Ellen H Kramer

Forget what your English professor told you – life stories are not written in college. Madeleine LaBlange, Annie Anderson, and Audrey Navarro shared formative years as roommates at Chicago’s Catholic haven for women, the historic Abbott College. If only they could have predicted the collisions betwe...

Detlef Lienau (1818-1887) is one of the overlooked but influential architects of the latter half of the 19th century, who introduced the French style to American building construction, notably the mansard roof and its decorative flourishes. Trained at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he designed virtually ev...

This book explores the characteristics of families that strengthen the family unit and promote the development of its individual members. Following upon an earlier research project on the development of children in poverty, the present study examines how family social health improves the well-being ...

Domestic Architecture of Detlef Lienau. Infinity Publishing, 2006.