April 2016 Newsletter
Welcome to the April 2016 newsletter from Stella and Rose's Books. The aim of our newsletter is to keep you informed of new information, articles and books available on our website.
Wine, Women, Song... and rope-walking elephants! contributed by Tim
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Just a May Day holiday in ancient Rome... As the days are lengthening and weather improving (in theory at least), many of you may be starting to look forward to the May Bank Holiday. It seems appropriate, therefore, to consider the ancient Roman festival which took place at the same time of year: the Floralia, in honour of the goddess Flora. Flora, one of the most ancient deities in Roman religion, was a goddess of flowers, vegetation and fertility and she was one of 15 deities that had a state priest (known as a flamen) charged with overseeing her worship. According to legend her worship was introduced to Rome around 240 BC by a Sabine king with the rather splendid name of Titus Tatius... Read more... |
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A Sample of New Stock
| Operation Seabird written by Edwards, Monica | Textbook Of Fish Culture Breeding And Cultivation Of Fish written by Huet, Marcel | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution written by Long, Brian | English Medieval Industries: Craftsmen, Techniques, Products written by Blair, John & Ramsay, Nigel |
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| Price: £28.00 | Price: £20.00 | Price: £40.00 | Price: £42.00 |
| Categorised in CHILDRENS | Categorised in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FISH FRESHWATER LIFE MARINE LIFE | Categorised in TRANSPORT CARS RALLYING | Categorised in HISTORY HISTORY GENERAL HISTORY (MEDIEVAL) INDUSTRY |
The Secret Garden contributed by Maria
A good friend of mine - Amy Goddard - is a folk singer and has recently released her second Album – "Secret Garden". I asked her why “Secret Garden” and she said it was because she loved the book and also she loves 'secret' places where you can escape for peace and quiet. As a child The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books as well so I thought I would feature it in this month's article. Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1911 the story begins when Mary Lennox, a spoilt young girl living in India, loses her parents to a severe plague of cholera and is forced to go and live with her mysterious uncle (Archibald Craven) in his large manor house (Misselthwaite Manor) on the Yorkshire Moors. |
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A Selection from The Special Book Room
| The Boy Next Door written by Blyton, Enid | Practical Hints On Shooting written by '20-Bore', | Bath And Bristol; Devon & Cornwall Illustrated; Cornwall Illustrated written by Britton, John & Brayley, E.W. | The Forest Of Boland Light Railway written by BB, |
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| 1st edition. 1944 Red cloth, black titles. Black and white illustrations. 184 pages. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall. Scarce in original dustjacket. Price: £280.00 | 1st 1887. Leather spine and corners. Modern binding. Being a treatise on the shot gun and its management; game, Wildfowl, and trap shooting. Together with notes on sporting dogs and ferrets, and other useful information relative to shooting. With 55 illustrations. Price: £150.00 | 1829. Three books bound into one volume. Containing engraved title page and 44 engraved views - published in 1831. Leather spine with raised bands and marble board. Price: £350.00 | 1st edition. 1955 A quite enchanting story of a colony of gnomes who live in the vast Forest of Boland, quarrying in their mines for precious metals with the aid of the Boland Belle of the Forest Light Railway. Price: £140.00 |
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Theresa &
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