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The Secret of Kells (Paperback)
Tomm Moore; Retold by Mary Webb; Illustrated by Cartoon Saloon
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History, myth and legend collide in this full-colour illustrated
storybook of the animated feature Brendan and the Secret of Kells.
Twelve-year-old Brendan's life in the monastery at Kells is not
very exciting until Aidan arrives. Suddenly life is one big
adventure. In the forest Brendan is rescued from wolves by Aisling,
a mysterious green-eyed girl. In the cave of the Dark One, he risks
his life to steal the eye of the serpent god, Crom Cruach.
Meanwhile Aidan is keeping a secret that will become Brendan's
biggest challenge, and the Vikings get nearer and nearer ... This
exciting story is brought to life through stunning visuals and
includes a section of facts about the real Book of Kells.
New paperback edition of this modern retelling of a perennial
favourite, with illustrations by Lauren O'Neill! Gulliver's Travels
is a memorable classic that takes you into the amazing worlds
travelled by Lemuel Gulliver. In Lilliput, he is a giant compared
to the tiny people there, followed by the reverse in Brobdingnag,
where Gulliver finds himself in a country of giants. Full of humour
and adventure, these exciting stories have survived the centuries
and are now retold and re-imagined with thrilling illustrations.
'Brighter and better than Thomas Hardy . . . a marvellous writer'
Eloise Millar, Guardian Prudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate,
her 'precious bane', for which she is persecuted as a witch by her
superstitious neighbours. Hiding from daily ridicule, she takes
refuge in the wild Shropshire countryside, developing a profound
love of nature. Furtively, Prue longs to be loved and harbours a
hopeless passion for Kester Woodseaves, the weaver. Prue's brother,
Gideon, is engaged to her only friend, but in his ambition for
wealth at any cost, he incurs the wrath of his would-be
father-in-law whose act of vengeance results in Prue being accused
of murder. Only Kester, who has perceived her true worth, can
defend her from the wrath of her accusers. Winner of the 1926 Prix
Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, Precious Bane is a novel that enchants
with its beauty and its timeless truths. 'With the publication of
Precious Bane, a substantial readership came to respect Mary Webb's
quiet genius . . . When she died at the age of 46, literature lost
a voice that promised to speak for Shropshire as poignantly as
Thomas Hardy had spoken for Wessex, Emily Bronte for Yorkshire -
New York Times
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Gone to Earth (Paperback)
Mary Webb; Introduction by John Buchan
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The Golden Arrow (Paperback)
Mary Webb; Introduction by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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R462
R418
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"He knew now that neither the wilderness nor the dark weather,
devils, nor the infinite void, mattered to him in the least. His
love for Deborah made him impregnable to terror, gave him a grasp
of truth deeper than reason. He had found the golden arrow, to his
own agony and ennobling." At the very beginning of the twentieth
century, Deborah Arden is living with her father John, mother Patty
and younger brother Joe in their cottage high up on the exposed
moorland hilltops of Shropshire. Their farm, High Leasowes, is
given over to the sheep her father cares for with great tenderness.
Their life is simple and elemental, and their concerns are those of
the people of the land. Nature rules their world, and they respond
by working alongside its almost unanswerable power, sometimes
willingly, sometimes not. John works with fate, gently
understanding all around him, be they supposedly bad or good, with
the utmost care. Patty's argumentative practicality rankles against
his easefulness, but she also works with nature, as busy midwife to
all the women around the district. Joe is a straightforward lad,
happy with a comfortable home, work in the fields that he knows,
and the gorgeous blonde, Lily Huntbatch, from the village of
Bitterley close by. Deborah is a lively intelligent young woman,
gossiping with her best friend Lily, lovingly tending the animals
with her father, helping her mother at home, and wondering about
love. Then the family hears news that one of the young miners from
the works up near the peaks has taken on the job of preacher at
their local church. They all go to hear Stephen Southernwood the
following Sunday, and most of the family and the local villagers
are quietly inspired. For Deborah though, it is as if a bomb has
dropped. Her naive questions about love have been resoundingly
answered. Now begins a journey of ecstasy, discovery and pain which
will affect the whole Arden family and all around it, a wild
journey where not only love is at stake, but life itself. Mary Webb
is one of the most misunderstood of twentieth century writers.
Dismissed as a rustic, pilloried as a romantic, she has been
consistently undervalued. In fact, she writes mostly of the soul,
expressing inherent truths in original and tender ways. Having an
almost uncanny internal compass for the workings of the human mind,
Webb presents people in all their contrariness and metaphysical
wonder with strange and bewitching honesty. This honest tendency
includes pioneering writing of physical desire and the erotic; on
original publication in 1916, The Golden Arrow was regarded as very
close to the bone. Mary Webb was born Mary Gladys Meredith in the
village of Leighton in Shropshire in 1881. At the age of 20 she
developed symptoms of Graves' disease, keeping her in somewhat
ill-health for the rest of her life. She married Henry Bertram Law
Webb, a teacher, in 1912. Her first novel The Golden Arrow,
published in 1916, was followed by five others, as well as essays,
poems and stories. Her fifth and most famous novel Precious Bane
was awarded the Prix Femina. Mary Webb died still relatively
uncelebrated in 1927 at the age of 46. Soon after her death the
Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, spearheaded a campaign of
recognition of her talent, gaining her posthumous bestseller status
and cementing her reputation as writer giving a twist of modern
genius to the classic tradition of Thomas Hardy and Emily Bronte.
Jasper turned and went out. He would buy the candles himself. But
he had no money. He went to look for his father and found him
feeding the 'gun-dogs.' They received their supper with
imperturbable pessimism, as if they had been soured by their
life-work of putting others in the way of getting what they
themselves wanted, and as if they knew that Solomon liked them not
for what they were, but for what they did. And as they trailed
after Solomon on their leads, day by day, they had an air of being
two very old people playing with a small boy. It was evident that
when his back was turned glances of amused tolerance were
exchanged.
The daughter of a Welsh gypsy and a crazy bee-keeper, Hazel Woodus
is happiest living in her forest cottage in the remote Shropshire
hills, at one with the winds and seasons, protector and friend of
the wild animals she loves. But Hazel's beauty and innocence prove
irresistible to the men in her orbit. Both Jack Reddin, the local
squire and Edward Marston, the gentle minister, offer her human --
and carnal -- love. Hazel's fate unfolds as simply and relentlessly
as a Greek tragedy as a child of nature is drawn into a world of
mortal passion in which she must eternally be a stranger.
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A Thousand Mothers (Paperback)
Brenda Marie Webb; Cover design or artwork by Jenny Quinlan
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R519
R453
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