Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins is one of Silicon Valley's pioneers. His venture capital firm has financed many famous companies, including Genentech, Compaq, Amazon, AOL, and Google. Perkins lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a medieval manor house, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Manor House
 THIS WAS A GOOD SERIES ON TV, BUT ITS NOT WORTH OWNING: Look at the subject then read on. It was excellent, but not worth owning like the other PBS reality series besides Frontier House. I hope PBS/England's Channel 4/Wall to Wall TV. Thank you. Please [... more]
CDN$52.07
Amazon CA |
Simon Tolkien
One summer night, two men break into an isolated manor house and kill Lady Anne Robinson. Her teenage son, Thomas, convinces the police that Greta Grahame, his father's beautiful personal assistant, sent the killers, but Thomas is known for his ... [... more]
Random House |
Poirot: Mysterious Affair at S
From Amazon.com: The murderer isn't the only one with a secret to hide in this television adaptation of Agatha Christie's first novel. With the (often unwitting) help of his friend Arthur Hastings (Hugh Fraser), retired Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot [... more]
CDN$35.99
Amazon CA |
Dr. Haggard's Disease
absolutely depressing ... and utterly brilliant: At the suggestion from a friend I sought books by Patrick McGrath. I chose Spider over Dr. Haggard's Disease because, well, I didn't think reading about a man's obsession about a former lover would be [... more]
CDN$17.95
Amazon CA |
Hobberdy Dick
Superb: An excellent story of the life of a hob (or brownie, to those more familiar with Dungeons & Dragons) in a 17th century English manor house who adopts a new family and protects them from various exotic and mundane threats. Briggs does a superb [... more]
CDN$12.01
Amazon CA |
Manor House: Life in an Edwardian Country House
Good companion piece to the PBS series.: I missed most of the series on PBS, but what I saw looked very good, much better than the earlier 1900 House. This book is the companion to the TV program and is really better suited to those who have seen it as I [... more]
CDN$30.05
Amazon CA |
The English Manor House
From the archives...: "From the archives of Country Life" almost says it all. Jeremy Musson does a wonderful job of applying fresh commentary to these outstanding photographs of some of England's most beautiful manor architecture. This book and [... more]
CDN$70.17
Amazon CA |
Manor Houses of England
With fascinating and descriptive information and insights: The collaborative effort of writer and British country estates expert Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and architectural photographer Christopher Simon Sykes, Manor Houses Of England is a stunningly [... more]
CDN$133.00
Amazon CA |
The Irish Manor House Murder: A Torrey Tunet Mystery
Solid mystery, but lacks cozy feel: This is the book for you if you like mysteries and you're looking for a diversion. Torrey Tunet is back in Ireland working on a series of children's books, but gets distracted as she tries to help her friend who is [... more]
CDN$9.99
Amazon CA |
Manor Houses in Normandy
Author: Yves Lescroart Author: Regis Faucon Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9783833120213 ISBN: 3833120215 Number Of Pages: 360 Publication Date: 2006-09-15 [... more]
CDN$49.71
Amazon CA |
Young Sherlock: Mystery Of The Manor House
Worst EVER: There is one quote from the movie that summarizes this entire production. It comes from chapter 9 and is a quote from Guy Henry, who plays S. Holmes (not too badly, if you leave out the sword play), "The dullest of my entire life." [... more]
CDN$34.98
Amazon CA |
