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Author: Walter S. Gibson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780520216983
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Gibson's multilayered exploration of the rustic landscape enhances our understanding of the Golden Age in Dutch art, and his evocative language recalls a countryside now largely gone. At the same time, this illustrated book gracefully articulates the role of the Dutch rustic landscape in the history of landscape painting."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: John E. Huegel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2016-04-28
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1514485338
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book is divided in two parts. In the first, the author tells the story of his struggle to determine his home culture. He was born in Mexico on the south side of the Rio Grande but was raised by parents from the north side of the river, the United States. For a time, he felt at home in Mexico, on the south side, then tried to straddle the two cultures, and finally came to the conclusion that his home culture was on the north side, in the United States. The second part of the book tells the story of his spiritual pilgrimage, his call to the Protestant ministry, his struggle to determine the will of God, his place in life, and the specific nature of his ministry.
Author: Mary C. Findley
Publisher: Findley Family Video Publications
Published:
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As soon as Violet arrives with the wagon train Ben can finally be married. But is she truly in love with Ben, or with the five or six trunks of things her letters say she can’t do without? When trouble stalks the widowed young schoolteacher, will Ben go past protecting her and threaten both their futures? What will it take to stop a violent drunk determined to possess his dead brother’s wife?
Author: William Senior
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-08-11
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 375242303X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reproduction of the original: Lines in Pleasant Places by William Senior
Author: William Senior
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-09
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a collection of tales and reflections on angling and the joys of nature by William Senior, also known as "Red Spinner." In this book, the author offers an insight into his experiences in fishing in various locations, including the Thames, Norway, Canada, and America. It also explores the art and science of angling, the beauty of the natural world, and the rewards of a life spent in pursuit of a passion.
Author: Ayisha Malik
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Published: 2019-06-13
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1785767534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 'Tender, challenging and as warm as it was razor-sharp' Beth O'Leary 'If you've read Joanna Cannon I think you'll love this' Simon Savidge 'A sublimely witty and touching story' Jonathan Coe The standout new novel by acclaimed author Ayisha Malik - perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Candice Carty-Williams. In the sleepy village of Babel's End, trouble is brewing. Bilal Hasham is having a mid-life crisis. His mother has just died, and he finds peace lying in a grave he's dug in the garden. His elderly Auntie Rukhsana has come to live with him, and forged an unlikely friendship with village busybody, Shelley Hawking. His wife Mariam is distant and distracted, and his stepson Haaris is spending more time with his real father. Bilal's mother's dying wish was to build a mosque in Babel's End, but when Shelley gets wind of this scheme, she unleashes the forces of hell. Will Bilal's mosque project bring his family and his beloved village together again, or drive them apart? Warm, wise and laugh-out-loud funny, This Green and Pleasant Land is a life-affirming look at love, faith and the meaning of home.
Author: Bobby McAlpine
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0847860345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An appealing approach to creating dwellings blending vernacular styles, fine craftsmanship, and indigenous materials. This volume features the recent projects of McAlpine, one of the country’s most highly respected architecture and interior design firms, renowned for its timeless houses exemplifying the charm and elegance of traditional and vernacular English, American, and European styles blended with a modern sensibility. Following from their first book, The Home Within Us, this book profiles twenty stunning projects, from a stone tower folly standing in the gardens of a Tudor-style house to a humble yet elegant wooden lakeside retreat. Through his poetic voice, Bobby McAlpine narrates the story of each residence, pointing out its unique qualities. Featured are an exotic Florida Panhandle beach house; a Tuscan-style horse farm; a rambling Colonial Revival compound; and a miniature European manor house, among others. These dwellings are classically understated and welcoming. With its gorgeous photography of inspiring interiors and exteriors, Poetry of Place will appeal to those interested in design romancing the past.
Author: Mara Cherkasky
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738544069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mount Pleasant--Samuel P. Brown must have thought the name perfect when he chose it for his country estate on a wooded hill overlooking Washington City. The name also suited the New Englanders who settled in the village that Brown founded near Fourteenth Street and Park Road just after the Civil War. Around 1900, the once-isolated village began its transformation into a fashionable suburb after the city extended Sixteenth Street through Mount Pleasant's heart, and a new streetcar line linked the area to downtown. Developers constructed elegant apartment buildings and spacious brick row houses on block after block, and successful businessmen built stately residences along Park Road. Change arrived again with the Great Depression and then World War II, as the suburb evolved into an urban, exclusively white, working-class enclave that eventually became mostly African American. In addition, a Latino presence was evident as early as the 1960s. By the 1980s, the neighborhood was known as the heart of D.C.'s Latino and counterculture communities. Today these communities are dispersing, however, in response to a booming real estate market in Washington, D.C.
