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The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector. Covering farmers markets, taste tours, agri-entertainment, glamping, restaurants, farm shops and more, food tourism has become both an important part of holidaying and a purpose in itself. With growth occurring in most developed countries and tourists searching out culinary tourism throughout the world, this book provides an overall direction to the development of food tourism and a section...

In a continuation of his memorable Vol. 1, again journey into a world of comedy featuring some of the best comedians and comediennes of a different time and place. Dozens of encounters, each based on a one-on-one interview, some dating as far back as the 1960s, recalled by John Stanley, for thirty-three years an entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook. Stanley specialized in exclusive moments with stars and up-and-comin...

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Excerpt from Portraits of North American Indians, Vol. 2: With Sketches of Scenery, EtcThe collection embraced in this Catalogue comprises accu rate portraits painted from life of forty-three different tribes of Indians, obtained at the cost, hazard, and inconvenience of a ten years' tour through the South-western Prairies, New Mexico, California, and Oregon. Of course, but a short de scription of the characters represented or of the leading i...

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The comic on pages 198 to 211 was originally intended for issue twenty-six of Marge's Little Lulu but was never published"--T.p. verso.

A comparative international volume on child protection, looking at the culture of child welfare and protection across a broad range of countries. This book evaluates policies and structures already in place, and suggests useful guidelines for good practice for professionals working with children from international communities at risk of harm.

The kids' comic classic, designed by Seth The ghoulish capers of everyone's favorite monster continue with the third volume of the acclaimed series. Melvin lands his first babysitting job only to discover he has his hands full, literally-the "baby" in this case is a giant monster, almost the size of a room. When Melvin meets his friend for a friendly game of marbles, an older monster-woman passing by is offended by the scene, as everybody in M...

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THE LATEST TITLE IN THE JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY DESIGNED BY THE CARTOONIST SETH In the early to mid-1960s, John Stanley turned his attention to drawing and writing his own series rather than working with the already established licensed characters he is most well known for, such as Little Lulu.D+Qhas embarked on an archival series of Stanley's comics, including "Melvin Monster, " "Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, " "Kookie, "and "Thirteen Goi...

The humor and humanity are timeless in these tales starring Lulu, Tubby, Annie, Iggy and all the rest of the kids from Main Street. With wit and grace, Stanley and Tripp dismantle the suburban landscape only to rebuild it as the silly and fantastic place anyone who has ever grown up there knows it to be. Some of the finest specimens from the Golden Age of comics, these stories are testament to the transcendent nature of quality. Kids and their...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th cent...

Designed by Seth, more children's comic fun from the writer of "Little Lulu" The second volume of "Nancy "in D+Q's John Stanley Library, elegantly designed by Seth, stars the beloved Brillo-headed Nancy in her own comic book series written by the greatest children's comics writer of all time, John Stanley. Stanley, the author of "Melvin Monster, " "Little Lulu, " and "Thirteen Going on Eighteen, " puts his own deft sense of humor and superior...

THE COMPANION SERIES TO STANLEY'S CAREER DEFINING "LITTLE LULU" Meet Tubby Tompkins, a mischievous gourmand, rabblerouser, and schemer who, along with neighborhood buddies The Fellers, is continually at odds with the belligerent and thwarting West Side Boys, headed by Wilbur Van Snobbe, the rich trickster who always gets the girl Tubby likes, Gloria Darling. From clubhouse standoffs to pogostick time machines, the day is rarely long enough fo...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

After retiring from a career as a small town businessman in Oklahoma, the late Mack Stanley spent almost twenty years writing a newspaper column titled "Hometown Tales." Every week Mack delighted readers with his collection of humorous, heart-felt short stories accounting his memories of small town life in Midwestern America during the first half of the 20th century. In Volume I Mack tells humorous stories of his friends and family from his yo...

After retiring from a career as a small-town businessman, Mack Stanley spent almost 20 years writing a newspaper column titled "Hometown Tales." Together, Stanley and longtime colleague and newspaper journalist Clark have delivered a compilation of stories that takes readers on an entertaining, nostalgic journey back to days past.