Once There Were Castles

Once There Were Castles PDF Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452933111
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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Book Description
Take a tour of the lost mansions of the Twin Cities

Lost Twin Cities

Lost Twin Cities PDF Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873512731
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 351

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1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award

Twin Cities Then and Now

Twin Cities Then and Now PDF Author: Larry Millett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Book Description
An engaging, startling look at the dramatic evolution of landscapes in Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their relatively static streets, in seventy-two historic black-and-white photographs, taken from the 1880's to the late 1950's, coupled with informative essays.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Then and Now

Minneapolis-St. Paul Then and Now PDF Author: Hanje Richards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781571456878
Category : Minneapolis
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Celebrating America's favorite cityscapes, this series combines historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then and Now features fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. A visual lesson in the historic changes of our greatest urban landscapes.

St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue

St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue PDF Author: Ernest Robert Sandeen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816644094
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Well known as the most prestigious and beautiful street in the Twin Cities, Summit Avenue runs past the opulent mansion of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, an early home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and several residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. In its heyday the four-and-one-half-mile-long boulevard included 13 churches, 9 schools, and 440 residences, 373 of which survive. St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard, from its pre-Civil War origins, when the area was still considered wilderness, to its fashionable height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen discusses the preservation of Summit Avenue and takes readers on a walking tour of the first and grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including excerpts from his notebooks and stories describing the area. The book concludes with an index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s. Before his death in 1982, Ernest R. Sandeen was the James Wallace Professor of History and codirector of the Living Historical Museum at Macalester College. He served as a member of St. Paul's Historic Preservation Commission and as a partner in Lanegran, Richter, and Sandeen, an architectural preservation, design, and land-use firm.

The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes

The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes PDF Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Book Description
Learning that a presumed-dead killer is alive and keeping a hostage, Sherlock Holmes sets out across multiple continents accompanied by Irish saloon keeper Shadwell Rafferty, but finds the case complicated by someone who is impersonating him.

Castle of Shadows

Castle of Shadows PDF Author: Ellen Renner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547744463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 405

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Book Description
Princess Charlie embarks on a fantastical adventure to solve the mystery of the missing Queen and save her kingdom.

Once There Was a War

Once There Was a War PDF Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440633991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Book Description
A Penguin Classic “Age can never dull this kind of writing,” writes the Chicago Tribune of John Steinbeck’s dispatches from World War II, filed for the New York Herald Tribune in 1943, which vividly captured the human side of war. Writing from England in the midst of the London blitz, North Africa, and Italy, Steinbeck focuses on the people as opposed to the battles, portraying everyone from the guys in the bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour. He eats and drinks with soldiers behind enemy lines, talks with them, and fights beside them. First published in book form in 1958, these writings, now with a new introduction by Mark Bowden, create an unforgettable portrait of life in wartime that continues to resonate with truth and humanity.

Wednesdays in the Tower

Wednesdays in the Tower PDF Author: Jessica Day George
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408839598
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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A magical moving castle sky-high with secrets! Everyone knows Castle Glower only really comes to life on a Tuesday. So when Princess Celie spies a new turret on a Wednesday, she is certain something isn't right. Inside the tower is hidden a giant egg, and it seems the castle wants Celie to look after it! Caring for this extraordinary new pet is going to be very tricky, especially once Celie and her siblings realise what else the Castle is hiding . . . This New York Times bestseller and egg-citing sequel to the enchanting adventure Tuesdays at the Castle is out of this world!

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle PDF Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.