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There are many advantages to town house floor plans, particularly for renters and urban dwellers. Years ago, this type of floor plan was known as a “row house.” Townhouses are generally multi-story units that are attached to units on either side give you neighbors living closely together similar to apartment style housing. Once found in abundance in large cities, townhouses can be found all over the country.

Town house floor plans offer more advantages than apartments in several ways. Because they are multiple units arranged in a row, townhouses generally have a single entry per unit and therefore allow for more privacy than living in an apratment building. They also tend to have more square footage of living space per unit than apartments although townhouses are smaller than duplexes. Town house floor plan designs are also more varied than apartments.

Most townhouses are arranged in typical fashion with living spaces on the bottom floor and sleeping spaces on the top floor. The number of bedrooms can vary from one to three and the number of bathrooms generally varies from one to two and a half bathrooms per unit.

While the number of bedrooms and bathrooms can vary, almost all townhouse floor plans have garages,patios and at least one walk-in closet. Kitchen can be traditional, galley style, or in the case of a very large floor plan, an island kitchen. It is also possible to have a fireplace with openings toward both the living room and kitchen giving it an old world feel.

Although townhouses are also known as “row houses”, some current configurations include one unit per side and others have two side-by-side units facing front and two more units on the back side. Whatever your choice, town house floor plans offer a wide variety of options for singles, couples and small families.

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The Storyteller (Hardcover) $14.71 Anna and Abel couldn’t be more different. They are both seventeen and in their last year of school, but while Anna lives in a nice old town house and comes from a well-to-do family, Abel, the school drug dealer, lives in a big, prisonlike towe…

10s Establishments: 15 Establishments, States and Territories Established in 10, States and Territories Established in 15 $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 15 Establishments, States and Territories Established in 10, States and Territories Established in 15, States and Territories Established in 17, Dalmatia, Pannonia, Adiabene, Three Leagues, Emona, Cappadocia, Vindonissa. Excerpt: Remains of city walls of EmonaEmona or Aemona , short for Colonia Iulia (A)emona, was a Roman castrum founded in 14/15 AD, possibly by the XV Legio Apollinaris (theory proposed by the noted historian and epigraphy expert Balduin Saria), on a territory already populated by ancient settlers of uncertain origin. Its location overlaps with the SW part of the old nucleus of the modern city of Ljubljana , capital of Slovenia , where numerous remains of Emona can still be seen today (substantial parts of the ancient city walls , most of which were destroyed in 1963, several mosaics , parts of the paleochristian baptistry , residential houses, statues , tombstones etc.).(A)emona was, along with Nauportus , Celeia and Poetovio , one of the main cities on the eastern coast of the Adriatic . Formerly, it was assumed to have been a part of the Roman province of Pannonia . However, recent research seems to indicate that Aemona was actually the easternmost city of the Roman empire proper.After few months of occupation in 388, citizens of Emona saluted Emperor Theodosius I entering the liberated city after the victorious Battle of the Save where Theodosius I defeated army of Roman usurper Magnus Maximus .In 452, (A)emona was virtually destroyed by the Huns , led by Attila . Its remaining inhabitants fled the city; some of them made it to the coast of Istria where they founded a “second Emona”, Aemonia, now the town of Novigrad (meaning “New City”), in Croatia .Founding Roman campaigns in Illyricum from C.E. 6 to 9 involved a series of arduous campaigns. Land

A LEAF IN THE STORM $1.99 This ebook edition has been proofed and corrected for errors and compiled to read with pleasure!****Contents:A DOG OF FLANDERSA BRANCH OF LILACA PROVENCE ROSEA LEAF IN THE STORM****A LEAF IN THE STORM.I.The Berceau de Dieu was a little village in the valley of the Seine.As a lark drops its nest amongst the grasses, so a few peasant people had dropped their little farms and cottages amidst the great green woods on the winding river. It was a pretty place, with one steep, stony street, shady with poplars and with elms; quaint houses, about whose thatch a cloud of white and gray pigeons fluttered all day long; a little aged chapel with a conical red roof; and great barns covered with ivy and thick creepers, red and purple, and lichens that were yellow in the sun.All around it there were the broad, flowering meadows, with the sleek cattle of Normandy fattening in them, and the sweet dim forests where the young men and maidens went on every holyday and feast-day in the summer-time to seek for wood-anemones, and lilies of the pools, and the wild campanula, and the fresh dog-rose, and all the boughs and grasses that made their house-doors like garden bowers, and seemed to take the cushat’s note and the linnet’s song into their little temple of God.The Berceau de Dieu was very old indeed.Men said that the hamlet had been there in the day of the Virgin of Orleans; and a stone cross of the twelfth century still stood by the great pond of water at the bottom of the street, under the chestnut-tree, where the villagers gathered to gossip at sunset when their work was done.It had no city near it, and no town nearer than four leagues. It was in the green core of a pastoral district, thickly wooded and intersected with orchards. Its produce of wheat, and oats, and cheese, and fruit, and eggs, was more than sufficient for its simple

A Labrador Spring $28.95 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER II FROM SEVEN ISLANDS TO ESQUIMAUX POINT ” Backward and forward, along the shore Of lorn and desolate Labrador And found at last her way To the Seven Islands Bay.” — textit{li’hittirr /”N most maps the name Labrador is attached only to the narrow strip under the jurisdiction of Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast, yet it belongs in reality to the entire peninsula which begins at the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the point where the soth parallel strikes the coast. A line drawn from this point to the southern extremity of Hudson Bay, or rather of its offshoot, James Bay, separates the great peninsula from the rest of Canada. This westernmost point of the Labrador coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is about thirty miles to the west of Seven Islands, and about three hundred and fifty east of Quebec. As we approached the Labrador coast, after INDIAN MOTHER AND TEN DAYS OLD INFANT. THE TOWN OF SEVEN ISLANDS. an interesting sail down the mighty St. Lawrence from Quebec, we could see in the clear morning air the precipitous mountains of Gaspe sixty miles to the south, in places white with snow and brilliantly illuminated by the morning sun, but dark in the shadows of the deep ravines. The whole southern coast of Labrador is notable for its rivers which empty their floods, swelled in the spring by the melting snows, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The first of these is the St. Marguerite River, which, like nearly all these rivers, cuts through sand bluffs and is partly blocked by a bar extending part way across the mouth from the east. The town of about a dozen houses is perched on the western bank with a setting of dark spruce forest. The bay of Seven Islands is of great beauty and forms a nearly circular basin some four miles in diameter, and almost completely landlocked. Seve…

A Labrador Spring $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER II FROM SEVEN ISLANDS TO ESQUIMAUX POINT ” Backward and forward, along the shore Of lorn and desolate Labrador And found at last her way To the Seven Islands Bay.” — textit{li’hittirr /”N most maps the name Labrador is attached only to the narrow strip under the jurisdiction of Newfoundland on the Atlantic coast, yet it belongs in reality to the entire peninsula which begins at the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the point where the soth parallel strikes the coast. A line drawn from this point to the southern extremity of Hudson Bay, or rather of its offshoot, James Bay, separates the great peninsula from the rest of Canada. This westernmost point of the Labrador coast in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is about thirty miles to the west of Seven Islands, and about three hundred and fifty east of Quebec. As we approached the Labrador coast, after INDIAN MOTHER AND TEN DAYS OLD INFANT. THE TOWN OF SEVEN ISLANDS. an interesting sail down the mighty St. Lawrence from Quebec, we could see in the clear morning air the precipitous mountains of Gaspe sixty miles to the south, in places white with snow and brilliantly illuminated by the morning sun, but dark in the shadows of the deep ravines. The whole southern coast of Labrador is notable for its rivers which empty their floods, swelled in the spring by the melting snows, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The first of these is the St. Marguerite River, which, like nearly all these rivers, cuts through sand bluffs and is partly blocked by a bar extending part way across the mouth from the east. The town of about a dozen houses is perched on the western bank with a setting of dark spruce forest. The bay of Seven Islands is of great beauty and forms a nearly circular basin some four miles in diameter, and almost completely landlocked. Seve…

A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma $0.99 When acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky house guest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism, prestige and wealthy excess, and the neighboring Sonoma Valley, a rag-tag bohemian enclave so stubbornly backward that rambunctious chickens wandered freely through town. But the antics really began when new-money invaders began pushing out Sonoma’s poets and painters to make way for luxury resorts and trophy houses that seemed a parody of opulence. A Tale of Two Valleys captures these stranger-than-fiction locales with the wit of a Tom Wolfe novel and uncorks the hilarious absurdities of life among the wine world’s glitterati.Deutschman found that on the weekends the wine country was like a bunch of gracious hosts smiling upon their guests, but during the week the families feuded with each other and their neighbors like the Hatfields and McCoys. Napa was a comically exclusive club where the super-rich fought desperately to get in. Sonoma’s colorful free spirits and iconoclasts were wary of their bohemia becoming the next playground for the rapacious elite. So, led by a former taxicab driver and wine-grape picker, a cheese merchant, and an artist who lived in a barn surrounded by wild peacocks, they formed a populist revolt to seize power and repel the rich invaders.Deutschman’s cast of characters brims with eccentrics, egomaniacs, and a mysterious man in black who crashed the elegant Napa Valley Wine Auction before proceeding to pay a half-million dollars for a single bottle. What develops is nothing less than abattle for the good life, a clash between old and new, the struggle for the soul of one of America’s last bits of paradise. A dishy glimpse behind the scenes of a West Coast wonderland, A Tale of Two Valleys makes for intoxicating reading.Alan Deutschman has been writing for top

All Hat $0.01 A novel about hope, redemption, and getting even, not necessarily in that orderJust out of prison for attacking the man who assaulted his sister, Ray Dokes heads back to the small Canadian town where he was raised. Vowing to lie low, he moves in with Pete Culpepper, a Texas cowboy who has always been a grounding influence on Ray, but whose debts are growing faster than his corn. Between roofing houses and watching Pete’s nine-year-old gelding at the races, Ray soon crosses paths with just about everyone in town, including Pete’s new jockey, Chrissie, a tough young woman whose ease with horses is equaled only by her mistrust of people, and Ray’s former lover Etta, who views him with more skepticism than ever. Then there are the hired hands of the Stanton Stables: Dean, a wise guy who embodies the phrase “all hat and no cattle,” and his sidekick, Paulie, a simple-hearted man who has a way with animals. And last but not least, there’s Sonny Stanton, the vicious, violent, and spoiled heir of his father’s electronics fortune-and the man Ray spent two years in jail for nearly killing. When the opportunity arises to con Sonny out of some ill-gained wealth-and protect themselves and their homes in the process-everyone’s willing to band together and take a gamble.Surprisingly poignant yet laugh-out-loud funny, All Hat tells a classic story of little guys fighting big guys and reaffirming the meaning of honesty and friendship-and second chances-in the process.

Angling Resorts Near London $19.03 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:WALTHAM. THIS quaint, old-fashioned spot will well repay a visit, and will be found interesting to the antiquarian, the lover of rural scenery, and the angler. Barely fifteen miles from the smoky, dusty streets of London, one gets, after a short run from Liverpool Street, at once into the midst of charming country nooks, and the Waltonian will here meet with enough of legendary lore from any one who is conversant with the water to make him at once anxious to wet his line. The visitor will find that, turning to the left hand, from the top of the steps leading from the station yard, a broad, straight road lies in front of him, and this leads direct to the village. There are two separate fisheries here, both rented by Mr. Clark, whom I feel well assured will be delighted to render to the stranger visiting his waters every information. A yearly subscription of 11. is. includes both pieces of water, and the one at the top end of the town, called the “Corn Mill Fishery,” I will first deal with. It seems that since the death of the well-known Jemmy Allsupp, who used to be employed by Mr. Clark as keeper over the fisheries, there has been no one specially appointed to take his place ; but if the stranger angler will call upon Mr. Andrew Risley, of Woollatt Street, Sewardstone Street, and is fortunate enough to find him at home, I know of no one who would be more willing or competent to give him a hint than he. Going through the village from the station one cannot help noticing the curious old street, with its high-pointed and gabled houses, many of the roofs covered with a luxuriant crop of moss and yellow-flowering stonecrop, and presently a grand old church, with some gorgeously painted windows and a square Norman tower, is seen in front, and as we near it evidence of its great

Angling Resorts Near London $21.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:WALTHAM. THIS quaint, old-fashioned spot will well repay a visit, and will be found interesting to the antiquarian, the lover of rural scenery, and the angler. Barely fifteen miles from the smoky, dusty streets of London, one gets, after a short run from Liverpool Street, at once into the midst of charming country nooks, and the Waltonian will here meet with enough of legendary lore from any one who is conversant with the water to make him at once anxious to wet his line. The visitor will find that, turning to the left hand, from the top of the steps leading from the station yard, a broad, straight road lies in front of him, and this leads direct to the village. There are two separate fisheries here, both rented by Mr. Clark, whom I feel well assured will be delighted to render to the stranger visiting his waters every information. A yearly subscription of 11. is. includes both pieces of water, and the one at the top end of the town, called the “Corn Mill Fishery,” I will first deal with. It seems that since the death of the well-known Jemmy Allsupp, who used to be employed by Mr. Clark as keeper over the fisheries, there has been no one specially appointed to take his place ; but if the stranger angler will call upon Mr. Andrew Risley, of Woollatt Street, Sewardstone Street, and is fortunate enough to find him at home, I know of no one who would be more willing or competent to give him a hint than he. Going through the village from the station one cannot help noticing the curious old street, with its high-pointed and gabled houses, many of the roofs covered with a luxuriant crop of moss and yellow-flowering stonecrop, and presently a grand old church, with some gorgeously painted windows and a square Norman tower, is seen in front, and as we near it evidence of its great

Another Time Another Place $9.99 The Brownsville/East New York neighborhood of the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s is now but an almost faded memory, a “time warp” as it were. Today it is a neighborhood that has been eviscerated and exists only as a geographic locale.Through the collective memories of the famous and the not-so-famous, Jerry Chatanow and Bernie Schwartz have elicited and chronicled a treasure trove of anecdotes and remembrances that bring back to life a once vibrant and exhilarating neighborhood.The authors vividly transport the reader back to a bygone era of street games, egg creams, mello rolls and knishes, patriotism at the home front, plush movie palaces, the Dodgers, the Knicks, boxing venues, old time radio and the neighborhood settlement houses with its open doors waiting to welcome the teeming masses.Anyone from small town or big city who was ever enriched by the nurturing warmth, the loyalties and camaraderie of a “neighborhood” will enjoy this major contribution to the oral history of America.This is a story told within the context of this country’s transformation from “The Great Depression” to World War Two to “Baby Boomer” prosperity. The authors were both observers of and participants in what in retrospect proved to be a triumphant generation.

