It is summer 1990, only months after the border dividing Germany has dissolved. Maria, nearly seventeen, moves in with her boyfriend on his family farm. A chance encounter with enigmatic loner Henner, a neighbouring farmer, quickly develops into a passionate relationship. But Maria soon finds that Henner can be as brutal as he is tender
- his love reveals itself through both animal violence & unexpected sensitivity. Maria builds a fantasy of their future life together, but her expectations differ dramatically from those of Henner himself, until it seems their story can only end in tragedy. Someday We`ll Tell Each Other Everything is a bold & impressive debut in which love & violence, conflict & longing, are inextricably entwined.
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Longlisted for the National Book Award 2014 Someone begins on the stoop of a Brooklyn apartment building where Marie is waiting for her father to come home from work. It is the 1920s & in her Irish-American enclave the stories of her neighbours unfold before her short-sighted eyes. As the years pass Marie`s own history plays out against the backdrop of a changing world. This is the story of one life in all its devastating pains & unexpected joys; its bursts of brilliant clarity & moments of profound confusion. Fragments of a curious childhood, of adolescent sexual awakenings, of motherhood &, finally, old age are pieced together in this resonant tale of an unremarkable, unforgettable woman. ...

A big, intensely involving & evocative Indian novel, perfect for fans of Vikas Swarup`s Slumdog Millioniare, with its emotive &, ultimately, redemptive story. ` Will she recall that night? Or is it one of those too horrible times that her brain, taking pity on her soul, will choose to wipe out the memory? When she realizes what happened, she will recall it as the night she did her duty for her family, with no sense of shame or lingering fear. She will be matter-of-fact about it, resigned &, therefore, resilient.` Mamta, born low-caste & female in rural India against a backdrop of poverty & prejudice, is destined to be some man`s property. Her father says that bringing her up is only `tending someone else`s garden` until a husband is found for her. Eventually saved from becoming one of the nameless & faceless millions of rejected humanity, Mamt survives but at a terrible cost. Lyrically told, this powerful story of a woman`s struggle to find acceptance compels us to question: Is life random? Or do we have a destiny? ...

A creepy, compelling thriller, Someone to Watch Over Me is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, ' Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). Berglind hurried to her son & pulled him forcefully from the window. She held him close & tried at the same time to wipe the windowpane. But the haze couldn't be wiped away. It was on the outside of the glass. Pesi looked up at her. ' Magga's outside. She can't get in. She wants to look after me.' He pointed at the window & frowned. ' She's a little bit angry.' A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home & killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn't do it, who did? & how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit & run on her way to babysit? ...

A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Th?ra Gudmundsd?ttir novel from Yrsa, ` Iceland`s answer to Stieg Larsson` (Daily Telegraph). Berglind hurried to her son & pulled him forcefully from the window. She held him close & tried at the same time to wipe the windowpane. But the haze couldn`t be wiped away. It was on the outside of the glass. Psi looked up at her. ` Magga`s outside. She can`t get in. She wants to look after me.` He pointed at the window & frowned. ` She`s a little bit angry.` A young man with Down`s Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home & killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn`t do it, who did? & how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit & run on her way to babysit? ...

Somerset in a series of colourful reproductions of attractive county maps by John Speede from about 1610-1611, printed on thick art paper & ideal for framing. Each title, 58 x 45cm / approx. 23” x 18”, is decorated with additional notes, drawings, coats of arms, street plans, etc. Little drawings are used to show locations of towns, larger villages, hills & woodlands or parks. Rivers & lakes are also drawn, as are boundaries of the administrative subdivisions with the names of the Hundreds. Surrounding the county are decorative panels filled with additional information which differs from title to title: street plans, coats of arms of notable local families, geographical features, notes about local history, etc. ...

The circular routes vary in length from 1 & three quarter & 5 & a half miles & each walk has information on the distance & terrain, livestock likely to be encountered, number & type of stiles en route &, in an emergency, the nearest veterinary surgery. The routes give dogs & their owners the chance to explore the county`s beautiful countryside. ...

Somerset
- Bath to the Quantocks in the Short Walks guide series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by
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Containing maps & photographs, this collection of twenty circular routes around Somerset is intended for those who enjoy a country drive to an attractive spot for a refreshing walk. It

Includes:: walks near Minehead, Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Wincanton, Wells, Frome & Bath.

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This fully revised survey is the essential companion to the architecture of one of England`s most rewarding regions. The Georgian spa of Bath & the medieval cathedral city of Wells are deservedly famous, each the finest of its kind in the country. A separate section covers the port of Bristol, with its rich & confident buildings of every period & type. Other highlights include John Nash`s picturesque masterpiece of Blaise Hamlet, a noble inheritance of Gothic Revival churches, & some of the greatest structures designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ...