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German Architecture in America: Folk House, Your House, Bauhaus, and More
ISBN: 9780764318009 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "The greatest influences of German architecture on America are bipolar: Folk Architecture and Modern Academic Architecture. In between are the lower keyed stories of less dramatic contributions." From log houses, corner beer halls and restaurants, and modern theme parks to the Brooklyn bridge and the Seagram Building in New York, German-inspired architecture covers America and defines a cultural heritage. In this book, a fascinating text is peppered with over 300 historical and contemporary photographs that illustrate powerful as well as quaint German-style buildings throughout America. From...
"The greatest influences of German architecture on America are bipolar: Folk Architecture and Modern Academic Architecture. In between are the lower k...
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252,07 zł |
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Yesterday's Farm Tools & Equipment
ISBN: 9780764336034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hundreds of old farm tools and equipment are shown to be echoes of America's past, as farming remains vital to the economy today. Major chapters cover old haying, grains, tobacco, orchards, poultry, dairy, horses and mules in farm practices. Over 600 vintage and modern photos display the amazing variety of gadgets once necessary for farming. These objects are preserved in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the Landis Valley Museum, where they help to interpret American farm life of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. This book extends the reach of the museum's collections to interested people...
Hundreds of old farm tools and equipment are shown to be echoes of America's past, as farming remains vital to the economy today. Major chapters cover...
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202,74 zł |
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Landis Family: A Pennsylvania German Family Album
ISBN: 9781531636241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Landis family of Landis Valley was ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. Its members were typical Pennsylvania Germans of their era, focused on farming and family, yet they also traveled, edited magazines, and became the founders of the Landis Valley Museum. The Landis family settled in Lancaster County in the 18th century, where Henry Harrison Landis and his wife, Emma Caroline Landis, raised their children, Henry Kinzer, George Diller, and Nettie Mae, in a cross-cultural environment. Descended from Mennonite and Reformed Church families, the Landis family formed an appreciation...
The Landis family of Landis Valley was ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. Its members were typical Pennsylvania Germans of their era, focuse...
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138,39 zł |
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Borscht Belt Bungalows
ISBN: 9781566395854 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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307,21 zł |
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Seed Art: The Package Made Me Buy It
ISBN: 9780764328190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Artwork created to sell flower and vegetable seeds to the public is bright, eye-catching, and tempting. It reflects the fantasy that any novice gardener can grow beautiful plants just by buying the seeds. This is not a new phenomenon. Over 475 boldly colorful flower and vegetable seed artwork, catalog, packet, and publication illustrations are arranged here chronologically (l1869 to 1997) and alphabetically (acroclinium to zinnia) for easy reference in this fun visual delight. Many images are from the vast and superb collection of the Landis Valley Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where the...
Artwork created to sell flower and vegetable seeds to the public is bright, eye-catching, and tempting. It reflects the fantasy that any novice garden...
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153,42 zł |
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Pennsylvania German Arts: More Than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips
ISBN: 9780764312458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. There has never been a book like this intertwining the arts and artifacts of both the traditional and the evolving worlds. The Pennsylvania Germans are a remarkable people; some are among the most conservative of Americans, retaining a strong cultural identity to this day, while others have largely assimilated into the larger "English" world. Folk art and quilts are here, but so is the work of Precisionist painter Charles Demuth and Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline. Objects range from needlework, pottery, furniture, and glass to paper, paintings, and metals--including gold and...
There has never been a book like this intertwining the arts and artifacts of both the traditional and the evolving worlds. The Pennsylvania Germans ar...
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153,42 zł |
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Sullivan County Borscht Belt
ISBN: 9781531603489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sullivan County, the Borscht Belt, the Catskills-all are synonyms for the greatest American Jewish resort area, the playground of about one million visitors a year during its peak from 1920 to 1970. The Sullivan County of Borscht Belt legend really consists of the eastern part of Sullivan County and a bit of southern Ulster County. Here are the large towns of Liberty, Monticello, and Ellenville and the small towns of Woodbourne, Hasbrouck, South Fallsburg, Livingston Manor, Fallsburg, Loch Sheldrake, Greenfield Park, Mountaindale, Accord, Ulster Heights, Kiamesha Lake, Kerhonkson, Swan Lake,...
Sullivan County, the Borscht Belt, the Catskills-all are synonyms for the greatest American Jewish resort area, the playground of about one million vi...
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173,00 zł |
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Postcards: Featuring the Collection of the Landis Valley Museum
ISBN: 9780764329708 / Angielski / Postcard book or pack / 2008 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is visually presented through the words of a venerable historian and striking images compiled from old photographs, advertising pieces, and postcards that relate the cultural diversity apparent today in this favorite tourist destination. From all over the world, visitors marvel at the beautiful farms on limestone-based soil that is among the most productive land anywhere. Early settlers found it a Garden of Eden, and to this day the land attracts people concerned with diverse community life and productive industries that support the growing...
The history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is visually presented through the words of a venerable historian and striking images compiled from old ...
