Strange place

  Author(s): Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Edith Grossman  Title:      Strange Pilgrims [twelve stories]  ISBN:  0 140 23096 3  Publisher/place:  Penguin  This Edition:    Penguin edition of 1994, 11th printing  First Published: 1992 (Mondadori España, Spain)  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  188  Weight: 143g  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 6 - 13 working days They've got their eyes on you: a quirky, creepy and unforgettable adventure, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman and Tim Burton. Violet hates living in Perfect. Why does everyone have to wear special glasses to stop them going blind? What are the strange noises in the night and why is Mum acting so weird? Then Dad disappears and Violet is determined to uncover the truth with the help of the mysterious Boy. But returning normality to Perfect is a battle they never imagined... Illustrations:Black and white text throughout Features Summary Violet hates living in Perfect. Why does everyone have to wear special glasses to stop them going blind? What are the strange noises in the night and why is Mum acting so weird? Author Helena Duggan Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd Release date 20170801 Pages 352 ISBN 1-4749-2416-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4749-2416-0

Paperback. English. Penguin. 2011. In good condition. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010 'Beautiful. Strikingly conceived and hauntingly written.' Jan Morris, Guardian Damon Galgut's masterful novel of longing and thwarted desire following one man on three very different journeys. A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels with little purpose, letting the chance encounters of the road dictate his path. But although he knows that he is drifting, he is unable to settle. It is as if, without these encounters, the person he is cannot exist. And yet each journey ends in disaster. A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is an extraordinary evocation of one man's search for love, and a place to call home.

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Reflections on the Bible contains excerpts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's letters, meditations, expositions, sermons, lectures, and seminar papers (translated into English by New Testament scholar M. Eugene Boring). This variety provides a spectrum of approaches to Bonhoeffer's thoughts on Scripture and its central role in academic study, sermons, teaching, pastoral care, and the conduct of one's personal life. The topics addressed in this book stretch from Bonhoeffer's thematic study of the historicalcritical method to his study of selected portions of Psalm 119, which Bonhoeffer regarded "as the crown of a theological life." In selecting texts for this book, editor Manfred Weber focused on Bonhoeffer's statements about the Bible and his struggle with those statements-which remain remarkably relevant today for individuals and churches, for Christians and non-Christians. Arranged generally according to the flow of Bonhoeffer's life of faith, this collection is framed by selections from letters he wrote in 1936-nine years before his execution by the Nazis-beginning with "A Grand Liberation" and ending with "The Answer." In "The Answer," Bonhoeffer explains "what it actually means to confess faith in the Bible, the strange place where the strange word of God is heard. Engagement with the Bible involves an intensive seeking and questioning. Without this, the Bible will offer no answer." Format:Paperback Pages:128

