The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
8 best books like The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (Edith Holden): Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods, Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, The Complete Brambly Hedge, Aphrodite, Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France, Tasha Tudor's Garden, Girl in Dior, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
Author | Sandor Ellix Katz |
ISBN | 1931498237 |
Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor,...
Author | Dorothy Sterling |
ISBN | 0590436287 |
This book covers the life of Harriet Tubman from the time she was a seven year old slave in Maryland until she dies at the age of nintey-three. Harriet begins working as a house servant and ends up being sent to work in the field with men. Her master hires her out to other farmers, on a job Harriet ends up meeting...
Author | Jill Barklem |
ISBN | 0001983679 |
Brambly Hedge is my ideal world. The way the mice live is completely natural, which is how I think life ought to be. They appreciate and use everything that grows around them. Theirs is a loving, caring society, but the mice are not just serious and worthy. They have FUN! The much-loved Brambly Hedge mice...
Author | Pierre Louÿs |
ISBN | 2070385329 |
Alexandrie, Ier siècle avant Jésus-Christ : un sculpteur en vogue, amant de la reine, tombe amoureux de la belle courtisane Chrysis, qui exige de lui trois gages. Il commet trois crimes. Puis il rêve que son désir est assouvi. Il exige alors de Chrysis qu'elle aille déposer les trois objets sur...
Author | Évelyne Lever |
ISBN | 0312283334 |
In MARIE ANTOINETTE, Evelyn Lever draws on a variety of resources, including diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts, to write this sumptuous, addictive delight. From family life in Vienna to the choke of the guillotine, this gripping work combines a fast-paced historical narrative with all the...
Author | Tovah Martin |
ISBN | 0395436095 |
Tasha Tudor's poignant art has fascinated adults and children for decades. Her nineteenth-century New England lifestyle is legendary. Gardeners are especially intrigued by the profusion of antique flowers -- spectacular poppies, six-foot foxgloves, and intoxicating peonies -- in the cottage...
Author | Annie Goetzinger |
ISBN | 1561639141 |
Winner of:
YALSA 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
In February of 1947, the crème de la crème of Paris haute couture have flocked to see Christian Dior’s debut fashion show. In a flurry of corolla shaped skirts, the parade of models file down the runway and the mesmerized...
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Author | Elizabeth von Arnim |
ISBN | 0860684237 |
"Elizabeth and Her German Garden," a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, was popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. "Elizabeth and Her German Garden" is a year's diary written by Elizabeth about her experiences learning gardening and interacting with her friends....