Margaret: 4917 books
The Geometry of Love
Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
A “delightful” tour of Rome’s St. Agnes Outside the Walls, examining the stories, rituals, and architecture of this seventeen-hundred-year-old building (The Christian Science Monitor).
In The Geometry of Love, acclaimed author Margaret Visser, the preeminent “anthropologist of everyday...
by Margaret Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Fully illustrated guide to superb landscapes, seascapes, shoreline and weather events as they impact on the environment, including how to create dramatic pictures of storms, lightning strikes, misty scenes and rainbows.For each type of nature scene we recommend suitable equipment, camera settings, how...
by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
UNIX For Dummies has been the standard for beginning UNIX references for nearly ten years, and this latest edition continues that tradition of success
This unparalled resource is updated to cover the latest applications of UNIX technology, including Linux and Mac desktops as well as how UNIX works with...
by Margaret Campbell Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
"Turns A BRILLIANT LIGHT on one of the lustiest and one of the most dramatic periods of English history."—Philadelphia Inquirer
The mesmerizing story of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, one of the rare women who matched wits successfully with the fiery king and lived to...
The Rituals of Dinner
The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
A New York Times Notable Book: A renowned scholar explores the way we eat across cultures and throughout history.
From the wild parties of ancient Greece to the strictures of an Upper East Side meal to the ritualistic feasts of cannibals, Margaret Visser takes us on a fascinating journey through...
Circular Knitting Workshop
Essential Techniques to Master Knitting in the Round
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Discover the pleasures of knitting in the round! Margaret Radcliffe presents classic circular knitting techniques — including Fair Isle, helix, and tubular — in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences. This comprehensive guide provides directions for 35 demonstration projects, so you can...
by Margaret Truman
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Millions of words have been written about America's first families. But what has been said about our "first families' families" - the colossal collection of animals, exotic and familiar, stubborn and playful, large and tiny, who have been welcome, and often celebrated, residents of the White...
The Knowledgeable Knitter
Understand the Inner Workings of Knitting and Make Every Project a Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Knitting is a combination of skill, determination, and adaptability. Whether you’re looking for a suitable substitute yarn, trying to modify a pattern, or fixing a mistake, Margaret Radcliffe offers proven advice that will help you solve all of your knitting quandaries. With this definitive guide,...
The Art of the Handwritten Note
A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
From overcoming illegible penmanship to mastering the challenge of keeping straight margins, avoiding smeared ink, and choosing stationery that is appropriate but suits your style, this is a powerful little guide to conveying thoughts in an enduring—and noteworthy—way.
For those who enjoy...
The Everything Rottweiler Book
A Complete Guide to Raising, Training, and Caring for Your Rottweiler
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
An essential handbook to the Rottweiler breed!
If you’ve been looking for a loyal dog that will fit in well with your family, now is the time to consider owning a rottweiler. These handsome dogs make excellent companions. Even though they tend to be a bit reserved in nature, rottweilers display...
Carnivorous Nights
On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest...
by Margaret Kohn
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
The city is a paradoxical space, in theory belonging to everyone, in practice inaccessible to people who cannot afford the high price of urban real estate. Within these urban spaces are public and social goods including roads, policing, transit, public education, and culture, all of which have been...
by Margaret Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
Fat, 59, fortified daily by red wine and challenged by my husband, I start a mildly epic adventure. This book is part autobiography, part travel guide, an honest but tongue in cheek record of my Camino. It lists distances, places to stay and to avoid, what to take, degree of difficulty and ultimately...
by Margaret Eby
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
A literary travelogue into the heart of classic Southern literature.
What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America's greatest literature? And why, when we think of Flannery O'Connor or William Faulkner or Harper Lee, do we think of them not just as writers, but as Southern...