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Second title in fantasy adventure series, THE SEVENTH TOWER, from bestselling author, Garth Nix. In the Dark World, society is ranked according to colour clans and the most precious commodity is light. In all the world there is only one place that ever sees the sun, a seven-towered castle on a mountain high above the desolate ice lands below. Tal, a Chosen, and Milla, an Icecarl, have been thrown together on a dangerous quest to gain a Sunstone. They must reach the Castle of the Seven Towers, home for Tal, but a dangerous and strange place for Milla. From the deadly Hall of Nightmares to the magical chambers of Tal's great-uncle Ebbitt, they must navigate the Castle without being discovered. Sinister forces are conspiring against them and it will take all their strength just to survive... Features Summary Second title in fantasy adventure series, THE SEVENTH TOWER, from bestselling author, Garth Nix. In the Dark World, society is ranked according to colour clans and the most precious commodity is light... Author Garth Nix Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20081001 Pages 233 ISBN 0-00-726120-9 ISBN 13 978-0-00-726120-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The planet was called Pyrrus, a strange place where all the beasts, plants and natural elements were designed for one specific purpose: to destroy man. The settlers there were supermen, twice as strong as ordinary men and with milli-second reflexes. They had to be. For their business was murder. It was up to Jason dinAlt, interplanetary gambler, to discover why Pyrrus had become so hostile during man's brief habitation. This omnibus contains all three novels in the Deathworld trilogy! Features Summary A thrill-packed adventure from the pen of SFWA GRAND MASTER Harry Harrison. Author Harry Harrison Publisher Gateway Release date 20191111 Pages 160 ISBN 1-4732-2837-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4732-2837-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A lady of the blood house has had her mind trapped in a strange alien body. Hiding on the outskirts of her kingdom until she learns that an alien monster pretending to be her taken her place. BRANDON GRAHAM (KING CITY, PROPHET,ISLAND) and MARIAN CHURCHLAND (BEAST) Bring you Sharp genderqueer knights, blood magic, death gods, astral projection, and a goose. Collects ARCLIGHT #1-4 Features Summary A lady of the blood house has had her mind trapped in a strange alien body. Hiding on the outskirts of her kingdom until she learns that an alien monster pretending to be her has taken her place. Author Marian Churchland (Visual artist), Brandon Graham (Visual artist), Brandon Graham (Author) Publisher Image Comics Release date 20170307 Pages 128 ISBN 1-5343-0097-X ISBN 13 978-1-5343-0097-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days "This book deserves to be on every child's bookshelf." (Junior Design Awards). A deluxe, beautifully-illustrated hardback edition of Enid Blyton's The Magical Faraway Tree for the 75th anniversary. When Joe, Beth and Frannie climb up to the top of the Faraway Tree, they meet Silky, Moon-Face and the Saucepan Man. Their new friends show them an exciting secret - how to visit lots of strange and magical lands, where they have many thrilling adventures. Whether they're exploring the Land of Do-As-You-Please to the Land of Tempers, readers will delight in beautiful, full-colour illustrations from the fantastic Mark Beech. This stunning edition of The Magic Faraway Tree was highly commended in the 2014 Junior Design Awards and shortlisted in the Prima Baby Awards. It is a richly nostalgic offering perfect for bedtime reading. Children aged five and up will fall in love with the Faraway Tree. Look out for the seluxe editions of The Enchanted Wood and Folk of the Faraway Tree. Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children's author of all time, thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair, The Faraway Tree-, The Mysteries, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Enid takes her place alongside Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, and A. A. Milne as one of Britain's true heritage children's authors. "Her books were terrific page-turners in the way no others were". (Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse). Features Summary When Joe, Beth and Frannie climb up to the top of the Faraway Tree, they meet Silky, Moon-Face and the Saucepan Man. Their new friends show them an exciting secret - how to visit lots of strange and magical lands... Author Enid Blyton Publisher Egmont Books Release date 20160908 Pages 208 ISBN 1-4052-8426-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4052-8426-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and sizes don't even phase her. Neither do ancient prophecies, doomed planets, or even a friendly con man who takes a mysterious interest in Zita's quest. Zita the Spacegirl is a fun, captivating tale of friendship and redemption from Flight veteran Ben Hatke. It also has more whimsical, eye-catching, Miyazaki-esque monsters than you can shake a stick at. Features Summary When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.. Author Ben Hatke (Author), Ben Hatke (Illustrator) Publisher First Second Release date 20110204 