The Great Fire of London: In that Apocalyptic Year, 1666
Untold numbers perished; great buildings and ancient districts disappeared; knowledge acquired and stored over centuries was lost forever. The Great Fire of London accomplished what the Spanish Armada and the plague had failed to do–it reduced the world's most majestic city to utter ruin.
The Great Fire of London recreates this cataclysmic event through precisely etched dramas drawn from firsthand accounts of those who lived through the all-consuming blaze.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews).
Painting on mirrors, glass, china/porcelain, wood and mat board with acrylics? Susan shows us that it’s possible. She became a “mad scientist” in her art studio and developed a fast, easy way to prepare glass,mirror and slick china surfaces for painting with acrylics. Soft yellow roses decorate a china dresser set. Whimsical birds brighten a wooden cabinet and china plates. Lovely irises and tulips enhance inexpensive picture frames. Includes two color worksheets. Acrylics