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153,42 zł |
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The Pennsylvania Dutch Country
ISBN: 9781589731486 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Taking the name Pennsylvania Dutch from a corruption of their own word for themselves, "Deutsch," the first German settlers arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683. By the time of the American Revolution, their influence was such that Benjamin Franklin, among others, worried that German would become the commonwealth's official language. The continuing influence of the Church peoples-the Amish and Mennonites and others who constitute the still-vibrant Dutch culture-can be seen today in icons of Americana from apple pie to log cabins.
Taking the name Pennsylvania Dutch from a corruption of their own word for themselves, "Deutsch," the first German settlers arrived in Pennsylvania in...
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134,06 zł |
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Holidays and Other Weird Events
ISBN: 9780764333620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Explore America's best-loved "no work" days through 380 beautiful and fun postcard images from the early 20th century. They portray specific animals, children, flowers, and symbols that have come to identify each holiday, and some pretty "weird" events as well. Fascinating histories of each holiday are included, and what diverse backgrounds they have For an appreciation of the weirdness of holiday recognitions, think of the images of a kid in a diaper kicking out an old bearded man, turkeys dancing, chickens nodding to rabbits, and strange men dropping down chimneys to make children happy....
Explore America's best-loved "no work" days through 380 beautiful and fun postcard images from the early 20th century. They portray specific animals, ...
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126,01 zł |
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Borscht Belt Bungalows: Memories of Catskill Summers
ISBN: 9781592131907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Every year between 1920 and 1970, almost one million of New York City's Jewish population summered in the Catskills. This book tells about the attitudes of the renters and the owners, the differences between the social activities and swimming pools advertised and what people actually received.
Every year between 1920 and 1970, almost one million of New York City's Jewish population summered in the Catskills. This book tells about the attitud...
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177,04 zł |
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The Great Swamp: New Jersey's Natural Treasure
ISBN: 9780764328220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Join photographer Steven Richman as he explores The Great Swamp, a natural area of 7,500 acres in north-central New Jersey, including Lord Stirling Park, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, and the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center.
The Great Swamp plays host to nature lovers via hiking trails, boardwalks, and blinds. Also, there are horseback riding trails, limited road access, many education programs, and bird and wildlife sanctuaries. Richman spent many days over the course of several years photographing the diversity of the landscape and natural inhabitants of this Garden State... Join photographer Steven Richman as he explores The Great Swamp, a natural area of 7,500 acres in north-central New Jersey, including Lord Stirling Pa...
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104,09 zł |
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Catskill Hotels
ISBN: 9781531607623 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At one time, according to the Catskill Institute, there were more than a thousand hotels spread across the mountains of Greene, Ulster, Delaware, and Sullivan Counties. The Catskills were an exciting world full of pleasures to be enjoyed, with summer and winter activities characterized by entertainment, food, sports, card playing, and food again. Catskill Hotels, with a collection of some two hundred images, tells the story of this world, which began with America's first resort hotel, the Catskill Mountain House, continued with places such as the world-famous Grossinger's, and can still be...
At one time, according to the Catskill Institute, there were more than a thousand hotels spread across the mountains of Greene, Ulster, Delaware, and ...
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138,39 zł |
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The Graphic Vegetable: Food and Art from America's Soil
ISBN: 9780764351877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These 580 juicy images capture the fact that throughout history, artists and artisans have depicted vegetables in remarkable ways. Still lifes, photographs, amusing antique postcards, seed packet art--all sorts of vegetable illustrations have been created to arouse physical and aesthetic appetites, and they are displayed here together with interesting botanical and historical insights. This wealth of vegetable art includes paintings by American artists like Lily Martin Spencer, Ernest Lawson, and Charles Demuth; engravings and lithographs by major printmaking companies like Louis Prang and...
These 580 juicy images capture the fact that throughout history, artists and artisans have depicted vegetables in remarkable ways. Still lifes, photog...
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175,34 zł |
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Heritage Gardens, Heirloom Seeds: Melded Cultures with a Pennsylvania German Accent
ISBN: 9780764348631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Heritage, or traditional, gardens and heirloom seeds are joined at the hip, but previous books have separated them. This is the first holistic look at several of the most vibrant trends in contemporary horticulture, both in vegetables and flowers. Lavishly illustrated, it is a how-to manual, a history, and a guide to gardens and historic landscapes. The basics of heritage garden design from California to the East Coast are here, with special attention to the Pennsylvania four-square garden. Plans and suggestions for your garden are included, and seed-saving techniques are clearly enumerated....
Heritage, or traditional, gardens and heirloom seeds are joined at the hip, but previous books have separated them. This is the first holistic look at...
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175,34 zł |
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Fruit in Graphic Art
ISBN: 9780764344893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Throughout history, especially from the 18th century to the beginning of World War II, artists have produced a remarkable wealth of graphic representations of fruit. This volume includes paintings by American artists, including the Peale family, Grant Wood, and Thomas Hart Benton, engravings and lithographs by major printmaking companies like Currier and Ives, botanical illustrations, and excerpts from vintage nursery catalogs. Find hundreds of illustrations, chosen to arouse physical and aesthetic appetites. These include still lifes, photographs, and amusing antique postcards, as well as...
Throughout history, especially from the 18th century to the beginning of World War II, artists have produced a remarkable wealth of graphic representa...
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153,42 zł |
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The Graphic Flower: Ray Flowers and Roses in American Art and Culture
ISBN: 9780764357268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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175,34 zł |
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