Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018 Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother & his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, & he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the roof, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Soon after, Hasan`s idyllic, sheltered family life is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician, is arrested & charged with treason... Set in a land ruled by an oppressive military regime, this eloquent, charming & quietly political novel vividly recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, & beautifully illustrates the transformative power of the imagination. ...

Meet a family living in the city & enjoy a day in their company as they travel to work & to school, shop, relax in the park, enjoy a play, & eat dinner in a restaurant. As we follow them around the city, we learn what`s under the ground, what`s in the museum, how people get to work, what`s behind the theater curtain, & much more. For children aged 3 & up, this beautifully illustrated nonfiction title is the perfect introduction to life in a big city. The unique design of the book allows children to discover a ”hidden” image by holding the page up to a bright light. ...

How much of a survivor, in fact, survives? How much must remain of a survivor for him also to be called a man? You tell me to remember. All over again. To remember. Perhaps there is nothing left there, doctor. Perhaps it is all gone. Bernardo Greene is attempting to rebuild his life. Imprisoned & tortured by Pinochet`s regime for introducing his students to political poetry, he has arrived at Copenhagen`s centre for rehabilitating torture victims at the age of forty-nine, to begin, to begin again. Across from the King`s Garden, Michela Ibsen also seeks a new beginning. She has survived an abusive marriage & the death of a child, but does not know whether this makes her strong, or even whole. Her latest boyfriend is young, vain & dangerously possessive. Why do men hit me? Why is it happening again? Michela`s eyes meet Bernardo`s over a cup of coffee in the caf across the lake. During a long Scandinavian summer of endless days & pin-point nights, these two lost souls begin to heal, to forgive & to trust themselves to love.A novel about passion in the wake of loss, pain in the wake of truth, & salvation in the wake of despair, In the Company of Angels is the mesmeric & quietly devastating masterpiece from internationally celebrated author Thomas E. Kennedy. ...

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, by Alexander Mc Call Smith, Precious is now married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. Her No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is frantically busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the pleas of a woman in particularly dire straits. Unfortunately, her attempts to help are interrupted by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant, Mma Makutsi, & one of the apprentices at the garage. How can this apprentice be rescued from the folly of a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz? Fortified by plenty of contemplative cups of bush tea, Mma Ramotswe sets out to find the answers. ...

There are always lots of things to do on a farm. In spring the fields are ploughed, in summer the sheep are sheared & the hay is cut. In autumn, the apples & potatoes are stored. In winter it's time to keep warm. Benedict Blathwayt has created detailed scenes of a busy farm through the seasons. Special words & vignettes pick out features in the different scenes so children, aged 3 plus, get a chance to look closely at the amazing detail of each image. ...

On a white-hot day in Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on business
- but Suleiman is sure he has just seen him, standing across the street... From a breathtaking new talent comes an utterly gripping, emotional novel told from the point of view of a young boy growing up in a terrifying & bewildering world where his best friend's father disappears & is next seen on state television at a public execution; where a mysterious man sits outside the house all day & asks strange questions; & where it seems his father has finally disappeared for good. Soon the whispers & fears, secrets & lies will become so intense that Suleiman can bear them no longer & in his terrified efforts to save his family may end up betraying his friends, his parents & ultimately himself.
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Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home & beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie & questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood. ...

` Cracking another country`s cipher is an undercover fight to the death...` Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at ` Unit 701`, China`s secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the `wind-listener`, a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away; the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end; the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams; the spy who recounts a dangerous mission from beyond the grave. In this story of conspiracies, geniuses, revolutionaries & terrible moral choices, people sacrifice everything for a world of secrets
- until, ultimately, it destroys them.
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She lost her sight, but she can still see the truth... Jenny Aaron was once part of an elite police unit tracking Germany`s most dangerous criminals. She was the best. Until it all went wrong. A disastrous mission saw her abandon a wounded colleague & then lose her sight forever. Now, five years later, she has learnt to navigate a darkened world. But she`s still haunted by her betrayal. Why did she run? Then she receives a call from the unit. They need her back. A prison psychologist has been brutally murdered. & the killer will only speak to one person... ...

In the Darkness of the Night takes the reader through the sounds that a young child hears whilst curled up in bed waiting to fall asleep. From the familiar, reassuring noises of the family & the home including muffled voices & humming pipes. Next we move out into the garden, with the snuffling & screeching of foxes. & then suddenly what`s that? Zoom! A car speeds by & a distant siren sounds. Then the illustrations expand to the city beyond, as we see those who work throughout the night, such as cleaners or nurses. & finally, as the sun rises, the early morning sounds begin with the birdsong, clatter of dustbins & letterboxes as the city wakes up again. Emily Rand takes us on a gentle journey through the night, looking at all the sounds & activity that happen whilst you`re tucked up warm in your bed! ...