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Author: Brenda Reid Publisher: Orion ISBN: 1409114724 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 347
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A house in ruins. An island at war. A love affair just beginning... 'This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars The House of Dust and Dreams is perfect for fans of Victoria Hislop's Cartes Postales from Greece and The Island, or Tracy Rees's, The Hourglass *********************************** Greece 1936. A young British diplomat and his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh loves the life there but his spirited and unconventional wife, Evadne, finds it hard to fit in with the whirl of endless parties and socialising. When Hugh is sent to Crete to sort out a problem, they stay in a rundown house owned by his family. His wife falls in love with the place and the people, and stays on when Hugh returns to his duties. As she tries to rebuild the ramshackle home, Evadne - known as Heavenly by the locals - makes firm friends with Anthi, a young woman from the village and Christo, the handsome and charismatic young builder. But the dark clouds of war are gathering and the island will become a crucible of violence and bloodshed in the days to come. For Heavenly, her friends and family, it will be the greatest test they have ever known. *********************************** Readers love The House of Dust and Dreams 'Absolutely loved this book. Full of the smells, sights and sounds of the real Greece...anyone with a tender heart and love of Greece will adore it' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'The House of Dust and Dreams - took my breath away' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars
Author: Brenda Reid Publisher: Orion ISBN: 1409114724 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 347
Book Description
A house in ruins. An island at war. A love affair just beginning... 'This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars The House of Dust and Dreams is perfect for fans of Victoria Hislop's Cartes Postales from Greece and The Island, or Tracy Rees's, The Hourglass *********************************** Greece 1936. A young British diplomat and his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh loves the life there but his spirited and unconventional wife, Evadne, finds it hard to fit in with the whirl of endless parties and socialising. When Hugh is sent to Crete to sort out a problem, they stay in a rundown house owned by his family. His wife falls in love with the place and the people, and stays on when Hugh returns to his duties. As she tries to rebuild the ramshackle home, Evadne - known as Heavenly by the locals - makes firm friends with Anthi, a young woman from the village and Christo, the handsome and charismatic young builder. But the dark clouds of war are gathering and the island will become a crucible of violence and bloodshed in the days to come. For Heavenly, her friends and family, it will be the greatest test they have ever known. *********************************** Readers love The House of Dust and Dreams 'Absolutely loved this book. Full of the smells, sights and sounds of the real Greece...anyone with a tender heart and love of Greece will adore it' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'The House of Dust and Dreams - took my breath away' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars
Author: Steven Erikson Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1429969555 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 887
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In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world... In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. And in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies. The warlike Barghast, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek new enemies beyond the border and Onos Toolan, once immortal T'lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face clan, faces insurrection. To the south, the Perish Grey Helms parlay passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando. Their intention is to rendezvous with the Bonehunters but their vow of allegiance to the Malazans will be sorely tested. And ancient enclaves of an Elder Race are in search of salvation—not among their own kind, but among humans—as an old enemy draws ever closer to the last surviving bastion of the K'Chain Che'Malle. So this last great army of the Malazan Empire is resolved to make one final defiant, heroic stand in the name of redemption. But can deeds be heroic when there is no one to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed forever change the world? Destines are rarely simple, truths never clear but one certainty is that time is on no one's side. For the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend... In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen' has begun... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Leo Marcorin Publisher: Da Dusty Door ISBN: 3982499917 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 415
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Imagine you’re isolated in the desert, the least inhabited place on earth, and your guilty past keeps hunting you, following you endlessly like a Shadow. Now, imagine that you wake up from this never-ending nightmare, only to realize it was never a dream and that the idle desert was very much alive! Sort of... The dying wish from his mother forces Mark Rodriguez, a man who struggles with vices and guilt, to reunite with his egocentric brother, John, on a long trip across the desert. When trapped in the ghost town of Esperanza, the Rodriguez brothers will revive their worst traumas, wondering how much their memories influence their reality. The House of Dust is a Supernatural Thriller about grief, challenging what is real and what is an echo from the past, immersing the reader in an endless prison of death.
