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Shizuka tells of four generations of Japanese and Japanese-Americans and their lives in the great Central Valley of California. A chance meeting between Martin, a middle-aged Caucasian, and Pat, a young Japanese-American woman who knows little about the life of her pioneer ancestors, leads by mutual impulse into the wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas to a greatly revered but little-known, century-old gathering place for early Japanese settlers, Pat''s ancestors. This is Shizuka. Austere and imposing, Shizuka ("a place of tranquility") comes to life with the discovery of diaries, written in Japanese and dating from the 1890s. They describe a tight knit, dynamic family with close ties to early Yankee and Mexican settlers, yet the cryptic entries can do no more than whet the imagination. It is only the unfolding story of Kazuo Kono, the family''s patriarch, that tells the true tale of Shizuka and of those who built it against great odds and were able, from time to time, to find tranquility there. Kazuo''s origins in Meiji Restoration Japan, his immigration eastward to America, his establishing a family with Motome, his brilliant and passionate wife, and his agriculturally important contributions to his adopted country give warmth and texture to a virtually forgotten era and its obscure heroes.

Nancy Lancaster, who was born in 1897 into a wealthy Virginian family, became one of the greatest influences on interior decoration and garden design in Great Britain and America in the second half of the 20th century. She created what is known today as the ''English Country House Style'' – a mixture of faded colors, chintzes and painted and antique furniture. In the garden, she worked in a formal yet romantic neo-Georgian style, which is still a strong spirit in British garden design. This book examines Nancy''s contribution to the arts of interior decoration and garden design by chronicling her own homes and gardens –and her extraordinary life. Mirador, her family''s Virginian country house, was to remain her key inspiration throughout her life. Nancy herself, her houses, her gardens and her friends are shown in an intriguing collection of photographs by distinguished photographers of the era, including Horst and Cecil Beaton.

The story of Liberty''s is the story of design. The brand has been an international byword for style and innovation since May 1875, when Arthur Lasenby Liberty opened the doors of his Regent Steet shop. The son of a draper, Arthur Liberty (1843-1917) was inspired by the conviction that if he could only raise the capital to open his own shop, he could change the whole look of fashion in dress and interior decoration. He did exactly that. With an impressive ability to spot talent and to promote good, innovative and interesting design, Liberty''s shop quickly became the epicentre of London''s Aesthetic movement, the place where Oscar Wilde bought Japanese silk. Succesive movements found a home at Liberty''s: Arts and Crafts; Art Nouveau; Art Deco; and the Georgian revival. The work of almost all the great designers of the past century in the fields of glass, metalwork, furniture, ceramics, fashion and, above all, textiles has appeared under the Liberty label. In this book Martin Wood tells the story of Liberty''s, its design and its designers: from the pewter and silverware of Archibald Knox and the Silver Studio and William DeMorgan''s tiles to the fabrics of Lucienne Day, Sonia Delaunay and Bernard Nevill and the furniture of Piero Fornasetti, Vico Magistretti and even Ringo Starr.

From heart-stopping accounts of poltergeists to first-hand encounters with ghouls, this will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about Shrewsbury''s mysterious history. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this collection of tales contains a chilling range of ghostly goings-on. Discover the headless apparition at the castle gates, ghostly monks from the abbey church and a whole family of spirits in Milk Street. The phenomenal gathering of spooks in Shrewsbury will captivate anyone interested in the supernatural history of the area. Martin Wood is a town crier and toastmaster. He has had an interest in ghosts for many years and for the past ten years has been leading evening tours of Shrewsbury, looking at the sites of known ghosts.

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This title looks at the implications of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act. It provides guidance to help construction practitioners get to grips with the implications of the act. It also focuses on standard forms, and how the act affects payment and compliance.

This report presents the results of the 1975. The purposes of the study are: 1) describe the characteristics of different types of soil surfaces in Aridisols; 2) evaluate methods to increase vegetative cover and the amount of coppice dune through revegetation techniques; and, 3) determine the effects of ORV traffic on infiltration and sediment production characteristics of soils with vesicular surface horizons.