Author: Tōppil Muhammatu Mīrān̲
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book, originally called Oru Kadalore Kiramathin Kathai, deals with the fall of feudalism as the forces of modernity advance and their presence felt even in a small and obscure village. It is the story of a landlord in Travancore, whose villagers rebel against his tyrannical rule.
The Story of a Seaside Village
Author: Tōppil Muhammatu Mīrān̲
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book, originally called Oru Kadalore Kiramathin Kathai, deals with the fall of feudalism as the forces of modernity advance and their presence felt even in a small and obscure village. It is the story of a landlord in Travancore, whose villagers rebel against his tyrannical rule.
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book, originally called Oru Kadalore Kiramathin Kathai, deals with the fall of feudalism as the forces of modernity advance and their presence felt even in a small and obscure village. It is the story of a landlord in Travancore, whose villagers rebel against his tyrannical rule.
In a Village by the Sea
Author: Muon Van
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"--
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"--
Gringos in Paradise
Author: Barry Golson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743276353
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In a lighthearted, uplifting, yet practical account, Golson details the year he and his wife spent building their dream house in Mexico for this first fun and informative chronicle of the new trend of retiring south of the border. Photos.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743276353
Category : Aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In a lighthearted, uplifting, yet practical account, Golson details the year he and his wife spent building their dream house in Mexico for this first fun and informative chronicle of the new trend of retiring south of the border. Photos.
Winnie at the Seaside (paperback and CD)
Author: Valerie Thomas
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192727251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Winnie makes a beeline for the sea to cool down. Wilbur makes a beeline for anywhere other than the sea - he hates water, and can't bear getting wet. Winnie is having so much fun in the water that she doesn't notice her broomstick being washed out to sea. She waves her magic wand in an attempt to get the broomstick back but it doesn't really go according to plan. The mix of magic and mayhem that follows involves a surfer and a whale and, predictably, it's poor Wilbur who gets the worst of things...In this paperback with audio CD edition, children can listen to the story with accompanying music and sound effects that really transport listeners to the seaside!
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192727251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Winnie makes a beeline for the sea to cool down. Wilbur makes a beeline for anywhere other than the sea - he hates water, and can't bear getting wet. Winnie is having so much fun in the water that she doesn't notice her broomstick being washed out to sea. She waves her magic wand in an attempt to get the broomstick back but it doesn't really go according to plan. The mix of magic and mayhem that follows involves a surfer and a whale and, predictably, it's poor Wilbur who gets the worst of things...In this paperback with audio CD edition, children can listen to the story with accompanying music and sound effects that really transport listeners to the seaside!
The Village by the Sea
Author: Anita Desai
Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788177649079
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788177649079
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Heart of Redness
Author: Zakes Mda
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374708215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A startling novel by the leading writer of the new South Africa In The Heart of Redness -- shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize -- Zakes Mda sets a story of South African village life against a notorious episode from the country's past. The result is a novel of great scope and deep human feeling, of passion and reconciliation. As the novel opens Camugu, who left for America during apartheid, has returned to Johannesburg. Disillusioned by the problems of the new democracy, he follows his "famous lust" to Qolorha on the remote Eastern Cape. There in the nineteenth century a teenage prophetess named Nonqawuse commanded the Xhosa people to kill their cattle and burn their crops, promising that once they did so the spirits of their ancestors would rise and drive the occupying English into the ocean. The failed prophecy split the Xhosa into Believers and Unbelievers, dividing brother from brother, wife from husband, with devastating consequences. One hundred fifty years later, the two groups' decendants are at odds over plans to build a vast casino and tourist resort in the village, and Camugu is soon drawn into their heritage and their future -- and into a bizarre love triangle as well. The Heart of Redness is a seamless weave of history, myth, and realist fiction. It is, arguably, the first great novel of the new South Africa -- a triumph of imaginative and historical writing.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374708215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A startling novel by the leading writer of the new South Africa In The Heart of Redness -- shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize -- Zakes Mda sets a story of South African village life against a notorious episode from the country's past. The result is a novel of great scope and deep human feeling, of passion and reconciliation. As the novel opens Camugu, who left for America during apartheid, has returned to Johannesburg. Disillusioned by the problems of the new democracy, he follows his "famous lust" to Qolorha on the remote Eastern Cape. There in the nineteenth century a teenage prophetess named Nonqawuse commanded the Xhosa people to kill their cattle and burn their crops, promising that once they did so the spirits of their ancestors would rise and drive the occupying English into the ocean. The failed prophecy split the Xhosa into Believers and Unbelievers, dividing brother from brother, wife from husband, with devastating consequences. One hundred fifty years later, the two groups' decendants are at odds over plans to build a vast casino and tourist resort in the village, and Camugu is soon drawn into their heritage and their future -- and into a bizarre love triangle as well. The Heart of Redness is a seamless weave of history, myth, and realist fiction. It is, arguably, the first great novel of the new South Africa -- a triumph of imaginative and historical writing.
