A House in the Country
Title | A House in the Country PDF eBook |
Author | Jocelyn Playfair |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The great interest of Jocelyn Playfair's book for modern readers is its complete authenticity. Set sixty years ago at the time of the fall of Tobruk in 1942, one of the low points of the war, and written only a year later when we still had no idea which way the war was going.
Ditch the City and Go Country
Title | Ditch the City and Go Country PDF eBook |
Author | Alissa Hessler |
Publisher | Page Street Publishing |
Pages | 593 |
Release | 2017-07-18 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 1624144101 |
The No-Nonsense Guide For Country Dreamers Though moving to the country takes determination, every ex-urbanite says it was the best decision they ever made. The same rings true for Alissa Hessler, who relocated from Seattle to rural Maine years ago and has never looked back. In this book she uses her wit, charm and experience to help you chart a path to successful country living. Ditch the City and Go Country covers the ins and outs of how to find a home, how to keep your current job remotely or where to look for a new one, how to own livestock and prepare for disasters, how to make a smooth transition and become a part of your new community and how to embrace the seasons. With this must-have guide, you’ll be able to stop daydreaming and finally live the life you’ve always wanted in the country. Alissa Hessler was inspired to launch her blog Urban Exodus after relocating to Maine in 2011. She has been featured in Modern Farmer, Popular Photography, Click Magazine and Maine Home.
Living the Country Life
Title | Living the Country Life PDF eBook |
Author | Better Homes and Gardens |
Publisher | Better Homes & Gardens Books |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780696011801 |
Shows a country-style approach to interior design, looks at rural homes, antique furniture, and country crafts, and offers suggestions on planning a garden
Life in the English Country House
Title | Life in the English Country House PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Girouard |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1978-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780300058703 |
Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
Life in a Country Album
Title | Life in a Country Album PDF eBook |
Author | Nathalie Handal |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 115 |
Release | 2019-09-26 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0822986957 |
From migrations to pop culture, loss to la dérive, Life in a Country Album is a soundtrack of the global cultural landscape—borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure. It’s a vast and moving look at the world, at what home means, and the ways we coexist in an increasingly divided world. These poems are about the dialects of the heart—those we are incapable of parting from, and those that are largely forgotten. Life in a Country Album is a vital book for our times. With this beautiful, epic collection, Nathalie Handal affirms herself as one of our most diverse and important contemporary poets.
Old Homes, New Life
Title | Old Homes, New Life PDF eBook |
Author | Clive Aslet |
Publisher | Triglyph Books |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781916355408 |
- Each of the 12 houses will be featured in national and international press to announce the book- In the UK, the media includes Tatler, House & Garden, Country Life, The English Home, and Telegraph Luxury Online- In the US, the media includes Town & Country, Architectural Digest Online, The AD Aesthete Podcast, Air Mail, and DeparturesThis book is a sumptuously produced journey around 12 privately-owned country houses, asking what it is like to live in such places today. What role do they play in the 21st century? For many years after the Second World War, the country house was struggling. Now a new generation of young owners, often with children, has taken over. They're finding innovative ways to live in these ancient, fragile and poetic places. While they treasure the history and beauty of the houses, they're also adapting and enhancing them for a modern era. Old Homes, New Life is a behind-the-scenes account of today's aristocracy, as they reinvent the country house way of life. Each family does this in its own way, maintaining the tradition of individualism, even eccentricity, which is so much associated with country houses. Dylan Thomas's superb yet intimate photographs capture both the inhabitants of these houses and the spaces they occupy - from State dining to family kitchen, walled garden to attic. This feast for the eyes is accompanied by an equally mouth-watering text by Clive Aslet, based on interviews with family members and his long experience of the subject through his years as editor of Country Life. The result is an exclusive tour of a dozen spectacular homes.
Sweet Home; Or, Life in the Country
Title | Sweet Home; Or, Life in the Country PDF eBook |
Author | George Canning Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1859 |
Genre | New England |
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