John Philip Falter Spilled Purse On Steep Hill 1955Westward Tow by Mead Schaeffer for Saturday Evening Post 1948Ernest Hamlin June 1935 Fortune Magazine coverWinifred Knights The Deluge 1920Eyvind Earle (1916 – 2000) Green Hillside 1970Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher, Illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg, 1944Now That Days Are Colder by Aileen Fisher, Designed & Illustrated by Gordon Laite, Lettering by Paul Taylor (1973) September 1939.
When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn’t be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place.
But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley is more frightening than the war. Who can Jimmy trust? His brother is too little; his best friend has changed.
Finding an ally in someone he never expects, they set out together to uncover the secrets that lie with the skull. What they discover will change Jimmy – and the village – forever.
A mesmerising mystery about bravery and brotherhood from an outstanding new voice.Eyvind Earle- Hillside Magic, 1976Wayne Thiebaud (American painter) 1920-2021 Hillside 1963English Villages And Hamlets By Humphrey Pakington, Illustrated By Sydney R. Jones, 1934Via San Vittore (Locarno), 1950, Varlin (Willy Guggenheim)Glasgow painter Alexander Millar with one of his paintings in the series ‘The Working Man’.Rokuro Taniuchi Shuukan ShinshooLittle Grey Rabbit’s Christmas published in 1939 written by Alison Uttley illustrated by Margaret TempestTime is When ,1960 illustrated by Harvey WeissGennady Spirin (Russian, b.1948) – Yakov and the Seven ThievesCharles Haigh Wood – Fisherman’s Cottage, Runswick 1886Architectural rendering, 1922The book of wonder, a chronicle of little adventures at the edge of the world ca.1915 by Lord Dunsany illustrated by Sidney Herbert Sime S. Steinberg, 1977One Monster After Another Mercer Mayer, 1973Clive Uptton, 1964, Ladybird book, seaside1962 illustration by Miroslav Šašek (1916 -1980)John Philip Falter (American,1910-1982) – Swell Ride Down, 1961Miroslav Šašek (1916 -1980) 1962 illustration for ‘This Is San Francisco’, one of a series of country guides he produced for children.Miroslav Šašek (1916 – 1980) 1962 illustration for This is San FranciscoGaston Gorde (1908-1995) 1937Nash, John Northcote; Dorset LandscapeRichard Pokorny, Austrian (1907-1997) Rothenburg streetInk sketch by Duilio CambellottiArnold Rönnebeck (May 8, 1885 – November 14, 1947) was a German-born American modernist artist1935 June, cover by Ernest Hamlin Baker orchard The Story of the Weathercock by Evelyn Sharpe 1907 illustrated by Charles Robinson The birch fairy alights on the dog’s headHilda Boswell, Water-Lily Story Book, 1953The Story of the Weathercock by Evelyn Sharpe 1907 illustrated by Charles Robinson The idle boy took Elspeth’s handAlan Fearnley
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project: