Trouble brews in the tiny country village of Fairacre when it is discovered that Farmer Miller's Hundred Acre Field is slated for real estate development. Alarming rumors are circulating, among them the fear that the village school may close. The endearing schoolmistress Miss Read brings her inimitable blend of affection and clear-sighted candor to this report, in which a young girl finds her first love, an older woman accepts a new role in life, and the impassioned battle to save the village from being engulfed is at the forefront of every villager's mind.
This book is about a guy named John Goodall. John fights zombies. The zombies have their own planet called Zombia. The zombies have created something called the Undead Gate that allows you to travel to other worlds. John and his soldiers travel to Jupiter, where they will take a battleship constructed by the Jupidians to fight the zombies in space.
Depicts various aspects of the "season" in Edwardian times when the wealthy classes and aristocrats converged on London for a succession of entertainments at Court, the opera, the races, country estates, etc.
Vivid scenes and vignettes of Victorians abroad show how, despite the inconveniences and the occasional hazards they encountered, these intrepid travellers explored Africa, sailed on the Nile, and frequented fashionable cities and resorts
Traces the changing scene at the beach through various eras from bath houses, bathing costumes, and donkey rides to wind and body surfing, wind sailing, and other modern amusements. Features half pages that reveal hidden portions of the illustrations.
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