In the merciless heat of the day, a young Kurdish woman flees the shame she has brought upon her family and the brutal punishment that has ensued. Fearing pursuit, she crosses the expanse of Syria and almost without intention finds her way to the border and the temporary haven of a refugee camp. There, she rests, and the product of her punishment is born. A son, who she names Elend, the new light of day.But that is only the start. A new life calls and she moves on. Europe engulfs her with ...

When you read these pages, you will see a part of my life and most of me. What I think of some of the time, you'll be able to look in to my mind. Read this one and much, much more by buying this book.

It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The journey to restoration and wholeness is often far longer and more traumatic, with numerous twists and turns along the way. D. S. Briggs details the journey of his life dealing with abandonment and rejection as a child while attempting to reconcile this upbringing with the teachings of the church he had been brought up in. Was the rejection sanctioned by a God who promised to never leave or forsake us? Or was it th...

Opportunities often come disguised as obstacles. You can climb over them or be crushed beneath them. What do you see? What is your choice? Choose well, for your future may rest on a choice you make today. There is no more time to blame others for how they did not support you or believe in you, or even abandoned you in the pursuit of your dreams. You have the power within you to overwrite any negative programming. It is time to put your name on your life!This inspirational self-help...

We are in the midst of a biological revolution. Molecular tools are now providing new means of critically testing hypotheses and models of microevolution in populations of wild, cultivated, weedy and feral plants. They are also offering the opportunity for significant progress in the investigation of long-term evolution of flowering plants, as part of molecular phylogenetic studies of the Tree of Life. This long-awaited fourth edition, fully revised by David Briggs, reflects new insights p...

As human activities are increasingly domesticating the Earth's ecosystems, new selection pressures are acting to produce winners and losers amongst our wildlife. With particular emphasis on plants, Briggs examines the implications of human influences on micro-evolutionary processes in different groups of organisms, including wild, weedy, invasive, feral, and endangered species. Using case studies from around the world, he argues that Darwinian evolution is ongoing. He considers how far it ...

After a year apart, Maryanne returns to her husband, Roy, bringing their eight-year-old son Daniel and his teenage sister Freya with her. The family move from Sydney to Newcastle, where Roy has bought a derelict house on the coast. As Roy painstakingly patches the holes in the floorboards and plasters over cracks in the walls, Maryanne believes, for a while, that they can rebuild a life together. But Freya doesn't want a fresh start - she just wants out - and Daniel drifts around the spraw...

A brilliant – and rather transgressive – collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light.Including a new story ‘The School of English’.Hilary Mantel is one of Britain’s most accomplished and acclaimed writers. In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horro...

There are great awakenings that come from loving and losing. It is in these moments that we really know and understand who we are. In soft, Kiana Azizian uses the repetition of being in love and suffering through heartbreak to heal, forgive, move on, and fall in love again. Self-discovery and reflection are powerfully, yet vividly portrayed in a way that only those who have been loved will understand.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings paper and pencils with which he can draw. Slowly, painstakingly, memories appear on the page.The memories are Safta's also. For the man is Augustin, son of the cook at the manor house which was Safta's family home. Born six months apart, they grew up with a conn...

This book is about people suffering with the death of a loved one, or a relationship that has ended. It also offers comfort to know that grief does'nt have to last forever, the pain will still be there, but we can all move forward and get through with the help of family and friends. And owners who have lost a pet.

There are great awakenings that come from loving and losing. It is in these moments that we really know and understand who we are. In soft, Kiana Azizian uses the repetition of being in love and suffering through heartbreak to heal, forgive, move on, and fall in love again. Self-discovery and reflection are powerfully, yet vividly portrayed in a way that only those who have been loved will understand