You will not only learn how to construct and interpret birth charts but also gain a full understanding of the science of astrology, the human being’s relationship with the planets and conjunctions, and, finally, how to use this knowledge to improve your personal relationships, careers, and other aspects of your life.
A variety of beautifully-illustrated、case studies of smalI Interiors．ingeniously designed to maximise their limited space，make this an indiSpensable sourcebook．Featuring thorough technicalinformation-ground plans．materials，specifications on furniture and fixtures-this book provides ideas on every aspect of the design process frOm the ground up．These homes are streamlined inside and out．with dozens of never-before-seen solutions in storage and an array of innovative，multi．purpose design solutions for．furniture and fixtures in homes where space iS a limited commodity．
A well-designed porch is like a welcoming committee thatinvites friends and family to share stories, catch up onneighborhood news, or quietly enjoy the breezes of a sultry summerevening. Porches bridge our public and private worlds, and conveythe essence of one’s home. In more than 250 stunning photographs of forty homes, PerfectPorches illustrates how varied these iconic American spaces can be.A wealth of structural appointments are presented, such as theextended eaves of a rain porch along the Gulf Coast, the shimmeringcopper flooring of a converted Amish cattle barn in Bluegrasscountry, and Outback-inspired painted thresholds in California’swine region. Unexpected ornaments, including Moroccan pendantlamps, a vintage watering can collection, or a majolica menageriecan transform even the most modest porch into an oasis. This bookalso reveals a host of practical ways to bring privacy to urbanporches, chic accents to old-fashioned verandas, and coziness tomodern environments. Home owne
Feng shui means "wind water" and is the ancient Chinese art of designing spaces to improve one's quality of life. Thousands of people have already applied feng shui principles in their homes and businesses to improve their emotional well-being. Now in 101 Ways Feng Shui Can Change Your Life, feng shui expert Nancilee Wydra brings a unique approach to using these principles to enhance your life. She offers practical suggestions for common personal issues for everything from building self-esteem and losing weight to improving your energy level and reducing stress. The suggestions are inexpensive and simple and are soundly based on the ideas of feng shui. You'll learn that: Painting a room a mid-tone blue or salmon color can lower your blood pressure and reduce stress Entering through the front door of your home boosts self-esteem Eating a mint or smelling its scent suppresses your appetite, helping you lose weight Using a round table in the dining room promotes con
Endless sun, sparkling sea, crystalline sky—these are the keyelements of Mediterranean living. From southern Spain to northernAfrica, from Greece to the C?te d’Azur, here are twenty-fivecontemporary houses from around the Mediterranean Sea. The bookincludes work by internationally established architects, such as Alberto Campo de Baeza and Carlos Ferrater, and housescreated by a number of the region’s rising stars. The houses differin their locations and styles but are united by clean lines, openfloor plans, and seamless indoor-outdoor living. A fusion ofinterior style and ...
A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people。 A person’s clothing， whether it’s a sari， kimono， or business suit， is an essential key to his or her culture， class， personality， or even religion。 The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically， historically， and artistically。 Founded in 1978， the KCI holds one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide。 With an emphasis on Western women’s clothing， the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments， underwear， shoes， and fashion accessories dating from the 18th century to the present day。 Showcasing a vast selection from the Institute's archives of skilled photographs depicting the clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins， Fashion History is a fascinating excursion through the last three centuries of clothing trends。 The KCI believes that clothing is an es
Celebrate what’s beautiful about traditional style whilebreaking some of its rules: Take a page out of a designer’s bookand add your own sense of relaxed whimsy and exuberant personalityto create spaces that are versatile, original, and trulylivable. That’s designer Celerie Kemble’s philosophy in a nutshell. It’sall about blending a classic sensibility with a dose of irreverenceand a dollop of humor to achieve a home that’s tasteful, eclectic,always evolving, and always welcoming. Celerie takes you by the hand, gives you a detailed look at manyof her signature interiors, and enthusiastically reassures youthat, with the right information and attitude, you can overcomechallenges and artfully achieve the ultimate design goal—a perfectblend of beauty and comfort. From finding inspiration in childhood memories, current trends,and favorite belongings to working around real-life design dilemmas(such as a lack of space or light, or awkward floor plans) toselecting just the right
The best work of a dozen of Mexico’s finest architects More than 100 color photos of outstanding contemporarydesigns Here are dozens of beautiful photos of the best incontemporary home design, all created by the top residentialarchitects in Mexico. Form, functionality, context, and materialshave been considered and balanced to produce inspiring housesperfect for today’s busy lifestyle. Houses: Proportion Harmony is a remarkable idea book packed with surprising solutionsto home-design challenges.
