William Valavanis has another book coming out in early June, he has personally asked me to do a review of his book that took 50 years to make. Knowing Bill and his efforts and accomplishments in the bonsai community and around the world made me wonder [...]
Overview Ken Norman has written several books dedicated to bonsai, but this collaborative effort with Charles Chesshire is one of the most comprehensive and exhaustive (if not exhausting!). At 512 pages, this book is a tome. As the title suggests, it [...]
I was very excited when I first saw that Bonsai: A Patient Art was set to come out this year. I love bonsai books of this variety, coffee table book with mostly pictures of exquisite bonsai trees. Personally I am completely okay with the trend of this [...]
Overview Ken Norman has written several books dedicated to bonsai, but his most popular is the subject of this review. With a name like this: The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai: The essential step-by-step guide to creating, growing, and [...]
This was a fun little book to read and a very informative one. I believe it to be the first of its kind. The author Cat Nelson goes into great detail in the first four chapters of her book explaining just about everything one would like to know regarding [...]
My first impression of Fine Bonsai: Art and Nature is that it is huge! 12 inches x 15 inches (30.5cm x 38.1cm), allowing for huge bonsai photos, the blad copy I received had a foldout picture too, bonsai centerfold! Then there are 416 pages with 596 [...]
[dropcap]This[/dropcap] is the first bonsai e-book I have ever read. With knowing how popular these e-books have been becoming it was just a matter of time before I found one on bonsai. Now let’s get to the meat of the matter. This book has the [...]
