Cracking Antiques

Author : Kathryn Rayward,Mark Hill
Publisher : Millers Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 1845335562

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Cracking Antiques by Kathryn Rayward,Mark Hill Pdf

Cracking Antiques will show you how looking for vintage and antique furniture and accessories enables you to create a stylish, individual home without setting foot inside a superstore.It will explain what to look for when buying antiques and how to renovate them using anything from a little tlc to a complete makeover.Special features give expert interior design tips, or explain why some antiques that are out of fashion today make a great investment for the future.A resources section tells you everything you need to know about buying at antiques fairs, antiques shops, at auction and online.

Author : Lewis D. Moore
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786482399

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Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective by Lewis D. Moore Pdf

The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s--a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler; the Transitional, evident by 1964 in the works of John D. MacDonald and Michael Collins, and continuing to around 1977 via Joseph Hansen, Bill Pronzini and others; and the Modern, since the late 1970s, during which such writers as Loren D. Estleman, Liza Cody, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton and many others have expanded the genre and the detective character. Themes such as violence, love and sexuality, friendship, space and place, and work are examined throughout the text. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Marc Allum
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781848317352

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Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015 by Marc Allum Pdf

From the BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author who brought you The Antiques Magpie comes the first annual almanac keeping you bang up to date with the vibrant, pacey and often amusingly idiosyncratic global art and antiques market. Find out: * How much the wedding ring of Lee Harvey Oswald sold for * What the world's most expensive printed book cost per word * Which First World War artefacts have enthused collectors amid the centenary commemorations ...and much more Written with Marc's trademark blend of knowledge, enthusiasm, irreverence and wit, Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015 provides a unique insight into a boundless world fuelled by history, avarice and passion, making it a must-read for the inherent collector in all of us.

Author : Xu Ze gang
Publisher : Publicationsbooks
Page : 1630 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304424846

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Official road Taobao people by Xu Ze gang Pdf

Born again, Wang Haidong, who is known as the first businessman in the antique industry, mysteriously disappeared in an ancient tomb of Xixia King. Later, archaeologists found more than 100 pieces of gold, silver and jade articles in this stolen ancient tomb, all of which were fine works, providing detailed physical data for studying the history at that time.

Author : Joan Komlosy
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Divorced women
ISBN : 9781906221898

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Cracking Up by Joan Komlosy Pdf

For Lily Francis, coming to terms with a broken marriage, children going their separate ways and the dole queue beckoning is hard enough. But when the landlords want the flat you've been renting for 25 years - the only stable thing in your life - the term 'midlife crisis' takes on a whole new meaning. Now a reluctant 'born-again singleton' Lily, an impoverished antiques dealer, and struggling freelance journalist, begins to rebuild her life and attempts to start again. If only her once successful husband hadn't dragged out the divorce she would have been self-supportive and the family silver might not have ended up on Bermondsey market! "Cracking up" is humorous, touching and entertaining and will appeal to anyone, male or female, who has had to start again from the bottom - older, alone and flat broke - there are many out there!

Author : Mark Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Pottery
ISBN : 0955286549

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Fat Lava by Mark Hill Pdf

Author : Lucy Worsley
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780571259533

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If Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley Pdf

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two 'dirty centuries'? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove. From sauce-stirring to breast-feeding, teeth-cleaning to masturbation, getting dressed to getting married, this book will make you see your home with new eyes.

Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641293136

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Diamond and the Eye by Peter Lovesey Pdf

A Bath antiques dealer has disappeared, and detective Peter Diamond has been saddled with the "help" of a hardboiled Philip Marlowe wannabe private investigator in cracking the case. MWA Grand Master Peter Lovesey's 20th installment in the award-winning series will have readers laughing from the first page. If there's one thing detective Bath Peter Diamond has no patience for, it's a dumb git trying to get involved in one of his investigations—for example, a Philip Marlowe-wannabee private investigator like the self-styled Johnny Getz (his card claims he Getz results). But fate has saddled Diamond with this trial. A Bath antiques dealer, Septimus "Seppy" Hubbard, has disappeared without a trace, and his daughter, Ruby, has hired Johnny Getz to find him. When a dead body is discovered in Seppy's locked-up store, the missing persons case becomes a murder investigation, and now Diamond has to collaborate with the insufferable private eye.

