Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s by Cara Greenberg, ISBN 0517884755
Mid-Century Modern is a loving tribute to the innovative furniture of the fifties and its enduring popularity. Fully illustrated with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs, this visual tour reveals the best of post-war furniture, from high-concept designs to their kitschy counterparts. The fifties were a unique time in the history of the furniture industry. Designers with backgrounds in architecture created organically shaped furniture using the new technologies and materials developed during the war. Sensuous biomorphic designs proliferated. Appreciative consumers treasured the sleek, elegant, and functional designs of Charles Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Nogushi, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, and many others. This new furniture stacked, flexed, and folded; it was rearrangeable and interchangeable; and it addressed the needs of modern life. The book's highlights include the ten best chairs of the fifties, inside looks at the homes of top collectors, rare photographs from the Herman Miller archives and from the personal collections of designers such as Wendell Lovett and Vladimir Kagan.
Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s by Cara Greenberg, ISBN 0517884755
Mid-Century Modern is a loving tribute to the innovative furniture of the fifties and its enduring popularity. Fully illustrated with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs, this visual tour reveals the best of post-war furniture, from high-concept designs to their kitschy counterparts. The fifties were a unique time in the history of the furniture industry. Designers with backgrounds in architecture created organically shaped furniture using the new technologies and materials developed during the war. Sensuous biomorphic designs proliferated. Appreciative consumers treasured the sleek, elegant, and functional designs of Charles Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Nogushi, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, and many others. This new furniture stacked, flexed, and folded; it was rearrangeable and interchangeable; and it addressed the needs of modern life. The book's highlights include the ten best chairs of the fifties, inside looks at the homes of top collectors, rare photographs from...
Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s by Cara Greenberg, ISBN 0517884755 
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E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206
More and more Canadians are turning to discount brokers as a low-cost alternative to having professionals manage their money, making the discount brokerage industry one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment world.
On-line investing is cheap and easy, an dyou can set up an account with most discount brokers with just a few dollars. But thousands of Canadians with accounts at discounters have no idea on how to make them work effectively. "E-Investing How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker is your manual for on-line investing.
- Rates the strengths and weaknesses of all the discount brokers in Canada, including cost and service comparisons, and ease of use of discounters' websites.
- Features a questionnaire to help you decide if a discounter is right for you.
- Explains how to do business with a discounter, whether it's face-to-face, on the telephone, or via the Internet.
- Gives step-by-step instructions on how to set up an account and how to get on...
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Working with the Dreaming Body by Arnold Mindell, ISBN 1887078665
Drawing on a large number of case studies, practical applications of the Dreambody theory are described, instructing how to unfold symptoms and other somatic phenomena to reveal the dreamlike and mythical experiences that we usually discount in everyday life. These symptoms may not be merely sickness in need of treatment, but guides to meaning and fulfillment.
Working with the Dreaming Body by Arnold Mindell, ISBN 1887078665
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The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin by Susan Weber Soros, ISBN 0300081596
Victorian architect-designer E. W. Godwin (1833-1886), tying himself neither morally nor aesthetically to a single style, approached design with what he called "judicious eclecticism." Seeking to design furniture appropriate to the needs of modern living, he grappled with the problems of affordability, utility, and function and experimented with modular and fitted furniture decades before it became popular in the mid-twentieth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Godwin's furniture designs. Taking the form of a catalogue raisonne, the book documents and reproduces all known examples of his secular furniture and related furniture designs.
Susan Weber Soros traces the development of Godwin's style, examines its sources, and assesses the historical importance of his work. She discusses how Godwin combined antiquarian interests with the study of more recent design traditions from different parts of the world, Including Japan. Godwin worked in six major styles: Gothic revival,...
The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin by Susan Weber Soros, ISBN 0300081596
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Fanciful Furniture Decorating with Paint: Decorating with Paint by Anita Rosenberg, ISBN 1402705883
Handcraft unique pieces of furniture and accessories that make a big decorative statement and give any home that personal touch. It just takes paint and simple tools, plus these incredible, inspirational designs and projects. Every beautiful pattern and creative technique is broken down in detail, with information on finding furniture to personalize, discovering unusual motifs, and incorporating feng shui principles on color. Try a little fun with themes taken from magazines, dig for ideas in vacation and travel brochures, and go wild for patterns like a bright leopard scroll. Great projects include a gothic-style table, which uses a variety of techniques including staining, swirling, and wood cutouts; rejuvenate a night table with a lovely mosaic and paint design; and decoupage a chest with assorted papers from maps to newspaper articles.
Fanciful Furniture Decorating with Paint: Decorating with Paint by Anita Rosenberg, ISBN 1402705883
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The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
From "five-finger discount" to "forty-rod whiskey," this is an authoritative and up-to-date record of slang throughout the English-speaking world.
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
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