The House With No Rooms

Author : Lesley Thomson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781784972202

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The House With No Rooms by Lesley Thomson Pdf

A woman lies dead on the ground. A girl watches from the shadows. What did she really see? The summer of 1976 was the hottest in living memory. A lost little girl, dizzied by the head, stumbled upon a deserted museum. She thought she saw a woman lying dead on the ground. But when she opened her eyes, the woman had gone. Forty years later, cleaner and detective Stella Darnell is investigating a suspected murder in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Working methodically, stain by stain, she is drawn into an obsessive world, and towards a killer who has never been caught... THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER SERIES: The Detective's Daughter. Ghost Girl. The Detective's Secret. The House With No Rooms. The Dog Walker. What people are saying about THE HOUSE WITH NO ROOMS: 'I'd give it 6 stars if it were possible' 'An unsettling, accomplished book by a writer at the top of her game' 'There is a sense of menace, suspense and sadness all interspersed with pockets of humour. So cleverly written' 'Can't put it down, the perfect present'

Author : Rumer Godden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-10
Category : Novelists, English
ISBN : 9387164543

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A House with Four Rooms by Rumer Godden Pdf

'The miniature in her books [contains], by reflection, the vastness of the world. This is surely the reason why her work has given so much pleasure to generations in many lands and continues to do so.' Anita DesaiRumer Godden's follow-up to a time to dance, no time to weep, the evocative story of her childhood and adolescence in early twentieth-century India. A House with Four Rooms begins with her return to post-war England. With characteristic honesty, wit and elegance, Rumer describes the London of the 1950s and trying to make a living as a writer along with raising a family. Through her unwavering commitment to the pen and steadily growing fame, she paints a fascinating picture of the literary and film world that came to fete her. She tells stories of her many houses and her quest for a room of her own. She also recounts her travels to America, her time in India during the filming of the river with French director Jean Renoir, noting the presence of a young Satyajit Ray and almost falling prey to a misguided mob, the origins of her novels and their reception, and her relationship with James Haynes-Dixon, her second husband.

Author : Robert Harling,Leonie Highton,John Bridges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
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 : Joe Beath,Elizabeth Price
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Australia
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-19
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781922754929

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Never Too Small by Joe Beath,Elizabeth Price Pdf

Joel Beath and Elizabeth Price explore this question drawing inspiration from a diverse collection of apartment designs, all smaller than 50m2/540ft2. Through the lens of five small-footprint design principles and drawing on architectural images and detailed floor plans, the authors examine how architects and designers are reimagining small space living. Full of inspiration we can each apply to our own spaces, this is a book that offers hope and inspiration for a future of our cities and their citizens in which sustainability and style, comfort and affordability can co-exist. Never Too Small proves living better doesn’t have to mean living larger.

Author : Frank Shirley
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781561588855

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New Rooms for Old Houses by Frank Shirley Pdf

Provides advice for adding additions to older homes, considering balance, transition, public versus private space, and materials; and including photographs, floor plans, and illustrations.

Author : O. Henry
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726587661

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The Furnished Room by O. Henry Pdf

"The Furnished Room" is a short story about love and dedication, about exhaustion and despair. A young man is in search for a girl he fell in love with. He rents a room near the theaters where she is to be seen and he devotes his days to the dream of finding her. When all of a sudden the sweet fragrance of her perfume fills his room ... Is he finally blessed with success? Or this is an evil ghost from the past? Will he get to embrace the girl he loves or she will drag him to the verge of sanity? William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, was an American writer who lived in the late 19th century. He gains wide popularity with his short stories which often take place either in New York or some small American towns. The plot twists and the surprise endings are a typical and integral part of O. Henry’s short stories. Some of his best known works are "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and the Anthem", "A Retrieved Reformation". His stories often deal with ordinary people and the individual aspects of life. As a result of the outstanding literature legacy that O. Henry left behind, there is an American annual award after his name, given to exceptional short stories.

Author : Royston Guest
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119318095

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Built to Grow by Royston Guest Pdf

‘This book is straightforward, factual and to the point. Any Leader responsible for business growth should read it! A blueprint full of practical ideas and tools to inspire you into action’—Craig Donaldson - Chief Executive Officer, Metro Bank (RANKED NUMBER ONE IN GLASSDOOR’S HIGHEST RATED CEO 2016) If you asked a cross-section of business leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs what their biggest business challenge is, you would probably hear the same recurring thought: growing their business in a sustainable, predictable, yet profitable way – quickly. It’s a reality that most businesses and individuals never reach their full potential, always yearning for the ‘thing’ that will catapult them into significance, but never really finding it. Whether you’re an entrepreneur starting out, or a director, executive or business leader climbing the corporate ladder, the building blocks of Built to Grow are universally applicable. Developed in the real world laboratory of thousands of businesses in twenty-seven countries spanning over two decades, Built to Grow is a proven, time-tested model to unlock the real potential in your business. Avoid the common pitfalls of a trial and error approach to business growth. Built to Grow is full of practical strategies, tools and ideas, backed up with real world case studies to illustrate what can be achieved - leaving you equipped to transform your businesses performance and drive tangible results. Built to Grow is destined to become your handbook, your ‘go to’ guide, your roadmap to accelerated, sustained and profitable business growth.

