Download or read book The Rebirth of an English Country House written by The Earl of Shaftesbury and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliantly restored St. Giles House, in the idyllic Dorset countryside, offers high-point Georgian architecture and interiors that bridge many historical styles. The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, 39-year-old Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, invites the reader into the house that his family has called home since the fifteenth century. In recent years, his award-winning restoration has brought the house back to life, transforming exquisite spaces that honor the past while being suited to twenty-first-century living. English country-house splendor, through the hands of some of the world’s top artisans and craftspeople, returns to the house in the form of re-created wallpapers, customized paints, revived furniture from the Georgian and Victorian periods, reworked antique Brussels tapestries, restored plasterwork and textiles, and a complete overhaul of the landscape, with its sunken garden, woodlands, avenue of beeches, lake, and shell-encrusted grotto. With stories of noteworthy architecture, beautiful interiors, and centuriesof a single family’s involvement in British and world history, this book will appeal to devotees of country living, the aristocratic life, historic houses, and English interior design.

Download or read book Movie Palaces written by Joseph M. Valerio and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the potential of U.S. movie theaters as an important national asset. Each of the 4,000 movie palaces constructed during Hollywood's Golden Age, as well as the countless smaller theaters modeled after the grander showcases, has a role to play in the life of today's cities. The first section of the book explores the social and economic history of the movie palace and the significance of the building phenomenon. Subjects such as the development of moving pictures, the marketing of them to the public, and the architectural style of movie palaces are examined. The leading theater architects are identified, and the decline of the large downtown theaters following World War II is discussed. The second part of the book consists of case studies, drawn from projects nationwide, which reflect the programming options for theater renaissance. Motivations for movie palace reuse are summarized into three situations: (1) a user needs a facility; (2) a facility needs a user; or (3) a city needs a redevelopment anchor. The third section of the book, which profiles the lessons of the second, includes planning guidelines for theater economic feasibility studies, organizational structures, program environments, and adaptive reuse and operating costs. Four areas of theater function are explored: audience, performance, technology, and management. The book concludes with an annotated 76-item list of resources (publications, audiovisual presentations, and organizations) helpful to those contemplating movie palace redevelopment. Many sources listed lead to further information in the form of newsletters, bibliographies, and other organizational publications. The book is abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs and architectural drawings. (GEA)

Download or read book Hotel Ponce de Leon written by Leslee F. Keys and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents new information about the creation and construction of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, its eighty years as a luxury resort hotel, and its transformation into the centerpiece of Flagler College. Keys does an excellent job of capturing the historical, cultural, and even political themes that were part of the hotel's development and its adaptation for use as a four-year college."--William T. Abare, Jr., president, Flagler College "Keys's monumental work documenting the creation and evolution of 'The Ponce' and its role in the Florida tourist industry and as the home of Flagler College is impressive. This is an important addition to those interested in heritage tourism and historic preservation and their impact on this nation."--Ted Ligibel, co-author of Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles and Practices "In this richly detailed account, Keys deftly traces the metamorphosis of Hotel Ponce de Leon from exclusive hostelry to community icon to symbol of the grandest designs of a gilded age. Here is the last word on the first resort."--Les Standiford, author of Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean "Chronicles the architectural and community history of one of America's greatest buildings."--Dana Ste. Claire, author of Cracker: The Cracker Culture in Florida History Henry Flagler's opulent Hotel Ponce de Leon drew worldwide praise from the day its elaborately carved doors opened in 1888. Built in the Spanish Renaissance Revival style, the architectural and engineering marvel featured the talents of a team of renowned artisans, including the designs of architects John Carr re, Thomas Hastings, and Bernard Maybeck, electricity by Thomas Edison, and interior decoration and stained glass windows by Louis Tiffany. Hotel Ponce de Leon is the first work to present the building's complete history and detail its transformation into the heart of Flagler College. Leslee Keys, who assisted in the restoration, recounts the complicated construction of the hotel--the first major structure to be built entirely of poured concrete--and the efforts to preserve it and restore it to its former glory. The methods used at Flagler College have been recognized as best practices in historic preservation and decorative arts conservation, and today the campus is one of Florida's most visited heritage tourism destinations. Leslee F. Keys is director of historic preservation and assistant professor of history at Flagler College.