Pages 182 ISBN 1-59643-446-5 ISBN 13 978-1-59643-446-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A heart-warming and humorous animal series by Holly Webb, with gorgeous illustrations throughout. Sophie isn't happy about moving to a strange new country and starting at a new school. But then she meets Josephine - a macaroon-eating, tutu-wearing guinea pig, who lives with her furry friends in the centre of Paris. Josephine soon shows Sophie that living in a new place is exciting and being friends with a guinea pig is the best adventure of all. Features Summary A heart-warming and humorous animal series by bestselling author, Holly Webb. Sophie isn't happy about moving to a strange new country. But then she meets Josephine - a macaroon-eating... Author Holly Webb (Author), Clare Elsom (Illustrator) Publisher Scholastic Press Release date 20160804 Pages 112 ISBN 1-4071-5432-X ISBN 13 978-1-4071-5432-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are less than a page long, others more substantial; all were unpublished in his lifetime. These matchless short works range from the gleeful miniature horror 'Little Fable' to the off-kilter humour of 'Investigations of a Dog', and from the elaborate waking nightmare of 'Building the Great Wall of China' to the creeping unease of 'The Burrow', where a nameless creature's labyrinthine hiding place turns into a trap of fear and paranoia. Features Summary A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka... Author Franz Kafka (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator) Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20170126 Pages 240 ISBN 0-14-139560-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-139560-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Think your school is strange? Feel like you don't quite fit in? Fourteen-year-old Sherman Capote is an Air Force brat used to moving schools. But he's never been to a place like Groom Lake High, the high school for aliens at Area 51. It's a totally alien environment filled with cliques and bullies, but he makes friends with a gang of galactic misfits: Octo, a quick-witted Ventitent (a twenty-tentacled "octopus"), Houston, a moody robot, Sonya, a rebellious lizard, and Juliet, an omnipotent goddess. But when the school bully, Ned, initiates a War of the Worlds, Sherman and his new friends must set aside homework, first crushes and high school proms to save the world. Features Summary Think your school is strange? Feel like you don't quite fit in? Author Jeff Norton Publisher Awesome Reads Release date 20181101 ISBN 1-911195-96-4 ISBN 13 978-1-911195-96-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The first caravans arrive in a convoy. Our narrator is one of the artists removed from his home, given a new place to live and the chance to "give back to society." In his strange new community, housed on a footy oval in a faraway country town, he is given his writing task... Features Summary The first caravans arrive in a convoy. Our narrator is one of the artists removed from his home, given a new place to live and the chance to "give back to society... Author Wayne Macauley Publisher The Text Publishing Company Release date 20120725 Pages 224 ISBN 1-922079-12-X ISBN 13 978-1-922079-12-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days "Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent". (The Times). Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late. Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story. Features Summary Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered... Author Lauren Wolk Publisher Corgi Childrens Release date 20160614 Pages 294 ISBN 0-552-57429-5 ISBN 13 978-0-552-57429-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 15 working days The Sea of Zanj has been a place of myth and mystery since time immemorial, and its islands have captured countless imaginations. Mauritius, Runion and Rodrigues, the Seychelles and Madagascar ¿ Thomas Victor Bulpin recounts their stories and histories; stories of strange animals and exotic places, of pirates and runaway slaves, of forgotten kingdoms and deadly welcomes. Much has changed in the islands since Islands in a forgotten sea first appeared in the 1950s, and the author has left an invaluable account of an enchanting and often brutal world far removed from the air-conditioned resorts and package tours so familiar to tourists today. Features Summary The Sea of Zanj has been a place of myth and mystery since time immemorial, and its islands have captured countless imaginations. Author Thomas Victor Bulpin Publisher Protea Boekwinkel / Protea Book House Release date 20100101 Pages 440 ISBN 1-86919-332-6 ISBN 13 978-1-86919-332-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent - The Times Annabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is shattered, along with everything she's ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby. As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late. Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story. Features Summary Wolk is a big new talent - The TimesAnnabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. As Wolf Hollow turns against him... Author Lauren Wolk Publisher Corgi Childrens Release date 20160630 Pages 294 ISBN 0-552-57429-5 ISBN 13 978-0-552-57429-7

