With an introduction by author Cynan Jones Amid the grandeur of British Columbia stands the village of Kingcome, a place of salmon runs & ancient totems. Yet in this Eden of such natural beauty & richness, the old culture is under attack
- slowly being replaced by prefab houses & alcoholism. Into this world, where an entire generation of young people has become disenchanted & alienated from their heritage, steps Mark Brian, a young vicar sent to the small isolated parish by his church. This is Mark`s journey of discovery, a journey that will teach him about life, death, & the transforming power of love. An outstanding & much-acclaimed first novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven is a story of great perception & wisdom.
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In India, a curry is any dish whose sauce is flavoured with a harmonious blend of spices. In this deliciously spicy book, Anjum An&, recently voted Personality of the Year at the British Curry Awards, presents an eclectic choice of her favourite curries. These include regional dishes, favourite restaurant classics & many original creations
- in all, 50 great curries & 25 accompanying dishes. As with all Anjum's recipes, they are written to suit a lighter, healthier way of eating; but every dish bursts with the flavours of India. Some are hot, some are mild, although all can be adjusted to taste. Some are simple one-pot curries while others recreate the multilayered flavours of restaurant classics. Divided into chapters on Fish & Seafood, Poultry & Game, Meat & Vegetable curries, there is a final chapter featuring the usual accompaniments: vegetable side dishes, breads, rice, chutneys & raitas. This will be the essential book for all lovers of Indian food, whether they are confident cooks or novice enthusiasts.
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` Packed with secrets, scandal & suspense, this is Adele Parks at her absolute best.` Heat ` Wow! What a read. Intense, clever & masterful.` Lisa Jewell A gripping story of friendship & betrayal from international best-selling author Adele Parks `I invited her in... & she took everything.` When Mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn`t hesitate to invite her to stay. Mel & Abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs & lows of student life, until Mel`s unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studies. Now, seventeen years later, Mel & Abi`s lives couldn`t be more different. Mel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husb&, Ben. Now they share gorgeous girls & have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children. Abi, meanwhile, followed her lover to LA for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity & indulgence. Everything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her. Seventeen years wasted, & nothing to show for it. So what Abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, & to have some time to heal. & what better place than Mel`s house, with her lovely kids, & supportive husb&... This dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can`t have, jealousy & revenge from Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks. ...

Jo-Jo is convinced that Christmas is cancelled
- & it`s all his fault. To make amends, he decides he must become Father Christmas.
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Behind every great woman... is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships & secret histories of 84 pioneering women are revealed in inspirational stories which together show the indomitable strength of womankind. From ground-breaking scientist Marie Curie to political activist Malala Yousafzai, from feminist author Virginia Woolf to the game-changing Billie Jean King; I Know a Woman creates a gigantic web of womanhood which celebrates the relationships between the world`s most inspirational & influential women. Threading tales from across the globe & throughout history, the lives of innovative aviatrixes, gun-toting revolutionaries & women with incomparable intellects are revealed. Each woman is connected to the next, discovering the women behind the scenes; those who didn`t get the credit for scientific discoveries, sporting achievements or acts of bravery when they were alive. Some names will be familiar, some might not, but all are equally important. With compelling story-telling & beautifully illustrated portraits, I Know a Woman is bold & engaging with a unique purpose: to uncover the links between 84 pioneering women. Featuring Michelle Obama, Gala Dali, Emma Watson, Nina Simone, Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel, Greta Garbo, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, & many more pioneering women who have shaped the world we live in today. ...

Maya Angelou`s six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement & celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town & suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother`s lover. `I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it`s like to be a human being. This is how we are, what makes us laugh, & this is how we fall & how we somehow, amazingly, stand up again` Maya Angelou ...

It`s 1989, & Emma & her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept & virtually unemployable, they discover that they can`t even get a job in Mc Donald`s. Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits & the kindness of strangers. Bad luck & misfortune throw everything their way
- snakes, earthquakes, black magic & incontinent dogs. They even get kidnapped by a sex-crazed midget in a Ferrari. This never happened to Jack Kerouac. A startlingly honest & ridiculously funny book, I Left My Tent in San Francisco tells the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale.
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”I LEGO N.Y.” is a book of LEGO depictions of New York City created by designer & illustrator Christoph Niemann. One day, Niemann wrote the following on Abstract City, his ” New York Times” blog: ` During the cold & dark Berlin winter days, I spend alot of time with my boys in their room. & as I look at the toys scattered on the floor, my mind inevitably wanders back to New York`. What followed in the post were photographs of a series of miniature vignettes of New York constructed out of his sons` LEGO sets with Niemann`s handwritten captions. The creations are clever & minimalist, capturing both the iconic (Empire State Building) & the everyday (plastic bag caught in a tree branch) using fewer LEGO pieces than one might think possible. This book

Includes:: the best of the original images, plus thirteen new images, created exclusively for this book. The resulting collection is a delightful in its simplicity & moving in its ability to capture the spirit of life in New York in so few strokes.

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I like bees... but I don`t like honey!I like my imaginary friend... but I don`t like it when people say he`s not real. A beautifully illustrated, funny & thought-provoking book for building confidence & encouraging children to express their feelings
- about anything & everything. This book will help enable a much broader conversation about individuality, fear & hopes. All author royalties are being donated to the NSPCC.
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This is a stylish collage series from author-illustrator Lorena Siminovich. Using well-known ojects, in this case vegetables, children can learn basic concepts, in this case spatial words such as in, on, above & below whilst also enjoying a variety of colours & textures. The touch & feel textures stimulate the learning process through another sense. ...