Download or read book Reader s Digest Everyday Life Through the Ages written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What people throughout history ate and wore, how they worked and played, how they built and furnished thir homes, and how they treated their illnesses provide the focus of the book while the great battles, the major inventions, and the rise and fall of empires serve as backdrop.
Download or read book Everyday Life Through the Ages written by Michael Worth Davison and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What people throughout history ate and wore, how they worked and played, how they built and furnished thir homes, and how they treated their illnesses provide the focus of the book while the great battles, the major inventions, and the rise and fall of empires serve as backdrop.
Download or read book Stories Behind Everyday Things written by Jane Polley and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers.
Download or read book Everyday Life Through the Ages written by Reader's Digest and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A journey of discovery through 15,000 years of world history. Food and drink. Fads and fashions. Homes and furnishings. Heating and lighting. Plumbing and sanitation. Work and wages. Sports and amusements. Arts and music. Courtship and marriage. Crime and punishment. Weapons and warfare. Health and medicine. Religion and morality. Transport and travel. Money and trade. Inventions and education. Politics and government. Death and burial"--Back cover.
Download or read book Reader s Digest Everyday Survival Hacks written by Reader's Digest and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 500 simple tricks to avoid everyday disasters in your home, food, money, relationships, and more. From DIY fails to cooking calamities, cell phone mishaps to Twitter rages, we all court disaster on a daily basis. Now comes Everyday Survival Hacks to the rescue. This fun yet practical guide includes more than 500 quick tricks to save money, time, and hassles with your home, food, relationships, and more. You’ll learn how to: *Make your batteries last longer *Kill a buzzing fly *Remember names *Avoid getting unfriended *Keep your carbonated drink fizzy and much more!
Download or read book Everyday Life in the Renaissance written by Kathryn Hinds and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at all aspects of life during the of Renaissance period.
Download or read book Our Glorious Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging, highly illustrated (largely in color) look at the fads and foibles, the popular culture as well as the momentous events, the personalities both transient and memorable, of the 20th century. 10.25x10.25" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Everyday Life Through the Ages written by Jack STEWART-CLARK and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Humor in Uniform written by Editors of Reader's Digest and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Download or read book The Worst Case Scenario Almanac History written by Joshua Piven and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-seller history repeats itself with this dynamic new "almanac" format that broadens the scope and content of the Worst-Case Scenario handbooks. The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History offers step-by-step illustrated scenarios on how to win a joust, survive in a dungeon, and overcome other plights of yesteryear, but the volume also features hundreds of pages of additionaland hilariousinformation in the form of lists (the worst jobs to have during the Industrial Revolution), offbeat profiles (Attila the Hun, Idi Amin), Worst-Case Wisdom (bad advice), descriptions of disasters narrowly averted, and much more. Packed with charts, graphs, maps, and timelines, The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History is an invigorating look at all that's gone wrong in the past and the best way to prepare for the future.
Download or read book Jesus and His Times written by Reader's Digest Association and published by Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 1987 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Jesus the Messiah with a description of the land, social conditions, religious environment, and historical context in which he lived.
Download or read book Your Travel Guide to Colonial America written by Nancy Day and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in the American colonies, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Download or read book Lady of the Roses written by Sandra Worth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her short time as a ward in Queen Marguerite's Lancastrian court, fifteen-year-old Isobel has had many suitors ask for her hand, but the spirited beauty is blind to all but Yorkist Sir John Neville. It is nothing short of a miracle when the Queen allows Isobel's marriage to the enemy, albeit at a hefty price. All around Isobel and John rages a lawless war. It is only their passion that can see them through the bloody siege of London by the Duke of York, the violent madness of Queen Marguerite, and the devolution of Isobel's meek uncle into the Butcher of England. For theirs is an everlasting love that fears not the scratch of thorns, from either the Red Rose or the White.
Download or read book Johannes Gutenberg written by Stephen Feinstein and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and career of Johannes Gutenberg, including the history of written text before his invention of the movable type press, and the advancements in printing made after his death.
Download or read book Reader s Digest Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things New Edition written by Reader's Digest and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition, now fully illustrated and in color, of the classic guide to using common household items to replace, restore, repair, or revive almost anything in your household—including yourself. When you have a household problem, don’t run to the store and waste good money, just open your pantry door—and EXTRAORDINARY USES FOR ORDINARY THINGS. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with baby oil, bleach, duct tape, tea, rubbing alcohol, and dozens of other handy items. This book will open your eyes to more than 2,000 creative and helpful uses you can make of familiar household products, such as: • Aspirin can revive a dead car battery and a coating of petroleum jelly will keep the battery’s terminals from corroding • A dab of shaving cream can keep your bathroom mirror from fogging and can remove juice stains on carpeting • Petroleum jelly makes a great lip balm, makeup remover, and moisturizer • A turkey baster is the perfect tool for watering Christmas trees and hard-to-reach plants • Beer can be combed through your hair as a setting lotion, used as lure to trap insects, and polish gold jewelry • Sandpaper can be used to sharpen needles and scissors, roughen slippery soles of new shoes, remove ink stains and scuff marks from suede, and remove stains on grout lines • Wax paper will prevent a cast-iron skillet from rusting, restore the nonstick surface on your iron, and use on the bottom of a microwave when cooking messy foods. If you hate to throw things away or if you delight in dreaming up new ways to use ordinary items, then you’ll love the ideas in this book. You’ll be amazed at the problems you can solve. It’s a book you’ll be sure to turn to again and again for helpful ideas, trustworthy advice, and entertaining reading.
Download or read book The Writer s Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages written by Sherrilyn Kenyon and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an overview of life in Northwestern Europe from 500 to 1500 and provides details for writers to portray the lives and times of the Middle Ages accurately.
Download or read book The Bayeux Tapestry written by John F. Szabo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commanding its own museum and over 200 years of examination, observation and scholarship, the monumental embroidery, known popularly as the Bayeux Tapestry and documenting William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in October 1066, is perhaps the most important surviving artifact of the Middle Ages. This magnificent textile, both celebrated and panned, is both enigmatic artwork and confounding historical record. With over 1780 entries, Szabo and Kuefler offer the largest and most heavily annotated bibliography on the Tapestry ever written. Notably, the Bayeux Tapestry has produced some of the most compelling questions of the medieval period: Who commissioned it and for what purpose? What was the intended venue for its display? Who was the designer and who executed the enormous task of its manufacture? How does it inform our understanding of eleventh-century life? And who was the mysterious Aelfgyva, depicted in the Tapestry’s main register? This book is an effort to capture and describe the scholarship that attempts to answer these questions. But the bibliography also reflects the popularity of the Tapestry in literature covering a surprisingly broad array of subjects. The inclusion of this material will assist future scholars who may study references to the work in contemporary non-fiction and popular works as well as use of the Bayeux Tapestry as a primary and secondary source in the classroom. The monographs, articles and other works cited in this bibliography reflect dozens of research areas. Major themes are: the Tapestry as a source of information for eleventh-century material culture, its role in telling the story of the Battle of Hastings and events leading up to the invasion, patronage of the Tapestry, biographical detail on known historical figures in the Tapestry, arms and armor, medieval warfare strategy and techniques, opus anglicanum (the Anglo-Saxon needlework tradition), preservation and display of the artifact, the Tapestry’s place in medieval art, the embroidery’s depiction of medieval and Romanesque architecture, and the life of the Bayeux Tapestry itself.
