Author: Don Terbush
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 146347363X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Some people call it "earthquake weather," but during the Great Depression in a suburb just outside of Los Angeles, Joe Hodge knew them as "shaker days." In Joes world, such a day foreshadowed more than earthquakes; it meant personal catastrophe was also on the way-after all, Joes mother had died on a shaker day. Its the summer of 1933, and further tragedy, a trio of bullies, first love, and a revealed family secret are about to rock Joes world even more. Prepare to be transported to a time when life was hard, Hollywood was glamorous, and a boy discovered the truth. Shaker Days is a riveting tale that will warm your heart long after youve reached the end.
Author: Paul Rocheleau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The team that introduced Shaker life, work, and design to America and the world, in such successful books as Shaker and Shaker Design, here presents the ultimate visual work on the unique melding of form and function that created the Shaker look. 200 color illustrations.
Author: Scott Frank
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 038535004X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Meet Roy Cooper, stoic, unassuming “errand runner” for various New York criminals. Roy arrives in Los Angeles to shoot a man named Martin Shine a week after a powerful earthquake has knocked out cell service, buckled the freeways, and thrown L.A. into chaos. Roy doesn’t know who Shine is or why he has to die, but he does his job and does it well. Except for one thing: after the hit, Roy can’t find where he parked his car. Wandering the streets of North Hollywood, he stumbles upon a jogger getting mugged and beaten by four young gangbangers. Despite his attempt to simply put his head down and walk away, Roy winds up in the middle of another killing. Things get more complicated when the murdered jogger turns out to be a controversial mayoral candidate. Roy himself is shot twice, hospitalized in critical condition, and mistaken for a hero when a local resident leaks a video that goes viral. Now meet the rest of the cast of characters, including Kelly Maguire, a disgraced LAPD detective with an anger management problem and strange feelings about L.A.’s newest hero; Science, the teenage gangbanger/shooter, who needs to keep Roy quiet about what he’s seen; Mayor Miguel Santiago, who finds himself facing accusations that he’s just had his opponent whacked; Albert Budin, Roy’s onetime mentor and one of the scariest, creepiest characters in recent crime fiction; and myriad criminals, politicians, and cops who all need Roy to disappear—preferably forever. Finally, meet Scott Frank, who has created not just one of the most entertaining novels of the year but also one of the most surprising. This first novel is fun and funny as well as moving and textured, nuanced and powerful. Shaker is the debut work of fiction by a major new storyteller.
Author: Priscilla J. Brewer
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874514001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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An engaging social history & introduction to the Shakers as both individuals & members of a movement.
Author: Jean M. Burks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most extensive, enduring, and successful utopian society ever established in America. Leaving Manchester, England, in 1776 to avoid persecution, the Shakers crossed the Atlantic and during the next 50 years established 19 villages from Maine to Kentucky. The Shakers were guided by the principles of utility, honesty, and order in both their work and worship, and this belief system influenced the physical expression of the goods they produced for use at home and for sale outside their communities. This lovely book presents a wide array of extraordinarily fine examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the "world's people" (non-Shakers). The book's expert contributors discuss Shaker design in relation to the furniture they constructed, the products they sold, their gift drawings and spirituality, and their rejection of American Fancy design. The book also considers the powerful inspiration Shaker design has provided for diverse modern and contemporary designers, including George Nakashima, Roy McMakin, Thomas Moser, and Scandinavian furniture makers.
Author: David Stocks
Publisher: Editions Assouline
ISBN: 9781614284277
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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A brief history of the Shakers by David Stocks -- On Shaker furniture by Jerry V. Grant -- The influences of Shaker furniture on twentieth-century furniture by Sir Terence Conran -- Masterpieces of Shaker design -- About the Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon.
Author: Frances A. Carr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874514049
Category : Cooking, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A cookbook of both old and new recipes assembled by one of the few remaining Shakers, including endearing recollections of Shaker cooks and Community life
Author: Marvin J. Allen
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455619894
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"One of the world?s top bartenders shares his wisdom in this seasonal introduction to the world of cocktails. Join Marvin J. Allen, longtime bartender at New Orleans? Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone, as he doles out sips and tips in this delightful, informative guide. Recipes, histories, and tricks of the trade fill these beautifully photographed pages. Allen tutors readers in basic equipment and ingredients, giving the groundwork needed for them to experiment. From the warm rum cocktails of February to the delicate art of the martini in September, every month is an introduction to a different spirit. Start St. Patrick?s Day with a classic Irish Coffee. Take the edge off of the August heat with a Pimm?s Cup. Summon the spirit of fin de si?cle with October?s absinthe recipes. Imbibe through the depths of winter into the dog days of summer with Allen?s expert guidance. Each cocktail is a combination of disparate ingredients that, when combined, create a new and exciting taste. It?s just like magic"--The publisher.
Author: John Kassay
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870232756
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
Author: Timothy D. Rieman
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764320019
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book surveys furniture made during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Shaker communities of New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, with over 130 color photos. Free-standing tables, chairs, boxes, desks, built-in cupboards, and cases of drawers are included. The text introduces nearly twenty Shaker communities, known cabinetmakers, identifiable furniture traits, and designs unique to specific Shaker communites.