Download or read book Rebirth Emperor Long Time No See written by Zai XiaoQingCheng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-29 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yes!" As long as he becomes the Empress, Qing Er will be by Big Brother Emperor's side everyday. " With the feelings of a young lady, Dongfang Ziqing became the empress of Xuanyuan Kingdom. Originally, she was a proud daughter of heaven, but after three short years of happiness, she had a painful taste of the purgatory in the human world!"Power and subject should not be linked together. Dongfang Family, would definitely pay the price for these two words! "That includes ..." The young Monarch's brows furrowed slightly, but under Dongfang Ziqing's clear laughter, he relaxed and gently called out. "Qing Er, the pool is dangerous, come to our side."One was a naive and innocent girl, the other was an experienced young lord with a black stomach. This love is destined to lose on the motto: Since it is shallow, how can love deep!Many years later, when Dongfang Ziqing finally understood this logic, they ... "But all that was left was a bloody hatred!"

Download or read book Rebirth Emperor Take This written by Qing Yu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: having returned from her rebirth she stood at the same turning point of fate this time she chose to use her blood sacrifice dance to win the heart of the emperor in order to protect her family and beat up the scum of men and women liu ruyan decided to hug the emperor's legs in this life but who would've thought that the thighs would get thicker and thicker they're too thick i'm afraid i can't even hold on to my little arms and legs i'll give you another chance as my queen i'll let you hold on to me a certain emperor's mood was elated

Download or read book Graffiti Palace written by A. G. Lombardo and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's August 1965 and Los Angeles is scorching - and when white police officers arrest an ordinary black Angeleno named Marquette Frye, they light the touchpaper on six days of rioting. Graffiti Palace follows young African-American graffiti expert Americo Monk as he tries to get home through the chaos, telling the secret history of the riots - and the unfolding story of Los Angeles and black America - along the way. As Monk travels through the streets of South Central LA, he orients himself by gang tags and more intricate and mysterious graffiti symbols towards home. But the cops and the gangs are after the notebook where Monk records the city's graffiti, and which might just be the key to the secret tides of power ebbing below the surface of the city... Bursting at the seams with memorable characters - including Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, sewer-dwelling crack dealers and a legendary Mexican graffiti artist no-one's even sure exists - Graffiti Palace conjures into being a fantastical, living, breathing portrait of Los Angeles in 1965.

Download or read book Rachel s Cry written by Kathleen D. Billman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Modern theology needs the rediscovery of the category of consolation. This book is rich of consolations because it takes the cry of lament seriously."" --Jurgen Moltmann ""A timely, accessible, and valuable book. The recovery of the biblical traditions of loss and hurt is intrinsically worth doing, more worth doing in an increasingly disestablished society."" --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, Emeritus ""This cross-disciplinary collaboration is . . . poignant and compelling testimony to the personal and communal power of lament and its importance to the practice of ministry. This book is the one that I have been waiting for."" --Christie Cozad Neuger, Brite Divinity School ""Few books in the literature of lament have drawn together so much material from the biblical, theological, and pastoral spheres as Rachel's Cry."" --Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary ""Honesty with God is the doorway to authentic hope and faith. . . . This is one of the most liberating books I have read in a long time."" --James Newton Poling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary ""This is the first book to bring scattered discussions together into one coherent whole . . . with deep Christian insight and conviction, with vivid examples, and with learning which is as gracefully communicated as it is broad and deep in its substance. I will be keeping it near at hand, so as to return to it often."" --Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University ""Rachel's Cry is not only a timely book, it is an urgently needed resource for people who long for a way to live with irrational suffering. Unless we recover the prayer of lament, we are in danger of being trapped in powerlessness, cynicism, and despair."" --Herbert Anderson, Catholic Theological Union, Emeritus ""I found it difficult to put this book down. Rachel's Cry convincingly argues that an authentic and empowering spirituality requires the language of lament and protest alongside praise and thanksgiving."" --Nancy J. Ramsay, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Kathleen M. Billman is dean of academic affairs and professor of pastoral theology and counseling at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Daniel L. Migliore is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Download or read book Rebirth Game of the World written by Bei Haishenfeng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I want to become a Buddha or a Dragon Elephant, I'll have to become an ox or a horse, a mortal at the ninth level, and be reborn; I'll take the Nine Transformation of Spirit and fight for my life with the heavens; if I step into the Spirit Sea, then I can transcend the five elements of heaven and earth. A chess piece could point to the rivers and mountains, a chess piece could contain the heavens of all worlds, a chess piece could bring down countless stars, and within the chess board, there would be a chess game, and within the chess piece, there would be heaven and earth.

