Hotels Of North America

Author : Rick Moody
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782832201

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Hotels of North America by Rick Moody Pdf

Reginald Edward Morse is a man in need of an outlet. And he finds it in a very twenty-first century place: the internet. Specifically, RateYourLodging.com, where Americans go to find out the truth about hotels, motels and, horrors, bed and breakfasts. But the real joy of those sites is not so much the advice they offer, but the people who offer it. Reginald Edward Morse is one of those people. At first Morse seems exactly what you'd suspect a reviewer to be, though under the authoritative, even puffed-up tone, there lurks self-awareness, wit and a flair for anecdote. His reviews scatter clues to his identity, and the fragments explain the mystery of Reginald Edward Morse, his career as a motivational speaker, his lover 'K' and his estrangement from his daughter. Always funny, unexpectedly tragic, this is a book of lonely rooms, long lists, of strong opinion and quiet confession, by one of America's greatest novelists.

Author : Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783822819111

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The Hotel Book by Shelley-Maree Cassidy Pdf

Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.

Author : Robin Shannon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0738580023

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Seattle's Historic Hotels by Robin Shannon Pdf

Mary Ann Conklin, also known as "Madame Damnable," ran Seattle's first hotel, the Felker House, which burned to the ground in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The Rainier Hotel was erected quickly following the Great Seattle Fire but razed around 1910. The Denny Hotel, an architectural masterpiece later known as the Washington Hotel, was built in 1890 but torn down in 1907 during the massive regrade that flattened Denny Hill. Upon opening in 1909, the Sorrento Hotel was declared a "credit to Seattle" by the Seattle Times. The Olympic Hotel was the place for Seattle's high society throughout the 1920s. The Hotel Kalmar was a workingman's hotel built in 1881 and was razed for the Seattle tollway. The Lincoln Hotel was destroyed by a tragic fire in 1920, along with its rooftop gardens. The famous and grand Seattle Hotel in Pioneer Square was replaced by a "sinking ship" parking garage, thus sparking preservationists to band together to establish Pioneer Square as a historic district. Robin Shannon is the author of two previous books in Arcadia's Images of America series: Cemeteries of Seattle and Seattle's Historic Restaurants. In this volume, Seattle's historic hotels are preserved in more than 200 vintage photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, allowing readers to revisit visionary hoteliers and magnificent architecture of the past. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.

Author : A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Hotels / Social aspects / United States
ISBN : OCLC:85892391

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Hotel by A. K. Sandoval-Strausz Pdf

Presents a history of the nineteenth-century first-class hotel, of what hotels have meant to American business, culture, and racial politics.

Author : Catherine Donzel,Alexis Gregory,Marc Walter
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0771028555

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Grand Hotels of North America by Catherine Donzel,Alexis Gregory,Marc Walter Pdf

Author : Lucy Corin
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644451588

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The Swank Hotel by Lucy Corin Pdf

A stunningly ambitious, prescient novel about madness, generational trauma, and cultural breakdown At the outset of the 2008 financial crisis, Em has a dependable, dull marketing job generating reports of vague utility while she anxiously waits to hear news of her sister, Ad, who has gone missing—again. Em’s days pass drifting back and forth between her respectably cute starter house (bought with a “responsible, salary-backed, fixed-rate mortgage”) and her dreary office. Then something unthinkable, something impossible, happens and she begins to see how madness permeates everything around her while the mundane spaces she inhabits are transformed, through Lucy Corin’s idiosyncratic magic, into shimmering sites of the uncanny. The story that swirls around Em moves through several perspectives and voices. There is Frank, the tart-tongued, failing manager at her office; Jack, the man with whom Frank has had a love affair for decades; Em and Ad’s eccentric parents, who live in a house that is perpetually being built; and Tasio, the young man from Chiapas who works for them and falls in love with Ad. Through them Corin portrays porousness and breakdown in individuals and families, in economies and political systems, in architecture, technology, and even in language itself. The Swank Hotel is an acrobatic, unforgettable, surreal, and unexpectedly comic novel that interrogates the illusory dream of stability that pervaded early twenty-first-century America.

