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The dazzling and genre-bending new collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestseller Jeanette Winterson
’Spine-chillingly good’ iNEWS
’Winterson the artist at her most potent’ GUARDIAN
Our lives are now digital, exposed and always-on. We have changed, but our ghosts have not.…
Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot be separated, even in death.
The hardcover edition features beautiful interior illustrations.
”Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”
In the small town of…
Preorder now and get your hands on this EXCLUSIVE EDITION with stunning, purple sprayed edges, available only on the first printing!
From bestselling author of the romantasy sensation The High Mountain Court comes A River of Golden Bones, the first riveting, enchanting novel in an all-new romantic fantasy shifter…
In the glittering society of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires, Inez Olivera has everything, except the one thing she really wants: her parents, who frequently leave her behind on their globetrotting adventures. Then she receives a terrible letter: her parents have passed away in mysterious circumstances. Determined to…
A compelling story of family, home, and the bond between sisters that asks: Who do you believe when you can’t even trust yourself? “A delicious smoke curl of a novel. ”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult“An intelligent literary mystery.”—#1 New York Times…
Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling modern fable about finding freedom and a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.
The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming…
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi.
A mother and a son. A goddess and a prince. A curse and an oath. A river whose course will change the fate of the world.
Ganga, joyful goddess of…
Kategorier: Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Antologier Aspekter av religion Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Dramatik Filosofi och religion Klassiker Mysticism Personligt religiöst vittnesbörd och uppbyggelselitteratur Religion och tro Religiösa romaner Romantik Skönlitterära teman Skönlitterära teman: mognad och utveckling Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur: allmänt
A group of Japanese tourists journey to the sacred River Ganges, each on a secret personal pilgrimage. Widower Isobe mourns for the devoted wife he neglected; gentle children’s writer Numanda seeks out the bird he believes saved his life; Kiguchi is haunted by his time as a soldier along the Highway of Death; and…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: historiska berättelser
A remarkable friendship, a close-guarded secret and a quest to the sea. Be swept away by Hannah Peck’s new novel for readers aged 9 and up.
Like many rivers, the banks of the Lyde hold a hoard of forgotten things: pottery, trinkets, a shard of glass. They also hold a Memory. In the days of this story, the buried…
How long can you hide the truth?
The Kelly family has always been trouble.
When a fire in a remote caravan community kills nine people, including 17-year-old Sabine Kelly’s mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody and disappears.
Recently made redundant from marriage,…
’I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.’ – Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY
’Told with warmth and humor by a memorable, irrepressible heroine.’ – Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
What if the price of moving forward is losing the…
The world renowned collection of the Ho Chi Minh Museum lavishly presented in over 340 stunning colour photographs.
1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the sole surviving woman in a family of troubled men. She spends her days running the household on her family's peach farm. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past. Displaced from his tribal land, he wants to believe one place is just like another. When…
A small town is transformed by dark magic when strange apple trees begin bearing fruit in this new masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents.
It’s autumn in Harrow, but something is changing in the town besides the season.
Because in that town there is an orchard,…
From bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.K. Mulford comes the first riveting, enchanting book in the all-new Golden Court trilogy.A young heir begins a journey of self-discovery, romance, and adventure as she comes out of hiding to save her sister from a malicious, powerful sorceress and her dangerous sleeping…
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him. This novel by International Booker Prize winner Laszlo…
A masterful and modern collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson
’The best living writer in this language’ Evening Standard’Always passionate and provocative’ New Statesman’A master of her material’ Vanity Fair
Our lives are digital, exposed…
Internationally bestselling fantasy author Anthony Ryan – writing as A. J. Ryan – delivers a nerve-shredding thriller in which seven strangers must undertake a terrifying journey into the unknown
A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. He’s not alone…
The beloved Good Morning America Book Club Pick is a soaring, heartstopping novel of a mother’s journey to find her children.
’An incredible novel about the power of a mother’s love. Highly recommended’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
’Hopeful and emotive… A book you will not forget for a long…
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A sparkling debut fantasy with Celtic tones set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team up to discover why girls are going missing from their clan.
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can’t escape.
’Expertly plotted, explosively adventurous, and burning with romance’ Stephanie Garber
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in this lush, immersive historical fantasy set in 19th century Egypt, filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Litteraturvetenskap och litteraturkritik Litteraturvetenskap: allmänt Nationalism Politik och statsskick Politiska ideologier Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
This thesis studies how mínzú (ethnic) agency is effectuated through propaganda literature among Muslim minority cadres in the Yānqí Huí Autonomous County of the Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region of North-West China in the 2010s. The aim is to understand to what extent and in what ways mínzú identification can have a…
This updated edition of a Prosperity classic gives techniques for riches that were invoked by great minds down through the ages.
”Catherine Ponder shows how each of us uses metaphysics every day of our life and how we can use the powerful metaphysics of the Bible to transform ourselves and our lives.”…
Over the years, authors, artists and amblers aplenty have felt the pull of the Thames, and now travel writer Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He’s walking the length of the river from the Cotswolds to the North Sea – a winding journey of over two hundred miles. Join him for an illuminating stroll past…
Bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty expands the acclaimed, Hugo-nominated Daevabad Trilogy with this magical compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of the series.
