ring the hill tom cox

A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked Quite A Lot Of Hills where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether it s a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Tom s characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Tom s lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.

Objev podobné jako Ring the Hill - Tom Cox

Inspired by our native landscapes, saturated by the shadows beneath trees and behind doors, listening to the run of water and half-heard voices, Tom Cox s first collection of short stories is a series of evocative and unsettling trips into worlds previously visited by the likes of M. R. James and E. F. Benson.Railway tunnels, the lanes and hills of the Peak District, family homes, old stones, shreds fluttering on barbed wire, night drawing in, something that might be an animal shifting on the other side of a hedge: Tom has drawn on his life-long love of weird fiction, folklore and nature s unregarded corners to write a collection of stories that will delight fans old and new, and leave them very uneasy about turning the reading lamp off.

Objev podobné jako Help the Witch - Tom Cox

The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox.A Guardian, Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year*Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich*From Titus Andronicus with the RSC to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO s Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction and versatility. We know him on screen, but few know of his extraordinary life story.Growing up in Dundee, Scotland, Cox lost his father when he was just eight years old and was brought up by his three elder sisters in the aftermath of his mother s nervous breakdowns and ultimate hospitalization. After joining the Dundee Repertory Theatre at the age of fifteen, you could say the rest is history - but that is to overlook the enormous graft that has gone into the making of the legend we know today. This is a rags-to-riches life story like no other - a seminal autobiography that both captures Cox s distinctive voice and his very soul. One of the best showbiz memoirs ever written... it s as funny as it is furious... Brian Cox has done everything and with this book he leaves everyone else standing Mail on Sunday Absolute heaven Sunday Times A hugely readable memoir from a giant of stage and screen Mark Kermode A life well lived and a story well told. From first page to last Brian Cox the great actor is Brian Cox the great storyteller, and nobody is spared his sharp eye and his caustic wit, himself and some big Hollywood names included Alastair Campbell Laced with his characteristic generosity, self-deprecation and cut-the-crap wisdom Harriet Walter Mesmerizing Peter Biskind Blisteringly brilliant Bryony Gordon Funny and irreverent The Times

Objev podobné jako Putting the Rabbit in the Hat - Brian Cox

Scary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread and inevitability as Jackson s original NEIL GAIMANDiscover the landmark first novel ever to return to Hill House, officially authorised by the Shirley Jackson estate. It s so vivid, full of totemic menace and with a heart-in-your-mouth, can t-look-away frisson BRIDGET COLLINS In some ways even more enjoyable than the original. Genuinely sinister and beautifully written ROSIE ANDREWS Welcome back to Hill House. Read by daylight, and never alone ALIX E. HARROW Hill House is back and as haunting as ever. Some of the most striking scares I ve read in years ANA REYES_______Sixty years later, Hill House is occupied againPlaywright Holly Sherwin is close to her big break. Having received a grant to develop her new play, all she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. Then on a weekend away, she stumbles upon Hill House - an ornate if crumbling gothic mansion, near-hidden outside a small town.Soon Holly s troupe of actors - each with ghosts of their own - arrive at Hill House for a creative retreat. But before long they find themselves at odds not just with one another, but with the house itself.For something has been waiting patiently in Hill House all these years.Something no longer content to walk alone. _______ Evocative and unsettling, capturing the essence of the original whilst offering something brand new CARLY REAGON A novel dripping in atmosphere and intrigue JOANNE BURN As unnerving and disorienting as Hill House itself LAURA SHEPPERSON A subtle and deeply unnerving ghost story AMANDA MASON Creepy, tragic, and haunting. I tore through its pages VICTOR LaVALLE Not a simple act of ventriloquism but a true marriage of minds DAN CHAON

Objev podobné jako A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Hand

Hill farming is a way of life and, although the hill farmer in the north of England has changed with the times, the traditions remain strong and the dramatic upland landscape is eternal. In Hill Farming in the North of England , photographer John Bentley has had access to the world of the hill farmer. Hill farming is round-the-clock work, season to season, still predominantly done on family farms. In this book farmers at work are shown through the seasons of the year, which dictate the farming calendar, from providing winter feed for the livestock â “ mostly sheep and cattle â “ to shearing, haymaking, lambing in the spring and â ˜tuppingâ ™ in the autumn, and going to sales, shows and sheepdog trials. It is a visual portrait of a remarkable way of life and part of our farming heritage. Look through these photographs and you will quickly see the unique challenges of hill farming in the stunning but often harsh landscape of the north of England.

Objev podobné jako Hill Farming in the North of England - John Bentley

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. The text of this edition has been fully corrected and revised in collaboration with Christopher Tolkien and is accompanied by nineteen watercolour paintings from Alan Lee.

