Miss Savidge Moves Her House

Author : Christine Adams
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1845138201
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miss Savidge Moves Her House written by Christine Adams and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishman’s home is his castle, and to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women’ Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book, published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building, saw its extraordinary story featured not only in the Daily Mail but also Hello magazine – and quickly sold out two printings. Now it is re-launched in paperback under a new title to highlight its appeal as the tale of an extraordinary, maverick woman and her even more remarkable achievement. May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire. When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout, May decided she had to move – but so did the house. So she had the whole thing dismantled and shipped to the North Norfolk coast… and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it, single-handed. Her fame spread around the world. Antiques Roadshow broadcast, unprecedentedly, two features about her house. Now her niece, Christine Adams, who inherited May’s house and completed it – at the cost of her own marriage - tells her aunt’s life story from the voluminous diaries and letters she left behind. Christine Adams now runs a Bed and Breakfast in May Savidge’s old house in Norfolk. Michael McMahon is also the co-author of My Friend the Enemy (978 1 84513 316 0).

Author : Christine Adams
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lifetime in the Building written by Christine Adams and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - One of the most popular stories BBC Antiques Roadshow has ever covered - A Hannah Hauxwell-type story of a remarkable woman - By the co-author of Aurum's successful My Friend the Enemy - Appeal to the huge current interest in tracing your family ancestry

Author : Patrick Wright
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780191580093
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Living in an Old Country written by Patrick Wright and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hulk of Henry VIII's flagship is raised from the seabed in an operation that captures the mind of the nation. The leader of the Labour party wears an informal coat at the Cenotaph and provokes a national scandal. An elderly lady whose ancient house is scheduled for demolition dismantles it, piece by piece, and moves it across the country... On Living in an Old Country probes such apparently fleeting and disconnected events in order to reveal how history lives on, not just in the specialist knowledge of historians, archaeologists and curators, but as a tangible presence permeating everyday life and shaping our sense of identity. It investigates the rise of 'heritage' as expressed in literature, advertising, and political rhetoric as well as in popular television dramas, conservation campaigns, and urban development schemes. It explores the relations between the idea of an imperilled national identity and the transformation of British society introduced by Margaret Thatcher. This is the book that put 'heritage' on the map, opening one of the defining cultural and political debates of our time, and showing why conservation is a subject of such broad significance in contemporary Britain. This new edition includes an extensive new preface and interview material reflecting on the ongoing debate about the heritage industry which the book helped to kick-start.

Author : Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Home-maker written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel describes the problems of a family in which husband and wife are oppressed and frustrated by the roles that they are expected to play. Evangeline Knapp is the ideal housekeeper, while her husband, Lester is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed; Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family. The changes that take place between husband and wife and between parents and children are handled in a contemporary manner.

Author : Tom Sharpe
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871131430
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riotous Assembly written by Tom Sharpe and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A South African woman struggles to convince the police that she has murdered her black cook.

Author : Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1466840668
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Remember You written by Yrsa Sigurdardottir and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International superstar Yrsa Sigurdardottir has captivated the attention of readers around the world with her mystery series featuring attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir. Now, Yrsa will stun readers once again with this out-of-this-world ghost story that will leave you shivering. In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house. But soon, they realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants them to leave, and it's making its presence felt. Meanwhile, in a town across the fjord, a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. When the two stories collide, the terrifying truth is uncovered. In the vein of John Ajvide Lindqvist, this horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardottir, who has taken the international crime fiction world by storm. The film rights have been sold to Sigurjon Sighvatsson, a Hollywood-based Icelandic film producer who has produced such films as Brothers and Arlington Road.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture Series: Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karen Thompson Walker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679644385
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Miracles written by Karen Thompson Walker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A stunner.”—Justin Cronin “It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world—divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the pain and vulnerability of first love, a growing sense of isolation, and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world. “Gripping drama . . . flawlessly written; it could be the most assured debut by an American writer since Jennifer Egan’s Emerald City.”—The Denver Post “Pure magnificence.”—Nathan Englander “Provides solace with its wisdom, compassion, and elegance.”—Curtis Sittenfeld “Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1398 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates (official Report). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1482 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.