Download or read book Inside the Dream Palace written by Sherill Tippins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in one astonishing building. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House,delivers a masterful and endlessly entertaining history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there, among them Thomas Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Sam Shepard, Sid Vicious, and Dee Dee Ramone. Now as legendary as the artists it has housed and the countless creative collaborations it has sparked, the Chelsea has always stood as a mystery as well: why and how did this hotel become the largest and longest-lived artists' community in the known world? Inside the Dream Palaceis the intimate and definitive story.

Download or read book Rebirth New Era of Three Realms written by Ye Shang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Immortal World, a rather strange baby's immortal bone was removed by a mysterious man, returning him to the human world. He originally wanted to let him experience the suffering of reincarnation and become a nobody, but he never would have thought that this act of kindness would shock the heavens, the earth, and the people. Fighting against a group of devils for the sake of beauties. traveling with lightning speed through the wind and rain; his cultivation base was long and valiant, his body proud and unyielding as he battled against the heaven's pride level experts. Holding the Godkiller Axe in his hand, splitting the heavens and splitting the earth, causing the stars to tremble; cultivating the power of primal chaos, shaking both ancient and modern gods and ghosts to howl.

Download or read book Rebirth City Sovereign written by Zhen Ru and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I come to the city, I shall be the supreme being! Ancient martial arts descendant? Asura weapon king? A monstrous farmer? Cultivation genius? A peerless genius doctor? Master Miao Jiang... He had to lie down obediently in front of me!

Download or read book James Fishel Rebirth of the Medical Consort written by James James Fishel and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her past life, Nangong Yue status was honorable and she was in the highest position as Empress. She did everything and helped the Third Prince ascend to become Emperor, but in exchange, she was imprisoned in the cold palace and killed. How laughable was this? The man in front of her had once said that he loved her, but this was how he "loved" her. This was how "he loved" her to the bone, deeply to the marrow of his bones. She would never forget it! If there is an afterlife, I will definitely be cruel and merciless person! Heavens seems to have pitied her! She didn't think that she'll be reborn again and returned to the age of nine. In this life, she will not allow anyone to deceive and humiliate her! For the big brother who died young and her mother who died due to insanity, she'll make sure to protect their life and happiness... She thought she won't fall in love again but then HE appeared.

Download or read book Rebirth of the Movie Queen written by Jiao Worourouba and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was not easy for Ye Ningxiao to be reborn into her youth. Just as she had made her debut in the entertainment circle, she had provoked a person she should not have provoked! Fang Anwang! Legend has it that in the entertainment circle, she was the favorite of thousands of young ladies. Not only did she offend the masses, she was even asked to come whenever she wanted. In order to become famous, she had to endure. But why did she step on that person's little sister!? He really didn't know if he could survive after provoking this pair of siblings ...The big BOSS, which was out of luck, was now in the hands of a little celebrity.