Objev podobné jako The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien

Serrailler, Hill s brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer s crime fiction novels CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLPEOPLE ARE GOING MISSING. ONLY ONE THING LINKS THEIR CASES.THEY ALL DISAPPEAR ON THE HILL.A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill in Lafferton. The police have one lead - a pair of expensive cuff-links found in her flat, with a mysterious note attached to them.Then a young girl, an old man and even a dog disappear in quick succession in exactly the same place.Young policewoman Freya Graffham and Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler are given the task of unravelling the mystery. But can they find the Hill killer before he strikes again? A gripping whodunnit and a subtle study of the mind of a psychopath Daily MailDiscover the first edge-of-your seat novel in the bestselling Simon Serrailler series that over ONE MILLION readers have devoured.

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Classic hardback edition of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, featuring Tolkien s original unused dust-jacket design. Includes special packaging and the definitive edition of the text with fold-out map and colour plate section.Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.This classic hardback features Tolkien s original unused dust-jacket design, and its text has been fully restored with almost 400 corrections - with the full co-operation of Christopher Tolkien - making it the definitive version, and as close as possible to the version that J.R.R. Tolkien intended. Also included is the original red and black map of the Shire and - for the first time - a special plate section containing the pages from the Book of Mazarbul.

Objev podobné jako The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien

Will its words uncover a dark family secret?Readers love Josephine Cox! Loved the story and the characters Family secrets hidden away for years. I really loved this story I was hooked from start to finish This one goes to the top of my list ... a five star read Another gripping and dramatic family drama from the Sunday Times bestsellerBella can t wait to be married to her fiancee Sidney, and dreams of the day she will walk up the aisle to be given away by her widowed father, with her bookish sister Alice as her bridesmaid.Their lives are disturbed when they receive a letter from their fifteen-year-old cousin Millie. Taken in by her austere aunt and uncle when her parents were killed in an accident, Millie says she is being badly treated and pleads to be rescued.When the two sisters take a trip to find out the truth, things take a troubling turn. Millie is brought home to live with them, her only possessions her ill-fitting clothes and a tatty suitcase.But soon they are questioning this act of kindness. Does their teenaged cousin just need some love and kindness? Or is she a troublemaker, with only mischief and malice on her mind...?

Objev podobné jako The Letter - Josephine Cox

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Now published again in B format, J.R.R. Tolkien s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.

Objev podobné jako The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien

Thick with owls and badgers, oak trees and wood piles, scarecrows and ghosts, and Tom Cox s loud and excitable dad, this book is full of the folklore of several counties the ancient kind and the everyday variety as well as wild places, mystical spots and curious objects. Emerging from this focus on the detail are themes that are broader and bigger and more important than ever.Tom s writing treads a new path, one that has a lot in common with a rambling country walk; it s bewitched by fresh air and big skies, intrepid in minor ways, haunted by weather and old stories and the spooky edges of the outdoors, restless and prone to a few detours, but it always reaches its destination in the end.

Objev podobné jako 21st-Century Yokel - Tom Cox

Whatever walks there, no longer walks alone . . .Playwright Holly Sherwin is close to her big break. Having received a grant to develop her new play, all she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. Then on a weekend away, she stumbles upon Hill House - an ornate if crumbling gothic mansion, near-hidden outside a small town.Soon Holly s troupe of actors - each with ghosts of their own - arrive at Hill House for a creative retreat. But before long they find themselves at odds not just with one another, but with the house itself. For something has been waiting patiently in Hill House all these years.Something no longer content to walk alone.

Objev podobné jako A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Handová

Itâ ™s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isnâ ™t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance. Heâ ™s made a list, but heâ ™s not checking it twice as the whole of humanity is on it. Who would want to summon such a thing? And how is anyone going to be able to send it back?As if that wasnâ ™t enough to be dealing with, a shocking revelation about a member of The Stranger Times teamâ ™s past brings family together, but not in a way thatâ ™s ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie.Featuring demonically possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, itâ ™s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas apocalypse . . . Ring the Bells is the fifth book in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and laugh-out-loud funny The Stranger Times series.The reviewers loved Relight My Fire: McDonnell s world is transgressively hilarious, grimly banal and beguilingly warm. Of course there s a story that the intrepid journalists of The Stranger Times have to tease out: grave-robbing, cryogenics, a very angry witch, and a washed-up indie legend looking for a lost album, but the real joy lies in the pitfalls and pratfalls of getting there. DAILY MAIL An absolute riot of a read. DAILY EXPRESS Laugh-out-loud funny and full of colourful characters. DAILY MIRROR Itâ ™s no secret that here at SciFi Towers weâ ™re massive fans of the Stranger Times series by C. K. McDonnell. SciFiNOW I loved the dry and embedded humour of this book, it s the stuff of life . . . the whole thing is great fun. SFCROSWNEST Relight My Fire is perhaps the best since the original. STARBURST

Objev podobné jako Ring the Bells - C. K. McDonnell

What will happen when Gran takes a chocolate cake to a picnic in The Picnic on the Hill?An exciting new set of Level 1+ stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with familiar settings and real-life scenarios that children can relate to that will delight young readers. Featuring all your favourite characters, children will enjoy exploring the detailed humorous illustrations and be captivated by the storylines.These phonics-based stories are perfect for embedding and building on children s phonics knowledge. They contain high-interest vocabulary to support language development.Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with the child, supporting their decoding and language comprehension development. Free teaching notes on Oxford Owl support independent reading, guided reading, writing, and speaking, listening and drama activities.

