Country Place (Petry Ann)(Paperback)

Country Place (Petry Ann)(Paperback)

Originally published in 1947, Ann Petry's classic Country Place depicts a predominantly white community disillusioned by the indignities and corruption of small-town life. Johnnie Roane returns from four years of military service in World War II to his wife, Glory. They had been married just a

Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (Hessler Peter)(Paperback)

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world

The Great Big Enormous Book of Tashi (Fienberg Anna)(Paperback)

Tashi comes from a place very far away. He escaped from a war lord and flew to this country on the back of a swan. He's as brave as he's clever, and he tells the best stories ever Giants, ghosts, witches, bandits, demons, monsters. Tashi is always ready for

Landskipping - Painters, Ploughmen and Places (Pavord Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Peter Gray's West Country Railways (Gray Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Exiled Collector - William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House (Sebba Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments (Quin Ann)(Paperback)

This new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author Ann Quin explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path across innovative twentieth-century writing, bridging the world of Virginia Woolf and Anna Kavan with that of Kathy

Grabeland (Eteam)(Paperback)

Grabeland takes place in a country that no longer exists, in a culture rooted in soil and projections. Like a travelogue, the story tours the inner exiles of its characters as they test the limitations of their actual existence. Focusing on Germany and The United States, Grabeland dramatizes the

Venice (Ackroyd Peter)(Paperback / softback)

In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and

The Legacy of Anne Frank (Walnes Perry Gillian)(Paperback)

From her secret hiding place in wartime Amsterdam, the Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote heart-wrenchingly about the terrors of a captivity that would ultimately end with her death at the hands of the Nazis. In her world-famous diaries, she described with remarkable honesty her transition from

Most Beautiful Place in the World (Cameron Ann)(Paperback / softback)

Juan lives in Guatemala, in the mountains. It is a poor but beautiful place, with volcanoes rising from the shores of a blue lake, and flocks of brilliantly plumed wild parrots living in the trees. Juan is a shoe-shine boy. He has lived with his grandmother since his parents abandoned him. But

St Annes Through Time (Byrom Peter)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which St Annes has changed and developed over the last

Peep Inside Snowy Places (Milbourne Anna)(Board book)

How the World Works: Planet Earth - From Molten Rock in Space to the Place We Live (Rooney Anne)(Paperback / softback)

A-Z of Birmingham: Places-People-History (Homer Andrew)(Paperback)

Birmingham - Britain's second largest city - lies in the heart of the country. Nicknamed 'city of a thousand trades', it became the workshop of England in the Industrial Revolution and as the centre of the Midlands Enlightenment was a hotbed of scientific thinking and technological innovation. The

Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey (Bunting Madeleine)(Paperback)

The Hebrides hold a remarkable place in the imaginations of Scotland and England. On the outer edge of the British Isles and facing the Atlantic Ocean, these iconic islands form part of Europe's boundary. Because of their unique position, they have been at the centre of a network of ancient

Dinosaur Zoom! (Dale Penny)(Paperback / softback)

Join the dinosaurs as they rev, roar and race cross country to a secret meeting place in the woods! As they start setting up tables and hanging up balloons it becomes clear that there is a surprise party in the offing - but who is it

A Place of Hope (Jacobs Anna)(Paperback)

A devastating accident is only the start of Emily Mattison's troubles... When Emily Mattison falls victim to a near-fatal accident shortly after receiving an unexpected inheritance from a distant cousin, her ruthless nephew George seizes the opportunity to take control of his aunt's assets. It's

Expats in the Sudan (Fisher Keith)(Paperback)

The stories in this book all take place during a time of upheaval in the country. Independence from the British has happened, but the influence left behind by colonialism is still very much in evidence in the period before the Sudan divides in two. These British expats are in the country for

Northumberland - 40 Coast and Country Walks (Tait Jon)(Paperback / softback)

Northumberland is England's most northern county, a magical place filled with ancient castles, golden sand beaches, rolling hills, rugged moorland and friendly little Northumberland towns and villages. This title offers a practical guide to 40 of the best family walks in the

Place in the Country (Sebald W. G.)(Paperback / softback)

When the author travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed in his bags certain literary favourites which would remain central to him throughout the rest of his life and during his years in England. In this book, he reflects on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, from

Reimagining Mission from Urban Places: Missional Pastoral Care (Ruddick Anna)(Paperback)

What happens when evangelical Christians intentionally relocate into communities experiencing marginalisation? Within a changing social and political context, the role of the church in public life and the response of Christians to social issues has taken on renewed energy. Churches have entered

Wiltshire Childhood - Essays from a Wiltshire Country Childhood (Upton Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A Place of Healing for the Soul: Patmos (France Peter)(Paperback)

The tiny, arid Greek island of Patmos is one of the most sacred places in the Christian world, and a place of bewitching power, where people come for a brief summer visit and end up returning, year after year, for the rest of their lives. In A Place of Healing for the Soul, BBC commentator Peter