Author: Conrad Aiken Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781722148829 Category : Languages : en Pages : 54
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The House of Dust; a symphony By Conrad Aiken PART I. I.The sun goes down in a cold pale flare of light.The trees grow dark: the shadows lean to the east: And lights wink out through the windows, one by one.A clamor of frosty sirens mourns at the night.Pale slate-grey clouds whirl up from the sunken sun.And the wandering one, the inquisitive dreamer of dreams, The eternal asker of answers, stands in the street, And lifts his palms for the first cold ghost of rain.The purple lights leap down the hill before him.The gorgeous night has begun again.'I will ask them all, I will ask them all their dreams, I will hold my light above them and seek their faces.I will hear them whisper, invisible in their veins . . .'The eternal asker of answers becomes as the darkness, Or as a wind blown over a myriad forest, Or as the numberless voices of long-drawn rains.We hear him and take him among us, like a wind of music, Like the ghost of a music we have somewhere heard;We crowd through the streets in a dazzle of pallid lamplight, We pour in a sinister wave, ascend a stair, With laughter and cry, and word upon murmured word;We flow, we descend, we turn . . . and the eternal dreamerMoves among us like light, like evening air . . .Good-night! Good-night! Good-night! We go our ways, The rain runs over the pavement before our feet, The cold rain falls, the rain sings.We walk, we run, we ride. We turn our facesTo what the eternal evening brings.Our hands are hot and raw with the stones we have laid, We have built a tower of stone high into the sky, We have built a city of towers.Our hands are light, they are singing with emptiness.Our souls are light; they have shaken a burden of hours . . .What did we build it for? Was it all a dream? . . .Ghostly above us in lamplight the towers gleam . . .And after a while they will fall to dust and rain;Or else we will tear them down with impatient hands;And hew rock out of the earth, and build them again. II.One, from his high bright window in a tower, Leans out, as evening falls, And sees the advancing curtain of the showerSplashing its silver on roofs and walls: Sees how, swift as a shadow, it crosses the city, And murmurs beyond far walls to the sea, Leaving a glimmer of water in the dark canyons, And silver falling from eave and tree.One, from his high bright window, looking down, Peers like a dreamer over the rain-bright town, And thinks its towers are like a dream.The western windows flame in the sun's last flare, Pale roofs begin to gleam.Looking down from a window high in a wallHe sees us all;Lifting our pallid faces towards the rain, Searching the sky, and going our ways again, Standing in doorways, waiting under the trees . . .There, in the high bright window he dreams, and seesWhat we are blind to, -we who mass and crowdFrom wall to wall in the darkening of a cloud.The gulls drift slowly above the city of towers, Over the roofs to the darkening sea they fly;Night falls swiftly on an evening of rain.The yellow lamps wink one by one again.... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes
Author: Florance Saul Publisher: Watkins Media Limited ISBN: 178678744X Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 285
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This book is the first to combine dream interpretation with lunar living. It reveals how the eight moon phases imprint on the meaning, significance and divination of dreams. DISCOVER HOW THE EIGHT MAGICAL MOON PHASES ENLIGHTEN YOUR DREAMS! Nighttime is the domain of dreams and the moon. This is the first book ever to reveal how dream meanings are transformed by lunar activity. Inside, you will uncover: How and why the eight magical moon phases impact our dreams and their meanings, and how we should respond to the messages they contain From ancient Mesopotamia to modern day science, the deeply studied impact that astrology and the Moon, astronomy and psychology have had on spiritual wisdom and the art of dream interpretation How to gain a deeper understanding of the stars and the moon through Ishtar, the multifaceted goddess of the heavens A thorough interpretation of 40 popular dreams and their messages within the lunar cycle The Moon Dust Dream Dictionary will help you better understand the deeper messages of your dreams and advise on how you can apply lunar wisdom to achieve your ambitions and live a happier, more contented and self-aware life.
Author: David W. Tarbet Publisher: SUNY Press ISBN: 1438458169 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 124
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Explores the history and present-day reality of grain elevators on the Great Lakes. Grain Dust Dreams tells the story of terminal grain elevatorsconcrete colossi that stand in the middle of a deep river of grain that they lift, sort, and send on. From their invention in Buffalo, New York, through their present-day operation in Thunder Bay, Ontario, David W. Tarbet examines the difficulties and dangers of working in a grain elevatorshowing how they operate and describing the effects that the grain trade has on the lives of individuals and cities. As Tarbet shows, the impact of these impressive concrete structures even extends beyond their working lives. Buildings that were created for a commercial purpose had a surprising and unintended cultural consequence. European modernist architects were taken by the size and elegance of American concrete elevators and used them as models for a revolution in architecture. When the St. Lawrence Seaway made it possible for large ships to bypass Buffalo, many Buffalo elevators were abandoned. Tarbet describes how these empty elevators are now being transformed into centers for artistic and athletic performance, and into a hub for technical innovation. Buffalo has found a way to incorporate its unused elevators into the life of the city long after the grain dust from them has ceased to fly. Grain Dust Dreams is a miniaturist masterpiece. David Tarbet was raised in a Canadian grain shipping hub, and takes us on a fond and fascinating tour of the history, the culture, and the technology of North American grain elevators. Beautifully written and rigorously researched, Grain Dust Dreams is an unusually charming addition to industrial history. Charles R. Morris, author of The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution Drawing on personal experience, David Tarbet writes with authority. This is an important subject presented in a manner thats accessible to all. Thorold Tronrud, Director, Thunder Bay Historical Museum Grain Dust Dreams is an intimate and personal account of the impact of the grain industry on two North American communities. The reader will be transported into the inner workings of a grain elevator, and uncover the significance the elevators had on the communities in which they reside. Readers will also enjoy the personal accounts from workers in these engineering marvels along with the hazards encountered by their operators. Tarbet also explores the perplexing question many communities face: how to repurpose these majestic structures so that they last for posterity. Tim Bohen, author of Against the Grain: The History of Buffalos First Ward
Author: Margaret Bass Pedler Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781290723817 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 346
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