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The House to Ourselves: Reinventing Home Once the Kids Are

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lawson, Todd / Connor, Tom / Karosis, Rob, PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, Parents with grown children represent one of the largest demographic groups in the country today, and their living needs are often radically different from when they were raising families or working full-time. Architects are responding with innovative solutions to the demand for homes designed for two but with room for more. This book, featuring hundreds of color photos and illustrations, covers renovations and remodels, brand-new homes, and even new types of communities throughout the U.S. Ideas vary from single-level designs to accommodate the physical needs of people as they grow older, to flexible open-floor plans that welcome visitors and allow plenty of socializing. "The House to Ourselves helps boomers explore a wealth of possibilities.

The Havana Habit

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perez Firmat, Gustavo, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, Cuba, an island 750 miles long, with a population of about 11 million, lies less than 100 miles off the U.S. coast. Yet the island's influences on America's cultural imagination are extensive and deeply ingrained. In the engaging and wide-ranging "Havana Habit, " writer and scholar Gustavo Perez Firmat probes the importance of Havana, and of greater Cuba, in the cultural history of the United States. Through books, advertisements, travel guides, films, and music, he demonstrates the influence of the island on almost two centuries of American life. From John Quincy Adams's comparison of Cuba to an apple ready to drop into America's lap, to the latest episodes in the lives of the "comic "comandantes" and exotic exiles," and to such notable Cuban exports as the rumba and the mambo, cigars and mojitos, the Cuba that emerges from these pages is a locale that Cubans and Americans have jointly imagined and inhabited. "The Havana Habit" deftly illustrates what makes Cuba, as Perez Firmat writes, "so near and yet so foreign."

Iron Man: Extremis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ellis, Warren / Granov, Adi, PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics, It's the beginning of a new era for Iron Man Renowned scribe Warren Ellis joins forces with acclaimed illustrator Adi Granov to redefine the armored avenger's world for the 21st century - a landscape of terrifying new technologies that threaten to overwhelm fragile mankind What is Extremis, who has unleashed it, and what does its emergence portend for the world? Collects Iron Man (

Coming Home to the Cowboy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thayer, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon, New Yorker Rebecca goes to the tranquil ranch of cowboy Mitchell Tucker; a man devoted to his two adorable children. As the relationship moves from professional to personal Mitch must convince Rebecca that she finally has a home...and a ready-made family.

A Great Day for Pup!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Worth, Bonnie / Ross, H. L. / Ruiz, Aristides, PUBLISHER: Random House Books for Young Readers, From Australia to Asia to Africa to Antarctica, the Cat in the Hat travels the globe in search of wild animal babies. "From the Hardcover edition."

Salem's Lot

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Anchor Books, Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller "'SALEM'S LOT," tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life. When Stephen King's classic thriller"'SALEM'S LOT" hit the stands in , it thrilled and terrified millions of readers with tales of demonic evil in small-town America. Now, thirty years later and still scaring readers witless, "'SALEM'S LOT" reemerges in a brilliant new edition, complete with photographs, fifty pages of deleted and alternate scenes, and two short stories related to the events of the novel. While the original edition of "'SALEM'S LOT "will forever be a premier horror classic, "'SALEM'S LOT: ILLUSTRATED EDITION," with the inclusion of material from King's archive, is destined to become a classic in its own right and a must-have for all Stephen King fans. In this edition, the hair-raising story of Jerusalem's Lot, a small town in Maine whose inhabitants succumb to the evil allure of a new resident, is told as the author envisioned it, complete with fifty pages of alternate and deleted scenes. With a new introduction by the author, two short stories related to the events and residents of Jerusalem's Lot, the lavishly creepy photographs of Jerry Uelsmann, and a stunning new page design, this edition brings the story to life in words and pictures as never before. No library will be complete without this ideal collector's item for any King aficionado, the definitive illustrated edition of the great "'SALEM'S LOT."

Kitchens: A Design Source Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lee, Vinny / Merrell, James, PUBLISHER: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, Whether remodelling, renovating, or planning a brand-new kitchen, this thorough book provides hundreds of inspirational ideas for the hardest-working (and most valuable) room in the house. -- A comprehensive guide taking the reader through every aspect of putting a kitchen together, from selecting a sink, stove, cupboards, work surface, and flooring to installing spice racks, bookshelves, and small appliances. -- Shows a huge variety of kitchens: Simple Modern, Traditional, New Professional, and Simple Country. -- Features a wealth of great decorating ideas, including how to make the most of color schemes -- to make your kitchen look bigger or smaller -- as well as helpful hints for integrating the cooking and dining areas. -- Includes a comprehensive source guide to the best suppliers of everything from paint and hardware to furnishings and appliances.

Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Iversen, Portia, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, The groundbreaking true story of two mothers, worlds apart, united in a struggle to connect with their autistic sons. Emmy(r)-winning art director Portia Iversen's life was turned upside down when her son Dov was diagnosed with autism. But when she heard a miraculous story of a woman in India who had taught her own severely autistic son to communicate, she brought Soma and Tito Mukhopadhyay from Bangalore to America to help researchers better understand this amazing feat. "Strange Son" is the extraordinary account of two families who made astonishing discoveries about the nature of autism and redefined how the world can interact with those who suffer from the disorder.

Making Waves - INGLESE vol 1 e 2

Vendo i seguenti libri di inglese per le superiori. Buone condizioni! - Making Waves. A project for Literature. vol.1 "From the Origins to the Victorian Age" ISBN 978 - Making Waves. A project for Literature. vol. 2 "From Modernism to Our Contemporararies" ISBN 978 Autore: Mistrulli Graziella Editore: Zanichelli Acquistabili anche separatamente. Spedizione con Piego di libri. Per qualsiasi informazione contattatemi pure tramite mail!

The Cold War-Volume 2: Magill's Choice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gorman, Robert F., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, The three volumes in The Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of the full sweep of the Cold War, with up-to-date essays on key events between and , a new introduction that surveys the origins and history of the Cold War, and a new epilogue which reviews post- developments and assesses the legacy of the Cold War in the early twenty-first century. All essays were selected from Salem's popular "Great Events from History" series.

Autobiography of a Face

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grealy, Lucy / Patchett, Ann, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, ""I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."" At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect.

Modern Starts: People, Places, Things

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elderfield, John / Reed, Peter / Chan, Mary, PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art, Abandoning customary labels and chronological ordering, ModernStarts offers fresh thinking about works of art. People treats the great period of early modern figurative art from Matisse, Rodin, and Munch; Places features landscapes and cityscapes by such artists as Atget, Cezanne, de Chirico, and Leger; and Things addresses object-like works, from Rietveld's and Wright's chairs to Duchamp's Readymades and Brancusi's sculpture. All works illustrated are from the collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art.

The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haigh, Philip A., PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Two branches of England's Royal family fought each other for supremacy over a period of thirty years from to , in a series of campaigns known as the Wars of the Roses. Philip Haigh presents, for the first time in a single volume, detailed accounts of each of the fifteen major battles of the war. How the two armies maneuvered to encounter each other, their composition and tactics are all covered.

Look What I Made: Bible Crafts from A to Z

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stohs, Anita Reith, PUBLISHER: Concordia Publishing House, This book shows how everyday items can be turned into objects of art while the "lesson connection" ties the craft to a Bible story. Old and New Testament stories from creation to the kings and from Jesus' life to Paul's journeys.

The House of Impossible Loves

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lopez Barrio, Cristina, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, An "exuberant" ("El Mundo") debut novel about a family of cursed women in the tradition of Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate." The Laguna women suffer from an odd affliction: each generation is condemned to tragic love affairs and to only give birth to girls who are unable to escape the cruel fate of their mothers. One fateful hunting season in their small Castilian town, a young landowner arrives and begins a passionate affair with Clara Laguna, the latest in the family line, daughter of a one-eyed woman known as "the Laguna witch." He leaves her pregnant with yet another daughter, but the seeds of change are sown. Eventually the long-awaited son--Santiago, the great-great grandson of Clara--is born. A window of hope is opened, but is the curse truly over? Full of memorable, offbeat characters, from a bearded, mute female cook to the local do-gooding priest to the Laguna women themselves, "The House of Impossible Loves" is a feat of imaginative storytelling that marks the arrival of a talented new novelist.

Island Cooking: Recipes from the Caribbean

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Dunstan A., PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, In the bustling markets of the Caribbean islands, plaid-clothed vendors call out in singsong voices to advertise thick slices of pepper-strewn fish, warm fritters, and sweet coconut confections. Blending African, Indian, Chinese, and Amerindian influences, Caribbean cooking is as richly complex as the people who live there. In ISLAND COOKING, native Jamaican Dunstan A. Harris has collected a sampling of tantalizing spark-and-spice recipes from each region of the Caribbean. Try Chicken in Coconut Milk from Martinique; the French Caribbean' 's favorite Stuffed Crabs; a Blue Mountain Cocktail named for Jamaica' 's highest mountain range; or the ever-popular Sweet Potato Balls, adored by islanders everywhere. With more than 200 recipes and a glossary explaining island-specific ingredients, ISLAND COOKING brings a taste of the tropics home to your table. Authentic Caribbean cooking from a native Jamaican.Includes a glossary of island-specific ingredients and a directory of Caribbean food distributors.With more than 200 recipes for tropical tastes, including 40 refreshing and fruity drink recipes to round out the collection.

