LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ray wills

9 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ray wills

  • The Heather and the Rose Gardens
    Ray Wills
    THE HEATHER AND THE ROSE GARDENS is the very latest collection of poetry gathered over the years by the celebrated Dorset poet, author, and historian Raymond Wills. It includes Ray’s work, which was, in recent years, commissioned by the Arts council at the Dorset Festival in Bere Regis. Ray is regularly invited to give talks and poetry readings for East Dorset Family Historical...
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    18,36 €

  • Adventures in Child’s Play
    Ray Wills
    Ray Wills writes a fascinating and often personal account in depth history of children’s play provision in the UK. Much of which is based on Ray’s own experiences working in the inner cities, new towns and rural communities over many decades. He writes of a time when child’s play was in its infancy, from the days when children were playing on bombed wastelands of the cities. He...
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    12,70 €

  • A Village of Crows
    Ray Wills
    Writer Ray Wills, affectionately known as the Gypsy Poet, is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose. He has now turned his pen to this stunning new novel entitled 'A VILLAGE OF CROWS'. This a collection of enthralling fictional tales built around Dorset village life during the 19th and early 20th century. Each tale has a rich historical background, supplemented t...
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    16,80 €

  • The Forgotten Peoples
    Ray Wills
    Have you always wondered if there was a lot more to the history of the slave trade than you were ever told? Do you want to discover the roots of the subject, the how and the why that slaves were captured, by whom and for what purpose? In fact, why did slavery as a trade ever exist? Did Governments, the church, and others play an active role, and if so, how did they sanction suc...
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    11,97 €

  • Starlight Afore the Dew
    Ray Wills
    STARLIGHT AFORE THE DEW is a bumper collection of the finest of contemporary poems composed by Poet and writer Ray Wills (known affectionately as The Gypsy Poet).Ray is a poet, writer and social historian. He has been a member of numerous poetry groups as well as being an authority on the history of the Gypsy community, and is at present a member of Kushti Bok, the Gypsy Roma T...
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    13,72 €

  • The Last Stopping Place
    Ray Wills
    Writer Ray Wills, who is affectionately known as the Gypsy Poet, has now turned his pen to this stunning new novel entitled 'The Last Stopping Place.' A splendid collection of enthralling tales built around the theme of Stopping places. A topic of much concern to the present Gypsy traveller community. Each tale has a rich historical background. Travellers tell of their lives wo...
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    11,97 €

  • Heather For Your Luck, My Dear
    Ray Wills
    In this original and historical account of Gypsy Traveller life in Hardy’s Dorset, Ray Wills, known affectionately as the Gypsy Poet, takes you on a fascinating journey through the hills of Purbeck and the market towns and villages of the county. The Gypsy Traveller families were here for generations living in their tents, vardos, and benders within the greater Canford/Turbary ...
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    27,04 €

  • Where The River Bends
    Ray Wills
    From as early as the 15th century, the Gypsy Roma Travellers were part of our landscape, our history, and our heritage. In this compelling and well researched book, Ray Wills, known as The Gypsy Poet, presents a detailed historical and compelling portrait of their lives on their communal encampments on the edge of society.It was here, within these unique neighbourhoods, that th...
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    12,47 €

  • Gypsy Tales Around the Yog
    Ray Wills
    From the earliest of times, the Gypsy Traveller community were renowned for their storytelling. It was how they recorded their histories, shared in tales around their campfire yogs. Their storytellers passed on these tales in myths, fables, legends, and family histories to future generations. In this comprehensive and fascinating book, Ray Wills, affectionately known as the Gyp...
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    29,99 €