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The Maker of Moons is the first collection of short stories to follow the publication of The King in Yellow. It contains eight stories, including the title story, with the first three linked by a common theme. The other stories are a mix of romantic, humor

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 160, Publishers: Bonnier Books Ltd, Author: Emily Thomas, ISBN-13: 9781787419438, Date of issue: 2021

Spooky Poems Aloud is a collection of Halloween-themed poems to help children build confidence reading out loud and improve their speech and drama skills.

Aiadiivani komplekt on suurepärane täiendus teie hoovile, aiale või terrassile, pakkudes mugavat ja kutsuvat kohta, kus pereliikmete või sõpradega vestelda või lihtsalt lõõgastuda. Vastupidav materjal: PE-rotang, tuntud ka kui polürotang, on tugev, vähest hooldust nõudev sünteetiline materjal, mis näeb välja nagu looduslik rotang. See on kerge kaaluga, lihtsasti puhastatav ning oma vastupidavuse ja ilmastikukindlate omaduste tõttu kasutatakse seda sageli õuemööbli valmistamisel.Hoiustamisfunktsioon koos veekindla kotiga: aiaistmel on istme all panipaik koos veekindla kotiga patjade, mänguasjade ja muude esemete hoidmiseks. Sisemisel kotil on pealiskate ja seda saab stabiilsuse suurendamiseks takjakinnitusega kindlalt istmele kinnitada.Reguleeritav lauaplaat: laua kõrgemaks muutmiseks saab lauaplaati tõsta, mis muudab laua kohvilauast söögilauaks. See sobib suurepäraselt külalistele või väljas einestamiseks.Eemaldatav ja pestav kate: istmepatjadel on hõlpsaks pesemiseks ja hooldamiseks eemaldatav kate.Modulaarne disain: õuemööbli komplektil on modulaarne disain, mis muudab selle täiesti paindlikuks ja hõlpsasti liigutatavaks, et saaksite luua kohandatud õuemööbli paigutuse. Hea teada:Selleks, et õuemööbel püsiks ilus, soovitame seda kaitsta veekindla kattega.p>• Turvalised maksemeetodid: Paypal, pangaülekanne, deebet- ja krediitkaardid, Trustly • Uhiuus toode. 2-aastane garantii sularahas kohaletoimetamise.Tasuta tarne

Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with Mabel Royds' Water Lilies. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Includes an A4 poster for reference. Mabel Allington Royds (18741941) was born in Bedford. At age 15 she won a scholarship to Londons Royal Academy but opted to study at the Slade. She is famed for her colourful woodcuts of flowers, along with Biblical and Indian scenes, her technique was indebted to Japanese woodcuts. Autorid: Flame Tree Studio

Let us take you around a village where time has stood still for over 500 years seen through the eyes of artist Paul Snowdon as he leads you around the village with words on the history and sketches of what you can see. Famous the world over Castle Combe has been voted "the prettiest village in England". This South Cotswold village has retained its heritage from the 15th century, giving an insight into village life from that time. Built during the Cotswold Cloth Boom this village has changed very little since it's medieval hayday. Read on and come with us on an illustrated walk of Castle combe another great book from the Cotswold Publishers Reardon Publishing. Autorid: Paul Snowdon, Nicholas Reardon, Paul Snowdon

"The Cotswold Town and Village Guide": The latest fully updated edition of the "Definitive Guide to Places of Interest in the Cotswolds" as the author says this is the result of my continuing love affair with the Cotswolds, an area that I have known for most of my life and one that I have been visiting with my camera and notebook for well over fifty years. A glance at the maps contained in this book will soon reveal that the area covered extends well beyond the classic Cotswolds, but it never strays far from true limestone country with its typically lovely stone towns and villages. These are enfolded by rolling hills and quiet wooded valleys through which clear streams flow and all have a similar character to the better-known places of pilgrimage like Stow on the Wold, Cirencester, Bourton-on-the-Water or Broadway. Of course these favourites have not been ignored. The Cotswold countryside is as near to perfection as one could wish for, but it is still further enhanced by the treasures to be found within its towns, villages and hamlets. Here are some of Britain's loveliest medieval churches and domestic buildings, almost all of which are built of the marvellous honey coloured Cotswold stone that here lies so close to the surface. When setting out on your journeys of discovery, savour each day and not try to cover too much ground - it has taken me most of a lifetime to get round it all! If possible buy a good map or maps (preferably Ordnance Survey ones) and walk from village to village along a quiet footpath or bridleway, stopping beside a stream for a picnic, or at a pub for lunch. This is another book from Reardon Publishing the Cotswold Publisher. Autorid: Peter Titchmarsh, Nicholas Reardon

