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English
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"PI Mac Reilly, the star of TV's Mac Reilly's Malibu Mysteries, and his fianceé, Sunny Alvarez, are looking forward to spending June at Chez La Violette, a villa they've rented in St. Tropez. Sunny arrives first, only to discover that they've been scammed, along with a number of others who thought they were renting a fancy house on the French Riviera, among them Belinda Lord, the estranged wife of a Russian mobster, and widower Billy Bashford, a...
Author
Publisher
Applewood Books
Language
English
Description
"Featuring more than 190 vintage views of cottages built from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, Lost Newport highlights 59 summer houses, now lost, in an evocative guide that gives depth to any Newport experience." --
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
"For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community, here, at last, is a book that makes it both easy and pleasurable to identify the various styles and periods of American domestic architecture." --
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, covering the architectural history of each room, and giving us, an eye-popping account of how its use has evolved from medieval times to the present day. By focusing on what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table and at the stove - from sauce-stirring to breastfeeding, teeth-cleaning to masturbation, getting dressed to getting married - this book will make...
