Henry Carter Hull

The author engages in a series of discussions about various historical aspects of ordinary life while wandering from room to room in his Victorian home in England, covering topics such as hygiene, sex, death, nutrition, the spice trade, and other domestic signs of things that occur out in the world.

When someone says they live in a small house or apartment, the image that comes to mind is all too often negative-cramped, cluttered, or confining. But America's leading small space designer, Libby Langdon, knows just how to counter that stereotype. In Libby Langdon's Small Space Solutions, she finally offers a practical, user-friendly guide to decorating small spaces so they look stylish, beautiful, and larger than their actual dimensions. Setting...

Go behind the scenes of the OR in this "fact-filled, poignant, and funny" account by an anesthesiologist ( Booklist ). Even patients who've spent time in the operating room don't really know much about them -- thanks to the important work of anesthesiologists like Dr. Paul Whang. But here, he takes readers into the hospital and past the OR doors -- fully alert. Combining personal stories with staff experiences, he reveals hidden truths about what...

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.