Emmeline Widget has never left Widget Manor
- & that's the way she likes it But when her scientist parents mysteriously disappear
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THE ALCHEMIST meets THE SNOW CHILD in this beautiful odyssey through the snowy landscapes of northern Finland Shortly after her sixteenth birthday Ritva is sent away to Seili
- a remote island to the south of Finland A former leper colony Seili is now home to 'hopeless cases'
- women who have been outcast from society But Ritva can't understand why her father has allowed her to be taken there & she longs to be reunited with her little sister Hope arrives in the form of Martta a headstrong girl who is a Sami & who reminds Ritva of her lost mother & her tales
- of Vaja the reindeer the stolen sealskin & of a sacred drum hidden long ago When Ritva & Martta decide to escape there is only one place that calls to them & so they begin the long journey North to the land of the Sami in search of healing & forgiveness Readers say' Some books make a lasting impression & I think this is definitely one of them It's a celebration of the human spirit & our connection to nature' Rosie Evans Good Reads 5 stars'I love losing myself in a book & this one is one of those for me I was transported to the land of the midnight sun' Lynda Good Reads 5 stars' It has been one of those books that I have felt I have escaped into because the setting is so richly described & the story line sweeps you up & carries you along' httpsbecomingfinnishsitewordpresscom' The setting in Scandinavia & the lands at the top of the world was so well described as to almost be a character in itself & I was fascinated by the details relating to the indigenous people of this region
- the Sami
- & their way of life' Bruce Gargoyle Good Reads 4 stars




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A classic essential read by master storyteller Daniel Pennac with a new foreword written by Michael Morpurgo The wolf has lost nearly everything on his journey to the zoo including an eye & his beloved pack The boy too has lost much & seen many terrible things They stand eye to eye on either side of the wolf's enclosure & slowly each makes his own extraordinary story known to the other ...

' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times The Wheel of Time turns & Ages come & pass leaving memories that become legend Legend fades
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Kipling's The Eyes of Asia takes the reader on a remarkable journey of discovery into the heart & soul of four soldiers of the Indian Army who fought for King & the British Empire in the First World War 128 pages Kipling Rudyard ...

While evidence is gathered & the land of Delain mourns Flagg the King's magician unscrupulous greedy & powerful plots Soon the King's elder son Peter is imprisoned in the needle the top of a high tower for his father's murder & Thomas inherits the throne Only Peter knows the truth of his innocence & the true evil that is Flagg Only Peter can save Delain from the horror the magician has in store He has a plan but it is rife with danger & if he fails he won't get a second chance A captivating tale of heroic adventure of dragons & princes of mysterious mice & men from the pen of the master storyteller There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world ever Described in the Daily Express as 'a fabulous teller of stories' Stephen King writes books that draw you in & are impossible to put down The King is dead murdered by an unusual poison ...

First published in 1996 The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory For every new intake of students studying Pallasmaa s classic text The Eyes of the Skin provides a totally fresh understanding of architecture & a new set of insights 130 pages Pallasmaa Juhani ...

There is another 1985 somewhere in the could-have-been where the Crimean war still rages dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits & everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of ' Jane Eyre' In this world there are no jet-liners or computers but there are policemen who can travel across time a Welsh republic a great interest in all things literary
- & a woman called Thursday Next In this utterly original & wonderfully funny first novel Fforde has created a fiesty loveable heroine & a plot of such richness & ingenuity that it will take your breath away
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A personal celebration of female friendships
- the good the bad & the complicated
- by lifestyle content creator Lily Pebbles

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Jake Roth is still trying to keep his new powers a secret but when an old friend reappears Jake is drawn into direct conflict with the Philly mafia that has its own extrahuman enforcer a three-armed fighting machine named Odinson! Can the government&s Extrahuman Task Force be far behind? Bullets fly & bodies fall as The First Hero&s adventure continues! ...