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Comments (1)Hi, I am searching for the same thing. So far I have found some good info on the university of maryland's cooperative extension service web site. It might have a lot of what you want to know. Good luck!...See Morebook suggestions....
Comments (16)I read mostly nonfiction now (paleo-anthropology, archaeology, etc), but I took 27 literature courses when I was at Rice getting a degree in German/English. I like a lot of 19th Century (and earlier) literature, but I do read modern authors as well. Here are a few of my favorite authors: Thomas Hardy - as a teenager I identified with his tragic heroines, partly because I was living on a farm, and he set his stories in rural SW England or Devon. D.H. Lawrence - especially his short stories Flannery O'Connor - also for short stories, which are frighteningly realistic portrayals of rural Georgia Daphne DuMaurier - novels and short stories, including The Scapegoat, Rebecca, The Birds, etc. William Burroughs - "The Nova Trilogy" (The Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded, Nova Express), and The Wild Boys, which was a major inspiration to David Bowie Margaret Mitchell - GWTW - I first read this when I was ten and then read it two more times afterwards William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury and others for a good dose of Southern literature Most of these I read when I was in my teens and early 20s, and I was able to meet Wm Burroughs in San Francisco in the 1970s, but that's another whole story. I also loved Dostoevsky, but he's not recommended for someone with a short attention span, and it is difficult to keep all of his characters straight without taking notes. All of the other authors I listed I found to be fascinating enough to make it difficult to put down their books, and their characters are extremely well developed and engaging. I read mostly as an escape, and reading authors from earlier periods allowed me to enter their world. Wm Burroughs books took me into the future. I mentioned three great authors from the South (and there are many more), as I thought you might relate to them. You might also like reading some of Tennessee Williams' plays. Lars...See MoreI need a Decorating Book suggestion
Comments (15)"Don't laugh, but I got myself a Mary Engelbreit Christmas book, and I think you'd like it because of the layering she does. I just thought she made cutesy calendars and stuff." No not at all, ME is totally not my style, but yrs back I bought her Home Companion book for the vignettes and whimsy. I've always meant to get her Christmas book as well. One of her then homes in St Louis was featured in Trad Home yrs back and I kept the issue, even though it's a bit dated, I still love looking at it and it not cutesy at all. Maybe at some point I'll do a "layered look" from the past post of it at the Home Decoration Forum. BTW,I hope she enjoys the Faudree book....See MoreBook Suggestions
Comments (38)New Old House – Restoration Renovation Decorating Landscaping Martha Stewart (1992) this one is pretty old, but still actual and full of useful information. By the way, for those who don't like reading large books - try reading the summary of those. For example, this way I have read an entire book "when the legends die" on https://freebooksummary.com/category/when-the-legends-die , and thats really cool, isn't it? I would have spent a couple of days on reading that book, but instead of that I have read the summary in just a couple of minutes!...See More- 10 years agolast modified: 10 years ago
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