Summerfolk

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Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501704567
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Summerfolk by : Stephen Lovell

Download or read book Summerfolk written by Stephen Lovell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dacha is a sometimes beloved, sometimes scorned Russian dwelling. Alexander Pushkin summered in one; Joseph Stalin lived in one for the last twenty years of his life; and contemporary Russian families still escape the city to spend time in them. Stephen Lovell's generously illustrated book is the first social and cultural history of the dacha. Lovell traces the dwelling's origins as a villa for the court elite in the early eighteenth century through its nineteenth-century role as the emblem of a middle-class lifestyle, its place under communist rule, and its post-Soviet incarnation.A fascinating work rich in detail, Summerfolk explores the ways in which Russia's turbulent past has shaped the function of the dacha and attitudes toward it. The book also demonstrates the crucial role that the dacha has played in the development of Russia's two most important cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, by providing residents with a refuge from the squalid and crowded metropolis. Like the suburbs in other nations, the dacha form of settlement served to alleviate social anxieties about urban growth. Lovell shows that the dacha is defined less by its physical location"usually one or two hours" distance from a large city yet apart from the rural hinterland—than by the routines, values, and ideologies of its inhabitants.Drawing on sources as diverse as architectural pattern books, memoirs, paintings, fiction, and newspapers, he examines how dachniki ("summerfolk") have freed themselves from the workplace, cultivated domestic space, and created informal yet intense intellectual communities. He also reflects on the disdain that many Russians have felt toward the dacha, and their association of its lifestyle with physical idleness, private property, and unproductive use of the land. Russian attitudes toward the dacha are, Lovell asserts, constantly evolving. The word "dacha" has evoked both delight in and hostility to leisure. It has implied both the rejection of agricultural labor and, more recently, a return to the soil. In Summerfolk, the dacha is a unique vantage point from which to observe the Russian social landscape and Russian life in the private sphere.

Andrew Henry's Meadow

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399256083
Total Pages : 50 pages
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Download or read book Andrew Henry's Meadow written by Doris Burn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic reissued for a new generation Andrew Henry has two younger brothers, who are always together, and two older sisters, who are always together. But Andrew Henry is in the middle--and he's always with himself. He doesn't mind this very much, because he's an inventor. But when Andrew Henry's family doesn't appreciate him or his inventions, he decides it's time to run away. Many children in the neighborhood feel the same way and follow him to his meadow, where he builds each of his friends a unique house of their very own. But in town the families miss their children and do everything they can to find them. And the kids realize that it feels a little lonely out in the meadow without their parents. Just as relevant today as it was in 1967, this is a heart-warming story about children who want to feel special and appreciated for who they are. With a new jacket and expanded trim size, Andrew Henry is ready to enchant the next generation of kids.

The Tree Shepherd's Daughter

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Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0738717231
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Tree Shepherd's Daughter written by Gillian Summers and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood must leave California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival. Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare. But then Keelie starts seeing fairies and uncovers her connection to a community of elves.

Return to Holly Cottage

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Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1038307155
Total Pages : 131 pages
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Book Synopsis Return to Holly Cottage by : Norma Collis

Download or read book Return to Holly Cottage written by Norma Collis and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like entering the home of an old friend, Return to Holly Cottage is a second collection of stories from the beloved 1878 stone farmhouse, otherwise known as “the house that hugs you.” Located in Canada’s southern Georgian Bay near the famous Bruce Trail, Holly Cottage was a beloved country Bed & Breakfast frequented by fascinating guests and surrounded by quirky neighbours. Some guests were looking for love, others for a bit of peace and quiet. One particularly memorable Italian-speaking guest was “looking for a bear.” Charmed by the beautiful gardens, pristine natural surroundings, and caring hosts, guests returned to Holly Cottage over and over again. Readers, too, will return again and again to these smart, wryly funny, and deeply touching stories.

The Secret of the Dread Forest

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Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0738719935
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of the Dread Forest written by Gillian Summers and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keelie Heartwood reluctantly joins her father in the Dread Forest, home to the elves. Except for her impossible guardian cat and a bratty little princess tree, Keelie has no one to hang with. Then she discovers a mysterious boy in the woods. Soon Keelie discovers that both humans and dark magical forces are threatening to destroy the Dread Forest.

The Sportswoman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
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Book Synopsis The Sportswoman by : Constance M. K. Applebee

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The Best Short Stories of 1919

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
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Book Synopsis The Best Short Stories of 1919 by : Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien

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Best Short Stories

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
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Dramatic Aspects of Medieval Folk Festivals in England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (616 download)

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Book Synopsis Dramatic Aspects of Medieval Folk Festivals in England by : Charles Read Baskervill

Download or read book Dramatic Aspects of Medieval Folk Festivals in England written by Charles Read Baskervill and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Ballads of Robin Hood and other outlaws

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Ballads of Robin Hood and other outlaws by : Frank Sidgwick

Download or read book Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Ballads of Robin Hood and other outlaws written by Frank Sidgwick and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

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Publisher : Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
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Book Synopsis Poole's Index to Periodical Literature by : William Isaac Fletcher

Download or read book Poole's Index to Periodical Literature written by William Isaac Fletcher and published by Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin. This book was released on 1908 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Outlook

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1902-1906

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
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Book Synopsis Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1902-1906 by : William Frederick Poole

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Folk

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408884372
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Folk written by Zoe Gilbert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 'That rare thing: genuinely unique' OBSERVER 'Will win you over ... Magical' THE TIMES 'Absolutely stunning. I loved it' MADELINE MILLER, AUTHOR OF CIRCE On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers. There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spirit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore.

South Jersey

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
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Book Synopsis South Jersey by : Alfred Miller Heston

Download or read book South Jersey written by Alfred Miller Heston and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Handbook of New England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 894 pages
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Download or read book A Handbook of New England written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: