| Author | : Eric Hodgins |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2005-02-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0743262328 |
Mr. Blandings and his wife buy an old farmhouse, unaware of the costly and unforseen repercussions of their decision.
My Omaha Obsession
| Author | : Miss Cassette |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2020-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 149622471X |
My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.
This American House
| Author | : Jason Loper |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : American System-Built Homes |
| ISBN | : 9781087500614 |
Long before designing his signature Usonian houses, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned an earlier series of affordable models for the middle class: The American System-Built Homes. He developed seven floorplans of varying size and layout, standardized so that materials could be precut at the factory to reduce costs. Only a few years after the project began, the United States entered World War I, and all home construction was stalled due to lumber shortages. Wright then turned his attention to other projects, and with fewer than twenty built, the American System-Built Homes were all but forgotten.In 2011, Jason Loper and Michael Schreiber purchased the only American System-Built Home constructed in Iowa, the Meier House, which set them on a course of refurbishing and researching their new residence. In This American House, Loper and Schreiber trace the history of the Meier House through its previous owners, and shed light on this underexplored period of Wright's oeuvre. With a preface by John H. Waters, the Preservation Programs Manager of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, This American House addresses what it means to be the stewards of a piece of history.
American Modern
| Author | : Thomas Obrien |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2018-06-05 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 1683354265 |
“One of those designers whose interior and furniture designs look discovered, not created . . . both comfortable and exquisite, calm and eclectic.” —Apartment Therapy Designer and merchant, collector and tastemaker, Thomas O’Brien has made a career of translating cool notions of modernism into an easy and generous array of modern styles that anyone can attain. Now he introduces readers to a range of those styles—from casual to formal, vintage to urban—alongside stunning photography and charming design stories. O’Brien carefully describes the design process of his chosen projects, including a downtown New York City loft, a traditional Connecticut estate, and a converted schoolhouse in eastern Long Island. Each home explores a view on the modern design spectrum he has created, as well as the individual choices that make the design unique and its mix essentially American. He explains not only what was at work to create a given style, but how readers can import those practices to their own homes and personal design sensibilities. Important design principles such as architectural authenticity, color relationships, correctness of scale, and informed collecting are threaded through a practical narrative that reads like a master class in interior design. American Modern is an inspiring design volume that will redefine the way readers think about modern interiors. “O’Brien carefully describes the design process of his chosen projects. Beautiful imagery and a unique layout describe his approach to design in a new and innovative way.” —LIFEMSTYLE “It’s like getting a glimpse into the studio paintings of a great master . . . I especially love how all of his spaces feel so gender neutral, the perfect balance.” —Cottage Farm
Blandings' Way (Classic Reprint)
| Author | : Eric Hodgins |
| Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 2017-11-18 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780331359411 |
Excerpt from Blandings' Way You're always hearing something go click, said Mr. Blandings.i'm not always doing anything of the sort, said Mrs. Blandings. At that instant Mr. Blandings heard something go click. He braced himself for a triumphant rejoinder from his wife, but to his surprise she gave no sign, and her eyes did not rise from the sweater on which she was sewing a name tape. There was a silence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
It Just Fell!
| Author | : B. A. Mihalchick |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 63 |
| Release | : 2022-02-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1669813746 |
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Gringos in Paradise
| Author | : Barry Golson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Aliens |
| ISBN | : 0743276353 |
In a lighthearted, uplifting, yet practical account, Golson details the year he and his wife spent building their dream house in Mexico for this first fun and informative chronicle of the new trend of retiring south of the border. Photos.
Oliver Messel
| Author | : Thomas Messel |
| Publisher | : Random House Digital, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2011-10-11 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0847833968 |
'Oliver Messel' is a lavishly illustrated book with many never-before-seen photographs offering a privileged view of the life and work of a design master of the 20th century.
I Blame Dennis Hopper
| Author | : Illeana Douglas |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2015-11-03 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1250053870 |
From award-winning actress Illeana Douglas comes a memoir about learning to survive in Hollywood while staying true to her quirky vision of the world. In 1969 Illeana Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider and were transformed. Taking Dennis Hopper's words, "That's what it's all about man" to heart, they abandoned their comfortable upper middle class life and gave Illeana a childhood filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love. Illeana writes, "Since it was all out of my control, I began to think of my life as a movie, with a Dennis Hopper-like father at the center of it." I Blame Dennis Hopper is a testament to the power of art and the tenacity of passion. It is a rollicking, funny, at times tender exploration of the way movies can change our lives. With crackling humor and a full heart, Douglas describes how a good Liza Minnelli impression helped her land her first gig and how Rudy Valley taught her the meaning of being a show biz trouper. From her first experience being on set with her grandfather and mentor-two-time Academy Award-winning actor Melvyn Douglas-to the moment she was discovered by Martin Scorsese for her blood-curdling scream and cast in her first film, to starring in movies alongside Robert DeNiro, Nicole Kidman, and Ethan Hawke, to becoming an award winning writer, director and producer in her own right, I Blame Dennis Hopper is an irresistible love letter to movies and filmmaking. Writing from the perspective of the ultimate show business fan, Douglas packs each page with hilarious anecdotes, bizarre coincidences, and fateful meetings that seem, well, right out of a plot of a movie. I Blame Dennis Hopper is the story of one woman's experience in show business, but it is also a genuine reminder of why we all love the movies: for the glitz, the glamor, the sweat, passion, humor, and escape they offer us all.