Author : Judith Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 1405318074

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Antiques Detective by Judith Miller Pdf

The super-sleuth's guide to spotting, buying and collecting antiques Looking to discover a valuable treasure or nab a bootsale bargain? Antiques and Collectables expert Judith Miller shows you how to solve any collecting case. Find out how to tell a genuine piece from a fake. Spot signs that indicate an object has been restored. Discover makers and styles to look out for, and whether an object should be kept, or not. Includes expert advice on makers, questions to ask, tips for identifying the best examples in furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, dolls, teddy bears, textiles and more. With hundreds of photographs that reveal every detail of each piece, you'll soon know how to crack any antiques case.

Author : Duncan Marshall,Derek Worthing,Roger Heath
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136153501

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Understanding Housing Defects by Duncan Marshall,Derek Worthing,Roger Heath Pdf

This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing. Each of the eighteen chapters covers a specific building element and includes a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. Each chapter then goes on to look at the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. The text has been revised and extended with new sections on boundary walls, chimneys and basements. The Services chapter has been replaced with three new, more substantial chapters on heating and plumbing, electrical installations and drainage.

Author : Wayne Lapierre,James Jay Baker
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0895261235

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Shooting Straight by Wayne Lapierre,James Jay Baker Pdf

If the Second Amendment--your right to own a gun--collapses, so does the entire Bill of Rights. And there are powerful, organized political forces that want to take away your gun rights and shove the Second Amendment into the ashcan of history. This is the message of LaPierre and Baker, both officers of the National Rifle Association. Here, the authors break down the agenda of the antigun lobby point by point and provide a strategy for defeating the enemies of your gun rights. Freedom and security are not an either-or proposition--they go together. In America, they always have, with citizens taking responsibility for themselves. That's the spirit that has made the NRA the number one champion of freedom for gun owners and all Americans.--From publisher description.

Author : Lanford Wilson
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0822201577

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Brontosaurus by Lanford Wilson Pdf

THE STORY: Deals with the encounter between a cynical, sophisticated New York antiques dealer and the taciturn young man, her nephew and house guest, who has come to the city to study theology. As reticent and unemotional as his aunt is loquacious and brittle, the young man contends that he has undergone a mystical experience-a revelation which is as unsettling to his aunt as it is fulfilling to him. As though intimidated by his inscrutable reserve, she grows increasingly voluble, revealing in her wise-cracking chatter the defense which she has constructed to keep the world at bay-and to mask the innate sensitivity and idealism which persist despite the loneliness and futility of her existence.

Author : Kyle Husfloen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781440225048

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Antique Trader Answers to Questions About Antiques & Collectibles by Kyle Husfloen Pdf

What can you tell me about...? Antique Trader editor-at-large Kyle Husfloen has answered that question thousands of times in his popular column "Kyle on Antiques" published in Antique Trader and The Antique Trader's Collector Magazine & Price Guide. Here Kyle compiles a varied selection of some of his favorite columns. Kyle shares historical information about the items, along with an estimated value. Furniture, clocks, jewelry, and toys are among the categories covered in this informative collection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026439567

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Antiques by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Miller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780756659547

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Antiques Investigator by Judith Miller Pdf

Judith Miller's super-sleuth guide to spotting, buying and collecting antiques, now in ebook(PDF) format If you are looking to discover a valuable treasure or nab a bootsale bargain then antiques and collectables expert Judith Miller shows you how to solve any collecting case. Find out how to tell a genuine antique piece from a fake. Spot signs that indicate an object has been restored. Discover makers and styles to look out for, and whether an object should be kept, or not. Includes expert advice on makers, questions to ask, tips for identifying the best examples in furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, dolls, teddy bears, textiles and more. With hundreds of photographs that reveal every detail of each piece, you'll soon know exactly what to look for. Get more at www.antiques.dk.com with over 30,000 photos, descriptions and price guides. "Super-easy to use, may save or make you a bob or two." 5-star rating, Web User Magazine.