Making the Modern Primitive provides an anthropological analysis of the encounter between local residents and tourists in the Trobriand Islands, a place renowned in anthropology and represented in var
Jenna Watson is a cheerleader. And she wants you to know it’s not some Hollywood crap: they are not every guy’s fantasy. They are not the “mean girls” of Marsen High School. They’re literally just hum
A celebration and exploration for younger children of an important wilderness habitat - the forest In Moon Forest, night is coming. The moon rises in the forest, and illuminates the coming and going o
When Rose wakes up in the night because it is so quiet she's sure there is something wrong. With Buttercup's help she soon discovers that Owl has stopped hooting, but what she doesn't know is why?
It's a warm and windy day - perfect for kite-flying. Or so Buttercup and Poppy think. They race up to the top of the hill, trailing their beautiful petal kite behind them, but things soon start to go
Beautiful gemstones in a rainbow of colors are the focal point of Valerie MacCarthy's exquisite wire and chain jewelry in this paperback reprint of a Lark bestseller, with a new lower price and a rede
Eric Gill, who died in 1940, was among the greatest English artist-craftsmen of the 20th century: a typographer and lettercutter of genius, and a master in the art of sculpture and wood-engraving. In
Since his death in 1896, William Morris has come to be regarded as one of the giants of the Victorian era. The author has managed to encompass all the different facets of Morris' complex character, sh
Mention the Bauhaus and iconic design objects such as a Marianne Brandt teapot, an Anni Albers weaving or a Marcel Breuer chair come to mind. But the Bauhaus was more than an art school - it was the b
Fiona MacCarthy traces the stories of the girls who curtseyed that year, and shows how their lives were to open out in often very unexpected ways - as Britain itself changed irreversibly during the 19
The angels on our Christmas cards, the stained glass in our churches, the great paintings in our galleries - Edward Burne-Jones' work is all around us. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize fo
A beautifully illustrated portrayal of the life of the artist and writer who revolutionized Victorian society and whose legacy is still widely embraced today
