Mary Stewart-Wilson Books

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When a dolls house has been designed by the most famous architect of his time, filled with specially commissioned objects of the very best contemporary domestic, industrial and artistic design, and presented to a queen for her personal pleasure, then surely a detailed study of it is justified. It is that story, with the remarkable photographic record of the house and its contents which accompanies it, which this book tells. The house was presented to Queen Mary in 1924 as a gesture of goodwill from the artists, craftsmen and authors most prominent at the time. It is not only a royal treasure; it shows in miniature a detailed picture of a domestic interior, and of an established way of life, in the period after World War I - and of course, unlike virtually every full-sized example of the kind, it remains entirely unmodernised. The craftsmanship visible in the contents of the forty rooms and vestibules is unparalleled, and it is presented here in David Cripps's photographs to capture an English period scene of incomparable charm.

Demonstrates a variety of stretches designed to relieve stress, stiffness, and backaches, improve posture, and increase flexibility, and includes stretches to be done during pregnancy.

John and Margaret Begbie are picnicking with their parents in the Black Forest when they are mysteriously spirited back through time into the Middle Ages. There they meet Mardian, one-time servant and closest friend of Duke Otho, ruler of the country. He tells them a terrible secret - he is under the enchantment of the evil sorcerer Almeric, and is forced to assume a wolf's shape every night. Unable to return to the castle, the children are his only hope. And so John and Margaret disguise themselves as children of the court and embark on a thrilling and frightening quest to reveal Almeric's true nature and gain the Duke's confidence. But then Almeric becomes suspicious, and suddenly all their lives are in danger...

Reader's Digest Im Schatten Der Gotter; Funf Minuten Verspatung; Mutter Macht Geschichten; Zerreissprobe

These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.

Nach dem Erfolg ihres Strickbuchs sorgt Sadie in Florida für eine weitere öffentliche Sensation und wird fast zur öffentlichen Feindin. Wer kann schon glauben, dass die beste Strickerin der Welt, die jeden zweiten Tag joggt und Johnny Carson behandelt, als wäre er ihr Enkel, in einen Bau-Skandal verwickelt sein könnte, der Millionen für ein revolutionäres neues Projekt für die Senioren Amerikas betrifft, das möglicherweise nie gebaut wird? Nicht ohne die Hilfe der unerschütterlichen Sadie und ihrer Freunde, darunter der legendäre "Prince of Pot Cheese" (Sadies lange verlorene Jugendliebe), eine schöne Reporterin, ein gutaussehender junger Architekt, ein 72-jähriger Stepptänzer, Sadies neuer Ehemann Sam Beck und die gesamte Mishpocha von Sadies Zeitgenossen. Wer könnte sonst als Sadie über die Polizei, die Staatsanwaltschaft, Insolvenz, ein Feuer und ruinöse Publicity triumphieren? Wo könnte das alles anders passieren als in Miami?

Druhý díl z trilogie o kouzelníku Merlinovi. Kouzelník Merlin sleduje Artušovo dětství a dospívání, dohlíží na jeho výchovu, ovlivňuje vzdělání. Sám v této době cestuje po soudobém známém světě a svým vnitřním zrakem sleduje bouřlivé události v Británii. Ve vhodné době se schází s Artušem, aby ho seznámil s nastávajícími úkoly a povinnostmi. Společně se účastní vyzvednutí slavného kouzelného meče a tím vlastně jsou položeny základy k Artušově vládě nad zemí. Než nakonec usedne Artuš na trůn, musí překonat řadu nebezpečných překážek, na které pouhá Merlinova kouzla nestačí.