You may have seen them in some wonderful old movie, sparkling on Audrey Hepburn or Claudette Colbert, looking as if they cost millions of dollars. They didn’t; they are not the real thing. But even though they are faux, they’re made with the same care and attention as the real things: strands of artificial pearls individually knotted, “gems” hand set and pronged, plastic bangles more stunning than ivory. Fabulous Fakes gives you one hundred years of the most amazing pieces of costume jewelry ever produced, in brilliant and beautiful color. It tells their story, starting with mass-produced Victorian jewelry, moving through the wonderfully sophisticated lines of art deco geometrics, and parking at the doorstep of 1990s designer and artisanal jewelry. Whether you love the boldness of Czech crystal or the delicate handiwork of Miriam Haskell, whether your jewels are part of your everyday fashion or a breathtaking collection of objets, the thrill of finding them is the same. Fabulous Fakes is
The Way We Live" transcends all other style books to revealglobal connections and patterns in home decoration. This world tourof interior design elements is lavishly presented in more than1,000 colour photographs; fabrics, textures and ornamental detailsreflect the complexity of different spaces and lifestyles, offeringcountless ideas for self-expression. Beautiful and practical, 'TheWay We Live' is much more than a decorating guide it is a designfor living.
WINDOW DRESSINGS SHOWCASES STUNNING WINDOW DECOR from PalmBeach to Seattle to New York, created by some of the country's mostrespected designers. Featuring a wide variety of styles anddecorating philosophies, Window Dressings reveals how tosuccessfully create the right look for any window in the home.
Drawing on her own groundbreaking research with thousands of men and women, research psychologist and University of California professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives-in the short term and over the long term. The How of Happiness is a different kind of happiness book, one that offers a comprehensive guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves. Using more than a dozen uniquely formulated happiness-increasing strategies, The How of Happiness offers a new and potentially life- changing way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. Beginning with a short diagnostic quiz that helps readers to first quantify and then to understand what she describes as their "happiness set point," Lyubomirsky reveals that this set point determines just 50 percent of hap
You stroll out into your backyard. You see a tangle of overgrown shrubs, a lawn that needed to be mowed yesterday, and a series of rosebushes minus the roses. Or maybe you’ve just taken possession of your brand-new house in a brand-new subdivision, and when you step out the back door, all you see is a vista of sod – and in the far distance, the neighbor’s sapling. Either way, you know that you want to do something to your yard, and soon. But you’re not quite sure what or how. Feng Shui Your Garden For Dummies has the answer. This ancient Chinese philosophy of design can be applied to any room, building, or outdoor space, and it doesn’t require burning incense or belief in bizarre, esoteric ideas. Feng Shui Your Garden For Dummies is for you if you Have a yard, garden, or piece of outdoor space Know that your surroundings influence how you feel Want to design a friendly, welcoming outdoor space Feng Shui Your Garden For Dummies is organized so that the information is easy to find and easy to use. Eac
A book about SUVs? Aren't they just gas-guzzling road hogs that destroy the environment? Give me a break. SUVs deserve their place among the most respected vehicles ever conceived. And Chapman's encyclopedic knowledge of them (and cars in general) is on display in this highly More...readable and thorough book. It's loaded with great pictures (contemporary and vintage) and is written in a style that is anything but technical and dry. If you're a car-lover (or even if you're not) this is a great book. And if you're an SUV-lover in particular, this is a no brainer.
“This fantastic starting point for those beginning in the art of beadwork aptly covers the long record of the art form throughout the world.”—Booklist French mourning wreaths Ukrainian Easter eggs, Norwegian bodices, Chinese slippers, Pakistani hair tassels, Egyptian belly-dancing outfits, Maasai wedding dresses, Sioux moccasins . . . from Greenland to Bali, beadwork from all over the world is illustrated and its history revealed. The earliest drawn glass beads were produced from around 200 BC in various locations in India and exported for centuries along the major trade routes to Africa and Asia. From the sixteenth century on, beads made in Europe became highly desirable trade items and spread throughout the world. This book is organized into five sections, with more than forty topics in all. Each of four main regional sections—Africa; the Americas; Europe; and Asia, Oceania, and the Arabian Gulf—outlines the history of beads in that area before examining production in detail.
