It is August time of the first harvest traditional time of plenty. But at the farthest reaches of the Hyddenworld in sea-bound Englalond disaster looms. A blight in the land is growing marked by quakes & increasingly unnatural blizzards. Judith is tasked with healing the land but this burden is almost unbearable. Lonely & lovelorn she threatens to reap a terrible harvest of her own. Yet a trio of hydden travellers hold out hope -- for both the land & the war threatening the hydden people. For Jack & Katherine Judiths parents the shadow of the hydden Empires army looms large. They must muster allies or it will mean disaster for the city of Brum. & only Bedwyn Stort Brums famed scrivener has the courage to unravel a secret that could heal their world. The lost gem of Autumn must be found & Stort must risk death to seek it. Only his love for Judith will give him the will to endure -- & bring her the gem she needs to tame the wild earth. PRAISE FOR THE HYDDENWORLD NOVELS: Elements from historical fiction folk tales & legends. The real hook though is the characters.. . The writing is beautiful Waterstones Books Quarterly Everything that I hoped for began to happen... It was a delight to read Fantasy Book Review.co.uk This is a return to the traditional; an intimate delicate & delightfully written novel Total Scifi Online.com ...

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As late summer steals in & the final pearls of barley are gleaned a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders -- two men & a dangerously magnetic woman -- arrives on the woodland borders & puts up a make-shift camp. That same night the local manor house is set on fire. Over the course of seven days Walter Thirsk sees his hamlet unmade: the harvest blackened by smoke & fear the new arrivals cruelly punished & his neighbours held captive on suspicion of witchcraft. But something even darker is at the heart of his story & he will be the only man left to tell it.. . Told in Jim Crace's hypnotic prose Harvest evokes the tragedy of land pillaged & communities scattered as England's fields are irrevocably enclosed. Timeless yet singular mythical yet deeply personal this beautiful novel of one man & his unnamed village speaks for a way of life lost for ever. ...

Infidelity & long-kept secrets threaten to destroy a family in Pamela Evans gripping new London saga. Its 1920 & ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold Clara is feeling trapped in her dead-end job & longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his familys orchard in Kent. Clara is finally content but the longer she spends with the Fenners the more she begins to suspect that all is not what it seems. What is the dark secret that hangs over them all? As Claras feelings for Charlie grow she realises she has an enemy on the farm who wants her gone at any cost... ...

Painting is to dream said Hundertwasser. When the dream is over I dont remember anything I dreamed about. The painting however remains. It is the harvest of my dream. This statement is at the heart of this engaging introduction to the work of the eccentric artist humanitarian environmentalist & architect who dedicated his life to the beautification of the world we live in. Dozens of activities in this book will captivate children of all ages & take them on a journey through a magical world of creativity & self-fulfillment. The projects here help young readers discover natures gifts encourage exploration of what lies outside ones doorstep & emphasise the importance of ecological harmony as vital to living a happier life. Children & their parents will return again & again to this colourful & entertaining tribute to an artist whose legacy offers hope & inspiration for all of us. ...

This historical account traces the route from its origins to the introduction of the worlds largest ferries the Stena Britannica & Stena Hollandica. This publication has a wealth of previously unseen photographs which compliment the book together with a chapter on the construction of new vessels for the service for 2010. Fleet list included. ...

Harwich Dovercourt & Parkeston merge into each other on the Essex promontory where the rivers Stour & Orwell flow into the North Sea. They have a long history as maritime & agricultural settlements. From the 1950s to the 1980s Harwich commercial photographer Alf Smith captured the life of the district. David Kindred has selected the cream of the surviving photographs for which local historian Peter Goodwin has provided informative captions. As expected there are a good number of photographs of the port shipping & fisheries Harwich being at one time famous for its shrimping. Other transport scenes include the railway. Harwich street scenes show the town as it was fifty years ago. The past is also recalled in the social pictures: beauty pageants football teams events & occasions such as the Queens visit. The heavy snow of 1963 brought the children out tobogganing. The surrounding region is depicted in farm scenes of potato harvesting binders & early combine harvesting. The South Goodwin lighthouse appears & pirate radio is a feature of the book. Davis Kindred whose extensive archive of photographs is a major source of information for Ipswich & the surrounding area has prepared many photographic books of local interest. ...

This guide was commissioned by the Institution of Civil Engineers & the Building Research Establishment to provide practical guidance for homeowners whose properties have been affected by subsidence or heave or who are concerned by the potential risk of damage. The first best-selling edition dealt specifically with the problems associated with properties founded on shrinkable clay soils & was reprinted many times. The second edition has been expanded to include sections on other types of subsidence & causes of damage that are unrelated to foundation movement. It also looks at the potential problems that can arise when buying or selling a property that has previously been affected by subsidence. ...

For millions of people across the world lighting up a joint is no more controversial than having a cup of tea. But in Hash Wensley Clarkson explores the dark & sinister side of this multi-billion pound business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld network of dealers drug barons bent cops & even terrorists. Sex intimidation bribery & murder are all employed in a quest for vast profits. Travelling from the lawless Rif mountains in Morocco to darkened warehouses in Spain protected by heavily armed gangsters this is a revelatory roller-coaster ride through the secret world of Hash. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...