After he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Jake Jameson retires from his architectural firm and begins reflecting on his life. As the hazy recollections come forth, Jake emerges as an unreliable--and perhaps unsympathetic--narrator...
Architects
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Author:Harvey, SamanthaSummary: -
Author:Roberts, NoraSummary:The historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family...
- Author:Durcan, LiamSummary:
Martin, an acclaimed architect, emerges from a coma after a roadside accident to find his world transformed: not only has the commission of a lifetime been taken from him, but his injury has left him with a loss of spatial awareness...
- Author:IBSEN, HenrikSummary:
Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, first published in 1892, is about architect Halvard Solness, who despite personal tragedy (including the death of his two sons) has risen to the top of his profession. He has succeeded partly...
- Author:Lamster, MarkSummary:
Biography of award-winning modernist architect Philip Johnson (1906-2005), best known for the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. Discusses his early childhood in Ohio, personal relationships as a gay man, development of his career...
- Author:Patton, MarkSummary:
A monkey on his back? After Wallace Butterfield's father's death, 'Butterfield and Son Architects' becomes, for all intents and purposes, 'Son - Newly Graduated - Without a Clue - Architect - Maybe'! With...
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Author:Mawer, SimonSummary:Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds for them a home to embody their exuberant faith in...
- Author:Delaney, JPSummary:
In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of...
- Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:
Charles Waterston's marriage ends abruptly and he is sent to work in New York. He visits the country before his job starts, and ends up staying in a haunted chateau where he learns to let go of the past and move into a liberating...
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Author:Goodwin, DanielSummary:Half-way into his life, Lewis Morton discovers that the man he has presented to the world for thirty years is not necessarily the man he actually is, or ought to be.
- Author:Jenkins, BeverlySummary:
The first novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins's compelling new series follows a Northern woman south in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Valinda Lacy's mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to...
- Author:Horan, NancySummary:
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank...
- Author:Collins, Anna E.Summary:
Interior designer Dani Porter buys the vacant lot next to her ex-fiancé's house--the house they were supposed to live in together, before he cheated on her with their realtor. Dani plans to build a vacation rental that will a) mess...
- Author:Kastner, VictoriaSummary:
This biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences. Morgan's friendship with Hearst, her passion for California's landscape,...
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Author:Fielding, KimSummary:Skinny, quiet hipster Dylan Warner was the kind of guy other men barely glanced at until an evening’s indiscretion with a handsome stranger turned him into a werewolf. Now, despite a slightly hairy handicap, he just wants to live an...
- Author:Forster, GwynneSummary:
When she inherits her aunt's home, Susan Pettiford returns to North Carolina following a 16-year absence. After undergoing a hysterectomy, she seeks comfort in the arms of Lucas Hamilton. Although there is a palpable connection between...
- Author:Levy, MarcSummary:
Que penser d'une femme qui choisit le placard de votre salle de bains pour y passer ses journées ? Qui s'étonne que vous puissiez la voir ? Qui disparaît et reparaît à sa guise et qui prétend être plongée dans un profond coma à...
- Author:Boxall, Joan, Corcoran, Stephen A.Summary:
How do you establish trust and meaningful connection with a sibling who suffers from schizophrenia? In an attempt to rekindle her relationship with her estranged brother Steve, Joan takes him to art the Art Studios in Vancouver, where...
- Author:Kittie, FallenSummary:
Giselle Black has read her story a million times. Now, she’s about to start writing it. But it doesn’t pay when she puts pen to paper. Life as a librarian leads her to stock the shelves, not build new ones. Not that it would make much...
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Author:Johnson, Dawn KimberlySummary:When he finds himself captivated by a movie-star handsome stranger he meets in a bar, lawyer Ford Reilly watches a simple one-night stand develop into a taste of what living honestly might bring him. Out and proud Gus Hansen has built a...
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