Join the Oldest Member…whether you like it or not…and be carried on a magic carpet ride through the world of golf, love, and…aunts…as seen through the eyes of the creator of Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings Castle, the inimitable Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse.
The Bungalo Boys, Curly, Johnny-Bob, Rufus and Little Shorty are four of the wackiest cowboys that ever rode the range. They are ranchers of a different ilk--their herd is made up of trees. In this first of a series, we see the boys rounding up and branding their herd, then protecting them from a wily band of voracious beavers.
"It's terrifically funny…wonderful fun…I laughed aloud when I was reading it and I know that children will enjoy it." - CBC Morningside
The Setting is England in the late nineteenth century. We have the Time Traveller, Weena a girl from the gentle Eloi people, and a horde of creatures called Morlocks hundreds of thousands of years in the future. Mix them together and what do you get…. a lassic fantasy/sci-fi thriller from the pen of H.G.Wells.
The author, in the magnificent book, takes up with emphasizing the importance that the rivalry between the Siennese and Florentine shools played, for the evolution of art history. And the reader, in the course of these forgotten masterworks, will discover how, little by little, the sacred became incarnate and more human… opening a discrete but definitive door through the anthropomorphism, cherished by the Renaissance.
If you enjoy discovering more about Britain's fascinating history and heritage, then you’ll love BRITAIN magazine. Learn about the kings and queens, heroes and villains, castles and cathedrals, stately homes and gardens, countryside and coastline… as well as quirky facts and amazing competitions!
