Authors:Miss Pat Southern, Pat Southern,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: constantine, severus, empire, roman
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-10-19
List price: $133.00
ISBN-10: 0415239435
ISBN-13: 9780415239431

Authors:Terry Southern, Nile Southern, Josh Alan Friedman,
Publisher: Grove Press
Keywords: southern, terry, writings, unspeakable, dig
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-04-08
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0802138942
ISBN-13: 9780802138941

Acclaimed novelist, Beat godfather, prolific screenwriter, and one of the founders of New Journalism, as well as the only guy to wear shades on the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s cover, Terry Southern was an audacious original. Now Dig This is a journey through Terry Southern’s America, from the buttoned-down ’50s through the sexual revolution, rock ’n’ roll, and independent cinema (which he helped inaugurate by cowriting and producing Easy Rider), up to his death in 1995. It spans Southern’s stellar career, from early short stories and a Paris Review intervie

Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: fairacre, retirement, peaceful
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-11-07
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0618884386
ISBN-13: 9780618884384

Open the gate to Fairacre, America’s favorite English village.Having bid a last farewell to her pupils at Fairacre School, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. It is not entirely so, of course. She finds herself as busy and in demand as ever: on holiday in Florence, helping with church and school affairs, and offering a kindly ear to her eccentric neighbors. With her teaching days behind her, Miss Read discovers her talent for writing, opening a new and exciting chapter in her life — and bringing to a close her stories of life in Fairacre, the timeless En

Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: series, fairacre, centenary, village
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2001-05-15
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0618127038
ISBN-13: 9780618127030

VILLAGE CENTENARY welcomes us back to Miss Read’s cozy downland village just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of Fairacre School. Miss Clare, who was a pupil and later a teacher there, points out that such a centenary should be celebrated, and all of Fairacre is quick to offer suggestions -- from a tea party to a full-scale pageant. Deciding how best to stage the grand occasion, however, is only of Miss Read’s problems. The ancient skylight in the school is leaking, and Mr. Willetts fears that replacing it will be a difficult job. The new teacher, Miss Briggs, fresh from c

Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: series, fairacre, village, storm
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-05-02
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0618884165
ISBN-13: 9780618884162

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.

Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: fairacre, changes
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-11-09
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0618154574
ISBN-13: 9780618154579

Times are changing in the charming downland village of Fairacre, and Miss Read isn’t certain that it’s all for the best. The new commuter lifestyle has caused a drop in attendance at the local school, and officials are threatening closure. Miss Read worries about the failing health of Dolly Clare. Vegetable gardens have given way to trips to the Caxley markets, and the traditional village fete now includes a prize for best quiche. With her trademark patience and good humor, Miss Read hopes for the best and plans for the worst as the village grows increasingly modern. Despite all th

Author: Miss Read
Publisher: Mariner Book
Keywords: series, fairacre, afield, farther
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-11-07
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 061888436X
ISBN-13: 9780618884360

Open the gate to Fairacre, America’s favorite English village.The end of a school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first day of the long summer holiday, she falls and breaks her arm. Just when her summer seems ruined, her old friend, Amy Garfield, comes to her aid with a diverting suggestion. They travel to Crete for two weeks, and the change of scene provides a welcome break for both of them. When Miss Read returns, refreshed, to her beloved village, she is re