Author : Murillo Spimpolo
Publisher : Clube de Autores
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:CLDEAU57184

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The House Of 99 Rooms by Murillo Spimpolo Pdf

A family is taking a vacation trip, when the father decides to take a shortcut. The problem is that the shortcut leaves them without mobile phone signal, without Internet connection and, a while later, without fuel enough to get to their destination. There isn’t even a gas station nearby. Night comes slowly and the only place where they can ask for help is an old house in the middle of an extensive cane plantation. A crooked and suspicious house. A house that is weird on the outside and much weirder on the inside. A house which many people never got out of. And which this family may never escape either.

Author : Barbara Westbrook
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847845057

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Barbara Westbrook: Gracious Rooms by Barbara Westbrook Pdf

In her first book, the South’s most inviting designer explores her principles for creating a beautiful home rich with comfort and warmth. Barbara Westbrook has been designing classically inspired homes full of Southern charm and a European touch for more than twenty years. A native of Virginia, Westbrook grew up accompanying her mother to antique shops and was introduced by her to Virginia’s rich architectural legacy. With a design vocabulary that ranges from casual American to formal English to French modern, Westbrook’s homes share a welcoming elegance, whether it is a country cottage or a penthouse apartment. In Gracious Rooms, she sets out her principles for creating a house rich with both polish and patina. Walking the reader through a dozen stunning homes—light-filled lake retreats, contemporary houses, and historic mansions—Westbrook shares her accessible, appealing ideas. From the judicious use of symmetry to the importance of including natural elements in a room, utilizing color to unify spaces within a house, and setting a mood with materials, Gracious Rooms is rich with advice and inspiration.

Author : Lauren Oliver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473612985

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Rooms by Lauren Oliver Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family--bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna--have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself--in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide--with cataclysmic results. Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.

Author : Kate Watson-Smyth
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781911624929

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Mad About the House: 101 Interior Design Answers by Kate Watson-Smyth Pdf

A companion to the best-selling book by the founder of a top interiors blog, this easy-to-use dictionary of interior design answers all those hard-to-solve decorating questions. The book begins with the most important questions of all: Who? What? Where? Why? How? And When? The aim is to answer these before you start any decorating scheme to avoid the most common mistakes, save money, and, most importantly, create a home that works for you and the people who live there. Mad About the House: The Practical Stuff is the super-practical guide that allows you to dip in and out so you can solve all your decorating dilemmas. The chapters focus on Walls, Floors, Ceilings, Windows, Doors and Skirtings, Furniture Layout, and Lighting, before finally a roundup of Fixtures and Fittings. In addition to the no-nonsense practical answers, there are checklists and step-by-step guides to key decorating challenges--everything from How to Hang Wallpaper, to Arranging a Gallery Wall and Removing Stains from Carpets and Soft Furnishings.

Author : Stephen Battersby,W.H. Bassett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134368594

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Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health by Stephen Battersby,W.H. Bassett Pdf

This classic, definitive reference work for all those involved in environmental health is now available in its 19th edition. Significant changes include those made to chapters on food safety and hygiene, environmental protection, the organisation and management of environmental health in the UK, port health, and waste management. New chapters have been added on health development, an introduction to health and housing, contaminated land, and environmental health in emergency planning, as well as a new glossary of abbreviations and acronyms. New material on training and standards, IT, practical risk assessment, and investigatory powers is also included. Each chapter reflects the wider background against which the subjects must be studied and the new concepts and approaches that have emerged over the past few years.

Author : Shyima Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442481701

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Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall Pdf

An inspiring and compelling memoir from a young woman who lost her childhood to slavery—and built a new life grounded in determination and justice. When Shyima Hall was eight years old, her impoverished parents sold her to pay a debt. Two years later, the wealthy family she was sold to moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled her with them. Shyima served the family eighteen hours a day, seven days a week until she was twelve. That’s when an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima’s servitude—but her journey to true freedom was far from over. A volunteer at her local police department since she was a teenager, Shyima is passionate about helping to rescue others who are in bondage. Now a US citizen, she regularly speaks out about human trafficking and intends to one day become an immigration officer. In Hidden Girl, Shyima “commands unfailing interest, sympathy, and respect” (Publishers Weekly), candidly reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances, and brings vital awareness to a timely and relevant topic.

Author : Charles Booth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : London (England)
ISBN : IOWA:31858030186260

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Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : OSU:32437121366500

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The Law Times Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal ... [new Series]. by Anonim Pdf