Archaeological Sites in the Republic of Macedonia: Ohrid, Stobi, Heraclea Lyncestis, Saint Panteleimon, Ohrid, Scupi, Dolno Gradi te, Damastion $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ohrid, Stobi, Heraclea Lyncestis, Saint Panteleimon, Ohrid, Scupi, Dolno Gradište, Damastion, Kokino, Plaošnik, Church of St. John at Kaneo, Bylazora, Stone Town of Kuklica, Trebeništa, Golem Grad, Ancient Theatre of Ohrid, Skopje Aqueduct, Bargala, Vardarski Rid, Idomenae, ViniÄ?ko Kale, Tumba, Tauresium, Prosek, Saint Erasmus, Ohrid, Astibo, Estipeon, Veluška Tumba, Bara Tumba, Cerje. Excerpt: The Ancient theatre of Ohrid is an ancient Greek theatre of the Hellenistic period, located in Ohrid , Republic of Macedonia . It was built in 200 B.C.. It is the only Hellenistic theatre in the country (the other three in Scupi , Stobi and Heraklea _Lynkestis are from Roman times). It is unclear how many people it used to seat, as only the lower section of the theatre is preserved. The open theater has a perfect location: the two hills that surround it keep it protected from winds that could interfere with acoustics during performances. The Anitque Theatre was actually discovered by accident and, today, hosts various different events and serves multiple functions. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Astibo or Astibus was a Paeonian and later Roman settlement which is located in the modern city of tip in the Republic of Macedonia . It is probable that the capital of the Paeonian royal house was in the area of Astibus .A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bara Tumba is an ancient living area from Neolithic times located near the village of Porodin, Macedonia , near Bitola . Discovered in 1953, several objects and some old Neolithic houses have been found. These objects are kept in the Museum of Bitola.Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bargala was a fortified town

At Home And Abroad, Or Things And Thoughts In America And Europe, Ed. By A.B. Fuller $37.39 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1856Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: LETTER IV. Edinburgh, Old and New. — Scott and Burns. — Dr. Andrew Combe. — American Re-publishing. — The Bookselling Trade. — Tho Messrs. Chambers. — De Qulncey the Opium-Eater. — Dr. Chalmers. Edinburgh, September 22d, 1846. The beautiful and stately aspect of this city has been the theme of admiration so general that I can only echo it. We have seen it to the greatest advantage both from Gallon Hill and Arthur’s Seat, and our lodgings in Princess Street allow us a fine view of the Castle, always impressive, but peculiarly so in the moonlit evenings of our first week here, when a veil of mist added to its apparent size, and at the same time gave it the air with which Martin, in his illustrations of ” Paradise Lost,” has invested the palace which ” rose like an exhalation.” On this our second visit, after an absence of near a fortnight in the Highlands, we are at a hotel nearly facing the new monument to Scott, and the tallest buildings of the Old Town. From my windows I see the famous Kirk, the spot where the old Tol- booth was, and can almost distinguish that where Porteous was done to death, and other objects described in the most dramatic part of “The Heart of Mid-Lothian.” In one of these tall houses Hume wrote part of his History of England, and on this spot still nearer was the home of Allan Ramsay. A thousand other interesting and pregnant associations present themselves every time I look out of the window. In the open square between us and the Old Town is to be the terminus of the railroad, but as the building will be masked with trees, it is thought it will not

Audrey Goes to Town $7.99 The Barlows have come to the tiny outback town of Beltana, and Audrey’s enjoying making new friends and seeing amazing sights like houses with real glass in the windows! But when Audrey’s mom is suddenly taken to the hospital, Audrey and her little brother are stranded with strict Mrs. Paterson, who has some very particular ideas about “good” behavior. Can Audrey make friends with this lonely old lady who keeps her heart in a cage? A glossary of “Interesting Words” makes learning Aussie slang fun and easy.

Backlot Sets: Wisteria Lane, Rko Forty Acres, Colonial Street, Pioneertown, California, Courthouse Square, Backlot $10.09 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wisteria Lane, Rko Forty Acres, Colonial Street, Pioneertown, California, Courthouse Square, Backlot. Excerpt: War of the Worlds set on a backlot at Universal Studios Hollywood. A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio , containing permanent exterior sets for outdoor scenes in motion picture or television productions, or space to build temporary sets. Some movie studios build a wide variety of sets on the backlot, which can be modified for different purposes as need requires and “dressed” to resemble any time period or look. These sets include everything from mountains, forests, ships, to small town settings from around the world, as well as streets from the Old West , to whole modern day city blocks from New York City, Paris, Berlin, and London. There are streets that comprise an assortment of architectural styles, Victorian to suburban homes, and 19th century-style townhouses that encircle a central park with trees. An example of this is “Forty Acres” in Culver City , California or, in the case of Universal Studios , the home of Norman Bates from the Hitchcock movie Psycho . The shells, or facades, on a studio backlot are usually constructed with three sides and a roof, often missing the back wall and/or one of the side walls. The interior is an unfinished space, with no rooms, and from the back of the structure one can see the electrical wires, pipes, beams and scaffolding, which are fully exposed. Ladders are usually built into the structure, allowing performers to climb to an upper-floor window or the roof to do scenes. Not all the buildings and houses are shells, however. Some are closed in with a fourth wall. When not otherwise in use, they double as storage facilities for lighting and other production equipment. When in use, the structures are

Birmingham Then and Now $12.09 Since its official founding in 1871, Birmingham, Alabama has been known by many names, including “The Magic City” and “Little Birmy,” but today it’s best remembered as the epicenter of the American Civil Rights Movement. Discover Birmingham’s rise as a southern industrial power, its role during the ‘60s, and its rebirth in the 21st century in Birmingham Then and Now. See the city’s most popular sites, including Jemison’s House, Vulcan Park, Red Mountain, and the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse where the Reverend Martin Luther King called for an end to segregation. Pay a sobering visit to the 16th Street Baptist Church, the site of a bombing that killed four little girls in 1963 and became the turning point in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Though the bomb ripped a hole in the back of the building and destroyed all but one window, the church has been restored and remains an important monument in American history. Meet “Miss Blanche,” proprietor of Madame Bernard’s Brothel—reputed to be the best house in town. Her next-door neighbor, “Old Lady Barfield,” ran a brothel of her own. See these houses of ill repute in all of their then-and-now glory.

Bound by Blood $6.99 New Orleans detective Jack Brenner is struggling with a faltering marriage, an injured partner, and an overbearing lieutenant when Emmett Floyd Graves, a convict facing lethal injection, sends Jack word through his lawyer that he has information about the unsolved murder of Jack’s cousin, a civil-rights worker killed in the summer of 1972. Jack is intrigued but suspicious, and before he can figure out whether he’s being played, he and his new temporary partner, Keisha Lundy, are assigned to the drive-by shooting of a teenage boy. Eerily, both Steven Bowen and Jack’s cousin David were distance-running phenomenons at the same high school where Jack himself was a champion hurdler. Jack juggles the Bowen case with his own secret investigation of Graves’s claim, backed up by Keisha, who knows what it’s like to lose a young family member through violence. Jack thinks he has time to make sense of things before bringing anyone else into it. But then television reporter Willow Ashe, an old flame from Jack’s past, comes on the scene. She not only stirs up old memories of hot nights on the levee, but breaks Graves’s story on the evening news for all the world to see, including Jack’s lieutenant, wife, and aunt. Jack is in hot water at work and at home. But the publicity gets him what he wants—-a chance to solve his cousin’s murder. The two crimes, separated by thirty years, send Jack and Keisha shuttling between the Big Easy underworld and the delta town of Bon Terre. Jack’s gut tells him that the Dixie Mafia kingpin who runs Bon Terre is somehow connected to both murders. Proving it will put him and people he cares about in the line of fire.An impressive debut set among the moonlit bayous, great houses, and old ghosts of Louisiana, Bound by Blood delivers a fine balance of humor, violence, and sorrow.

Bound by Blood $0.99 New Orleans detective Jack Brenner is struggling with a faltering marriage, an injured partner, and an overbearing lieutenant when Emmett Floyd Graves, a convict facing lethal injection, sends Jack word through his lawyer that he has information about the unsolved murder of Jack’s cousin, a civil-rights worker killed in the summer of 1972. Jack is intrigued but suspicious, and before he can figure out whether he’s being played, he and his new temporary partner, Keisha Lundy, are assigned to the drive-by shooting of a teenage boy. Eerily, both Steven Bowen and Jack’s cousin David were distance-running phenomenons at the same high school where Jack himself was a champion hurdler. Jack juggles the Bowen case with his own secret investigation of Graves’s claim, backed up by Keisha, who knows what it’s like to lose a young family member through violence. Jack thinks he has time to make sense of things before bringing anyone else into it. But then television reporter Willow Ashe, an old flame from Jack’s past, comes on the scene. She not only stirs up old memories of hot nights on the levee, but breaks Graves’s story on the evening news for all the world to see, including Jack’s lieutenant, wife, and aunt. Jack is in hot water at work and at home. But the publicity gets him what he wants—-a chance to solve his cousin’s murder. The two crimes, separated by thirty years, send Jack and Keisha shuttling between the Big Easy underworld and the delta town of Bon Terre. Jack’s gut tells him that the Dixie Mafia kingpin who runs Bon Terre is somehow connected to both murders. Proving it will put him and people he cares about in the line of fire.An impressive debut set among the moonlit bayous, great houses, and old ghosts of Louisiana, Bound by Blood delivers a fine balance of humor, violence, and sorrow.

Buildings And Structures In Barnsley $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wentworth Castle, Oakwell, Burntwood Hall, Cannon Hall, St John and St Mary Magdalene Church, Goldthorpe, Northern College for Residential and Non-Residential Adult Education, Barnsley College, Worsbrough Mill, Wortley Top Forge, Houndhill, Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Open College of the Arts, Barnsley Town Hall, Elsecar Heritage Centre, the Lamproom Theatre, Penistone Paramount Cinema, Hartcliff Folly, Oaks Viaduct, Monk Bretton Priory, Wortley Hall, Shaw Lane, Royd Moor Wind Farm, the Mall Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome, Lowe Stand. Excerpt: Barnsley College is a further education college just out of the town centre of Barnsley , England . It has several campuses: Eastgate House, the Falcon Centre, the SciTech Centre, Old Mill Lane Site, Construction Centre Site and the Honeywell Centre. The college provides A levels , vocational courses and higher education courses.Campus Old Mill Lane The old A block has now been demolished with classes being relocated to the B block or one of the other various college sites. The area will undergo a complete transformation with the construction of a new multi million pound building to replace both A and B block. This is due for completion in June 2011, with the final stage being the demolition of B block to make way for a landscaped garden area.Eastgate House This has now been rebranded as the sixth form college where the majority of A Level subjects are taught, examples include English, Geography and Business.The SciTech Centre Opened by Patrick Stewart in November 2004, and houses the Business, Science, Maths and Computing departments. A Levels are also taught here if they involve science, computing or maths. ICT shares rooms with computing.Honeywell Centre Has specialist facilities for Arts, Music and Music

Buildings And Structures In Richmond, Virginia $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Virginia House, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. United States Courthouse, Main Street Station, Egyptian Building, Agecroft Hall, the Shops at Willow Lawn, Regency Square, Short Pump Town Center, Centennial Dome, Metro Richmond Zoo, James Monroe Tomb, Model Tobacco Building, Broad Street Station (Richmond, Virginia), Steamer Company Number 5, Exchange Building (Petersburg, Virginia), Stony Point Fashion Park, Virginia Center Commons, Williams Island Dam, St. Mary’s Hospital, Evans-Haynes Burn Center, Old City Hall (Richmond, Virginia), Hull Street Station, Wrva Building, West Hospital, First Freedom Center, Exchange Hotel (Richmond, Virginia), Virginia War Memorial, Lumpkin’s Jail. Excerpt: Agecroft Hall is a Tudor estate currently on the James River in Virginia , United States , though originally built in Pendlebury , Lancashire , England in the late 15th century. It is now operated as a museum . It was the home of Lancashire’s Langley and Dauntesey families before falling into disrepair at the end of the 19th century. In 1925 it was sold at auction. Richmonder Thomas C. Williams, Jr. purchased the structure, had it dismantled, crated and shipped across the Atlantic , and then reassembled in a Richmond neighbourhood known as Windsor Farms . Its original position was in the Irwell Valley (Agecroft , Pendlebury) close to Agecroft Road (A6044) between Lumns Lane to the west and the Manchester to Bolton railway line to the east.History The hall was one of three manor houses owned by the Prestwich family from 1292 when Edmund Crouchback , Earl of Lancaster , granted land on the banks of the River Irwell to Adam de Prestwich. In 1350, Johanna de Tetlow, daughter of Alice de Prestwich and Jordan de Tetlow, married Richard de Langley, following the deaths of her parents and both brothers

California, Pennsylvania (Images of America Series) $14.34 Along the winding Monongahela River and forty miles south of Pittsburgh lies California, Pennsylvania. Hopeful prospectors settled the area in 1849 and named their town in honor of those hunting gold out West. California, Pennsylvania traces the growth of this Mon Valley town and nearby communities from the days of boatbuilding, coal mines, and railroads to today. Drawing on the California Area Historical Society’s extensive collection of old newspapers, municipal documents, and vintage photographs from the Harry Harris Photographic Collection, this volume also explores the history of early houses and local businesses, and the emergence of higher education from a state normal school into the California University of Pennsylvania.

Catasauqua and North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania $21.99 Once among the wealthiest communities in the country, Catasauqua was the birthplace of the modern American iron and steel industry. The energy and inventiveness of industrialists such as David Thomas, J.W. Fuller, and Leonard Peckitt spurred the growth and spread the fame of the Iron Borough far beyond the Lehigh Valley. Entrepreneurs and workers flocked to Catasauqua and North Catasauqua. They filled its mansions and row houses, churches and schools, silk mills, saloons, and playing fields with families who were proud to call the “Million Dollar Town” home.Their pride is evident in the images in Catasauqua and North Catasauqua. Bustling businesses, spacious schools, cherished churches, opulent houses, big parades and public celebrations, and strong, confident faces abound in these photographs. The culmination of that pride and prosperity came in 1914, when Catasauqua welcomed the world to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Crane Iron Works with Old Home Week. Less than ten years later, the iron business was gone, its last years recorded in extraordinary photographs. Life in Catasauqua, though harder, went on and today, the heritage of the Iron Borough days is visible everywhere in both towns-the streets, houses, and churches still loved and lived in as they were a century or more ago.

Charleston Ghosts $19.95 Charleston, South Carolina, famous for its magnolia and azalea gardens, its “Battery,” and its key role in early American history, has, naturally enough, it share of ghosts. They stalk the halls of town houses once famous for gracious living and romance; they inhabit lonely stretches of moss-draped road and deserted gardens on the sites of old plantations outside the city.Charleston Ghosts brings to life an intriguing assemblage of personalities who act out their fateful roles in true-to-legend style: * At Belvidere the lonely slave girl who was driven to crim by her faithless lover * The lovely bride-to-be killed by a childhood friend on her wedding night * Young Catherine Chicken, who spent a terror-filled night bound to a tombstone in the Childsbury graveyard * And unhappily married Ruth Lowndes Simmons, whose carriage wheels can still be heard at night along the deserted alleys as she drives to her empty home.

