Ray A Young Bear
"Fascinating and accomplished memoirs in which a Mesquakie poet blends myth, fact, and the unvarnished recollections of a young Native American. Edgar Bearchild, the author's alter-ego in this impressionistic account (also narrated by composites of characters Young Bear has known), grew up on the pseudonymous Black Eagle Child Settlement of central Iowa during the turbulent 60's and 70's--an era whose conflicts would help shape Bearchild's personal vision. His early years careen between the extremes of depressing, mission-supported Thanksgiving ceremonies and passionately religious ``star medicine'' rituals involving psilocybin-induced visions. Bearchild's adolescence includes alcohol-driven small-town adventures with which many American males can identify, as well as encounters with medicine women, spirits of the dead, and signs from nature. His consciousness filled with Doors lyrics, tribal histories and songs, and unidentified spiritual longings, Bearchild leaves for college in California, where, in a confused effort to dull the pain of homesickness, he succumbs to the temptations of synthetic forms of his tribe's hallucinatory drugs. A year later, Bearchild returns to the settlement, a college dropout with no discernible place in the tribe, a published poet originally inspired by his own people, though the English language in which he writes is inadequate to express the tribe's deepest concerns. Nevertheless, Bearchild devotes himself to writing poetry and recording the stories of his ancestors. One result is this tale of the artist as a young man, powerful in its earthy yet often ethereal style. A unique account and a milestone in Native American literature." - Kirkus Reviews
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Mercedes Lackey
In The Black Swan, Mercedes Lackey retells the story of Swan Lake. Lackey preserves much of the ballet's action but provides a happier ending than the original German folktale
After his wife's untimely death, a powerful sorcerer dedicates his life to seeking revenge against all womankind. He turns his captives into beautiful swans - who briefly regain human form by the fleeting light of the moon. Only Odette, noblest of the enchanted flock, has the courage to confront her captor. But can she gain the allies she needs to free herself and the other swan-maidens from their magical slavery? A monumental tale of loyalty and betrayal, of magic good and evil, of love both carnal and pure, and of the duality of human nature, The Black Swan is a rich tapestry which is sure to become an all-time masterpiece of fantasy.
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Terry Pratchett
The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins - with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind. Remainder mark.
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Priscilla Cogan
Follows on from the bestselling Winona’s Web (see page 27). "Love is very tricky," warns Winona Pathfinder, the elderly Sioux medicine woman who has introduced psychologist Meggie O'Connor to the spiritual ways of Lakota healing. Soon, however, Meggie's teacher will cross over to the Other side, leaving Meggie, just forty and newly divorced, to make her way on her own. But before she goes, Winona nudges her younger cousin Hawk to walk alongside Meggie on a journey of the heart and soul. This is the story of love, spiritual awakening and healing. For the first time in years, level-headed Meggie has to reckon with romance and the risk of passion. Hawk is torn between his love for the white woman and his loyalty to the red road. Wary yet optimistic, they both seek out the Pipe Road - the path that will lead them to harmony with the world and with each other. All the while, Winona watches over them and their circle of friends and family. Recommended.
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Deepak Chopra
Jess Conover is going about his daily grind as an aspiring writer in Boston when he finds a classified ad in the newspaper he believes is meant specifically for him: Love has found you. Tell no one, just come. His odyssey takes him to a school run by a group of women who call themselves the Daughters of Joy - and who will open Jess's heart up to a world he never envisioned could exist... Remainder mark.
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Joseph Bruchac
Dawn Land unfolds in the time after the last glaciation, about 10,000 years ago. The people of the Dawn Land live in harmony with animals and the land – until their peace is threatened by an encroaching evil. Young Hunter, one of the finest sons of the village, is chosen by the elders to venture out and face the mysterious threat. On his journey to uncover the source of this unknown peril, Young Hunter is supported by the visionary Shaman Medicine Plant, whose long-seeing enables her to warn Young Hunter of approaching danger. Bruchac, probably Native America’s greatest writer, has created a story of magical beauty that envelops the reader like a dream. “Only a writer of Joseph Bruchac’s powers, his ancestral heritage and background, could create Dawn Land and the unforgettable characters and events that haunt a reader long after this remarkable story is told.” – Linda Lay Shuler, author of She Who Remembers.
