Author: Kathryn Rayward
Publisher: Millers Publications
ISBN: 9781845335564
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cracking Antiques will show you how looking for vintage and antique furniture and accessories enables you to create a stylish, individual home without setting foot inside a superstore.It will explain what to look for when buying antiques and how to renovate them using anything from a little tlc to a complete makeover.Special features give expert interior design tips, or explain why some antiques that are out of fashion today make a great investment for the future.A resources section tells you everything you need to know about buying at antiques fairs, antiques shops, at auction and online.
Cracking Antiques
Author: Kathryn Rayward
Publisher: Millers Publications
ISBN: 9781845335564
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cracking Antiques will show you how looking for vintage and antique furniture and accessories enables you to create a stylish, individual home without setting foot inside a superstore.It will explain what to look for when buying antiques and how to renovate them using anything from a little tlc to a complete makeover.Special features give expert interior design tips, or explain why some antiques that are out of fashion today make a great investment for the future.A resources section tells you everything you need to know about buying at antiques fairs, antiques shops, at auction and online.
Publisher: Millers Publications
ISBN: 9781845335564
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cracking Antiques will show you how looking for vintage and antique furniture and accessories enables you to create a stylish, individual home without setting foot inside a superstore.It will explain what to look for when buying antiques and how to renovate them using anything from a little tlc to a complete makeover.Special features give expert interior design tips, or explain why some antiques that are out of fashion today make a great investment for the future.A resources section tells you everything you need to know about buying at antiques fairs, antiques shops, at auction and online.
Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective
Author: Lewis D. Moore
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786482397
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s--a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler; the Transitional, evident by 1964 in the works of John D. MacDonald and Michael Collins, and continuing to around 1977 via Joseph Hansen, Bill Pronzini and others; and the Modern, since the late 1970s, during which such writers as Loren D. Estleman, Liza Cody, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton and many others have expanded the genre and the detective character. Themes such as violence, love and sexuality, friendship, space and place, and work are examined throughout the text. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786482397
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s--a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler; the Transitional, evident by 1964 in the works of John D. MacDonald and Michael Collins, and continuing to around 1977 via Joseph Hansen, Bill Pronzini and others; and the Modern, since the late 1970s, during which such writers as Loren D. Estleman, Liza Cody, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton and many others have expanded the genre and the detective character. Themes such as violence, love and sexuality, friendship, space and place, and work are examined throughout the text. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Cracking Animation
Author: Peter Lord
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500281680
Category : Animación (Cinematografía)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Aardman Studio in Bristol is one of the biggest successes in the new wave of British animation. This book sets Aardman's achievements and the history of the studio within the context of the tradition of 3-D animation. The studio's initial success with Morph was followed with an Oscar for Creature Comforts and nominations for Adam and A Grand Day Out. Nick Park at Aardman has received two Oscars for his Wallace and Gromit stories, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500281680
Category : Animación (Cinematografía)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Aardman Studio in Bristol is one of the biggest successes in the new wave of British animation. This book sets Aardman's achievements and the history of the studio within the context of the tradition of 3-D animation. The studio's initial success with Morph was followed with an Oscar for Creature Comforts and nominations for Adam and A Grand Day Out. Nick Park at Aardman has received two Oscars for his Wallace and Gromit stories, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave.
Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015
Author: Marc Allum
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848317352
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
From the BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author who brought you The Antiques Magpie comes the first annual almanac keeping you bang up to date with the vibrant, pacey and often amusingly idiosyncratic global art and antiques market. Find out: * How much the wedding ring of Lee Harvey Oswald sold for * What the world's most expensive printed book cost per word * Which First World War artefacts have enthused collectors amid the centenary commemorations ...and much more Written with Marc's trademark blend of knowledge, enthusiasm, irreverence and wit, Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015 provides a unique insight into a boundless world fuelled by history, avarice and passion, making it a must-read for the inherent collector in all of us.
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848317352
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
From the BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author who brought you The Antiques Magpie comes the first annual almanac keeping you bang up to date with the vibrant, pacey and often amusingly idiosyncratic global art and antiques market. Find out: * How much the wedding ring of Lee Harvey Oswald sold for * What the world's most expensive printed book cost per word * Which First World War artefacts have enthused collectors amid the centenary commemorations ...and much more Written with Marc's trademark blend of knowledge, enthusiasm, irreverence and wit, Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015 provides a unique insight into a boundless world fuelled by history, avarice and passion, making it a must-read for the inherent collector in all of us.
