Author: Bob Vila
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780525476702
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This practical manual on residential renovation chronicles the conversion of a late-nineteenth-century summer house into five, well-appointed condominiums
Bob Vila's This Old House
Author: Bob Vila
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780525476702
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This practical manual on residential renovation chronicles the conversion of a late-nineteenth-century summer house into five, well-appointed condominiums
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780525476702
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This practical manual on residential renovation chronicles the conversion of a late-nineteenth-century summer house into five, well-appointed condominiums
This Old House
Author: Bob Vila
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316177047
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Restoring, Rehabilitating and renovating older homes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316177047
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Restoring, Rehabilitating and renovating older homes.
This Old House Guide to Building and Remodeling Materials
Author: Bob Vila
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780446382472
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780446382472
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bob Vila's Guide to Buying Your Dream House
Author: Bob Vila
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 9780316902915
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Looks at the complex, expensive, and often frustrating process of buying the most appropriate house or condominium
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 9780316902915
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Looks at the complex, expensive, and often frustrating process of buying the most appropriate house or condominium
Time-Life Books Complete Home Improvement and Renovation Manual
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780139218835
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Following the success of the first two Time-Life home repair books which focused exclusively on quick fix-it jobs, here is a practical guide to more extensive home repair, renovation, and enhancement. With special sections on safety, the proper use of tools, and hiring contractors, this book is an absolute must for the do-it-yourselfer who wants to do it right. Index. Two-color illustrations throughout.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780139218835
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Following the success of the first two Time-Life home repair books which focused exclusively on quick fix-it jobs, here is a practical guide to more extensive home repair, renovation, and enhancement. With special sections on safety, the proper use of tools, and hiring contractors, this book is an absolute must for the do-it-yourselfer who wants to do it right. Index. Two-color illustrations throughout.
Hunger of Memory
Author: Richard Rodriguez
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553898833
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America. Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language ... and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553898833
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America. Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language ... and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man.
Kitchens and Bathrooms
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780809423866
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780809423866
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Renovations
Author: John Marchese
Publisher: Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
An award-winning journalist recounts the grand adventure of rebuilding a house with his father, of finding new faith in their relationship, and of living out the American Dream. "A thoughtful, sensitive, funny mid-life odyssey". Carol Saline, author of Sisters and Mothers & Daughters Like many American men, John Marchese arrived at his fortieth birthday feeling a mixture of pride and anxiety. The son of a construction worker, he'd been the first man in his family to graduate from college, the first Marchese after three generations in America to make his living with his mind, not his hands. Despite his achievements, he had never really settled down-after college he'd lived in seventeen places. And, disturbingly, he sensed that a subtle estrangement had developed between him and his working-class father. Now, as he approached midlife, he wondered if they had anything in common. Determined not to be a rootless cosmopolitan who'd never done an honest day's work, John approached his father for help in finding a house they could renovate. His father would teach the skills he'd always wanted to pass along to his son, and John would have his first real home since childhood. Renovations is Marchese's account of their difficult, but ultimately rewarding, time together. This is the story of how something as simple as home improvement can balance an otherwise complicated life; it's about a father and son tackling a project that seems woefully ill-advised, and-through humorous and oftentimes touching situations-emerging from it with a deeper understanding of each other. Renovations is about the ambiguous influences of family history and the enduring inspiration of the American Dream.
Publisher: Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
An award-winning journalist recounts the grand adventure of rebuilding a house with his father, of finding new faith in their relationship, and of living out the American Dream. "A thoughtful, sensitive, funny mid-life odyssey". Carol Saline, author of Sisters and Mothers & Daughters Like many American men, John Marchese arrived at his fortieth birthday feeling a mixture of pride and anxiety. The son of a construction worker, he'd been the first man in his family to graduate from college, the first Marchese after three generations in America to make his living with his mind, not his hands. Despite his achievements, he had never really settled down-after college he'd lived in seventeen places. And, disturbingly, he sensed that a subtle estrangement had developed between him and his working-class father. Now, as he approached midlife, he wondered if they had anything in common. Determined not to be a rootless cosmopolitan who'd never done an honest day's work, John approached his father for help in finding a house they could renovate. His father would teach the skills he'd always wanted to pass along to his son, and John would have his first real home since childhood. Renovations is Marchese's account of their difficult, but ultimately rewarding, time together. This is the story of how something as simple as home improvement can balance an otherwise complicated life; it's about a father and son tackling a project that seems woefully ill-advised, and-through humorous and oftentimes touching situations-emerging from it with a deeper understanding of each other. Renovations is about the ambiguous influences of family history and the enduring inspiration of the American Dream.
Bob Vila's Toolbox
Author: Bob Vila
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN:
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Offers a practical guide to the selection of the right tool for any job and explains the basics of rough carpentry and fine finishing work.
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN:
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Offers a practical guide to the selection of the right tool for any job and explains the basics of rough carpentry and fine finishing work.
Made Possible By...
Author: James Ledbetter
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859840290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A critique of American public broadcasting explores how its mission has been eroded from public-supported educational and cultural programming to corporate sponsorship of mainstream entertainment.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859840290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A critique of American public broadcasting explores how its mission has been eroded from public-supported educational and cultural programming to corporate sponsorship of mainstream entertainment.