Objev podobné jako Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: The Picnic on the Hill - Roderick Hunt

The story of surfing in Scotland is defined by people who dared to dream in spite of the cold, from Neva MacDonald-Haig and the coffin-lid surfers of Machrihanish, who first took to the waves off the west coast in the 1930s with a little help from a local undertaker, to Andy Bennetts and the pioneers of the 1960s, who discovered many of the nation s best breaks, to contemporary big wave surfer Ben Larg, a native of the tiny island of Tiree who now travels the world riding skyscraper-sized walls of water for a living.Scotland is also home to a rich and distinctive surfing culture, with its own surfboard shapers, surf instructors, surf filmmakers, surf photographers and surf fashion brands, not to mention surf-inspired artists and musicians. Professional contests held at some of Scotland s best waves have drawn visits from surfing world champions including Tom Curren, Sunny Garcia and John John Florence, and in recent years Scotland s own surfers have begun to make their presence felt on the competitive stage, with the Scottish surf team featuring at the World Surfing Games and at Eurosurf after finally gaining official recognition in 2014.The View From the Shoulder draws together 20 years of surf journalism from the pages of The Scotsman newspaper, together with fresh context, to create a portrait of a wave-riding community like no other.

Objev podobné jako The View from the Shoulder - Roger Cox

When Silvu is invited to the midwinter feast for the first time, he s unsure how to fit in with the other children. Then, at the request of an unexpected visitor, he finds himself with an important task - to look after a magical ring. The creatures of the forest are there to help him, if he listens. A gorgeous retelling of a Victorian tale.This book is from Readerful s Independent Library. It is for children aged 9 to 10 to read without support. Readerful is a reading library specially designed to motivate children to read more. The series offers contemporary, inclusive books for children from 4 to 11 years, including: Books for Sharing: picture books to be read aloud by an adult for inspiring reading sessionsIndependent Library: fiction, graphic texts, character mini-series and non-fiction for children to read independentlyRise: fully decodable books for older struggling readers to read independently.How Readerful works: - Read aloud the Books for Sharing for magical reading sessions that motivate children to read more. - Then encourage children to choose a book to read by themselves, from Readerful s Independent Library or from Rise. You ll find links between the books topics, vocabulary, characters and authors - all designed to keep children reading, boost their vocabulary and develop their knowledge of the world around them.

Objev podobné jako Readerful Independent Library: Oxford Reading Level 17: Silvu and the Ring - Lou Kuenzlerová

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition.Back in 1992, English football was stuck in the dark ages, emerging from a five-year ban from European competition. The game was physical, bruising and attritional, based on strength over speed, aggression over finesse. It was the era of the midfield general, reducers, big men up front and getting it in the mixer; 4-4-2 was the order of the day. Few teams experimented tactically.And then, almost overnight, it all changed. The creation of the Premier League coincided with one of the most seismic rule changes in football history: the abolition of the back-pass. Suddenly defenders had no-get-out-of-jail-free card, goalkeepers had to be able to field and play the ball and the pace of the game quickened immeasurably. Tactics evolved dramatically, helped by an increased foreign influence.The Mixer is the first book to delve deep into the tactical story of the Premier League, and take a long view of how the game has developed over the last quarter century. From FergusonÂ’s directness to KeeganÂ’s relentlessly attacking Newcastle outfit, to MourinhoÂ’s cagey, reactive Chelsea, all the way to RanieriÂ’s counter-attacking champions, The Mixer is one of the most entertaining, rich and knowledgeable football books ever written.

Objev podobné jako The Mixer - Michael Cox

A PAGE-TURNING COSY MYSTERY SET ON THE PICTURESQUE YORKSHIRE MOORS. FOR FANS OF FAITH MARTIN, BETTY ROWLANDS AND LJ ROSS.Kitt Hartley wakes to the news that a murder has been committed in Irendale, a village high on the wild Yorkshire moors where her boyfriend, DI Malcolm Halloran lived with his ex-wife until she, too, was murdered. The MO of the two crimes is identical, right down to the runic symbols carved into the victims hands.Unable to leave it to the local police to solve, Kitt and Halloran travel to Irendale, where a literary mystery awaits. A line of Anglo-Saxon poetry found on the victim leads to a hiding place, and another cryptic clue. What is the connection to the murder of Halloran s wife all those years ago?It will take the combined ingenuity of Kitt and Halloran, as well as Evie Bowes, Grace Edwards and, despite their best efforts, Ruby the (possible) psychic to solve this case. The moors may be beautiful, but they re not peaceful!