Told from the perspective of characters beloved and hated, and even those never heard from until now, these tales of Daevabad…
If you loved BBC4’s Hemingway, rediscover this poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms.
Richard Cantrell is an American colonel living in Venice just after the Second World War. The fighting has left him scarred and embittered, a middle-aged…
Powerful, moving and redemptive, RIVER SING ME HOME tells of a mother’s desperate search to find her stolen children and her freedom.
’A strong and beautiful novel that stares into the face of brutality and the heart of love’ JEANETTE WINTERSON’Magnificent and epic’ FRANK…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Musik Musiker, sångare och grupper Självbiografi: konst och underhållning
"Att träffa och lära känna Doug var omvälvande för mig och det kommer följa mig hela livet."– ur Jill Johnsons förord
Doug Seegers har blivit en mycket älskad artist i Sverige. Han upptäcktes av Jill Johnson i ”Jills veranda” (SVT, 2014), och kort därefter hamnade hans musik på topplistorna. Att Doug…
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless, with barely a trace of any human presence. The wanderer is searching for a garden that has long captivated him. This novel by International Booker Prize winner Laszlo…
’Shelley Read’s lyrical voice is a force of nature. Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable’ BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
’A lush, beautiful, strong book. It took me on such a transformative life journey. I could not put it down’ CLOVER…
Powerful, moving and redemptive, RIVER SING ME HOME tells of a mother’s desperate search to find her stolen children and her freedom.
’A strong and beautiful novel that stares into the face of brutality and the heart of love’ JEANETTE WINTERSON
’Every once in a while, a book comes along that is…
Kategorier: Modern romantik Romantik Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
Författaren Kaylee Sloan har ingen aning om hur hon ska kunna leva vidare utan sin mamma, tillika bästa vän, som hastigt gått bort. Saknaden är total och ger också en skrivkramp som hotar att göra så att Kaylee missar sin deadline. I ett desperat försök att få boken klar hyr hon en ensligt belägen stuga i Virgin River,…
Världsbok, 128s hårdpärm.
90 miljoner peeps ser Pärldeltat i södra Kina som sitt hem. Det är en mustig och kaotisk smältdegel, ett lapptäcke av zoner och jurisdiktioner, en frihamn där inga lagar längre gäller. Här finns en zon för varje ideologi och etnicitet, men företagen och triaderna har tagit över, i skuggan av…
A stunning collection of 100+ heart-warming recipes that also happen to be packed with things that are good for you
The perception that the food we love can’t also be good for us is swept away by this stunning collection of delicious, heart-warming recipes that also happen to be packed with good things that help…
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened–something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Now, years later, murder has tied…
Here is a fascinating study of commercial glass production along the Ohio River Valley in the 1950s and 1960s. Companies such as Blenko, Pilgrim, Rainbow, Viking, Kanawaha, Bischiff, Morgantown, and others made free- and mold-blown production glass in modern, sometimes bizarre shapes and wildly vibrant colors. Over 100…
Over 200 beautiful color photos provide a detailed look at a wide variety of tobacco sheds in the Connecticut River Valley. An engaging text delivers a unique look at tobacco sheds from a historical, personal, and an agricultural perspective through the changing seasons. Readers will enjoy an overview of the tobacco…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
St. Johns River begins in the swamps in southeast Florida, then passes 310 miles through many lakes, communities, forests, and swamps north towards the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville. As a resource, it has been enjoyed by millions, but few know its full and fascinating story. It was explored by both the Spanish and…
Long the main resource on this key American river, this book’s expanded second edition includes dozens of new photos and maps, updates, and six new chapters recording the twenty-first century’s most recent developments on the Patapsco River. Along with insightful narration of its impact on its watershed and on…
Tour the mighty Mississippi River with this first A-Z encyclopedia-style listing of paranormal phenomena along its winding length. Presented in a convenient, cross-referenced format, these pages are an indispensable guide of the supernatural for the curious traveler, brave riverboat pilot, ghost-folklore buff, aspiring…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In its 400 years of recorded history, the Charles River has run from Hopkinton to Boston just as marathoners do every April. In that time it has served as the route of settlement for places like Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, and Waltham. This book shows the Charles’ historic role as a major source of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: naturberättelser och djurberättelser
Through this engaging story, you and your children will enter a new world and live an adventure with an unlikely explorer. In a calm little pond, on the banks of a great river, there lived a little fish. There was nothing special about him. In fact he was quite ordinary. But one day he set off up the river in search of…
Over 250 photos and eloquent text reveal the majesty of Virginia’s James River. Explore the river from its humble beginnings on private property to the point where it meets one of the nation’s busiest seaports. See Class V rapids in the heart of Richmond as nowhere else in America. The text includes a final…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Tomek lives a quiet life running his late parents’ village store, which has everything you could ever need, and more. Then one day a girl visits. She asks Tomek if he sells something he’s never heard of before: a drop of water from the magical River Qjar, which flows back to front and upside down. When he…