How Fear Departed the Long Gallery
How Fear Departed the Long Gallery

Author: E. F. Benson

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2017-10-31

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1771961953

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Biblioasis is thrilled to continue this series of beautifully illustrated, collectible, classic Christmas ghost stories designed and illustrated by world-famous cartoonist Seth. In How Fear Departed the Long Gallery, for the Peverils, the appearance of a ghost is no more upsetting than the appearance of the mailman at an ordinary house. Except for the twin toddlers in the Long Gallery. No one would dare be caught in the Long Gallery after dark. But on this quiet and cloudy afternoon, Madge Peveril is feeling rather drowsy . . . E. F. Benson was the English writer of the Mapp and Lucia series.

How Fear Departed the Long Gallery
How Fear Departed the Long Gallery

Author: E. F. Benson

Publisher: Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781771961943

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An classic ghost story by E.F. Benson is revived in this illustrated Christmas edition by inimitable cartoonist Seth.

Museum Bodies
Museum Bodies

Author: Dr Helen Rees Leahy

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1409484165

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Museum Bodies provides an account of how museums have staged, prescribed and accommodated a repertoire of bodily practices, from their emergence in the eighteenth century to the present day. As long as museums have existed, their visitors have been scrutinised, both formally and informally, and their behaviour calibrated as a register of cognitive receptivity and cultural competence. Yet there has been little sustained theoretical or practical attention given to the visitors' embodied encounter with the museum. In Museum Bodies Helen Rees Leahy discusses the politics and practice of visitor studies, and the differentiation and exclusion of certain bodies on the basis of, for example, age, gender, educational attainment, ethnicity and disability. At a time when museums are more than ever concerned with size, demographic mix and the diversity of their audiences, as well as with the ways in which visitors engage with and respond to institutional space and content, this wide-ranging study of visitors' embodied experience of the museum is long overdue.

Iconoclast
Iconoclast

Author: Steven Laine

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-12-20

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1475961480

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Ex-reporter Christian Hunt debunks the world’s greatest myths, from the Bermuda Triangle and Loch Ness Monster to Crop Circles. But on Christmas Eve in London, Hunt reluctantly faces his biggest challenge yet. Hunt’s plans for a peaceful Christmas are shattered by an unplanned visit from a man named Ryko, who tells Hunt he has been hired to track down Hailey Osbourne— the woman Hunt loved and lost nine years earlier. With Hailey’s life in jeopardy and terrorists now hot on his trail, Hunt has no choice but to partner with Ryko on a mission to find her and investigate why religious icons around the world are being systematically destroyed. As their perilous journey takes them across Europe, they are plunged into a world of ancient foes and modern conflicts in a race against time to stop a threat far more sinister than they ever imagined. In this fast-paced thriller, conspiracy and danger surround the two men who are about to discover that the destruction of the world’s religious icons is just the beginning.

Phone for the Fish Knives
Phone for the Fish Knives

Author: Daisy Waugh

Publisher: Piatkus

Published: 2021-06-17

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0349422494

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'Daisy Waugh's featherlight satires are as refreshing and uplifting as a glass of chilled vintage champagne. . . Imagine Agatha Christie on laughing gas' Times The Todes are back, and they're taking on Hollywood . . . When Hollywood wants to do a remake of the film that made Tode Hall famous, India and Egbert are delighted. They envisage a summer of free money and star-studded dinner parties ahead . . . But the Hall is soon overrun by wardrobe trucks and catering tents, and lusty, insecure actors squabbling about nudity clauses. When the movie's producers threaten to sue over the exact colour of Tode Hall's rolling lawns, India and Egbert realise that having a film crew on their doorstep isn't such a breeze after all. With so many egos in one place things were bound to end badly, but no one would have predicted quite so literal a backstabbing . . . 'A glorious satire on aristocratic manners and mores, with a smidgeon of murder thrown in, Waugh's hilarious and entirely original twist on the country house murder mystery is 'a perfect antidote to all the real-life craziness going on' Daily Mail Praise for the Todes 'Ms. Waugh's novel offers plenty of satire, several good laughs and many dark chuckles.' Wall Street Journal Witty, well-written and determinedly entertaining . . . the perfect book for the staycation' Catholic Herald 'I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore 'A delightful treat' The Lady 'Deliciously entertaining' Andrew Wilson 'An irresistible champagne bubble of pleasure and laughter' Rachel Johnson 'A perfect antidote to wintry gloom' The Literary Review 'What a triumph!' Antonia Fraser 'A masterclass in how to write a rollicking good read' Sarah Vine 'A jolly farce that never takes itself too seriously' Red Magazine 'Fizzles, crackles and sparkles' Elizabeth Buchan 'A work of sublime silliness' Simon Brett 'An effervescent madcap whodunnit' Metro 'A marvellous rollicking read' Mary Killen 'She's skewered her targets brilliantly' Imogen Edwards-Jones 'This contemporary take on a golden age mystery is simply wonderful.' Belfast Telegraph

Great Houses of England & Wales
Great Houses of England & Wales

Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1856690539

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Records thirty-two of the most important estates in words and photographs.

Ice
Ice

Author: David Nightingale

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1847288456

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Remember negative feedback? It's what keeps systems stable. What are the effects of a massive movement of people? The wrong preparations were made. Europeans are now clinging on to life. Follow a group of people as they battle to survive. Think about what you are told.