California Splendor

Author : Kathryn Masson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847839650

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California Splendor by Kathryn Masson Pdf

A luxurious presentation in all-new photography of the most splendid estates and mansions of the Golden State. California Splendor, a lavish, beautifully produced, large-format volume, presents iconic California houses dating from the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento of 1857 to publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst’s palatial castle in San Simeon, completed after decades of construction in 1947. The book is comprehensive in its treatment, presenting to the reader a rediscovery and fresh exploration of the state’s great architectural offerings and showcasing the very best, in styles ranging from Spanish Colonial Revival, English Revival, and Mission Revival to Adobe, Monterey Colonial, and Italianate Victorian. Lovingly featured are such magnificent homes as the Arts and Crafts masterpiece of architects Charles and Henry Greene—the Gamble House—a work of subtle refinement and mysterious charm built for a Cincinnati businessman who longed for warm summer breezes and the fragrance of orange blossoms. The reader also finds here the extraordinary Filoli House and Garden, the Henry Huntington Mansion, the Spreckels Mansion, Casa del Herrero, and Carolands, to name only a few. More potent and powerful in our imagination than any one house is the dream, the aspiration to happiness and grandeur embodied by them all—a dream brought down to earth and to which we have been invited in California Splendor.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112042653730

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California Cultivator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Harvey Pekar,Dean Haspiel
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780345479389

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Best of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar,Dean Haspiel Pdf

The creator of the comic-book series American Splendor presents a collection of his finest works, including his zany commentaries on the complexities of modern life, all illustrated by some of the leading artists in the field. Adult.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015086615716

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California Monthly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : US History Publishers
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : California
ISBN : 9781603540056

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California a Guide to the Golden State... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : HARVARD:HXHRX8

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Rural Californian by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774840279

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Awful Splendour by Stephen J. Pyne Pdf

Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community.

Author : M. S. Hanson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486132297

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Nature's Splendor Stained Glass Pattern Book by M. S. Hanson Pdf

Beautiful patterns for stained glass work include a tropical sunset, Tuscan vineyard, New England country church, animals, and abstracts — total of 90 motifs, rendered in crisp black and white.

Author : Marshall Jon Fisher
Publisher : Crown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307393951

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A Terrible Splendor by Marshall Jon Fisher Pdf

Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound. But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life. Budge, the humble hard-working American who would soon become the first man to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year, vied to keep the Davis Cup out of the hands of the Nazi regime. On the other side of the net, the immensely popular and elegant von Cramm fought Budge point for point knowing that a loss might precipitate his descent into the living hell being constructed behind barbed wire back home. Born into an aristocratic family, von Cramm was admired for his devastating good looks as well as his unparalleled sportsmanship. But he harbored a dark secret, one that put him under increasing Gestapo surveillance. And his situation was made even more perilous by his refusal to join the Nazi Party or defend Hitler. Desperately relying on his athletic achievements and the global spotlight to keep him out of the Gestapo’s clutches, his strategy was to keep traveling and keep winning. A Davis Cup victory would make him the toast of Germany. A loss might be catastrophic. Watching the mesmerizingly intense match from the stands was von Cramm’s mentor and all-time tennis superstar Bill Tilden–a consummate showman whose double life would run in ironic counterpoint to that of his German pupil. Set at a time when sports and politics were inextricably linked, A Terrible Splendor gives readers a courtside seat on that fateful day, moving gracefully between the tennis match for the ages and the dramatic events leading Germany, Britain, and America into global war. A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.

Author : Richard P. Blair,Kathleen P. Goodwin
Publisher : Blair Goodwin Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0967152739

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California Trip by Richard P. Blair,Kathleen P. Goodwin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Pacific States
ISBN : IOWA:31858037335985

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Out West by Anonim Pdf

Contains monthly column of the Sequoya League.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : California
ISBN : UCD:31175024613153

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Sunset by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Oriental Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Oriental philology
ISBN : NYPL:33433069674061

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Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society Pdf

List of members in each volume.

Author : Myles Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : California
ISBN : 094472907X

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You are Cordially Invited to the Best Choices on the California Coast by Myles Montgomery Pdf

Author : Phoebe S. Kropp,Phoebe Schroeder Kropp Young
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780520258044

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California Vieja by Phoebe S. Kropp,Phoebe Schroeder Kropp Young Pdf

"This is a rich and learned volume that has a story to tell to those seeking to understand contemporary Southern California."—David Johnson, managing editor of the Pacific Historical Review "Engagingly written and well researched, California Vieja is an intriguing, persuasive examination of the politics of memory and the built environment in southern California."—Vicki Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America