Great Paintings of the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guillou, Jean-Francois, PUBLISHER: Quadrillion Media LLC, Approaching painting from a thematic rather than chronological viewpoint, Great Paintings of the World offers the art lover a unique opportunity to examine some of the most exquisite masterpieces of Western painting from a novel perspective. Illustrated with over 150 superb color photographs, the book covers such subjects as religious painting, portraiture, still life, and landscape, focusing on the subject itself as well as the way it is represented. Thought-provoking and visually stunning, it provides a unique insight into some of the greatest paintings from the history of art.

Cofanetto vinile Radiohead -A moon shaped pool

Cofanetto 2 vinili + 2 CD album A Moon shaped pool dei Radiohead  Inspired by the albums for 78rpm shellac records in the library of La Fabrique, France, this special pressing of Moon Shaped Pool comes pressed on two extra heavyweight 12"s with two compact discs (featuring two extra tracks) and housed in a gorgeous book style case with 32 pages of artwork from longtime Radioheadcollaborator Stanley Donwood. To add to the uniqueness of this pressing, there is a recording tape belly band applied which is a piece of a Radiohead 1/2 inch master tape from an actual recording session!

Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems: Proceedings of an Advanced

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carasso, Claude / Charrier, Pierre / Hanouzet, Bernard, PUBLISHER: Springer, The papers included in this proceedings volume are mostly original research papers, dealing with life-span of waves, nonlinear interaction of waves, and various applications to fluid mechanics.

Film Fables

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ranciere, Jacques / Battista, Emiliano, PUBLISHER: Berg Publishers, "Film Fables "traces the history of modern cinema, moving effortlessly from Eisenstein's and Murnau's transition from theatre to film to Fritz Lang's confrontation with television, from the classical poetics of Mann's Westerns to Ray's romantic poetics of the image, from Rossellini's neo-realism to Deleuze's philosophy of the cinema and Marker's documentaries.

Playgoing in Shakespeare's London

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gurr, Andrew, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Andrew Gurr's classic account of Shakespeare's historical audience assembles evidence from the writings of the time to describe the physical, social and mental conditions of playgoing. In addition to revising and adding new material which has emerged since the second edition, Gurr develops new sections about points of special interest. Fifty new entries have been added to the list of playgoers and a dozen new quotations about the experience of playgoing. Second Edition Hb ( Second Edition Pb ( Acquista Ora

Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Artist Mix Bobble-Heads

The epic show down between Batman and Superman will finally come to the silver screen in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film in March. In addition to the movie-accurate and high-quality sixth scale collectible figures, Hot Toys are also delighted to expand and diversify the collectibles based on this exciting film.Sideshow and Hot Toys are delighted to officially present the Batman and Superman Artist Mix Collectible Set designed by Japanese artist TOUMA from this exciting new film of the DC Extended Universe!This collectible set includes the movie,s two titans Batman and Superman. Each Artist Mix Collectible Bobble-Head stands approximately 13cm tall and perfectly combine the movie characters, designs with TOUMA,s distinctive art style and are great additions for collectible fans! The two Collectible Bobble-Heads are also available separately. (HOT + HOT)

In the Deep Heart's Core

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnston, Michael / Coles, Robert, PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, In , Michael Johnston went to the Mississippi Delta as a member of the Teach For America program in one of the nation's poorest districts. At Greenville High, he confronted a racially divided world in which his students had to struggle against crippling poverty, drug addiction, and gang violence. Johnston reached out to inspire his students with all the means at his disposal -- from the language of the great poets, to the strategies of chess, to the vigor of athletics. Their stories -- heartbreaking and hopeful, harrowing and uplifting -- from the emotional center of this powerful book. Vibrantly alive with the rich atmosphere of the Mississippi Delta, In the Deep Heart's Core is an inspiring and unforgettable story of one young man's experience, and the story of how a new generation of teachers is reaching out to the students whom society has forgotten.

The Fear of Conspiracy: Images of Un-American Subversion

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, David Brion, PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, First published by Cornell in , The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings-the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael-that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, documenting two centuries of conspiracy-mongering (), highlights the American tendency to search for subversive enemies and to construct terrifying dangers from fragmentary and highly circumstantial evidence.

Great Sewing Accessories--To Sew

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parks, Carol, PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing (NY), Is your sewing area in need of reorganizing? Here's an original idea: sew your own storage accessories and add extra character to your sewing room while you do it. Here are 30 great projects that will add both efficiency and beauty to your workspace. Try the multi-pocket organizer to hang from the back of a chair. A fabric-lined basket that keeps small objects from slipping out. A variety of new and imaginatively practical pincushions, needlecases, and threadholders. A pattern storage system where you can find what you want at a glance. An album for storing machine embroidery fabrics and doth swatches. And when you're through for the day, your choice of five classy cover-ups for your machines, including a reversible serger cover and a scrap catcher that will stay open.

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