Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes

Book Description

Frame cottages, tidy farms, grand town houses, and well-tended gardensall these places tell the story of ordinary life and the simple pleasures that have shaped New Englands character. Windows on the Past explores four centuries of home building, the ways the landscape has been used and cared for, families ties to their homes, and social and dining customs.

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Excellent Read.......2005-08-25

For those of you that like historic New England Homes, this is for you!

Even if you are not an actual historic home buff, this book is an easy read and it is interesting. If that does not tempt you then consider the excellent photography within its pages at a minimum.

This was a 45.00 book new and I was lucky to get if for less than 8.00 new at the Christmas Tree Shops here in Massachusetts. You can get some new copies at the vendors above for a similar price. This book was well worth the retail price when it was new. The book is by Historic New England (formerly The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.)

Window Into the Past.......2000-07-09

Images that come to mind when one thinks of New England are rough landscapes, Tiny shingled farm houses and patriots fighting for freedom. But New England history does not stop there. In this book you will see a wide varity of styles that span four hundred years of our countries history, from the 1600s, to the 1940s. A great book to own.

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Tonal Values: How to See Them, How to Paint Them
Angela Gair
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Tonal Values: How to See Them, How to Paint Them

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more quality from hardy marks publications

Breath Taking.

Life and Death Tatoos (Tattootime 4)

Manufacturer: Hardy Marks Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0945367058

Customer Reviews:

more quality from hardy marks publications.......2000-07-05

do you think you are serious about tattooing? consider yourself a bit of an expert on it? and you don't have this book? (not even any of the other tattootime issues?) then re-think and re-consider! anyone serious about tattooing, its backgrounds, its history should have this book. and all the other four issues. they are all out on hardy marks publications; the publishing company owned and run by don ed hardy. whom you should know.

this volume is entitled "life and death tattoos", but is not as morbid as its title might suggest.

so far i've only had time to read but a few chapters. and already i can wholeheartedly recommend this book! (as usual: even for the photographs alone...)

there is an interview with one of my favourite american writers: donald richie. he's spent most of his life in japan, and therefore knows a lot about its history, its people, its culture, and its tattooing! he does have a lot of interesting things to say; especially if you're a japan fanatic like myself. btw: richie has written a book called "the japanese tattoo" - which is very, very good if you want to find out more about that subject. check out my separate review.

there's an article written by a pathologist who elaborates on tattooing from his perspective. philosophically interesting and very entertaining.

another great article is the one about the medical pathology museum of tokyo university. what do they show there? well, preserved skins from deceased tattooees!

also there's a special "portfolio" feature on dan thomé, showing some interesting, south pacific inspired tattoos.

Breath Taking........2000-06-21

I enjoy the art of the human body. Yet never had I imagined it could be an art form like this. The tatoos are immaculate... and the details with which the author used is incredible. Definitely one that you want to keep looking at again and again.

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From one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet music-to make the body shake and move to the rhythm of rhyme, to the pulse of words. Juan Felipe Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the confusion of growing up in an upside-down, jumbled-up world-between two cultures, two homes. With a crazy maraca beat, Herrera creates poetry as rich and vibrant as mole de ole and pineapple tamales...an aroma of papaya...a clear soup with strong garlic, so you will grow not disappear Herrera's words are hot& peppery, good for you. They show us what it means to laugh out loud until it feel like flying.

Juan Felipe Herrera's vibrant poems dance across these pages in a dazzling explosion of two languages English and Spanish. Skillfully crafted, beautiful, joyful, fun, the poems are paired with whimsical black and white drawings by Karen Barbour. The resulting collage fills the soul and the senseshot and peppery, good for you and celebrates a life lived between two cultures.Laughing out loud, I fly, toward the good things,to catch Mama Lucha on the sidewalk, afterschool, waiting for the green-striped bus,on the side of the neighborhood store, next to almonds,Jose's tiny wooden mule, the wiseboy from San Diego,teeth split apart, like mine in the coppery afternoon . . .

