This is a story about a snow-covered island you wont find on any map. Its the story of a girl Minou. A year ago her mother walked out into the rain & never came back. Its about a magician & a priest & a dog called No Name. Its about a fathers endless hunt for the truth. Its about a dead boy who listens & Minous search for her mothers voice. Its a story of how even the most isolated places have their own secrets. Its a story you will never forget. ...

THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX is vintage Maggie O' Farrell: a stunning imagining of a life stolen & reclaimed. Edinburgh ...

Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father Andrew she now has a young daughter a handsome fianc & her own Search & Rescue bloodhound
- which she uses to find missing persons. But as she plans her wedding she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. Then a policeman shows up at her door arresting her father for the kidnap of a little girl. & Delia's past & present fracture into little pieces. VANISHING ACTS is a book about the very nature & power of memory. It explores what happens when the past we have been running from catches up to us & questions who we trust to tell us the story of our lives before we are capable of remembering it ourselves.
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There was a smell in the air of tar & rope & rusted chain a smell of tidal water. Down harbour around the point was the open sea. Here was the freedom I desired long sought-for not yet known. Freedom to write to walk to wander freedom to climb hills to pull a boat to be alone.. .I for this & this for me. Daphne du Maurier lived in Cornwall for most of her life. Its rugged coastline wild terrain & tumultuous weather inspired her imagination & many of her works are set there including Rebecca Jamaica Inn & Frenchmans Creek. In Vanishing Cornwall she celebrates the land she loved exploring its legends its history & its people eloquently making a powerful plea for Cornwalls preservation. ...

Vanishing Ireland is a unique collection of portrait interviews looking at the dying ways & traditions of Irish life & taking us back to an Ireland virtually unrecognisable to todays post-boom generation. Illustrated with over a hundred evocative & stunning photographs we meet the people & customs that shaped the cultural identity of the Irish nation. Through their own words & memories sixty-four men & women transport us back to a time when people lived off the land & the sea when music & storytelling were essential parts of life when a person was defined by their trade. Divided into five parts
- Children of the Field Children of the Music Children of the Horse Children of the Trade & Children of the Water
- Vanishing Ireland brings together the stories of those who lived through Irelands formative years. We hear of children harassed by the Black & Tans of ceilis in kitchens & the rigours of working in the fields of the wonder of electricity & the devastation of emigration. From coalminers to saddlers farmers to fishermen along with horse dealers publicans housemaids & musicians
- these remarkably poignant interviews & photographs in their simplicity & honesty will make you laugh & cry but above all will provide a valuable chronicle that connects twenty-first century Ireland to a rapidly disappearing world.


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1976: friends Marcus & Ruth go missing in Afghanistan during an overland bus trip to Kathmandu. A generation later Ruths niece Amber haunted by the disintegration of her family determines to get at the truth of their disappearance. Was it murder as her father suspected or a suicide pact as the police believed? Tracking down the trips bus driver Cassidy Amber starts to piece together a lost world
- the mystical vibrant hippy trail to India
- & colourful characters like Juliet who imagined herself the reincarnation of an Edwardian traveller. As the mystery surrounding her aunt & the charismatic Marcus unfolds Amber begins a journey of discovery of her own that will lead her not only into the dark secrets of the past & lost love but face to face with a tragedy much closer to home. Bonus content: * Interview with the author about her own overland adventure as an 18 year old that inspired the story * Discussion notes for reading groups

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Its every parents worst nightmare... Stephanie Harker is travelling through the security gates at OHare airport on her way to an idyllic holiday. Five-year-old Jimmy goes through the metal detector ahead of her. But then in panic & disbelief Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away
- & shes stuck the other side of Security hysterical with worry. The authorities unaware of Jimmys existence just see a woman behaving erratically; Stephanie is brutally wrestled to the ground & blasted with a taser gun to restrain her. & by the time she can tell them what has happened Jimmy is long gone. But as Stephanie tells her story to the FBI it becomes clear that everything is not as it seems with this seeminglynormal family. What is Jimmys background? Why would someone want to abduct him? & with time running out how can Stephanie get him back? A breathtakingly rich & gripping psychological thriller The Vanishing Point is Val Mc Dermids most accomplished standalone novel to date a work of haunting brilliance.
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The stunning new novel from the rising star of the crime writing genre Vanishing Point sees DI Jack Brady investigating the ...

Stephanie Harker is travelling through security at O' Hare airport with five-year-old Jimmy. But in a moment everything changes. In disbelief Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away
- & she's stuck the other side of the gates hysterical with worry. The authorities unaware of Jimmy's existence just see a woman behaving erratically; Stephanie is wrestled to the ground & blasted with a taser gun. By the time she can tell them what has happened Jimmy is long gone. But as Stephanie tells her story to the FBI it becomes clear that everything is not as it seems. There are many potential suspects for this abduction. With time rapidly running out how can Stephanie get him back? A breathtakingly rich & gripping psychological thriller The Vanishing Point is Val Mc Dermid's most accomplished standalone novel to date a work of haunting brilliance.
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Why is the Brazilian rainforest vanishing so fast? & why is it essential not only to the people & animals within it but to the whole world? This story seen through the eyes of a child called Remaema describes how the Yanomami tribe are battling against potential developers. Can a solution be found that will protect the forest & allow the tribe to continue living as they always have done while benefiting from limited development? Richard Platts dramatic approach & Rupert van Wyks masterly illustrations accompanied by an information spread offer an exciting perspective on a controversial & topical subject. ...