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The Threshold of Broken Waters is a memoir in verse that highlights the life-changing influence of significant events in which pregnancy and birthing are presented as metaphors for poetry writing. The book is based on the sublimation of the mnemonic traces that sustain growth.
Calvino and the Pygmalion Paradigm is the first book-length analysis of the representation of the feminine in Calvino's fiction. Using the structural umbrella of the Pygmalion paradigm and using feminist interpretative techniques, this book offers interesting alternative readings of two of Calvino's important early narrative collections.
This sacred romance between two lovers fills the pages of an English housewife's on-going diary, continuing on from Marina de Nadous' previous books; The Celestial Sea, Dry Dock and Setting Sail.
Out of Italy concerns the Italian contribution to life in North-East England since Roman times, with particular attention to the last 250 years. Over 300 evocative illustrations accompany a lively narrative which details the lives of many individuals and families within the broader context of their times.
Runcorn in the 1950s. An industrial town in the North of England. A man from this town, James Cooke, claims to have travelled with aliens to a distant planet.
After Henry of Lancaster's rebellion has been crushed, a restless peace settles over England. But the young Edward III is no longer content with being his regents' puppet, and soon enough Adam is torn between his loyalty to the young king - and that to his former lord, Roger Mortimer, now co-regent and effective ruler of England.
A compelling story of one man's quest to solve a hidden mystery, of shady deals and shadowy threats - and discoveries that make him question everything he knows...
A young woman is found, emaciated and unconscious, in the mountains surrounding a village in Transylvania. When it is discovered that she is of the same ethnic group that was violently driven out of the region years before, old wounds are reopened as villagers are reminded of their part in the bloodshed.
The long-awaited follow-up to The Second Footman. A modern take on the nineteenth-century novel, set in 1880s' France and full of period detail and atmosphere. Who is Max Fabien? Is he the loyal secretary and faithful lover of the marquis de Miremont? Or a handsome but unscrupulous trickster, who regards any sexual quarry as fair game?
A fleet of longships emerge out of the morning mist on 8th of June in AD 793, and race toward the island of Lindisfarne, one of England's most holy sites.
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 14.0px; font: 10.0px 'Hoefler Text'}Silence in the Desert is a psychological thriller set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
The Lantern is a political and philosophical think piece, exploring the complex issues that have prevented real change in current Arabian states. The author opens groundbreaking new thinking by challenging readers to embrace western philosophy and adapt them to the current realities and politics in the Arab world.
This is a story in which authentic, historical characters meld imperceptibly into a world of fantasy. While the backdrop of the tale is the launching of the Third Crusade, all is veiled in a cloak of Middle Eastern and Mediaeval mysticism.
Set in late 1950's Lancashire, the book follows the lives of children who don't have mobiles, television, or homework, but they do have freedom after school, when they join their friends in a secret society. They start to look for adventures, but soon the adventures come looking for them.
In a time when we are encouraged to look within and search for answers that are supposedly destined to solve our dilemmas, Sarah Ashley Neal invites readers to fearlessly explore their relationships with words and in the process naturally allow those answers to surface.
A fast-paced novel of revenge and rivalry where nothing is as it seems. Highlights themes such as the abuse of power in relationships, both personal and professional, and how easy it is 'to live a lie'.
An entertaining book full of humour, science and historyChildren can learn in a fun way about history with more time traveller's than you can throw a Flux-capacitor at!
"The Britisher lay on his belly, arms cradling his head. He was wearing dirty shorts and there were beads of caked mud in the hairs of his calves..."
Logic puzzle book which uses a unique set of logic rules to position number pairs like a jigsaw puzzle. The design elements and logic rules permit a freedom of puzzle layouts.
When an Oxford University student decides to steal an intriguing object from the Pitt Rivers Museum to further his studies, he gets more than he bargained for.
Hollie and Figgs: The Missing Rainbow is the second book in the Hollie and Figgs series. Aimed at children aged 5-8, it is a fun, charming story about a little girl and her magical talking cat.
Fragrance of Freedom celebrates Heena Vasani's remarkable East-West journey. It is the tender story of her determination to forgive, to heal, to overcome and to transform the shadow and pain of a deep ancestral wound into compassionate teachings for conscious parenting.
Chrysalis is a touching tale of lost and found love, regrets and relationships by debut author, Jeremy Welch. The book explores serious issues including sex trafficking and post-traumatic stress disorder in a universal and ultimately hopeful story.
August 1914: as war breaks out across Europe, Franz Becker rushes to enlist along with his fellow university students. Franz is nineteen and to him the war is an adventure and an opportunity to escape from a dull, safe life
A poignant debut novel and an unforgettable tale of heartbreak and redemption set in India.
Silver Cross recipient, Mike Borlace is considered to be one of the most experienced combat helicopter pilots of recent times. Now he collates his experiences in this compelling wartime memoir set against the backdrop of the civil war fought in Rhodesia during the 1970s.
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