Glorious Victorian Homes

Author : Nick Russell
Publisher : Touchwood Editions
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1771511869

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Glorious Victorian Homes by Nick Russell Pdf

"Discover the rich and diverse architectural history of Victoria through the city's most historically significant homes. Unlike many cities that have demolished its old houses to make way for new condos and cookie-cutter cul-de-sacs, an astonishing array of historically significant homes still grace the tree-lined streets of BC's beautiful capital city. This guided tour reveals a captivating cross-section of the city's residential architecture, from the rustic charm of early vernacular homesteads through to the trendy Tudor Revival cottages made popular by Samuel Maclure. Told through more than 250 colour photographs, heritage conservationist Nick Russell touches on each of the benchmark moments that define the city's growth. Glorious Victorian Homes delves into the history of each of the houses featured including the architects who built them, the families who lived in them, and their distinctive structural details. The book tracks the region's cultural and economic history through the evolution of its dormers, gables, and sweeping verandahs to shed light on Victoria's magnificent residential legacy."--

Author : Geri C
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798871725047

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Glorious Victorian Homes by Geri C Pdf

Step into the intricate world of Victorian architecture with our coloring book, "Glorious Victorian Homes" This collection features 200 detailed coloring pages of charming Victorian houses, allowing you to unleash your creativity and bring these elegant structures to life. Immerse yourself in the beauty of ornate facades, elaborate detailing, and picturesque landscapes that capture the essence of the Victorian era. Whether you're a coloring enthusiast or looking for a relaxing pastime, "Glorious Victorian Homes" offers a delightful and meditative experience for adults. Why Choose "Glorious Victorian Homes"? 200 hand-drawn illustrations: A diverse selection of Victorian houses to suit various preferences. Stress-relieving coloring: Enjoy hours of relaxation and mindfulness as you color intricate designs. High-quality images: Crisp lines and intricate details ensure a satisfying coloring experience. Perfect gift: Ideal for anyone who appreciates architecture, history, or simply loves the therapeutic benefits of coloring. Bring out your inner artist, unwind, and indulge in the timeless allure of Victorian architecture. Order "Glorious Victorian Homes" today and embark on a coloring journey that combines creativity with the charm of a bygone era.

Author : Robin Guild,Vernon Gibberd
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : UOM:39015031201885

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The Victorian House Book by Robin Guild,Vernon Gibberd Pdf

This guide combines historical information with design ideas and advice on how to decorate, renovate and maintain a vintage home.

Author : Linda J. Eversole
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771513395

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Victoria Unbuttoned by Linda J. Eversole Pdf

A nuanced history of prostitution in Victoria told through newly uncovered stories of women who lived it. From the establishment of Fort Victoria, BC’s capital city has had a long history of prostitution. But little has been written on the lives of the women themselves—some of the most enterprising women in Victoria’s past. Instead, these women’s stories have been relegated to judgmental newspaper headlines. Now historian Linda J. Eversole takes a deeper look at their lives, from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War and the Moral Reform movement. Story by story, from the fur trade, through confederation, waves of immigration, and attempts at reform and legislation, Eversole uncovers the histories of the women who made a living, and in some cases a fortune, from the world’s oldest profession. With accompanying maps and historical photos, new research, and the support of the descendants of some of her subjects, Eversole presents a nuanced, human series of portraits that enhances our understanding of this important strand of the city’s history.

Author : Laura Wilson
Publisher : Preservation Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002330013

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Daily Life in a Victorian House by Laura Wilson Pdf

Presents photographs and sketches and explanations of life in a particular London house during the 19th century and includes a list of houses and museums which offer displays on aspects of Victorian life.

Author : Sarah A. Chrisman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781634500401

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Victorian Secrets by Sarah A. Chrisman Pdf

On Sarah A. Chrisman’s twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, she had specifically asked her husband not to buy her a corset—ever. She’d heard how corsets affected the female body and what they represented, and she wanted none of it. However, Chrisman agreed to try on the garment . . . and found it surprisingly enjoyable. The corset, she realized, was a tool of empowerment—not oppression. After a year of wearing a corset on a daily basis, her waist had gone from thirty-two inches to twenty-two inches, she was experiencing fewer migraines, and her posture improved. She had successfully transformed her body, her dress, and her lifestyle into that of a Victorian woman—and everyone was asking about it. In Victorian Secrets, Chrisman explains how a garment from the past led to a change in not only the way she viewed herself, but also the ways she understood the major differences between the cultures of twenty-first-century and nineteenth-century America. The desire to delve further into the Victorian lifestyle provided Chrisman with new insight into issues of body image and how women, past and present, have seen and continue to see themselves.

Author : David Rubinstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Dwellings
ISBN : OCLC:1126372081

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Victorian Homes by David Rubinstein Pdf

Features a New Florence home on page 8.

Author : Moira Dann
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771513494

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Craigdarroch Castle in 21 Treasures by Moira Dann Pdf

Told in 21 objects—including furnishings, artwork, and tools—this approachable museum guide takes readers into the family history, local lore, and oddities of one of Victoria's most famous landmarks. Craigdarroch Castle, built by coal baron Robert Dunsmuir for his wife, Joan, and their family, was completed in 1890. Following Joan's death, the castle was put up for sale in 1908, and later housed a military hospital and the nascent University of Victoria. Since 1979 the castle has operated as a museum and is one of the top tourist attractions in the city, a prime example of a “bonanza castle” and a rich repository of Victorian-era furnishings and décor, as well as objects evoking the hospital and college eras. Author Moira Dann offers the reader 21 selections from the castle's collection, using each artifact as a portal into the history of the building and life in Victorian and more recent times. The Black Forest clock, acquired by Joan on a trip to Europe; the telescope used by the eldest Dunsmuir son, James, aboard his yacht the Dolaura; the castle's famous stained-glass windows; a nineteenth-century intercom system known as a speaking tube—these and 17 more are described with detail and enthusiasm, and accompanied by photographs. Dann provides careful research into each object's provenance and manufacture, while inviting readers to join her imaginative journeys into the lives of the castle's occupants through the years.

