Product Description: This two-volume project provides a multi-sectoral perspective over the EU's external projections from traditional as well as critical theoretical and institutional perspectives, and is supported by numerous case studies covering the whole extent of the EU’s external relations...read more

A complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, this essential book provides all the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and improve the quality of your life. For 40 years, Terence Conran has been a leader in intelligent design, changing the way we think about and furnish our homes. No, Conran shows us that it is possible to convert our existing homes into greener, healthier places without starting from scratch. Whether you want to redecorate or resign your home, Eco House Book explains how relatively small and economic changes can be made, including simple repairs to improve energy efficiency, water saving tips, and productive gardening, to more dramatic overhauls such as redesigning room use, converting basements and extending your home. Environmental issues should be part of every decision you make on the home front--from selecting fabric for soft furnishings to designing and siting a home extension.Special focus is given to reducing the vast amounts of energy and water that homes consume on a daily basis, with advice on low energy lighting strategies and decorative choices, improving insulation and reducing energy use, the latest green heating systems, alternative ways of generating power, and electricity reducing appliances. As we are urged to change our lifestyles to reduce our carbon footprint and consumption of water, there has never been a better time to green your home.

Product Description: If decorating a child’s room has ever presented a problem, this is the book for you. Full of imaginative ideas for themed rooms, projects are aimed at children from birth to eight years old, from charming, warm nurseries for babies to inviting retreats for younger tots...read more

While Renno rediscovers the love of his former wife, Beth Huntington, and takes her back to his people, the Seneca, his son joins the governor of the Tennessee Territory in order to learn the ways of the settlers' government

The idea of Christmas in the country has an enduring quality, even in the 21st century. This book shows how to create your own brand of country style to celebrate the festive season. Four main chapters provide four distinctive themes to choose from, and the final section is a motif directory.

An extensively illustrated, practical guide to home decorating for individuals of all tastes and budgets offers a room-by-room plan for designing a home interior, offering simple instructions and creative ideas on how to transform one's home environment by sprucing up walls, floors, windows, lighting, furniture, accessories, and more. Original.

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Offers advice on home office set-up and design, including information on storage, furniture, lighting, color, recycling, and ergonomic exercise.

A collection of decorating schemes exploring the possibilities of colour and texture. Advice is given on equipment, paint and techniques and over 20 specially created room sets show you how to create the effects for yourself, from preparing surfaces to transforming walls and furniture.