Product Description: The American Country Companion

A super-sleuth's guide to spotting, buying and collecting antiques. It shows you how to tell a genuine piece from a fake. Spot signs that indicate an object has been restored. It includes expert advice on makers, questions to ask, tips for identifying the best examples in furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, dolls, teddy bears, textiles and more.

Provides descriptions and price listings for a wide variety of furniture ranging from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century

A visual guide to fine furniture lists more than seven thousand pieces made between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries and provides up-to-date prices, dealer tips, craftsmanship information, and authenticity guidelines.

Product Description: How can you tell a genuine antique from a fake? How can you spot if something has been restored? What marks should you look for? How can you recognize styles? How can you tell one maker from another? Antiques Investigator gives you all the confidence and know-how you need to approach any antique-be it a vase, a teapot, a chair, or bear...read more

A vital resource for any antiques enthusiast, this comprehensive, useful illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than 8,500 items, ranging from furniture to ceramics and glassware, along with specially commissioned full-color photographs, descriptive captions, and authoritative values. 35,000 first printing.

A vital resource for any antiques enthusiast, this comprehensive, useful illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than 8,500 items, ranging from furniture to ceramics and glassware, along with specially commissioned full-color photographs, descriptive captions, and up-to-date values.

A vital resource for any antiques enthusiast, this comprehensive, useful illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than 8,500 items, ranging from furniture and jewelry to ceramics and glassware, along with specially commissioned full-color photographs, descriptive captions, and up-to-date values.

A vital resource for any antiques enthusiast, this comprehensive, useful illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than eight thousand items, ranging from furniture and jewelry to ceramics and glassware, along with specially commissioned full-color photographs, descriptive captions, market trend analyses, and up-to-date values.

A vital resource for any antiques enthusiast, this comprehensive, useful, illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than eight thousand items, ranging from furniture and jewelry to ceramics and glassware, along with specially commissioned full-color photographs, descriptive captions, market trend analyses, and up-to-date values.

A comprehensive, illustrated compendium of collectibles and antiques profiles more than eight thousand items, ranging from furniture to glassware, along with color photographs, descriptive captions, and authoritative values.

Product Description: An important survey of the dental health of Ancient Egyptians, investigating the effects of diet and living conditions. Miller uses as evidence a selection of skulls from the Duckwoth collection in Cambridge and from the Department of Palaeopathology at the British Museum, ranging in date from the Neolithic (c...read more

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A full-color visual reference to Art Deco traces the history of the movement from its origins to its diverse representations in twentieth-century art, discussing the characteristics of the art and some of its leading practitioners, and includes helpful buyer's tips, more than one thousand photographs, and an authoritative price guide to hundreds of items, including posters, furniture, accessories, metalwork, and more.

Product Description: A CBA Bestselling Author Refined By Love (Book 3) Ainslee McKay’s world is shaken when she discovers her twin sister has eloped with a man she barely knows, leaving Ainslee to fulfill their obligation at a tile works in Weston, West Virginia...read more

A lavish visual reference on the Arts & Crafts movement features a history of the period's furniture, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, metalware, prints and posters, and other collectibles, along with information on the era's stylistic development, profiles of leading designers, up-to-date values, tips on buying and selling, and more than one thousand full-color photographs.

Product Description: Many an occupant of an old house would like to know more about its history, and this book explains how to gather evidence from both the house itself and the surrounding area. It then describes, in visually-led chapters covering the Tudor, Jacobean, Queen Anne, Georgian, Regency, Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco periods, how to analyze the evidence collected...read more

Product Description: Bringing the late 19th-century mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, to life in a fascinating slice of history, Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller offer readers all the romance and drama they'll want. Weaving together intrigue, wounded hearts, and the rich history of the region, THE BELLS OF LOWELL will soon rank among readers' favorite historical series...read more

Product Description: For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding the Amana Colonies used to be accepting of their quiet, peaceful neighbors, but with antiGerman sentiment running high, the Amana villages are now plagued by vandalism, threats, and insults...read more

In the clay-rich hills of the newly founded state of West Virginia, two families tentatively come together to rebuild a war-torn brickmaking business.Ewan McKay has immigrated to West Virginia with his aunt and uncle, promising to trade his skills in the clay business for financial help. Uncle Hugh purchases a brickmaking operation from a Civil War widow and her daughter, and it's Ewan's job to get the company up and running again. Ewan seeks help from Laura, the former owner's daughter, and he quickly feels a connection with her, but she's being courted by another man--a lawyer with far more social clout and money than Ewan. Resolving that he'll make the brickworks enough of a success that he can become a partner in the business and be able to afford to bring his sisters over from Ireland, Ewan pours all his energy into the new job. But when Hugh signs a bad business deal, all Ewan's hard work is put in jeopardy. As his hopes for the future crumble, Laura reveals something surprising. Can she help him save the brickworks, and will Ewan finally get a shot at winning her heart?

Cousins Amanda, Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the inheritance he bestows threatens to tear them apart. With their families as different as can be, the influx of wealth and power impacts each girl differently. Is this the end of the cousins' close relationship? Will the girls choose the path high society has deemed or forge their own ways? Using as a backdrop the unique setting of the Thousand Islands located in the St. Lawrence Seaway between New York and Ontario The Broadmoor Legacy combines the writing talents of bestselling authors Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller for a heart-stirring series featuring three young women searching for love and a legacy the 1890s.

Transitioning from place to place has been identified as a key marker of many teachers' lives. Notions of place and transition have been researched for new teachers as they move from university to rural teaching positions; and, for experienced teachers who may move from school to school, town to city, city to rural town. Since 2002, the Bush Tracks Research Group has explored the lived experience of teachers in rural schools. Bush Tracks: The Opportunities and Challenges of Rural Teaching and Leadership is a compilation of more than a decade of research conducted by this multidisciplinary group of academics from the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia. Employing a variety of methodologies, these researchers have worked to understand the intimate lives of teachers working in rural schools - the personal and professional challenges of being in relentlessly close proximity to students and their families; the supports needed to continue professional pathways; and the opportunities for accelerated leadership, all while living in the 'fishbowl' of a rural community. Chapters also explore the working lives of small school principals, specifically, some of the innovative methods they use to circumvent metrocentric policies; how ingenuity can resolve challenging teaching and leadership situations; and, what can be done to reconcile sometimes conflicting roles. This book will be of interest to all teachers who have 'gone bush', or have ever wanted to; and, to teacher educators who want a text that is nuanced in discussing the challenges and opportunities of teaching in rural schools.

Product Description: This is the new edition of this insider's guide to identifying trash, treasure or tomorrow's antiques, from antiques guru Judith Miller. Ever wondered if your junk might be someone else's antique or treasure? From coins to kitchenware, fashion to football memorabilia, find out all you need to know to enjoy collecting and make a tidy profit...read more

Drawing on the time-proven methods of professionals, this step-by-step guide provides readers with simple yet professional techniques for cleaning, repairing, maintaining, and displaying cherished antiques and collectibles.