Winner, 2012 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public's imagination as it came to represent the complex—and often contentious—relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic society. Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels, including Boston's 1829 Tremont, San Francisco's world-famous Palace, and Chicago's enormous Stevens. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape.

The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in one astonishing building. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House,delivers a masterful and endlessly entertaining history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there, among them Thomas Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Sam Shepard, Sid Vicious, and Dee Dee Ramone. Now as legendary as the artists it has housed and the countless creative collaborations it has sparked, the Chelsea has always stood as a mystery as well: why and how did this hotel become the largest and longest-lived artists' community in the known world? Inside the Dream Palaceis the intimate and definitive story.

Wriggle your toes in the sand and feel the warm breeze on your face when you check into the hotel that’s full of dreams... ‘The happy plot is charming... very entertaining’ Publisher's Weekly

The most authoritative and comprehensive book available on dreams and dreaming. Enter the fascinating world of dreams, their mysteries, their meanings: to dream of a bird flying freely represents hopes and aspirations; to dream of winter means a time in life that is not fruitful; to be visited by someone in a dream can mean that there is information, warmth, or love available; to be searching in a dream is an attempt to find an answer to a problem. These are just a few of the 10,000 dream images and interpretations contained in this volume, a book that can bring insight, clarification, and guidance.

Descriptions of 132 castle and palace hotels in ten countries Austria,ngland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, andales include the history of each, facilities and services available,ctivities and excursions in the area, facilities for children and disabledersons, and maps showing the location of each. Annotation c

In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange and poignant novel of a boy prostitute in 1890s New York and the married man who ruins his own life to win his love.

Your e-magazine on truly exquisite hotels ... Not necessarily expensive, but not cheap either. Quality has a price. Offering excellent hospitality stems from the very inside, it is in the host’s DNA, allowing us to experience its true “soul.”. ‘Quality’ can go over the top in those hotels with an over-prepared member of staff wishing to give the best service in every corner. You do not need help or advice, no directions! Ever experienced this before? An exquisite hotel, excellent hospitality, is about truly understanding and providing what the guest wants and needs. About cuisine; offering a superb bar, preferably a roof-top maybe? It is about a room with a perfect bed; for romance and the best dreams in ages. It is about being away from home and feeling “at home”. Dream Hotels magazine is about these types of hotels. Those with a soul, with hospitality as “life’s mission”. It´s about enjoying to the fullest, looking back with a smile on your face and looking forward to the next stay ... Familiar and yet surprising ... or maybe a bit ‘too chique’; over the top -yes-, that can be very pleasant, too. We’d like to discuss that unforgettable chateaubriand, the magic fruit smoothie; the wine that “made” the dish; about the good things in life. Don Muschter - Publisher.