Charlton $21.96 Charlton is a community long known for its rural atmosphere and for the broad vistas seen from its high hills. Once called “Cow Town” because of its many dairy farms, Charlton now hosts a score of housing subdivisions. Most Charltonians commute to jobs out of town but return to the quiet of the Charlton countryside after work. In Charlton, you will return to the one-hundred-year period from the nation’s centennial to its bicentennial. Included are rare photographs of not only busy mills, bucolic farm scenes, rural schools, landscapes, and old houses but also sawmills, gristmills, and woolen and shoddy mills. In these pages, you will visit the four villages that grew up around the mills-Charlton Center, Dodge, Charlton City, and Charlton Depot-and experience the activity of Charlton Depot before its slow decline.

Classic German Fiction: Die Verwandlung, 3 other stories and 2 collections of short stories by Kafka, in the original German in a single file $0.99 This file includes (in the original German): Die Verwandlung; Betrachtung: Kleine Erzählungen; Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen; Ein Hungerkünstler, Erzählung; In der Strafkolonie, Erzählung; and Das Urteil, Erzählung. According to Wikipedia: Franz Kafka (German pronunciation: ['f?ants 'kafka]; 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a major fiction writer of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia (presently the Czech Republic), Austria-Hungary. His unique body of writing-much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously-is considered to be among the most influential in Western literature. Kafka was born in one of the houses on Prague’s Old Town Square, right next to the Church of St. Nicholas. A gallery with a permanent exposition on Kafka’s life has been opened in this house. His stories include The Metamorphosis (1912) and In the Penal Colony (1914), while his novels are The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).”

Coal Mines In Lancashire $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lancashire Coal Field was the most prolific in England, the number of shafts sunk to gain coal number several thousand, for example, in 1958, Wigan undertook a survey of old shafts and located 500. In 1980 following several years of redevelopment in the town, the list had grown to 1700 with no real idea of the total. Similar surveys in Bolton and Manchester have also produced long lists of undocumented shafts. The proliferation of mines was a result of the Industrial Revolution and the climate which was ideal for cotton mills. The coal was needed to feed the ever hungry boilers of the cotton mill towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Darwen, Oldham and Rochdale as well as the Rossendale Valley. The first industrial revolution coal mines supplied coal to Liverpool, along the River Mersey via the Sankey Canal, which was the first canal of the Industrial Revolution era. In the Manchester area, the first Industrial Revolution coal mines were those of the Duke of Bridgewater in Worsley, where the Bridgewater Canal was built to transport coal from his mines to Manchester. Lancashire miners used terms in different ways to other coal mining areas, a mine in Lancashire refers to a coal seam, so a reference to the Doe Mine actually refers to the Doe seam. The term pit was used for the shaft that was sunk to the mine and the term colliery was used to describe the whole of the surface area including the headgear, wash-houses, offices, trams etc. An example of this would be: Garswood Hall Colliery consisting of 3 pits: the number 9, the number 2 and the number 3 working the Ravin, Orrell 4 Foot and Arley mines. In 1880, the Mines Inspector reported 534 coal pits in the Lancashire field, as of 2007, only two pits were still wo… More:

Coastal Virginia: Hampton Roads, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth & Virginia Beach $8.99 The Coastal Plain includes the increasingly metropolitan area of Hampton Roads, the two counties on the Delmarva Peninsula known as the Eastern Shore, and the rural counties that make up the Chesapeake Bay region. The coastal plain extends inland for about 100 miles to a line that runs north and south from Arlington through Richmond, and down to Emporia in Brunswick county on the North Carolina border. In places, the great plain, slashed from east to west into three peninsulas by the Potomac, the Rappahannock, the York, and the James rivers, remains swampy, undeveloped wetlands. Typical of this is the 750-square-mile Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Area south of Suffolk and Chesapeake in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. This guide tell you what to see, how to get around, where to stay and eat — all you need to know. “An excellent destination guide.”– The Bookwatch. “Chock-full of attractions town by town; thoroughly interesting. Excellent detail; this excellent guide will take good care of you.” — Bon Voyage. “As a native Virginian, I don’t know why it took me so long to discover this book. It’s a great reference to have for both residents and visitors. I spent the first two hours just looking up points of interest and trivia about the Old Dominion. Virginia has so many historical sites that touring the state is like taking a class on the formation of America. A tourist can visit Revolutionary War Sites, Civil War Battlefields, scenic old towns, and the beautifully restored great houses, like Mount Vernon in Alexandria , Monticello in Charlottesville, Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg and, of course, the James River Plantations. Williamsburg is a must-see for everyone. This book’s Introduction gives a little background of Virginia and some general history. The handbook is then divided into the five regional areas of the state. They are the Northern, Central, Coastal Plain, Southwest and the Shenandoah Valley. Within these divisions

Cold Snap: Bulgaria Stories $22.5 As in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, place is at the center of Cynthia Morrison Phoel’s debut collection of linked stories. Quirky, remote, and agonizingly intimate, the ragged village of Old Mountain is home to a cast of Bulgarian townsfolk who do daily battle with the heat or the bitter cold, with soul-crushing poverty, with petty disagreements among themselves—all the while attempting to adapt to changing times and keep up with their neighbors. Money is tight in this valley of run-down Communist blocks and crumbling plaster houses, but community is tighter.When a largely unemployed father in “A Good Boy” trades his much-needed summer earnings for a hulking satellite dish, everyone knows about it. The same way everyone knows about the shop lady who rests her finger on the scale to drive up the price of cheese in “Galia.” In “Satisfactory Proof,” a budding mathematician completes a prestigious master’s degree in number theory but fails to recognize the patterns of care and compassion everywhere around him. And in the concluding novella, “Cold Snap,” as the town endures freezing temperatures and waits for the central heat to be turned on, the characters we have already met make a satisfying encore appearance—as the brittle cold pushes them to the edge of reason.”Phoel transports us to a country where jobs are scarce and men are more in love with their satellite dishes than their wives. Old Mountain is not an easy place to live, but these stories, with their surprising leaps of empathy, make it a pleasure to visit.”—Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street”I admire Cynthia Phoel’s use of original material, and the skill with which she makes an unfamiliar world real.”—Alison Lurie, author of Truth and Consequences

Commuters: A Novel $9.99 At seventy-eight, Winnie Easton has finally found love again with Jerry Trevis, a wealthy Chicago businessman who has moved to the small, upstate town of Hartfield, New York, to begin his life anew. But their decision to buy one of the town’s biggest houses ignites anger and skepticism—as children and grandchildren take drastic actions to secure their own futures and endangered inheritances. With so much riding on Jerry’s wealth, a decline in his physical health forces hard decisions on the family, renewing old loyalties while creating surprising alliances. A powerfully moving novel told from alternating perspectives, Commuters is an intensely human story of lives profoundly changed by the repercussions of one marriage, and by the complex intertwining of love, money, and family.

Commuters: A Novel $13.99 At seventy-eight, Winnie Easton has finally found love again with Jerry Trevis, a wealthy Chicago businessman who has moved to the small, upstate town of Hartfield, New York, to begin his life anew. But their decision to buy one of the town’s biggest houses ignites anger and skepticism—as children and grandchildren take drastic actions to secure their own futures and endangered inheritances. With so much riding on Jerry’s wealth, a decline in his physical health forces hard decisions on the family, renewing old loyalties while creating surprising alliances. A powerfully moving novel told from alternating perspectives, Commuters is an intensely human story of lives profoundly changed by the repercussions of one marriage, and by the complex intertwining of love, money, and family.

Concord $19.99 Concord’s photographic history begins in the last third of the eighteenth century and, in this new collection of “then and now” photographs, there is an abundance of the earliest images that capture the old town and its townspeople. Modern images chosen for their resemblances or comparisons illustrate the originally rural community’s transformation into a modern suburb and evoke thoughts of history’s ever-turning progression.Many of the older images in Then & Now: Concord have been given to the authors especially for this publication. Many are part of the Concord Free Public Library’s Special Collection. Most of the modern photographs have been made by photographers Claiborne Dawes and Alice Moulton. Their images show such compelling comparisons as fathers and sons, old houses renovated or replaced with other structures, and the famous old authors with recent famous new ones. Then & Now: Concord will bring murmurs of reminiscence to residents and expressions of interest and curiosity to visitors seeking depth to their understanding of this important New England town.

Cotati, California (Images of America Series) $19.99 The town of Cotati, once the Coast Miwok village of Kot’ati, was by 1850 a 17,000-acre diamond-shaped ranch set in the center of Sonoma County’s golden fields. Dr. Thomas Stokes Page and his heirs ran that ranch until the 1890s, when they laid out a town and a distinctive hexagonal plaza with streets named after Dr. Page’s sons. That wheel-like plaza earned centrally located Cotati the title, “Hub of Sonoma County.” For many years Cotati was the gathering place for hundreds of hardworking chicken ranchers, who bought up small farms in the surrounding countryside, but it was transformed in the 1970s into a hippie haven fed by nearby Sonoma State University. Old chicken houses then became student housing and the Plaza hub that was the setting for traditional community festivals became a vibrating stage for dancing and demonstrations. Cotati’s famous downtown nightclub, the Inn of the Beginning, was the proving ground for many now-famous musicians, including John Lee Hooker, Huey Lewis, Vince Guaraldi, Roseanne Cash, and Kate Wolf.

Cranbury, New Jersey (Images of America Series) $13.45 Few New Jersey towns have retained as muchnineteenth-century charm as Cranbury. Set inagriculturally rich Middlesex County, Cranbury isknown for its shuttered white-clapboard houses, lovely shaded streets, picket fences, and tranquil lake. First settled in 1697, Cranbury came of age more than one hundred years later when it developed into a bustling center with a gristmill, a sawmill, tanneries, blacksmith shops, and other business enterprises typical of small-town America. These images are fascinating: most of them have never before been published, and many of them were donated from family albums and collections. The recollections of many living residents have beenincluded as well, and the stories, anecdotes, andmemories breathe life into the images of a by-goneera. The result is a remarkable visual history, bothinformative and entertaining, that serves to preserveand celebrate Cranbury’s proud heritage. Cranbury is a journey into the past that will thrill resident andvisitor, young and old alike.

Dalton, Georgia (Images of America Series) $14.33 The Cherokees who first occupied this area called northern Georgia their “enchanted land,” but the discovery of gold caused a land rush, an illegal treaty of expulsion, and the Trail of Tears. Dalton was created when the Western and Atlantic Railroad was built to connect Atlanta with Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1863, during the Civil War, this small town became a battle scene along Gen. William T. Sherman’s march, with both armies occupying the community. After the war, the leading citizens built Crown Cotton Mill and Village to expand the town’s economy. In 1895, fifteen-year-old Catherine Evans hand-tufted a bedspread, ushering in the bedspread and tufted carpet bonanzas. With the invention of tufting machines in the 1930s and 1940s, Dalton boomed as carpet companies, supply houses, bedspread lines, and retail outlets brought wealth to the city. At one point, there were more millionaires per capita in Dalton than anywhere in the country. Today Dalton is growing with the help of a diverse Hispanic labor force and continues to be the Carpet Capital of the World.

Deerfield, Massachusetts (Images of America Series) $19.99 The picturesque town of Deerfield is located in the heart of historic Pioneer Valley. The town is famous for its beautifully preserved historic Old Main Street, its scenic fertile farmland, Historic Deerfield, Memorial Hall Museum, and the two-hundred-year-old Deerfield Academy. Many photographers and railroad fans are familiar with the East Deerfield Freight Yard, and many visitors enjoy going to see the Yankee Candle Company in South Deerfield. Deerfield’s history is interesting not only to its guests but also to the many residents who spend their lives there.In Deerfield, vintage images encompass all sections of the town, including South Deerfield. The photographs reveal the early days of the railroad, historic houses, and important residents. They capture scenes of the Old Main Street in Old Deerfield, which retains much of its original character, and the agricultural landscape, which drew both the Native Americans and, later, the European settlers to Deerfield. The images in Deerfield reflect upon significant times of the past and celebrate that rich history.

Denkmal Im National Register Of Historic Places (New York) $43.9 Dieser Inhalt ist eine Zusammensetzung von Artikeln aus der frei verfügbaren Wikipedia-Enzyklopädie. Seiten: 544. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Liste der Denkmäler im National Register of Historic Places im Orange County, New York Stock Exchange, Liste der Denkmäler im National Register of Historic Places in Poughkeepsie, New York Central Terminal, Freiheitsstatue, Central Troy Historic District, Hudson Historic District, Hartford Baptist Church, Ellis Island, St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church, James and Mary Forsyth House, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Village of Monroe Historic District, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Fort Montgomery, Cambridge Historic District, Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden, East 73rd Street Historic District, Hoosick Falls Armory, Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District, St. Philip’s Church in the Highlands, Gerard Crane House, Revolutionary War Cemetery, Darwin D. Martin House, Old Warren County Courthouse Complex, Smallpox Hospital, Salem Historic District, James Farley Post Office, Hyde Park Dutch Reformed Church, U.S. Post Office Saratoga Springs, U.S. Post Office Troy, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Governors Island, Verbeck House, John Kane House, Main Street Historic District (New Hamburg, New York), Lace House (Canaan, New York), St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kirkland Hotel, Sharp Burial Ground, Mamakating Park Historic District, Northern River Street Historic District, Old Southeast Town Hall, Village Diner, Milton Railroad Station, U.S. Post Office Nyack, Garfield School, U.S. Post Office Hoosick Falls, Hart-Cluett Mansion, Checkerboard Inn, U.S. Post Office Goshen, Main Street Historic District (Roslyn, New York), U.S. Post Office Lake George, U.S. Post Office Mineola, Cornelius S. Muller House, East 78th Street Houses, Rushmore Memorial Library, Hillside Cemetery (Middletown, New York), Mandeville House, Broadway Row, Elmendorph Inn, U.S. Post Office

Districts Of Erzincan $8.96 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kemaliye (formerly Ein) (Armenian: , Romanized Old Armenian: Akn, meaning “spring”) is a town and one of the 9 districts of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The town was re-named Kemaliye after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, in honor of Mustafa Kemal Pasha, although former name of Ein is still known and used locally and sometimes even beyond. It has a population of a little less than 10,000 people. It was part of Elaz Province until 1926, and Malatya Province between 1926-1938. Kemaliye is notable for its historical houses which have a unique architecture. The town also has one of the best views commanding the river Euphrates along its route. Kemaliye is one of the most suitable and favored rafting routes on the river. Its honey is also famous. Situated in a region defined by steep lines along the gorges of Euphrates, the industrial development in Kemaliye is rather modest and the agricultural land scarce. Exports of forestry products partially compensate for these, as well as the rising resources of recent years provided by tourism. Many of the old houses in Kemaliye have been restored along original features, and the town starts to attract an increasing number of visitors, either through the land route or through the river whose section around Kemaliye is popular among rafting fans. Hand-made production of a number of crafts products, made especially in iron, also remains vivacious. Bay window of a Kemaliye houseKemaliye has traditionally been a center of out-immigration, especially to Istanbul, creating ties to Turkey’s former capital where certain crafts and trades, such as the meat industry, were reserved, sometimes by means of imperial decrees, for natives of Erzincan Province for centuries. The tr… More:

Dorchester (Then and Now Series) $13.64 The ease of transportation via the Old Colony Railroad revolutionized Dorchester in the period between 1850 and the Civil War and brought a residential building boom that lasted the next seven decades. The town was annexed to the city of Boston in 1870, and by the turn of the century, Dorchester was one-fifth of the entire city. By the time of the Great Depression, the three-decker, Dorchester’s unique contribution to American architecture, was a trademark of the community. Dorchester, part of the Then & Now series, places vintage images alongside contemporary photographs to explore the history of this community’s public schools, places of worship, transportation, streetscapes, and historic houses.