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A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. Or is it? Soon strange things begin to happen. Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and the water coming down from the sky in frozen bits, Then humans appear and they really mess everything up. The quarry is to re-opened, and the nomes must fight to defend their new home. But how long will they be able to keep the humans at bay - even with the help of the monster Jekub? The second title in the magnificent trilogy, The Bromeliad. 'Brilliantly funny dialogue, high peaks of imagination.' - The Times.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away from her-home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan, shrouded in darkness. When a young wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, Tenar's rightful duty is to protect the Tombs. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic and tales of a brighter world Tenar has never known. Will Tenar risk everything to escape the darkness that has become her domain?
With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
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Ursula K Le Guin
Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk-Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world - even beyond the realm of death - as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.
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"Pratchett continues to distinguish himself from his colleagues with clever plot lines and genuinely likable characters in this first-rate addition to his long-running Discworld fantasy series (Carpe Jugulum, etc.). This time around, the inhabitants of Discworld's Ankh-Morpork have turned their attentions in the direction of Uberwald - a country rich in valuable minerals and high-quality fat deposits. (The fifth elephant, it seems, left all these when he or she crashed and burned in Uberwald at the beginning of time.) Ankh-Morpork's policeman Sam Vimes has been sent there to represent his people at a coronation - and to find the recently stolen, rock-hard and symbolically important (at least to the Dwarf population) Scone of Stone. As he tells Vimes's story (and surrounding ones), Pratchett cheerfully takes readers on an exuberant tale of mystery and invention, including the efforts of a clique of neo-Nazi werewolves to destabilize Uberwald. Along the way, he skewers everything from monarchy to fascism, as well as communism and capitalism, oil wealth and ethnic identities, Russian plays, immigration, condoms and evangelical Christianity - in short, most everything worth talking about." - Publisher's Weekly.
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Paolo Coelho
With The Fifth Mountain, bestselling author Paulo Coelho turns his talent for spiritual fiction to the story of the Biblical prophet Elijah. Like a blossoming flower, Coelho opens up the brief account of Elijah's flight from Gilead and his time in Zarephath. He deepens the prophet's character by revealing the thoughts, doubts, and discoveries that Elijah must have experienced as he struggled to find his course in life amidst the confusion of war and political turmoil. When being a prophet of the God of the Israelites is like a warrant for your death, concerns about your chosen path are sure to arise. Perhaps it is this believability in Coelho's retelling that makes it so evocative, or it may be the bit of Old Testament wisdom he brings to popular literature of the 20th century: "the words of the lord are written in the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where."
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Tony Hillerman
When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher huddled over a butchered Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an open-and-shut case--until his former boss, Joe Leaphorn, blows it wide open. Now retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Leaphorn has been hired to find a hot-headed female biologist hunting for the key to a virulent plague lurking in the Southwest. The scientist disappeared from the same area the same day the Navajo cop was murdered. Is she a suspect or another victim? And what about a report that a skinwalker--a Navajo witch--was seen at the same time and place too? For Leaphorn and Chee, the answers lie buried in a complicated knot of superstition and science, in a place where the worlds of native peoples and outside forces converge and collide. "Tony Hillerman is a wonderful storyteller...Surrendering to Hillerman's strong narrative voice and supple storytelling techniques, we come to see that ancient cultures and modern sciences are simply different mythologies for the same reality." - New York Times Book Review.
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Christian Jacq
Christian Jacq, author of the international sensations Ramses and The Stone of Light, concludes his epic Queen of Freedom triloy as the fiercely determined Queen Ahhotep struggles to save her people - and reclaim hew own legacy. Combining historical fact with vivid imagination, Christian Jacq tells the enthralling story of the Ancient Egypt warrior-queen Ahhotep - without whose valiant courage the Valley of the Kings and the glorious treasures of the pharaohs, including Ramses the Great, would never have existed
320pp, 8.25x5.5 ... ISBN 0743480503 ... Paperback
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
The prequel to the bestselling Mists of Avalon.
Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader, is gifted with visionary powers that cause her to be named a High Priestess at the Forest House, but she is unable to resist her forbidden love for the soldier Gaius. Remainder mark.
