Pools
Pools (Rizzoli $75), with text by Kelly Klein, is an absolutely drop-dead gorgeous book of photographs of pools and watering holes around the world. Many of the photographs were taken by renowned photographers, including Robert Mapplethorne, Alfred Stieglitz, Maartin Munkacsi, Edward Weston, Bruce Weber, Jaques Henri-Lartigue, to name but a few... This book is oversized, beautifully printed, and exquisitely designed. If you have a coffee table, this is one book that belongs on it. --The Santa Fe's Monthly Magazine of and for the Arts, Sept. 07"Dive into the pages of Pools for a quick splash through some  of the world's finest swimming sites." --Coastal Living"If you can't afford a swimming pool, a copy of Kelly Klein's  classic book 'Pools' on your coffee table will inject a splash of color  into even a nondescript Hamptons summer rental." --Newsday"Kelly Klein's 'Pools' captures the art and majesty of the  swimming pool in all it social and radiant beauty...As a summer treat or as  a historical perspective, 'Pools' is a welcome refresher and certainly one  of the best coffee table art books of the year." --Blog on Books"provocative" "drop-dead photography spread"  "the 187 images run the gamut from the old and majestic to the  impossibly sexy" --Riviera Magazine--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.