Big projects deserve big books, tomes with heft that reflect the breadth of vision and effort, of time and space, involved in whatever epic endeavor is being documented. This holiday season sees several such volumes, books that record films that were literally years in the making and the wealth of attractions across our great state. Any one of these is big enough to keep you camped out at your coffee table from Christmas to New Year’s.

This article appears in December 19 • 2014.

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