Painted Ladies

An illustrated guide to the colorful painted Victorian homes of San Francisco.

Spenser had a simple job-protect an art scholar during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting. No one was supposed to die. But the scholar had secrets no one knew, and uncovering them will endanger Spenser as well.

Now, the long-awaited companion to Painted Ladies, Daughters of Painted Ladies, and Painted Ladies Revisited is available in paperback. Presents a dazzling orgy of Victoriana inside and out with more than 400 color photographs of Painted Ladies across the country.

A tour of the astonishing and stunning newly painted Victorian homes now beautifying all of the United States as ancestors of the original Painted Ladies of San Francisco! 172 full-color photographs.

We follow the fortunes of Marie Triepcke and her entourage as she builds her life, first in Paris where she studies art, then through her numerous visits to Skagen, her marriage to Krøyer - and its failure - and her encounter with her subsequent partner, musician Hugo Alvén. We recognise Marie's mettle early on when she persuades her family that she should study in Paris

Lavallee's watercolors feature highly stylized characters, whimsical and happy, and dressed in vibrant colors. Here she presents 75 favorites from among hundreds of prints and book illustrations, including several never published. Her subjects very greatly, but she admits to having an ethnic bent to her work.

Brilliant, close-up photography illustrates the life cycles of various invertebrates. Easy-to-read text explains the intriguing details of each stage of development. The insects featured in this series are those often studied in classroom science projects in the primary grades. This series explores and supports the standard "The Living Environment: Flow of Matter and Energy," as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy: Project 2061.

How to paint and decorate elaborately.