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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Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy`s Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak & his love for & pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy & true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was `...the past was yesterday; never, the day after`. & lastly, of the introverted & reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with `...a fearful sense of exposure`, when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba. The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods. ...

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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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. ...

Far North region of New Zealand`s North Isl&, including Cape Reinga, Kaitaia, Kerikeri & Whangarei, on a detailed, indexed road map at 1:250, 000 from Kiwimaps, with extensive tourist information including a table of facilities in local campsites, a comprehensive index, etc. Maps in a series indicate unsurfaced roads & 4WD tracks, & show names of both major highways (Pacific Coast, Highway, Great Alpine Highway, Southern Scenic Route, etc.) & of minor rural roads. Main hiking tracks, railways & ferry routes are also marked. National parks & nature reserves are highlighted, & an extensive range of symbols indicates places of interest, Lord of the Rings locations, numerous sport facilities, motor home/caravan parks & dump stations, interesting geographical features, etc. Topography is shown by subtle but effective relief shading. The maps have no geographical coordinates. On the reverse each title has an index of both localities & names of rural roads, & lists geographical features such as mountains & passes, motor home & caravan sites, parks & reserves, etc. Also provided is a table showing what facilities are available in the local Department of Conservation campsites. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

In his inimitable witty style Ungerer records in a 12-month diary the couple`s unexpected successes, dramatic calamities & touching personal moments as they fix up their house, rear livestock & get to know their unusual neighbours. More than 150 beautiful & evocative drawings accompany Ungerer`s detailed descriptions, creating a vivid impression of the harsh landscape, the townsfolk & the wildlife. Ungerer`s attempt to escape the rat race is a true inspiration to all those who dream of becoming self-sufficient, & will delight those who love the great outdoors just as much as the armchair adventurer. ...

This is a groundbreaking experiment in multi-media storytelling. Far South is the casebook of Juan Manuel Perez, an investigator in search of Gerardo Fischer, a Uruguayan theatre director who has gone missing. Called in by the community of artists with whom Gerardo lived, Perez quickly becomes enmeshed in the mystery. In searching for another, whether we want to or not, we often uncover knowledge of ourselves. Perez discovers he is no exception...A multi-platform experiment in the possibilities of digitised fiction as well as a compelling work on paper, Far South

Includes:: video witness depositions, a graphic novella, short films & sound recordings. The Far South Project brings together the work of artists, designers, musicians & filmmakers from Uruguay, Wales, Argentina, Irel&, all over the world. They blur the line between truth & misinformation. They hope that the project will make you question everything you see in newspapers, on television, or in the world around you. If you wish to participate & make work inspired by the site, you can post a link to the message wall.

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