East Amwell, New Jersey (Images of America Series) $14.35 Bordered by the Sourland Mountains, East Amwell’s fertile valley farmlands have been attracting settlers since 1720. The village of Ringoes, Hunterdon County’s oldest known settlement, was founded at the intersection of two Native American trails that became major crossroads: the Trenton-Easton Turnpike and the Old York Road from Philadelphia to New York. Early residents included Johann Peter Rockefeller, ancestor of John D. Rockefeller, and John Ringo, rumored to have buried treasure in town. During the Revolutionary War, the Sons of Liberty gathered at Ringoes Tavern, the Marquis de Lafayette recuperated nearby at Landis House, and Capt. John Schenck led an ambush on British dragoons near his Amwell home. Houses, mills, taverns, and general stores sprung up in Ringoes and smaller hamlets, as first the stagecoach and then the railroad brought prosperity and industry to this rural township. In 1932, what journalist H. L. Mencken called “the biggest story since the Resurrection” unfolded in East Amwell when Charles Lindbergh’s son was kidnapped from his estate.

Ethnic Enclaves In The United Kingdom $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stockwell, New Malden, Chinatown, London, Chinatown, Liverpool, Alum Rock, Birmingham, Chinese Quarter, Birmingham, Chinatown, Manchester, Little Portugal, London. Excerpt: New Malden is a town and shopping centre in the south-western London suburbs, mostly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and partly in the London Borough of Merton, and is situated 9.4 miles (15.1 km) from Charing Cross. New Malden was established entirely as a result of the arrival of the railway when Coombe for Malden railway station was opened on 1 December 1846 on the main line from Waterloo. However, when Queen Victoria visited distinguished residents in the Coombe Hill area, the royal train always continued to Norbiton station where the platform was at ground level. Building started slowly in the area north of the station, gathering pace in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with two- and three-bedroom terraced houses. Further out are larger detached and semi-detached houses from the 1930s. The road up the hill to Coombe, Traps Lane, is thought to derive from a farm owned by a Mrs Trap. Two miles (3 km) to the south is the former village of Old Malden from which it gets its name, whose origins go back to Anglo-Saxon times, the name being Saxon for Mael + duna = the cross on the hill. Under the District Councils Act 1895, The Maldens

Field-Marshal Count Helmuth Von Moltke As A Correspondent $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:pillars of the peristyle are still standing. The Curia, the Basilica, the Temples of Mercury and Concordia, the Pantheon come next. The many statues which adorned this square have been taken to the museum at Naples, as well as the greater part of the art treasures, paintings and mosaics. If they had been left in their old places they would probably have been soon destroyed. But it is to be regretted that not one Roman house has been restored here, where all necessary material was at hand. The ancients bestowed much more trouble and expense on their public buildings and less on their own houses than we, but everything was neat even to the veriest detail. The rooms which surrounded a square court-yard are seldom larger than eight to ten feet square ; they are unconnected with one another. The Pompeians must have had frequent intercourse with the Egyptians. This is proved by their sculptures, papyri, their temple of Isis and the mummies that have been found. If one of these could rise and take a look at us, he would be as much surprised at our appearance in coatsand round hats, and at our arrival by train, as we arc at his town. At a chemist’s medicine bottles of glass containing medicines, and marble jugs, with balsams for the embalming of mummies, were found. I have been lucky enough to obtain a little piece of this hard mass which, in spite of the two thousand years that have elapsed, still retains a strong smell. [S TO HIS te Field-Marshal, September 16th, ;; always been her iflowments of her Ms of heart, and :she was married leld in England, 'fond of St. Croix Bved in Germany I ne von Staffeldt, ter wards became Devotion Augustevon Moltke lavished on the education of her step-children, and with what affection they returned her care has heen told iu the biography

Former Settlements in Colorado: Ghost Towns in Colorado, Gilman, Colorado, List of Ghost Towns in Colorado, Animas Forks, Colorado $20.31 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ghost Towns in Colorado, Gilman, Colorado, List of Ghost Towns in Colorado, Animas Forks, Colorado, Virginia Dale, Colorado, Chivington, Colorado, Arapahoe, Colorado, Ashcroft, Colorado, Climax, Colorado, Tarryall, Colorado, Nathrop, Colorado, Querida, Colorado, Altman, Colorado, Buckskin Joe, Colorado, Manhattan, Colorado, St. Elmo, Colorado, Dearfield, Colorado, Carpenter, Colorado, Uravan, Colorado, Caribou, Colorado, Oro City, Colorado, Old Roach, Colorado, Crystal, Colorado, Nevadaville, Colorado, Mcphee Reservoir, Mary Murphy Mine, Russell Gulch, Colorado, Tincup, Colorado, Calumet, Colorado, Alpine, Colorado, Eureka, Colorado, Keota, Colorado, Dyersville, Colorado, Dakan, Colorado, Stout, Colorado, Ludlow, Colorado, Osier, Colorado, Dallas, Colorado, Lenado, Colorado, Lulu City. Excerpt: Gilman, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The town sits at an elevation of 8950 ft (2,700 m) on a dramatic 600-foot (180 m) cliff above the Eagle River on the flank of Battle Mountain. It is located southeast of Minturn and north of Tennessee Pass along U.S. Highway 24. The remnants of the townsite are visible in many places along the curves of the highway. More recent housing situated on the steep flank of the mountain itself near the former mines. Abandoned houses on the Gilman town siteThe mining district became the richest and most successful in Eagle County. The ore occurs in sulfide replacement deposits of three types: 1) thin-bedded deposits in the Sawatch Quartzite, (2) highly elongated ore bodies in the Leadville Limestone (here completely dolomitized), and (3) vertical pipes or chimneys cutting across the various formations. The ore minerals in order of decreasing abundance are sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and galena. The non-ore min... More:

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $6.99 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $19.99 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $29.99 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $6.99 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $17.99 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires Series #1) $39.41 College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Greenlawn, New York (Images of America Series) $14.51 From the archives of the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association comes this striking visual history of the north shore Long Island hamlet of Greenlawn. Originally known as Oldfields, the area was settled in the early 1800s by farmers. The extension of the Long Island Railroad through the farmlands in 1867-1868 provided the impetus for the development of a profitable pickle and cabbage industry, the growth of the community, and the arrival of vacationers, many of whom soon became year-round residents. Greenlawn includes stories of the Halloween eve conflagration, the Adirondack-style vacation retreat, the opera house, the farmhouse murders, the vaudevillians, and the Pickle King, among others. Today, houses cover the old farmlands; yet Greenlawnwith -one main street of small shops, a railroad crossing that halts traffic throughout the day, and many historical buildings-still retains its small-town charm.

Hawthorne, New Jersey (Images of America Series) $19.99 Hawthornne residents can boast of the area's role in the American Revolution remember all who served during wartime, and trace countless families who have lived here for generations. Hawthorne captures the history of this north Jersey borough, home of General Lafayette's local headquarters, whicH today houses the town offices. It echoes old-timers' memories of days spent hiding and playing in Hawthorne's high hills and then running down the steep slopes to the Passaic River for a swim.

Highlandtown, Maryland (Images of America Series) $21.99 Highlandtown's strong roots are nourished by old world traditions of family, culture, and faith. Settlement of the area first known as Snake Hill dates to the 19th century's expansion of the waterfront communities of Fell's Point and Canton. Farms and slaughterhouses soon emerged, relying heavily on immigrant laborers from Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, and Ireland. Fort Marshall was established atop the area's highest point, the present site of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. A military hospital emerged in Patterson Park, which began as a six-acre gift to the city from merchant William Patterson in 1826. After being renamed Highland Town" in 1862, Baltimore City annexed the town from Baltimore County and changed its spelling. By 1915, much of the retail district had been built along Eastern Avenue among row houses. Streetcars traveled down roadways of dirt or cobblestone, passing theaters, bowling alleys, horse-drawn wagons, and first-generation American children at play. Bakeries, barbers, grocers, and bars were on every corner, along with churches that worshipped in European tongues. There was no need to ever leave Highlandtown, and some folks never did."

Homebody $7.99 Since the tragic death of his wife and daughter, Don Lark has been moving from town to town, fixing up old houses and reselling them at a profit. He plans to do the same with the dilapidated mansion he's just bought in Greensboro, North Carolina, until the cheery neighbors, the lovely real estate broker, and even the old house work their charms on him and he decides to stay. But when he discovers a hidden tunnel under the cellar and starts asking questions, his welcome is suddenly worn out. There's more than a few skeletons in the closet in this distinctly modern variation on the haunted house tale.

Houses In Puerto Rico $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: U.s. Customs House (Ponce, Puerto Rico), Museo de La Masacre de Ponce, Serrallés Castle, Armstrong-Poventud Residence, Museo de La Historia de Ponce, Casa Paoli, Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre, Museum of Puerto Rican Music, 25 de Enero Street, Fernando Luis Toro Home, Residencia Aboy-Lompré, Casa Rosa, Old Ponce Casino. Excerpt: Calle 25 de Enero, 25 de Enero Street , is a historic Victorian village bounded by the street by that name in Ponce, Puerto Rico , and built to honor Ponce's volunteer firemen .This picturesque street is lined with around 60 red-stripped and black-striped houses, the local firefighters colors. The street takes its name from the historic fire that took place in the town on that day in 1899. Since then, and for a number of years, the city of Ponce built new homes on this street and then drew lots to see which of its firemen would be the lucky owners of these free new properties. History Firefighters are a particularly revered group in Ponce, a result of the devastating fires that have regularly swept through the city. But it was the fire on the 25th of January, 1899, known as "el polvorín", that is perhaps the most famous. It started in a military munition depot, located just three blocks from the now also historic Parque de Bombas firehouse yet the firefighters were told not to fight the fire. The reason for the order is not really known but what is certain is that several firemen decided to disobey orders, extinguishing the fire and saving the town. Although they were initially in danger of being punished for insubordination , the people of Ponce considered them heroes and the city government eventually rethought their decision and honored the men in a public celebration. For years the city wanted to

How An Average Man Lived An Adventurous Life $15.46 The stories in this book are all true. Its author has been held up at gunpoint at night on a road in Guatemala and shot with a machine gun in the chest and shoulder in Vietnam. He's come close to dying of thirst in the Sahara and freezing to death in the Himalayas. He's contracted malaria and typhoid fever in Ethiopia and hepatitis in India. There have been accidents involving motorcycles and automobiles. He's had close calls involving lions (twice), elephants (three times) and a rhino (once). He's visited over a hundred countries, seen revolutions, famines, wars, and panty raids, feasted in palaces and fasted in caves. He's discovered paradises, been saved by dolphins, hopped freight trains, danced with an 108-year-old woman, swam with sharks, frequented whore houses and opium dens, and met a man capable of revealing God. In the pages of this book you'll meet the queen of the Ecuadorian prison system, the Dalai Lama, Dick Cheney, a swami from Katmandu who makes his living picking up large stones with his penis, yak herders, tunnel rats, 300 pound go-go girls, deep sea divers, drug dealers, stock car drivers, Indonesian princes, Bolivian miners, beanheads, powder monkeys, hookers and saints. Between the stories the author gives advice to would-be travelers, describes six tropical paradises where you can live comfortably on five hundred dollars a month, and includes his personal lists of the best things in the world. Mr. Linnemeier hails from the Hoosier state. Today he treads the path of moderation, living contentedly in a small town, surrounded by friends and family. He claims to have abandoned most of his previous vices, and has the stated aim of dying peacefully in bed atninety five. In his own words, "I'm not the kind of person that men automatically defer to. I don't usually make women's hearts beat faster when they see me across a crowded room." That's the point: you don't have to be remarkable to live a remarkable life. If you'd like to lead an

I'm Not Your Eve! $4.99 Rose Stevens is a fourteen year old girl, living in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She attends Shrewsbury High School, which is four houses away from where her family is renting a ranch home. Her life is one of a typical teenager, until the day she goes for a walk. Her walk will turn her life upside down, and now there is no escaping her purpose, her destiny. Teenagers have been murdered. Teenagers have gone missing. The human/beast has given Rose no choice but to help him in his killing spree. Is she brave enough, is she strong enough to stop the town's serial killer beast? Will she be able to get her life back? Or will she too get killed in the process?

Illegal $7.99 The Edgar-nominated author acclaimed for his crackling courtroom scenes delivers an adrenaline-laced, no-holds-barred thriller—his most powerful novel to date—as a disgraced lawyer travels the twisted border between justice and revenge.Haunted by a tragedy in his past and wanted by the cops for his latest malfeasance, trial lawyer Jimmy “Royal” Payne needs to skip town. That’s when he crosses paths with twelve-year-old Tino Perez, newly arrived from Mexico with no money and no papers. The gutsy kid first robs Payne, then pleads for his help. Marisol, the boy’s mother, is missing, after crossing the border with a vicious coyote.Payne doesn’t go out of his way for anyone. But ex-wife Sharon, the L.A.P.D. detective he still loves, gives him a choice: help the boy or go to jail. Following a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal, Payne traces Marisol’s steps from Mexicali to California’s Hellhole Canyon, swept into the dark current of illegal immigration, human trafficking, and sexual slavery. Soon the cynical lawyer and the savvy kid are bonding…and battling cunning predators on both sides of the border. It’s the two of them against an army of cops, coyotes, vigilantes, and sex slavers. Most dangerous of all is Simeon Rutledge, a wealthy grower and the biggest employer of farm workers in California.Just why is Rutledge willing to bribe Payne—or kill him—to keep Marisol under wraps? Will Payne’s quest redeem his mistakes and resurrect his dead marriage—or get him buried in a shallow grave? Either way, he’ll find out there’s no escaping his past….From the shadows of migrant stash houses to the fertile fields of the San Joaquin Valley, Illegal delivers a searing mix of live-wire prose, shattering violence, and rich characterization. Set against a backdrop of larger social issues, this is a masterful tale from one of

Knopf Mapguide: New Orleans $5.49 Here is Knopf’s unique pocket-size MapGuide to the historic city of New Orleans: with six full-color, fold-out street maps of the most popular neighborhoods, plus bus, rail, and streetcar maps, as well as carefully selected information about the essential places to go and things to do.Here are the city’s most interesting destinations, from the Garden District to the French Quarter to the Warehouse District and the Lower Ninth Ward; from classic Creole food at Galatoire’s to Cochon, the hippest restaurant in town; shopping at Lucullus for culinary antiques, Fifi Mahony’s for Mardi Gras wigs, or Retroactive for the best of vintage in town; or visiting the Audubon Zoo, Greek/Gothic/Renaissance Revival houses, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and suggestions for excursions outside the city, including day trips to Cajun country or the old plantations along River Road.Everything you need to find your way around and get the most out of this fascinating city is right here.OTHER FEATURES• Up-to-date information on churches, temples, monuments, museums, and gardens, and more than 150 restaurants, cafés, bars, theaters, concert halls, and shops—all keyed to the maps• Best places to stay, from inexpensive lodgings to luxury hotels• How to go sightseeing on foot, by car, or by bus• Festivals, holiday information, cultural Web sites

La Grange and La Grange Park, Illinois (Images of America Series) $21.99 La Grange was incorporated in 1879, and La Grange Park in 1892. Both areas were farmland before being developed as residential communities. Today, a large section of La Grange is a National Register Historic District, and this area is dominated by large Victorian and early-twentieth-century homes. In fact, the most striking feature of La Grange and La Grange Park is the well-preserved state of their vintage housing. Both villages have maintained a small-town look and feel that has attracted many families to the area. During World War I, the Marx Brothers, in order to avoid military service, bought a farm just south of the La Grange village limits. A biography of Groucho includes some humorous recollections of life on that farm. La Grange is also lucky enough to be home to three Frank Lloyd Wright houses. Outside of these well-known attributes of La Grange and La Grange Park, the authors also explore the history of the early settlers of the area and show how the residents lived, worked, played, worshiped, and attended school in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through the use of over 200 vintage photographs from the La Grange Area Historical Society, individual residents, and community organizations, RoseAnna and Robert Mueller offer a glimpse of La Grange's old-fashioned streets that have made La Grange a popular setting for local television commercials and even the odd Hollywood film.

