Happy As: Stories of summer, childhood and the magic of family 9781460715062, 9781460762288, 9781460744062

Culinary Memories of a Happy Childhood 9781528949828, 9781788782722

Culinary Memories of a Happy Childhood is a memoir consisting of 14 stories related to food. Together, they comprise an

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God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights 9780691206998

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across t

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Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life 9780394702865

The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of t

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Technology as Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational 9781501340451, 9780826413673

What gives the mass media, particularly advertising and television, their extraordinary power over our lives, so that ev

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The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden: An Anthology of Medieval Jain Stories 9780141907932

The stories collected in this volume reflect the rich tradition of medieval Jain storytelling between the seventh and fi

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Technology as Magic: The Triumph of the Irrational 0826412114, 9780826412119

At first glance, technology and magic would seem to be opposites. Technology is perceived to be rational, scientific and

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A Big Happy Weasley Family

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A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Enlightenment 9781350049635, 9781847887979, 9781472554703

The collection of ideas, values, and beliefs known as the Enlightenment fundamentally altered the ways in which the fami

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A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Age of Empire 9781350049611, 9781847887986, 9781472554710

The 19th Century brought a decisive shift towards a “modern” form of childhood – one protected from the hazards and resp

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The Summer of 75

Almost a decade after finding himself working for a shadowy Government department, ex-Detective John Gallagher is sent o

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