Objev podobné jako Murder on the Moorland - Helen Cox

The epic and foreboding world of the award-winning video game Elden Ring gets turned on its head in this absurd comedy adventure! Follow Aseo the Tarnished as he begins his journey through the Lands Between on the long, looong road to becoming the next Elden Lord. What Aseo lacks in strength, speed, intelligence, charisma, skill, experience, intuition, and common sense, he makes up for in...uhhhâ ¦

Objev podobné jako Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 1 - Inc. FromSoftware, Phil Christie, Nikiichi Tobita, Neal 0

A PAGE-TURNING COSY MYSTERY SET IN THE PICTURESQUE CITY OF YORK. PERFECT FOR FANS OF BETTY ROWLANDS, LJ ROSS AND FAITH MARTIN. A 2020 Miss Marple Woman s Way**********Librarian Kitt Hartley and her friend Evie Bowes thought their life had gone back to normal after the shocking events of Murder by the Minster. Then DI Malcolm Halloran breaks some bad news: DS Charlotte Banks has been suspended from duty, on suspicion of assaulting the suspect in the burglary of a local bookshop. Evie wants justice for Charlotte, who she is sure was not the attacker, and how could any self-respecting librarian turn down the chance to find missing rare books? The two friends team up once again to investigate the rarefied world of York s bookshops and antiques dealers and find out just who has framed their friend. But Kitt and Evie will soon learn that there are some books people will kill for - will this story have a happy ending?**********Readers are loving the Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries Couldn t put it down! ***** I have a new favourite ***** So pleased to have found this author and this series *****

Objev podobné jako A Body in the Bookshop - Helen Cox

A BRAND NEW COSY MYSTERY SERIES SET IN THE PICTURESQUE CITY OF YORK. FOR FANS OF FAITH MARTIN, BETTY ROWLANDS AND LJ ROSS.Meet Kitt Hartley: librarian, trilby-wearer, Lady Grey tea-drinker, taker of no nonsense... detective?It s a perfectly normal day for Kitt Hartley at her job at the University of the Vale of York library, until Detective Inspector Halloran arrives at her desk to tell her that her best friend, Evie Bowes, is under suspicion of murder. Evie s ex-boyfriend Owen has been found dead - with a fountain pen stabbed through his heart - and all the evidence points to her.Kitt knows there is no way Evie could murder anyone - let alone Owen, who she adored. Horrified that the police could have got it so wrong, Kitt decides there s only one thing to do: she s going to investigate Owen s murder herself. She s read hundreds of mystery novels - how hard can it be?With the help of her assistant Grace, and the occasional hindrance of the library s eccentric regulars, Kitt summons up all her investigative powers (absorbed over years of reading everything from Agatha Christie to Ian Rankin) and gets to work. She soon discovers that down the quaint streets and snickelways of York lie darker doings than she d ever dreamed, but she needs to watch her step: the murderer is watching her. And they haven t finished killing yet...

Objev podobné jako Murder by the Minster - Helen Cox

This richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative statuettes from the Hill collection accompanies an exhibition of the collection at the Frick Collection, New York, opening late January 2014.

Objev podobné jako Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection - Claudia Kryza-Gersch, Patricia Wengraf, Dimitrios Zikos, Denise Allen

In this magical, bewitching debut, Molly and Gene Myers marriage is on the brink of collapse. Then a child arrives, with a remarkable appearance. Will he bring them together, or tear their whole world apart?Molly and Gene Myers were happy, until tragedy blighted their hopes of children. During the years of darkness and despair, they each put their marriage in jeopardy, but now they are starting to rebuild their fragile bond. Then the Meteor crashes into Amber Grove, devastating the small New England town - and changing their lives for ever. Molly, a nurse, caught up in the thick of the disaster, is given care of a desperately ill patient rescued from the wreckage: a sick boy with a remarkable appearance, an orphan who needs a mother. And soon the whole world will be looking for him. Cory s arrival has changed everything. And the Myers will do anything to keep him safe. Part ET, part Wonder, part Snow Child, it has the same combination of science fiction and heart-tugging tenderness that Stephen King does so well Grazia Strong and generous Daily Mail Big-hearted Financial Times Wholly fresh and intensely gripping Juliet McKenna

Objev podobné jako Our Child of the Stars - Stephen Cox

When the Spirit of Vengeance comes to judge an entire city, how can one man survive in a place where no one is truly innocent?

Objev podobné jako The Song of the Sycamore - Edward Cox

When the Spirit of Vengeance comes to judge an entire city, how can one man survive in a place where no one is truly innocent?

Objev podobné jako The Song of the Sycamore - Edward Cox

Villages are full of tales: some are forgotten while others become a part of local folklore. But the fortunes of one West Country village are watched over and irreversibly etched into history as an omniscient, somewhat crabby, presence keeps track of village life.In the late sixties a Californian musician blows through Underhill and writes a set of haunting folk songs that will earn him a cult following. Two decades later, some teenagers disturb a body on the local golf course. In 2019, a pair of lodgers discover a one-eyed rag doll hidden in the walls of their crumbling home. Connections are forged and broken across generations, but only the landscape itself can link them together. A landscape threatened by property development and speckled by the pylons whose feet have been buried across the moor.Tom Coxâ ™s masterful debut novel synthesises his passion for music, nature and folklore into a psychedelic and enthralling exploration of village life and the countryside that sustains it.