Little Silver, New Jersey: Volume II (Images Of America Series) $21.99 Featuring many previously unpublished photographs, Little Silver Volume II explores the community's growth from the late-nineteenth century to the present. A companion to the first volume, this exciting collection of images harks back to the dayswhen city dwellers traveled to Little Silver Point bysteamboat to spend their summers. Celebrate the 75thanniversary of the incorporation of the Borough ofLittle Silver with this unique glimpse of times goneby. Included in the book are images from the JuliaParker collection, providing an in-depth look at theParker homestead, which was willed to the Borough of Little Silver to be developed as a historic site. Also featured are the houses, schools, and recreational areas that contributed to the tranquility of this unique American community. Old timers will recall the stores and businesses that thrived in the middle of the century, and young readers will learn of the local heroes and world-famous people who lived in Little Silver. Parades, special events, and sporting activities are featured as well. Little Silver Volume II highlights the people and places that left a lasting impression on the history of the town.

Mason County, Texas (Images of America Series) $21.99 When an army scouting party headed north from Fredericksburg in 1851 to select a site for a new military post, they found an area of remarkable natural beauty on the northwestern edge of the Texas Hill Country. This land of clear streams, rocky hills, live oak thickets, and abundant wildlife had long served as a hunting ground for Comanches, Kiowas, and Lipan Apaches. A few German farmers had already settled along the Llano River, and a town soon sprang up in the shadow of Fort Mason. By the 1920s, Mason County's population included German Americans, descendants of old families from the southeastern states, Mexican immigrants who had fled the revolution, and African Americans whose ancestors had arrived in the 1850s. For decades, the region has attracted hunters, river enthusiasts, naturalists, and geologists. The town of Mason features one of the most picturesque courthouse squares in Texas. Its old-time storefronts and handsome sandstone houses make it a popular tourist destination today.

Montabaur $14.14 Kapitel: United Internet, Bahnhof Montabaur, Geschichte Der Stadt Montabaur, Liste Der Kulturdenkmäler in Montabaur, Amt Montabaur, Himmelbergtunnel, Fighting Farmers Montabaur, Schloss Montabaur, Ralph Dommermuth, Mons-Tabor-Gymnasium, Arnold Ii. Von Isenburg, Anne-Frank-Realschule Montabaur, Matthias Langer, Joseph Kehrein, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Landesmusikgymnasium Rheinland-Pfalz, 1. Ffc Montabaur, Frank Decker, August Kunst, Akademie Für Darstellende Kunst Montabaur. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Montabaur (German pronunciation: ) is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur - a kind of collective municipality - to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its InterCityExpress railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. Montabaur lies in the Westerwald, roughly 20 km northeast of Koblenz. About 13,000 people live in the city, while the district is home to about 40,000. Montabaur has seven outlying centres. In the north lies Eschelbach, and in the west lie Horressen and Elgendorf. Stretching south along the Gelbach valley are the pilgrimage centre of Wirzenborn, and, farther along still, Reckenthal, Bladernheim and Ettersdorf. Montabaur's neighbours are, clockwise beginning in the north, Dernbach, Staudt, Heiligenroth, Großholbach, Girod, Steinefrenz, Heilberscheid, Isselbach, Stahlhofen, Untershausen, Holler, Niederelbert, Arzbach, Kadenbach, Neuhäusel, Nomborn and Hillscheid. Montabaur's Old Town (Altstadt) distinguishes itself with its neo-Gothic Roter Löwe ("Red Lion") town hall, many timber-frame houses from the 16th and 17th centuries and the great Late Gothic Catholic parish church. The mediaeval town wall is preserved in parts, among them the so-called Wolfsturm ("Wolf's

More True Tales of Old-Time Kansas $12.95 "Rollicking, adventurous, touching" is how American West magazine described David Dary's first collection of stories, True Tales of Old-Time Kansas. This sequel, containing forty-one episodes, sagas, and legends from Kansas's vigorous, free-spirited past, shows Dary again at his entertaining best.More True Tales is filled with engaging stories of outlaws and lawmen, trailride adventures, buried treasures, natural catastrophes, the famous and the obscure. Sometimes romantic and always colorful, these stories touch on the struggles and hardships encountered by the pioneers as they attempted to adjust to life in early Kansas. The tales reflect the pioneering spirit of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in this part of the country—love of freedom and individualism, and a healthy respect for Nature. In these pages Dary brings to life the excitement and adventure of the Old West: the revenge and vengeance of Bloody Bill Anderson and Dutch Henry, the exploits of bank and train robber Bill Doolen, mayhem in the state's most violent town. Colorful hermits and trappers, traders and town builders join historical characters such as William Becknell, Father of the Santa Fe Trail—whose expedition turned a two thousand percent profit—and Lizzie Johnson Williams, the first woman to follow the Western Trail. The publisher Horace Greeley described urban life along the Santa Fe Trail: "It takes three log houses to make a city in Kansas, but they begin calling it a city as soon as they have staked out the lots." Dary recounts vividly the onslaught of cyclones, tornadoes, floods, droughts, blizzards, grasshopper hordes, and dreaded prairie fires. And he includes a section of amazing tall tales—such fish stories as harnessed catfish pulling boats along the Neosho River. A generous number of illustrations helps bring the tales to life. For Dary's many fans, this new collection provides more of what Ray A.

Mud Girl $7.95 Aba Zytka Jones (Abi) doesn't expect to get anything from anybody. Her dad's stuck in his chair and her moms taken off, but she is going to work out what to do on her own. At least that is what she thinks. Sixteen, almost seventeen, Abi Jones hasn't got cool clothes, friends, or, since last year, a mother. What she has is a lot of questions. And a need to make a life of her own. Abi lives with her dad in an odd little house by the Fraser River. Over it, actually. It's this location that gives her the nickname "Mud Girl." Sometimes the water flowing under part of the house makes her think they'll both be swept away some day.The summer before her last year of high school, Abi's solitary life begins to change. A woman she calls Ernestine - because she's so earnest - becomes her Big Sister. The cute guy from the paint shop, Jude, starts to take an interest. And a girl called Amanda offers Abi a summer job cleaning houses, work Abi enjoys more than she could have imagined. Jude and his two-year-old son, Dyl, present some urgent new questions and Abi has to find the answers fast - what Jude wants from her; how she feels about it; and what Dyl might need from her too. The life of Abi Jones, the Mud Girl, might be the last thing any teenager would choose. But it's her life, and Abi has to find out whether she's got the courage and intelligence to live it well. Alison Acheson's teen novel Mud Girl was a finalist for CLA's Book of the Year. She has also publish two juvenile novels and a picture book. Alison Acheson has taught in the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia, and continues to teach and write in the town of Ladner, BC, where she lives with her spouse and three sons.

Mud Girl $10.95 Aba Zytka Jones (Abi) doesn't expect to get anything from anybody. Her dad's stuck in his chair and her moms taken off, but she is going to work out what to do on her own. At least that is what she thinks. Sixteen, almost seventeen, Abi Jones hasn't got cool clothes, friends, or, since last year, a mother. What she has is a lot of questions. And a need to make a life of her own. Abi lives with her dad in an odd little house by the Fraser River. Over it, actually. It's this location that gives her the nickname "Mud Girl." Sometimes the water flowing under part of the house makes her think they'll both be swept away some day.The summer before her last year of high school, Abi's solitary life begins to change. A woman she calls Ernestine - because she's so earnest - becomes her Big Sister. The cute guy from the paint shop, Jude, starts to take an interest. And a girl called Amanda offers Abi a summer job cleaning houses, work Abi enjoys more than she could have imagined. Jude and his two-year-old son, Dyl, present some urgent new questions and Abi has to find the answers fast - what Jude wants from her; how she feels about it; and what Dyl might need from her too. The life of Abi Jones, the Mud Girl, might be the last thing any teenager would choose. But it's her life, and Abi has to find out whether she's got the courage and intelligence to live it well. Alison Acheson's teen novel Mud Girl was a finalist for CLA's Book of the Year. She has also publish two juvenile novels and a picture book. Alison Acheson has taught in the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia, and continues to teach and write in the town of Ladner, BC, where she lives with her spouse and three sons.

My Cave Life in Vicksburg $0.99 This book is a rare and affecting personal narrative of the Civil War from a Southern woman. At the age of twenty-seven, along with her two-year old daughter and her husband, Confederate Major James M. Loughborough, Mary Ann Webster Loughbrough, arrived in Vicksburg. Shortly thereafter, the Union armies began a month and a half seige against the fortification in order to gain control of the Mississippi River. As she and her daughter took refuge in dugout caves in the hills above Vicksburg, Mary Loughborough recorded her daily life. Her personal account of the events of 1863 vividly documents some of the many extraordinary experiences of ordinary people on American soil during the Civil War. Many consider General U.S. Grant's Siege at Vicksburg (May 25-July 4, 1863), along with Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, the turning point of the Civil War. During the siege, Union gunboats lobbed over 22,000 shells into the town. As the barrages continued, citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi sought refuge on a ridge located between the main town and the rebel defense line, where over 500 caves were dug into the yellow clay hills of Vicksburg. Whether houses were structurally sound or not, it was deemed safer to occupy these dugouts. People did their best to make them comfortable, with rugs, furniture, and pictures. They tried to time their movements and foraging with the rhythm of the cannonade, sometimes unsuccessfully. Because of these dugouts or caves, the Union soldiers gave the town the nickname of "Prairie Dog Village." Despite the ferocity of the Union fire against the town, fewer than a dozen civilians were known to have been killed during the entire siege. Mary Loughbrough tells the story of the Siege from the citizen's point of view.

Natchez, MS: Landmarks, Lifestyles and Leisure (Images of America Series) $13.4 Afascinating people of diverse ancestry, the early residents of Natchez are the mesmerizing subject of this photographic history. Here, they are seen at work and at play, often posing in lavish costumes or lounging outside of stately homes. These scenes were captured as early photographers ventured outside of the city's main thoroughfares to document life in suburban neighborhoods and the countryside. Natchez: Landmarks, Lifestyles, and Leisure includes residents of all ages and social backgrounds living in the area around the turn of the century. View descendants of wealthy cotton barons posing in front of once-grand houses--fallen into disrepair as a result of the Civil War. Some posed on horses or in fancy carriages; others remained inside while their homes were photographed. These images reflect the spirit of early Natchez in a way that words cannot; they symbolize what the Old South had been for a privileged few. Culled from the collections of three early photographers--Henry D. Gurney, Henry C. Norman, and his son, Earl Norman--this book illustrates a town and a people that basked in the glory of prosperity, crumbled under the hardships of the Civil War, and endured through a slow but steady recovery period.

Norfolk Plaza Hotel $0 Hotel Address: 29-33 Norfolk Square London. This 3-star budget-style hotel is centrally situated only a few steps from Paddington station, Hyde Park and the lively Bayswater area. Simple, no-frills accommodation, but in an excellent location for transport, sight-seeing and shopping.LOCATIONThe hotel is centrally located near Paddington station which has direct train connections to Heathrow airport and gives access to 4 different tube lines, enabling easy access to all parts of London. Hyde Park is about 5-min walk from the hotel. Perfect location for shopping – large shopping centre Whiteleys is only 10-min walk from the hotel and Oxford Street (Marble Arch) about 15-min walk away.EXTERIORThe property consists of several connected traditional Victorian town houses with white façade and modern glass entrance.INTERIOR & LOBBYThe lobby and lounge are modern and airy, with marble floors and seating area with leather sofas and large TV screen.ROOMSRooms are small to medium in size. They are very basically furnished with simple old-fashioned furniture and slightly worn-out décor. However, they are reported to be clean and comfortable. Bathrooms are small; all have bath/shower combined.RESTAURANTS & BARSThe lobby bar with adjacent lounge is perfect for relaxation, reading newspapers or watching major sports events on a large screen. The bar serves beverages as well as light meals and snacks.Continental buffet breakfast (extra charge for full English breakfast) is served in an air-conditioned breakfast room or can be delivered in room. *** The hotel will be closed for renovation from 31/10/11 until 01/06/12. ***...

Northern Virginia: Alexandria, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Manassas & Beyond $8.99 Here's a guide to the national and state parks, the cities, towns and villages and everything in between. Places to stay and eat, along with recommended fall foliage tours. We focus on Northern Virginia, including Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Culpeper, Faulkner, Fredericksburg, Leesburg & Manassas. "An excellent destination guide. -- The Bookwatch. "Chock-full of attractions town by town; thoroughly interesting. Excellent detail; this excellent guide will take good care of you." -- Bon Voyage. "As a native Virginian, I don't know why it took me so long to discover this book. It's a great reference to have for both residents and visitors. I spent the first two hours just looking up points of interest and trivia about the Old Dominion. Virginia has so many historical sites that touring the state is like taking a class on the formation of America. A tourist can visit Revolutionary War Sites, Civil War Battlefields, scenic old towns, and the beautifully restored great houses, like Mount Vernon in Alexandria , Monticello in Charlottesville, Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg and, of course, the James River Plantations. Williamsburg is a must see for everyone. This book's Introduction gives a little background of Virginia and some general history. The handbook is then divided into the five regional areas of the state. They are the Northern, Central, Coastal Plain, Southwest and the Shenandoah Valley. Within these divisions information is given on the counties and major cities. In each place, the historic sites, annual events, shopping places, museums, hotel accommodations, recreation areas, dining and local transportation are all listed and given detailed descriptions. I think that the best way to truly critique a guide book is to read about an area that you know pretty well and see how the authors handled that region. All of the major sites were mentioned in my area and the accommodations and things to do were all covered. I checked out the restaurants listed

Old Salem and Salem College, North Carolina (Postcard History Series) $21.99 Within a mile from the center of Winston-Salem, the 21st century gives way to an earlier time in the historic district of Old Salem. Cross-timbered houses, costumed interpreters, historic and interactive museums, and period gardens show and tell the story of the Moravian town of Salem, established in 1766. Old Salem is also the home of Salem Academy and College, begun in 1772 as a school to educate Moravian girls and in continuous operation since its founding. Step back in time and view Salem before and after its transformation to a living history museum and experience the Moravian way of life in Piedmont North Carolina.