Author : Jamie Jensen
Publisher : Avalon Travel Pub
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1566911907

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Road Trip USA by Jamie Jensen Pdf

Offers detailed descriptions of drives through California and the Southwest, with a flexible format allowing one to switch routes during a journey, and including information on where to eat and sleep, the best local radio stations, hundreds of roadside attractions, and more.

Author : Angelika Lerche
Publisher : teNeues
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783832790592

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Luxury Hotels Golf Resorts by Angelika Lerche Pdf

This impressive volume showcases the finest golf resorts around the globe. All these hotels enjoy a unity of style that ties together interiors and exteriors in harmony. All corners of the earth and every type of setting are represented. This outstanding collection shows fine architecture and interiors set amidst lush, manicured greens and fairways. The book features golf resorts from golf's homeland Scotland, where the game was invented as well as France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Northern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Each resort is remarkable in its own right and will certainly please the avid golfer. But with their top-notch standards and settings, they are a delight for the non-golfer as well! ? A comprehensive and discerning illustrated guide to the world's very best golf resorts ? Gorgeous hotels and first-rate golf courses combined. A must-have for the golfing aficionado, and for all those who entertain for business.

Author : Linda McCann,Dace Taube,Claude Zachary,Curtis C. Roseman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738559067

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Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood by Linda McCann,Dace Taube,Claude Zachary,Curtis C. Roseman Pdf

This volume presents a pictorial history of Los Angeles hotels downtown, in Hollywood, and along the Wilshire Boulevard corridor from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. By the early 1900s, many hotels, including luxury ones, had been established in downtown Los Angeles to cater to business travelers and tourists. In the late 19th century, after the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad, hotels were built to encourage tourism and sell real estate in the agricultural Hollywood area. And with the growth of the motion picture studios in the early decades of the 20th century, grander hotels were erected to accommodate the new industry. As the city expanded westward, luxury and residential hotels were also placed in the Westlake District and along the fashionable Wilshire Boulevard corridor connecting to Beverly Hills.

Author : Thomas Durant Visser
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781611682205

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Porches of North America by Thomas Durant Visser Pdf

A complete architectural guide to this well-loved building feature

Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor H. Green Pdf

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Author : Elaine Denby
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1861891210

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Grand Hotels by Elaine Denby Pdf

From its beginnings as the humble inn, the hotel has undergone enormous changes over the centuries. Elaine Denby charts the development of the Grand Hotel and how it has kept pace with technological innovations.

Author : Alejandro Bahamon
Publisher : HarperDes
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0060544694

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New Hotels by Alejandro Bahamon Pdf

New Hotels includes more than 40 recent case studies of truly world class hotels showcasing the most innovative and creative projects ever designed. This incredible collection of hotels includes designs both quirky (Ice Hotel in Iceland) and classic (The Standard in Los Angeles) from worldwide locations in Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe.

Author : Elizabeth Ownley Cooper
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467104876

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Historic Hotels and Motels of the Outer Banks by Elizabeth Ownley Cooper Pdf

In the mid-1800s, wealthy farmers and businessmen began bringing their families to North Carolina's Outer Banks to escape the blistering inland summer heat. Soon after, the region's first hotel was built with accommodations for 200 guests. By the mid-1900s, hotels such as the Carolinian, the Nags Header, and the Arlington as well as smaller motels and cottage courts like Journey's End, the Sea Foam, and the Cavalier dotted the coastline. Most motels were independent, family-run operations. Many guests returned yearly, reuniting with the motel owners and other visitors. However, by the end of the 20th century, many of these mom-and-pop establishments had become a distant memory, lost to wrecking balls and replaced by large beach houses. This book recalls these hotels and motels and their impact on the Outer Banks and its visitors.

Author : Christiane Reiter
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Design
ISBN : 3836515814

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Bell'Italia È Per Sempre by Christiane Reiter Pdf

The author brings to life some of Italy's most amazing landscapes, such as Venice, Lake Como, Florence, the Amalfi Coast and the Aeolian Islands. She explores legendary hotels in which novels have been set, movies made and love stories consummated.