Objev podobné jako Villager - Tom Cox

Primrose Hill exercises a hold upon the imagination of everyone who climbs it. The site of William Blakeâ ™s vision of the sun, it is a green sanctuary offering a superb and ever-changing view over London. Long before it became a public park in 1842, Primrose Hill attracted duellists, poets, revolutionaries, soldiers, sportsmen and visionaries, as well as prospective developers and large numbers of ordinary Londoners. Martin Sheppardâ ™s scintillating history of Primrose Hill, one of Londonâ ™s greatest landmarks, recounts the many remarkable and sometimes extraordinary events on the hill over the centuries.â ˜Primrose Hill is Londonâ ™s crowning glory. In New York, Paris or Shanghai the place to experience the best view of the city is from a really high building. Not so London, which is best seen from a gentle, very English hilltop. For all London lovers, Martin Sheppardâ ™s book is a truly delightful addition to the cityâ ™s history.â ™ â “ Sir Terry Farrell

Objev podobné jako Primrose Hill - Martin Sheppard

All aboard for the latest Kitt Hartley mystery: a swashbuckling adventure with a charming cast of characters, split between Newcastle and Norway.

Objev podobné jako A Body by the Lighthouse - Helen Cox

The first in a brand new cosy mystery series set in York, starring librarian-turned-sleuth Kitt Hartley

Objev podobné jako Murder by the Minster - Helen Cox

Can a depressed monster learn how to be a hero? Maybe with a little help. The hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel that inspired the movie RUMBLE is now expanded with a new epilogue!In a fantastical 1860s England, every quiet little township is terrorized by a ferocious monster -- much to the townsfolk s delight! Each town s unique monster is a source of local pride, not to mention tourism. Each town, that is... except for one.Unfortunately for the people of Stoker-on-Avon, their monster isn t quite as impressive. In fact, he s a little down in the dumps. Can the morose Rayburn get a monstrous makeover and become a proper horror? It s up to the eccentric Dr. Charles Wilkie and plucky street urchin Timothy to get him up to snuff, before a greater threat turns the whole town to kindling. Monsters of all ages are sure to enjoy this tale about life s challenges, the power of friendship, and creative redemption, packed with epic battles and plenty of wild beasts!Prepare for the release of the 2021 film RUMBLE with this expanded edition of the beloved graphic novel, now featuring a new 10-page epilogue!

Objev podobné jako Monster on the Hill - Rob Harrell

Pavese s novels are works of an extraordinary depth where one never stops finding new levels, new meanings Italo CalvinoJune, 1943. Allied aircraft are bombing Turin; fascist Italy is on its knees. Every evening, after a day s teaching in the city, Corrado returns to the safety of the hills and the care of his two doting landladies. He has no attachments, no obligations. Yet against his better judgement he is drawn to the easy warmth of a circle of anti-fascists who congregate at a nearby tavern, and confronted with a painful choice: emotional and political commitment, with all its dangers - or devastating retreat. Pavese s extraordinary semi-autobiographical novel is a lucid portrayal of missed opportunities and human weakness, set against the seductive intensity of the Italian countryside.Translated with an introduction by Tim ParksShortlisted for The Society of Authors Translation Award 2022

Objev podobné jako The House on the Hill - Cesare Pavese

Amid the chaos of the Second World War comes a charming story of courage and friendship, from the author of Green Dolphin Country and A City of Bells.In the summer of 1940, as the darkest days of the Second World War approach, a chance encounter on a train leads Miss Brown to become housekeeper at the Castle.Hidden in a quiet, rural corner of England, the crumbling castle is home to lonely historian Mr Birley and his nephews, fighter pilot Richard and fair, peace-loving Stephen. With young evacuees Moppet and Poppet, and mysterious violinist Jo Isaacson, this unexpected family of strangers come to rely on each other as the devastations of war rage on.

Objev podobné jako The Castle on the Hill - Elizabeth Goudge

During a terrifying trip into Caelid, Aseo the Tarnished runs into Ranni the Witchâ ”the idol of the Ranni Fan Club! He follows her advice and heads to Liurnia of the Lakes in search of the Great Rune at the Academy of Raya Lucaria. Encountering new people with various lessons to impart, Aseo also reunites with an old friend (?) who has a tip on how to get into the academy! Unfortunately for him, this means facing off against a formidable foe thatâ ™s as shiny as it is scaly. Will the life-and-death struggle finally stir Aseoâ ™s hidden potential? And whatâ ™s waiting for him inside Raya Lucaria if he gets there?!

