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"BENEATH THE BLUE
SKY"
Dominic Reeve, like a favourite, cantankerous uncle, sits by a
smoking fire in a muddy field, relating stories from the past, in a narrative
filled with repetitions, digressions, contradictions, prejudices and political
asides. With irony and charm, he complains about noisy neighbours, unfriendly
pub landlords, Irish Travellers, Gaudji academics, Born Again Christians, and
New Age Travellers with their "trinketty colourful and casual living
conditions.".....
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| published Saturday, June 02, 2007 |
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Beneath the
Blue Sky can be read as a social document or simply the experience of one
Traveller’s life on the road over the last fifty years....
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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by Alison Mackie (Author)
The Gypsy
Chronicles makes your soul want to tap dance... After a long day editing
articles on consciousness and quantum mechanics, The Gypsy Chronicles, is a
delightful tonic. Lighthearted and yet uplifting, this little gem of a book does
much to soothe the spirit and assure us that life is divine indeed.
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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Gypsy boy
Freedom Smith has the cops on his tail yet again. But this time they want
to recruit him. 200 years ago legendary bareknuckle champ Hercules Smith passed
a rogue gene to his descendant giving phenomenal strength and fighting skills.
Freedom's inherited the Hercules gene but all it brings is trouble, and its
about to get worse......
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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is a teacher who works for the TEMS
Team in Cheshire (Traveller Education and Minorities Support) and publishes
resources independantly....
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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Contains numerous old recipes and a dozen...
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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Lots of
information about British Romany
Gypsies plus 200 photos, mainly with the people identified and covering
many English and Welsh counties and families....
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This
book was produced by the Travellers Education Service (TES). It is a labour of
love that was years in the making. In it Gypsies and Travellers from several
generations describe, in their own words, their lives from early in this century
to the present day....
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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Duncan
Williamson was the son, grandson, and great-grandson of nomadic
tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers, and storytellers. In this book he describes
his life as a traveler with verve, candour, and intimacy, recounting a childhood
spent on the shores of Loch Fyne....
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| published Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
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From tales told by the light of stick fires to the drumbeat
of hooves through morning rain, this lavishly illustrated volume reveals the
mystery and magic embraced by Romani Gypsies.....
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