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Saturday, June 02, 2007 Members Review By @ 3:52 PM :: 1747 Views :: 2 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications by Janna: "BENEATH THE BLUE SKY" Dominic Reeve, like a favourite, cantankerous uncle, sits by a smoking fire in a muddy field, relating stories from the past, in a narrative filled with repetitions, digressions, contradictions, prejudices and political asides. With irony and charm, he complains about noisy neighbours, unfriendly pub landlords, Irish Travellers, Gaudji academics, Born Again Christians, and New Age Travellers with their "trinketty colourful and casual living conditions."..... Read More..

Saturday, June 02, 2007 Beneath the Blue Sky By @ 3:51 PM :: 2010 Views :: 1 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications by Dominic Reeve Beneath the Blue Sky can be read as a social document or simply the experience of one Traveller’s life on the road over the last fifty years.... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 The Gypsy Chronicles By @ 8:01 PM :: 989 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications The Gypsy Has Three Truths (Paperback) by Alison Mackie (Author) Review The Gypsy Chronicles makes your soul want to tap dance... After a long day editing articles on consciousness and quantum mechanics, The Gypsy Chronicles, is a delightful tonic. Lighthearted and yet uplifting, this little gem of a book does much to soothe the spirit and assure us that life is divine indeed. Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 FightGame By @ 7:28 PM :: 809 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications by Kate Wild Gypsy boy Freedom Smith has the cops on his tail yet again. But this time they want to recruit him. 200 years ago legendary bareknuckle champ Hercules Smith passed a rogue gene to his descendant giving phenomenal strength and fighting skills. Freedom's inherited the Hercules gene but all it brings is trouble, and its about to get worse...... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Swapping Tommy By @ 7:26 PM :: 739 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications Karen Taylor is a teacher who works for the TEMS Team in Cheshire (Traveller Education and Minorities Support) and publishes resources independantly.... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Favourite Romany Recipes By @ 7:22 PM :: 821 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications by Keziah Cooper Contains numerous old recipes and a dozen... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 The Way of the Romany by Fred Price By @ 7:20 PM :: 833 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications Lots of information about British Romany Gypsies plus 200 photos, mainly with the people identified and covering many English and Welsh counties and families.... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Gypsies and Travellers in their own words By @ 7:17 PM :: 663 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications This book was produced by the Travellers Education Service (TES). It is a labour of love that was years in the making. In it Gypsies and Travellers from several generations describe, in their own words, their lives from early in this century to the present day.... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 The Horsieman By @ 7:15 PM :: 650 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson, and great-grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers, and storytellers. In this book he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candour, and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne.... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Gypsy Horses and the Travelers' Way - The Road to Appleby Fair By @ 7:12 PM :: 1140 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Recommended Publications From tales told by the light of stick fires to the drumbeat of hooves through morning rain, this lavishly illustrated volume reveals the mystery and magic embraced by Romani Gypsies..... Read More..

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