Healthy Japanese Cooking
Hiroko Fukuhara, Yasuko Takahata
When most of us think of Japanese food, we think of sushi, tempura and sukiyaki. But the actual daily diet of most Japanese is quite different from such restaurant fare and it is that home-cooked diet that has given the Japanese one of the highest life expectancies and the lowest rates of obesity and heart disease in the world. This work is an introductory text to the basics of home-style Japanese...
Japanese Books
Chinese Classical Furniture
Grace Wu Bruce
Chinese hardwood furniture of the Ming dynasty is known the world over for its classical beauty and ingenious design. This introduction to Ming furniture opens with a short history of Chinese furniture styles, discusses and illustrated the many varieties of chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, and stands included among Ming pieces, and uses woodblock prints of the time to explore how the pieces were...
Furniture Books
Victorian Style
Judith Miller, Martin Miller
This illustrated survey of the Victorian era examines each aspect of domestic style; from exterior details to every element of the interior, including furniture and fabrics. There is particular emphasis on styles for individual rooms, with ideas for recreating Victorian style.
Interior Design Books, Interior Decoration Books
Country Style
Judith Miller, Martin Miller
Country Style celebrates the simplicity, warmth and strength of the rural tradition in interior design and furnishing. In this superbly photographed sourcebook, Judith Miller explores the many strands that go to make up country style. The book covers styles ranging from the exhuberant Mediterranean mood of chunky furniture, tiles and pottery, to the more austere northerly tradition of bare, rubbed...
Interior Decoration Books
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