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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3 Volume Set
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3 Volume SetThe Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3 Volume Set

The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to. Studying them now in a comprehensive way allows us to understand the social, political, economic and religious conditions that existed for their inhabitants.
 
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Songwriting For Dummies
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Songwriting For DummiesSongwriting For Dummies

Proven techniques for songwriting success This friendly, hands-on guide tackles the new face of the recording industry, guiding you through the shift from traditional sales to downloads and mobile music, as well as how you can harness social media networks to get your music "out there." You get basic songwriting concepts, insider tips and advice, and inspiration for writing — and selling — meaningful, timeless songs.
 
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The Parent You Want to Be: Who You Are Matters More Than What You Do
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The Parent You Want to Be: Who You Are Matters More Than What You DoThe Parent You Want to Be: Who You Are Matters More Than What You Do

 The Parent You Want to Be give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have. Discover ... * the most important question you'll ever ask as a parent * the three-step method to avoid being the parent you don't want to be * the secret to making your 'intentional traits' stick on even your worst days ... and much more. A husband and wife team made up of two of today's leading relationship experts,...
 
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Receipts of Pastry & Cookery: For the Use of His Scholars
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Receipts of Pastry & Cookery: For the Use of His ScholarsReceipts of Pastry & Cookery: For the Use of His Scholars

As the latest volume in Iowa's maverick and distinguished Szathmary Culinary Arts Series, this one brings us a notebook of the London pastry cook and pioneering cooking teacher Kidder (1665?-1739), with recipes presented in handwritten facsimile and in a typeset transcription. Probably dictated, the recipes are brief, will strike most modern readers as brightly idiosyncratic and are utterly free of gastronomic political correctness: Kidder liked his suet. They make ideal bedside reading.
 
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Imagining a Medieval English Nation
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Imagining a Medieval English NationImagining a Medieval English Nation

During the late Middle Ages, the increasing expansion of administrative, legal, and military systems by a central government, together with the greater involvement of the commons in national life, brought England closer than ever to political nationhood. Examining a diverse array of texts-ranging from Latin and vernacular historiography to Lollard tracts, Ricardian poetry, and chivalric treatises-this volume reveals the variety of forms "England" assumed when it was imagined in the medieval West.

 
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