22000 Pura Belpre Award

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The fanciful joys of language.......2006-07-21

On opposite pages, poet Herrera creates his magical poems, filled with joy and laughter, the craziness of a child's world, two cultures, two homes. Dancing with sounds and the rhythms of language, the poems are filled with vibrant images:

"Chico, the smallest, just like this, Chico
with circus swing arms, my papi calls me
Chiquin, Don Memin, the Mayor of Nueva York
in my long coast of marimbas and Puerto Rico..."
(Chico, the Smallest, Just Like This, Chico)

Combining cultures, this work invites participation, gleeful and enthusiastic as the food and people who come to life in these poems:

"In Mama's Mexican clay bowl, an onion is born
a cilantro skyscraper and a tiny sardine eye
or is it a mad reddish chicken or Socrates my cat
the only one
that scratches stoves..."
(In Mama's Mexican Clay Bowl, An Onion Is Born)

Complemented by the stylish artwork of Karen Barbour, these pages beg to be read aloud, the sounds, the scents, the language of food that evokes vibrant memories, a book that celebrates life, love and a sense of place. Luan Gaines/2006.

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Vuela a Tu Libertad/Fly to Your Freedom
Lara A. Castilla
Manufacturer: Diana
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La busqueda/ The Quest

ASIN: 9681315987

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Spanish Fly
Tobalina
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ASIN: 1561632813

Book Description

The physical and mental ecstasy and anguish of sex hot blooded Spanish style! Macho meets chicas muy bonitas with each story a different exciting situation! Tobalina¹s artwork will raise your temperature, guaranteed!

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¿Aprender a volar?

Aprender a Volar II/ Learning to Fly 2
Lara A. Castilla
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¿Aprender a volar?.......2004-04-25

Con este libro se trata de llegar a cierta profundidad y reflexión, aunque en realidad se hubiera podido llegar más lejos no fue así, debido a la carencia de argumentos para constituir en sí buenos consejos. Puede ser objeto de lectura durante un viaje aburrido o algo por el estilo.
Cynthia Alvarez

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Aprender a volar/Learn To Fly

Manufacturer: Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
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Binding: Paperback

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Aprender a Volar/Learning to Fly
Lara A. Castilla
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Atrevete a Ser Mejor!/ Dare to be Better!: Viaja En Primera Clase/ Fly in First Class

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Atrevete a Ser Mejor!/ Dare to be Better!: Viaja En Primera Clase/ Fly in First Class
Humberto Patino Gil
Manufacturer: Panorama Mexico
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A Butterfly Flies Towards the Wind: A Collection of Poems, Thoughts, and Memories in English and Spanish

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A Butterfly Flies Towards the Wind: A Collection of Poems, Thoughts, and Memories in English and Spanish
Claribel Coreano
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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ASIN: 1420828681

Book Description

A Butterfly Flies Towards the Wind is not simply a collection of poems but a collection of the author's life experiences. You will find yourself laughing, crying, and rejoicing with the emotion of each poem as if it may have happened to you. Throughout the book, you will feel the different stages of the author's heartfelt sorrow and triumph. As a result of the many difficulties shown in the various poems, you may come to understand and perhaps have a deeper understanding of yourself. A Butterfly Flies Towards the Wind is a portrayal of hope and inspiration that carries you into the depths of humanity.

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"No greater prose stylist ever wrote for an American newspaper. It is always useful and enjoyable to be reminded of this, as Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work most certainly does... Should be required reading not merely for all newspaper people but for all those who labor in what we now call 'the media.'" -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

In January 1991 the Enoch Pratt Free Library opened the sealed manuscript of H. L. Mencken's "Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work." Written in 1941-42 and bequeathed to the library under time-lock upon Mencken's death in 1956, it is among the very last of his papers opened to the public. Thirty-five Years of Newspaper Work, a one-volume edition of highlights from the manuscript, vividly pictures the excitement of newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.

Here Mencken colorfully recalls his years--mostly with the Baltimore Evening Sun--as a reporter and a writer of editorials that always caused a stir among the public and riots of indignation among his enemies. The volume includes important new material on his coverage of presidential candidates from 1912 to 1940 and the 1925 trial of the man he called the "infidel Scopes."

