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- The house on the canal : the story of the house that hid Anne Frank / by Harding, Thomas,1968-; Teckentrup, Britta.;
- "In the middle of Amsterdam is a house on a canal with a green door. Over four hundred years, it has quietly witnessed love, desperation, and historic change. Sometimes the narrow house was splendidly decorated, humming with life and love; other times, it stood empty, in near ruins. Sometimes the green door was open and inviting; other times, it was closed against cold and plague or to conceal the victims of wartime persecution. The house's last occupant, a young girl with a sweet smile, would famously document her time there. In her diary, Anne Frank wrote of "the old house on the canal," and today people come from far and wide to visit what stands as a universal symbol of hope and resilience. Thomas Harding's lyrical text and concise back matter reveal history through the changing face and fortunes of a remarkable structure. Impeccably researched, Britta Teckentrup's dreamy mixed-media collages, including a map and archival imagery, perfectly echo the layered narrative and capture the ethereal nature of time and circumstance"--
- Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Picture books.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Dwellings; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
- Essential light straw clay construction : the complete step-by-step guide / by Doleman, Lydia,1976-;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
- Subjects: Building materials; Dwellings; Ecological houses; Sustainable buildings; Straw.; Clay.;
- Made in Italy [videorecording] / by Antonio, Helena,actor.; D'Arcy, James,1975-film director.; Bilello, Valeria,1982-actor.; Duncan, Lindsay,actor.; Neeson, Liam,actor.; Quaglia, Marco,actor.; Richardson, Micheal,actor.; Tavani, Gian Marco,actor.; Shout! Factory (Firm),film distributor.;
- Liam Neeson, Valeria Bilello, Micheal Richardson, Lindsay Duncan, Marco Quaglia, Gian Marco Tavani, Helena Antonio.A heartwarming father-son story set in glorious Tuscany about bohemian London artist Robert, who returns to Italy with his estranged son Jack to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. Neither expects to find the once beautiful villa in such a state of disrepair. Renovations go badly, with father and son soon finding themselves at odds. Robert's comical lack of DIY experience leads him to seek help from some colorful locals.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Dwellings; Fathers and sons; Dysfunctional families; Widowers; Inheritance and succession;
- For private home use only.
- Prefabulous small houses / by Koones, Sheri,1949-; Lockhart, Charles(Illustrator);
- Includes Internet addresses.LSC
- Subjects: Prefabricated houses.; Ecological houses.; Small houses.; Dwellings; Modular construction.; Architecture, Domestic;
- We used to live here / by Kliewer, Marcus,author.;
- "The Turn of the Key meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit-about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house's previous residents unexpectedly visit"--
- Subjects: Queer fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Dwellings; Families; Flipping (Real estate investment); Ghosts; Haunted houses; Lesbians; Winter storms;
- Shot with crimson / by Upson, Nicola,author.;
- September 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Then a shocking act of violence reawakens the shadows of the past, with consequences on both sides of the Atlantic, and Josephine and DCI Archie Penrose find themselves on a trail leading back to the house that inspired a young Daphne du Maurier - a trail that echoes Rebecca's timeless themes of obsession, jealousy, and murder.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Tey, Josephine, 1896 or 1897-1952; Dwellings; Murder; Women novelists;
- The magnolia story / by Gaines, Chip,author.; Dagostino, Mark,author.; Gaines, Joanna,author.;
- Subjects: Biographies.; Gaines, Chip.; Gaines, Joanna.; Fixer upper (Television program); Businesspeople; Dwellings; Television personalities;
- Savvy Sheldon feels good as hell / by McCoy, Taj,author.;
- Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the cracks in her life: her high-stress and low-thanks job, her clueless boyfriend and the falling-apart kitchen she inherited from her beloved grandma--who taught her how to cook and how to love people by feeding them. But when Savvy's world starts to crash down around her, she knows it's time for some renovations. Starting from the outside in, Savvy tackles her crumbling kitchen, her relationship with her body, her work-life balance (or lack thereof) and, last but not least, her love life. The only thing that doesn't seem to require effort is her ride-or-die squad of friends. But as any home-reno-show junkie can tell you, something always falls apart during renovations. First, Savvy passes out during hot yoga. Then it turns out that the contractor she hires is the same sexy stranger she unintentionally offended by judging based on appearances. Worst of all, Savvy can't seem to go anywhere without tripping over her ex and his latest "upgrade." Savvy begins to realize that maybe she should've started her renovations the other way around: beginning with how she sees herself before building a love that lasts.
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Dwellings; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Overweight women; Self-esteem in women;
- The white hare / by Johnson, Jane,1960-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references.In the far west of Cornwall lies a valley that cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea at White Cove. The house above the beach has lain neglected since the war. It comes with a reputation and a strange atmosphere, which is why Magdalena and Mila manage to acquire it so cheaply in the fateful summer of 1954. Magda has grand plans for the place: to restore it to its former glory as the venue for glittering parties, where the rich and celebrated gathered for cocktails and for bracing walks along the coast. Her daughter Mila just wants to escape the scandal in her past and make a safe and happy home for her little girl, Janey, a solitary, precocious child blessed with a vivid imagination, much of which she pours into her plush toy, Rabbit. The White Valley comes with a long, eventful and often bloody history, laced with tall tales and local legends. Locals say that a white hare may be seen running through the woods there. Some say it is a phantasm, or superstitious nonsense; others say the hare is as real as you or me. It may be a sign of ill omen; or a blessing. Feeling fragile and broken-hearted, cast out of her old life, Mila is in great need of a new start and all the luck she can get.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Dwellings; Families; Folklore; Secrecy;
- The house on Prytania / by White, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
- "Nola Trenholm may not be psychic herself, but she's spent enough time around people who are to know when ghosts are present, and there are definitely a few lingering spirits in her recently purchased Creole cottage in New Orleans. Something, or someone, is keeping them tethered to this world. And not all of them are benign. But with the sudden return of Sunny Ryan, Beau Ryan's long-lost sister, Nola has plenty to distract her from her ghostly housemates. Especially when the tempting--yet firmly unavailable--Beau, wanting to mete out justice to those he blames for Sunny's kidnapping, asks Nola for a favor that threatens to derail her hard-won recovery and send her hurtling backward. He asks her to welcome Michael Hebert back into her life, even though Michael is the reason for Nola's bruised heart. Beau is convinced that Michael's powerful family was behind Sunny's disappearance and that Michael is the key to getting information the police won't be able to ignore--if Nola is willing to risk everything for which she's worked so hard. Torn between helping Beau and protecting herself, Nola doesn't realize until it's almost too late why the ghosts are haunting her house--a startling revelation that will throw her and Beau together to fight a common enemy. Assuming Nola can get Beau to listen to what the spirits are trying to tell him, because ignoring them could prove to be a fatal mistake ... "--
- Subjects: Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Dwellings; Haunted houses; Historic buildings; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships;
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