1.e4 book with expanations. Please suggest

Can you please reccomend me a book which covers a lot of openings on white's e4, not necessary the sicilian (cause I have other books on it) ? I am looking for a book that doesn't just have variations like BCO. I prefer a book with some explanations, opening ideas, possible plans and targets etc. And I would like to read it for both white's and black's side ! Is there anything or am I searching for a lot ?

Thank's in advance

(Sorry about the title, I mean explanations)

david bronstein '200 open games'.Not sure what you're looking for. This is not an openings book, but a book with many 1.e4 games, and plans, targets, thoughts, for both sides;not written like a treatise on the openings, but on the games. 

May I suggest Chess Opening Essentials: The Ideas and Plans behind ALL Chess Openings 1.e4 (Volume 1)

which is the first volume in a four volume set. You can "look inside" here:

http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Opening-Essentials-Openings-Complete/dp/9056912038

Or there is John Watson's Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 1 which covers 1. e4.

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Chess-Openings-Unlocking-Mysteries/dp/1904600603

I don't know bout books.. but if you want some recommendation, go for chessbase dvds Ruy Lopez by Andrew Martin:  http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/open_ruy_lopez and Nigel Davies: http://chessbase-shop.com/en/products/e4_for_the_creative

My review of Logical Chess: Move by Move.

A notable characteristic of Logical Chess: Move by Move, is the literary effort needed to explain the same moves repeatedly in new ways. How much can one say concerning the merits of 1.e4? Chernev keeps his comments instructive and entertaining without merely repeating what he has already said concerning moves that appeared in another game earlier in the book. The core principles are repeated, but in new language. This ever changing repetition reinforces the ideas. Neil McDonald follows this pattern of varied repetition in Chess: the Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last (2004). John Nunn, however, does not comment on quite every move in Understanding Chess Move by Move(2001). Nunn discusses the merits of each opening move once, then reserves commentary for moves not seen in games earlier in the text. Chernev's influence upon these two more recent books reveals the timelessness of his work.

http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2013/01/logical-chess-book-review.html

Thank you everyone for your answers ! I am still waiting other answers too, I want a lot of book suggestions I like this book Chess Opening Essentials: The Ideas and Plans behind ALL Chess Openings 1.e4 (Volume 1) thank you fburton for the suggestion !

I find the Starting Out series very well designed and useful. I believe there is one on 1.e4.

here's a review of Bronstein's book on chess.com

http://www.chess.com/article/view/quot200-open-gamesquot-by-david-bronstein

on another note@fburton, I had never heard of that chess opening essentials series. it looks interesting. I'll see if I can find it in the library. 

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen99.pdf

I don't usually like Hansen's reviews (Why? I'm not sure...) but he basically says this book is terrible. But I take what he says with a grain of salt. 

Yes, there is a book for 1.e4. I also like starting out series, I think they give you a nice start ! I used the other volume for 1.d4, but I am not sure that the book for e4 is what I am lookin for !

The chief virtue of Bronstein's 200 open games is that it is cheap. It is not a repertoire book and should not be treated as one. When in college, I wrote a short story about someone too engrossed in a chess game to notice that his girlfriend left with another man. I thought this very cleaver, although in retrospect it was rather trite. The game I had in mind was:

This game can be found on page 7. As far as I can remember, this was my only use of the book 200 open games.

To answer the OP's question, no. I have never found a satisfactory opening book on all of 1. e4. Openings for White According to Anand is a 14 volume series written purely from White's perspective. A shocking Chess Opening Repertoire  is a mix of common and offbeat lines, none of which I stuck to for very long. Repertoire books tend to be gimicky.

aggressive sociopath wrote that '200 open games is not a repertoire book and should not be treated as such.' I wrote that in my post above.<This is not an openings book, but a book with many 1.e4 games, and plans, targets, thoughts, for both sides;not written like a treatise on the openings, but on the games.>  Was Op looking for a repertoire book? 

Op said he was looking for "a book which covers a lot of openings on white's e4" to"read it for both white's and black's side". That doesn't sound like the description of a repertoire book to me, but more of a general survey of openings.

Sorry guys if I am not explaining well what I am searching about   I am looking for a book which has lines, which explains the lines and tells the main ideas for both sides after the line finisshes ! The Chess opening essentials fits with what I am looking for, but I would like to read more suggestions

I'm a fan of Van der Sterren's Fundamental Chess Openings (FCO). It's all openings (so not only 1.e4) explained with lots of words. It doesn't go that deep, but I don't think you need that. It's 448 pages with lots of text (look inside it at Amazon or so).

I'm ~2000ish over the board and when I play a new opening I basically just read about its ideas in FCO and then play it.

yes FCO is very highly recommended. Also, what about Watson's Mastering the Chess Openings, the open games book. 

I recommend the Openings According to Anand; 1.e4 series by Khalifman, if you can find any of them.  I have a couple of them in digital form(and one of the Openings According to Kramnik; 1.Nf3), and Khalifman is a good writer and I think both series are worth it if you can find em.  

Does it cover the French?

what is a 'repertoire book' and how is it different from a book on an opening? Btw I have never studied any openings books. I like Bronstein's 200 open games because its an accessible, interesting, easy read and its like 'guess the right move' type of book in a way, showing a particular postion/point in the game, a critical position. 

As a rule, a repertoire book considers an opening from the point of view of one side, white or back, not both, and it examines a selected subset of lines.

So, for example, a repertoire book on the King's Gambit for white might only cover 3.Nf3 for King's Gambit Accepted because the author considers alternatives like 3.Bc4 inferior and so there would be no need to cover that line at all. In contrast, a standard opening survey of the KG would devote some pages at least to looking at 3.Bc4 variations.