Objev podobné jako Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 3 - Inc. FromSoftware, Phil Christie, Nikiichi Tobita, Neal 0

Aseo the Tarnished arrives at Redmane Castleâ ¦right on time for the festival of combat! His fellow participants include Blaidd the Half-Wolf, Iron Fist Alexander, and a lineup of some of the finest (and oddest) warriors in all the Lands Between. Together, theyâ ™ll be facing the mightiest of the demigods: Starscourge Radahn! Though the Scarlet Rot ravages Radahnâ ™s body and mind, he still lives up to his fearsome reputation. As Aseo and his crew teeter on the brink of total defeat, Melina steps inâ ”but can her advice turn the tide?!

Objev podobné jako Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 6 - Inc. FromSoftware, Greg Deng, Nikiichi Tobita, John Neal

Aseo the Tarnishedâ ™s exploration of Stormveil Castle puts him on a collision course with the demigod Godrick the Grafted! Now they must face each other in a fierceâ ¦sculpture competition? Who will make the best impression with their most definitely serious and legitimate art skillsâ ”and why is Melina one of the judges?!

Objev podobné jako Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 2 - Inc. FromSoftware, Phil Christie, Nikiichi Tobita, Neal 0

At the request of Sorcerer Rogier, Aseo seeks out Ranni the Witchâ ™s Cursemark of Death. A vassal of Ranni himself, Aseo heads to the Nokron the Eternal City with Blaidd, only to get caught up in the schemes of Preceptor Seluvis...

Objev podobné jako Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 7 - FromSoftware, Greg Deng, Nikiichi Tobita, John Neal

As a boy, Tom’s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in the endless forests; threshing oats, rye, and barley on the farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these rough men and their distinctive clothing, designed for protection and utility.He later said, “When I was young, leather was worn by people who worked outside because it was warm. All the men who wore leather, they were the type of men which I adored.”When he began to draw he celebrated these early idols, improving their wardrobes with tight jeans, faded T-shirts, and thigh-high beak-toed Lappish boots. It was a young logger in this gear who appeared on the spring 1957 cover of Physique Pictorial, introducing Tom to the world.In the decades to follow Tom added truckers, repairmen, construction workers, circus roustabouts, and the American cowboy to his roster of working-class heroes. Though just sexual fantasies for him, his portrayal of blue-collar lovers helped working class gays accept their true selves. The Little Book of Tom: Blue Collar traces Tom’s fascination with working men in one compact and affordable package.A brawny lineup of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings is set alongside archival and contextual material, including historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom’s own reference photos.

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It is the Cold War and Soviet spies are feared. Alasdair stumbles into a web of espionage on the Isle of Skye.

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Peter Diamond s tenth case is a perfect piece of superbly entertaining crime fiction from a master of the genre.Battle and burial are built into the history of Lansdown Hill, so it is no great shock when part of a skeleton is unearthed there. But Peter Diamond, Bath s Head of CID, can t ignore the fresh corpse found close to the folly known as Beckford s Tower. The hill becomes the setting for one of the most puzzling cases he has investigated, involving golf, horseracing, Civil War re-enactment and the Cyrillic alphabet.Inevitably, Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. She resolves to sideline Diamond by sending him to Bristol and handing the skeleton investigation to his deputy, Keith Halliwell. Fortunately matters don t pan out as Georgina plans...

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â ˜A gripping thriller from the man on the inside. You need to read this.â ™ Andy McNabâ ˜Tom Fletcher was the ultimate Downing Street operatorâ ™ David CameronA global conspiracy. A man on the run. What happens when diplomacy fails?An unputdownable thriller, written with unique insight into the highest levels of diplomacy. From the former ambassador and No.10 foreign policy advisor Tom Fletcher, an urgent 21st-century thriller.In the aftermath of a global pandemic, a beautiful and charismatic human rights activist is murdered, live on the internet, at the British Embassy in Paris. It is a mystery that no one wants solved.But, when governments refuse to investigate, Ambassador Ed Barnes is determined to find out the truth himself.The quest for answers plunges Barnes into a world of cyber terrorists and warlords, taking him to Oxford, Copenhagen, the mountains of Snowdonia and Lebanon, where he picks up the trail of a shocking conspiracy.This is an international crisis â “ but also a personal one. Only Barnes can save his family, his diplomatic service and even his country.But can he save himself?Perfect for readers of Robert Pestonâ ™s The Whistleblower, Tom Bradby or Frank Gardner.Praise for The Ambassador â ˜As one long convinced the truth is very often stranger than fiction I enjoyed Tom Fletcherâ ™s debut novel The Ambassador. The author can draw authenticity from a career spent at the coal face of diplomacy and intelligence, which is why it is a page turnerâ ™ Frederick Forsythâ ˜A diplomatic geniusâ ™ Gordon Brownâ ˜A terrific read that blends fact, fiction and fantasy. And a call for all of us to reflect on friendship, family and trust. What do we stand for, and what will we do to defend it?â ™ Sir Graeme Lamb, former Commander of the SASâ ˜A week is a long time in diplomacy: intrigue, betrayal, comradeship and reconciliation! A great read!â ™ Mark Sedwill, Former National Security Adviserâ ˜A very good novelâ ¦ recommendedâ ™ Alastair Campbellâ ˜Vivid and atmospheric, [The Ambassador] rockets around the world with intoxicating verve â ¦ Hugely engagingâ ™ Daily Mailâ ˜A compelling tale of cyber-crime, terrorism and assassinationâ ¦ A real page-turnerâ ™ Tortoise

