A Memoir of Jane Austen: And Other Family Recollections
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Other | 23 December 2008
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These are family memories, the record of Jane Austen's life shaped and limited by the loyalties, reserve, and affection of nieces and nephews recovering in old age the outlines of the young aunt they had each known. They still remembered the shape of her bonnet and the tone of her voice, and their first-hand accounts bring her vividly before us. Their declared partiality also raises fascinating issues concerning biographical truth, and the terms in which all biography functions.
Provides advice on suriving in hostile environments and includes tips on shelters, traps, weapons, tools, food-finding, signaling, first aid, and other life-saving topics
Catch the Sewing Bug, 25 Fun & Simple Sewing Projects
Added by: huelgas | Karma: 1208.98 | Other | 23 December 2008
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Catch the Sewing Bug is especially designed for younger hands working with adult ones, and is written in such a way that adults with no sewing skills can easily work their way through it. The book provides simple, do-able, fun projects. Each project builds upon skills learned in an earlier one, and by the time the child finishes the book, she not only has a fair repertoire of basic sewing skills, but also a large boxful of useful, fun things that she has made.
This book gives a complete perception of the houses described, because of plans and multiple views inside the houses. 100 of the World's Best Houses features exciting contemporary houses from some of the greatest architects, including Hugh Newell Jacobsen (Buckwalter House), Daryl Jackson Architects (Jackson House), Glenn Murcutt (Southern Highlights House), Kisho Kurokawa (Residence), Eric Owen Moss (Lawson-Western House), Ray Kappe (Shapiro Residence), Harry Seidler Hamilton House), Steven Ehrlich (Canyon Residence), Sean Godsell Architects (Carter/Tucker House), Rick Joy (Tyler Residence), and Alberto Campo Baeza (De Blas House). Many of this these inspirational structures are accompanied by detailed plans. The book is inspirational in its many varied designs. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, the book has wide appeal to both the layperson and those interested in the finer aspects of design. UK Architects featured Ken Shuttleworth, Architect, Harper Mackay Architects, Marsh &Grochowski, Jestico + Whiles, Foster and Partners, Brookes Stacey Randall, Graham Phillips, Architect, John Wint