azzopardi t the hiding place
Azzopardi T. The Hiding Place
Dolores is the youngest of six daughters. Growing up in the 1960s in Cardiff's poverty stricken Tiger Bay, her life is cursed from the start when, on the day of her birth, her father gambles and loses everything on a bet that Delores will be a boy. As Dolores grows older, we see this strange underworld through her eyes: Tiger Bay is a place of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets, and for Dolores and her sisters, their home is a dangerous place, filled equally by fear and love. Thirty years later, the estranged sisters return to Tiger Bay for their mother's funeral. It is a time of consolation, of memories and nightmares, and a chance for Dolores to understand the tragedy that has shaped her existence.The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi is a deeply moving and intensely lyrical novel about love and betrayal. Shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize, it portrays the life of a child condemned forever to bear the mark of a disintegrating family. .
934 Руб.
Azzopardi T. The Hiding Place
Dolores is the youngest of six daughters. Growing up in the 1960s in Cardiff's poverty stricken Tiger Bay, her life is cursed from the start when, on the day of her birth, her father gambles and loses everything on a bet that Delores will be a boy. As Dolores grows older, we see this strange underworld through her eyes: Tiger Bay is a place of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets, and for Dolores and her sisters, their home is a dangerous place, filled equally by fear and love. Thirty years later, the estranged sisters return to Tiger Bay for their mother's funeral. It is a time of consolation, of memories and nightmares, and a chance for Dolores to understand the tragedy that has shaped her existence.The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi is a deeply moving and intensely lyrical novel about love and betrayal. Shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize, it portrays the life of a child condemned forever to bear the mark of a disintegrating family. .
934 Руб.
Quintana J. The Hiding Place
From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies. Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people... Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery. Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants. Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth...
1076 Руб.
Quintana J. The Hiding Place
From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies. Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people... Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery. Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants. Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth...
1076 Руб.
Follow That T-Rex!
Where is T-Rex hiding? Lift the felt flaps to find out! Meet the different dinosaurs and learn first colours, as you turn the pages and FOLLOW THAT T-REX!
1340 Руб.
5060384460055, Виниловая пластинка Genesis, From Genesis To Revelation (coloured)
Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание альбома: Where The Sour Turns To Sweet, In The Beginning, Fireside Song, The Serpent, Am I Very Wrong, In The Wilderness, The Conqueror, In Hiding, One Day, Window, In Limbo, Silent Sun, A Place To Call My Own
3520 Руб.
5060384460055, Виниловая пластинка Genesis, From Genesis To Revelation (coloured)
Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание альбома: Where The Sour Turns To Sweet, In The Beginning, Fireside Song, The Serpent, Am I Very Wrong, In The Wilderness, The Conqueror, In Hiding, One Day, Window, In Limbo, Silent Sun, A Place To Call My Own
3918 Руб.
Let’s Find the Dinosaur
T-Rex is hiding. Let's go and find him! There are lots of dinosaurs playing in the valley, but could any of them be T-Rex? Peek through the pages and lift the touchy-feely felt flaps to find out!
1926 Руб.
Bronte Charlotte Jane Eyre. Level 5
Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night, and Mr Rochester appears to be hiding a terrible secret. Can Jane even hope for happiness?
1531 Руб.
Bronte Charlotte Jane Eyre. Level 5 + audio
English Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night, and Mr Rochester appears to be hiding a terrible secret. Can Jane even hope for happiness.
2749 Руб.
McFarlane M. Mad about You
A dream house-share seems like the perfect place to hide, but her unlikely housemate Cal is no stranger to running away himself. And he's also hiding secrets of his own . . .Can these two take a crazy risk, face the past and finally find a reason to stay?
578 Руб.
McFarlane M. Mad about You
A dream house-share seems like the perfect place to hide, but her unlikely housemate Cal is no stranger to running away himself. And he's also hiding secrets of his own . . .Can these two take a crazy risk, face the past and finally find a reason to stay?
578 Руб.
Dorries Nadine The Four Streets
1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless – and hated by the cold woman who is determined to take her dead mother's place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not let slip to anyone, lest it rips the heart out of the community. What can the people of the Four Streets do when a betrayal at the very heart of their world comes to light?
2339 Руб.
I See Animal Colors
In this book, toddlers will discover that animals come in a rainbow of colors. Plus, find the out-of-place animal hiding on each page. These sturdy board books feature simple text, bright images, and interactive learning. Plus look for fun find-its and Storytime Tips to help you get the most out of reading with your baby or toddler.
1016 Руб.
Cooke C.J. The Ghost Woods
In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore - old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child. Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed. Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth. And she soon suspects the proprietors are hiding something. Then she meets the mysterious mother and young boy who live in the grounds - and together they begin to unpick the secrets of this place. As the truth comes to the surface and the darkness moves in, Pearl must rethink everything she knew - and risk what she holds most dear.
3025 Руб.
Britton Fern Coming Home
When the only place you want to be is home… When Ella’s beloved grandmother dies, she comes back to the beautiful Cornish coast to heal her heart. There she finds her home again and discovers a new life, and new love … But she also opens a treasure trove of secrets. Sennen left Cornwall a young single mum but unable to cope. She left her children, her family and part of her. She’s spent the years hiding from her past, hiding from herself. Now it’s time to come back. To Cornwall. To face her mistakes. To pray for forgiveness. To hope for a future with her daughter.
1685 Руб.