Vatmaar vertel die boeiende verhaal van 'n klein gemeenskappie buite Kimberley, van die draai van die eeu tot ongeveer 1930. Die leser word bekend gestel aan 'n magdom fassinerende karakters sowel as aan nuwe perspektiewe op bekende historiese gebeure. Die stories is vol kleur en opwinding, dit voed jou siel en laat jou soms uitbars van die lag, net om netnou weer trane in die oë te kry.

Five great stories of the adventures of two young beige chinchillas: how they escape from their cage in the shed in which they live and how they explore their garden and the Scottish village in which they live, with their owner Mary. Be aware they get into lots of trouble, both frightened Charles and his naughty but brave, sister Camilla. How they meet the school children, other animals and when they nearly get squashed by a timber lorry. How later the Minister at the Church comes to their rescue. Charles meets the vet and how they both fall into a very icy pond.

Have you ever wondered why a parent puts a hand on their child's head; or why we pat our own heart when we speak of our self; or why some people rub their little finger when anxious? We all display behavioural routines at times that can give comfort to ourselves or others in times of stress. 'I Still Love Me' offers a comfort routine for young children growing up in our fast paced world. The routine of 'patting 'offered here is a simplification of meridian tapping techniques, already in use to maintain, regain and enhance health in adults. It was inspired by the fact that the author, as a clinician, could trace many of the chronic problems presenting in her patients to childhood trauma. Thus, by helping to alleviate stress in the young, the author aims to promote health in future generations of adults.

Father John was born to a woman with ordination on her mind, capturing his early days and taking the reader through a minefield of this great romance falling apart, then picking up and taking off like no one has ever seen, like the tidal wave lashing the stones against the rocks, and in unbending fury calming down under the influence of the cellular glory of the Heavens, where fear is unknown and all the space between the sky and the earth is waiting to be reclaimed by our Heavenly Father, the creator of all things. This love affair that lasted a lifetime saw many new moons and many changes that from day to day determine our lives' efforts and seals our worth. There has never been a love affair like this and there will never be another one. Rosaleen has looked down all the leafy highways, adorned with the sound of musical theatre in the form of birdsong, observing the scene that was so gloriously set when Father John fell in love with Nurse Lynda.

Deadlines, the first in Chris Dunn's Contango series, traces the bid of raw young City reporter, Tom Stone, to crack the secret of a spectacular City swindle mounted by Wolf de Boys, the brilliant young financier. Tom has big problems: his relationship with his upwardly mobile girlfriend, under pressure from her snobbish parents, is dying a slow death; a mysterious caller, whose deep voice somehow sounds familiar, and who keeps dropping hints about de Boys; and his fight to keep his job on the Daily Standard. Writing the 'splash' is never easy in Fleet Street. Can Tom Stone crack his story and pull it off...? Fast-moving and exciting, Deadlines reveals the squalor of Fleet Street in the seventies, and the connection between the city and its scandals and the workings of the press.

In the cut-and-thrust world of banking, a private bank can be the most dangerous place in the City to work, especially if a very rich and determined family owns a quarter of it and decides things aren't being done to their liking. Joe, Head of Trading and Investment, a very private character with a colourful past, finds out to his cost that he stands in the way of the Maitlands. Once his colleague Gina is brutally raped and murdered, and Locke, Head of Personnel, is run down in the street, left for dead, he finds he cannot prevaricate any longer. Having always looked after number one, he now finds his loyalties to the head of the bank, plucky old Johnny, confuse his options. But what of his own safety? And what will happen to Emma, the first woman he has been able to open up to? A racy thriller set in the City, Domus, number two in the series, is packed full of action and intrigue.

As the US army storms into Baghdad, Saddam Hussein's treasure leaves town secretly in lorry convoy, en route for Europe's banks across the hills by night. Awaiting the hoard's arrival eagerly in Venice is a motley bunch of conmen, hoods, card sharps and inevitably, a London stock-broker, Patrick the Beautiful. In tow, playing his bridge innocently each night with the gang, is Joe, former British Intelligence agent and ex-banking supremo. Strenuous efforts are made to blackmail Joe, master of the adroit side-step, into joining the heist. But Joe has other ideas. Meanwhile in London, British Intelligence supremo Annie is embroiled in the Foreign Office's attempt to rig the succession at the European Central Bank. To her chagrin, she discovers that her preferred but incompetent choice to supervise intelligence in Venice has very different ideas about loyalty and service. With massive consequences for Annie's career as the in-house betrayal begins..."Foible", no. 8 in the "Contango" espionage thriller series, boils to an astonishing climax as the Curse of Saddam's Gold strikes simultaneously - and tragically - in London and Venice.

