Lives of Houses, Hardcover - Hermione Lee

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Reducere. Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton dr...

Publisher: Princeton University PressIllustration(s): 47 b/w illus.Number of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 200 x 135 x 23Cover type: ...

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Shot through with Stoppard's voice, and illuminating all his plays, Lee's gripping narrative draws on unprecedented access to archive material, int...

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This comprehensive and welcoming edition draws on the whole of Stevie Smith's output in poetry, prose and drawings from Novel on Yellow Paper (1936...

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Hermione Lee is one of the leading literary biographers in the English-speaking world, the author of widely acclaimed lives of Edith Wharton and Vi...

'A major achievement' Ronald Blythe, author of AkenfieldA Cotswold vicarage. A former girls' boarding school in Surrey. A Jacobean house now buried...

Published to coincide with the release of the film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a biography described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascin...

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Publisher: BookLife PublishingAuthor(s): Hermione RedshawNumber of pages: 32Collection: BookLife ReadersPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 210...

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Reducere. James Boggs (1919-1993) and Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) were two largely unsung but critically important figures in the black freedom struggle. Bor...

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Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Stan LeeIllustration(s): 560 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 194...

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The book is a portfolio of three Northern California architectural projects: Canyon House, Inverness House, and Mocabee House. Each house is very d...

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A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else-Jackie Kennedy Onassis and...

The Case for a Creator explored the scientific evidence for God; The Case for Christ investigated the historical evidence for Jesus; The Case for F...

Description"Somewhere in the tangle of the subject's burden and the subject's desire is your story."--Alex Tizon Every human being has an epic stor...

Louis Kahn (1901-1974), one of the most important architects of the postwar period, is widely admired for his great monumental works, including the...

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DescriptionA unique glimpse inside a world of luxury, tradition, and splendor. Many historic homes in Paris serve as residences to foreign ambassad...

DescriptionThe homes of the discerning Hollywood stars, from Grouch Marx to Leonardo DiCaprio This book looks at the intersection of celebrity and ...

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Since its early days as a boomtown on the Florida frontier, Tampa has had a lively history rich with commerce, cuisine, and working-class communiti...

A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marque...

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One hundred years after the singer's birth, Peggy Lee: A Century of Song brings to life the eventful career of an iconic performer whose contributi...

Lee Bermejo is internationally recognized as one of the most popular illustrators in the comics industry. His gritty and realistic style is instant...

With "McMansions" increasingly giving way to "tiny" houses, the desire to downsize and be more ecologically and economically prudent is a concept m...

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