Beast has been robbed! & so has the whole village. Without tools the villagers can`t put on their legendary Winter Festival, so Beast sets off to solve the mystery. Discovering that a stranded Snow Beast is behind the robbery, Beast has to decide whether to help this odd-looking stranger. ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 2013. A bewitching tale of heartbreak & hope set in 1920s Alaska, The Snow Child was a bestseller on hardback publication, & went on to establish itself as one of the key literary debuts of 2012, & was a Richard & Judy Bookclub pick. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack & Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, & Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their l&, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, & can they find room in their hearts for her? Written with the clarity & vividness of the Russian fairy tale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic. ...

William Fiennes’ The Snow Geese is the profoundly moving account of both a physical & spiritual migration following snow geese in their spring journey from the South to the Arctic
- a joy returning of one man’s rediscovering the world. Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California & the Gulf of Mexico, & in the spring they fly north again. One year, William Fiennes decided to go with them & to write about his travels. The result is an extraordinary journey, a mesmerizing story about the joys of being alive, of being on the move &
- above all
- of returning home.A blend of autobiography & reportage, Fiennes’ subject was in fact also homecoming: the birds on their long journeys home, the grace of homecomings, the strange gravity that home exerts. The arc of Fiennes` extraordinary physical adventure formed the backbone for meditations on philosophy, natural science & personal memoir. The book thrums with ideas, with stories & anecdotes, with humankind as well as wild fowl, with the funny & observant insights of an assured & highly entertaining writer.


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With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize. I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn`t move on until the birds moved on, & the birds couldn`t move on without the spring. One winter, after an enforced period of recuperation, William Fiennes finds himself restless & yearning for adventure. He travels to Texas, where he begins a quest to trace the million-strong flocks of snow geese making their spring flight thousands of miles north to the Arctic tundra. On his epic journey he meets people from every walk of life, from ex-nuns to train fanatics, & their stories resound with the longing to arrive at the right place in the world. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize, The Snow Geese is a poignant & lyrical paean to the richness & wonder of the world around us. A unique blend of autobiography, travel & nature writing, this is a classic tale of belonging & the inescapable lure of home. ...

The Snow Leopard was inspired by the author`s 1973 journey with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. As a student of Zen Buddhism, the author`s search for the snow leopard evolved into a quest for the meaning of Being. ...

` Luminously written.. .page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist` Sunday Times Walking through Central Park, Barrett Meeks sees a translucent light in the sky that regards him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn`t believe in visions
- or in God
- but he can`t deny what he`s seen. In nearby Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett`s older brother, is trying
- & failing
- to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Barrett turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. The Snow Queen, beautiful & heartbreaking, comic & tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.



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Hans Christian Andersen`s magical tale of friendship & adventure is retold through the beautiful & intricate illustrations of Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka. Cloth-bound in deep blue, with silver foil embellishments, The Snow Queen is a unique work of art. Sanna Annukka is familiar to many from her collaborations with Marimekko & her artwork for Keane`s album, Under the Iron Sea. For her second book project, she illustrates Hans Christian Andersen`s classic fairy tale, The Snow Queen. A beautiful special gift to give & receive. ...

Follow Gerda on her quest to save her best friend from the evil Snow Queen`s frozen palace in this lyrical retelling of Hans Christian Andersen`s classic fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Elena Selivanova. stunning pictures combined with simple text brings this magical tale to life. ...

An exquisitely illustrated retelling of the classic story by Hans Christian Anderson. An evil troll creates a mirror which reflects the bad & ugly sides of people. Shards of its glass enter a young boy, causing him to reject his loving family & best friend Gerda. Helped by kind strangers & guided by her warm heart, Gerda makes the perilous journey to rescue her friend from the icy palace of the Snow Queen. ...

Bring the magical story of the Snow Queen to life with this stunning magic painting book. Can Gerda save her best friend from ...