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  • The Island of the Ghost Wolves

    by Jane T. Downs ...
    On the windswept shores of Galveston Island, a legend lingers in the shifting dunes. Centuries ago, a young Karankawa boy named Tahu is saved from a deadly storm by a mysterious wolf. His people come to believe in the "Ghost Wolves"... silent guardians who watch over the island and its fragile balance.In the present day, twelve-year-old Juan arrives on the island carrying the weight of his mother ... Read more

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  • Fashion in the Time of William Shakespeare

    1564–1616

    Series Book 785 - Shire Library
    Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night.The statement 'Clothes maketh the man' was one that would have resonated with their audiences: the rise of England's merchant class had made issues of rank central to Elizabethan debate, and a rigid table of sumptuary laws carefully regulated ... Read more

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  • Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen

    Series Book 583 - Shire Library
    The broader Regency period 1795 to 1820, stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history, unlike anything that went before it.For the first time England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris, as court dress became secondary to the season-by-season flux of fashion as we know it today. Sarah Jane Downing explores the fashion revolution and the ... Read more

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  • Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950

    Series Book 633 - Shire Library
    The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture.Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians.Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled ... Read more

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  • Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen

    After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austen’s era. In Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen, she examines the beauty ideals of the Regency period to shed light on the transition from the baroque high hair and formal doll-like faces of the court of King George III to the fresh ... Read more

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  • Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen

    Just as the fashions of Jane Austen’s era define it as a unique moment in history, so do the pleasures and pastimes. Each occasion and activity brought the pleasure of choosing a new outfit, and the choice on offer to young men and women was, at the time, unparalleled. Showcasing the styles and fashion of the period, Sarah Jane Downing touches on a variety of themes including pleasure destinations ... Read more

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  • Animating the Dead

    An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney

    Provides the exciting results of a long-term project examining Bronze Age round barrow construction and burial practices in Orkney, Scotland.This book provides the exciting results of a long-term project examining Bronze Age round barrow construction and burial practices in Orkney, Scotland. A main focus of this research is on the act of cremation; a technology of bodily metamorphosis as ... Read more

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  • The Ravyn Warriors Collection, Volume 1

    by Jane Downs ...
    Series series Box Set
    In Ravyn's Blood, Dageus is an in-the-closet demon with amnesia and a past--a past which includes Master Vampire and dancer Alexander. After fleeing from his homeland of Demontia with his fellow warriors and their prince, Dageus finds himself face-to-face with the man of his dreams, but assassins are hot on their trail, and duty calls them both in opposite directions. Can they find love in a world ... Read more

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  • Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking

    Low-Effort, Big-Flavor Keto Recipes for Any Pressure Cooker or Multicooker

    by Jane Downes ...
    "Healthy, tasty, and easy are exactly what this book is all about, and Jane is the ingenious master of bringing them all together in one cohesive and delicious cookbook."—Maria Emmerich, ketogenic diet expert and bestselling authorPressure cooking and the ketogenic diet are a match made for constant ketosis. To make cooking for the ketogenic diet easy, Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Couscous Chronicles

    Stories of Food, Love, and Donkeys from a Life between Cultures

    " The Couscous Chronicles is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating books I have ever read."—Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, ethologist and conservationistAzzedine Downes moves between cultures, places, and time in this wryly comedic, at times mysterious, and always curious memoir of a lifelong nomad.The best strategy was to drink tea, smile, and enjoy the frustration of not knowing wher... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Career Book: Help For The Restless Realist

    by Jane Downes ...
    A career book without the waffle for post-Celtic Tiger times - it aims to help you to help yourself. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Sultan's Daughter

    by Jane Downing ...
    It is 1866 and Zanzibar is momentarily quiet after a rebellion against the Sultan. Sayyida Salmé waits in the harem hoping to be forgiven for her part in the uprising against her brother. When she hears merchant Heinrich Ruete singing from across the narrow Stone Town street, Salmé lifts her veil to possibility.Set against the backdrop of the slave trade and the impossible wealth of the Sultans of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus