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Collecting Dolls
This is a guide which is principally concerned with the dolls that the general collector will come across. Valuations given are a key to probable financial value dependent on the vagaries of condition, timing of sale and the presence of interested buyers. Manufacturing methods are described.
Metal Toys and Automata
Discusses the main collecting areas, provides expert advice on how to avoid expensive mistakes, how to care for old toys, and how to spot the works of the masters
Christmas Antiques, Decorations and Traditions
Many of the Christmas seasonal customs and associated objects relate back, not just to Christianity, but to a very pagan past. Constance King traces the popular modern celebration of Christmas and describes how it evolved. This is the first book to concentrate on the history of all the material objects associated with Christmas, from early church figures and paintings to the mass-produced tree decorations and images of Santa Claus.
Oxford Mathematics for the Caribbean
Oxford Mathematics for the Caribbean has been updated to cater for the needs of the classroom in the 21st century. Features of each book in the series include: prior learning points; fully differentiated exercises to cater for a wide range of ability; activities and investigations to encourage mathematical thinking; summaries of the main points of each unit with questions to check understanding, so that students can test themselves; and regular revision exercises to help monitor progress. The series is intended for secondary school pupils studying for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations in mathematics.
Here, George Washington Was Born
In Here, George Washington Was Born, Seth C. Bruggeman examines the history of commemoration in the United States by focusing on the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia's Northern Neck, where contests of public memory have unfolded with particular vigor for nearly eighty years. Washington left the birthplace with his family at a young age and rarely returned. The house burned in 1779 and would likely have passed from memory but for George Washington Parke Custis, who erected a stone marker on the site in 1815, creating the first birthplace monument in America. Both Virginia and the U.S. War Department later commemorated the site, but neither matched the work of a Virgi...
Artful Science
Reveals the "magic" of learning in the 18th century. This text draws on historical sources and popular imagery to make the case for the pedagogical opportunities - suggesting ways of putting intelligence, enjoyment and communicative power back into thinking with images.