Old Touraine, The Life And History Of The Chateaux Of The Loire $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER XVI AMBOISE THE CONSPIRACY " Ne presche plus en France une Evangile armee, Un Christ empistole, tout noirci de fumee, Protant un morion en teste, et dans sa main Un large coutelas rouge de sang humain." Diane De Poitiers does not seem to have cared much for Amboise, so the reign of Henry II. does not come into its story, but with the boy who followed Henry the throne begins the most from the ch,,teau terrible scene in the historv of of Amboise. the castle. In November 15 59, Marie Stuart was riding into Amboise with her young husband, Francis II., barely fifteen years of age, beneath the bright crisp sunshine of a winter in Touraine, through gaily-decorated streets filled with a crowd of men and women cheering the new King and his northern bride. Five months afterwards Marie Stuart rode through the same; VOL. II F WEATHERcoCK WITH THE ROYAL ARMS, streets again, with none to watch her but armed men, the doors and windows of the houses closed, and only here and there a gibbet or a corpse by way of decoration. For the little town had suddenly become the centre of a widespread movement — a movement which had begun many years ago, and gradually gathered force almost unseen and unappreciated by the Court, until at last it broke suddenly and terribly into view with the conspiracy of Amboise. The strangely new doctrines of Calvin had begun to penetrate Touraine soon after Francis I. had brought the Italian Renaissance into France, and the queer cave dwellings in the rocks of St. Georgesand Rochecorbon already concealed hermits with tendencies too revolutionary and unorthodox to be sheltered in ordinary resting-places. But the full consequences of the spread of the new doctrines did not become apparent until later, and it was not until the accession of ...

Oliver Cromwell's Letters And Speeches (Volume 1) $21.79 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:LETTER I. St. Ives, a small Town of perhaps fifteen hundred souls, stands on the left or Northeastern bank of the River Ouse, in flat grassy country, and is still noted as a Cattle-market in those parts. Its chief historical fame is likely to rest on the following one remaining Letter of Cromwell's, written there on the llth of January, 1635-6. The little Town, of somewhat dingy aspect, and very quiescent except on market-days, runs from Northwest to Southeast, parallel to the shore of the Ouse, a short furlong in length : it probably, in Cromwell's time, consisted mainly of a row of houses fronting the River; the now opposite row, which has its back to the River, and still is shorter than the other, still defective at the upper end, was probably built since. In that case, the locality we hear of as the ' Green' of St. Ives would then be the space which is now covered mainly with cattle-pens for market-business, and forms the middle of the street. A narrow steep old Bridge, probably the same which Cromwell travelled, leads you over, westward, towards Godmanchester, where you again cross the Ouse, and get into Huntingdon. Eastward out of St. Ives, your route is towards Earith, Ely and the heart of the Fens. At the upper or Northwestern extremity of the place stands the Church; Cromwell's old fields being at the opposite extremity. The Church from its Churchyard looks down into the very River, which is fenced from it by a brick wall. The Ouse flows here, you cannot without study tell in which direction, fringed with gross reedy herbage and bushes ; and is of the blackness of Acheron, streaked with foul metallic glitterings and plays of colour. For a short space downwards here, the banks of it are fully visible ; the western row of houses being somewhat the shorter, as

Open Road's Best Of Provence & the French Riviera $12.95 Open Road's Best of Provence gives readers a small number of great choices and itineraries for one-day,weekend, one-week and two-week trips. Only the best hotels, restaurants, sights, shopping and activities have been selected for this book. Readers will find a mix of unique trips of varying lenghts for the world's best-preserved Roman ruins, elegant seaside resorts and sun-drenched beaches, and savory cuisine and incredible wine. Highlights include: Arles' Old Town, Roman ruins, cafes and intimate restuaurnts; Aix-en-Provence with its shaded squares and bubbling fountains, 17th-century town houses and the grand main avenue; the old papal village of Avignon, with its large student popluation making it a vibrant small city; some of the world's best preserved Rooman sights in Nimes, "the Rome of France;" cosmopolitan and diverse Marseille; the refined and fun French Riviera; and lovely villages throughout the region. There is also a very useful French-English glossary of useful phrases and words.

Open Road's Best of Provence and the French Riviera: Your Passport to the Perfect Trip! and Includes One-Day, Weekend, One-Week and Two-Week Trips $0.01 Open Road’s Best of Provence gives readers a small number of great choices and itineraries for one-day, weekend, one-week and two-week trips. Readers are not weighed down with tons of useless information – we cut to the chase and give readers short descriptions of the best Provence and the Riviera has to offer. Only the top hotels and restaurants in each price category have been selected for this book. Readers will find a mix of unique trips of varying lengths for the world’s best-preserved Roman ruins, elegant seaside resorts and sun-drenched beaches, and savory cuisine and incredible wine. Highlights include: Arles’ Old Town, Roman ruins, cafés and intimate restaurants; Aix-en-Provence with its shaded squares and bubbling fountains,17th-century town houses and the grand main avenue; the old papal village of Avignon, with its large student population making it a vibrant small city; some of the world’s best-preserved Roman sights in Nîmes, “the Rome of France;” cosmopolitan and diverse Marseille; the refined and fun French Riviera; and lovely villages along the way, including:Saignon: Quiet and UnspoiledLourmarin: The Gastronomic Capitol of ProvenceOppède-de-Vieux: A Taste of Old ProvenceL’Isle-sur-la-Sorge: The “Venice of Provence”Uzès: An Overlooked Gem.

Ort Im Landkreis Celle $19.99 Kapitel: Celle, Bergen, Hermannsburg, Eversen, Müden, Eicklingen, Eldingen, Unterlüß, Wietze, Lachendorf, Oldendorf, Faßberg, Sülze, Hohne, Nienhagen, Weesen, Adelheidsdorf, Wienhausen, Becklingen, Lutterloh, Wathlingen, Hassel, Langlingen, Eschede, Ahnsbeck, Spechtshorn, Thören, Hambühren, Winsen, Hetendorf, Westercelle, Bleckmar, Beedenbostel, Bröckel, Altencelle, Habighorst, Blumlage/altstadt, Altensalzkoth, Feuerschützenbostel, Belsen, Höfer, Wohlde, Dohnsen, Bargfeld, Scharnhorst, Beckedorf, Schmarbeck, Nindorf, Diesten, Offen, Meißendorf, Garßen, Wietzenbruch, Walle, Wardböhmen, Bonstorf, Bannetze, Poitzen, Baven, Kohlenbach, Gockenholz, Wieckenberg, Stedden, Südwinsen, Wolthausen, Eschede-Weyhausen. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Celle (German pronunciation: ) is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle (Schloss Celle) built in the renaissance and baroque style and a picturesque old town centre (the Altstadt) with over 400 timber-framed houses, making Celle one of the most remarkable members of the German Framework Road. From 1378 to 1705, Celle was the official residence of the Lüneburg branch of the Dukes of Welf who had been banished from their original ducal seat by its townsfolk. The town of Celle lies in the glacial valley of the River Aller, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Hanover, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Brunswick and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south of Hamburg. With 71,000 inhabitants it is, next to Lüneburg the largest Lower Saxon town between Hanover and Hamburg. The town covers an area of 176.05 square kilometres (67.97 sq mi). Flowing from the northeast, the River Lachte discharges into the Aller within the

Ort Im Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen $19.66 Kapitel: Neuburg an Der Donau, Weichering, Marienheim, Schrobenhausen, Liste Der Orte Im Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bergheim, Rohrenfeld, Rennertshofen, Waidhofen, Heinrichsheim, Bertoldsheim, Gachenbach, Sinning, Aresing, Oberhausen, Attenfeld, Brunnen, Ehekirchen, Lichtenau, Rohrenfels, Berg Im Gau, Burgheim, Langenmosen, Gietlhausen, Unterstall, Karlshuld, Bergen Bei Neuburg, Hennenweidach, Leidling, Karlskron, Weidorf, Pobenhausen, Moos, Hessellohe, Riedensheim, Westerbach. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany. The municipality has 16 divisions: Neuburg was the capital of Palatinate-Neuburg. On 30 June 1972, Neuburg an der Donau became a Grosse Kreisstadt (similar to a county seat). HofkircheNeuburg an der Donau has a defensive wall around the old town. The old town contains some well worth seeing institutions and happenings, such as the 'Birdland Jazz Club Neuburg', one of the best locations for jazz auditions in Germany. The renaissance Ducal Palace (Pfalz-Neuburger Residenzschloss), which was built 1530-45 under Otto Henry, Elector Palatine and took on its present-day form during the reign of Philip William, Elector Palatine, houses today several museums including a baroque gallery of the Bavarian State Picture Collection. To the other main sights belong also the late renaissance court church Hofkirche (1607/08 built by Josef Heintz), the Town Hall (1603/09), the rococo Provinzialbibliothek (Provincial Library, 1731/32) and the baroque churches of St. Peter (1641/46) and St. Ursula (1700/01). Grünau is a renaissance hunting lodge of Elector Otto Henry which is situated 7 km further in the east. Partner cities include: Neuburg an der Donau is linked with: Neuburg an der Donau was part of the 1998 summit of worldwide cities named "new castle"

Ort Im Westerwald $19.99 Kapitel: Montabaur, Liste Der Ortsteile Im Landkreis Neuwied, Frickhofen, Liste Der Ortsteile Im Landkreis Altenkirchen, Breitscheid, Wilsenroth, Langendernbach, Driedorf, Erdbach, Winkels, Nenderoth, Thalheim, Odersberg, Arborn, Giershofen, Brückrachdorf, Liste Der Ortsteile Im Westerwaldkreis, Rabenscheid, Wienau, Elgert, Gusternhain. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Montabaur (German pronunciation: ) is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur - a kind of collective municipality - to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its InterCityExpress railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. Montabaur lies in the Westerwald, roughly 20 km northeast of Koblenz. About 13,000 people live in the city, while the district is home to about 40,000. Montabaur has seven outlying centres. In the north lies Eschelbach, and in the west lie Horressen and Elgendorf. Stretching south along the Gelbach valley are the pilgrimage centre of Wirzenborn, and, farther along still, Reckenthal, Bladernheim and Ettersdorf. Montabaur's neighbours are, clockwise beginning in the north, Dernbach, Staudt, Heiligenroth, Großholbach, Girod, Steinefrenz, Heilberscheid, Isselbach, Stahlhofen, Untershausen, Holler, Niederelbert, Arzbach, Kadenbach, Neuhäusel, Nomborn and Hillscheid. Montabaur's Old Town (Altstadt) distinguishes itself with its neo-Gothic Roter Löwe ("Red Lion") town hall, many timber-frame houses from the 16th and 17th centuries and the great Late Gothic Catholic parish church. The mediaeval town wall is preserved in parts, among them the so-called Wolfsturm ("Wolf's Tower"). The Montabaur Stadthalle (literally "town hall", but actually an event venue) is intended for various functions such as sessions,

Paula Deen's Savannah Style $0.01 With its lush gardens, stately town houses, and sprawling plantations, Savannah is the epitome of old Southern style, and who better to give you the grand tour than Paula Deen, the city’s most famous resident and anointed Queen of Southern Cuisine? In this gorgeous, richly illustrated book, Paula Deen shares a full year of Southern living. Whether it’s time to put out your best china and make a real fuss, or you’re just gathering for some sweet tea on the porch at dusk, Savannah style is about making folks feel welcome in your home. With the help of decorator and stylist Brandon Branch, you’ll learn how to bring a bit of Southern charm into homes from Minnesota to Mississippi. For each season, there are tips on decorating and entertaining. In the spring, you’ll learn how to make the most of your outdoor spaces, spruce up your porch, and make your garden inviting. In the summer, things get more casual with a dock party. Sleeping spaces, including, of course, the sleeping porch, are the focal point of this chapter. In the fall, cooler weather brings a return to more formal entertaining in the dining room, and in the winter, attention returns to the hearth, as Paula and her neighbors put out their best silver and show you how they celebrate the holidays. Paula loves getting a peek at her neighbors’ parlors, so she’s included photographs of some of Savannah’s grandest homes. From the vast grounds of Lebanon Plantation to the whimsically restored cottages on Tybee Island, you’ll see the unique blend of old-world elegance and laid-back hospitality that charmed Paula the moment she arrived from Albany, Georgia, with nothing but two hundred dollars and a pair of mouths to feed. And she isn’t shy about giving you a window into her own world, either. From her farmhouse kitchen to her luxurious powder room, you’ll see how Paula lives when she’s not in front of the camera. Packed with

Paula Deen's Savannah Style $30 With its lush gardens, stately town houses, and sprawling plantations, Savannah is the epitome of old Southern style, and who better to give you the grand tour than Paula Deen, the city’s most famous resident and anointed Queen of Southern Cuisine? In this gorgeous, richly illustrated book, Paula Deen shares a full year of Southern living. Whether it’s time to put out your best china and make a real fuss, or you’re just gathering for some sweet tea on the porch at dusk, Savannah style is about making folks feel welcome in your home. With the help of decorator and stylist Brandon Branch, you’ll learn how to bring a bit of Southern charm into homes from Minnesota to Mississippi. For each season, there are tips on decorating and entertaining. In the spring, you’ll learn how to make the most of your outdoor spaces, spruce up your porch, and make your garden inviting. In the summer, things get more casual with a dock party. Sleeping spaces, including, of course, the sleeping porch, are the focal point of this chapter. In the fall, cooler weather brings a return to more formal entertaining in the dining room, and in the winter, attention returns to the hearth, as Paula and her neighbors put out their best silver and show you how they celebrate the holidays. Paula loves getting a peek at her neighbors’ parlors, so she’s included photographs of some of Savannah’s grandest homes. From the vast grounds of Lebanon Plantation to the whimsically restored cottages on Tybee Island, you’ll see the unique blend of old-world elegance and laid-back hospitality that charmed Paula the moment she arrived from Albany, Georgia, with nothing but two hundred dollars and a pair of mouths to feed. And she isn’t shy about giving you a window into her own world, either. From her farmhouse kitchen to her luxurious powder room, you’ll see how Paula lives when she’s not in front of the camera. Packed with

Paula Deen's Savannah Style $19.99 With its lush gardens, stately town houses, and sprawling plantations, Savannah is the epitome of old Southern style, and who better to give you the grand tour than Paula Deen, the city’s most famous resident and anointed Queen of Southern Cuisine? In this gorgeous, richly illustrated book, Paula Deen shares a full year of Southern living. Whether it’s time to put out your best china and make a real fuss, or you’re just gathering for some sweet tea on the porch at dusk, Savannah style is about making folks feel welcome in your home. With the help of decorator and stylist Brandon Branch, you’ll learn how to bring a bit of Southern charm into homes from Minnesota to Mississippi. For each season, there are tips on decorating and entertaining. In the spring, you’ll learn how to make the most of your outdoor spaces, spruce up your porch, and make your garden inviting. In the summer, things get more casual with a dock party. Sleeping spaces, including, of course, the sleeping porch, are the focal point of this chapter. In the fall, cooler weather brings a return to more formal entertaining in the dining room, and in the winter, attention returns to the hearth, as Paula and her neighbors put out their best silver and show you how they celebrate the holidays. Paula loves getting a peek at her neighbors’ parlors, so she’s included photographs of some of Savannah’s grandest homes. From the vast grounds of Lebanon Plantation to the whimsically restored cottages on Tybee Island, you’ll see the unique blend of old-world elegance and laid-back hospitality that charmed Paula the moment she arrived from Albany, Georgia, with nothing but two hundred dollars and a pair of mouths to feed. And she isn’t shy about giving you a window into her own world, either. From her farmhouse kitchen to her luxurious powder room, you’ll see how Paula lives when she’s not in front of the camera. Packed with