Download or read book Hotel Ponce de Leon written by Leslee F. Keys and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic St. Augustine Research Institute William L. Proctor Award Henry Flagler's opulent Hotel Ponce de Leon drew worldwide praise from the day its elaborately carved doors opened in 1888. Built in the Spanish Renaissance Revival style, the architectural and engineering marvel featured the talents of a team of renowned artisans, including the designs of architects John Carrère, Thomas Hastings, and Bernard Maybeck, electricity by Thomas Edison, and interior decoration and stained glass windows by Louis Tiffany. Hotel Ponce de Leon is the first work to present the building's complete history and detail its transformation into the heart of Flagler College. Leslee Keys, who assisted in the restoration, recounts the complicated construction of the hotel--the first major structure to be built entirely of poured concrete--and the efforts to preserve it and restore it to its former glory. The methods used at Flagler College have been recognized as best practices in historic preservation and decorative arts conservation, and today the campus is one of Florida's most visited heritage tourism destinations.

Download or read book Rebirth Double faced Princess written by Yang GuangXueLuo and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The direct daughter of the Jianning Marquis Mansion was ugly without a trace of beauty. Furthermore, she had lived in a quiet and peaceful area of the buddhist faith with an unfamiliar man. She had been despised and condemned by the world! She swore to protect her aunt, begged her little sister Shu, and finally let her relatives agree to let her give birth to her child! However, he didn't know that all of this was part of his concubine sister's plan to climb up the mountain just for the sake of stepping on her mother's blood! Fate had turned, and she had been reborn. That day, was the turning point of her fate! In this life, she had to protect her relatives and even more so, protect the treasures that were hard to come by! Who is it? Who was it that whispered in her ear? Amidst the dizziness, she could only feel a scorching heat coming from her. That ice-cold tone caused goosebumps to appear all over her body!

Download or read book The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva written by Shi Zhiru and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. Often represented as a monk wearing a royal crown, Dizang helps the deceased faithful navigate the complex underworld bureaucracy, avert the punitive terrors of hell, and arrive at the happy realm of rebirth. The author is concerned with the formative period of this important Buddhist deity, before his underworldly aspect eclipses his connections to other religious expressions and at a time when the art, mythology, practices, and texts of his cult were still replete with possibilities. She begins by problematizing the reigning model of Dizang, one that proposes an evolution of gradual sinicization and increasing vulgarization of a relatively unknown Indian bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha, into a Chinese deity of the underworld. Such a model, the author argues, obscures the many-faceted personality and iconography of Dizang. Rejecting it, she deploys a broad array of materials (art, epigraphy, ritual texts, scripture, and narrative literature) to recomplexify Dizang and restore (as much as possible from the fragmented historical sources) what this figure meant to Chinese Buddhists from the sixth to tenth centuries. Rather than privilege any one genre of evidence, the author treats both material artifacts and literary works, canonical and noncanonical sources. Adopting an archaeological approach, she excavates motifs from and finds resonances across disparate genres to paint a vibrant, detailed picture of the medieval Dizang cult. Through her analysis, the cult, far from being an isolated phenomenon, is revealed as integrally woven into the entire fabric of Chinese Buddhism, functioning as a kaleidoscopic lens encompassing a multivalent religio-cultural assimilation that resists the usual bifurcation of doctrine and practice or "elite" and "popular" religion. The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva presents a fascinating wealth of material on the personality, iconography, and lore associated with the medieval Dizang. It elucidates the complex cultural, religious, and social forces shaping the florescence of this savior cult in Tang China while simultaneously addressing several broader theoretical issues that have preoccupied the field. Zhiru not only questions the use of sinicization as a lens through which to view Chinese Buddhist history, she also brings both canonical and noncanonical literature into dialogue with a body of archaeological remains that has been ignored in the study of East Asian Buddhism.

Download or read book Drowned River written by Rebecca Solnit and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs by Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe; text by Rebecca Solnit.