Render makeover
Cement rendering is a quick, easy and affordable way to renovate an old home — or a great way to save money when building a new one. Following the excesses of the eighties, home makers are opting for no-fuss finishes, easy to clean surfaces and ... [... more]
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Daniel Harris
Though many in the gay community strive to be accepted into mainstream society, assimilation is watering down a once vibrant culture, rendering it as bland as a production of Streetcar without Blanche Dubois. As corporate America opens its arms ... [... more]
Random House |
Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace
A work by turns hilarious and grim, Evelina tells the story of a young woman's education in the ways of the world, vividly rendering life in eighteenth-century England. Raised by a pastor after her mother died and her father abandoned her, ... [... more]
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Martin Allerdale Grainger
When Woodsmen of the West first appeared in 1908, most readers could not relate to its rendering of the rough edges of logging-camp life. M. Allerdale Grainger refused to sentimentalize the West - he drew from life. While his dramatic and loosely ... [... more]
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Fanny Burney
Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace is an associate professor of English at Boston College and author of A work by turns hilarious and grim, Evelina tells the story of a young woman's education in the ways of the world, vividly rendering life in ... [... more]
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Christopher Collier
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional ... [... more]
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Doon Arbus
Diane Arbus redefined the concerns and the range of the art she practiced. Her bold subject matter and photographic approach have established her preeminence in the world of the visual arts. Her gift for rendering strange those things we consider ... [... more]
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Lord Alfred Tennyson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria's favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and ... [... more]
Random House |
Robert Brandt
Robert Brandt runs his own design consultancy based in Brighton, England. His many commissions include engineering diagrams, three-dimensional modeling, architectural rendering, and interior design. He has also created technical illustrations for ... [... more]
Harper Collins |