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Macmillan Readers v úrovni Beginner můžete číst asi po roce studia angličtiny. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 600 slov. Knihy mají 32 až 64 stran. Kniha je balena s audio CD. věk 12+ Popis: Macmillan Readers v úrovni Beginner můžete číst asi po roce studia angličtiny. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 600 slov. Knihy mají 32 až 64 stran. Kniha je balena s audio CD. Angličtina použitá v popisu knihy nevyjadřuje pokročilost.Paul realises he will never be able to marry Maria if he remains poor. When he wins the story competition, he believes his problems are over. Can he marry Maria now?

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â ˜A diplomatic geniusâ ™ Gordon Brownâ ˜Tom Fletcher is the essential diplomat, and was my support and sounding board about virtually every country on earthâ ™ David CameronHow far will he go to save a future he may never see?Having been made High Commissioner in Nairobi, Ed Barnes is keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. But when his daughter, Stephanie, is kidnapped following a security crisis for which he is blamed, his attempts at normality fall apart once again. He finds himself at the heart of a complex negotiation with a dangerous Somali terrorist group, in an effort to avert a regional security crisis and free his daughter.Meanwhile, across the globe a series of political assassinations have been shaking the world of business and government. Tensions boil over when a Chinese envoy is murdered in Jordan, only days before a crucial climate change conference, sparking a diplomatic crisis and the threat of US/China confrontation.In the search for his daughter, Barnes follows the trail of violence from Kenya, through the highest levels of the UN in Geneva, to the Dead Sea in Jordan. With the world on the brink of ecological crisis, Barnes must uncover the terrible truth about the assassinations, prevent a global conflict and save the climate deal. But how much is he prepared to sacrifice to be a good ancestor?The explosive sequel to The Ambassador from former No.10 advisor Tom Fletcher, The Assassin is perfect for fans of Robert Peston, Ken Follett and Tom Bradby.Praise for The Diplomat Thrillers The author can draw authenticity from a career spent at the coal face of diplomacy and intelligence, which is why it is a page turnerâ ™ Frederick Forsyth I read it in one go Kim Stanley Robinson A call for all of us to reflect on friendship, family and trust. What do we stand for, and what will we do to defend it?â ™ Sir Graeme Lamb, former Commander of the SAS Vivid and atmospheric... rockets around the world with intoxicating verve. Hugely engaging Daily Mail

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A new picture-book Christmasaurus story from beloved children s author Tom Fletcher, with breathtaking illustrations from Shane Devries - now in paperback!Meet the Christmasaurus, a very special dinosaur who’s determined to make Christmas perfect . . . Twas the night before Christmas and at the North Pole,The festive excitement was out of control!The elves were all wrapping the last of the toysThat Santa would soon give to good girls and boys . . .All Christmasaurus wants to do is help Santa and the elves get ready for the big day. But everything he does goes disastrously wrong. Then, someone special shows him that things don t need to be perfect to wonderful.Because the true spirit of Christmas comes from the unique sparkle in each and every one of us. With brilliant read-aloud rhyme by Tom Fletcher, magical illustrations from Shane Devries and two stunning pull-out gatefold spreads, this gorgeous book is the perfect Christmas gift. More Christmas magic from Tom Fletcher:The Christmasaurus – Tom Fletcher s timeless picture-book adventure

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A moving celebration of the power of books and reading from bestselling author and illustrator, Tom Percival, creator of Ruby #39;s Worry. Mia feels alone; so alone that it #39;s as if she lives on a small island, far out to sea. But then one day, Mia is given a book - the first she has ever been able to call her own. As Mia reads the book, bridges appear and her island fills with colour and life. And the more Mia reads, the stronger the bridges become, opening up a world of connection and hope... Because a book can take you anywhere... Celebrate the power of books and reading in this moving picture book by Tom Percival, author of Ruby #39;s Worry and The Invisible, among many more. Also by Tom Percival and published by Simon Schuster:The Sea SawThe InvisibleThe River

