Silence paperback

Paperback. English. Publisher: Vintage. 2006. In fair condition. Ex-library. Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever...It is the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Thomas Merton (Author), Christopher Wait (Editor) Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Release date 20181126 Pages 96 ISBN 0-8112-2823-1 ISBN 13 978-0-8112-2823-7

  Paperback:  300 pages Publisher:  Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd; Re-issue edition (June 15, 1997) Language:  English ISBN-10:  0798137045 ISBN-13:  978-0798137041 Product Dimensions:  8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight:  2.1 ounces Translated from Kroniek uit die doofpot, it brings the TRC process to life through the story of black policeman Tumelo John Moleko.

 Excellent condition. Like new. Paperback. Postage R55.00. Extra items free. At nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove fell ill. The diagnosis was devastating: the fatal motor neuron disease ALS. Life expectancy: two to five years. So what did she do with the paltry bit of life that was left? By force of circumstance she was led to Saint Lioba Convent in Egmond-Binnen. There she learned Benedictine spirituality and to pray the psalms, which influenced her life for good. Three years later she learned that her illness had gone into remission but that it could flare up again at any time. She has been living with ALS for twenty years now. She is married and has two assistants to help her as necessary. Ten years ago she found the silence of Zen. This encounter also proved decisive. The Taste of Silence reflects what she experienced, saw, and tasted in the stillness of life: "Benedictine spirituality and Zen Buddhism became the two lungs through which I breathe."

A Shattering of Silence Faith's childhood is shattered when she witnesses a massacre in her village in rural Mozambique. She escapes, but loses everything - her parents, her home, her identity and her voice. A Shattering of Silence charts Faith's quest to find a place for herself in war-torn Mozambique, where she is caught between the white colonials and the local resistance. Karodia's fast-moving novel undermines traditional views of the role of women and the nature of resistance. It is a spirited response to the brutalising effects of war. Author Farida Karodia ISBN 9780143026471 Format Paperback Pages 283p.

  Author(s):  Linda Castillo  Title:      Sworn to Silence  ISBN:  978 0 230 74083 9  Publisher/place: Macmillan, London  This Edition:  first trade paperback  Year of Publication: 2009  First Published: 2009  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  373  Weight: 498g  Condition:   Excellent  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world with a story of wild passion and darkest betrayal... Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that's exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him.Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though Silver is ruled by Silence - her mind clear of all emotion - Valentin senses a whisper of fire around her. That's what keeps him climbing apartment buildings to be near her. But when a shadow assassin almost succeeds in poisoning Silver, the stakes become deadly serious... and Silver finds herself in the heart of a powerful bear clan. Her would-be assassin has no idea what their poison has unleashed... Features Summary New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world with a story of wild passion and darkest betrayal... Author Nalini Singh Publisher Gollancz Release date 20180215 Pages 452 ISBN 1-4732-1759-8 ISBN 13 978-1-4732-1759-1

  Author(s): Michael Wood  Title:     Children of Silence  - Studies in Contemporary Fiction  ISBN:  0 7126 7356 3  Publisher:  Pimlico  This Edition: first  Year of Publication:  1998  Place Of Publication: Great Britain Binding: paperback Number of pages: 241  Weight: 338g  Condition:   Good   

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Eckhart Tolle's writings on the power of living in the moment fast became the most sought-after modern classic on spiritual enlightenment. Now, in this new life-transforming book, we are shown how to become our true selves by embracing silence and stillness. When we are no longer limited by our thinking mind, suffering and pain disappears and we are able to move towards a new understanding of our relationships, of nature, and of the profound wisdom that is to be found in stillness. Features Summary Showing how to become your true self by embracing stillness and silence, this title reveals how suffering and pain disappear when we are no longer limited by our thinking mind and that stillness can guide us towards a new understanding of our relationships and nature.. Author Eckhart Tolle Publisher Hodder Mobius Release date 20030901 Pages 129 ISBN 0-340-82974-5 ISBN 13 978-0-340-82974-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did. Suzy is twelve when her best friend, Franny, drowns one summer at the beach. It takes two days for the news to reach Suzy, and it's not something that she can accept: Franny has always been a strong swimmer, from the day they met in swim class when they were just five. How can someone all of a sudden, just no longer be there? Suzy realizes that they must have got it wrong: Franny didn't just drown - she was stung by a poisonous jellyfish. This makes a lot more sense to Suzy's logical mind than a random drowning - cause: a jellyfish sting; effect: death. Suzy's journey to acceptance is quiet - she resolves to either say something important, or say nothing at all. But it's also bursting with bittersweet humour, heart-breaking honesty, big ideas and small details. The Thing About Jellyfish is an astonishing debut novel from Ali Benjamin, and is perfect for fans of Wonder, Counting By 7s and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece. Features Summary It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did... Author Ali