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In Long River, Joseph Bruchac secures his reputation as one of America's finest Native American storytellers. Set in a time and place before memory, Long River is the exciting sequel to Bruchac's acclaimed first novel, Dawn Land. In the rich and authentic tradition of his Abenaki ancestors, Bruchac continues his story of Young Hunter, the finest warrior in the village of the Only People who lived in the Northeast ten thousand years ago. An exquisite tale of friendship, courage, trust and adventure, Long River enriches the reader with a broader understanding of the lifeways and highly developed value systems of native people.
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Sarah Ash
'In this excellent start to a new fantasy series from British author Ash (Moths to a Flame), Gavril Andar, an idealistic young artist, falls for the nobly born Astasia Orlova, whose portrait he's been hired to paint. Luckily, he's attractive enough for Astasia to return the favor. He doesn't know he's also Gavril Nagarian, son of the recently assassinated ruler of the wintry kingdom of Azhkendir, and that fate is about to deal him a dreadful blow. Like his father before him, Gavril becomes soul-bound to the Drakhaoul, a creature that grants awesome power at a terrible price. Kidnapped, Gavril finds himself trapped in Kastel Drakhaon, reluctant to draw on his new magical abilities, as their use only makes him more beast-like and less human. But with Prince Eugene of Tielin threatening to reconquer all of the Rossiyan Empire, he may have no choice. Fascinating and unpredictable, Gavril's tale gains richness from the grand scope of Ash's narrative, with its echoes of Russian history under the czars. Enhanced by supporting characters who are living, breathing individuals, this book will leave readers drooling to get their hands on the sequel from the moment they turn its final page.' - Publishers Weekly.
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Paulo Coelho
Warrior of the Light: A Manual is an inspirational companion to The Alchemist, an international bestseller that has beguiled millions of readers around the world. Every short passage invites us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to our own unique destiny In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps bring out the Warrior of the Light within each of us. He also shows readers how to embark upon the way of the Warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure, and the one whose quest leads him to become the person he wants to be. Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our times. Now, in the long-awaited companion to his first novel, Coelho presents a collection of philosophical stories that will delight and guide seekers everywhere.
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Marlo Morgan
Following the success of her worldwide bestseller, 'Mutant Message Down Under,' this is Marlo Morgan's long-awaited new novel. 'Message From Forever' is the story of Australian aboriginal twins who are taken from their mother by Christian missionaries. As they become adults, Beatrice renounces her Western lifestyle and joins a small group of aborigines on a walkabout. After decades of learning about the people of the outback, she becomes a 'runner between both worlds' and steps into the political arena to fight for the rights of aboriginal peoples. Her work brings her into contact with her brother Geoff who has fallen into crime and addiction. Beatrice shares 'The Message From Forever' with him, which outlines aboriginal philosophy and the principles of good living. This message is one that challenges our concepts of identity, spirituality and environmental involvement and shows us how we can live our lives in accordance with ageless values and simple wisdom.
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Ursula Le Guin
The 6th book in Le Guin's bestselling and much lauded Earthsea series. "What a year it's been for Le Guin. First, there was The Telling, the widely praised new novel in her Hainish sequence, followed by Tales from Earthsea, a collection of recent short fiction in her other major series. Now she returns with a superb novel-length addition to the Earthsea universe, one that, once again, turns that entire series on its head. Alder, the man who unwittingly initiates the transformation of Earthsea, is a humble sorcerer who specializes in fixing broken pots and repairing fence lines, but when his beloved wife, Lily, dies, he is inconsolable. He begins to dream of the land of the dead and sees both Lily and other shades reaching out to him across the low stone wall that separates them from the land of the living. Soon, more general signs and portents begin to disturb Earthsea. The dragons break their long-standing truce and begin to move east. The new ruler of the Kargad Lands sends his daughter west in an attempt to wed her to King Lebannen. Even Ged, the former archmage, now living in peaceful, self-imposed exile on Gont, starts to have disturbing dreams. In Tehanu (1990), the fourth book in the series, Le Guin rethought the traditional connection between gender and magic that she had assumed in the original Earthsea trilogy. In her new novel, however, she reconsiders the relationship between magic and something even more basic: life and death itself. This is not what 70-year-old writers of genre fantasy are supposed to do, but then, there aren't many writers around like Le Guin." - Publisher's Weekly. "...a thought-provoking continuation of the chronicle of Earthsea...a luminous, absorbing meditation upon life, death and man's relentless quest for immortality. " - Booktrust. Winner of the National Book Award, Kafka Award and Pushcart Prize.
