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"The lives of two women, generations apart, converge in this enthralling novel of love, mystery, memories, and secrets. Pregnant and still grieving the death of her fiance�Ip1s, historian Megan Buchanan is forging ahead on a dream project: to restore to its original glory the landmark hunting lodge her own great-great-grandfather built on Virginia's Eastern Shore. With the help of her fiance�Ip1s's caring best friend, it's sure to draw much-needed...

This book is about how early American families lived in these houses and the range of their lives in them. "In a journey that spans the infant nation from New England to the deep south, we see the full sprctrum of early domestic architecture in its quirky, graceful, crude sophisticated innovative unabashed American-ness" (cover).

Describes the greatest statues and structures from ancient times to the modern world, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Taj Mahal, and the Three Gorges Dam in China.

Introduces the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as known to the ancient Greeks, and a multicultural list of seven additional wonders--from Petra, Jordan, to Rio de Janeiro's statue of Christ--and suggests related projects and experiments.

While refurbishing the house of a Civil War Blockade runner, historic preservationist Ashley Wilkes becomes involved in a mystery that links the life of Captain Pettigrew with a modern-day treasure hunt, and murder.

"When Carnegie Hall opened in 1891, no one could have predicted its incredible success. With talented artists like Duke Ellington and scientists like Albert Einstein gracing its stage, Carnegie became a place where all people could join together and be entertained... Violinist Isaac Stern, the son of Jewish immigrants who fled to America to escape the Holocaust [had] his dream of performing on Carnegie Hall's legendary stage [come] true many times...