books about: eighteenth-century     books:     Eighteenth-century      Love Letters of Great Men and Women From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day Megalodon Entertainment LLC., 2008 Needs help in the Romance Department This is of course the book eluded to in the Sex and the City movie. I have been able to take quotes out of this book and pass them along to my girlfriend when she is having a bad day. She really appreciates the inspiration these love letters provide to her and I get ...             The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1: The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the ... W. W. Norton, 2005 Very happy customer I purchased this item and needed it right away so I paid for the additional expediated shipping and received this item within 3 days. The book was in perfect condition, brand new. I was very please with my order and would definately order from the seller again. ...             Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) Neal Stephenson William Morrow, 2003 Nearly Perfect Reading! I am someone who doesn't like to read, just to read. I like to learn while I read. I read mostly historical fiction books, mixed with some pure fiction and lots of travel narratives. The Baroque Cycle has taken my love of history and travel and merged it into this ...             White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India William Dalrymple Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Once Upon a Time in Hyderabad ... This book is a complex many-faceted marvel! It is carefully researched history transformed into the story of an ultimately tragic romance. With its portrayal of Europeans astride two cultures, it offers a wonderful, and probably unintentional, counterpoint to the Clash ...             Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Harold Koda, Andrew Bolton, ... Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006 Delightful dressing This is a fabulous insight into 18th Century French society. As a costume designer, I found the inclusion of paintings from that period, intermixed with the museum settings to be of particular interest. The close-up photographs of details were also wonderful. The ...             Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail Avril Hart, Susan North Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009 Fascinating! A great read for all seriously interested in the history of fashion. Very detailed photos with clear text. The work nicely fills the gap where costume books who concentrate on whole garments can gloss over. Dovetails nicely with the Janet Arnold and Norah Waugh more ...             The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century W. W. Norton, 2005 Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies?thorough and helpful introductory matter, ...             Architectura Navalis Mercatoria: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century Naval Architecture (Dover Books on ... Fredrik Henrik af Chapman Dover Publications, 2006 Excellent Resource Fredric Henric af Chapman (September 9, 1721 in Gothenburg - August 19, 1808) was a Swedish naval ship architect, promoted to vice admiral in 1791, manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona between 1782-1793. Fredric Henric af Chapman might be the greatest naval architect ...             The New Eighteenth-Century Style: Rediscovering a French Décor Michele Lalande "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006 Fabulous Book! If you're style is that of a Paris flea market, the bazaar in Bombay or a eclectic old shop somewhere in Eastern Europe, you'll love this book. Great photography; the individualism of each space comes through with color and texture. My new favorite. The highlight is ...             English Society in the Eighteenth Century, Second Edition (The Penguin Social History of Britain) Roy Porter Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 A Pure Delight I come late to Porter, and I certainly wish I hadn't. It's almost enough to make me surrender my credentials as a dyed-in-the-wool lover of English History. The deceased physician-cum-historian was a prolific writer, turning out works on subjects as diverse as ...             Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle #1 (The Baroque Cycle) Neal Stephenson HarperTorch, 2006 This is a paperback of the first 3rd of Volume 1: Quicksilver Here's the complete list to help people avoid buying something they already have: Quicksilver, Vol. I of the Baroque Cycle Book 1 - Quicksilver Book 2 - The King of the Vagabonds Book 3 - Odalisque The Confusion, Vol. II of the Baroque Cycle Book 4 - ...             Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain Mary Poovey University Of Chicago Press, 2008 How did banking, borrowing, investing, and even losing money?in other words, participating in the modern financial system?come to seem like routine activities of everyday life? Genres of the Credit Economy addresses this question by examining the history of financial instruments and representations of finance in eighteenth- and ...             George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century Arnold A. Dallimore Crossway Books, 1990 God's Anointed Servant Indeed! This book is a 224 page condensation of the much longer, two-volume "George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival". I purchased this shorter volume for our church library and am already saving up the $66 to purchase ...             Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of Eighteenth-Century America (Penguin Classics) J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, Albert E. Stone Penguin Classics, 1981 Fascinating glimpse into late 18th C. American life. These original essay length letters composed by an intelligent and imaginative immigrant offer us a fascinating glimpse into life in early America. The letters chronicle his travels across the thirteen colonies in the years leading up to the revolution. With pathos ...             The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 C: Restoration and the Eighteenth Century W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Informative, but not what I expected. I found this book to be quite useful for studying the 18th century, but it is not what I expected. I am more familiar with the Prentice Hall version of this type of textbook. I did like that this book was a little easier to work with because of its size. The book ...          products you might be interested in search for books architectura, architecture, eighteenth-century, metropolitan, nineteenth-century, rediscovering      toavi.com    web we recommend Nearly Perfect Reading! randomly chosen book: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West