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Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still intact. This splendid publication is the definitive source of scholarship on the remarkably well-preserved exemplar of late-Elizabethan style. Composed of extensive research and newly commissioned photography, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of the house and its inhabitants through the centuries, showcasing a remarkable collection of portraiture, tapestries, furniture, and gardens, and providing readers with a genuine sense of the house's environment. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1.
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The new pick from Fearne Cotton's Happy Place Book Club and the perfect beach read for summer 2023, set in idyllic Italy, for fans of The Garnett Girls. When Kit loses her mother in tragic circumstances, she feels drawn to finally connect with the father she has never met. That search brings her to the Thousand Lights Hotel, the perfect holiday escape perched upon a cliff on the island of Elba. Within this idyllic setting a devastating truth is brought to light: shaking the foundations upon which the hotel is built, and shattering the lives of the people within it. A heartbreaking story of loss, betrayal, and redemption, told with all the warmth and beauty of an Italian summer. Your favourite authors LOVE The Thousand Lights Hotel: 'A gloriously intoxicating fairytale - sweet, sensual and sun-drenched. You won't want to leave!' - Veronica Henry 'I loved this book. Such gorgeous, delicate writing' - Kate Riordan ''A real beautiful form of escapism' - Fearne Cotton
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The Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana consists of some 10,000 books, manuscripts, maps, pamphlets, broadsides, broadsheets, and photographs, of which about half are described in the present catalogue. The Graff Collection displays the remarkable breadth of interest, knowledge, and taste of a great bibliophile and student of Western American history. From this rich collection, now in The Newberry Library, Chicago, its former Curator, Colton Storm, has compiled a discriminating and representative Catalogue of the rarer and more unusual materials. Collectors, bibliographers, librarians, historians, and book dealers specializing in Americana will find the Graff Catalogue an interesting and essential tool. Detailed collations and binding descriptions are cited, and many of the more important works have been annotated by Mr. Graff and Mr. Storm. An extensive index of persons and subjects makes the book useful to the scholar as well as to the collector and dealer. The book is not a bibliography but rather a guide to rare or unique source materials now enriching The Newberry Library's outstanding holdings in American history.
The book Engineering Physics is designed for the First-Year Engineering students at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada/Vizianagaram/Anantapur and other universities in Andhra Pradesh. The book is written with the singular objective of providing the students with a distinct source material as per the syllabus. The book covers important topics such as Interference, Diffraction, Polarization, Crystallography. X-ray Diffraction, Dielectric Materials, Magnetic Materials, Quantum Mechanics, Free Electron Theory, Semiconductors, Lasers, Fibre Optics etc. Throughout the book attention is given to the proper presentation. It has all the features essential to arouse interest and involve students in the subject.