It's hard to get excited about counter tops, and even harder to view such everyday items as works of art, but this book offers the key to doing both. With plenty of color photographs, it illustrates the possibilities of concrete as a material and countertops as an aesthetic site. What's more, it provides a beginning-to-end guide to designing, planning, constructing, and finishing concrete countertops. The book is equally as beautiful as useful. Cheng is a designer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)