This is the chilling tale of a man in the grip of a small, invisible h&...A ghost story by the author of ” The Woman in Black” & ” The Man in the Picture”, to be read by the fire on a cold winter`s night. Returning home from a visit to a client late one summer`s evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow takes a wrong turning & stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiosity, he approaches the door, &, standing before the entrance feels the unmistakeable sensation of a small hand creeping into his own, `as if a child had taken hold of it`. Intrigued by the encounter, he determines to learn more, & discovers that the owner`s grandson had drowned tragically many years before. At first unperturbed by the odd experience, Snow begins to be plagued by haunting dreams, panic attacks, & more frequent visits from the small hand which become increasingly threatening & sinister... ...

This is the chilling tale of a man in the grip of a small, invisible h&...an exceptional & bestselling ghost story by the author of ” The Woman in Black” & ” The Man in the Picture”. Late one summers evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, & compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, `as if a child had taken hold of it`. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear & panic, & is visited by nightmares. He is determined to learn more `about the house & its once-magnificent, now overgrown garden but when he does so, he receives further, increasingly sinister, visits from the small h&. ...

The Small Planet Vegetarian Cookbook introduces a global spread of delicious low-impact vegetarian dishes. There`s something particularly enticing about a meal made up of several `small` dishes, as with Middle Eastern mezze or Spanish tapas. Troth Wells has taken this style of cooking & enjoying food & given it an exciting global dimension. Western livestock-rearing & industrial production of meat is not a model that can be projected worldwide
- even if it were desirable. Moving towards a more vegetable-based diet is the only sustainable & healthy way to feed the world. Not everyone can or will give up eating meat at once, but this exciting Small Planet Vegetarian Cookbook will help the change.
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The Smaller Islands In The British Ocean, an original antique map by R. Morden published in London, 1695-1722-. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 43 x 36 cm, overall mounted size 58.5 x 52 cm. An attractive & popular map of Islands in the British Ocean. Considering the popularity & success of Camden's Britannia, first issued with maps in 1607, it is surprising that it was not until the end of the seventeenth century that a new edition was prepared. Robert Morden (d.1703) was commissioned to engrave a set of county maps for Edmund Gibson's new edition. Morden's first series of maps were rejected as being too small, & these were later published in Morden's New Description & State of Engl&, first issued in 1701, & subsequently re-issued in Cox's Magna Britannia, in the 1720s. Morden finally produced a new set of maps on a larger scale which were used in Gibson's editions published in 1695, 1722 as here, circa 1730, 1753 & 1772. The maps were based on the most up-to-date surveys where available, although some drew on Saxton & Speed, & were engraved by Sutton Nicholls & John Sturt. The maps are plain & simple, invariably with decorative title surround, & charmingly engraved. Their detail, convenient size, visual attraction & antiquity make them among the most popular of all early county maps. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

In Peter H. Reynolds` whimsical holiday story, young Roland learns that more isn`t always better
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A new, limited edition of the modern classic The Smartest Giant in Town. George wished he wasn`t the scruffiest giant in town. ...

George wished he wasn`t the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it`s time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he`s the smartest giant in town...until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help
- & his clothes! All children will love The Smartest Giant in Town, a funny & big-hearted tale from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover & beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson & Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format & with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo`s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail & the Whale, Monkey Puzzle, Charlie Cook`s Favourite Book, & A Squash & a Squeeze.
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A new translation of Giorgio Bassani`s haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith. Isolated lives & a lost world are evoked in these memorable stories set in the Jewish-Italian community of 1930s Ferrara. A young man`s unrequited love; a strange disappearance; a faded hotel; a lonely funfair; the smell of mown hay at the gates of the Jewish Cemetery
- these vivid, impressionistic snapshots build a picture of life`s brevity & intensity. Part of the sequence including The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles & The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, & featuring people & places from these novels, The Smell of Hay is told with a voice that is by turns intimate, ironic, elegiac & rueful. This new translation contains two pieces, added by Bassani to his earlier collection, which have never appeared in English before. ” Powerful new translations... Bassani began as a poet, & Mc Kendrick`s redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance & generosity”. (Ali Smith). ” Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, & one of its great artists”. (Guardian). Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000) was an Italian poet, novelist & editor. The Smell of Hay is the last in a series of six works collected together as Il romanzo di Ferrara. Other works in the cycle include The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, which received the Viareggio Prize & inspired an Academy Award-winning film adaptation by Vittorio de Sica, The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, & Within the Walls (originally published as Five Stories of Ferrara), which won the Strega Prize. Jamie Mc Kendrick is a poet & translator. His translations of Bassani`s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis & The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles are already available as Penguin Modern Classics, & he is in the process of translating the rest of the Romanzo di Ferrara cycle anew.
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Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother. Dora wishes she was invisible to her abusive father. Alyce is staying at home to please her parents. Hank is running away for the sake of his brothers. Four very different lives are about to become entangled. Because if we don`t save each other, how can we begin to save ourselves? Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock`s extraordinary, stunning debut is both moving, & deeply authentic. These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, & salvation on the edge of America`s Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare & wonderful talent. ...

'I remember being much amused last year, when landing at Calais, ' wrote Mrs Frances Trollope in her 1835 book, Paris & the Parisians, 'at the answer made by an old traveller to a novice.. .making his first voyage. What a dreadful smell! said the uninitiated stranger.. .it is the smell of the continent, sir! replied the man of experience. & so it was.' Historians James Munson & Richard Mullen examine just what it was about the smell of the continent that so attracted British travellers in the hundred years from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of the First World War. It was the first time in history that the British, en masse, set out to discover Europe. Drawing on contemporary accounts, diaries & letters, Munson & Mullen offer a compelling portrait of the Victorians abroad, many of them convinced that their country was not only vastly superior but also the envy of the world. From the glowing review coverage: ' Pure charm' A.N. Wilson, Reader's Digest ' An entertaining & sometimes surprising, thought-provoking history' Sunday Times ...