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Mrs. Bird is unhappy with their home. She and Mr. Bird set forth to find a new nest, but learn that home hunting is not very easy.

"Marvelous . . . Recreates the building of a French Gothic cathedral from [hewing] half a forest to [placing] the last sheet of lead on the spire" (Time).

A Caldecott Honor Book
One of the New York Times's Best Illustrated Books of the Year

From the author of The Way Things Work, whose books have won numerous awards and sold millions of copies—and delighted readers young and old alike—this...

When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.

Evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna buy what looks like the home of their dreams only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.

The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it.
On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome....shall do so before the end of the month of...

A novel set in 1937 Europe tells the story of three Hungarian Jewish brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation by the Nazis, and of the dangerous power of art in the time of war.

While restoring the front of a church, an old master plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses her back to health.

Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up, Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation...

History of castles in Europe and the Middle East, and their uses for defense, domination and security.