Author: David Larkin
Publisher: Universe
Keywords: book, farmhouse
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-11-29
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0789313510
ISBN-13: 9780789313515

From the New England saltbox to the Pennsylvania Dutch, from the southern colonial to the western ranch, the American farmhouse is an icon of our history and our traditions of hearth and home, an architectural entity in and of itself, as well as a highly coveted retreat for country dwellers. Conveyed throughout Farmhouse: Country Retreats in both images and words are the many qualities that make farmhouses special and the importance and pleasures of preserving and restoring these homes.Evocative images and lively descriptive commentary combine to create a fascinating inside look at what it is

Author: David Larkin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: country, landscape, working, wisdom, acres
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1998-05-28
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0395771889
ISBN-13: 9780395771884

Here is the successor to COUNTRY WISDOM, the first in David Larkin’s series of handsomely illustrated and informative books about country ways and country life. COUNTRY ACRES takes the reader from the country house to its outbuildings - barns, sheds, cribs - and on to its gardens, fields, trees, and ponds. In his charming fashion, Larkin offers information and guidance for country-lovers of all levels of sophistication, explaining how fields get their size and shape; how best to use the tools of country work, from grub hoe to chainsaw; why you should (or shouldn’t) grow potatoes; h

Authors:Geri Larkin, Geraldine A. Larkin,
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Keywords: enlightenment, stumbling
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0890878498
ISBN-13: 9780890878491

Authors:Geri Larkin, Geraldine A. Larkin,
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Keywords: zen, dancing, tap
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0890878897
ISBN-13: 9780890878897

Authors:Geri Larkin, Geraldine A. Larkin,
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Keywords: head, shave, first
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2001-09-20
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1587610094
ISBN-13: 9781587610097

When STUMBLING TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT and TAP DANCING IN ZEN author Geri Larkin is invited on a pilgrimage to Korea with her Buddhist master for thirty days of practice, she is thrilled, flattered, and utterly freaked out. And so begins another life journey along the spiritual path of one of our favorite authors. Larkin’s account is by turns hilarious, heartbreaking, exasperating, and exhilarating, and is told with her usual charm and grace. Part travelogue, part spiritual journey, FIRST YOU SHAVE YOUR HEAD is a lighthearted collection of Buddhist practices and principles that won’t fail to

Authors:Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, David Larkin,
Publisher: Rizzoli
Keywords: masterworks, wright, lloyd, frank
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1993-09-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0847817156
ISBN-13: 9780847817153

This extraordinary book presents thirty-eight of the most renowned and significant buildings of America’s premier architect, from his early Prairie work in Oak Park, Illinois, in the 1890s to his daring creations of the 1940s and 1950s.In entirely new photographs taken especially for this book by two leading architectural photographers under the direction of co-editor David Larkin, such internationally famous buildings as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater and Wright’s homes Taliesin, Taliesin West, and the Oak Park Home and Studio are seen afresh, benefiting from th

Authors:T. Larkin, Sandar Larkin,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: new, business, goals, support, employee, change, winning, communicating
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0070364524
ISBN-13: 9780070364523

When a company decides to make a major organizational change­­whether it’s a new emphasis on customer service, quality management, restructuring or downsizing­­managers must get the message through to front-line employees, and enlist their support...or the changes will create more turmoil than progress. Written for busy managers at all levels, Communicating Change offers specific prescriptions for effecting successful change centered around three guiding principles: Conveying the message through supervisors Communicating face-to-face Making the changes relevant to each work