Author : Geo E. Woodward
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486290805

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Victorian City and Country Houses by Geo E. Woodward Pdf

The widespread interest in constructing and restoring Victorian homes makes this a must-have volume for today's builders, homeowners, architects, and preservationists. It offers an abundance of authentic, finely detailed plans and designs for a variety of Victorian residences. Included are 100 front and side elevations, floor plans, and original designs — all to working scale — for a block of five city houses, a country house with a French roof, a summer house, various styles of cottages, a tool house, and other buildings. The plates also depict a wealth of details: roof and dormer windows, balustrades, iron fences and gates, finials, crestings, gables, brackets, paneling, mantels, front doors, an oriel window, chimneys, and many other elements. Republished directly from a rare 1877 edition, the book offers a wonderfully authentic look back to the distinctive building styles of the Victorian period. It will not only delight builders and restorationists, but any student or lover of period architecture.

Author : Corky Thacker
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662944406

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Family of Choice by Corky Thacker Pdf

Family of Choice: Raising Each Other features four A.A. recovery “family” members who help one another navigate life, death, success, fear, love, loss, grief, harassment, and renewal—developing spirituality and bonds they can rely on. Brisk pacing, snappy dialogue, humor alternating with tears, and compelling characters with interwoven experiences maintain a strong emotional pull to keep turning the pages. Fans of Jan Karon’s Mitford books and Winston Graham’s Poldark volumes will enjoy this first novel of the Family of Choice series. Book Review 1: "Family of Choice is an intimate exploration of relationships and the long work of healing. With compelling characters and nuanced prose, this book sweeps you up in its heartfelt journey. I couldn’t put it down!" -- The Rev. Leah Romanelli DeJesus Book Review 2: "Overall, a funny, warm book that explores how the family we choose can be more important to our emotional and spiritual growth than the family we are born to. With humor, snappy dialogue, and a bit of spice, there are deeper messages of life’s lessons, human growth and maturity, spirituality, and coping with grief and loss. Eminently readable, you’ll enjoy meeting Micky, Brad, Lillian and Sally, and wish they were your family, too!" -- Kathleen R. Ashton, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist Book Review 3: "I was captured by the depth of this story and the characters as well as the author's ability to draw me into this close-knit group of friends. I felt excitement, joy, and sorrow throughout and was pleasantly surprised by unexpected outcomes. Not only is the book a great read, it offers real insight into the complexities of love, faith, life, and death. I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the series." -- The Rev. Vincent Black

Author : Pam Grout
Publisher : Mango Media
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781609253288

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Living Big by Pam Grout Pdf

Live a bold, creative, and spiritually fulfilling life with this guide full of inspirational stories of everyday people who found their passion. In Living Big, author Pam Grout inspires you to live more fully and completely through the principles of boldness, service, kindness, commitment, creativity, happiness, and spirituality. With a chapter devoted to each of these essential ideas, Living Big profiles ordinary people who have done extraordinary things by putting them into action. In these everyday heroes and heroines, we not only recognize our own potential but learn how to create our own big lives. Chapters conclude with three soul-searching questions and a section called "Boot Camp for the Soul," which includes actual practices readers can undertake to start Living Big now!

Author : Pam Grout
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401946852

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E-Cubed by Pam Grout Pdf

E-Squared, the international hit sensation described by one reader as "The Secret on crack," provided the training wheels, the baby steps, to "really getting it" that thoughts create reality. In E-Cubed (don’t worry—there will never be E to the 27th Power), Pam Grout takes you higher and deeper into the quantum field, where you’ll prove that blessings and miracles are natural and that joy is only a thought away. With nine new experiments and more tips on how to keep the gates of the world’s largesse and abundance wide-open, this book is chock-full of incontrovertible evidence that the universe is just waiting for us to catch up, just waiting for us to begin using the energy that has always been available for our enjoyment and well-being.

Author : Edmund Vincent Gillon,Clay Lancaster
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015006347317

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Victorian Houses by Edmund Vincent Gillon,Clay Lancaster Pdf

Edmund Gillon has photographed and Clay Lancaster commented on 116 remarkable but lesser-known Victorian American homes. From Nova Scotia to Geneva, New York to Cape May, these rarely appreciated dwellings offer some of the best 19th-century architecture. Includes row houses, cottages, farms, summer homes.

Author : Rhona Whiteford
Publisher : Folens Limited
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781843037712

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History 5 by Rhona Whiteford Pdf

Author : Elan Zingman-Leith,Susan Zingman-Leith
Publisher : Penguin Putnam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0140294619

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The Secret Life of Victorian Houses by Elan Zingman-Leith,Susan Zingman-Leith Pdf

For lovers of the "Painted Ladies" series, and magazines such as "Victorian Home", this is an eye-opening look at Victorian life and design--a blend of social history and decorating inspiration illustrated with photographs of museum-quality restored Victorian homes across North America. 100 color photos.