” Far Eastern Tales” is a collection of short stories born of Maugham`s experiences in Malaya, Singapore & other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover`s curse, murder in the jungle, or a marriage shattered by a past indiscretion, they all reveal Maugham at his best
- sometimes caustic, sometimes gently comic, but always the shrewd & human judge of character & soul.
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Jeremy can hear voices. But when he admits this, the townspeople of Never Better treat him like an outsider. Life has been tough after his mother left & his father became a recluse, but one voice in particular proves his salvation: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world & the next. But when a provocative local girl Ginger takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a heartbreaking chain of events is put into motion. & as anyone familiar with the Grimm Brothers know, not all fairy tales have happy endings... ...

This very funny collection of 120 quirky & beautiful photographs of British signposts is backed by information about their most likely etymologies with six pages of maps to locate them. It features Dull, Perth & Kinross. From the Gaelicdail, a plain or meadow. ...

Will I ever see my home again? I do not know. Will I ever see my father again? I do not know. Will life ever be the same again? I do not know. Katie & Tariro are worlds apart but their lives are linked by a terrible secret, gradually revealed in this compelling & dramatic story of two girls grappling with the complexities of adolescence, family & a painful colonial legacy. 14-year-old Tariro loves her ancestral home, the baobab tree she was born beneath, her loving family
- & brave, handsome Nhamo. She couldn't be happier. But then the white settlers arrive, & everything changes
- suddenly, violently, & tragically. Thirty-five years later, 14-year-old Katie loves her doting father, her exclusive boarding school, & her farm with its baobab tree in rural Zimbabwe. Life is great. Until disaster strikes, & the family are forced to leave everything & escape to cold, rainy London. Atmospheric, gripping & epic in scope, Far from Home brings the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid, tangible life. Visit the special Far From Home website at www.far-from-home.com

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Survival is hard in a land where no woman can live alone Layla is just thirteen when the men with the beards & guns burn down her beloved father`s school & begin to terrorise the Swat valley region of Pakistan. She has to flee, exchanging the tranquil beauty of the Himalayas for the squalor of a camp for refugees from the Taliban near Peshawar. With her life torn apart by tragedy, Layla must choose between the old fashioned way of life with her family
- or a journey into independence which could threaten her very survival. Trying to find out what lies behind mysterious deaths at the camp is foreign correspondent Ellen Thomas. As a strong woman in a man`s world, Ellen is used to risking her life to uncover the truth. United by the gentle schoolteacher who had risked his life to save books, the paths of Layla & Ellen collide in a common cause.
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Bathsheba Everdene arrives in the small village of Weatherbury & captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer Boldwood & dashing, unscrupulous Sergeant Troy. The battle for her affections will have dramatic, tragic & surprising consequences in this classic tale of love & misunderstanding. ...

