Something in Linoleum

Something in Linoleum
Author: Paul Vaughan
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0571281621

As a boy in 1934 Paul Vaughan unwittingly became part of a social trend - a great mass migration to the outskirts of London - as his family moved from Brixton to booming New Malden, where their new semi was a mere stroll away from countryside. This was Suburbia, and its outlook was not entirely promising. But Vaughan was so fortunate as to find an inspirational headmaster - John Garrett - at his local grammar school, which boasted a school song composed by Garrett's friend W.H. Auden. In due course he would find his way to Oxford; but as this evocative account testifies, New Malden would never quite leave him.'Wonderfully readable, wonderfully wry.' Edward Blishen, TES'Recalled with a Betjemanesque affection and eye for detail.' Peter Parker, Telegraph

Philosophical Essays

Philosophical Essays
Author: O. K. Bouwsma
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1965-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780803262256

The essays in this collection are not confined to any one period or any one subject. Nearly every one, in the author's words, is "an attempt to understand some short passage from the work of some philosopher, teasing the passage with analogies of sense. If one were to describe the method, as Descartes described his method, the method of doubt, perhaps it might best be described as the method of failure."

Time

Time
Author: Jonathan Westphal
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780872202061

Time brings together philosophical and literary works representing the many ways--metaphysical, scientific, analytic, phenomenological, literary--in which philosophers and others have reflected on questions about time.

Moonlight on Linoleum

Moonlight on Linoleum
Author: Terry Helwig
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451628676

Forced by her mother's instability to care for her five siblings, Helwig crafts a moving story of a mother she loved and struggled to understand. But ultimately, to keep her own dreams alive, Terry had to decide when to hold on to what she loved and when to let go.

Cheap, Quick, & Easy

Cheap, Quick, & Easy
Author: Pamela Hemenway Simpson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781572330375

As Simpson shows in fascinating detail, rockface concrete blocks, pressed metal imitations of stone, linoleum "marble" and "parquet," and embossed wall coverings made available to the masses a host of ornamental effects that only the wealthy could previously have afforded. But, she notes, wherever these new materials appeared, a heated debate over the appropriateness of imitation followed. Were these materials merely tasteless shams?

The Everything Green Wedding Book

The Everything Green Wedding Book
Author: Wenona Napolitano
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2008-11-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1605507709

Increasingly, brides and grooms are spending their wedding dollars on environmentally friendly products and services. From the dress to the dinner, there are more green options available today than ever before. This book will teach the happy couple just how easy and affordable it is to: choose a stunning environmentally friendly location; create beautiful invitations printed on recycled paper; find the perfect eco-fashion; enjoy a gourmet organic caterer; find the right romantic honeymoon retreat, and more! This fun, informative guide provides all the steps to a beautiful wedding - without leaving a footprint!