Folk art was neither widely collected nor highly valued in the early 1900s when globetrotting Chicago socialite & philanthropist Florence Bartlett (1881-1954) began buying indigenous works encountered on her travels & dreamed of founding a museum to celebrate cultural diversity. Beartlett realised her goal in 1953 when the Museum of International Folk Art opened in Santa Fe near her long-time summer home. 50 years later Bartletts vision lives on in an ever-expanding museum collection that

Includes:: contemporary pieces as well as centuries old textiles woodwork pottery & ethnic garb.

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When Joe Beth & Frannie move to a new home an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. & when they discover the Faraway Tree that is the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them & their friends Moonface Saucepan Man & Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells the Land of Treats or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? There'll be adventures waiting for them whatever happens; funny magical adventures that will delight children again & again. ...

A stunning vintage edition of Enid Blyton's best-selling classic The Folk of the Faraway Tree now republished as the perfect ...

Following on from the successful publication of Folkestone's Disappearing Heritage Pam Dray has gathered together another fascinating collection of old & new photographs to show how this area has changed over time. We have street parties indoor skating roller hockey matches & tributes to Harry Wiltshire the famous Folkestone player & Walter Tull who was born in Garden Road & went on to be the first coloured commissioned officer in the Army. We start our journey from the Warren which has changed dramatically over the past 100 years. It is now a nature reserve & has been opened up with walkers in mind. Years ago you had to fight your way through the bushes to get down to the beach to collect shells & fossils. From there we go along to the Sugar Loaf Hill area which was all open farm land before the 1950s looking east west & south. ...

Folkestone Then & Now looks back at the heart of the town & its immediate suburbs in a bygone age & compares old photographs with new images taken from the same spot today. This gives the reader a unique insight into how much things have changed in the town. This volume will appeal to all those who have an interest in the history & heritage of Folkestone its buildings bygone trades & industry & forgotten ways of life ...

Britains countryside is liberally sprinkled with follies
- eccentric original buildings built for fun by landowners & aristocrats
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The sensationally good Tanya Byrne returns with her new novel
- a dark compulsive tale of obsession & betrayal When sixteen-year-old
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Fifteen year old Isa Muirison loves her life working for the floating shops of Orkney at the turn of the 20th century. But her happy family life is thrown into turmoil by her father's decision to emigrate to Canada her sister's illness & her own love for Davie a penniless whisky runner. Despite her family's opposition she follows Davie to his tiny island home where she is met by the fierce hostility of his mother & his childhood sweetheart Chrissie. Alone among strangers Isa's unrelenting determination gains acceptance & popularity in the close-knit community. But no one could have foreseen the tragedy that rips the heart out of that community & shatters Isa's security... Meanwhile Chrissie has found solace in the arms of Davie's violent brother Jack only to discover a darkness in his soul she could never have imagined. Events are set in motion over which the two women have no control... Will either of them ever find peace
- & in whose arms will Davie find solace? Set in the Northern isles of Scotland amid the treacherous waters of the Pentland Firth Follow the Dove shows how love can conquer all & how even in the most diverse of conditions a community can pull together to protect its own. It describes a way of life that is authentic but gone forever. Inspired by Catherine Cookson Jessica Stirling & Evelyn Hood the book will appeal to women interested in historical fiction. Follow the Dove won the second prize in the novel category of the Scottish Association of Writers.
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What do you do if you want to get underneath the skin of a country
- to understand its people & feel its heartbeat? You can follow
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This is a simple but lively illustrated book about Apollo the Swallow by Julia Donaldson author of The Gruffalo for Egmont's Blue Banana series. When Apollo the swallow flies to Africa Chack the blackbird wants to send him a message. But Africa is far away. Can a jumpy dolphin a grumpy camel a greedy crocodile & a playful monkey help to deliver the message? Blue bananas are illustrated books for NC Level 2 readers learning to tackle longer prose for the first time with the support of extensive illustrations & speech bubbles. They are carefully designed with education in mind supporting children's understanding of vocabulary & punctuation. Blue Bananas explore the feelings & emotions of characters in a clear fashion. ...