Restoring deleted books from Time Machine

Hi all,
I deleted one of my keepsaker books and I'd like to restore it from my Time Machine. However, I had no idea what file or folder I need to restore. I have other books in my iphoto but every time I search then in Finder i did not find any file or folder related to, just the pics. How should I proceed?
Thank you very much!
P.

Books are virtual things that exist only in the iPhoto database until you preview and/or upload them
Quit iPhoto, Open Time Machine and go back in time to a time before you deleted the book,select the iPhoto library (in your pictures folder by default) and click restore - restore to the desktop so as not to overwrite your current iPhoto library - depress the option key and launch iPhoto and select the iPhoto library you just restored on your desktop and verify your book
You may want to look at Old Toad's tutorial #9a on archiving an iPhoto book for later use - http://web.mac.com/toad.hall/ToadsTutorials/No._9a.html
LN

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