Author: Linda Cracknell Publisher: Cargo Publishing ISBN: 1908754311 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 215
Book Description
When Maggie Thame, a childless forty-something from Oxford, relocates to a remote village at Scotland's most northern edge, it's clear she's running away. But to the villagers the question remains, from what? Pursuing her career as a freelance cartographer, she lives in self-imposed isolation, seeking refuge in the harsh beauty of her surroundings. This is disturbed when she falls into an uneasy friendship with Trothan Gilbertson, a strange, other-worldly local nine-year old. Like Maggie, it's unclear where Trothan really comes from, and what secrets might be lurking in his past. The lives of both become intertwined, with violent consequences that will change the destinies of woman and boy forever, forcing Maggie to confront the tragic events that first drew her to this isolated place. In this, her debut novel, award-winning writer Linda Cracknell explores themes of motherhood, guilt, myth and the elemental forces of nature in a lyrical, taut and haunting account of damaged lives seeking redemption.
Author: Steve Orlando (Comic book writer) Publisher: ISBN: 9781632150134 Category : Atlantis (Legendary place) Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Join Redum Anshargal's crew! Escape Atlantis's stranglehold! Explore the savage surface world! Through a stampede of humans, warlike crustaceans, and an ice-road Mammoth hunt, the crew comes face-to-face with the Amphibian, the creature that might be the key to life on land. They expected a beast, but instead found a mad barbarian god."--Back cover of Volume 1.
Author: Jo Baker Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0307957098 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
Book Description
"A novel about four generations of a British family--their secrets, their loves and losses, dreams and heartbreaks--captured in a series of individual moments that span the years from World War I, to World War II, to the 1960s, and up to the present"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Sue Grafton Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 0230748864 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 425
Book Description
U is for Undertow is the twenty-first in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . . When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh’s body . . . But Michael’s account is indistinct – he was only six years old at the time of the kidnapping; and even members of his family try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael’s recollections. And even when what is eventually unearthed isn’t what anyone expected, she can’t quite let go of the case. As Kinsey gradually brings to light the stories of the protagonists involved in the tragedy, from Country Club parents to their free-living, hippy children, the truth finally begins to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too . . .
Author: Karl Edward Wagner Publisher: Gateway ISBN: 057509625X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
Book Description
Where once the mighty Kane has passed, no one who lives forgets. Now, down the trail of past battles, Kane travels again. To the ruins of a devastated city peopled only with half-men and the waif they call their queen. To the half-burnt tavern where a woman Kane wronged long ago holds his child in keeping for the Devil. To the cave kingdom of the giants where glory and its aftermath await discovery. To the house of death itself where Kane retrieves a woman in love. The past, the future, the present - all these are one for Kane as he travels through the centuries. Contents: "Undertow" "Two Suns Setting" "The Dark Muse" "Raven's Eyrie" "Lynortis Reprise" "Sing a Last Song of Valdese"
Author: Elizabeth Bear Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 0553589059 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A frontier world on the back end of nowhere is the sort of place people go to get lost. And some of those people have secrets worth hiding, secrets that can change the future–assuming there is one. . . . André Deschênes is a hired assassin, but he wants to be so much more. If only he can find a teacher who will forgive his murderous past–and train him to manipulate odds and control probability. It’s called the art of conjuring, and it’s André’s only route to freedom. For the world he lives on is run by the ruthless Charter Trade Company, and his floating city, Novo Haven, is little more than a company town where humans and aliens alike either work for one tyrannical family–or are destroyed by it. But beneath Novo Haven’s murky waters, within its tangled bayous, reedy banks, and back alleys, revolution is stirring. And one more death may be all it takes to shift the balance. . . .
Author: Harry Sword Publisher: ISBN: 9781737382935 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 464
Book Description
"An inspired and intuitive navigation of the drone continuum . . . with a compass firmly set to new and enlightening psychedelic truths"-- BECK In 1977 Sniffin' Glue verbalised the musical zeitgeist with their infamous 'this is a chord; this is another; now form a band' illustration. The drone requires neither chord nor band, representing - via its infinite pliability and accessibility - the ultimate folk music: a potent audio tool of personal liberation. Immersion in hypnotic and repetitive sounds allows us to step outside of ourselves, be it chant, a 120dB beasting from Sunn O))), standing front of the system as Jah Shaka drops a fresh dub or going full headphone immersion with Hawkwind. These experiences are akin to an audio portal - a sound Tardis to silence the hum and fizz of the unceasing inner voice. The drone exists outside of us, but also - paradoxically - within us all; an aural expression of a universal hum we can only hope to fleetingly channel. Monolithic Undertow is the definitive text to explore the music of drone and its related genres. Exhaustively researched this tome will not leave music fans interested in drone, doom, metal, and folk music unsatisfied.
Author: Terry Burant Publisher: Rethinking Schools ISBN: 0942961471 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 393
Book Description
Teaching is a lifelong challenge, but the first few years in the classroom are typically a teacher's hardest. This expanded collection of writings and reflections offers practical guidance on how to navigate the school system, form rewarding relationships with colleagues, and connect in meaningful ways with students and families from all cultures and backgrounds.
Author: Michael Buckley Publisher: Clarion Books ISBN: 9780544348677 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The end of the world was just the beginning in the explosive conclusion to the epic Undertow trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Michael Buckley.
Author: Linda Cracknell
Author: Steve Orlando (Comic book writer)
Author: Jo Baker
Author: Sue Grafton
Author: Karl Edward Wagner
Author: Elizabeth Bear
Author: Harry Sword
Author: Terry Burant
Author: Linda Cracknell
Author: Michael Buckley