Art – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:02:48 +0000

Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film fills a gap in the world of film literature and celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the first filmed work of the Bard, revealing his continuing international appeal reflected in the success of Shakespeare in Love. This comprehensive guide includes annotations on the film versions of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as filmed stage performances and films based…

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The Eternal One

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:56:48 +0000

A little-known creation myth from India that offers rich descriptions, complex language, and bewitching truth is transcribed with calligraphy and adorned with watercolor illustrations in this meditation on the origins of the world. The account parallels stories of creation from Genesis and the Upanishads, but the distinctive details and ancient wisdom offer a unique perspective on the vibrating…

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Springs of Joy: A Biblical Treasury

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:50:02 +0000

Over a period of years Evelyn Scaramanga, a clergyman’s widow, collected some of the best loved and most uplifting passages from the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. Each page is written out in calligraphy, in a modern style, but reminiscent of medieval illuminated manuscripts such as the Book of Kells or Lindisfarne Gospels. The originals are in five colours, the fifth, gold…

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The Most Special Rhino in the Munu

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:10 +0000

Shortlisted for The People’s Book Prize 2021-2022. Munu is a story of hope in the face of adversity. As one of the world’s rarest black rhinoceros, Munu was tragically blinded and could not have survived in the wild if it was not for the White Lion Foundation who rescued him, offering him a sanctuary and lifetime care in South Africa. His story, as the most special rhino in the world…

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Scilly

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:05 +0000

A tribute to the people of the Isles of Scilly. Past and Present, may your Scillonian stories be told. While to those who have made the long journey and discovered the secret that is Scilly, let’s just keep it just that, a secret! A collection of photographs by Ena Reseigh. She was a photographer who loved to capture island events whenever they occurred and often tried to create more than just…

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The Golden Thread

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:58 +0000

This book is a gentle reminder that behind all the business of life, the unpredictable changes and stress, there is that which is eternal, unchanging and ever the same with which we are linked, as it were, by a golden thread. In gathering together this anthology, written in calligraphy and delightfully illustrated with watercolour paintings, Dorothy Boux has drawn on the teachings of many…

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This Way Once: A Book of Yesterday

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:56 +0000

The culmination of a lifetime’s work, this is a collection of poetry, prose and visual art that keeps body, mind and spirit together, a rich summation of ideas, thoughts and philosophy. Their common theme is a respect for life and an affinity with what endures throughout the years, bringing an empathetic solace and strength in time of need. This book finally became possible after so many years…

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Twenty Most Favourite Songs of Burns

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:56 +0000

Fortunate is the man who has been able to realise his childhood dreams. This beautiful book is the result of Andrew Winton’s long cherished dream – “to pass on some of the pleasures I got from Burns’ songs.” As a child, he had the North Lanarkshire moors as a playground, listening to the calls and singing of the birds, lying in beds of wild thyme and heathers beside cool, clear burns – while at…

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Sketches Sartorial, Tonsorial and the Like

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:54 +0000

St Claire Bullock – a Professor of Philosophy, no less – in the intervals between pondering the great questions of life, turned his hand to penning light verse in the manner of Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash and Edward Lear. In rhyming couplets these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Some of these are captured in pen and ink drawings which caricature the subject of the…

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Under the Guise of Spring

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:47 +0000

Chosen for Autumn 2014 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Non-Fiction Reprinted with additional material June 2020. A chance discovery provided the author with the key to unlocking the centuries old enigma of Botticelli’s Primavera, a masterpiece painted for the private viewing of a Medici. Its pagan figures in a paradisical spring meadow illuminated the cryptic world of the Renaissance pagan…

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