Nellie and Charlie : A Family Memoir of the Gilded Age

Helen Tower Brunet


  Nellie and Charlie : A Family Memoir of the Gilded Age  Helen Tower Brunet  Book DescriptionWhen Nellie Smith from Oakland, California met Charlie Tower, a young millionaire from Philadelphia on a cruise to Alaska in l887, it was love at first sight. They soon married and moved to Philadelphia?s Rittenhouse Square. In 1897, President McKinley appointed Charlie, now called Charlemagne, Minister to Austria-Hungary. The Towers moved with their five small children to a palace in Vienna where Mark Twain became a regular visitor. Charlemagne was named Ambassador to Russia in 1899. He and Nellie witnessed the sumptuous grandeur of the Court of Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. Upon the Towers? departure from Russia in 1902, they were accorded the singular honor of visiting the royal family at their vacation home in the Crimea. During Charlemagne?s six years as American Ambassador to Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II considered him a friend and thought Nellie the most brilliant hostess on the international scene. Returning home to...  книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionWhen Nellie Smith from Oakland, California met Charlie Tower, a young millionaire from Philadelphia on a cruise to Alaska in l887, it was love at first sight. They soon married and moved to Philadelphia?s Rittenhouse Square. In 1897, President McKinley appointed Charlie, now called Charlemagne, Minister to Austria-Hungary. The Towers moved with their five small children to a palace in Vienna where Mark Twain became a regular visitor. Charlemagne was named Ambassador to Russia in 1899. He and Nellie witnessed the sumptuous grandeur of the Court of Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. Upon the Towers? departure from Russia in 1902, they were accorded the singular honor of visiting the royal family at their vacation home in the Crimea. During Charlemagne?s six years as American Ambassador to Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II considered him a friend and thought Nellie the most brilliant hostess on the international scene. Returning home to......


Fantastic Four: The Movie TPB (Fantastic Four (Graphic Novels))


  Fantastic Four: The Movie TPB (Fantastic Four (Graphic Novels))  Book DescriptionForty years ago, writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby created a team of adventurers like no other that had come before. Unlike previous groups of stone-jawed super heroes who got along perfectly in their pursuit of liberty and justice, the Fantastic Four bickered, argued, and fought among themselves - just like a real family. Their continued adventures around the world, into outer space, and throughout uncharted dimensions have pushed the limits of the Marvel Universe, consistently challenging readers' perceptions of what a comic book could be.  книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionForty years ago, writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby created a team of adventurers like no other that had come before. Unlike previous groups of stone-jawed super heroes who got along perfectly in their pursuit of liberty and justice, the Fantastic Four bickered, argued, and fought among themselves - just like a real family. Their continued adventures around the world, into outer space, and throughout uncharted dimensions have pushed the limits of the Marvel Universe, consistently challenging readers' perceptions of what a comic book could be....

Total Aromatherapy Massage : The Practical Step-by-step Guide to Aromatherapy Massage at Home

Jennie Harding


  Total Aromatherapy Massage : The Practical Step-by-step Guide to Aromatherapy Massage at Home  Jennie Harding  Book DescriptionThe benefits of massage - pleasure, relaxation - are well established. Adding carefully chosen aromatic oils to the process can enormously increase those benefits with a range of therapeutic effects, from easing tension, anxiety, and aching muscles to generating a positive mood, whether energizing or mellow. Total Aromatherapy Massage is a well-illustrated practical manual that allows anyone from interested novice to skilled practitioner to safely and effectively use aromatherapy massage techniques on themselves and others. Including over 200 color photos, 100 aromatherapy recipes, and in-depth profiles of 48 massage oils, this book gives simple, step-by-step instruction on all the basic massage strokes - from cupping and hacking to feathering and stroking - along with suggested routines for specific areas of the body. Also addressed are important topics such as what aromatherapy is, how it works, what constitutes an essential oil, and safety in aromatherapy.  книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book DescriptionThe benefits of massage - pleasure, relaxation - are well established. Adding carefully chosen aromatic oils to the process can enormously increase those benefits with a range of therapeutic effects, from easing tension, anxiety, and aching muscles to generating a positive mood, whether energizing or mellow. Total Aromatherapy Massage is a well-illustrated practical manual that allows anyone from interested novice to skilled practitioner to safely and effectively use aromatherapy massage techniques on themselves and others. Including over 200 color photos, 100 aromatherapy recipes, and in-depth profiles of 48 massage oils, this book gives simple, step-by-step instruction on all the basic massage strokes - from cupping and hacking to feathering and stroking - along with suggested routines for specific areas of the body. Also addressed are important topics such as what aromatherapy is, how it works, what constitutes an essential oil, and safety in aromatherapy....

I Am a Rose : A Life in Poetry

Stacey Levitt


  I Am a Rose : A Life in Poetry  Stacey Levitt  Book Description These posthumously published poems served as an inspiration for teh CBC/Vision TV documentary I Am a Rose, which filmed the poet's father's arduous completion of his daughter's climb up Mt. Ixta in Mexico, which had been cut short for her by a storm. This collection, as well as Stacey Levitt's story, have become known by climbers from around the world.  книги, книжный магазин, интернет-магазин Book Description These posthumously published poems served as an inspiration for teh CBC/Vision TV documentary I Am a Rose, which filmed the poet's father's arduous completion of his daughter's climb up Mt. Ixta in Mexico, which had been cut short for her by a storm. This collection, as well as Stacey Levitt's story, have become known by climbers from around the world....

Floyd, Lance, and I Bike Cross-Country: Nine Weeks Across America

Richard Palzewic


  Floyd, Lance, and I Bike Cross-Country: Nine Weeks Across America  Richard Palzewic  Book DescriptionA Book DescriptionA "live vicariously through me" adventure book about a teacher's journey across America in the summer of 2000 on a bicycle. A stimulating blend of history, cycling facts, and personal experience interspersed with heart-warming scenes of America's people and places....


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