Joe is back. A member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England no less. Having taken up Emma's offer of sanctuary in Pelham Crescent when under threat, is he still in danger? He quickly realises he is again operational and that his position is highly precarious - who can he trust? Annie and Gamma are in play, but is Joe on their side? And will ex-Governor Stobart discover his past with Perdita and Pugh Park? What of Rivers Pugh? Whilst for those with eyes to see the financial markets foretell doom, the financial institutions sail on, ignoring the danger signals. But who is pulling the strings? In the final novel on the "Contango" series, Chris Dunn weaves the characters and plots with consummate mastery bringing all the threads to a final hair-raising conclusion.

Matthew Stent is an unconventional therapist, whose insight into the damaged lives of his clients has become unhealthily voyeuristic. As he charts his life and the lives of others through a series of often brutal encounters and acerbic observations, his dubious moral compass leads him further and further from accepted normality and towards an altogether darker, unprofessional and more dangerous path. When he becomes infatuated with Terri, the wife of his latest client, Matthew's life takes an unexpected twist that leads him on a journey to the mystic heart of England to meet the enigmatic Wiccan High Priest Tobias Greylock, and the shocking discovery that reality is more fragile than anything he could have ever imagined.

The three brothers planned the importation of cocaine with great care. If the plan worked out they would become the biggest drug importers in the United Kingdom, able to inflate prices of the drug to whatever level they wanted. They would make millions! Standing in their way is Detective Constable John Ridge. He has just returned to duties within the same Intelligence Unit after a three year absence and is finding that his day-to-day Intelligence gathering work style is hampered by his two immediate supervisors who seem determined to get rid of him. When one of the brothers offers Ridge the chance of recovering a lorry load of cocaine as it enters the Port of Dover, he gladly accepts the offer, not realising the price he will have to pay. Everything goes horribly wrong, when Ridge is suspended from duty and his granddaughter, Sasha, is kidnapped by the gang. Sasha later escapes from the gang and is found wandering in Essex by local police officers who take her to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Ridge meets up with her there and during a conversation with Sasha discovers the full extent of the brothers' plan. With the original police and Customs plan now in tatters, Ridge tries desperately to recover momentum and get the job back on track.

A vibrant and dramatic novel, Elusive Liberty takes the reader from the splendour of the Great Paris Exhibition of 1867 to the Pyramids of Egypt, from the Siege of Paris to the lavish Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Above it all towers the statue with mystery at its heart, the statue that will transcend its origins to become the most recognised symbol in the world.

An unforgettable story of survival, sisterhood, and the fight for a brighter future.

In 1970s Brazil, two teenage sisters are thrust into a chaotic world. Fear and hunger stalk them in a sugarcane town choked by a constant rain of ash, a testament to the ravaged environment in which they are trying to grow. With only each other for comfort, they set out to search for their missing mother and the father they've never known.

Every desolate road becomes a gauntlet, every stranger a potential threat. Yet, amidst the dangers, a fierce bond blossoms. Each sister clings to the other, a lifeline in a world teetering on the brink. Their dignity is their own quiet rebellion.

Burning Seasons lays bare the scars of a nation, the plight of marginalised people, and the silent suffering of women, girls, and the environment itself. It's also a story of resilience and the power of love - a journey in which innocence seems lost, but hope burns defiant.

Mai toata lumea scrie despre lucruri frumoase. Noii alchimisti, cautatorii in stele precum si profetii New Age iti spun cu multa jovialitate ce trebuie sa faci ca sa depasesti hotarat banalitatea cotidianului. Multi le citesc ca pe o duioasa poezie, la care viseaza o vreme, ca apoi sa vibreze tot mai surd la ea, iar in cele din urma o uita cu totul. Altii ii confera insa statutul de ultim adevar si incearca sa-si constranga viata in tiparele cu care acesta ii imbie. Toata lumea vorbeste cu dezinvoltura despre lucruri minunate, mai ales cele de pe taramurile Nestiutului. Cartea aceasta este in primul rand o marturisire despre cei care se lupta cu orice chip sa se rupa de ei insisi si a caror viata se transforma intr-un cosmar in calatoria autoimpusa catre lumile de dincolo, pururea fericite. Despre toti cei care se balbaie naclait sau din contra, disperat, la usa Spiritului, eternii orbi la Dumnezeire.

