The Prelude: Newly Edited from the Manuscripts and Fully Illustrated in Color

William Wordsworth The Prelude, 1805

Literature & Fiction

Wordsworth,William

Poetry

David R. Godine, Publisher

[Read by Traber Burns]An introspective and revealing look at the nature of the creative process. In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivyeducated child of the middle class who finds work as a novice carpenter, transitions to selfemployment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado's Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and then founds a school in Maine: the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, an internationally respected nonprofit institution. This is not a howto book in any sense; Korn wants to get at the why of craft in particular and the satisfactions of creative work in general to understand their essential nature.

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Korn, Peter

Crafts & Hobbies

One of our most popular titles, the striking woodcuts of this big, bold alphabet book, printed in two colors on beautiful paper, are a felicitous introduction to letters as well as to the charms of simple country life.

Farmer's Alphabet

Children's Books

AZARIAN, Mary

If Tom Sawyer had been a girl, Aunt Polly would certainly have seen to it that she had a copy of this book and with a heartfelt blessing. Its a magical cornucopia of projects, devices, toys, gifts, dolls, recipes, decorations, perfumes, wax and clay modelling, oil and water-color painting and games, all with clear and practical directions for how to make and play them. Vintage Americana by the Beard sisters, two of the founders of Girl Scouting in the United States.   "In the Beard sisters' version, 'the American girl' ranges in age from eight to eighteen. Healthy and spirited, she thinks nothing of taking a ten-mile 'romp' through woods and fields with a group of friends, and collects flowers and leaves for preservation or presentation to friends and relations. Above all, however, the Beards' girl is handy. She can make a hat rack, a screen, or a bookshelf; fashion a macrame hammock or a cornhusk doll; and draw, paint, sculpt, or decorate a room. The American Girls Handy Book, in short, by emphasizing what girls can do, presents a portrait of girlhood that is vigorous, active, and full of possibilities."

American Girl's Handy Book: How to Amuse Yourself and Others (Nonpareil Books)

Beard, Lina

Beard, Adelia

Arts, Music & Photography

Full of whimsical charm, The Adventure of Uncle Lubin, present one of literature's most guileless and sincere characters. With his comically floppy hat and striped baggy stockings, gentle, serious Uncle Lubin is left in charge of his beloved nephew Peter. One fateful day, a great Bagbird swoops down while Uncle Lubin is innocently napping, whisks away the screaming child in his beak, and flies to the moon.Deeply horrified by the unexpected turn of affairs, Uncle Lubin nonetheless recognizes his duty as Peter's guardian and sets out on a series of adventures to deliver the child from the wretched bag-bird, searching high and low (literally) for the kidnapped child. His ingenuity proves boundless: he builds an air-ship to follow the bird to the moon (using his hat as a parachute to descend); he invents a submersible sea-boat to search for Peter among the mer-men and mer-children of the deep; he kills a sea-serpent by putting salt on its tail (which we all know is the only way to kill a sea-serpent). He even melts an iceberg with a candle to reach the wicked bag-bird perched mockingly on top. Eventually, little Peter and Uncle Lubin are reunited in this playful classic that reads as well today as when it was first published in England in 1902.These fantastic adventures are inextricably entwined with Robinson's detailed pen-and-ink drawing and playfully arranged text depicting, among other things, Uncle Lubin's remarkable inventions and contraptions. Robinson had a profound affection for the ridiculous, and was a genius at sensitively and inventively depicting the absurd. Readers will be enchanted by this revival, a book whose style and illustrations recall an era when children's books were delightful, inventive, and imaginative.

Adventures of Uncle Lubin

Robinson, W.Heath

Seeking air

Seeking Air

Guest, Barbara

History & Criticism

New Spaces: Poems 1975-1983

Oppenheimer, Joel

On its publication, SEPARATE FLIGHTS won the Boston Globe's Lawrence L. Winship Award as the outstanding book of New England origin. This Dubus sampler includes a novella and seven short stories. Themes range from violence and confrontation to tenderness and affection. To quote from the Los Angeles Times, "Dubus has been compared with Chekov...this collection restores faith in the survival of the short story."

Separate Flights

DUBUS, Andre

Literary

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was one of the first war photographers. This volume focuses of his images of England, Scotland, and Wales. Photographs by Fenton; text by John Hannavy. 184 pages; 64 sepia-toned plates + 94 b&amp;w text illustrations; 11-1/2 x 9-1/8 inches. List of illustrations, chronology, illustrated notes to the plates, index. The Godine Photographic Monographs, No. 3.

Roger Fenton of Crimble Hall

Hannavy, John

Book by Brackett, Babette; Lash, Maryann

The Wild Gourmet :A Forager's Guide to the Finding and Cooking of Wild Foods

Babette; Lash Maryann Brackett

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

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