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Here Paulo Coelo details his journey across Spain along the legendary road of San Tiago, which pilgrims have traveled since the Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious uides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.
The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coelho's literary canon. His first book, it not only paved the way for his phenomenal novel The Alchemist, but it also fully expresses his humanist philosophy and the depth of his unique search for meaning. Remainder mark.
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Priestess of Avalon tells the story of the British princess Eilan, known to the Romans as Helena. Helena's journey begins in Avalon when she falls in love with a Roman officer destined for imperial greatness. But she will find that forbidden love comes at an unexpected cost; she is banished from Avalon. We follow Helena as she grows from maiden to mother to wisewoman, experiencing both joy, with the birth of her child, and loss, when politics will force her lover to choose between her and the Empire. But when her son Constantine becomes Emperor she slowly discovers that her role has gone far beyond that of the traditional mother. Helena finds herself at the center of a crucial turning point in Western history as she seeks a way to bridge the pagan world of the Goddess and the new Christian Empire. And, as Empress-Mother, Helena embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to find the truth that transcends both the old religion and the new.
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Set in C17th B.C., Volume One in the stunning new Queen of Freedom trilogy, from the bestselling author of Ramses. Egypt is a shadow of its former self. An army of barbarians, mounted on horse-drawn chariots, has swept through the Empire, destroying everything in its path. Known as the Hyksos, the 'leaders from foreign lands', they have reduced the land of the pharaohs to slavery. Only one city resists: Thebes, where the widow of the last pharaoh, Teti the Small, still reigns. But Teti knows it's only a matter of time before her men succumb to the barbarities of the cruel Hyksos. She has an 18-year-old daughter, however: Ahotep. Fierce, beautiful and courageous, Ahotep will never accept defeat. And so she decides to re-ignite the flame of Egyptian resistance All by herself.
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Remnants of the First Earth continues the story of Edgar Bearchild - Young Bear's fictionalised alter ego - which began with Black Eagle Child, a New York Times Notable Book for 1992. Young Bear revisits the Black Eagle Child Settlement and its residents, including Ted Facepaint, Rose Grassleggings, Lorna Bearcap and Luciano Bearchild. At the centre of the novel is a murder investigation involving a powerful shaman holding court at the local Ramada Inn, negligent white cops from nearby Why Cheer, and corrupt tribal authorities. This lyrical narrative swirls through the present and into the mysteries of the age-old stories and myths that still haunt, inform and enlighten this unique community. "Out of an idiosyncratic mix of folk tales, rowdy adventures and religious imagery, Young Bear has fashioned a powerful, utterly distinctive and unsettling portrait of Native American life. It is one of the most interesting (nd audacious) ongoing projects in American letters." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Douglas Lockhart
"A work of creative imagination that takes the reader into the experience of another world, a world that is here around us at all times, but which is difficult to perceive for it is beyond the scope of our normal limits of consciousness. The book takes the reader beyond those limits as it tells the story of Peter Derwent, his meeting with Alexis Sebazius, a modern-day magus and Man of Feeling. The end result is a remarkable conveyance of experience from author to reader and is a true work of art." - New Life Magazine. "A fantastic piece of literature… not only a superb novel but it conveys man's progress from the shadows of darkness to the avenues of light. Thoroughly recommended for literally everyone." - Revelation.
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Stephen Donaldson
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever are a series of fantasy novels of tremendous scope and a psychological depth never before attempted. The magnificent saga of Thomas Covenant continues in Stephen Donaldson's highly acclaimed second epic fantasy trilogy - now available for the first time in one volume. Remainder Mark.
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Page Bryant
Set amidst the haunting, mysterious beauty of Ancient Egypt, The Second Coming of the Star Gods is an epic tale of magic, political intrigue, and mythology. Rich in historical and mystical detail, the story centers on Khem and Tiye, two young apprentice priestesses in the Temple of the Sun. As the girls are initiated into the secret arts of dream interpretation, astronomy, and astral travel, a battle for the great empire’s throne is being waged between the Pharaoh and his half-brother a battle in which the young apprentices will unwittingly play the decisive role. Engaging and hypnotic, The Second Coming of the Star Gods creates characters and a world so real you won’t want to soon leave.