Ever since the game began--possibly as far back as the 11th century--golf and war have been oddly connected. In 1457, for example, the King of Scotland banned "gowlf" because his subjects were spending more time on the local links than they were at archery practice--bows and arrows being the country's main weapons of defense at the time. In August 1940--hightailing it home after a raid on Aberdeen, Scotland--a German aircraft dropped a bomb over nearby Stonehaven Golf Club. The large crater that it left between the first and second fairways is still there today and is considered the course's most famous hazard. Local golfers refer to it as "Hitler's Bunker." Those stories, and many more, are included in Bullets, Bombs & Birdies: Golf in the Time of War. Until now, most history books on golf have tended to skip over the wartime years as if the game was completely abandoned during those tenuous times. This new book by Dale Concannon clearly shows that over many centuries of conflict, dedicated pract
Asia is booming - not only in terms of population, but also ininterior design and architecture, and in the decorative and finearts. Now available in paperback, this book showcases nearly fortyof the most beautiful homes in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, China,Cambodia, Java, Burma, Indonesia, Singapore and Bali, all capturedthrough the lens of the exceptional architecture and interiorsphotographer Massimo Listri. For the sumptuous decoration of theMing dynasty to the simplicity of feng shui design, few designstyles reference such a rich range of culture; but whatever theirstyle, wherever their location, all the featured houses have adistinctive air of visual excitement and history.
You begin with a test to help you determine your own celebrity body type. Instead of using the usual analogies of apple, pear, and stick shapes, Star Quality gives you much more glamorous aspirations. If you have an athletic body, this book will show you how to shape your body to look more like Madonna's. If you have an hourglass shape, it will help you get toned like Demi Moore. And if you have a long and slender body, Star Quality can help your body resemble Naomi Watts's! Star Quality teaches you the fundamentals and then shows you how to add glitz and glam to your workout with five-minute strength-training and fat-burning moves that target a specific body part and help you alter your routine to keep it fresh. This book shows you how to combine your personalized, constantly evolving, gym-free fitness program with a sound nutritional plan and celebrity-style recipes—you'll soon be on your way to being Hollywood hot and red carpet ready! You'll love the inside information on celebrities and t
Born out of the drawingbuilding.org online archive, Architectural Inventions presents a stunning visual study of impossible or speculative structures that exist only on paper. Soliciting the work of architects, designers, and artists of renownas well as emerging talents from all over the worldMaximilian Goldfarb and Matt Bua have gathered an array of works that convey architectural alternatives, through products, expansions, or critiques of our inhabited environments. From abstract and conceptual visual interpretations of structures to more traditional architectural renderings, the featured work is divided into thematic chapters, ranging from Adapt/Reuse to Clandestine, Mobile, Radical Lifestyle, Techno- Sustainable, and Worship. Along with arresting and awe-inspiring illustrated content, every chapter also features an essay exploring its respective themes. Highlighting visions that exist outside of established channels of production and conventions of design, Speculative Structures showcases a multipl
In scarcely any other European region are techonologicaladvances and contemporary interpretations of tradition in suchharmony and so self-evident as in the Scandinavian countries,Europe's northernmost region. Here, alongside Ikea's mass-produceddesigns, a uniquely creative architecture and design scene hasdeveloped. The frequent utilization of natural and traditionalmaterials allows design trends to emerge that inspire around theworld. Furthermore, this close relationship to nature demands therespectful handling of natural resources. This volume reveals thatit is not only the functionality of the represented interior spacesthat is of foremost importance, but also the skilful handling oflight, color and material. Around 50 recent examples from both theprivate and the public spheres are presented from Sweden, Norway,Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
Far more than just an interiors book, FamilyLifeStyle HOME is a bible for living with children in domestic environments that are as effortlessly stylish as they are educational, as comfortable with small children during the day as they are elegant for evening entertainment. Planned as the first in a new series that celebrates how parents can live, entertain and travel in style just as much as with children as before having children, FamilyLifeStyle HOME is fresh, fun and friendly.