Pawling, New York: Trinity-Pawling School, John Kane House, Pawling Nature Preserve, Oblong Friends Meeting House, Appalachian Trail $10.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pawling, New York, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, New York, John Kane House, Pawling Nature Preserve, Oblong Friends Meeting House, Appalachian Trail, Akin Free Library, Pawling, Whaley Lake, Pawling, New York. Excerpt: Akin Free Library The Akin Free Library on Quaker Hill is a historic eclectic late Victorian stone building in the hamlet of Quaker Hill, town of Pawling , Dutchess County, New York , USA , listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic place of local significance since 1991. The Akin Free Library was a gift from the Quaker Albert J. Akin (1803-1903), founder of the Bank of Pawling and the Mizzentop Hotel on Quaker Hill. The building was designed by the architect John A. Wood and constructed in the years 1898 until 1908. The library itself is located on the first floor of the building. Among others, its holdings of several thousand books contain books of local interest and by local authors, a children's section, and newspaper collections. Museums The Historical Society Museum occupies the second floor of the building. Its collections include objects pertaining to the local history such as period and Quaker clothing, tools and artwork, bowling pins from the Mizzentop Hotel, and the service window from the old Quaker Hill Post Office. The lower floor of the building houses the Olive Gunnison Natural History Museum , which displays about 200 mounted birds, rocks and minerals, as well as a shrunken human head. Location The address of the library is 97 Quaker Hill Road, Pawling, NY 12564. Websites (URLs online) References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Appalachian Trail item The Appalachian Trail Metro-North Railroad station serves campers and hikers destined for the Appalachian Trail in Dutchess County, New York

Penfield, New York (Images of America Series) $14.4 Penfield began as a milling town in the early 1800s, evolved into a farming community by the 1850s, and grew into one of Rochester's finest suburbs in the 1900s. Within the pages of Penfield are stories of founder Daniel Penfield and why, as a successful merchant and landowner, he left eastern New York to settle in an uninhabited wilderness; of twelve-year-old "Little Nellie" Williams, who operated the town's newspaper during the Civil War; of Almon Strowger, the inventor of the dial telephone switch; and of Timothy and Lydia Bush, direct ancestors of President George W. Bush. One of the only remaining mud houses in New York State still stands in Penfield; it and many other early structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

People From Old Town, Maine: Patty Griffin, Louis Sockalexis, Dick Macpherson, Charles Davis Jameson, Charles W. Roberts, Joseph Sewall $9.05 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Patty Griffin, Louis Sockalexis, Dick Macpherson, Charles Davis Jameson, Charles W. Roberts, Joseph Sewall, Chad Hayes, Andrew Sockalexis. Excerpt: Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with her onstage as well as performing cover songs of Griffin's work, exposing many of her compositions to mainstream pop and country music audiences outside Griffin's folk music circle of fans. She was also recipient of the Americana Music Association's highest honor as "Artist of the Year" in 2007, as well as taking home the award for best album for Children Running Through. Patty Griffin is from Old Town, Maine, United States, next to the Penobscot Native American reservation. She is primarily a guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, with a distinctive voice. The youngest child in her family with six older siblings, she bought a guitar for $50.00 at age 16, and sang and played, but had no inclination at the time to become a professional musician. After a short marriage which ended in 1992, Griffin began playing in Boston coffee houses, and was scouted by A

Pictures From Italy, And American Notes $24.3 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER V. WOKCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK. Leaving Boston on the afternoon of Saturday the fifth of February, we proceeded by another railroad to Worcester: a pretty New-England town, where we had arranged to remain under the hospitable roof of the Governor of the State, until Monday morning. These towns and cities of New England (many of which would be villages in Old England) are as favorable specimens of rural America as Iheir people are of rural Americans. The well-trimmed lawns and green meadows of home are not there ; and the grass, compared with our ornamental plots and pastures, is rank, and rough, and wild : but delicate slopes of land, gently- swelling hills, wooded valleys, and slender streams, abound. Every little colony of houses has its church and school - house peeping from among the white roofs and shady trees; every house is the whitest of the white; every Venetian blind the greenest of the green ; every fine day's sky the bluest of the blue. A sharp dry wind and a slight frost had so hardened the roads when we alighted at Worcester, that their furrowed tracks were like ridges of granite. There was the usual aspect of newness on every object, of course. All the buildings looked as if they had been built and paintedthat morning, and could be taken down on Monday with very little trouble. In the keen evening air, every sharp outline looked a hundred times sharper than ever. The clean card - board colonnades had no more perspective thana Chinese bridge on a tea-cup, and appeared equally well calculated for use. The razor-like edges of the detached cottages seemed to cut the very wind as it whistled against them, and to send it smarting on its way with a shriller cry than before. Those slightly-built wooden dwellings

Play 'Red Wing'!: A Family's Odyssey Through Europe and the Old West $1.99 PLAY RED WING! - A Family's Odyssey Through Europe and the Old West, is a biographical novel that traces four generations of the author's family. It chronicles their lives and migrations from Prussia to Austria, to Ohio, to the Oklahoma Territory, back to Europe after World War I, then once again to America, finally settling in Pratt County, Kansas. Each move was for a different reason. The saga runs from 1862 to 1938, highlighting the fourteen years in which they homesteaded in the Oklahoma Panhandle. There, the third generation son is a musician at the "all night dances" held on ranches and homesteads. The story also relates the impact of major events on the family: the Austro-Prussian War (1866), World War I, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and the rise of Nazism in 1930's Germany. It's a tale of immigrants, love, war and the roots of American music and dancing. Books or movies about the Old West often portray musicians as nameless, faceless individuals lost in the background. This book helps tell their story. These musicians played for pure enjoyment in farm or ranch houses, barns, and town halls at dances lasting all night long. During the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, those Saturday dances were, for many people, the most important social events of their lives and were the glue that held fledgling communities together through good times and bad. PLAY RED WING! is a song request. "Red Wing" was written by Kerry Mills in 1907 and on November 16 of that year, Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union. Thus, the book celebrates the centennial of both the song and the state.

Provence Style: The Art of Home Decoration $17.25 This beautifully illustrated volume brings the essence of Provence to home decor. Nothing about a true provencal house is accidental. The stone for the walls is faded by centuries of sun, the fabrics for table or bed come from local designers working in a centuries old tradition, the pottery and glasses to eat and drink from are the product of local craftsmen. This celebrated way of life is a result of the work of hundreds of artisans who still produce the elements of a home in the traditional ways. Indoors and out, readers will find here the elements to bring the style of the south of France into their own homes, from furniture to textiles and fabrics, and from faience pottery to beautiful metalwork. Also covered are architectural elements including stairways, railings, floors, moldings, fireplaces, chimneys, roofs and ceilings. And for the outdoors-gardens, walls and patios.Combining history with details of the methods of craftsmen, and inspirational photography with practical details Provence Style celebrates the true French country style that is perennially popular, a style that is at once rustic and sophisticated, and both traditional and elegant. Not all provencal houses are alike of course, and this book goes into detail about the best way to decorate a range of houses from grand villas to country houses, and from small cottages to houses in town. Each section of the book shows a variety of authentic approaches to different house types which can be applied here to bring the charm of a sun drenched provencal room to any house.Author Biography: Noelle Duck is editor in chief of Mer & Bateaux and author of several books on Provence, where she has lived and worked for many years Christian Sarramon is a well known lifestyle photographer who works for a wide variety of magazines and newspapers. He is also the photographer for Flammarion's Gardens in Brittany and Living in Paris.

Rambling Sketches In The Far North, And Orcadian Musings $15.03 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:SKETCH V. Kirkwall is the corrupted form of the ancient name " Kirk- juvagr" (Kirkevaag), which signifies church bay. The name is derived from the fact that a church once stood upon the landlocked bay at the head of which the city stands. To the traveller approaching Kirkwall from the west the view of the town is both picturesque and antique. In the summer afternoon, when the declining sun is casting a halo of golden light around the city and streaking the rippling sea with its gleams, the prospect is one to recall one's youthful recollections of fairy scenes in that golden age which seems to exist in boyhood's happy day. The town, which is long, consists mainly of one principal street more than a mile in length, and in many places so narrow that foot passengers find the greatest difficulty in passing any vehicle that may chance to come along. The quaint aspect of the street, and the peculiar style of some of the oldest houses, remind one that the town is ancient and associated with an historic past. One old house is pointed out as being the residence of James V. when he visited Orkney ; and in another Sir Robert Strange, the famous engraver, is supposed to have been bom. To the westward of the town lies what once was an extensive loch : it is now called the Peerie (small) Sea. It is connected with the harbour by an opening through an ayre or narrow ridge of earth and stones, and is thus filled with salt water twice a day. The opening was originally made to drain the loch ; but, Hke Lake Mareotis at Alexandria, it has become a saltmarsh instead. During summer the capital of Orkney is a luxurious spot. It can be made the headquarters of delightful boating expeditions. Besides the Cathedra], there are several places of historical and antiquarian interest. Close by the

Rambling Sketches In The Far North, And Orcadian Musings $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:SKETCH V. Kirkwall is the corrupted form of the ancient name ” Kirk- juvagr” (Kirkevaag), which signifies church bay. The name is derived from the fact that a church once stood upon the landlocked bay at the head of which the city stands. To the traveller approaching Kirkwall from the west the view of the town is both picturesque and antique. In the summer afternoon, when the declining sun is casting a halo of golden light around the city and streaking the rippling sea with its gleams, the prospect is one to recall one’s youthful recollections of fairy scenes in that golden age which seems to exist in boyhood’s happy day. The town, which is long, consists mainly of one principal street more than a mile in length, and in many places so narrow that foot passengers find the greatest difficulty in passing any vehicle that may chance to come along. The quaint aspect of the street, and the peculiar style of some of the oldest houses, remind one that the town is ancient and associated with an historic past. One old house is pointed out as being the residence of James V. when he visited Orkney ; and in another Sir Robert Strange, the famous engraver, is supposed to have been bom. To the westward of the town lies what once was an extensive loch : it is now called the Peerie (small) Sea. It is connected with the harbour by an opening through an ayre or narrow ridge of earth and stones, and is thus filled with salt water twice a day. The opening was originally made to drain the loch ; but, Hke Lake Mareotis at Alexandria, it has become a saltmarsh instead. During summer the capital of Orkney is a luxurious spot. It can be made the headquarters of delightful boating expeditions. Besides the Cathedra], there are several places of historical and antiquarian interest. Close by the

Rana, Norway: Mo I Rana, Raudvatnet, Selfors, National Library of Norway, Mo I Rana Airport, R ssvoll, Vikafestivalen, Andfiskvatnet, S r-Rana $9.8 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mo I Rana, Raudvatnet, Selfors, National Library of Norway, Mo I Rana Airport, Røssvoll, Vikafestivalen, Andfiskvatnet, Sør-Rana, Nord-Rana. Excerpt: Mo i Rana – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From the end of the Second World War until the early 1990s, Mo i Rana, with the town’s steel mill as its cornerstone, was dependent upon heavy industry. Norsk Jernverk employed approximately 4,500 of the 25,000 town’s inhabitants around 1978. Following the decline of heavy industry, new service industries have now grown in the town. The town is located on the Nordlandsbanen railway line in addition to being served by Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll. Mo i Rana houses a division of the National Library of Norway. The name “Mo” comes from an old farm that was situated near the modern town. The name of the farm comes from the Norse Móar, which means sand or grass lowland. The name Rana probably comes from Norse too. Rana means quick or fast, probably because the fast water flow in the fjord outside town. The town was an old trade centre in Helgeland. Farmers have lived in the area since the Iron Age. Mining, building boats (Nordlands boats), and hunting/fishing used to be the main ways of life. Starting the summer 1730, there was a Sámi market in town. The market was held on the main church grounds until 1810. In 1860, wholesale merchant L.A. Meyer started a trade center, on licence from the royal authority. Meyer traded flour, herring and tobacco, reindeer meat, skins and venison with the Swedes. The trade with Sweden increased. The municipality is rich on iron ores, and water-power to produce power. This was very important in industry development. Dunderland Iron Ore Company (1902-1947) established the first mines in Mo i Rana. Rana Gruber

Rauma, Finland: Old Rauma, Sammallahdenm ki, Rauma Dialect, Pallo-Iirot, Lukko, Lappi, Finland, Kodisjoki, Rauman Maalaiskunta, ij nsuo Arena $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rauma, Finland – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the 14th century, before being declared as a town, Rauma had a Franciscan monastery and a Catholic church. In 1550, the townsmen of Rauma were ordered to relocate to Helsinki, but this was successfully countered and Rauma could continue its growth. Practically the whole wooden town of Rauma was devastated in the fires of 1640 and 1682. The wooden city centre, which is how large the town was until 1809, has approximately 600 wooden buildings. The neo-renaissance style of many of the houses is a result of prosperity brought on by seafaring. In 1897 Rauma had the largest fleet of sailing boats in Finland, totalling 57 vessels. Goods were mainly exported to Germany, Stockholm and the Baltic states. In the 1890s, Rauma got a teacher’s college (a ’seminar’), which was later annexed to the University of Turku. A part of the department of education still exists in Rauma. After World War II, Rauma developed into an industrial city, the main industries being shipbuilding, paper and pulp mills, and metal industry. Rauma is also the fifth largest port in Finland with almost six million tonnes of shipping per year. Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant is located next to Rauma, in Eurajoki. Near Rauma, there is the static-inverter plant of Fenno-Skan. Sunset at the port of RaumaRauma is located between Turku and Pori by the national road 8 (E8). Finnish national road 12 starts from Rauma and it is was extended to the port of Rauma by the fall 2008. A railroad connection from Kokemäki is in active freight use, as there is a straight connection to the heavy industry areas and to the port of Rauma. The rail passenger traffic ended in 1988. Satakunnan Liikenne Oy runs the local bus traffic and it has 3 lines in Rau… More:

Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town $12.99 An esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. In 2001, Christopher de Bellaigue, then the Economist’s correspondent in Istanbul, wrote a piece about the history of Turkey for The New York Review of Books. In it, he briefly discussed the killing and deportation of half a million Armenians in 1915. These massacres, he suggested, were best understood as part of the struggles that attended the end of the Ottoman empire. After the story was published, the magazine was besieged with letters. This wasn’t war, the correspondents said; it was genocide. And the death toll was not half a million but three times that many. De Bellaigue was mortified. How had he gotten it so wrong? He went back to Turkey, but found that the national archives had sealed all documents pertaining to those times. Undeterred and armed with a stack of contraband histories, he set out to the conflicted southeastern Turkish city of Varto to discover what had really happened. There, de Bellaigue found a place in which the centuries-old conflict among Turks, Armenians, and Kurds was still very much alive. His government escort began their association by marching with him arm in arm through the town’s shopping district to show his presence; the local police chief, sent by the central office in Ankara to keep an eye on the Kurds, was sure he was a spy. He found houses built from the ruins of old Armenian churches, young boys playing soccer with old skulls, and a cast of villagers who all seemed unwilling to talk. What emerges is both an intellectual detective story and a reckoning with memory and identity that brings to life the basic conflictsof the Middle East: between statehood and religion, imperial borders and ethnic identity. Combining a deeply informed view of the area’s history with the testimonials of the townspeople who slowly come to trust him, de Bellaigue unravels the enigma of the Turkish twentieth century,

Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town $0.66 An esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. In 2001, Christopher de Bellaigue, then the Economist’s correspondent in Istanbul, wrote a piece about the history of Turkey for The New York Review of Books. In it, he briefly discussed the killing and deportation of half a million Armenians in 1915. These massacres, he suggested, were best understood as part of the struggles that attended the end of the Ottoman empire. After the story was published, the magazine was besieged with letters. This wasn’t war, the correspondents said; it was genocide. And the death toll was not half a million but three times that many. De Bellaigue was mortified. How had he gotten it so wrong? He went back to Turkey, but found that the national archives had sealed all documents pertaining to those times. Undeterred and armed with a stack of contraband histories, he set out to the conflicted southeastern Turkish city of Varto to discover what had really happened. There, de Bellaigue found a place in which the centuries-old conflict among Turks, Armenians, and Kurds was still very much alive. His government escort began their association by marching with him arm in arm through the town’s shopping district to show his presence; the local police chief, sent by the central office in Ankara to keep an eye on the Kurds, was sure he was a spy. He found houses built from the ruins of old Armenian churches, young boys playing soccer with old skulls, and a cast of villagers who all seemed unwilling to talk. What emerges is both an intellectual detective story and a reckoning with memory and identity that brings to life the basic conflictsof the Middle East: between statehood and religion, imperial borders and ethnic identity. Combining a deeply informed view of the area’s history with the testimonials of the townspeople who slowly come to trust him, de Bellaigue unravels the enigma of the Turkish twentieth century,

Report Of A Tour In Eastern Rajputana In 1871-72 And 1872-73 $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:3-KHBRA. Kh£ra is a village on the face of a hill about four miles to the west of Fatehpur Sikri. It is situated in an elevated position, on the south-western side of one of the last of what may he called the Fatehpur range of hills, which run westwards for about 5 miles from the latter place. There is little to say about the village itself, except that it has the appearance of being of some extent, and covers a considerable portion of the face of a shoulder of the hill looking towards the south-west. But the village is really not so extensive as it looks, for it includes a considerable number of ruined houses, which latter are of course tenant- less. There are also other fragments of ruined walls here and there, mostly on the outskirts of the village, and especially towards the east. Some of the latter ruins look old, and several large hewn stones, and some stone beams or posts, are lying about the eastern side of the village, on the slope of the hill; and as the very name of the place, Khdra, is a term which is mostly applied to ancient sites (though not invariably so), I think it very possible that the place may once have been the site of an ancient town of larger size. ‘in this neighbourhood, to the west and south of Khera, one begins to meet with a few Minas—a race of men whom one afterwards finds more plentifully distributed throughout Rajputana, especially in the region which lies between the Banganga and the Banas Rivers, and thence westwards to Jaypur. But, in fact, Minas may be found, more or less, all the way from Hindon to Jaypur, and from Baiana to Chitor; though in the extensive territory of the Jaypur State they are perhaps more numerous than elsewhere. That which has brought forth this notice of Khera, however, was the discovery of some

Restoring a House in the City $40 How to turn an old home into a jewel on the block.What do a fashion mogul, a Williams-Sonoma executive, a museum curator, and a design-savvy actress have in common? Good taste, of course, but more than that: a shared passion to “bring back,” to carefully restore and artfully embellish, their houses. They are among the twenty-one real-life renovations featured in this essential resource—from stately town houses to brownstone fixer-uppers—to give the true experience of creating an urban oasis on any street. Whether hunting for rare chandeliers, salvaging floorboards for new tabletops, or removing walls to let more light in, all the nuts and bolts of restoration are here. In Boston, a young family’s renovation takes three years and includes every modern amenity (a media room, home gym, elevator), but saves most of the original interiors (window shutters and seats, marble fireplaces). A Baltimore couple—both stars of the graphic design world—must reconcile their cutting-edge tastes with their traditional surrounds. From furniture and color to rooftops and terraces, Restoring a House in the City offers a treasury of inspiration and ideas, as well as a lavish illustrated tour of some of the best done renovations in the business.

Retailing In Poland $25.23 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Markets in Poland, Online Retail Companies of Poland, Retail Companies of Poland, Shopping Malls in Poland, Supermarkets of Poland, Tesco, Carrefour, Aldi, Lidl, Metro Cash and Carry, Auchan, Ahold, Netto, Les Mousquetaires, Metro Ag, Good Old Games, Q-Workshop, Main Market Square, WrocÅ?aw, JabÅ?kowski Brothers, Silesia City Center, Kaufland, Real, Plus, Selgros, List of Shopping Malls in Poland, List of Supermarket Chains in Poland, E.leclerc, Coffeeheaven, Arkadia, Galeria Krakowska, Galeria Kazimierz, Netto, Solaris Center, Cba, Centrum Handlowe Targówek, Biedronka, Rtv Euro Agd, Sfera, Galeria Mokotów. Excerpt: The Main Market Square (Polish : Rynek , German : (Großer) Ring ) is a medieval market square in Wroc aw , now the heart of a pedestrian zone.Wroc aw Market Square in 2005, view from the tower of St. Elisabeth’s Church The market square is rectangular with the dimensions 205 x 175m. The buildings around the square are built according to different styles: the middle part (German: Tritt ) of the ring is occupied by a block of buildings consisting of the Town Hall, the New City Hall as well as numerous citizens’ houses. The market square is an urban ensemble with the two diagonally contiguous areas – the Salt Market and the square in front of St. Elisabeth’s Church . Eleven streets lead to the market: two to each corner, two narrow lanes and an opened out side square, Kurzy Targ (“Chicken Market”).The market was founded according to Magdeburg law as early as the rule of Henry I the Bearded between 1214 and 1232. Over time, the patricians’ houses appeared and by the middle of the 14th century they had formed a closed construction with the limits of the plots defined.In the 19th century the square was connected

Reutlingen $14.14 Kapitel: Kirchenbezirk Reutlingen, Ssv Reutlingen 05, Oberamt Reutlingen, Ergebnisse Der Kommunalwahlen in Reutlingen, Achalm, Regionalstadtbahn Neckar-Alb, Prälatur Reutlingen, Two of Us, Kiz, Die Lollies, Georgenberg, Bruderhausdiakonie, Württembergische Philharmonie, Tsg Reutlingen, Mutschel, Amtsgericht Reutlingen, Kimmicher, Orschel-Hagen, Arbeitsgericht Reutlingen, Jerg-Ratgeb-Preis, Alte Ziegel-Linde, Käpfle, Scheibengipfel, Reutlinger Stadtbrand. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Reutlingen is a city in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828. Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which was founded in 1855, originally as a weaver’s school. Today Reutlingen is home to an established textile industry and also houses machinery, leather goods and steel manufacturing facilities. Reutlingen is located about 40 km (25 miles) south of the State capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart. It lies in the Southwest corner of Germany, right next to the Swabian Jura, therefore it is often called The gate to the Swabian Jura (German: ). The Echaz river, a tributary of the Neckar, flows through the town centre. Along with the old university town of Tübingen (about 15 km (9 miles) to the west), Reutlingen is the centre of the Neckar-Alb region. It is also part of the larger Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. The first settlements in the area are believed to date from the 4th or 5th century. Some time around 1030, Count Egino started to build a castle on top of the Achalm, one of the largest mountains in Reutlingen district (about 706 m). One of the towers of this castle still stands today and is open for visitors. The name Reutlingen was first mentioned in writing in the so-called Bempflingen Treaty (German: ) which is dated approximately 1089-90. Around 1180, Reutlingen received market rights and, between 1220

Rick Steves’ Snapshot Stockholm $7.99 You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Stockholm.In this 112-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Stockholm, including City Hall, Old Town, and the Vasa Museum, which houses Europe’s best-preserved old warship. You’ll get Rick’s firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket.Rick Steves’ Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves’ European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick’s up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time and money. They include good-value hotel and restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, and travel practicalities).

Rick Steves’ Snapshot Stockholm $3.1 You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Stockholm.In this 112-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Stockholm, including City Hall, Old Town, and the Vasa Museum, which houses Europe’s best-preserved old warship. You’ll get Rick’s firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket.Rick Steves’ Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves’ European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick’s up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time and money. They include good-value hotel and restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, and travel practicalities).

Save Magic City $3.99 Hurled into the time flow by a banishing spell, 13th century Edmund lands into the USA, 2007, in answer to Leona's fervent prayers for help to save her town.The corporation employing the townspeople has left, the bank foreclosures have created whole streets of empty houses, people are leaving in droves… the town is slowly dying.A black magician in his old time, Edmund is forbidden to do any magic if it is not for helping other people. He discovers and is fascinated by the magical powers of Internet and wants to bring instant relief to the townspeople, but Leona, who does not trust their dependency on magic, forbids him to do so.Leo, Leona's adoptive son, and his friends, Squirrel and Raccoon, accept the magic with enthusiasm and do their best to help the town to survive.When misfortune strikes, Leona gives her blessing for Edmund to use his magic.

Save Magic City $13.74 Hurled into the time flow by a banishing spell, 13th century Edmund lands into the USA, 2007, in answer to Leona's fervent prayers for help to save her town.The corporation employing the townspeople has left, the bank foreclosures have created whole streets of empty houses, people are leaving in droves… the town is slowly dying.A black magician in his old time, Edmund is forbidden to do any magic if it is not for helping other people. He discovers and is fascinated by the magical powers of Internet and wants to bring instant relief to the townspeople, but Leona, who does not trust their dependency on magic, forbids him to do so.Leo, Leona's adoptive son, and his friends, Squirrel and Raccoon, accept the magic with enthusiasm and do their best to help the town to survive.When misfortune strikes, Leona gives her blessing for Edmund to use his magic.

Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater $48 The single-screen movie theaters that punctuated small-town America’s main streets and city neighborhoods since the 1920s are all but gone. The well-dressed throng of moviegoers has vanished; the facades are boarded. In Silent Screens, photographer Michael Putnam captures these once prominent cinemas in decline and transformation. His photographs of abandoned movie houses and forlorn marquees are an elegy to this disappearing cultural icon. In the early 1980s, Putnam began photographing closed theaters, theaters that had been converted to other uses (a church, a swimming pool), theaters on the verge of collapse, theaters being demolished, and even vacant lots where theaters once stood. The result is an archive of images, large in quantity and geographically diffuse. Here is what has become of the Odeons, Strands, and Arcadias that existed as velvet and marble outposts of Hollywood drama next to barbershops, hardware stores, and five-and-dimes. Introduced by Robert Sklar, the starkly beautiful photographs are accompanied by original reminiscences on moviegoing by Peter Bogdanovich, Molly Haskell, Andrew Sarris, and Chester H. Liebs as well as excerpts from the works of poet John Hollander and writers Larry McMurtry and John Updike. Sklar begins by mapping the rise and fall of the local movie house, tracing the demise of small-town theaters to their role as bit players in the grand spectacle of Hollywood film distribution. “Under standard distribution practice,” he writes, “a new film took from six months to a year to wend its way from picture palace to Podunk (the prints getting more and more frayed and scratched along the route). Even though the small-town theaters and their urban neighborhood counterparts made up the majority of the nation’s movie houses, their significance, in terms of revenue returned to the major motion-picture companies that produced and distributed films, was paltry.”In his essay, “Old Dreams,” Last Picture Show

Sketch Of A Tour In The Highlands Of Scotland $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAP. III. FROM WEEM, Miles. Aberfeldie 1 Kenmore 6 Killin 16 Aberfeldie—Appin—Approach to Taymouth—Ballach, the valley and palace described—Druidical circles, or Gothic courts of justice—Improvements—Connexion of remarkable scenery with national feeling—Macgregors — Ken- more—Braidalbane, extent and general description of the division—Loch Tay described ; singular peculiarity of its salmon; agitations in it; island, and ruins of priory—Woods —Pruning—Farming and crowded population of Loch Tay side—Ancient language always used in common conversation by ancient race—Approach to Killin—Finlarig — Glenlochy. J. HE houses or cottages of the village of Aberfeldie are built on each side of the road to Kenmore, which is about six miles west from the village. This road, along the southern side of the valley, is the direct continuation of the road from Perth, by Dunkeld, to Kenmore and the western and north-western highlands; and, as the face and ridge of the northern hill are better cultivated and wooded than the side and summit of the hill on the south, the traveller who is desirous to see the valley generally to the best advantage will naturally prefer this road, which is besides the most direct and convenient for those who enter the Grampians from the Dunkeld pass. This southern road stretches through the grounds and extensive plain of Balnagard. Above the village or principal farm there are some remarkable waterfalls. A little to the west is the market-town or village of Inseh, a burgh of barony; and near it the walls of an old castle, said to have been built by King Gregory the Great, 900 years ago. From Inseh the road stretches through the estate of Grantully, for five miles, to the village

Sketches Of Historic Bennington $13.47 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:THE HISTORIC WALLOOMSAC The historic Walloomsac, as it glides slowly and then swiftly through the east part of Bennington, is only one among the many little rivers which every New England boy in his own home has learned to love. But to the Bennington boy, although many delightful hours are associated with this beautiful stream, yet the historic association makes it doubly dear, for on its banks that glorious 16th of August was fought the battle which brought honor and victory to our brave Bennington men. Its name, Walloomsac, originated from a Dutch word, Wallumschaik, the termination ” chaik ” signifying scrip or patent; the whole word meaning Wallum’s patent, the name of a grant of several acres of land in Bennington, alleged to have been granted by New York about ten years before the charter under New Hampshire. The grant bore the date June 15, 1739. On its banks, a short distance from where itissues from Safford’s Pond, stands the house of Mr. William Morgan, built by his great-grandfather, Colonel Samuel Safford, of Revolutionary fame. It contains many relics of great value, and is one of the few houses of Revolutionary days which has been carefully preserved. On the walls of its sunny library hangs, framed, a letter from General Washington to Colonel Safford, which is highly treasured by his descendants living in this old home, one of the most attractive in our town. Below the Soldiers’ Home are three bridges, whose names are associated with favorite localities of ours in our younger days. They were in close proximity to each other, and were called ” Meach Hole,” “Governor Robinson,” and “Old Red” Bridge. From the dam near the Bennington and Rutland Railway passenger station, the river winds through the lower part of the village down past the mammoth woolen mill .