Books with author Anne Taylor

Malawi Memories is an account of life in 1967-1971 in Lilongwe, then the capital of the Central Region. It is drawn from the letters written by Humphrey and Anne Taylor to their parents, in England. Humphrey was appointed Rector of St Peter’s Anglican church in Lilongwe. His parish covered a huge area of outstations, churches, schools and political detention centres. Anne taught English and History in the Boys’ and Girls’ Secondary Schools at Likuni, a R.C. mission station five miles outside Lilongwe and, with a friend, ran a Homecraft class for African women in the Church hall.. St Peter’s Rectory was the midpoint of the Diocese, so many people travelling between the north and south, stayed overnight. Eventually, the Diocese agreed to let Humphrey build St Peter’s Guest House, which now features in the Rough Guide to Africa.The book describes the joys of living in such a beautiful country and notes the development of the Taylors’ two little daughters, for the benefit of their grandparents in England. It records the Humphrey and Anne Taylor’s efforts to serve the disparate communities they found there and the friendships they made with both Africans and Europeans. There are accounts of the tensions of working in post-colonial Africa, with inevitable friction between the races and cultures. Visits to other countries in Central Africa, enabled them to compare their political development with what was happening in Malawi, where President Hastings Banda became ever more despotic. During their leave in the UK, in 1970, Humphrey did an MA in African Urban Studies at SOAS. They returned to Malawi in December 1971 but nine months later, Humphrey was deported from Malawi on President Banda’s orders, because of his involvement with political detainees. The whole family returned to the UK. However, they retained their love for Malawi and its people and in 2000, Humphrey and Anne were invited to return to take part in the Jubilee celebrations of St Peter’s Church. They met old friends, including the Vice President, a former teaching colleague of Anne’s, and were able to see how the new democratic government was working as well as to observe the impact of AIDS and the doubling of the population in a country without mineral resources.

Learn the ABC and talk about clothes and fashion! This one of a kind, full-color illustrated alphabet book combines letters with the words for different kinds of clothing. For example: “B” – “Blouse”, “D” - “Dress”. Every picture is unique and your child will be able to form associations with each letter. Kids will have fun discovering fashion as they learn their ABCs. Help the child learn the letters and practice clothes vocabulary!

Ballet-mad Katie Rivers lives in a small border town in New Mexico with her eccentric half-Cherokee mother Lola, wisecracking father Haywood, and Kawasaki-crazy brother Rhett, who calls her `a weirdnik in a tutu'.When she turns 15, Katie escapes from her family and boring hometown into the hothouse world of professional dance. Her single-mindedness takes her from a desert backwater to the dance capital of the world. Katie struggles to adapt to the shove and push of New York City as events at home threaten to smash the Rivers household.Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, 'The Double Happiness Company' is a poignant, funny novel about fate, weight and ballet. It exposes a fractured family's secrets, their unspoken love for each other and why home is where the hurt is.

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