Dramatizes the life of Frances Slocum, who was born into a Quaker family, abducted by Native Americans in 1778 at the age of five, and came to like her new life so much she resisted 'rescue.'

Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh today as it did when it began. It was a place to experiment and embrace a new creative freedom. Thanks to this philosophy, the Bauhaus still shapes the world around us. Trace The Story of the Bauhaus through the 100 personalities, designs, ideas and events that shaped this monumental movement. Learn about leaders Paul Klee, Walter Gropius, Anni Albers and Wassily Kandinsky; witness groundbreaking events and wild parties that would revolutionise contemporary design; and discover a range of innovative ideas and new ways of thinking.

Inspired by Frances Schultz’s popular House Beautiful magazine series on the makeover of her East Hampton house, Bee Cottage, what began as a decorating book evolved into a memoir combining the best elements of both: beautiful photos and a compelling personal story. Schultz taps into what she learned during her renovations of Bee Cottage—determining how each area in the house and garden would be used and furnished—to unravel the question of how a mature, intelligent, successful woman could have made such a mess of her personal life. As she figures out each room over a period of years, Frances finds a new path in life, also a continual process. She comes to learn that, like decorating a home, our lives must adapt to who we are and what we need at different points along the way. The Bee Cottage Story is part memoir, part home decorating guide. Frances discusses the kinds of useful, commonsense design issues that professionals take for granted and the rest of us just may not think of, prompting the reader to examine and discover her own “truth” in decorating—and in her life.

In honor of Frances’s 50th anniversary, this box includes three of the most beloved Frances titles—Bread and Jam for Frances, Best Friends for Frances, and A Bargain for Frances—now in I Can Read editions!

From the popular Mary Frances story-instruction series, this volume is pure story, brimming front to back with stories that breathe sunshine and happiness. Mary Frances sails on The Good Ferry to an enchanted island where she evades an evil pirate, finds the lost story, and thus unleashes a wellspring of tales for all children, for all time. Join Mary Frances as she listens to the Story Lady tell fairy tales, folk tales, and fables filled with adventure, magic, and mystery in a book that will captivate girls and boys alike.You will read stories of talking carrots and cats; fairies and forbidden bubbles; necklaces and masks that are magic; diamonds and dragons; miniature cottages and magnificent castles; knights in shining armor, soldiers at sea, pirates, princesses, and patriotism. You will encounter Merlin the Magician, witches, goblins, and Peter Pan. The collection includes works by Sir Thomas Malory, James Russell Lowell, Washington Irving, Henry Longfellow and Charles Dickens with timeless favorites including the story of Sir Galahad, The Sword in the Stone, and The Man Without a Country. " The Mary Frances Story Book 100th Anniversary Edition" has been restored and expanded with a new introduction, larger format, fresh typesetting, and enhanced graphics including black and white interior illustrations and color cover illustrations. The complete Mary Frances 100th Anniversary collection includes" The Mary Frances Cook Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Sewing Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Housekeeper 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Garden Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances First Aid Book 100th Anniversary Edition" and " The Mary Frances Story Book 100th Anniversary Edition."

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE #1 TERRIFIC READ • In an age of bolters—women who broke the rules and fled their marriages—one woman was the most celebrated of them all. • “Even today Lady Idina Sackville could get tongues wagging."—NPR "Sackville’s passion lights up the page.” —Entertainment Weekly • An engaging, definitive final look back at those naughty people who, between the wars, took their bad behavior off to Kenya and whose upper-class delinquency became gilded with unjustified glamour.” —Financial Times • “Intoxicating.” —People Idina Sackville's relentless affairs, wild sex parties, and brazen flaunting of convention shocked high society and inspired countless writers and artists, from Nancy Mitford to Greta Garbo. But Idina’s compelling charm masked the pain of betrayal and heartbreak. Now Frances Osborne explores the life of Idina, her enigmatic great-grandmother, using letters, diaries, and family legend, following her from Edwardian London to the hills of Kenya, where she reigned over the scandalous antics of the “Happy Valley Set.” Dazzlingly chic yet warmly intimate, The Bolter is a fascinating look at a woman whose energy still burns bright almost a century later.

This is the story of the fascinating life of the Honourable Mrs. Frances Shand Kydd, mother to one of the most famous women in the world, Princess Diana. It features exclusive interviews and previously unseen photographs, and details the many similarities between the lives of Frances Shand Kydd and her daughter—from adultery, scandal, and divorce, to conflict with the British Establishment.