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Author : Elisa Carbone
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698139848

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Diana's White House Garden by Elisa Carbone Pdf

Diana Hopkins lived in a white house. THE White House. World War II is in full force across the seas. It's 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana's father, Harry Hopkins, is his chief advisor. And Diana wants to be part of the war effort. After some well-intentioned missteps (her quarantine sign on her father's office door was not well-received), the President requests her help with his newest plan for the country's survival: Victory Gardens! From award-winning author Elisa Carbone comes the true story of how Diana Hopkins started her own Victory Garden on the White House lawn under the tutelage of Eleanor Roosevelt. With dedication and patience, she showed the nation that the war effort started first on the homefront.

Author : Dominique Browning
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Interior decoration
ISBN : 0609609289

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House & Garden Book of Style by Dominique Browning Pdf

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of "House & Garden, this fully illustrated book presents important contemporary decorating trends in stunning homes. From one-room makeovers to complete renovations, home-decorating projects are flourishing across the country. House & Garden Book of Style explores seven of today's most popular looks, including the rustic charm of Country Luxe, the urban sophistication of New International, and the cross-cultural eclecticism of Bohemian Chic. Interweaving the stories of homeowners and the insights of professional decorators, each chapter features full-color pictures of four to six residences that typify the style, and the do's and don'ts of getting a style right. The first book from "House & Garden in more than 15 years, this is an irresistible combination of inspiration, innovative ideas, and practical know-how.

Author : Quentin Bell,Virginia Nicholson
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780711239319

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Charleston by Quentin Bell,Virginia Nicholson Pdf

Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Charleston Farmhouse is the most important remaining example of Bloomsbury decorative style, created by the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, and his daughter Virghinia Nicholson, tell the story of this unique house, linking it with some of the leading cultural figures who were invited there, including Vanessa's sister Virginia Woolf, the writer Lytton Strachey, the economist Maynard Keynes and the art critic Roger Fry. The house and garden are portrayed through Alen MacWeeney's atmostpheric photographs; pictures from Vanessa Bell's family album convey the flavour of the household in its heyday.

Author : Robert Harling,Leonie Highton,John Bridges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Interior decoration
ISBN : UOM:39015024898101

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The House & Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling,Leonie Highton,John Bridges Pdf

This magnificently illustrated volume presents a wide-ranging collection of beautiful interiors captured by some of the world's leading photographers. This volume and its 240 color illustrations are both a joy toperuse and a great source of decorating ideas.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547482248

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First Garden by Anonim Pdf

Tells the history of vegetable gardening at the White House, concluding with a list of favorite White House recipes.

Author : Iliana Yamileth Rodriguez
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994-05-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780822381877

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House/Garden/Nation by Iliana Yamileth Rodriguez Pdf

How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista’s electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorro, located at the center. The election signaled the end of one transition and the beginning of another, with Woman somewhere on the border between the neo-liberal and marxist projects. It is such transitions that Ileana Rodríguez takes up here, unraveling their weave of gender, ethnicity, and nation as it is revealed in literature written by women. In House/Garden/Nation the narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers illustrate these times of transition: Dulce María Loynáz, from colonial rule to independence in Cuba; Jean Rhys, from colony to commonwealth in Dominica; Simone Schwarz-Bart, from slave to free labor in Guadeloupe; Gioconda Belli, from oligarchic capitalism to social democratic socialism in Nicaragua; and Teresa de la Parra, from independence to modernity in Venezuela. Focusing on the nation as garden, hacienda, or plantation, Rodríguez shows us these writers debating the predicament of women under nation formation from within the confines of marriage and home. In reading these post-colonial literatures by women facing the crisis of transition, this study highlights urgent questions of destitution, migration, exile, and inexperience, but also networks of value allotted to women: beauty, clothing, love. As a counterpoint on issues of legality, policy, and marriage, Rodriguez includes a chapter on male writers: José Eustacio Rivera, Omar Cabezas, and Romulo Gallegos. Her work presents a sobering picture of women at a crossroads, continually circumscribed by history and culture, writing their way.

Author : Marcus Harpur,George Plumptre
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781781011881

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The English Country House Garden by Marcus Harpur,George Plumptre Pdf

There is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place, a getaway from working life. A pergola, a sundial, a croquet lawn, a herbaceous border of soft planting; here is a space to wander and relax, to share secrets, and above all to enjoy afternoon tea. But even the most peaceful of gardens also take passion and hard work to create. The English Country House Garden takes a fresh look at the English country house garden, starting with the owners and the stories behind the making of the gardens. Glorious photographs capture the gardens at their finest moments through the seasons, and a sparkling and erudite text presents twenty-five gardens - some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some never-before-photographed - to explore why this garden style has been so very enduring and influential. From the Victorian grandeur of Tyntesfield and Cragside, to the Arts & Crafts simplicity of Rodmarton Manor and Charleston; from Scampston, in the same family since the 17th century, to new gardens by Dan Pearson and Tom Stuart-Smith; and with favourites such as Hidcote and Great Dixter alongside new discoveries, this book will be a delicious treat for garden-lovers.

