This is the memoir of the great children's book writer Ursula Moray Williams (1911-2006) whose books enthralled millions of readers. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters, her own heart-warming story is told for the first time.

Through the Magic Door: Ursula Moray Williams, Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse

Biographies & Memoirs

Davison, Colin

Arts & Literature

Northumbria Univ Pr

Written by experts in their field with a proven track record for quality in their teaching and learning this volume takes a contemporary and in-depth look at the teaching of humanities where children and their world’s are central to the curriculum. Aimed at students and teachers of childhood and early childhood coursesand also beneficial to those studying other academic programs where the emphasis is on the various ways in which childhood is viewed and interpretedthis book gives vital tips and advice on methodology. Packed with many tried and tested methods of approaching and assessing this contemporary subject, this guide instructs teachers on how to give their students the best possible start for the future and how to support and encourage nontraditional students.

Contemporary Issues in Childhood: Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Partnerships in Work Based Learning

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

This is the story of one of the largest universities in Britain and the academic institutions from which it was created. Aimed at those who have a professional interest in higher education, the influencespersonal, political, and policywhich come to bear on that development are also explored. Informative, entertaining, and accessible, this narrative reflects the important contribution that a group of colleges in the North East of England, each with their distinctive histories and cultures, and how it grew to become a major university. Its current position is that of a mature, innovative university with a vision of its future as one of the world’s leading teaching and learning universities. In its journey to this position, Northumbria University has affected, and been affected by, national and international developments in 19th, 20th, and now 21st-century higher education.

Rutherford's Ladder: The Making of Northumbria University, 1871-1996

History

Allan, Joan

Europe

The first book of its kind to take English regionalism seriously, this volume pioneered what has become a vital part of the debate on contemporary Englishness. With a new preface, it captured that early 1990s moment when Newcastle stepped across the threshold into a postindustrial future.The notion of cultural reinvention is explored, the forces that was soon to create the "party" city are examined, the region’s considerable literary and dramatic conditions are analyzed, and the centrality of humor and dialect to regional culture is explained.This book is an indispensable guide to all those interested in the contemporary North in particular and English regionalism in general.

Geordies: Roots of Religionalism

The material culture of the North East of England represents some of the richest in the British Isles embodying the strength of the many coalmining communities of the Great North Coalfield. The Beamish Museum plays a major role in the preservation of this rich heritage through its collections of national and international importance and this volume highlights much of this material culture from these collections. The photographs, all from Beamish Museum, poignantly illustrate the connection between the people of the Great North and their culture.

The Great Northern Things: A Cultural Journey at Beamish Museum

Doyle, Aidan

Bringing together recipes, dialect, social history, and technology, this compilation is an intriguing insight into how North East kitchen skills, tools, and diet options have developed. From the griddle on an open fire and the beehive oven to the widely used, much loved, and polished kitchen range as well as the modern-day microwave oven, this is a journey through cooking history. Changing tastes—and supplies—of meat, fish, and grain and the traditions of oatcakes, broth, and bread are detailed with fond personal accounts from across the region with stories, poems, and humor throughout.

Stotty 'n' Spice Cake: The Story of North East Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Griffiths, Bill

Regional & International

Today’s MPs are often thought to be trapped in a London-centred view of life and to lack any hinterland” of life beyond politics, and any fundamental beliefs, but this book looks at political life from a northern perspective. Starting in the Manchester area and following the author's 35 years as MP for England’s northernmost constituency and a leading figure in the Liberal Democrats, the book cover key stages in the party’s growth, including the 1970s Lib-Lab pact and Paddy Ashdown’s leadership, as well as what the philosophy of Liberalism is all about. His experiences overseeing Britain’s intelligence and security services over more than a decade are presented and the need to make parliament more effective is outlined.

Alan Beith: A View from the North: Life, Politics and Faith Seen From England's Northernmost Constituency

Beith, Alan

Leaders & Notable People

As entertaining as it is informative, this dictionary offers records and explanations of a northern English dialect. The research presents information about words that go back as far as the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings as well as those present in today’s vernacular. Ideal for anyone interested in English etymology, this reference is thorough and essential.

A Dictionary of North East Dialect

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

A moving tale of courage, love, tenacity, and hope, this remarkable memoir documents one woman’s experience during the Holocaust. Enamored with a man named Arno, Zdenka Fantlová, a young Czech-Jewish woman, is separated from her soul-mate due to the German invasion. During a brief reunion, Arno proposes to 19-year-old Zdenka with a ring made from tin. Following Zdenka from Terezin through Auschwitz and Kurzbach to BergenBelsen, this heartbreaking account dwells less on the horrors of extermination camps and more on the compassion of the friends and family who shared in her ordeal.

The Tin Ring: How I Cheated Death

Fantlová, Zdenka

World

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