Objev podobné jako The Bridges - Tom Percival

⠘A brilliantly clever puzzle box of a book full of Christie-esque twists, turns and thrills ⠓ with a gloriously realised setting⠙ Lucy Foley A trip into the arctic darkness you won t want to miss! J M Hall The setting is stunning and the mystery is entertaining. The Guardian Terrific... claustrophobic, surreal [and] dazzling The Sunday Times__________________________________________A frozen wilderness.A killer in the skies.When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she⠙s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.But she hasn⠙t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.It seems everyone⠙s a suspect.And it isn⠙t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .________________________________________ Fiendishly clever David Goodman With its secrets, suspicions and unusual setting, Death in the Arctic is [Hindle s] best yet! Anita Frank A clever, classy and unputdownable whodunnit in a wonderful setting. Daily Mirror A fantastic locked-room mystery My Weekly Chilling Crime Monthly This escapist mystery is out of this world! Fabulous An intriguing, addictive whodunnit.⠙ Woman⠙s Weekly________________________________________PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century Ragnar Jónasson Clever, classy and captivating Chris Whitaker One heir to Christie Daily Mail This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that s both captivating and cunning Sun Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end Adam Simcox Twist after gut-punching twist M. W. CravenMurder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a Sunday Times bestseller January 2024

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A moving celebration of the power of books and reading from bestselling author and illustrator, Tom Percival, creator of Ruby #39;s Worry. Mia feels alone; so alone that it #39;s as if she lives on a small island, far out to sea. But then one day, Mia is given a book - the first she has ever been able to call her own. As Mia reads the book, bridges appear and her island fills with colour and life. And the more Mia reads, the stronger the bridges become, opening up a world of connection and hope... Because a book can take you anywhere... Celebrate the power of books and reading in this moving picture book by Tom Percival, author of Ruby #39;s Worry and The Invisible, among many more. Also by Tom Percival and published by Simon Schuster:The Sea Saw The Invisible The River

Objev podobné jako The Bridges - Tom Percival

Comic book superstars Tom King and Ryan Sook present the match of the millennium: beloved superhero Black Canary versus deadly assassin Lady Shiva!ItÂ’s Black Canary versus Lady Shiva to determine who is the single greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the DC Universe! Who will walk away with the title?Find out as Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King (Wonder Woman, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes, Seven Soldiers: Zatanna) go six rounds to see if our hero has what it takes to be…the best of the best.With an opponent as ruthless as Lady Shiva, this fight wonÂ’t be an easy one, but luckily, Black Canary has some powerful people in her corner—including her mother, the original Black Canary, ready to train her daughter for the fight of both their lives. And will Batman cheer her on or tell her to throw in the towel?Exploring Black Canary like never before, this is a self-contained, action-packed character study from Tom King, in the vein of his hits Mister Miracle and The Vision!This volume collects Black Canary: Best of the Best #1-6.

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LIKE LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES? YOU LL LOVE TOM MEAD S JOSEPH SPECTOR SERIES!An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by Golden Age Crime Fiction, Death and the Conjuror is the critically acclaimed debut novel by Tom Mead.1936, London. A celebrity psychiatrist is discovered dead in his locked study. There seems to be no way a killer could have escaped unseen. There are no clues, no witnesses, and no evidence of the murder weapon. Puzzled, Inspector Flint of Scotland Yard calls on retired stage magician turned part-time sleuth Joseph Spector. Spector has a knack for explaining the inexplicable, but even he finds more to this mystery than meets the eye. As Spector and the Inspector interview the colourful cast of suspects, they uncover no shortage of dark secrets... or motives for murder. And when a second impossible death occurs, they realise the cuplrit will not cease in their deadly mission unless they are caught.Readers love Death and the Conjuror: one of the Mysteries of the Year for both Publishers Weekly and the Guardian. Pure escapism and an excellent puzzle, ingeniously expounded The Times Splendidly tricksy Guardian An intricate impossible crime that completely fooled me Peter Lovesey A real treat for mystery fans Ragnar Jónasson A beautiful, dark, atmospheric story Victoria DowdRead all the perfectly puzzling Spector Locked-Room Mysteries from Head of Zeus:#1 Death and the Conjuror#2 The Murder Wheel#3 Cabaret Macabre#4 The House at Devil s Neck

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They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having a breath of fresh air as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette.From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton s childhood was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged just twelve when he landed the iconic role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. Speaking with candour and his own trademark humour, Tom shares his experience of growing up on screen and as part of the wizarding world for the very first time.He tells all about his big break, what filming was really like and the lasting friendships he made during ten years with the franchise, as well as the highs and lows of fame and the reality of navigating adult life after filming finished. Prepare to meet a real-life wizard

Objev podobné jako Beyond the Wand - Tom Felton

LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - THE BILL ROLLINSON PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE TRADITION RUNNER UPJoin travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide-open valleys and magnificent lakes - stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way - on a 379-mile hike around the Lake District From Penrith and back, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth in a big wobbly circle around the Lakes, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery that attracts more than 19 million visitors each year. Across landscape that so inspired the Romantic poets, he takes in remote parts of the parkland that many tourists miss - enjoying encounters aplenty with farmers, fell runners and fellow hikers, while staying in shepherds huts, bothies and old climbers hotels along the way, and even going for a (chilly) dip in Derwentwater. This is the Lake District seen from its walking paths - with just a backpack, an open mind... and a spring in the step.

Objev podobné jako Lost in the Lakes - Tom Chesshyre