Classic modern : midcentury modern at home / by Dietsch, Deborah

Table of Contents: “…Midcentury modern at home : Modern to the core: classic houses ; Throwing a curve: Albert Frey, Palm Springs, California, 1946 ; Machine in the garden: Richard Neutra, Palm Springs, California, 1946 ; Less is more: Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, Plano, Illinois, 1951 ; Bauhaus, American style: Marcel Breuer, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 1953 ; Modern Monticello: Eero Saarinen, Columbus, Indiana, 1957 ; Urban sanctuary: José Luis Sert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958 ; Time-honored values: Jens Risom interiors, New Canaan, Connecticut, and Block Island, Rhode Island, 1950s and 1967 -- Mainstream modern: affordable style ; Missionary living: Case study houses nos. 9, 16, and 22 by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, Craig Ellwood and Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles, 1945-59 ; Symphony in steel: Charles and Ray Eames, Pacific Palisades, California, 1949 ; Suburban frontier: Eugene Sternberg and Joseph Dion, Englewood, Colorado, 1949-57 ; Into the woods: Charles Goodman, Alexandria, Virginia, 1949-60s ; Umbrella in the sun: Paul Rudolph, Sarasota, Florida, 1953 ; Western pioneers: Jones and Emmons, San Mateo, California, 1956 ; Passion for plastic: Ralph Wilson Sr. and Bonnie McIninich, Temple, Texas, 1959 -- Back to the future: living with midcentury modern ; The art of reduction: Clarence Mayhew, Oakland, California, 1960 ; Minimalist temple: Richard Neutra, San Diego, California, 1960 ; Calming effect: Richard Neutra, Glendale, California, 1961 ; Industrial evolution: John Lawrence, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1958 ; Beginner's luck: Julian Berla and Joseph Abel, Washington D.C., 1941 ; Modernist summit: Shelton, Mindel and Associates, New York City, 1997 ; City deco, county classic: Heiner M. …”


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The great good place : cafés, coffee shops, community centers, beauty parlors, general stores, bars, hangouts, and how they get you through the day by Oldenburg, Ray

Table of Contents: “…The problem of place in America -- The character of third places -- The personal benefits -- The greater good -- Ther German-American lager beer gardens -- Main Street -- The English pub -- The French café -- The American tavern -- Classic coffeehouses -- A hostile habitat -- The sexes and the third place -- Shutting out youth -- Toward better times and places.…”


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The Abrams guide to American house styles by Morgan, William, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Colonial -- Georgian: an overview -- Early Georgian -- Middle Georgian -- Late Georgian -- Greek Revival -- Gothic Revival -- Italianate -- Second Empire -- Victorian: an overview -- Stick Style -- Queen Anne -- Richardsonian -- Shingle Style -- Classical Revivals: an overview -- Beaux-Arts -- Georgian Revival -- Craftsman Style -- Prairie Style -- Period Styles -- Modern: an overview -- American Deco -- International Style -- Modern -- Post-Modern -- Deconstructivism -- Curiosities -- The Current State of American House Styles.…”


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Wine country : architecture and interiors by Whitesides, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Yountville barn style complex -- French manor house chateau -- Harris house compound -- Villa Pietra ("Stone House") -- Rimerman house -- Quintessa winery -- Nickel & Nickel winery complex -- Far Niente -- Napa Valley wine estate -- Viansa winery -- Stephens house -- Franciscan Oakville estate -- Walker house -- Classic modern house -- Mumm Napa Valley winery -- Doilney house -- Staglin family estate -- Napa Valley residence -- Backen residence -- How to achieve wine country style.…”


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Music in Europe and the United States : a history by Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019

Table of Contents: “…Music in the Ancient world -- Minstrelsy -- Sacred song -- Philosophy and theory -- Gothic polyphony -- Popular polyphony -- Ars nova -- At the height of the Renaissance -- At the end of the Renaissance -- America -- The new style in Italy -- The new style in Europe -- At the end of the Baroque -- The New World -- The Modernist generation -- The Classical generation -- America and Africa -- Music in the 1780s -- The Romantic Classicists -- A new republic -- The Romantic generation -- Philosophy and theory -- The later Romantics -- An expanding nation -- Traditionalists and iconoclasts -- Between two wars -- A new sound -- Philosophy and theory -- The United States -- The practicality of history.…”


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The vanishing hitchhiker : American urban legends and their meanings by Brunvand, Jan Harold

Table of Contents: “…New legends for old : Urban legends as folklore ; The performance of legends ; "The boyfriend's death" ; Urban legends as cultural symbols ; Interpreting urban legends -- 2. The classic automobile legends : "The death car" ; "The philanderer's Porsche" ; Roadside ghosts: "The vanishing hitchhiker" -- 3. …”


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Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War : selected writings and speeches by Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Mad as hell : how the Tea Party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system by Rasmussen, Scott W.

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Unsung : a history of women in American music by Ammer, Christine

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Drinking history : fifteen turning points in the making of American beverages by Smith, Andrew F., 1946-

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Hollywood horror : from gothic to cosmic by Vieira, Mark A., 1950-

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The battle for Christmas by Nissenbaum, Stephen

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The monarchy of fear : a philosopher looks at our political crisis by Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-

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Transgender history : the roots of today's revolution by Stryker, Susan

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The anti-education era : creating smarter students through digital learning by Gee, James Paul

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Meet you in hell : Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bitter partnership that transformed America by Standiford, Les

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