' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock In a nation divided by prejudice everyone must take a side When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone & penniless on the shore of the Ohio she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river Her creativity & needlework skills quickly become invaluable & she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors She finds friends & possibly the promise of more But cruising the border between the Confederate South & the 'free' North is fraught with danger For the sake of a debt that must be repaid May is compelled to transport secret passengers under cover of darkness across the river & on along the underground railroad But as May's secrets become harder to keep she learns she must endanger those now dear to her & to save the lives of others she must risk her own A gloriously involving & powerful read for fans of Gone With The Wind & Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway ...

' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock In a nation divided by prejudice everyone must take a side When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone & penniless on the shore of the Ohio she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river Her creativity & needlework skills quickly become invaluable & she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors She finds friends & possibly the promise of more But cruising the border between the Confederate South & the 'free' North is fraught with danger For the sake of a debt that must be repaid May is compelled to transport secret passengers under cover of darkness across the river & on along the underground railroad But as May's secrets become harder to keep she learns she must endanger those now dear to her & to save the lives of others she must risk her own A gloriously involving & powerful read for fans of Gone With The Wind & Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway ...

' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock' An engaging story with lovely detail & moments of comedy' Daily Mail Ohio 1838 368 pages Conway Martha ...

The book that began Ian Rankin's phenomenal career Mary Miller had always been an outcast Burnt in a chemical mix as a young girl sympathy for her quickly faded when the young man who pushed her in died in a mining accident just two days later From then on she was regarded with a mixture of suspicion & fascination by her God-fearing community Now years later she is a single mother caught up in a faltering affair with a local teacher Her son Sandy has fallen in love with a strange homeless girl The search for happiness isn't easy Both mother & son must face a dark secret from their past in the growing knowledge that their small dramas are being played out against a much larger canvas glimpsed only in symbols & flickering images
- of decay & regrowth of fire & water
- of the flood

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The Flora Collection contains 50 stunning colour postcards selected from the vast collection of original botanical artworks ...

Delve into the magical world of Flower Fairies with this intricately illustrated colouring book With 45 stunning illustrations ...

Grow your own cut flowers & you can fill your house with the gorgeous colours & heavenly scents of your favourite blooms knowing that they haven't travelled thousands of miles
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Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century Torn between intense sensuality & profound spiritual yearning racked by debt & disease Baudelaire transformed his own experience of Parisian life into a work of universal significance With his unflinching examination of the dark aspects & unconventional manifestations of sexuality his pioneering portrayal of life in agreat metropolis & his daring combination of the lyrical & the prosaic Baudelaire inaugurated a new epoch in poetry & created a founding text of modernism Anthony Mortimer already praised for his virtuoso translations of Petrarch Dante & Villon has produced a new version that not only respects the sense & the form of the original French but also makes powerful English poetry in its own right ...

The Flowers of Evil which T S Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love its linking sexuality & death its unremitting irony & its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life The volume was seized by the police & Baudelaire & his published were put on trial for offence to public decency Six offending poems were banned in a conviction that was not overturned until 1949 This bold new translation which restores the banned poems to their original places & reveals the full richness & variety of the collection makes available to English speakers a powerful & original version of the world Jonathan Culler's Introduction outlines this vision stressing that Baudelaire is more than just the poet of the modern city Originally to be called ' The Lesbians' The Flowers of Evil contains the most extraordinary body of love poetry The poems also pose the question of the role of evil in our lives of whether there are not external forces working to frustrate human plans & to enlist men & women on appalling or stultifying scenarios not of their own making ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

China 1937 on the brink of collapse Nanking is under siege from the Japanese Imperial Army the streets awash with violence the civilians desperate The protective walls of a western church provide the only haven from the vicious battles outside American John Miller (Academy Award-Winner Christian Bale) caught in the midst of the chaos joins a small group trying escape the violence wrought by the Japanese army Through one act of heroism this group of disparate refugees fight back risking their lives for the sake of others & the nation Inspired by true events THE FLOWERS OF WAR tells the incredible story of an unlikely group standing up against an unimaginable & overwhelming evil ...