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Mary Summer Rain
Is there a hidden pyramid buried beneath a mesa in the American Southwest? Is there a guarded chamber there that holds the sacred scrolls and tablets that reveal the answers to humanity's most puzzling mysteries throughout the ages? Even the answers to our enigmatic beginnings? This is the first novel from the bestselling author of the "No Eyes" series, and all the things for which Mary Summer Rain is famous are here - profound insight into Native traditions, metaphysical truths, and an absorbing style that pulls you into a world of ancient knowledge, spirits, dreams and mystery.
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"...a high-class addition to Bradley's Darkover saga. Margaret Alton is trying to master her gifts and the Shadow Matrix; Mikhail Lanart-Hastur, her lover, is on a wild-goose chase, courtesy of his uncle, Lord Regis Hastur; Mikhail's mother is fussing; and the lovers are trying to overcome political and family objections to their marriage. Just as they are up to their hindquarters in alligators, they are flung back to the Age of Chaos, in which Varzil the Good acts as a sort of deus ex machina to tie up several loose ends and generate others. The whole plot has a certain melodramatic, even operatic, quality, but the pacing is brisk, the setting is well handled, and the book succeeds at the most basic level of keeping the reader--particularly the hard-core Darkover reader--turning the pages. The characters sometimes indulge in illogical angst, and the Terran Empire, showing its invincible stupidity in handling Darkover, remains something of a straw villain. Bradley's saga is clearly showing some signs of age, but Darkover remains a monumental achievement, one that seems likely to spur more than a few additional good tales from its creator." - Booklist.
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Bob Cherry
When a trapper is found dead in the Alaskan bush, everyone in the tiny village of Snag Point who knew him is affected. There's his trapping partner, Hjalmar the Finn; his girlfriend, Moon Faced Nellie; an "old woman" named Maruluk; a priest who is tormented by his desires; and Deputy Delbert Demara, a lawman drunk on power. Finn initially blames the murder on Keetuk, an elusive musher, but he slowly comes to realize that danger is much closer to home. Set during Alaska's territorial days, this novel is ostensibly about the aftermath of a murder, but it also examines the interactions of a culturally diverse group.
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Bernard Cornwell
In the prolific Cornwell's latest novel, he reaches back into prehistory, to follow the exploits and fortunes of Hengall, the chief of the people of Ratharryn, and his three sons, Lengar, Camaban, and Saban. Lengar is poised to succeed his father as chief, but his greed interferes with his intentions. Camaban suffers from a physical deformity and has no place in the succession to his father's chiefdom, but events take him down a path no one would have anticipated. Saban, the youngest, is brave and true and ultimately comes to bear his father's title. But out of their familial struggle, and the struggles of the people of Ratharryn with neighboring tribes, comes the great temple we know as Stonehenge. Remainder mark.
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Robert Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to Mars. Michael is raised by Martians, and he arrives on Earth as a true innocent: he has never seen a woman and has no knowledge of Earth's cultures or religions. But he brings turmoil with him, as he is the legal heir to an enormous financial empire. With the irascible popular author Jubal Harshaw to protect him, Michael explores human morality and the meanings of love. He founds his own church, preaching free love and disseminating the psychic talents taught him by the Martians. The impact of Stranger in a Strange Land was considerable, hailed as science fiction's great utopian novel, and leading many children of the 60's to set up households based on Michael's water-brother nests. Remainder mark.
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Ursula K LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin follows her classic trilogy from Earthsea with a magical tale that won the 1991 Nebula Award for Science Fiction. "In Tehanu , LeGuin spins a bittersweet tale of Tenar and Ged, familiar characters from the classic Earthsea trilogy. Tenar, now a widow facing obscurity and loneliness, rescues a badly burned girl from her abusive parents. The girl, it turns out, will be an important power in the new age dawning on Earthsea. Ged, now broken, is learning how to live with the great loss he suffered at the end of the trilogy. Tenar's struggle to protect and nurture a defenseless child and Ged's slow recovery make painful but thrilling reading. Sharply defined characterizations give rich resonance to Tehanu 's themes of aging, feminism and child abuse as well as its emotional chords of grief and loss. Tehanu is a heartbreaking farewell to a world that is passing, and is full of tantalizing hints of the new world to come. Fans of the Earthsea trilogy will be deeply moved." - Library Journal. Remainder mark.
