conservative households in the heartland, both Christians and Muslims, that home-school their children, read the Holy Book, and celebrate their faith in their families. We see recent immigrants trying to adapt to America, scrape a living here, while remaining profoundly attached to, and nostalgic of their ancestral traditions. We see conservative same-sex couples loving their children and struggling with their busy lives. We see affluent folks on the two Coasts embracing modernity and new age ideals. We see diverse dreams of happiness, technology, tradition, community and the counter-culture.
We see the immense mosaic of resources, cultures and moral ideals in our beautiful country, something to celebrate joyfully. As both John McCain and Barack Obama point out, we are about an ideal greater than ourselves, about service to family, our neighbors, and our country. This book is a lovely witness to this ideal.
The Perfect Ambassador July 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the perfect book for Americans to give to friends abroad (if we have any left, that is). It's hard to explain America to people who get their images of us from bad old tv and from the leader of the Free World grimacing and mugging at the microphone. "America at Home" is the antidote to all that. I'm used to being embarrassed by my country, but after looking at this book, I remember, hey, we're not so bad . . .
heartwarming June 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This heartwarming, amazing book not only merits a place in every home around
the world, it is a gift of living insight to future generations. This team of Rick Smolan
and Jennifer Erwitt, who are behind many of the best-selling photography books
in publishing history. They have invited thousands of amateurs as well as 100 top professional photographers to take pictures for a week, of their visions of home. The result is a visual time capsule of American life at the beginning of the 21st century. Culled to 250-plus photographs on 240 pages, the images are augmented with detailed captions and a series of thought-provoking essays about home by a selection of noted writers. A compelling aspect of the book provides a way purchasers can personalize their copies by having a glossy custom cover created using one of their own photos, complete with caption on the inside flap. Unique!
Thanks for taking us there June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thank you Rick and Jennifer for taking us places so close to and so far from where we all live. America At Home is a page turner. Every photograph goes deeper into the life of America, at its heart.
You have again brought together talented photographers, picture editors and designers for a project that conveys more than its elements while setting down another time capsule in our country's ever-evolving cornerstone.
Now that we're home, what's for dinner?
 Food For Thought June 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At first glance America At Home is but a wonderful collection of stunning and wholesome photographs of American households and their unique inhabitants. Sponsored by IKEA - my children's favorite store - America At Home turns out to have more depth than you would expect. Amusing, insightful and contemplative reflections are offered on the idea of what Home means to us by an impressive number of contributing writers who include famous author, Amy Tan, Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, Dominique Browning, the former editor of House and Garden, as well as Terry Teachout, Richard Rodgriguez, and David Pogue, who all reflect on our relationship to what we call "Home".
America At Home informs us about what's important to us. Kids, pets and spending money, it seems. Marriage, not so much. 35% of our children live in single or no parent homes, and even though 62% of us don't think money can buy happiness we spend 41 billion more than we earn on whatever it does buy.
Our hard working celebrities appear to live an average of 13 years less than us couch potatoes watching them. Since 85% of us do no exercise of any kind, you'll be surprised how many billions of dollars we - or maybe they! - spend each year on health clubs. Many more such statistics add to the overall impression of this fascinating book that will have you find yourself starting many "Did you know..." conversations, and leaving it on your coffee table for a conversation piece. This will be especially impressive if you get the custom cover jacket you can order featuring your very own - to quote Matt Groening - "kinda functional and kinda loopy" family!
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