If Houses Could Talk

Descriptions of around twenty American homes, including Auldbrass Plantation near Yemessee, South Carolina.

My stories are told by the houses in which my characters live. This book consists of three different houses telling their story. Each is quite different from the other. First is Elijah Sims modest house in Texas. He built it for his beloved Sarah. Then came a tragedy that changed his life forever. Second is Alexander Savant's mansion in sunny California. He is a musician and it appears that his only concern in life is to be rich and famous. However when Emmy Montgomery enters his life the truth is revealed. Third is a three-story Victorian home in Michigan. It houses a well-to-do family with a big secret. So venture back in time with the houses as they tell their story.

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two 'dirty centuries'? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home. Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove. From sauce-stirring to breast-feeding, teeth-cleaning to masturbation, getting dressed to getting married, this book will make you see your home with new eyes.

Valerie Green and Lynn Gordon-Findlay have put their ears to the walls of Vancouver Island's historic homes and transcribed the whispered secrets of bygone days when folk of every description left their echoes in the buildings where they lived, worked, played, and died. If the walls of a venerable mansion could speak, what stories would it tell? How about that rustic shack farther down the road? In her first book, If These Walls Could Talk,Valerie Green explored 50 heritage homes in the Greater Victoria area. In this second volume, she ranges further afield, covering Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island, Duncan and the Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Courtney and District, and Campbell River and the North Island, including homes in Telegraph Cove and Port McNeill. Each home tells of a way of life long past, of people who dwelt within its walls, when and how it was built, or how it is historically significant. Once again, Valerie's text is complemented by architectural artist Lynn Gordon-Findlay's exquisite drawings.

?There is a dire need for mothers in the home. Girls are sinking and crying, boys are killing and dying for a lack of a mother's influence in the home. Where do we turn? Where do we look? For Mothers have laid down their armour and there is no one seemingly left to direct our seeds. Our society is blind, loathsome and unaware of the value there is in having standards, morals and principles to direct the next generation. Respect is gone, honor is lost and decency is totally extinct in the land. Deaths are mounting, lives are being shortened because of the open disdainment of decency and respect for human lives. Mothers, where are you? Does it matter anymore? Let's step up to the plate and be loving mother's again.?

Norma was born and raised in New York City. After she married and had a son, the family moved to upstate New York. They bought a house in a friendly community and soon two daughters were born. Her many hours were filled with raising a family, doing volunteer work, and transporting the children to their activities. During her spare time, Norma tenaciously held on to her dream of becoming an accomplished writer. Even as a child she always had a pen in hand. After the birth of her third child she began to turn her hobby into accomplished writing. She has been published many times for her short stories and inspiring, exciting writing. She continues to write fiction, nonfiction, biographies, and children stories. Many of her stories have been published in magazines, (Mature Years, New York Chronicles and United States Tennis Magazine to only name a few). Make it your best, an inspirational saying was printed by a card company, one to one freedom greetings. A tribute to New York’s finest and bravest was published in a local paper.. “Jagged Destinies”, her novel, received a five star rating on Amazon.

Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. But more than her reputation is on the line in the first novel in the New York Times bestselling Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series. At her newest renovation project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools. Mel hopes that by tracking down the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence of the murdered man. Mel’s only clue is an odd box she discovers inside a wall at the job site. If she can make sense of its mysterious contents, she might be able to nail a killer—before she herself becomes the next construction casualty...

A behind the scenes perspective on Boston Celtics history from two-time champion Cedric Maxwell Having won two NBA titles with the Celtics before joining the broadcasting team as a radio analyst, Cedric Maxwell knows what it means to live and breathe Celtics basketball. In If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Celtics, Maxwell opens up about his life and career and provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can, from Larry Bird to the Big Three era and up to the current roster. Featuring conversations with players and coaches past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes only Maxwell can tell, this indispensable volume is your ticket to Celtics history.