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A Tale from All My Sisters
The seventy-two individual short stories in the book are based on the tales of seventy-two real women.
These tales are a reflection of the diverse lives and dilemmas that many women all over the world today face, and the inner strength that women can have to overcome adversity.
The book begins with a story of a woman who leaves everything she has behind and takes the leap of faith in moving to England in the early 1960s. It then follows different women, covering issues such as homelessness, cancer, adoption, death, motherhood and transgender. It highlights the reality that age, race, religion and class are not the only difficulties that women all over the world encounter.
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A Tale of Crystal Visions
There’ll be song and laughter, music and dance
This night is so young, dreamer of sweet dreams
There be playful romantic song per chance
Before the morning where the dawning gleams
Our souls are like diamonds
with facets cut by the masters
We are capable
We expect the unexpected
And we think the unthinkable
And each time we stay connected
Life becomes more incredible
We do undoable doing
And find the unfindable
And time in mindful thinking
We reach, grasp the unreachable
We stand amazed at new meaning
At new found realizations
At new found paths we are treading
And always there are new questions
We then learn the unlearnable
Question the unquestionable
We achieve the unachievable
And find that, we are capable
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A Tale of Fire and Ice
Set on another world, the evil and cunning Syagonus Sly receives news of her brother’s death. With a crystal dragon as her ally, she recruits the king of the ice giants, Stalan Icenclad and his army to wage war against the people responsible…
Eitak, Sirod Spa and Bones continue their adventure which takes them to the home of the giants.
A Tale of Fire and Ice takes the reader on a journey from the icy kingdom of Ketafrost, to the fiery depths of Kidder Doon. We meet new allies in the form of the fire dragon, Smote and the king of the boulder giants, Bron. There is adventure and intrigue, dragons, giants, monsters and fairies. The story has magic, love and war and leads to a fierce showdown which pits giant against giant and dragon against dragon. The outcome is never certain and the conclusion will leave you wanting more.
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A Tale of Thirty Three Trees
A Tale of Thirty Three Trees
If you go down to the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today
You’d better go in disguise
For every tree that ever you knew
Will be gathered there for certain
Because today’s the day all these trees
Will tell their tales so Sylvan
Tales of good and bad times
Prompted by sunny and shivery times
Tales of flood and drought
From which trees can hardly clear out
Tales of viruses, bacteria and mistletoe
That so often act as friend or foe
Tales of darkest dangers and sad times
Tales of brightest joy and happy times
If you go into this book today
You’re sure of a big surprise
If you read through its leaves today
You’ll be sure to become so wise
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A Tale of Two Pixies
A story of, how at times, people shoot themselves in the foot, metaphorically speaking, only to wonder who inflicted the wound.
Then, wouldn’t you know it, along comes help from an unusual quarter...
But, of course, many things can happen in a quasi-world.
You never know who your neighbours are these days, but you always know when there’s something odd about them.
Funny that...
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A Target for the Good
Fed up with the seemingly lack of justice meted out by the judiciary, two fairly normal, happily married, law abiding citizens decide that they would take the law into their own hands.
However, it’s not as easy as it first seemed in the pub.
Nobody seems to care too much about the rough justice that’s handed out, not even the overworked police, whose job our heroes have managed to lighten.
Somebody cared though, big time, even the wives.
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A Taste of Home: An Indian Bengali Cookbook
This is a recipe book with a difference! This cookbook is a collaborative project between the author and her children so it has a special, personal touch. The author and her family are from Calcutta, West Bengal and the range of mouth-watering recipes in this book are unique because they are only found in Indian Bengali Hindu home cooking. These recipes cannot be found in any ordinary Indian restaurant anywhere in the world and once you and your friends try them, you’ll know why these recipes are different and will want to come back for more!
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A Taste of Lebanon
‘In this book, I bring to life the stories behind the recipes, exploring the culture behind the ingredients and the poetry of their stories through a playful translation of language. It is a fusion of words and food; a cultural education.
‘Each recipe in this collection is inextricably linked to a memory or story from my colourful past; from watching a Lebanese neighbour cooking tomato paste on woodfire to exchanging recipes with my friends at college. My food expands the repertoire of Lebanese cooking by importing from the multicultural melting pot of contemporary London.
‘This is a celebration of seasonal fresh produce, family connections and friendships, and takes you back to basics. Something as simple as “Baked Potato with Kibbeh Spice” is a celebration of ingredients, flavour, and rural village life. This is food to nourish, to share, to enjoy, and to show the healing power that good food has on our lives.’
Mervat Chahine£18.99 -
A Test of Strength
From surviving childhood trauma and confiding in her doll to cope with the abuse of her father, to giving birth to a child with spina bifida at age 19, this Australian woman’s life has been marked by strength and determination. She shares her inspiring story of triumph, including her pride at winning the title of Mrs NSW in a quest to raise funds for disabled children and her bravery in facing stage three breast cancer. But her strength is tested to its limits with the heartbreaking loss of two grown children, and she shares the spiritual signs that bring her comfort during her emotional journey of writing her life’s story. This is a brutally honest and uplifting autobiography of one woman’s determination to overcome the obstacles life throws her way.
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A Thread of Fate
It is the late 1800s and thoughts of Hell and the Devil are all scary bedtime stories to Josephina. That is until a Son of Hell comes to earth.
In the small village where she lives, Josephina’s life is predictable and mundane. Desperate for adventure and excitement, she turns to unconventional hobbies that feed her soul. When a handsome duke arrives in town, Josephina becomes the envy of all the other girls. However, their courtship takes a dark turn, and Josephina will stop at nothing to escape.
As she seeks refuge with Zephyr, a mysterious and alluring figure from a dangerous world, Josephina finds herself torn between her familiar life with her family and the allure of the underworld. With Zephyr’s undeniable charm and the revelation that not everyone wants her there, Josephina must weigh all of her options and determine the fate that will ultimately shape her future.
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A Tiger Called Luger
Luger was a handsome young tiger who, for some reason only known to him, just wasn’t happy with the way he looked! He tried everything he could to change the way he looked! He tried rubbing his stripes off, washing them off, covering them up with mud…because he wanted to look like someone else, like a lion.
Find out what happens next. Does Luger manage to hide his stripes?
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A Time in Paris
In the sweltering Indian summer of 1870, a young Englishman is sent to Paris as Prussian invaders advance on the French capital with the largest siege army ever assembled. The City of Light is cut off from the outside world, the population trapped behind its tall ramparts. As the siege continues for a month, then a second, a hungering third, a frozen fourth and into a starved fifth, the Englishman, a stock young gentleman of his Victorian times, falls in love with a radical French enchantress who by chance saves his hide. The lovers’ fate is entwined with those of a tormented French general appointed to defend Paris and an impatient Prussian grandee (Otto von Bismarck) hell-bent on bringing the ‘capital of civilisation’ to its knees. The unlikely love story turns upon true events that have shaken our world through to the present.
Praise for David Lawday’s recent book Danton: Giant of the French Revolution:
“Spirited and highly readable… Lawday creates some great set pieces and striking turning points… He is able to capture the atmosphere of the early revolution: its inflammable mix of devilment and righteousness, reckless selflessness and flagrant self-promotion. He sees that Danton was more than the sum of his crimes, the sum of his secrets; he celebrates his ‘large heart and violent impulses in an irresolvable conflict’.”
Hilary Mantel, The London Review of Books.
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