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Author
Publisher
Abrams
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
287 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
Wendy Goodman has discovered and published stories on an astonishing array of private houses, notable for their character, personality, and flair, in her 30 years of design hunting. In 'May I Come In?' she visits more than 75 that capture and express their owners' spirit and passions. In this pantheon, imagination and originality hold sway: Artists and eccentrics are the equals of aristocrats and the mandarins of design, and every room has a story...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Date
2026.
Physical Desc
x, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single winter in her life as she journeys into the heart of the season's ever-evolving community-based traditions. In Winter, McDermid takes us on an adventure through the season, from the frosty streets of Edinburgh to the windblown Scottish coast, from Bonfire Night and Christmas to Burns Night and...
Author
Language
English
Description
A highly personal true story of memory and the power of friendship from journalist Bob Greene. Growing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob and his four best friends--Allen, Chuck, Dan, and Jack--were inseparable. Of the four, Jack was Bob's very best friend, a bond forged from the moment they met on the first day of kindergarten. They grew up together, got in trouble together, learned about life together--and were ultimately separated by time...
7) Home
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Life & Style
Publication Date
2015.
Physical Desc
304 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen." This deluxe edition of Home is printed on extremely high quality paper, printed on a sheet-fed press, and bound in a real cloth covered case with a tipped in photo of Ellen...
8) Monticello
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Publication Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello, Describes his vision for Monticello and how it functioned as a working plantation. Describes the interior of the residence and Jefferson's inventions for it.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A deeply spiritual, deeply moving book" about life on the Great Plains, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloister Walk (The New York Times Book Review).
"With humor and lyrical grace," Kathleen Norris meditates on a place in the American landscape that is at once desolate and sublime, harsh and forgiving, steeped in history and myth (San Francisco Chronicle). A combination of reporting and...
"With humor and lyrical grace," Kathleen Norris meditates on a place in the American landscape that is at once desolate and sublime, harsh and forgiving, steeped in history and myth (San Francisco Chronicle). A combination of reporting and...
13) Such a life
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time-and the lawmen tasked with rooting them out. Robbers Roost, Brown's Hole, and Hole in the Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as "Bandit Heaven." During the 1880s and '90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 381 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follow in the footsteps of much loved authors, discover the landscapes that sparked their imaginations, and learn behind-the-scenes stories in this expanded and completely updated second edition of Novel Destinations. Across more than 500 literary locales in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere, experience famous authors' homes, book festivals, literary walking tours, lodgings, restaurants, bars for bibliophiles, and much more."--page 4 of cover...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Phelan, who was born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as he sought to wrest a livelihood from a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking. It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the author's two years in Calcutta depicts the city's vibrant architecture, diverse classes, and evolving politics while exploring its self-renewing culture and resilience against globalization.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Publication Date
2019.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"The legendary actor and comedian shows how to set a great table, shares ideas for unforgettable celebrations, and says, "It's about fun, not perfection!"--Publisher's description.