Author: Miss Read
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An English village scrambles to prepare for a big anniversary: “If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Fairacre.” —Jan Karon Village Centenary welcomes readers back to Miss Read’s cozy English downland village just in time for the hundredth anniversary of Fairacre Shool. Miss Clare, who was a pupil and later a teacher there, points out that such a milestone should be celebrated, and all of Fairacre is quick to offer suggestions—from a tea party to a full-scale pageant. Deciding how best to stage the grand occasion, however, is only one of Miss Read’s problems. The new teacher, Miss Briggs, fresh from college and full of idealistic theories, proves a thorn in Miss Read’s side. Plus: Miriam Quinn is afraid she might have to leave home; the vicar has decided to keep bees; the ancient skylight in the school is leaking; and Mrs. Pringle is her usual dour self. But as the seasons continue to change, the centenary year unfolds—with all its hopes and fears, memories and feuds, and friendships that make the tough times so much easier to bear.
Village Centenary
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This Miss Read story chronicle's the year Miss Read's school celebrates its 100th anniversary, with the help and sometimes hindrance of readers favorite Fairacre friends. 19 line drawings.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This Miss Read story chronicle's the year Miss Read's school celebrates its 100th anniversary, with the help and sometimes hindrance of readers favorite Fairacre friends. 19 line drawings.
Village School
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Village School" introduces cheerful schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens. 18 line drawings.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"Village School" introduces cheerful schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens. 18 line drawings.
Changes at Fairacre
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
While Fairacre's new commuter lifestyle causes a sharp decline in enrollment at her school, Miss Read focuses her attention on the ill health of her old friend Dolly Clare.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
While Fairacre's new commuter lifestyle causes a sharp decline in enrollment at her school, Miss Read focuses her attention on the ill health of her old friend Dolly Clare.
Over the Gate
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618884179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618884179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.
Farewell to Fairacre
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Suddenly taken ill, the beloved Miss Read must consider leaving her long-timepost at the school. But through the changing seasons in this humorous, gentledrama, Miss Read's problems are gradually resolved.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Suddenly taken ill, the beloved Miss Read must consider leaving her long-timepost at the school. But through the changing seasons in this humorous, gentledrama, Miss Read's problems are gradually resolved.
Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies
Author: Peter R. Schmidt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351020889
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa provides new ways to look at and think about the practice of community archaeology and heritage studies across the globe. Long hidden from view, African experiences and experiments with participatory archaeology and heritage studies have poignant lessons to convey about local initiatives, local needs, and local perspectives among communities as diverse as an Islamic community on the edge of an ancient city in Sudan to multi-ethnic rural villages near rock art sites in South Africa. Straddling both heritage studies and archaeological practice, this volume incorporates a range of settings, from practical experiments with sustainable pottery kilns in Kenya, to an elite palace and its hidden traditional heritage in Northwestern Tanzania, to ancestral knowledge about heritage landscapes in rural Ethiopia. The genesis of participatory practices in Africa are traced back to the 1950s, with examples of how this legacy has played out over six decades—setting the scene for a deeply rooted practice now gaining widespread acceptance. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351020889
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa provides new ways to look at and think about the practice of community archaeology and heritage studies across the globe. Long hidden from view, African experiences and experiments with participatory archaeology and heritage studies have poignant lessons to convey about local initiatives, local needs, and local perspectives among communities as diverse as an Islamic community on the edge of an ancient city in Sudan to multi-ethnic rural villages near rock art sites in South Africa. Straddling both heritage studies and archaeological practice, this volume incorporates a range of settings, from practical experiments with sustainable pottery kilns in Kenya, to an elite palace and its hidden traditional heritage in Northwestern Tanzania, to ancestral knowledge about heritage landscapes in rural Ethiopia. The genesis of participatory practices in Africa are traced back to the 1950s, with examples of how this legacy has played out over six decades—setting the scene for a deeply rooted practice now gaining widespread acceptance. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage.
Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900
Author: Clive Bloom
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030791548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habits and social life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030791548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the rise of Black, Asian and LGBTQIA+ publishing; the continuing importance of certain genres and up to date trends in publishing, bookselling, library borrowing and literacy. There are sections on writing for children, on the importance of audiobooks and book clubs, self- published bestsellers as well as many new entries to the present day including bestselling authors such as David Walliams, Peter James, George R R Martin and far less well known authors whose books s sell in their thousands. This is the essential guide to best-selling books, authors, genres, publishing and bookselling since 1900, providing a unique insight into more than a century of entertainment, and opening a window into the reading habits and social life of the British from the death of Queen Victoria to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The Caxley Chronicles
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618884292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Set in Caxley, the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two intertwined families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first Caxley tale, The Market Square, introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie of Septimus Howard and Bender North, whose friendship survives misunderstandings, the tragedy of war, and the bitterness of loss. The story of their families continues through the generations. The second tale, The Howards of Caxley, tells of Edward Howard, grandson to them both. Edward flies for the Royal Air Force Reserve as England prepares for another war -- and Caxley braces itself for overwhelming changes.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618884292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Set in Caxley, the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two intertwined families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first Caxley tale, The Market Square, introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie of Septimus Howard and Bender North, whose friendship survives misunderstandings, the tragedy of war, and the bitterness of loss. The story of their families continues through the generations. The second tale, The Howards of Caxley, tells of Edward Howard, grandson to them both. Edward flies for the Royal Air Force Reserve as England prepares for another war -- and Caxley braces itself for overwhelming changes.
Thrush Green
Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618227594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Miss Read introduces the inhabitants of the lovely village of Thrush Green during the course of one pivotal day--May Day.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618227594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Miss Read introduces the inhabitants of the lovely village of Thrush Green during the course of one pivotal day--May Day.