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Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candor and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the summer, walking with barrows and prams and later with horse and cart, the length and breadth of Scotland. He recalls camping with hundreds of traveler families from the 1940s to the 1960s, his marriage to his cousin, Jeanie Townsley, and all the various traditional skills and arts which must be perfected for a man to maintain his family adequately.The Horsieman is the story of traditions long vanished - of traveler trades, of building tents, of routes traveled and traditional camping sites, of stories, songs, music and cures which have been the heritage and tradition of
Claire Williamson has written a vivid collection of poems: Visiting the Minotaur, full of artful reflections, refractions and re-workings of incidents that reveal a fraught childhood and adolescence, a family riddled with dark secrets and tragedy, and her ensuing quest to escape this legacy and
In A Year of Miracles, Marianne Williamson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the classic A Return to Love and world-renowned teacher, offers a daily devotional that helps us develop a positive, loving mindset and encourages us to live our best selves to bring miracles into our
In this third volume of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), Peter Williamson interprets Ephesians for pastoral ministers and lay readers alike. This volume, like each in the series, relates Scripture to life, is faithfully Catholic, and is supplemented by features designed to help
Marianne Williamson, author of the phenomenal million-copy bestseller A Return to Love, has written an honest and uplifting book, offering seven practical principles for guiding us through life's major changes. Marianne Williamson delves deeply into the rule of change and transition in our lives in
In the aftermath of a reality TV deal gone wrong, Fiona Alison Duncan asks the question, Can you rewrite your life? The answer, her debut novel Exquisite Mariposa, follows a cast of housemates as they navigate questions of art making and economies, breakups and breakdowns, and the internet and its
Latest in the popular Railway Memories series, covering the railways of the Northumberland coalfield from the Tyne to
Gypsy and Traveller Law is the definitive legal textbook covering all areas of law affecting the Travelling community. It is also the only detailed reference guide to mobile homes legislation in England and Wales. This fully updated third edition spans all of the recent and far-reaching changes in
Fourteen female artists respond to the transmissions of memoryPublished on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition in Bordeaux, France, this volume traces the idea of collective memory by contemporary artists from Africa and its diasporas, including Mary Sibande, Bouchra Khalili and Wangechi
It is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The relatives, present at the scene,
Tells the classic story of an otter living in the Devonshire countryside which captures the feel of life in the wild as seen through the otter's own
The Runagates Club (1928) was John Buchan's last collection of short stories, and is a classic of British interwar short
The new paperback edition of a rarity: a brilliant novel of ideas that is also irresistible and very, very racy. An engrossing, hugely satisfying and entertaining read, by a young Argentinian superstar. For lovers of historical novels, and of the modernist giants Mann and
The 6th Edition of The Construction of Houses builds on the success of the previous five editions. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and processes of the construction of houses and their services. As such it is aimed at providing a broad understanding of domestic
The Third Reich is a succinct, comprehensive examination of the major debates surrounding this crucial period in modern German history. The character and operation of the Nazi state, and of its global consequences, have been discussed and disputed since 1933. David G. Williamson's Seminar Studies
The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional
One of a series of plays by the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist, this was first staged in 1928. The play incorporates a 'stream-of-consciousness' technique, numerous asides to express the unspoken thoughts of the characters, and draws on contemporary
They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both. Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme on snakes and intrudes into their uneasy compromise of mutual antagonism and
The Russian Revolution of 1917 transformed the face of the Russian empire, politically, economically, socially, and culturally, and also profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century. Now, to mark the centenary of this epochal event, historian Steve Smith
An endearing classic of childhood memories of an idyllic midwestern summer from the celebrated author of 'Farenheit 451'. 'He stood at the open window in the dark, took a deep breath and exhaled. The street lights, like candles on a black cake, went out. He exhaled again and again and the stars
A stunning new edition of Dowd's moving story of of the reality of life in a traveller community, the simple power of kindness, and love in its many forms. Featuring powerful black and white illustrations from Kate Greenaway longlisted illustrator Emma