SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012. Malaya 1949. After studying law at Cambrige & time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals Yun Ling Teoh herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri the only Japanese garden in Malaya & its owner & creator the enigmatic Aritomo exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice 'until the monsoon comes'. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei & his art while outside the garden the threat of murder & kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo & how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Ling's friend & host Magnus Praetorius seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of ' Yamashita's Gold' & does it have any basis in fact? & is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all? ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012. Malaya 1949. After studying law at Cambrige & time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals Yun Ling Teoh herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri the only Japanese garden in Malaya & its owner & creator the enigmatic Aritomo exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice until the monsoon comes. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei & his art while outside the garden the threat of murder & kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo & how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Lings friend & host Magnus Praetorius seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of Yamashitas Gold & does it have any basis in fact? & is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all? ...

This is the International Bestseller. It is the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012. It is the winner of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2013. It is shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. With ravishing sensuousness it conjures up the lush landscapes & tea estates of Malaya during the 1950s Emergency...A haunting novel about memory". (Sunday Times Books of the Year). In the highlands of Malaya a woman sets out to build a memorial to her sister killed at the hands of the Japanese during the brutal Occupation of their country. Yun Ling's quest leads her to The Garden of Evening Mists & to Aritomo a man of extraordinary skill & reputation once the gardener of the Emperor of Japan. When she accepts his offer to become his apprentice she begins a journey into her past inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country's history." ...

The picture possessed a frightful beauty one which burned so brightly that once witnessed could never be unseen.. . Even the presence of two corpses one clearly murdered the other dead through strange & suspicious circumstances did nothing to distract their attention from the canvas.. . In a hidden studio in an area of Rome where the Vatican liked to keep an eye on the citys prostitutes an art expert from the Louvre is found dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings that Nic Costa has ever seen -- an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. But before long tragedy will strike Nic far closer to home. The main suspects identity is known but he remains untouchable -- protected in his grand palazzo by a fleet of lawyers & a sinister cult known as the Ekstasists. If Costa & his team can crack the reasons for the cults existence he may well stand a chance of nailing the double-killer. But the mystery will take him right back to Caravaggio himself & the reasons he had to flee Rome all those centuries before.. . ...

The prequel to the compelling saga that began with ' Flowers in the Attic' repackaged for a new generation of fans. THEIR DARKEST SECRETS WOULD TURN TO SHAME & HAUNT THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. Olivia Winfield's hopes blossomed when the dashing Malcolm Foxworth asked her to marry him. But her hopes withered like flowers in the scorching sun when his true nature was revealed. Foxworth Hall the beautiful home that should have given them so much happiness became like a prison to her with Malcolm the cruellest of jailers. Suddenly unexpectedly the hand of friendship was offered to Olivia when Alicia her father-in-law's new young bride came to Foxworth Hall. The two women were unlikely companions but soon the laughter of their youth filled the gloomy place. Yet over them both loomed the shadow of Malcolm whose dark desires were to sow the seeds of a shocking secret that would lead in time to a darkened locked attic room... ...

This title contains four Maeve Binchy short stories specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4. Maeve Binchy is one of Britains most popular & bestselling authors & this collection of four stories from the BBC Radio 4 archive shows her at her most insightful & imaginative. In The Garden Party" Helen envies her neighbour Debbie Kennedys garden
- & her life
- but discovers that things are not always as they seem; while " The Special Sale" sees lonely Yvonne arranging a special lunch for her friend Frank & his children on the day after Christmas." The Sensible Celebration" finds Lorna about to throw a small party to celebrate the decade gone by: but as she plans she starts to think about her life & her marriage. Finally in " Dollys Mother" the beauty grace & efficiency of her perfect parent have always made Dolly feel inferior
- until the day of her sixteenth birthday. These four stories never collected together in book form & unique to audio are read by acclaimed actors Niamh Cusack Dervla Kirwan Doreen Hepburn & Stella Mc Cusker."


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This superb handbook encourages you to look at what you want from your garden & shows how to achieve it. There are original ...

Graham Payne has set out the ground rules for Mediterranean gardeners clearly & comprehensively. Here is the vast range of plants to consider growing what they offer & what they dem&. This is an eminently practical book."
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Scotland is one of the best places in the world to garden. Its maritime climate ample rainfall & the rarity of severe droughts & really hot weather mean that huge numbers of plants grow well there. But the climate varies considerably
- from the colder wetter windier mountainous areas to the west coast where tender plants can be grown outdoors all year round
- & choosing plants that are suited to the local conditions is critical to success. Kenneth Cox & Raoul Curtis-Machin have evaluated the performance of thousands of plants in gardens all over Scotland drawing on the knowledge & experience of many gardeners & nurserymen & in this book they describe
- with over 800 photographs
- the most reliable shrubs conifers trees fruit & perennials for Scotl&. In this book Scottish gardeners will find accurate information & hundreds of great plants ideally suited to where they live.



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A beautiful & serene garden scene will greet your visitors on the cover of this visitors book. Inside the lines & writing are a soft lilac. The book opens out flat & there is space for date name address on the left hand page & comments on the other. Measures approximately: W 250 x H 200mm. ...