Frances had read of a man who painted with only the colour yellow. He lived in the north of Norway. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances & Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives have been upended
- Frances has fled heartbreak & claustrophobic Manhattan for an isolated artist colony; Yasha, a Russian immigrant raised in a bakery in Brighton Beach, arrives from Brooklyn to fulfill his beloved father`s last wish: to be buried `at the top of the world`. They have come to learn how to be alone. But in Lofoten, an archipelago of six tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea, ninety-five miles north of the Arctic Circle, they form a bond that fortifies them against the turmoil of their distant homes, offering solace amidst great uncertainty. With nimble & sure-footed prose enriched with humour & warmth, Rebecca Dinerstein`s enchanting debut reminds us that no matter how far we travel to claim our own territory, it is love that gives us our place in the world.
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` Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, & as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, The Sunlit Night marks the appearance of a brave talent` Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated Frances had read of a man who painted with only the colour yellow. He lived in the north of Norway. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances & Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives have been upended
- Frances has fled heartbreak & claustrophobic Manhattan for an isolated artist colony; Yasha, a Russian immigrant raised in a bakery in Brighton Beach, arrives from Brooklyn to fulfill his beloved father`s last wish: to be buried `at the top of the world`. They have come to learn how to be alone. But in Lofoten, an archipelago of six tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea, ninety-five miles north of the Arctic Circle, they form a bond that fortifies them against the turmoil of their distant homes, offering solace amidst great uncertainty. With nimble & sure-footed prose enriched with humour & warmth, Rebecca Dinerstein`s enchanting debut reminds us that no matter how far we travel to claim our own territory, it is love that gives us our place in the world.
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William Hutchison Murray (1913
- 1996) was one of Scotland`s most distinguished climbers in the years before & after the Second
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William Hutchison Murray (1913
- 1996) was one of Scotland`s most distinguished climbers in the years before & after the Second
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In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple are about to open the island`s most spectacular hotel, where Greek & Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two neighbouring families, the Georgious & the Ozkans, are among many who moved to Famagusta to escape the years of unrest & ethnic violence elsewhere on the isl&. But beneath the city`s facade of glamour & success, tension is building. When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, & Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions & flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. This is their story. ...

Shelina`s life has been transformed since winning Masterchef, including television appearances, demos, food festival appearances & catering for private functions all over the world. Throughout all of these life-changing experiences, one signficant challenge for Shelina has been her weight. After focusing so much on work & not paying enough attention to what she was eating, Shelina realised she`d stopped feeling & looking like herself anymore. She decided her eating habits had to change but she didn`t want to stop enjoying the huge variety of foods she loved. This book is the collection of recipes Shelina devised to help her lose weight & boost her overall health, avoiding `diet food` & never compromising on flavour. Enjoy 120 fresh, vibrant & fragrant recipes that are good for you, will make you feel great & help you lose weight all the while celebrating the joy of eating & the fun of sharing & cooking for others. ...

This is a bewitching & atmospheric collection of short stories celebrating life & love: the world ripens as a baby stirs in its mother`s womb; a soldier captured at Bannockburn sees the daughter of his jailor bathing & falls in love; two ghosts become reconciled with death; &, an eighteenth-century tale of piracy & treachery. George Mackay Brown`s distinctive voice has a clarity & resonance that blends the magical with the mundane, & the present with the past. ...

The Super Book for Super Heroes is a compendium of ideas, drawing, colouring & activities that means that you can create your own crusaders for justice who do battle with super villains, unravelling their crazed schemes for taking over the world. You will learn to draw villains such as the Mad Scientist, Bog Creature & Evil Robot, while also creating superheroes, their sidekicks, secret hideouts, outfits & super gadgets. & there are superpowers to discover such as invisibility, super strength, speed, flight, heat vision, teleportation & X-ray vision. This book is a must for anyone wanting to create their own superhero universe! ...

Save the day every day with the Superhero Playset! In a cunning carousel format, this compact book opens up to reveal three super scenes
- the awesome cityscape, the fearsome Fire Ice Caves & the evil villain`s Laboratory of Doom
- & 12 superheroes, sidekicks, supercars & evil masterminds to populate them. Fantastically illustrated by artistic superhero Jason Ford, this playset contains everything you need to create & play out your own superhero stories.

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Draw, colour & sticker your very own superhero comic books. Make your superheroes or even yourself the stars of each super adventure. The book contains 10 exciting 8-page comics to draw, colour & complete. Each adventure has super story prompts to start you off & the rest is up to you. You can even pull them out, put them together & give them to your friends to read. Also

Includes:: sections on how to create & draw your superheroes & super villains, & has over 100 fantastic stickers to add to your stories.

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