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Publisher
Craftsman Book Co
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Provides alternative, cost-effective approaches to remodeling or renovating houses built before 1930, focusing on how to determine whether to replace or repair specific items, including plumbing and heating systems, porches, garages, bathroom fixtures, and other interior and exterior features.
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the construction, survival, and restoration of New York City's Grand Central Terminal, featuring a chronological history of the previous two stations on the site, and looks at some of the human stories, movies, and radio programs that involve the building. Includes an account of the legal battle to save the terminal from destruction.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Entirely satisfying, an expert balance of warmth and compassion, terrific supporting characters, a little steamy sex, and just enough suspense to keep you from guessing how it will all go down." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution A sassy, sexy, sometimes poignant look at small town Southern life, as only New York Times bestseller Mary Kay Andrews can tell it, The Fixer Upper is a must-read for fans of Fannie Flagg, Sophie Kinsella, the Ya-Yas, and the...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this digital age, the fate of physical books remains in question. Even the concept of curling up with a good book conjures new images. But there remains a sensory thrill to physical books—to seeing and feeling them, to turning their pages—that makes many of us value them even more as digital reading grows in popularity. In Novel Living, artist Lisa Occhipinti celebrates her love for physical books by presenting us with her unique ideas
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Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The use of cars and trucks over the past century has remade American geography-pushing big cities ever outward toward suburbanization, spurring the growth of some small towns while hastening the decline of others, and spawning a new kind of commercial landscape marked by gas stations, drive-in restaurants, motels, tourist attractions, and countless other retail entities that express our national love affair with the open road. By its very nature,...
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