houses

An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient manor house of Green Knowe.

A history of home design from prehistoric times through the twentieth century, with see-through pages allowing the reader to look inside an Assyrian palace, a French ch?teau, a Mayan village, and a weaver's cottage.

Presents glimpses of the many people who have lived in a room that is once again for rent.

Michael Rogers and Ellie Guteman, a wealthy American oil heiress, meet at Gipsy Acres and marry, despite the warnings of a fortuneteller.

In Victorian England an orphaned boy goes to stay with his strange guardian in a desolate, moated manor house during a cold and snowy Christmas, where he soon realizes that the house and its grounds harbor many secrets, dead and alive.

Provides descriptions, photographs, and illustrations of the different types of homes built by European colonists as they arrived in America and headed into the interior.

Presents a description of houses in ancient Egypt, and explains how they were built, furnished, and maintained.

When four friends decide to build the perfect clubhouse, they quickly discover that each has a different idea about what is perfect.

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

A child shares the story of a house that is filled with frightening things.