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James Redfield
In the much anticipated follow-up to the Celestine Prophecy James Redfield continues his compelling spiritual adventure, with near death experiences and the fourth spatial dimension providing more lessons to aid us in our spiritual evolution. Remainder mark. Dust jacket shop soiled.
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To the thousands of tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Then they hear that the Store - their whole world - is to be demolished. And it's up to one nome, Masklin, to mastermind an unbelievable escape plan that will take all the nomes into the dangers of the great Outside. The first title in a magnificent trilogy about the nomes, a race of little people struggling to survive in a world of humans.
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Three Novels by Paulo Coelho in one book. The Valkyries is the story of the struggle for survival of the little pocket of Roman civilisation left in Britain - when the Western Roman Empire was crumbling into dust; an epic story, woven around the personalities we know as King Arthur, the bravest of the brave, Uther Pendragon, and Merlin, the wisest of the wise. The Fifth Mountain is set in the 9th century BC. Elijah is a young man struggling to maintain his sanity amidst a chaotic world of tyranny and war. Fleeing his home from persecution, 23-year-old Elijah takes refuge with a young widow and her son in the beautiful town of Akbar, and is forced to choose between his new-found love, and his overwhelming sense of duty. Evoking all the drama and intrigue of the colourful, chaotic Middle East, Paulo Coelho turns the trials of Elijah into an inspiring story of how faith and love can ultimately triumph over suffering. Veronika Decides to Die is the story of a young and pretty girl, who has everything she could wish for - yet one morning she takes an overdose of sleeping pills. The overdose of sleeping pills does not work, and she wakes up in Villete, the local asylum. There she is told that her heart is damaged, and she has only a few days to live. The story follows Veronika through these intense days as she starts to question all her ideas about life. Soon she comes to realize that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying.
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The second volume in the magnificent Queen of Freedom trilogy; set in 17th century B.C. Egypt. The barbaric Hyksos have taken possession of the whole of Egypt, imposing their harsh rule with unimaginable cruelty. Only Queen Ahotep has yet to succumb. Not far from Thebes, the only city which retains its independence, she has established a secret military base to train the soliders who will one day set her country free. And even when, during an initial skirmish, her husband is killed, the Queen refuses to give in, turning instead to her eldest son, Kames, who must learn to take his father's place and become pharaoh in his turn. Heading an increasingly powerful army, Ahotep steals victory after victory, despite the treacherous behaviour of a handful of 'collaborators'. From south to north, the Egyptians begin to re-group, becoming stronger by the day - and the occupying forces no longer seem quite so invincible. Unless Queen Ahotep and her followers are being lured into the most elaborate of traps... Remainder mark, shop soiled.
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Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
"Here begins the Sovereign Stone trilogy. Related to a role-playing game, it stands on its own in fine style. The protagonist, Gareth, nine when the story begins, is whipping boy to his contemporary, Prince Dagnarus, who is already frustrated because he knows that his older half-brother, Prince Helms, is to succeed their father, King Tamaris. As Dagnarus' only friend, Gareth puts aside scruple after scruple and, to aid the prince's ambitions, becomes adept in the forbidden Void magic. A singularly nasty civil war in the realm of Vinnengaelean ensues. Swords and sorcery are unleashed ruthlessly, and the kingdom's other races - elves, dwarves, and orken - join in. Weis and Hickman raise a fairly standard plot far above mediocrity with ingenious world-building touches; for instance, the dwarves are horse-archers, and the Vrykyl are a singularly gruesome variety of the undead. Moreover, they render Gareth and Dagnarus' friendship convincingly; the characters' motives are plausible and fully developed, and both retain human appeal." - Booklist.
592pp, 9.5x6.5 ... Hardback
James D Doss
Ute tribal investigator Charlie Moon visits some Anasazi ruins, which Charlie's old Aunt Daisy, a tribal shaman and all-around tough cookie. says are cursed by fire. When two burned bodies are discovered, he almost believes her. With his aunt's gifts and help from his friend the police chief, Moon finds a killer. Remainder mark.
294pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
Published price £16.99 -- You save £10.00 ... 59%
