Bachelor Style showcases some of the most fabulous bachelor pads imaginable - whether a boat shed, a country shack, a high-tech apartment with state-of-the-art media and exercise equipment, a low-tech loft with boxing gym, a proper country house, or an exotic hideaway on a palm-fringed beach. Drawing on four archetypal male characters, Bachelor Style explores the full gamut of masculine style: The smooth playboy with a slick pad designed for entertaining and seduction; the dandy, whose passion for art, antiques and aesthetics is displayed in an immaculate environment; the gentleman, surrounded by emblems of his good taste and breeding; and the lad whose living space is designed for maximizing fun and minimizing chores.
Lavishly illustrated in full-color, this vivid photographic tour explores the private homes of the English countryside, capturing a rich array of architectural and interior styles that range from grand Palladian manor houses to humble country cottages. 10,000 first printing.
Full of quick and easy recipes to transform a plain salad into something special, this guide ranges from traditional dressings to new creations. Included is an array of oils, vinegars and flavourings with their uses and properties clearly explained.
Author Sally Griffiths presents a mouthwatering selection of English Cottages, with text that highlights architectural features, interior design and details from inside the house and garden. Cottages have been chosen from all over the country to serve up the enchantment of the English rural idyll.
A guided tour through ten homes designed by Nina Campbell. The emphasis is on the English country house style with simple tips and basic prinicples tp help those wishing to create their own living environment.
Recipes to transform a plain salad into something special, this guide ranges from traditional dressings to new creations. Includes an array of oils, vinegars and flavourings with their uses and properties clearly explained.
The town of Floyd had it's first settlers in the mid 1700's. There were still native Indians and wildlife we no longer see who lived in and near the area. There was no established monetary system as yet, so most trade was done in the form of bartering. The people had to glean their living out by farming, hunting, trading or any combination of these. What remarkable people they must have been to not only survive but to flourish under the rustic untamed conditions into which they had moved to. Some moved on to other towns and even to other states, but many of them stayed. They were the ancestors of many people who now live in or near Floyd. Some of the remaining descendants were kind enough to relate the histories of their families, and some of the descendants were too busy with work and life, or didn't have any information about ancestors. Records and legal documents are available, but not always accurate. These records, documents and family histories are all compiled to create the making of "Our Roots in Floyd
This title guides the reader on a tour of the interiors and exteriors of some of the most alluring buildings in England. It reveals the rich span of architectural and interior styles from the Tudor to the contemporary.
In this book, Sally Falk Moore examines a hundred years in the history of an African people, the Chagga of Kilimanjaro, in order to understand how their present system of 'customary' laws came to be the way it is, and how the idea of custom was used in Tanzania's experiment with African socialism. She discusses the changes that have occurred in the formal legal system, alongside the vast economic and political transformations that came with cash cropping and colonial rule. She also presents a 'legal' chronicle of the members of one lineage to illustrate its use of the formal legal system. This study of the difference between law in the life of a people and law in the local courts will interest teachers and students of legal anthropology and law and also provides an important contribution to anthropological theory. In addition it has practical relevance for the understanding of the operation of 'traditional' institutions and will appeal to readers interested in African history and African studies.
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. ASSAH offers researchers an opportunity to publish new work in an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary forum which allows for a diversity of approaches and subject matter. Contributions focus not just on Anglo-Saxon England but also its international context.
Wise and Foolish Virgins: White Women at Work in the Feminized World of Primary School Teaching by Sally Campbell Galman asks the question, what does it mean for an entire profession to be numerically dominated by white women, and what is the relationship between teacher preparation and professional feminization? The book tells the story of three very different teacher preparation programs, explores the hopes and struggles of the mostly white, female students in those programs, and opens a window upon the closed world of teacher educators themselves who must straddle multiple worlds and multiple masters. With one foot in ancient allegory and the other in contemporary popular culture, this text addresses the complex ecologies of gender identity and negotiation between student teachers, teacher educators, and policy-makers against the politicized backdrop of pop culture "feminization" and the unique contours of homogenization in the emerging elementary teaching force.
My Big Catch is a sweet tale of a ten‐year‐old heartfelt girl. She is on a fishing trip with her dad. This book is an introduction to a series of six books called the Sally Ann Tales. She has published four poems from 1994 to 2013: 1994, Victim of Society 1997, Sacred Marriage 1999, Millennium Cheer 2013, My Coors Light Wife
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