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Book Frank Lloyd Wright s Palmer House

Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright s Palmer House written by Grant Hildebrand and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer house, built in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the early 1950s, is one of Wright's last residential masterpieces. Working from extensive materials gathered by Ann and Leonard Eaton, and from his own fifty-two-year familiarity with the building, Grant Hildebrand crafts the story of Billy and Mary Palmer's extraordinary home. He presents in detail the events surrounding the Palmers' selection of Wright as architect; Wright's personal creation of the design; the challenges, and the craftsmanship, of its construction; the evolution of its garden and teahouse; the role of the house as a setting for the Palmers' lives; and an analysis of its remarkable formal and spatial qualities. With a rich compendium of personal information and an extensive array of photographs, plans, and diagrams created especially for this book, Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House offers a comprehensive exploration of a living work of art and an intimate portrait of the people who, having brought it into being, treasured its presence in their lives for half a century. Citing the particular synergies of architect and client, house and site, Hildebrand situates the heretofore little-known Palmer house within the context of Wright's overall oeuvre and presents a convincing argument for the inclusion of the Palmer house in the canon of the architect's finest residential designs.

Book Chicago s Grand Hotels

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert V. Allegrini
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2005-11-09
  • ISBN : 1439616590
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Chicago s Grand Hotels written by Robert V. Allegrini and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicagos magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for Chicago, where the citys most important visitors are accommodated, entertained, and made aware of the grandeur and sophistication of their hosts hometown. They were built to inspire aweand still do for anyone fortunate enough to find themselves in the lobby of The Palmer House Hilton, The Palm Court of The Drake, or the Grand Ballroom of The Hilton Chicago. Many of the most famous locales in these classic structures have been transformed or have disappeared altogether due to changing times. Gone, for example, is The Hilton Chicagos famous rooftop miniature golf course and Boulevard Room supper club, complete with its ice shows. Gone, too, is The Drakes legendary supper club, the Camellia House. While the Empire Room of The Palmer House Hilton continues to exist as an function room, it no longer reverberates with the sound of Liberaces piano or Jimmy Durantes vocals, as it did when it was the citys premier entertainment facility. Chicagos Grand Hotels chronicles over 100 years of Chicago hotel history through vivid photographs and memorabilia from the archives of The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago. It tells the compelling story of the visionary architects and hoteliers who brought these hotels to life and made them structural testaments to the warmth of midwestern hospitality.

Book The Palmer House Cook Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ernest E. Amiet
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781258191993
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book The Palmer House Cook Book written by Ernest E. Amiet and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art of Asking

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  • Author : Amanda Palmer
  • Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
  • Release : 2014-11-11
  • ISBN : 1455581070
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book The Art of Asking written by Amanda Palmer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY BRENE BROWN and POSTSCRIPT FROM BRAIN PICKINGS CREATOR MARIA POPOVA Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of THE ART OF ASKING. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. THE ART OF ASKING will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.

Book The House Gardener

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  • Author : Isabelle Palmer
  • Publisher : CICO Books
  • Release : 2014-02-13
  • ISBN : 9781782490982
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The House Gardener written by Isabelle Palmer and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Balcony Gardener heads indoors! Following the success of her first book, The Balcony Gardener, Isabelle Palmer now adapts her talent for small-space gardening to interiors. If you are looking for new and innovative ways to display your houseplants, needing guidance on growing herbs and other edibles on a sunny windowsill, seeking inspiration for table settings, or wanting ideas for unusual containers for indoor growing, The Indoor Balcony Gardener will provide the answers and the inspiration. Isabelle brings a new eye and a contemporary twist to gardening indoors—try your hand at a miniature Zen garden, indoor water gardens, terrariums and table centres, fairy-tale gardens for children, indoor crops, and much more.