As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling. He should have chosen jail. A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear... or die. It all ties to an evil place named Raven's Gate - a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own. Slight forward lean.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel that tells a new WW2 story. Krakow, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. And Anna Lania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father and suddenly, she's alone. Then she meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall. And like Anna's missing father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgement, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous... Features Summary Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel that tells a new WW2 story. Krakow, 1939, is no place to grow up. There are a million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs... Author Gavriel Savit Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170202 Pages 248 ISBN 0-14-137664-3 ISBN 13 978-0-14-137664-6

 Andrew's Brain by E. L Doctorow (Paperback)   This brilliant new novel by an American master, the author of Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, Billy Bathgate, and The March, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man who, more than once in his life, has been an inadvertent agent of disaster. Speaking from an unknown place and to an unknown interlocutor, Andrew is thinking, Andrew is talking, Andrew is telling the story of his life, his loves, and the tragedies that have led him to this place and point in time. And as he confesses, peeling back the layers of his strange story, we are led to question what we know about truth and memory, brain and mind, personality and fate, about one another and ourselves. Written with psychological depth and great lyrical precision, this suspenseful and groundbreaking novel delivers a voice for our times-funny, probing, skeptical, mischievous, profound. Andrew's Brain is a surprising turn and a singular achievement in the canon of a writer whose prose has the power to create its own landscape, and whose great topic, in the words of Don DeLillo, is the reach of American possibility, in which plain lives take on the cadences of history.  

  Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson  Title:      The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Travels with a Donkey [2-in-1 volume]  ISBN: n/a  Publisher: Books Inc  This Edition: Art-Type edition  Year of Publication: not indicated  Place Of Publication: USA  First Published:  1886/1875  Binding: hardcover Dustjacket: n/a  Number of pages: 247  Weight: 310g  Condition:   Lovely old vintage copy.  Cover has just a little scuffing and some duststaining; otherwise fine 

  Karoo Boy by Troy Blacklaws  The death of his twin brother and bitter conflict of the 70’s trace the story of a young boy in his journey to maturity.  The story takes place in 1970’s South Africa, so apartheid was going strong but it's really not about that.  It's just a coming of age story about a boy who has to move with his mother into the Karoo region of South Africa (a semi desert region, very beautiful... but there's not much there). He makes a few strange friends and learns a lot.   Published:   Double Story a Juta Company.   Edition: First edition 2004. Details: Soft cover.  Consists of 198 pages, size 135 x 210mm.  Weight 226 grams. Condition: Good condition, binding is tight & strong and no wear to spine. Inside pages are clean and intact with no tears. Price R55.00                        Postage and packing would be extra

