Described by Rabindranath Tagore as revelations of my true self the poems & songs of Gitanjali" established the writers literary talent worldwide. They include eloquent sonnets such as the famous Where the mind is without fear intense explorations of love faith & nature in Light oh where is the light? & tender evocations of childhood in When my play was with thee. In this new translation to mark the 150th anniversary of Tagores birth William Radice renders with beauty & precision the poetic rhythm & intensity of the Bengali originals. In his arrangement of Tagores original sequence of poems alongside his translations Radice restores to " Gitanjali" the structure style & conception that were hidden by W. B. Yeats edition of 1912 making this book a magnificent addition to the Tagore library." ...

Office worker Eveline Fentons life changes forever when shes caught up in a suffragette march in the summer of 1909. It is here that Eveline meets Constance Mornington. Though the two girls are from very different backgrounds
- Eveline is a grocers daughter from the East End of London & Connie is the daughter of a wealthy Harley Street doctor
- their meeting is the start of a life-long friendship. But both girls are forced to keep their political beliefs from their family: Evelines father doesnt approve of the movement believing a womans place is in the home; & Connies parents are more concerned with respectability. They expect Connie to marry well perhaps dabble in charity work & leave the politics to her husb&. However when Connie falls for a lowly bank clerk she is forced to make a choice between her family & the man she loves. Meanwhile in contrast Eveline finds herself attracted to a gentleman she meets at the suffragette meeting
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In the chilling world of Give Me Your Heart the need for love is obsessive self-destructive & unpredictable. It takes us to forbidden places confronts us with gruesome truths & leads us beyond our control. In the unsettling Strip Poker a reckless teenage girl must turn the tables on a group of threatening young men. Can she outplay them? In the award-winning Smother! a daughters nightmarish childhood memory brings trouble to the door of her bourgeois mother. Which of them will win? In The First Husband a jealous man discovers his wife lied about her first marriage & plans a cruel revenge. Will he go through with it? In these & other powerful tales children move beyond their parents reach wives & husbands wake up as strangers haunted pasts intrude upon uncertain futures & lives hang in the balance. In ten razor-sharp stories National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates shows that the most deadly mysteries often begin at home."" ...

Give the Dog a Bone" is one of the titles in Allan Ahlbergs iconic childrens picture book series about skeletons " Funnybones". Despite being set in a dark dark house this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! The dog skeleton is falling apart
- bits of him are dropping off
- bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces & put him back together again? " By far our best writer for the young". (" Daily Telegraph"). Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 childrens books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning childrens picture books including " Peepo!" " Each Peach Pear Plum" & the Kate Greenaway Medal winning " The Jolly Postman". Other titles in the " Funnybones" series include " Funnybones" " The Ghost Train" " The Black Cat" " The Pet Shop" " Bumps in the Night" " Dinosaur Dreams" " Skeleton Crew" " Mystery Tour" & "A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection" all of which are available from Puffin."

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It's a perfect world where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath the surface... It is the future. There is no war no hunger no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female & male child. Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders & they never make a mistake. Jonas a sensitive twelve-year-old boy had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Although they appear to have everything they are missing something of great importance. It is up to Jonas with the help of the Giver to find what long ago had been lost. & so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it. Simply & beautifully written The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader. Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted. Through the noble character of Jonas she presents a glimpse of what could be the future. As the tension in the novel mounts so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with. The Giver is a book of courage & adventure & most importantly one of deep thought. Once readers make contact with Lowry's treasure they may never see things exactly quite the same. Lowry presents a forceful novel that demands to be heard & philosophically dealt with. ...

The Giving Tree" is a classic & moving story by Shel Silverstein. Once there was a little tree.. .and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception beautifully written & illustrated by the gifted & versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples swing from her branches or slide down her trunk.. .and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree & the tree gave & gave & gave. This is a tender story touched with sadness aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving & a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Shel Silverstein's very first children's book " Lafcadio" the " Lion Who Shot Back" was published in 1963 & followed the next year by two other books. The first of those " The Giving Tree" is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same year with "A Giraffe & a Half". His first collection of poems & drawings " Where the Sidewalk Ends" appeared in 1974 & his second "A Light in the Attic" in 1981. When he was a G.I. in Japan & Korea in the 1950 he learned to play the guitar & to write songs including "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. In 1984 Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for " Where the Sidewalk Ends"
- 'recited sung & shouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright including the 1981 hit " The Lady or the Tiger Show". The last book to be published before he died in 1999 was " Falling Up" (1996)."
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From the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall a wry shocking & beautiful memoir of childhood ghosts hauntings illness & family. Giving up the Ghost is award-winning novelist Hilary Mantels uniquely unusual five-part autobiography. Opening in 1995 with A Second Home Mantel describes the death of her stepfather which leaves her deeply troubled by the unresolved events of her childhood. In Now Geoffrey Dont Torment Her Mantel takes the reader into the muffled consciousness of her early childhood culminating in the birth of a younger brother & the strange candlelight ceremony of her mothers churching. In Smile an account of teenage perplexity Mantel describes a household where the keeping of secrets has become a way of life. Finally at the memoirs conclusion Mantel explains how through a series of medical misunderstandings & neglect she came to be childless & how the ghosts of the unborn like chances missed or pages unturned have come to haunt her life as a writer. ...

Gizzi Erskine's magic touch is simple
- but effective. Instead of just dazzling one-off recipes this cookbook will give you
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Isabel lives in Portland Oregon & works in a library repairing damaged books. She longs to visit the destinations revealed in their pages. Her daydreams are peopled by memories from her Alaskan childhood the glaciers that are being lost. Meanwhile she's just the tiniest bit lonely & lovelorn. The object of her affection a soldier recently returned from Afghanistan who also works in the basement of the library seems equally quiet & so perhaps it's no surprise that their contact has been limited to only snatched moments. But today is the day that will all change. Isabel is determined to finally open up to him to find the perfect vintage dress for this evening's party & to invite him along. But of course life rarely happens as we plan it. ...

Glaciers & Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating & accessible it has established a reputation as a comprehensive & essential resource. In this new edition the text references & illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give todays reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature origin & behaviour of glaciers & the geological & geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth. The first part of the book investigates the processes involved in forming glacier ice the nature of glacier-climate relationships the mechanisms of glacier flow & the interactions of glaciers with other natural systems such as rivers lakes & oceans. In the second part the emphasis moves to landforms & sediment the interpretation of the earths glacial legacy & the reconstruction of glacial depositional environments & palaeoglaciology. ...