Dream Houses

Author : Carmen Maria Machado
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451026
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Dream House written by Carmen Maria Machado and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope—the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman—through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. Machado’s dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.

Author : Emilee Wirshing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948800990
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Dream Houses written by Emilee Wirshing and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean-Claude Delorme
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architects' Dream Houses written by Jean-Claude Delorme and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sumptuously illustrated volume, architect Jean-Claude Delorme explores ten exceptional houses constructed by the precursors and pioneers of twentieth-century architecture. Each of these extraordinary residences is utterly unique and affirms the strong individual vision of its creator. Ranging from the iconoclastic house Sir John Soane built for himself in London in the 1790s to the austere yet dramatic villa Adalberto Libera constructed for writer Curzio Malaparte atop a rocky spur on Capri in the 1930s, Architects' Dream Houses tells the compelling stories of these dwellings, of the visionaries who conceived them, and of the shifting aesthetic environment in which they were built.

Author : Joie Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813035734
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dream Houses written by Joie Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naples, Florida, is known internationally for its stunning beaches, cosmopolitan ambience, and captivating architecture. Originally settled in the late nineteenth century, the seaside resort town is blessed with abundant historical architecture. One of the Sunshine State’s first "planned communities," the city is consistently recognized as one of the top growth areas in the United States. As a result, the original beach homes, most built between 1895 and 1950, are today threatened by land development and new construction.

Author : Home Planners, inc
Publisher : Home Planners, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781881955726
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Dream Homes written by Home Planners, inc and published by Home Planners, LLC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sections for each style: Gothic Revival, reminiscent of Britain's Middle Ages; Italianate and Second Empire, reminiscent of rural Italy and France; Victorian; and Victorian-influenced farmhouse.

Author : Janine Marsh
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782437339
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Good Life in France written by Janine Marsh and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for. Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined. These are the true tales of Janine's rollercoaster ride through a different culture - one that, to a Brit from the city, was in turns surprising, charming and not the least bit baffling.

Author : Jonathan Scott
Publisher : Harvest
ISBN 13 : 9780544715677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dream Home written by Jonathan Scott and published by Harvest. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited first book from HGTV's biggest stars and Emmy nominees, the Property Brothers, on buying, selling, and renovating a home

Author : Genevieve Valentine
Publisher : WSFA Press
ISBN 13 : 9781936896059
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dream Houses written by Genevieve Valentine and published by WSFA Press. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes a certain type to crew a ship that drops you seven years at a time into the Deep. Kite-class cargo ships like Menkalinan get burned-out veterans, techs who've been warned off-planet, medics who weren't much good on the ground. The Gliese-D run isn't quite the end of the line, but it's getting there. No cachet, no rewards, no future; their trading posts get Kites full of cargo that the crew never ask questions about, because if it's headed for Gliese-D, it's probably something nobody wanted. A year into the Deep, Amadis Reyes wakes up. Menkalinan is sounding the alarm; something's wrong. The rest of the crew are dead. That's not even what's wrong.

Author : Eric Hodgins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743262328
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House written by Eric Hodgins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Blandings and his wife buy an old farmhouse, unaware of the costly and unforseen repercussions of their decision.

Author : Barbra Streisand
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101665165
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Passion for Design written by Barbra Streisand and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly five decades Barbra Streisand has been one of the singular figures in American entertainment. From the cabaret to the Broadway stage, from television and film stardom to her acclaimed work as a director, from the recording studio to the concert hall, she has demonstrated that the extraordinary voice that launched her career was only one of her remarkable gifts. Now, in her first book, Barbra Streisand reveals another aspect of her talent: the taste and style that have inspired her beautiful homes and collections. My Passion for Design focuses on the architecture and construction of her newest homes, the dream refuge that she has longed for since the days when she shared a small Brooklyn apartment with her mother, brother, and grandparents. A culmination and reflection of Streisand's love of American architecture and design between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the book contains many of her own photographs of the rooms she has decorated, the furniture and art she has collected, and the ravishing gardens she has planted on her land on the California coast. In addition to glimpses of her homes, Barbra shares memories of her childhood, the development of her sense of style, and what collecting has come to mean to her. My Passion for Design is a rare and intimate private tour into the world of one of our most beloved stars. It will be welcomed by her many fans and all lovers of the great achievements of American design.