"The book reveals a man who loved food, alcohol, cigars, and good friends... Mencken had so many friends in high places that a few well-placed telephone calls invariably got him to the heart of the matter and revealed more information than any other reporter could solicit." -- Raymond L. Fischer, USA Today

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An engaging look at a bygone era.......2005-09-22

"This, after all, is MY story, and so I do not apologize for its pervasive subjectivity."

So said Mencken in the preface, and good for him. While his usual verbal pyrotechnics give way to straight reporting here, you always know exactly where he stood.

The book's focus is Mencken's association with the Baltimore Sunpapers. His Free Lance column established his iconoclastic reputation locally. He helped draft the White Paper ("the doctrine that public officials, under democracy, were predominantly frauds, and hence did not deserve to be taken seriously") that became the basis for the company's success during the Roaring Twenties. He represented the paper in its dispute with Baltimore's Catholic archbishop over a reporter's questionable judgment. Despite outside commitments (he wrote and co-wrote more than 20 books, edited two magazines, and wrote hundreds of articles for other newspapers and magazines during this period), he remained a columnist for decades, and eventually joined the board of directors.

Mencken occasionally had a problem with years; he later placed the 1925 Scopes trial and Bryan's death in 1926, and refers back to the 1928 conventions as having happened in 1924. He finished this account before writing Heathen Days; parts of each book overlap, but, save for several Scopes trial passages and a few other adventures, aren't repeated. Even to his Scopes notes, he added many previously unpublished details.

Interesting details abound. In addition to his job, Mencken remembers peers in his field, oppressive censorship and anti-German discrimination during World War I, acquiring liquor during Prohibition, the establishment of Time magazine ("I was surprised by its immense success, for it was marked at the start, as it still is today, by a pretentious and puerile style of writing and a pervasive ignorance and inaccuracy"), several of his trips abroad, and the transient self-aggrandizing government timeservers who became "as completely forgotten as the politicians of the Polk administration". Then there are the humorous moments, such as his lodging arrangements at the 1920 Republican convention:

"I roomed with Kent, and had two disconcerting surprises the first night. The first came when he got down on his knees beside his bed and began to pray audibly and volubly, clad in an old-fashioned nightshirt. The second followed soon afterward, as he fell asleep. Never in my life have I heard more appalling snoring. All the ordinary sounds were there, but in addition there were others - for example, a series of crescendo gurgles ending in what seemed to be strangulation, with both the performer and me leaping up in our beds. The next night I managed to have Kent bunked with Adams, and so got some sleep."

The book is also a window into a transitional era. Cars and airplanes increased in popularity, but passenger trains remained the main mode of transportation for long distances: some of Mencken's fonder memories occurred on and near trains. Wireless telegraphy evolved into commercial radio. The telephone helped facilitate the reporter's job as it became more common.

Above all, this is Mencken as only Mencken could write; clear, opinionated, and quotable. This thoroughly enjoyable reading experience makes me glad he lived when he did: if his like were to come along again, he'd be barred from today's dumbed-down mainstream media.

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Excellent for Learning Negotiation in Business & Realestate

Is there a Cliff's Notes version?

The Selling Agent's Worst Nightmare.

Reading it again.

saved me a bundle

Not One Dollar More!: How to Save $3,000 to $30,000 Buying Your Next Home, 2nd Edition
Joseph Éamon Cummins
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Book Description

Don't be another real estate victim! Get the know-how and tools you need to select, negotiate, and purchase a home on your terms Did you know that most buyers unwittingly pay thousands more for their homes than they should? Written by a nationally celebrated consumer advocate and former real estate broker, Not One Dollar More! tells you what you should know, do, and say to protect your hard-earned cash. The author takes you inside the maneuverings of the industry and explains in jargon-free English how to avoid paying top dollar for your new home. You'll learn how to arm yourself with simple tools and techniques to guard against real estate tricks and traps. And you'll discover the secrets to invisible negotiation, guaranteed to win you the best deal possible on your next home purchase—and save you a small fortune!