"The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers--Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth--who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time. In a world in which the climate is being alteredby human activities; in which global ecosystems are being destroyed by the advance of industrial civilisation; and in which the dominant economic and cultural assumptions of the West are visibly crumbling, Dark Mountain asked: where are the writers and the artists? Why are the mainstream cultural forms of our society still behaving as if this were the twentieth century--or even the nineteenth? Dark Mountain's call for writers, thinkers and artists willing to face the depth of the mess we are in has made it a gathering point for a growing international network. Rooted in place, time and nature, their work finds a home in the pages of the Dark Mountain books, with two new volumes published every year. "Walking on Lava" brings together the best of the firstten volumes, along with the original manifesto. This collection of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork introduces The Dark Mountain Project's groundbreaking work to a wider audience in search of 'the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the unknown world ahead of us.'"-- The editors and many of the international contributors to this book are members of a writers’ collective called The Dark Mountain Project, bringing perspectives from environmentalism, conservation, education, advocacy, environmental and social justice, tribal rights, and indigenous ecology. In addition to essays, the anthology includes fiction, poetry, and interviews, along with the collective’s original manifesto from 2008, Uncivilization. The book is illustrated with b&w photos and art. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers—Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth—who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time.In a world in which the climate is being altered by human activities; in which global ecosystems are being destroyed by the advance of industrial civilisation; and in which the dominant economic and cultural assumptions of the West are visibly crumbling, Dark Mountain asked: where are the writers and the artists? Why are the mainstream cultural forms of our society still behaving as if this were the twentieth century—or even the nineteenth?Dark Mountain’s call for writers, thinkers and artists willing to face the depth of the mess we are in has made it a gathering point for a growing international network. Rooted in place, time and nature, their work finds a home in the pages of the Dark Mountain books, with two new volumes published every year.Walking on Lava brings together the best of the first ten volumes, along with the original manifesto. This collection of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork introduces The Dark Mountain Project’s groundbreaking work to a wider audience in search of ‘the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the unknown world ahead of us.’ Autorid: The Dark Mountain Project

The Palladian Way is the brainchild of Cotswold walker Guy Vowles. It was born out of a previous idea for a long distance walk between Oxford and Bath but was extended northwards to Buckingham where the author was educated nearby. The realization that there was a Palladian bridge at Prior Park outside Bath to match the one at Stowe suggested a suitable title and the discovery of many classical houses and large estates along the route has helped to make the trail more than just another long walk. The majority of this 200km (125m) trail passes through beautiful countryside and many interesting villages with a wealth of historical background so that walkers can discover parts of England they would not normally visit. THE MAKING OF A LONG DISTANCE TRAIL The inspiration for a new long distance walk can come from many sources. In my case it was a loan of a book. "The Wayfarers Journal" is an elaborate production describing a number of routes which a small, rather quirky group of men who called themselves the "Viators" (Latin for "the travellers") started walking in the 1950s. They researched their routes and kept records. Some 30 years later a chance meeting with a journalist one lunch time at a pub close to Hadrian's Wall, led eventually to publication. Many of their walks or "iters" had Roman connections and ITER XXXVI particularly interested me. The cover pages contain a map of a route "South Cotswolds-Bath to Oxford 108 miles" but unfortunately there is no descriptive text. The book is out of print but I managed to acquire a copy and transposed the route on to modern OS maps. One January I set off to walk the first three days from Oxford. Their route was quite convoluted and I soon decided that I could plan something more interesting. I started the first walk over with a good friend with whom I had walked the length of Scotland and England a few years previously. We left Oxford via the tow path of the Oxford canal which we found to be rather unattractive with some of the houseboats described by my friend as "sinking assetsA". He also enquired about the length of the intended new route which now fell short of the magic 100 mile mark. By coincidence, about the same time, I was talking to another friend about my old school, Stowe, and he commented that his own old school, Prior Park, also had a Palladian bridge in the grounds. This was an eye opener to me and set me thinking. Stowe is north of Oxford and a route via Woodstock and Blenheim would not only avoid the difficulties around Oxford but would also take the distance down to Prior Park and Bath to over the 100 mile distance. Autorid: Guy Vowles, Nicholas Reardon

The language of the Minoan people has remained an enigma for more than a century since their ancient civilization was discovered. The script that records it, known as Linear A, has long been thought to use the same sounds and symbols as its successor-Linear B. After Linear B was deciphered in 1952 by Michael Ventris, and was found to represent an archaic form of Greek, the language of the earlier Linear A script continued to defy all those attempting to read it. A recent insight regarding synonym-parallels in ancient Minoan texts has now illuminated their meaning for the first time. This book guides the reader through the Linear A decipherment process and provides English translations for many of the most important Minoan artifacts. So enter the labyrinth as Europe's first great civilization is finally given voice after three and a half thousand years, and discover how its people have actually been speaking to us all along.

This book analyzes the role of social work in the Americanization Movement. It asserts that the emerging field of social work played a significant role in both the execution of the movement and the development and promulgation of theories and processes that rationalized its determination of the borders of inclusion. This book analyzes the role of social work in the Americanization Movement. It asserts that the emerging field of social work played a significant role in both the execution of the movement and the development and promulgation of theories and processes that rationalized its determination of the borders of inclusion and exclusion from the American nation and its polity.While the Americanization movement as a national endeavor abated by the mid-20th century, its underlying assumptions still shape contemporary social work and the national discourses of belonging. As the first comprehensive historical study of social work’s role in the discourses of immigration, the book will fill a significant gap in social welfare history.This volume introduces an important new field of study for scholars of social work, as well as students and academics of social history, ethnic studies, and political science. It is suitable for courses on social welfare policy, social welfare history, and social work ethics, as well as those studying immigration and the history of ethnic minorities in the U.S. Autorid: Yoosun Park, Michael Reisch