Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D'Orcia
 Author: Caroline Moorehead Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5209 EAN: 9781567921830 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1567921833 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: 2002-06-01 [... more]
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Images & Shadows: Part of a Life (Nonpareil Book, 82)
From the Introduction: I turn to this memoir whenever I need perspective on what matters in life. Origo, despite her privilege and access to many of the great figures of the 20th century, never lost sight of what mattered: the people that she loved. This [... more]
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War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944
Unforgettable: "Greater than the sum of its parts" accurately describes this remarkable diary set in Southern Tuscany during World War II. Written as a daily record during the tumult of war,Origo does not dwell on emotional reactions to the [... more]
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
Visit the Country: Sarah Orne Jewett's THE COUNTRY OF POINTED FIRS is a visitor's tale. Set in the fictional Maine coast town of Dunnet Landing where the author/narrator has settled for the summer to write. As a visitor, the narrator inevitably recounts [... more]
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A Book of Cape Cod Houses
Doane and Rich are brilliant!: Doris Doane draws on years of experience as a historian and park ranger on Cape Cod to write text as only an "old timer" could. She lets you into a world that she grew to love -- Old Cape Cod. The illustrator [... more]
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The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight & Change the ...
The Philosophy of Personal Change: Do not buy this book expecting a regular diet/nutrition book! Rather buy this book if you are interested in an intelligent writer's musings on personal change interspersed with amusing and moving thoughts and anecdotes. [... more]
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On the Making of Gardens
Author: Sir George Sitwell Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 712 EAN: 9781567922387 Edition: 1st Pbk ISBN: 1567922384 Number Of Pages: 129 Publication Date: 2003-06-01 [... more]
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American Girls Handy Book: How to Amuse Yourself and ...
A book of exuberant charm: Sure, it might be a little outdated, but it's a great glimpse into a past time. And today's kids would probably enjoy the chance to do some old-fashioned things described in this book, like making their own hammock or [... more]
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The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do ...
The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It: The book came in expected condition. They shipped quickly and did a great job. Some things simply never change.: Some things simply never change. "The American Boy's Handy Book" is a [... more]
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Study Is Hard Work: The Most Accessible and Lucid Text ...
"Before the Gates of Excellence the High Gods Have Placed: Sweat ... ." This passage from the Greek Poet Hesiod (which concludes: Long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, [... more]
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The Picts & the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All (Godine ...
Perhaps my favorite in the series: It's hard to pick a favorite -- all the Swallows and Amazon books are good, and I'm sure everybody has their own favorite -- but I particularly like the character of the Great Aunt in this book. She is so...PROPER and [... more]
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Sallets, Humbles & Shrewsbery Cakes: A Collection of ...
Less adaptation than imagination: While the author of this work seems as if she means to be sincere, sincerity is not enough when your purported goal is to "adapt Elizabethan recipes for modern kitchens". More attention to accuracy in the [... more]
$17.95
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