The Many Rooms of this House
The Many Rooms of this House

Author: Roberto Perin

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1487510616

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Places of worship are the true building blocks of communities where people of various genders, age, and class interact with each other on a regular basis. These places are also rallying points for immigrants, helping them make the transition to a new, and often hostile environment. The Many Rooms of this House is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years. Unlike other studies that concentrate on specific denominations, or ecclesiastical politics, Roberto Perin’s ecumenical approach focuses on the physical places of worship and the local clergy and congregants that gather there. Perin’s timely and nuanced analysis reveals how the growing wealth of the city stimulated congregations to compete with one another over the size, style, materials, and decoration of their places of worship. However, the rise of individualism has negatively affected these same congregations leading to multiple church closings, communal breakdown, and redevelopments. Perin’s fascinating work is a lens to understanding how this once overwhelmingly Protestant city became a symbol of diversity.

The House of Many Rooms
The House of Many Rooms

Author: Sue Craft Howell

Publisher: Sue Craft Howell & Pinkie

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780963066404

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This book is a fascinating true story of a caring couple who became parents to fourteen hundred homeless children over a period of thirty years. It occurred in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in Toccoa, Georgia. Reading it, one becomes concerned with the needs of the homeless. Net proceeds go to charity. History of the Toccoa Orphanage & Its Founders in Three Parts: Part I - History of Toccoa Orphanage 1911-1941 & its 1400 Occupants; Part II - The Founder & His Mission School 1901-1911, His Mission Work In Toccoa From 1901-1941, Tributes. Part III - Co-Founder, First 25 Years In The Orphanage Written In Her Own Words, Also Her Monthly Letters. Tributes. Many Toccoa families are mentioned in the book who nurtured & supported the Toccoa Orphanage in the thirty years of its existence. To order make a $25.00 check payable to: HOUSE OF MANY ROOMS, Bank of Toccoa, Box 430, Toccoa, GA 30577. Phone: (404) 886-6551.

The Warmest Room in the House
The Warmest Room in the House

Author: Steven Gdula

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-12-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1596917873

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The first book that puts the hearth of the American home-its many unique challenges and innovations-in its proper place in contemporary history. Thomas Jefferson once wrote that if you really want to understand the workings of a society, you have to "look into their pots" and "eat their bread." Steven Gdula gives us a view of American culture from the most popular room in the house: the kitchen. Examining the relationship between trends and innovations in the kitchen and the cultural attitudes beyond its four walls, Gdula creates a lively portrait of the last hundred years of American domestic life. The Warmest Room in the House explores food trends and technology, kitchen design, appliances and furniture, china and flatware, cookery bookery, food lit, and much more. Gdula traces the evolution of the kitchen from the back room where the work of the home happened to its place at the center of family life and entertainment today. Filled with fun facts about food trends, from Hamburger Helper to The Moosewood Cookbook, and food personalities, from Julia Child to Rachael Ray, The Warmest Room in the House is the perfect addition to any well-rounded kitchen larder.

Then The Room Stopped Spinning: The House on Kentuck Knob
Then The Room Stopped Spinning: The House on Kentuck Knob

Author: Joseph E. Liston

Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.

Published: 2024-06-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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From humble beginnings in rural America, I grew up in the forest near a wild river destined to work on important engineering projects that would affect the lives of millions of people. Finding the loves of my life and the critical decisions which sometimes ended those relationships and changed my future. The stories of the many people who helped to propel me toward my goal and their contributions that would eventually bring me in a full circle and return home again to where it all began.

Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health
Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health

Author: Stephen Battersby

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-05-27

Total Pages: 977

ISBN-13: 1134368593

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This classic, definitive reference work for all those involved in environmental health is now available in its 19th edition. Significant changes include those made to chapters on food safety and hygiene, environmental protection, the organisation and management of environmental health in the UK, port health, and waste management. New chapters have been added on health development, an introduction to health and housing, contaminated land, and environmental health in emergency planning, as well as a new glossary of abbreviations and acronyms. New material on training and standards, IT, practical risk assessment, and investigatory powers is also included. Each chapter reflects the wider background against which the subjects must be studied and the new concepts and approaches that have emerged over the past few years.

The Treasure House of Early American Rooms
The Treasure House of Early American Rooms

Author: John A. H. Sweeney

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780393300390

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Shows the rooms, furniture, and art objects in Winterthur, the former home of Henry Francis du Pont, now a museum near Wilmington, Delaware, and containing one of the handsomest single collections ever assembled.