WINNER OF THE U.S. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2017 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE`S LITERATURE!` Sometimes, family hurts each other. But after that`s done you bandage each other up, & you move on. Together. So you can go & think that you`re some lone wolf, but you`re not. You`ve got us now, like it or not, & we`ve got you.` When 16 year-old Grace gives up her baby for adoption, she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother. Although her biological mum proves elusive, her search leads her to two half-siblings she never knew existed. Maya, 15, has been adopted by wealthy parents & seems to have the picture-perfect family
- that is, if you look past her alcoholic mother & the fact that Maya stands out like a sore thumb. Older brother Joaquin hasn`t been so lucky. At 18, he`s shuffled between foster home after foster home, always careful never to get attached to anyone or anything, because it always gets taken away. When these three siblings come together, they find in themselves the place they can belong, while the secrets they guard threaten to explode... For fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell & Nicola Yoon, Far From the Tree is a raw, compelling, & ultimately uplifting story of what it means to be family. ` Benway`s unforgettable novel explores the paradoxes & entanglements of unconventional families.. . It`s a melodrama, to be sure, but with as much brain as heart. Benway writes with remarkable control & has the rare talent of almost vanishing as an author as she inhabits each character`s perspective.` The New York Times` Family issues are neither airbrushed nor oversimplified... From the first page to the last, this compassionate, funny, moving, compulsively readable novel about what makes a family gets it right.` Kirkus Reviews ` Equally heartwarming & heart-wrenching... Benway delves into the souls of these characters as they wrestle to overcome feelings of inadequacy, abandonment, & betrayal, gradually coming to understand themselves & each other.` Publishers Weekly ` Far from the Tree is the kind of book that strikes close to a reader`s heart. I had to know what happened to Grace, Maya, & Joaquin, & I couldn`t turn the pages fast enough. Beautiful.` Ally Condie, author of The Matched Trilogy ` Far From the Tree is a touching story about the strength & love of unconventional families, & the unbreakable bond of siblings near & far. Robin Benway`s characters are authentically crafted, full of heart, hurt, & hope.` Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe & Little & Lion ` In the eloquent confidence of its life-embracing argument, the book really is something special` The Wall Street Journal Praise for Emmy & Oliver: ` Robin Benway writes with her full heart. Emmy & Oliver is a genuinely sweet & funny novel bursting with the inextinguishable forces of love-between parents & children, distant & inseparable friends, new & reunited lovers.` Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Isla & the Happily Ever After ` Emmy & Oliver is wonderful. Funny, heartbreaking, & true. Robin Benway has written characters I felt like I`d known forever, & was so sad to see go. A must-read.` Morgan Matson, author of Since You`ve Been Gone
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” Far Horizons” is Frank Gardner’s look back at all the travelling he has done in his varied life, much of which he undertook before becoming the BBC’s security correspondent. Lost on a remote Sumatran volcano...pursued through a Tokyo backstreet by a Japanese gangster...picnicking with the French Foreign Legion in the Horn of Africa: Frank Gardner`s idea of a holiday is not everyone`s. In June 2004, while on what should have been a routine assignment in Riyadh, his life
- never mind his ability to travel the world
- was nearly brought to a violent end by Islamist gunmen. Frank survived against all the odds & through force of will, has found himself looking towards far horizons once more. He`s not only been skiing in the Alps, scuba diving in the Red Sea & explored the jungles of Cambodia, he is also reporting once more from far-flung destinations like Afghanistan & Colombia
- & this is a man who no longer has the use of his legs. This is Frank Gardner`s compelling, personal account of the myriad adventures that made him the man he was on that fateful day
- & of the journeys he`s made since, & how they`ve helped him to become the remarkable & inspiring individual he is today.



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Every day I buckle on my guns & go out to patrol this dingy city. Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city & tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evidence that life is flourishing elsewhere
- a refugee from the vast emptiness of forest, whose existence inspires Makepeace to take to the road to reconnect with human society. What Makepeace finds is a world unravelling, stockaded villages enforcing a rough & uncertain justice, mysterious slave camps labouring to harness the little understood technologies of a vanished civilization. But Makepeace`s journey also leads to unexpected human contact, tenderness, & the dark secrets behind this frozen world. ” Far North” leads the reader on a quest through an unforgettable arctic landscape, from humanity`s origins to its likely end. Bleak, haunting, spare
- & yet ultimately hopeful, the novel is suffused with an ecstatic awareness of the world`s fragility & beauty, & its unexpected ability to recover from our worst trespasses.

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Far North Coast of New South Wales on a touring map from UBD Gregory’s. The main map at 1:450, 000 covers the coast from Tweed Heads & the Queensland border to the Solitary Islands Marine Park & extends inland to include various national parks & protected areas. Street plans show Grafton, Tweed Heads, Ballina, Lennox Head, Casino, Kyogle, Evans Head, Lismore, Yamba, Iluka, Maclean, Byron Bay/ Suffolk Park, Murwillumbah, & Brunswick Heads/ Ocean Shores. To see other titles in this series of touring maps from UBD Gregory’s please click on the series link. ...