Benjamin Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Release date 20161022 Pages 352 ISBN 1-4472-9125-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4472-9125-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Eckhart Tolle's writings on the power of living in the moment fast became the most sought-after modern classic on spiritual enlightenment. Now, in this new life-transforming book, we are shown how to become our true selves by embracing silence and stillness. When we are no longer limited by our thinking mind, suffering and pain disappears and we are able to move towards a new understanding of our relationships, of nature, and of the profound wisdom that is to be found in stillness. Features Summary Showing how to become your true self by embracing stillness and silence, this title reveals how suffering and pain disappear when we are no longer limited by our thinking mind and that stillness can guide us towards a new understanding of our relationships and nature.. Author Eckhart Tolle Publisher Hodder Mobius Release date 20110215 Pages 129 ISBN 0-340-82974-5 ISBN 13 978-0-340-82974-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. This first volume features an original 35,000 word novella by George R.R. Martin. `The Princess and the Queen' reveals the origins of the civil war in Westeros (before the events in A Game of Thrones), which is known as the Dance of the Dragons, pitting Targaryen against Targaryen and dragon against dragon. Other authors in this volume of warriors, bad girls and dragonriders include worldwide bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson, Lawrence Block and Nancy Kress. DANGEROUS WOMEN 1 Gardner Dozois's introduction George R. R. Martin, `The Princess and the Queen' Carrie Vaughn, `Raisa Stepanova' Nancy Kress,'"Second Arabesque, Very Slowly' Lawrence Block, `I Know How to Pick `Em' Megan Abbott, `My Heart Is Either Broken' Joe R. Lansdale, `Wrestling Jesus' Brandon Sanderson, `Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell' Features Summary Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback... Author George R. R. Martin (Editor), Gardner Dozois (Editor) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20140922 Pages 277 ISBN 0-00-754942-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-754942-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This Newbery Honor Book by acclaimed author Avi is available again through Scholastic--in an After Words paperback edition In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention. Features Summary In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class... Author Avi Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks Release date 20100101 Pages 177 ISBN 0-545-17415-5 ISBN 13 978-0-545-17415-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days 'I remember, too, the light on the slopes, long shadows in tufts and hollows, with cattle, brilliant as painted china, treading their echoing shapes 'Cider With Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of Laurie Lee' s childhood and youth in a remote Cotswold village. From the moment he is set down in the long grass, 'thick as a forest and alive with gras shoppers', he depicts a word that is both tangibly real yet belonging to a now distant past. Features Summary The England of Laurie Lee's memory is one of silence, of hard work and necessary patience; of white roads, rutted by hooves and cartwheels, and innocent of oil and petrol... Author Laurie Lee Publisher Vintage Release date 20021001 Pages 231 ISBN 0-09-928566-5 ISBN 13 978-0-09-928566-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction. Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. But now that he is living with a caring adoptive family in the United States, he finds himself forced to confront his past. And that means choosing between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom. By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love. Features Summary By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of the Vietnam War on its survivors and the healing power of love.. Author Ann E Burg Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks Release date 20120301 Pages 218 ISBN 0-545-08093-2 ISBN 13 978-0-545-08093-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours The struggle to free South Africa from its apartheid shackles was long and complex. One of the many ways in which the apartheid regime maintained its stranglehold in South Africa was through controlling the freedom of speech and the flow of information, in an effort to silence the voices of those who opposed it. United by the ideals of freedom and equality, but also nuanced by a wide variety of persuasions, the 'voices of liberation' were many: African nationalists, communists, trade-unionists, pan-Africanists, English liberals, human rights activists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jews, to name but a few. The Voices of liberation series ensures that the debates and values that shaped the liberation movement are not lost. The series offers a unique combination of biographical information with selections from original speeches and writings in each volume. By providing access to the thoughts and writings of some of the many men and women who fought for the dismantling of apartheid, this series invites the contemporary reader to engage directly with the rich history of the struggle for democracy. This volume presents a brief biography of South Africa's first Nobel Peace Prize winner, Albert Luthuli, followed by a selection from the many speeches he made, first as President of the Natal branch of the African National Congress and then as President-General. The book concludes with a reflection on his legacy from a current perspective and a further reading list. Features Summary The struggle to free South Africa from its apartheid shackles was long and complex. One of the many ways in which the apartheid regime maintained its stranglehold in South Africa was through controlling the freedom of speech and the flow of information... Author Gerald Pillay Publisher HSRC Press Release date 20120201 Pages 172 ISBN 0-7969-2356-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7969-2356-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Robert Junior never knew the father he was named for, an American G.I. who was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and fell briefly into the arms of a Belgian nurse. Growing up with his mother in the lush forests of the Ardennes, Robert turns for guidance to his godfather, Markus Hebel, a Belgian who served in the German army in Russia. Breaking the silence around his painful past, Markus speaks of the consequences and madness of war - of the son he lost at Stalingrad and the courage of the men who tried to free the trapped German soldiers with a desperate charge across the frozen steppe. In so doing, Markus reveals a secret he has kept since the war, and a doubt that has gnawed at him for twenty years. Did he, a lowly radio operator, waste a chance to save an entire army from annihilation? Features Summary A story of impossible choices in a theatre of total war, where familial love, national identity, even military genius, count for nothing in the face of war's own all-consuming appetites. Author Roy Jacobsen (Author), Don Bartlett (Translator), Don Shaw (Translator) Publisher MacLehose Press Release date 20160303 Pages 288 ISBN 1-78206-958-5 ISBN 13 978-1-78206-958-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days Beauty does not linger, it only visits. Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm, it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world: to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful. Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. Bestselling author John O'Donohue opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth. His words return us to the dignity of silence, profundity of stillness, power of thought and perception, and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty's presence. In this masterful and revelatory work, O'Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty and celebrates it for what it really is: a homecoming of the human spirit. As he focuses on the classical, medieval, and Celtic traditions of art, music, literature, nature, and language, O'Donohue reveals how beauty's invisible embrace invites us toward new heights of passion and creativity even in these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis. Features Summary The author of Anam Cara draws on Celtic wisdom and his philosophical imagination to explore the role of beauty in human life, contending that people facing an unprecedented level of anxiety can turn to fine works of music and art in order to rediscover hope... Author John O' Donohue Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20050301 Pages 261 ISBN 0-06-095726-3 ISBN 13 978-0-06-095726-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days From the author of The House Between Tides comes a stunningly evocative historical novel, perfect for fans of The Essex Serpent.'Beautifully told and quietly absorbing' - Kate RiordanScotland,1893. Nineteen-year-old Evelyn Ballantyre, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, has rarely strayed from her family's estate in the Scottish Borders. She was once close to her philanthropist father, but his silence over what really happened on the day a poacher was shot on estate land has come between them. An invitation to accompany her father to Canada is a chance for Evelyn to escape her limited existence. But once there, on the wild and turbulent Nipigon river, she is shocked to discover that their guide is James Douglas, Ballantyre's former stable hand, and once her friend. He disappeared the night of the murder, charged with the shooting.Evelyn never believed that James was guilty - and her father's role in the killing has always been mysterious. What does he have to hide? In the wild landscape of a new world, far from the constraints of polite society, the secrets and lies surrounding that night are finally stripped away, with dramatic consequences.***'Maine writes beautifully about the wilderness' The Times'Riveting' Publishers Weekly'Stunning' Booklist'Maine's gift of setting the mood shines' RT Reviews Features Summary A spellbinding and beautiful novel from a major new voice in fiction, perfect for fans of Sarah Perry, Eowyn Ivey and Stef Penney Author Sarah Maine Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Release date 20170420 Pages 336 ISBN 1-4736-3968-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-3968-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days Banner] Now a Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical "The Color Purple "is the story of two sisters--one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South--who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. "Intense emotional impact... Indelibly affecting... Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer."--"The New York Times Book Review ""Places Walker in the company of Faulkner."--"The Nation ""Superb... A work to stand beside literature of any time and place."--"San Francisco"" Chronicle """The Color Purple "is an American novel of permanent importance."--"Newsweek ""Marvelous characters... A story of revelation... One of the great books of our time."