Author : Susan Doherty
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780735276529

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The Ghost Garden by Susan Doherty Pdf

"A compelling act of connection, leavened with humour, clear-eyed yet packed with hope." —Ann-Marie MacDonald A rare work of narrative non-fiction that illuminates a world most of us try not to see: the daily lives of the severely mentally ill, who are medicated, marginalized, locked away and shunned. Susan Doherty's groundbreaking book brings us a population of lost souls, ill-served by society, feared, shunted from locked wards to rooming houses to the streets to jail and back again. For the past 10 years, many who have cycled in and out of the locked wards of the Douglas Institute in Montreal found a friend in Susan, who volunteers on the wards and then accompanies her friends out into the world. With their full cooperation, she brings us intimate stories that challenge our views of people with mental illness. Through "Caroline Evans," a woman in her early sixties whom Susan has known since she was a bright, sunny school girl, we experience living with schizophrenia, such as when Caroline was convinced she could save her roommate from the devil by pouring boiling water into her ear... She has been through it all, including having to navigate an indifferent justice system that is incapable of serving the severely ill. Susan interleaves Caroline's story with vignettes about her other friends—stories that reveal their hopes, circumstances, personalities, humanity. Susan found that if she can hang in through the first 10-15 minutes of every coffee date with someone in the grip of psychosis, true communication results. Their "madness" is not otherworldly: instead it tells us something about how they're surviving their lives and what they've been through. The Ghost Garden carries a cargo of compassion and empathy that motivates us to re-examine our understanding of justice, society and humanity.

Author : David Jacques
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781802075267

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Chiswick House Gardens by David Jacques Pdf

The grounds at Chiswick House are amongst the most iconic of all the historic gardens of Europe. In the 1720s they reflected Lord Burlington’s innovative ideas on Palladianism and antique gardens, whilst the area transformed by William Kent to give a rustic appearance in the early 1730s has been recognised as one of, or perhaps the, birthplace of the landscape garden. The grounds were periodically brought to the forefront of taste, reaching another high point as the venue for spectacular garden parties under the 6th Duke of Devonshire. As a garden of many periods it has given rise to passionate national debates since World War II on the principles of restoration, and as a public park it has been an important project assisted by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Its renewed high state of keeping and its tranquil beauty belies its ‘deep’ history of intellectual debate, social tensions and practical difficulties. The book concentrates on the four main periods when Chiswick gardens were in the national spotlight, two when being in the forefront of taste and two concerning the restorations, the first being in the 1950s when the whole question of garden restoration was entirely new. The second restoration, on and off since 1988 intersects with the development of a philosophical stance and national policy on the restoration of parks and gardens. There is much of interest for art and architectural historians, garden historians, social historians and those local and international visitors who enjoy the finest public park in West London.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardens
ISBN : MINN:31951D02368857P

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The White House Gardens and Grounds by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jackie Bennett
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780711277168

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The Writer's Garden by Jackie Bennett Pdf

The Writer's Garden presents an intriguing study of the beautiful gardens and outdoor spaces of 30 history's greatest writers.

Author : Kay Weisman
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554989713

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If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden by Kay Weisman Pdf

Discover the wonder of ancient sea gardens on the Northwest Coast Sea gardens have been created by First Peoples on the Northwest coast for more than three thousand years. These gardens consist of stone reefs that are constructed at the lowest tide line, encouraging the growth of clams and other marine life on the gently sloped beach. This lyrical story follows a young child and an older family member who set out to visit a sea garden early one morning, as the lowest tides often occur at dawn. After anchoring their boat, they explore the beach, discover the many sea creatures that live there, hear the sputtering of clams and look closely at the reef. They reflect on the people who built the wall long ago, as well as those who have maintained it over the years. After digging for clams, they tidy up the beach, then return home. An author’s note provides further information about sea gardens (also known as clam gardens), which yield a reliable food source and have been traditional places of learning. They have been found along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to British Columbia to Washington State, and some of these gardens are being restored today. The manuscript has been vetted and approved by the scientists of the Clam Garden Network and Kwaxsistalla Wathl’thla Clan Chief Adam Dick. Roy Henry Vickers, whose ancestry includes the Tsimshian, Haida and Heiltsuk First Nations, has created hauntingly beautiful images to accompany the text. Key Text Features author’s note Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

Author : Struan REID
Publisher : Doll's House Sticker Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1474917941

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Country House Gardens Sticker Book by Struan REID Pdf

The gardens of stately homes are often spectacular in their own right and this sticker book encourages the reader to create an imaginative garden, laid out exactly as they feel inspired. Smaller stickers can be layered over the top of larger stickers to create garden features. A lovely addition to the Doll's House Sticker Book series.

Author : Laurie Perron,Sarah Quesnel-Langlois
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781487010256

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Gardening Naturally by Laurie Perron,Sarah Quesnel-Langlois Pdf

Ecological gardening with ease and simplicity. Gardening Naturally offers a wealth of information and practical advice for growing indoor and outdoor plants based on sustainability, a rejection of artificial chemicals, and respect for biodiversity and the natural world. From advice on planning your garden and dealing with disease, insects, and the arrival of cold weather, to tips for starting your own compost, repotting effectively, and choosing which local and native flowers to best attract pollinators, Gardening Naturally will interest anyone who wants to add flowers, edibles, and greenery to their daily life, no matter the size of their balcony or the extent of their garden.

Author : Peter Joel Harrison
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471266501

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Garden Houses and Privies by Peter Joel Harrison Pdf

An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies--also known as "garden houses"--have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ventilators.