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. ...

From the fabulous partnership of award-winning author Jim Helmore & the brilliant Richard Jones comes a stunning book about ...

` 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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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 ...

Ever since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition every time it snows. She makes a person out of snow. A snow sister. It makes Christmas feel a little less lonely. On Christmas Eve, her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative`s will. Is their luck about to change? In anticipation of a better Christmas, Pearl goes to beg credit at Mr Noble`s grocery to get ingredients for a Christmas pudding. But she is refused, & chased down the street where she is hit by a hansom cab. The snow is falling so hard that they can`t take her home. She`ll have to stay at Flintfield Manor overnight, in a haunted room... Will Pearl make it home for Christmas? ...

` Time to find out if you are a magician, Gwyn`. Gwyn`s grandmother leaves him five gifts: a brooch, a piece of dried seaweed, a tin whistle, a scarf, & a broken toy horse. She tells him they will help make him a magician
- but can Gwyn use them to bring his missing sister, Bethan, home? The Snow Spider won the 1986 Smarties Grand Prix & it was awarded the Tir na n-Og Award in 1987. This edition celebrates its 30th anniversary of first publication. Fantastic reading for Harry Potter fans from the author of Charlie Bone. Children who loved Moondial & Tom`s Midnight Garden will relish this book. Perfect for readers aged 8 years & up. ”A heart-warming story full of wonder & magic” (Julia Eccleshare).
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