--"Essence" [banner] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award [bio] Bestselling novelist Alice Walker is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, six volumes of poetry and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California. Features Summary Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1983, this feminist novel about an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment was praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular.. Author Alice Walker Publisher Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc Release date 20061101 Pages 294 ISBN 0-15-603182-5 ISBN 13 978-0-15-603182-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days In FOOD AND LOATHING a bright, chubby girl believes that thinness is next to godliness and so attends one of the first meetings of Overeaters Anonymous in 1975. Her twenties are marked by yo-yo dieting, depressive episodes and a sadistic shrink. Then, just as her dream of being a writer is within reach, entering Columbia's prestigious MFA program, she spirals into a suicidal depression and lands for a six-month stay at New York State Psychiatric Institute. There a young resident helps her take her first steps towards selfhood, unravelling the self-loathing of an eating disorder coupled with a paralysing mood disorder. He also helps her confront a tragic family secret whose silence had enveloped an otherwise average Jewish middle-class family. FOOD AND LOATHING is a book about how people use food to narcotise, to love and to escape. It's about therapy - the good, the bad, and the down right destructive - and about every woman who spends too much of her life thinking about her weight and how she can forgive herself for living - and even learn to love. Features Summary FOOD AND LOATHING is a deeply moving yet funny memoir about food obsession and depression. Author Betsy Lerner Publisher Virago Press Ltd Release date 20160428 Pages 304 ISBN 0-349-00847-7 ISBN 13 978-0-349-00847-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days After fourteen years of silence, a ritualistic serial killer the RCU once failed to catch has resurfaced. Now there have been more deaths, and if DCI Pierce's information is correct, there are at least two more to come. Last time, Pierce's superiors had insisted she hunt for a supernatural killer she knows doesn't exist; the media had a field day, and the "Vampire Killer" became the subject of a best-selling book. This time she's determined to find and stop the human culprit before it's too late Features Summary Detective Chief Inspector Pierce finds history will always come back to haunt her, especially when it's bad. Author Ee Richardson Publisher Abaddon Books Release date 20160714 ISBN 1-78108-477-7 ISBN 13 978-1-78108-477-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Following Christ is not always easy, but takes courage, patience, and love. In "Ablaze: Stories of Daring Teen Saints, " Colleen Swaim examines the lives of eight young men and women who were set fire with the Spirit and set free to live lives of extraordinary virtue. All became saints for the outgoing, against-the-current heroism of their teen years. Read how Chiara Luce, an Italian high school student, faced cancer joyfully, inspiring thousands to throng her funeral in song. Follow Kizito, a brand-new Christian, as his faith is challenged by a king and he is marched to his death for standing firm. From martyrdom to missionary life and from sickness to the silence of religious life, these teens show that we are all called to follow Christ in our own unique ways. These stories come alive with vivid storytelling and saintly challenges designed to inspire reflection and enflame your heart. Through prayers, images, and maps, catch a glimpse of a saint's world that carries lessons for our own--and discover how you can set our world ablaze with love for the Lord Features Summary Following Christ is not always easy, but takes courage, patience, and love. In "Ablaze: Stories of Daring Teen Saints, " Colleen Swaim examines the lives of eight young men and women who were set fire with the Spirit and set free to live lives of extraordinary virtue... Author Colleen Swaim Publisher Liguori Publications,U.S. Release date 20110601 Pages 132 ISBN 0-7648-2029-X ISBN 13 978-0-7648-2029-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Pyramus: `Now die, die, die, die, die.' [Dies] A Midsummer Night's Dream 'Shakespeare's Dead' reveals the unique ways in which Shakespeare brings dying, death, and the dead to life. It establishes the cultural, religious and social contexts for thinking about early modern death, with particular reference to the plague which ravaged Britain during his lifetime, and against the divisive background of the Reformation. But it also shows how death on stage is different from death in real life. The dead come to life, ghosts haunt the living, and scenes of mourning are subverted by the fact that the supposed corpse still breathes. Shakespeare scripts his scenes of dying with extraordinary care. Famous final speeches - like Hamlet's `The rest is silence', Mercutio's `A plague o' both your houses', or Richard III's `My kingdom for a horse' - are also giving crucial choices to the actors as to exactly how and when to die. Instead of the blank finality of death, we get a unique entrance into the loneliness or confusion of dying. 'Shakespeare's Dead' tells of death-haunted heroes such as Macbeth and Hamlet, and death-teasing heroines like Juliet, Ophelia, and Cleopatra. It explores the fear of `something after death', and characters' terrifying visions of being dead. But it also uncovers the constant presence of death in Shakespeare's comedies, and how the grinning jester might be a leering skull in disguise. This book celebrates the paradox: the life in death in Shakespeare. Features Summary This books chronicles the ingenious ways of dying in Shakespeare, from suicide to murder, and from workaday dagger to baroque pie recipe. Illustrated with contemporary images... Author Emma Smith (Author), Simon Palfrey (Author) Publisher The Bodleian Library Release date 20160422 Pages 192 ISBN 1-85124-247-3 ISBN 13 978-1-85124-247-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.