If Walls Could Talk
Author: Lucy Worsley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080271272X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
From the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey and Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, available on Netflix. “Worsley is a thoughtful, charming, often hilarious guide to life as it was lived, from the mundane to the esoteric.” -The Boston Globe Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two “dirty centuries”? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen, covering the history of each room and exploring what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove-from sauce stirring to breast-feeding, teeth cleaning to masturbating, getting dressed to getting married-providing a compelling account of how the four rooms of the home have evolved from medieval times to today, charting revolutionary changes in society.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080271272X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
From the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey and Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, available on Netflix. “Worsley is a thoughtful, charming, often hilarious guide to life as it was lived, from the mundane to the esoteric.” -The Boston Globe Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two “dirty centuries”? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen, covering the history of each room and exploring what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove-from sauce stirring to breast-feeding, teeth cleaning to masturbating, getting dressed to getting married-providing a compelling account of how the four rooms of the home have evolved from medieval times to today, charting revolutionary changes in society.
Fat Lava
Author: Mark Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955286544
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955286544
Category : Pottery
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Cracking Up
Author: Joan Komlosy
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1906221898
Category : Divorced women
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
For Lily Francis, coming to terms with a broken marriage, children going their separate ways and the dole queue beckoning is hard enough. But when the landlords want the flat you've been renting for 25 years - the only stable thing in your life - the term 'midlife crisis' takes on a whole new meaning. Now a reluctant 'born-again singleton' Lily, an impoverished antiques dealer, and struggling freelance journalist, begins to rebuild her life and attempts to start again. If only her once successful husband hadn't dragged out the divorce she would have been self-supportive and the family silver might not have ended up on Bermondsey market! "Cracking up" is humorous, touching and entertaining and will appeal to anyone, male or female, who has had to start again from the bottom - older, alone and flat broke - there are many out there!
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1906221898
Category : Divorced women
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
For Lily Francis, coming to terms with a broken marriage, children going their separate ways and the dole queue beckoning is hard enough. But when the landlords want the flat you've been renting for 25 years - the only stable thing in your life - the term 'midlife crisis' takes on a whole new meaning. Now a reluctant 'born-again singleton' Lily, an impoverished antiques dealer, and struggling freelance journalist, begins to rebuild her life and attempts to start again. If only her once successful husband hadn't dragged out the divorce she would have been self-supportive and the family silver might not have ended up on Bermondsey market! "Cracking up" is humorous, touching and entertaining and will appeal to anyone, male or female, who has had to start again from the bottom - older, alone and flat broke - there are many out there!
Understanding Housing Defects
Author: Duncan Marshall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136153500
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing. Each of the eighteen chapters covers a specific building element and includes a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. Each chapter then goes on to look at the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. The text has been revised and extended with new sections on boundary walls, chimneys and basements. The Services chapter has been replaced with three new, more substantial chapters on heating and plumbing, electrical installations and drainage.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136153500
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing. Each of the eighteen chapters covers a specific building element and includes a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. Each chapter then goes on to look at the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. The text has been revised and extended with new sections on boundary walls, chimneys and basements. The Services chapter has been replaced with three new, more substantial chapters on heating and plumbing, electrical installations and drainage.
Shooting Straight
Author: Wayne Lapierre
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895261236
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
If the Second Amendment--your right to own a gun--collapses, so does the entire Bill of Rights. And there are powerful, organized political forces that want to take away your gun rights and shove the Second Amendment into the ashcan of history. This is the message of LaPierre and Baker, both officers of the National Rifle Association. Here, the authors break down the agenda of the antigun lobby point by point and provide a strategy for defeating the enemies of your gun rights. Freedom and security are not an either-or proposition--they go together. In America, they always have, with citizens taking responsibility for themselves. That's the spirit that has made the NRA the number one champion of freedom for gun owners and all Americans.--From publisher description.
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895261236
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
If the Second Amendment--your right to own a gun--collapses, so does the entire Bill of Rights. And there are powerful, organized political forces that want to take away your gun rights and shove the Second Amendment into the ashcan of history. This is the message of LaPierre and Baker, both officers of the National Rifle Association. Here, the authors break down the agenda of the antigun lobby point by point and provide a strategy for defeating the enemies of your gun rights. Freedom and security are not an either-or proposition--they go together. In America, they always have, with citizens taking responsibility for themselves. That's the spirit that has made the NRA the number one champion of freedom for gun owners and all Americans.--From publisher description.
Alla Moda
Author: King's Lynn Arts Centre (Norfolk)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955286575
Category : Pottery, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955286575
Category : Pottery, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description