Amor uprooted herself from the good life in the business capital of India to the fashion capital of the world, to find marital bliss. This was a leap into the unknown which was exciting for her adventurous self. But it was actually a disaster just waiting to happen. The same hands that caressed her for hours also went straight for her jugular not once but twice. Her estranged husband spoilt her rotten in the eclectic revolving restaurant in the mountains of Switzerland. Soon after he and his family poisoned her food which left her brain dead and helpless. They had champagne wishes and a beer budget. She was healed gradually but completely by a man who lives close to the Egyptian Pyramids. Those who you cannot kill, you can only make them stronger - This passionate tale of an indecent proposal and a heartfelt disposal will keep you fascinated, wondering what will happen next in a story of intrigue. Her constantly threatened existence was a living nightmare but somewhere down the line her husband fell madly in love with her. Was he sending her mixed signals? Was she oblivious to the treacherous path ahead? She had absolutely no idea what was in store for her a few continents away.

As the summer season gets into full swing at Duntisbourne Hall, it looks as if love is in the air again for Max Black but life is getting complicated. His daughter, Charlotte, has decided to spend the summer with her father and the arrival of Hector Schofield, an author on a mission to find Lord Rochester's famous monkey, threatens Max's future happiness. When a momentous discovery at the Hall propels Hector from confidante to suitor, Max thinks things couldn't get much worse until a mindless prank by one of the students puts him, his daughter and his colleagues in danger of losing everything they hold dear.

They came together as sorority sisters on a Southern campus is the '60s: Elegant Kate, walking a tightrope over an abyss of lies ... Sensitive, sensible, self-contained Cecie ... Ginger, the sexy, vibrant heiress, richer than sin ... and poor, hopeless, brilliant Fig.

Four young women bound by rare, blinding, early friendship -- they spend two idyllic spring breaks at Nag's Head, North Carolina, the isolated strip of barrier islands where grand old weather-beaten houses perch defiantly on the edge of a storm-tossed sea. Now, thirty years later, they are coming back. They are coming back to recapture the exquisite magic of those early years, to experience again the love, enthusiasm, passion, pain, and cruel betrayal that shaped the four young girls into women and set them all adrift on the ... Outer Banks.

A bewitching epic fantasy about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything "Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, The Absolute Book is a cinematic tale that is by turns dark and dreamlike, yet ultimately hopeful." --Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches "An instant classic . . . It is everything fantasy should be." --The Guardian Taryn Cornick believes that the past--her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge--is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the things that threaten libraries: insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring . . . but not all of the attention it brings her is good. A policeman, Jacob Berger, questions her about a cold case. Then there are questions about a fire in the library at her grandparents' house and an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter, as well as threatening phone calls and a mysterious illness. Finally a shadowy young man named Shift appears, forcing Taryn and Jacob toward a reckoning felt in more than one world. The Absolute Book is epic, action-packed fantasy in which hidden treasures are recovered, wicked things resurface, birds can talk, and dead sisters are a living force. It is a book of journeys and returns, from contemporary England to Auckland, New Zealand; from a magical fairyland to Purgatory. Above all, it is a declaration of love for stories and the ways in which they shape our worlds and create gods out of mortals.

If you had the power over life and death, what would you do?

Thea has a secret. She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them. Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth recovers, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.

Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.

Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job. Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills. But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.

How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?

Kate MacManus is fleeing from her ex-husband, a convicted child killer. Intent on revenge for betraying him to the police, he seeks her out in her hideaway in Scotland where she is living with her schoolchum Annie. A strange man has moved into the area. Handsome but unfathomable - Kate is smitten. Who is he? What is he? How can she escape from the murderous intent of her ex? Strange happenings along the lochs of Scotland add to the turmoil in Kate's mind as she battles with doubts and fear.

A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down - that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation serves to betray both sense and the senses. The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest. As she enters a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of capitalism - accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty -the lessons of her journey unfold: that sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.

Since the end of the war with Japan in 1945, an almost continuous search has taken place on many of the islands captured by the Japanese for the legendary hoard of gold looted during the capture of Malaya, Singapore and the Philippine Islands. The intention of the Japanese had been to send the gold, silver and precious stones to Japan to assist in financing the war, but American submarine activity in the Sea of Japan prevented this. Our story covers the present-day search and the rewards that favour those who seek The Tiger's Hoard.