`At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness, almost a skeleton, but with the muscles standing out like wires'M.R. James' ghost stories are brimming with delicate horror. They take place in the quiet corners of churches, and between the dusty shelves of esteemed college libraries. But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle in a Templar ruin, or Sir Richard Fell inherits a country manor with a horrifying history, malevolent forces are unleashed. Something half-glimpsed, something not of this world, is preparing to disturb the silence.Having terrified generations since its first publication in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection that will haunt the reader's imagination long after the lights have gone out. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author M. R James Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20170615 Pages 304 ISBN 0-00-824209-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-824209-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple's wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance and fall speechless in the child's presence, and villagers protectively hush their children as they pass on narrow market lanes. Pavla is no ordinary child, but then this is no ordinary tale. Woven throughout is the story of Danilo, a young man who sees beauty where others see ugliness, and who is obsessed only with protecting Pavla. Drawing from a rich tapestry of fables, fairy tales and folklore, Little Nothing is a fantastically inventive, suspenseful allegory, and one of the most quixotic and constantly surprising love stories you will read this year. Features Summary Blending fable and folklore, Silver conjures an electric, pitch-black allegory for fans of Angela Carter and Franz Kafka Author Marisa Silver Publisher Oneworld Publications Release date 20171019 Pages 352 ISBN 1-78607-236-X ISBN 13 978-1-78607-236-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Boy meets girl. Boy can't talk to girl. Girl takes in the survivor of a natural disaster. A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rachel, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again. But when Rach's family take in the articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own? Written by award-winning playwright James Fritz (Ross & Rachel, Parliament Square), Lava rocks with raw emotion and sharp humour in this timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression. "James Fritz's work is current without straining for topicality. His plays have a knack of anticipating the zeitgeist, becoming more rather than less relevant over time." The Guardian Features Summary A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man is finding it hard to talk. James Fritz's new play about grief... Author James Fritz Publisher Nick Hern Books Release date 20180619 Pages 64 ISBN 1-84842-770-0 ISBN 13 978-1-84842-770-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs comes the next thrilling Alpha and Omega novel - an extraordinary fantasy adventure set in the world of Mercy Thompson but with rules of its own... Perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Christine Feehan and J. R. Ward. 'Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer' Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling series 'Patricia Briggs is amazing... Her Alpha and Omega novels are fantastic' Fresh Fiction Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other - one that lurks too close to home... They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support; far enough away to not cause any harm. With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf - but can't stop blood from being shed. Now Charles and Anna must use their skills - his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker - to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn... Discover this page-turning Alpha and Omega novel, from the queen of urban fantasy Patricia Briggs. Praise for Patricia Briggs: 'I love these books!' Charlaine Harris 'The best new fantasy series I've read in years' Kelley Armstrong 'Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic and fable filled suspense story' Erin Watt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Royals series 'It is always a joy to pick up a new Briggs novel... Briggs hits another one out of the park!' RT Book Reviews The Alpha and Omega Novels Cry Wolf Hunting Ground Fair Game Dead Heat Burn Bright The Mercy Thompson novels Moon Called Blood Bound Iron Kissed Bone Crossed Silver Marked Frost Burned Night Broken Fire Touched Silence Fallen Storm Cursed Sianim series Aralorn: Masques and Wolfsbane Features Summary A new page-turning adventure in the compelling Alpha and Omega series, from No. 1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy author Patricia Briggs Author Patricia Briggs Publisher Orbit Release date 20180222 Pages 308 ISBN 0-356-50600-2 ISBN 13 978-0-356-50600-5

Book in a very good condition >>>   Hugely acclaimed in Great Britain, where it was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and short-listed for the Booker, Seamus Deane's first novel is a mesmerizing story of childhood set against the violence of Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.    The boy narrator grows up haunted by a truth he both wants and does not want to discover. The matter: a deadly betrayal, unspoken and unspeakable, born of political enmity. As the boy listens through the silence that surrounds him, the truth spreads like a stain until it engulfs him and his family. And as he listens, and watches, the world of legend--the stone fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly--reveals its transfixing reality. Meanwhile the real world of adulthood unfolds its secrets like a collection of folktales: the dead sister walking again; the lost uncle, Eddie, present on every page; the family house "as cunning and articulate as a labyrinth, closely designed, with someone sobbing at the heart of it."    Seamus Deane has created a luminous tale about how childhood fear turns into fantasy and fantasy turns into fact. Breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable.  * Award Winner *    *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage for each of the additional books - See what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.