Book Palmer House  Chicago

Download or read book Palmer House Chicago written by Palmer house company and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Why I Built the Boogle House

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  • Author : Helen Marion Palmer
  • Publisher : Random House Childrens Books
  • Release : 1964
  • ISBN : 9780394900353
  • Pages : 63 pages

Download or read book Why I Built the Boogle House written by Helen Marion Palmer and published by Random House Childrens Books. This book was released on 1964 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy builds larger and larger houses for his pets, then suddenly finds himself with a pet house but no pet.

Book Main Street

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  • Author : Sinclair Lewis
  • Publisher : First Avenue Editions TM
  • Release : 2022-08-01
  • ISBN : 1728468884
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book Main Street written by Sinclair Lewis and published by First Avenue Editions TM. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Milford dreams of living in a small, rural town. But Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, isn't the paradise she'd imagined. First published in 1920, this unabridged edition of the Sinclair Lewis novel is an American classic, considered by many to be his most noteworthy and lasting work. As a work of social satire, this complex and compelling look at small-town America in the early 20th century has earned its place among the classics.

Book Flight Path

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Hill
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2017-04-03
  • ISBN : 0143770535
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Flight Path written by David Hill and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o'clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them. Eighteen-year-old Jack wanted to escape boring little New Zealand. But he soon finds that flying in a Lancaster bomber to attack Hitler’s forces brings terror as well as excitement. With every dangerous mission, he becomes more afraid that he’ll never get back alive. He wants to help win the war, but will he lose his own life? My Brother’s War: '... there are stories that need to be told over and over again, to introduce a new generation of readers to important ideas and to critical times in their country's history ... Hill's descriptions of trench warfare are unforgettable.' from the Judges' Report of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013

Book The Pink House

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  • Author : Kate Salley Palmer
  • Publisher : Warbranch PressInc
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780966711417
  • Pages : 35 pages

Download or read book The Pink House written by Kate Salley Palmer and published by Warbranch PressInc. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated story of family beach trip, complete with aunts, uncles, grandma, big cousins and little cousins. Pictures show family all participating in beach activities like fishing, hunting shark's teeth, reading books and then going up to The Pink House for outside shower and on-deck fun and games while the uncles cook supper. Then everyone gets into their Pink House beds and waits for the next day's beach surprises.

Book Technology in the Country House

Download or read book Technology in the Country House written by Marilyn Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together research on the introduction of domestic technologies into country houses and their estates.

Book Evicted

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  • Author : Alice Faye Duncan
  • Publisher : Astra Publishing House
  • Release : 2022-01-11
  • ISBN : 1684379792
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book Evicted written by Alice Faye Duncan and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People's Book Prize for Social Justice This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history. The late 1950s was a turbulent time in Fayette County, Tennessee. Black and White children went to different schools. Jim Crow signs hung high. And while Black hands in Fayette were free to work in the nearby fields as sharecroppers, the same Black hands were barred from casting ballots in public elections. If they dared to vote, they faced threats of violence by the local Ku Klux Klan or White citizens. It wasn't until Black landowners organized registration drives to help Black citizens vote did change begin--but not without White farmers' attempts to prevent it. They violently evicted Black sharecroppers off their land, leaving families stranded and forced to live in tents. White shopkeepers blacklisted these families, refusing to sell them groceries, clothes, and other necessities. But the voiceless did finally speak, culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which legally ended voter discrimination. Perfect for young readers, teachers/librarians, and parents interested in books for kids with themes of: Activism Social justice Civil rights Black history

Book Life in the Studio

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frances Palmer
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2020-10-06
  • ISBN : 164829006X
  • Pages : 549 pages