Packed with real-life anecdotes and case studies
Includes the questions you should always ask, with advice on inspecting homes, making offers, unearthing facts and hidden problems, and homebuyer mistakes
Shows you how to obtain the best home loan possible
Helps you find an agent who will represent your interests exclusively
Includes a comprehensive online mortgage shopping section

"One of the great books on personal finance. Shows how to get a great deal and reads like a novel.… Five stars!" —James Scoff Tiernan Jr., Executive Director, American Consumers Association "Certainly the best and most enjoyable book on homebuying. Inspiring!" —Bruce Hahn, President, American Homeowners Foundation "Shows how to hold on to your money—with GREAT anecdotes." —Andrew Tobias, author, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

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Excellent for Learning Negotiation in Business & Realestate.......2007-09-25

Excellent book! Bought copies for friends (rare event) because it's so informative about sales psychology overall- not just realestate. You may get this book on buying realestate, but after reading it you'll be quite informed about buy anything else & negotiation potential is involved. The book has helped me - saved me lots of $$$. It's an easy read too.

Is there a Cliff's Notes version?.......2007-07-09

I recommend this book to home buyers who are looking to buy a house in the same area they are currently living in who also have either no or manageable time pressures. Very few tips are given to aid a buyer that must shop for and make an offer on a house when time only affords him a single trip to a new city (as my husband and I had to do)...which is not surprising, given that this is no way to get the bargains promised on the cover.

That being said, the tactics that are laid out seem reasonable and workable, but are repeated ad nauseum. An additional annoying feature of the writing is the tendency to spend several pages giving the reader a drawn out anticipatory build up to the few tactics the author will convey on the upcoming pages. The point-diluted anecdotes about poorly orchestrated buyer negotiations are followed up by several paragraphs that give the reader a pep talk without really conveying any information, making the book feel like an infomercial as one reads through it.

...This buyer acted poorly and spent way more money than he needed to. Don't want to be like him? Well you should read this book! Here's another story about a buyer that did something stupid. Don't want to be like her, either? Well, keep reading! Eventually, I'll get to the 5 sentences you need to read in order to know what to do instead...

Perhaps others would disagree, but as a reader with an engineering background, unless I'm reading a book for pleasure, I skim for the pertinent information. Separating the wheat from the chaff, this book should be about a third of the thickness that it is. However, if you have the time the time to shop around for a house (and by time, I mean *at least* a month or two to actually go out and look at houses) *and* to read through and separate the useless parts of this book from the parts that actually contain good advice and tactics, I would recommend it.

The Selling Agent's Worst Nightmare........2006-02-23

If your buying a house for the first time, whether its an investment or primary residence, read this book. plain and simple.

Reading it again........2003-12-25

I bought this book four years ago when I was shopping for my first house. I got fed up with my realtor and decided I didn't need one, as long as I could handle the negotiations myself. So I turned to this book.

The book is geared toward using a realtor or buying agent, but I found everything was just as applicable if used "going it alone." Especially some of the resources listed in the back for comps, etc. It's a very easy book to read and it doesn't try to make you a slick rapid-fire negotiator. It teaches you very simple yet effective techniques that may be common sense to some other readers, but they weren't to me. Admittedly, Cummins is repetitive in his messages, but I think the repetition serves to firmly ingrain the techniques in your mind so when you do actually get in front of the seller/realtor, you don't let your emotions get the best of you.

As a result of what I learned from this book (and also by not using a realtor), I saved $25K on a $185K house. I also used the techniques in negotiations during a car purchase and during salary negotiations for a new job. Best 17 bucks I ever spent.

Now I'm starting to look for my second house, so I'm re-reading the book (and going without a realtor again). I'm holding onto the first house as a rental, but I hope that if I ever have to sell, it's not to a buyer who's read this book!

saved me a bundle.......2002-04-24

I never would have even tried bidding on the house I eventually bought, it was so far out of my range. This book made me give it a try, and I negotiated down a whopping $50,000 less than the asking price. I'm not a natural bargainer, but the book showed me how to conduct myself from first walk through to signing.

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