In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat & a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one mans guilt. For on San Piedro memories grow as thickly as cedar trees & the fields of ripe strawberries
- memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy & a Japanese girl; memories of land desired paid for & lost. Above all San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbours watched.
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Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer & to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape & size of her feet this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage & change the fortunes of her family. To prepare for her new life she must undergo the agonies of footbinding learn nu shu the famed secret women's writing & make a very special friend Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything. ...

WINNER OF THE HAWTHORNDEN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR One winter after an enforced period of quiet William Fiennes finds himself restless & yearning for adventure. Inspired by his reading about the migratory patterns of birds he flies to Texas to find the million-strong flocks of snow geese & to follow them on their spring flight thousands of miles north to breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. This mesmerizing book already a classic captures their journey with wisdom humility & endless curiosity. It is a meditation on freedom of movement on seeing the world anew & on the joy of returning -- indefinably changed. Why are we drawn to birds to landscape to nature? It is for the sense of wonder -- & in capturing that sense of wonder Fiennes reminds us how desperately we all need it Sunday Telegraph The Snow Geese moved me as have few other recent books. No one who reads it is likely to continue to look at the world in the same way Times Literary Supplement A beautifully solitary & beautifully reflective book Evening Standard The descriptions of the geese & their environment are jaw-droppingly beautiful. But Fiennes most remarkable talent is for describing the"idian with such freshness that it is like seeing the world for the first time Mail on Sunday An inspired work of natural history & travel. A classic Irish Independent ...

Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. One afternoon a hauntingly beautiful child Fritha visits Rhayader bringing with her an injured snow goose. At first Fritha is scared of Rhayader with his sinister hump & crooked hand but he is gentle & kind & Fritha begins to visit regularly. When the snow goose departs for home Rhayader is left alone again. The following winter the snow goose & Fritha return to the lighthouse. Time passes & one year Fritha is frightened to discover her feelings for Rhayader. But this is 1940 & Rhayader is setting sail for Dunkirk to help the soldiers trapped on the beaches. Fritha never sees Rhayader again. But the story of the saviour with the snow goose passes from soldier to soldier & into legend... ...

This is a classic storytelling from a bestselling author. Gallico's most famous story The Snow Goose" is set in the wild desolate Essex marshes & is an intense & moving tale about the relationship between a hunchback & a young girl. " The Small Miracle" is a contemporary fable about a young boy's love for his dangerously ill donkey." ...

One September the writer & explorer Peter Matthiessen set out with field biologist George Schaller to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. They wanted to study the wild blue sheep the bharal but also hoped to see the snow leopard a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical. The Snow Leopard" is not only an exquisite book of natural history but an extraordinary account of an inner journey; a 'true pilgrimage a journey of the heart'." ...

From the beginning of time high above the hidden valley Snow Leopard has sung the stars to life the sun to rise & the moon to wax & wane. She has woven words of protection to keep the hidden valley safe from the world & as she sings a child lies dreaming the song down in the valley beneath. But time is passing & Snow Leopard needs to find a singer who will follow her. But while she is searching soldiers come looking for gold & slaves... Jackie Morriss poetic text weaves the spirit of nature into a universal myth for our time drawing threads of transformation into a childrens story glistening with wonder. Set against the stunning landscapes of the Himalayas her superlative illustrations of the nearly-extinct Snow Leopard offer a message of hope at a time when many of the worlds wildest places are being worn away by human beings. ...

Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the wind-swept coast of Albion. Nothing incredible has ever happened to her until one winters night. The night the Snow Merchant comes. He claims to be an alchemist
- the greatest that ever lived
- & in a mahogany suitcase he carries his newest invention. It is an invention that will change Letties life
- & the world
- forever. It is an invention called snow.



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The classic 1844 Hans Christian Anderson story here illustrated by a stunning new Ukrainian artist. The Snow Queen has a heart ...

This title features two beautiful compassionate animal stories from the snowy north The Rainbow Bear & Little Albatross" by internationally bestselling " War Horse" author Michael Morpurgo. Collected together for the first time & featuring Michael Foreman's original stunning illustrations this is a gem of a book to be enjoyed over & over again." ...