The book, Pocketful of History by Jim Noles is fantastic. The author does a wonderful job of giving background knowledge on the designing processes that take place, and the actual history of what the design represents. It gives detailed information on each state quarter, as well as some commentary by the designers. The author,JIm, explains how no-one thought the state quarter program would take off as it did. A wonderful read, slow-paced, but just under 300 pages. I found this book at my local library, so it should be easy to find. I curled up with this book on a couch and couldn't stop reading for hours. It goes in order of release date, although the book was published before the last two quarters were minted. As the author explains everyone who wanted to know, knew the new designs that were coming out, and the author, well established in the numismatic community, gives wonderful information and knowledge not many people have.