Paperback. English. Publisher: Phoenix. 2009. In good condition. In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house are letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Then David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But soon David realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. Set in the turbulent 1920s, The Angel's Game takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books, the Sempere and Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The concluding volume in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, now part of the Voyager Classics collection. Twice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange other-world where magic worked. Twice he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land. Now he is back -- to a Land ravaged by the armies of Lord Foul. The Lords are besieged and helpless. No place is safe and Foul's victory seems certain. Only Covenant can avert it. Desperately and without hope, he sets out to confront the might of the Enemy. With him go a Giant, a Bloodguard and the madwoman he has wronged. And in Foul's Creche, Lord Foul grows in power with each new defeat for the Land. Features Summary The concluding volume in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, now part of the Voyager Classics collection. Author Stephen Donaldson Publisher Voyager Release date 20020617 Pages 576 ISBN 0-00-712784-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-712784-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days 2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. He's convinced they're leading a normal life in New Springfield - they even adopt a child - but it seems they have been guided there for a reason. As rumours of strange sightings and hauntings proliferate, it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world. Millions of steps away, Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery: learning about the father he never knew and a secret family history. But then he receives a summons from New Springfield. Lobsang now understands the enormity of what's taking place beneath the surface of his earth - a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth. To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next. And some must make the ultimate sacrifice... Features Summary After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond... Author Terry Pratchett (Author), Stephen Baxter (Author) Publisher Corgi Books Release date 20160630 Pages 433 ISBN 0-552-16936-6 ISBN 13 978-0-552-16936-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A boy takes off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through a mysterious land, with the help of some monster friends It's Halloween, and everyone in Charlie's small town is excited for this year's festivities. Charlie's grandfather, Old Joe, is famous for his holiday haunts, and his pumpkin patch is the center of the town's zealous celebrations. But for Charlie, Halloween's just one more reminder that his cousin Billy isn't around anymore. Charlie plans to keep to himself this year, hanging out in the haunted barn with his trusty dog Ringo. But when Charlie runs into some neighborhood bullies who are after his candy, he heads off into the woods to escape. He quickly gets lost, but spots a kid who he thinks is Billy. As Charlie chases after him deeper and deeper into the woods, he finds himself entering Monsterland--a mysterious place where werewolves live amongst trolls and goblins. Here he meets the Prime Minister, a vampire who tells Charlie he may be able to see his cousin again in this strange new land. Accompanied by a hulking monster chaperone, Charlie's determined to find out just what happened to his cousin, and sets off to explore the secrets hiding in this uncharted territory. Features Summary A boy takes off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through a mysterious land, with the help of some monster friends It's Halloween, and everyone in Charlie's small town is excited for this year's festivities... Author James Crowley Publisher Putnam Adult Release date 20170814 Pages 384 ISBN 0-399-17589-X ISBN 13 978-0-399-17589-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Everyone's heard of it, but nobody's read it...Seth and Kady have heard all the stories about MALICE - a secret comic about a strange and awful world full of traps and tricks, overseen by a sinister master of ceremonies, Tall Jake. But if rumours are to be believed, the children in this comic are real... Features Summary Everyone's heard the rumours. Call Tall Jake and he'll take you to Malice, a world that exists inside a horrifying comic book. A place most kids never leave... Author Chris Wooding Publisher Scholastic Release date 20090101 Pages 377 ISBN 1-4071-0394-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-0394-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Julie has an obsession with fire that began after her parents died when she was twelve years old. Her pyromania leads her to take an unlikely job as a forest firefighter on an elite, Type 1 "Hotshot" crew of forest firefighters who travel the American West battling wildfires. The only woman on the twenty person crew, Julie struggles both to prove her worth and find a place of belonging in the dangerous, insular, and very masculine world of fire (while also fighting against an eating disorder she's had since her teens). As her season "on the line" progresses so do her relationships with the strange and varied cast of characters that make up her hotshots team--and she learns what it means to put your life on the line for someone else. "Wildfire" is a tough, gritty, and fascinating story from an exciting new voice in American fiction. Fans of the movie "Backdraft" or Cheryl Strayed's memoir "Wild" will enjoy this fast paced debut. Features Summary Julie has an obsession with fire that began after her parents died when she was twelve years old. Her pyromania leads her to take an unlikely job as a forest firefighter on an elite... Author Mary Pauline Lowry Publisher Skyhorse Publishing Release date 20140925 Pages 296 ISBN 1-62914-497-5 ISBN 13 978-1-62914-497-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Then David receives the offer of a lifetime: he is to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home... Features Summary The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. Author Carlos Ruiz Zafon Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release date 20100515 Pages 504 ISBN 0-7538-2649-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7538-2649-2

Fourteen-year-old Tory Brennan is as fascinated by bones and dead bodies as her famous aunt, acclaimed forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan. However living on a secluded island off Charleston in South Carolina there is not much opportunity to put her knowledge to the test. Until her and her ragbag group of technophile friends stumble across a shallow grave containing the remains of a girl who has been missing for over thirty years. The question is, did whoever was responsible for the girl's death have anything to do with the sick puppy they rescued from a secret laboratory on the same island? With the cold-case murder suddenly hot, Tory realises that they are involved in something fatally dangerous. But events take a turn for the bizarre when they escape some would-be attackers by using physical powers more akin to a dog than a human...Could the puppy hold the key not only to the murder, but also the strange changes that are taking place in their bodies?