Death at the Seaside
Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250098858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Originally published: Great Britain: Piatkus, 2016.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250098858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Originally published: Great Britain: Piatkus, 2016.
Salt Sisters
Author: Katherine Graham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838319502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
What secrets is this seaside town hiding? Izzy's world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She's forced to come home from abroad, back to the small village she worked so hard to escape and a past she wanted to forget. Soon her family demands more than she is ready to give, and Izzy must reconsider her choices - sacrificing the dream life she built for herself on the other side of the world. But was Amy's death an accident or something more sinister? When Izzy sets out to determine what happened, she realises how little she knew her sister and how deep the mystery runs in this quaint seaside village. Can she uncover the truth while confronting the secrets that drove her away in the first place - before her life is put in danger, too?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838319502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
What secrets is this seaside town hiding? Izzy's world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She's forced to come home from abroad, back to the small village she worked so hard to escape and a past she wanted to forget. Soon her family demands more than she is ready to give, and Izzy must reconsider her choices - sacrificing the dream life she built for herself on the other side of the world. But was Amy's death an accident or something more sinister? When Izzy sets out to determine what happened, she realises how little she knew her sister and how deep the mystery runs in this quaint seaside village. Can she uncover the truth while confronting the secrets that drove her away in the first place - before her life is put in danger, too?
A Kite at the Edge of the World
Author: Katy Grant
Publisher: Yearning Press
ISBN: 1733080619
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
It had been a great day. Perhaps the Best Day… A seaside village many years ago. A boy makes a new friend who says he has always wanted to come to the seashore. This is his last wish, to see where the world ends and the blue begins—because he is dying. “Then we should do something fun today,” the younger boy announces. Fun! With all the doctors and hospitals, there’s been little time for fun. But what should they do? Flying a kite is great fun on a windy day. But first they must make their kite. And they’ll need supplies. And the money to buy them. And they will have to get around all the grown-ups who might stand in their way. And so this never-to-be-forgotten day begins. This is a story of friendship. Of first loss. And of seizing the day.
Publisher: Yearning Press
ISBN: 1733080619
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
It had been a great day. Perhaps the Best Day… A seaside village many years ago. A boy makes a new friend who says he has always wanted to come to the seashore. This is his last wish, to see where the world ends and the blue begins—because he is dying. “Then we should do something fun today,” the younger boy announces. Fun! With all the doctors and hospitals, there’s been little time for fun. But what should they do? Flying a kite is great fun on a windy day. But first they must make their kite. And they’ll need supplies. And the money to buy them. And they will have to get around all the grown-ups who might stand in their way. And so this never-to-be-forgotten day begins. This is a story of friendship. Of first loss. And of seizing the day.
Dark, Salt, Clear
Author: Lamorna Ash
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526643863
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2021 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple 'A beautiful account of immersion in an alien world' Philip Marsden, Guardian There is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child – the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays. Then there is the Cornwall she discovers when, feeling increasingly dislocated in London, she moves to Newlyn, a fishing town near Land's End. This Cornwall is messier and harder; it doesn't seem like a place that would welcome strangers. But before long, Lamorna finds herself on a week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen, afforded a rare glimpse into their world, their warmth and their humour. Out on the water, miles from the coast, she learns how fishing requires you to confront who you are and what it is that tethers you to the land. Dark, Salt, Clear is a bracing journey of discovery and a captivating portrait of a community sustained and defined by the sea for centuries.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526643863
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2021 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple 'A beautiful account of immersion in an alien world' Philip Marsden, Guardian There is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child – the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays. Then there is the Cornwall she discovers when, feeling increasingly dislocated in London, she moves to Newlyn, a fishing town near Land's End. This Cornwall is messier and harder; it doesn't seem like a place that would welcome strangers. But before long, Lamorna finds herself on a week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen, afforded a rare glimpse into their world, their warmth and their humour. Out on the water, miles from the coast, she learns how fishing requires you to confront who you are and what it is that tethers you to the land. Dark, Salt, Clear is a bracing journey of discovery and a captivating portrait of a community sustained and defined by the sea for centuries.