Download or read book Life in the Studio written by Frances Palmer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Roll-up-your-sleeves advice on throwing pottery, growing dahlias, cooking her tried-and-true recipes, and everything in between.” —Martha Stewart Living “Suited to any type of creative, offering up lessons on inspiration and creativity that are sure to bring out your inner talent.” —House Beautiful, Best New Design Books What makes a creative life? For an artist like Frances Palmer, it’s knitting all of one’s passions—all of one’s creativity—into the whole of life. And what an inspiration it is. A renowned potter, an entrepreneur, a gardener, a photographer, a cook, a beekeeper, Palmer has over the course of three decades caught the attention not only of the countless people who collect and use her ceramics but also of designers and design lovers, writers, and fellow artists who marvel at her example. Now, in her first book, she finally tells her story, in her own words and images, distilling from her experiences lessons that will inspire a new generation of makers and entrepreneurs. Life in the Studio is as beautiful and unexpected as Palmer’s pottery, as breathtakingly colorful as her celebrated dahlias, as intimate as the dinners she hosts in her studio for friends and family. There are insights into making pots—the importance of centering, the discovery that clay has a memory. Strategies for how to turn a passion into a business—the value to be found in collaboration, what it means to persevere, how to develop and stick to a routine that will sustain both enthusiasm and productivity. There are also step-by-step instructions (for throwing her beloved Sabine pot, growing dahlias, building an opulent flower arrangement). Even some of her most tried-and-true recipes. The result is a portrait of a unique artist and a singularly generous manual on how to live a creative life.

Book The Culinarians

    Book Details:
  • Author : David S. Shields
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2017-10-26
  • ISBN : 022640692X
  • Pages : 589 pages

Download or read book The Culinarians written by David S. Shields and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] first ever history of the nation’s foundational ‘culinarians’—the chefs, caterers, and restauranteurs who made cooking an art.” —Marcie Cohen Ferris, author of The Edible South In this encyclopedic history of the rise of professional cooking in America, the 175 biographies include the legendary Julien, founder in 1793 of America’s first restaurant, Boston’s Restorator; and Louis Diat and Oscar of the Waldorf, the men most responsible for keeping the ideal of fine dining alive between the World Wars. Though many of the gastronomic pioneers gathered here are less well known, their diverse influence on American dining should not be overlooked—plus, their stories are truly entertaining. We meet an African American oyster dealer who became the Congressional caterer, and, thus, a powerful broker of political patronage; a French chef who was a culinary savant of vegetables and drove the rise of California cuisine in the 1870s; and a rotund Philadelphia confectioner who prevailed in a culinary contest with a rival in New York by staging what many believed to be the greatest American meal of the nineteenth century. He later grew wealthy selling ice cream to the masses. Shields also introduces us to a French chef who brought haute cuisine to wealthy prospectors and a black restaurateur who hosted a reconciliation dinner for black and white citizens at the close of the Civil War in Charleston. Altogether, The Culinarians is a delightful compendium of charcuterie-makers, pastry-pipers, caterers, railroad chefs, and cooking school matrons—not to mention drunks, temperance converts, and gangsters—who all had a hand in creating the first age of American fine dining and its legacy of conviviality and innovation that continues today.

Book Palmer Hughes Accordion Course  Book 1

Download or read book Palmer Hughes Accordion Course Book 1 written by Willard A. Palmer and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive method of music instruction enables the beginner to progress to an advanced stage of technical skill.

Book Perhaps the Stars

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ada Palmer
  • Publisher : Tor Books
  • Release : 2021-11-02
  • ISBN : 146685877X
  • Pages : 854 pages

Download or read book Perhaps the Stars written by Ada Palmer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series. World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos. Now, war spreads throughout the globe, splintering old alliances and awakening sleeping enmities. All transportation systems are in ruins, causing the tyranny of distance to fracture a long-united Earth and threaten to obliterate everything the Hive system built. With the arch-criminal Mycroft nowhere to be found, his successor, Ninth Anonymous, must not only chronicle the discord of war, but attempt to restore order in a world spiraling closer to irreparable ruin. The fate of a broken society hangs in the balance. Is the key to salvation to remain Earth-bound or, perhaps, to start anew throughout the far reaches of the stars? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book PALMER HOUSE CHICAGO THE PALME

Download or read book PALMER HOUSE CHICAGO THE PALME written by Palmer House Company and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: