This collection showcases a variety of writings by the acclaimed author known for their 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted work, Treacle Walker. It offers readers a glimpse into the author's unique voice and literary style, featuring diverse themes and narratives that reflect their creative journey. Each piece is crafted with thoughtfulness, inviting readers to explore the depth of the author's imagination and storytelling prowess.
Elidor. The Owl Service. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. The Moon of Gomrath. A Bag of Moonshine
Elidor ; The Moon of Gomrath ; The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Omnibus of Elidor, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath
Stunning new edition of Alan Garner's folklore collection by CollinsVoyager.
A classic work of rural magic realism from one of Britain's greatest children's novelists Four interconnected fables of a way of living in rural England that is now disappeared. Craftsmen pass on, or withhold, secrets of their relationship with the natural world, which gives them the material from which they create useful and beautiful things. Smiths and chandlers, steeplejacks and quarrymen, all live and work hand in hand with the seasons, the elements and the land. There is a mutual respect and a knowledge of the magical here that somehow, somewhere was lost to us. These fables beautifully recapture and restore it to us. And a very particular landscape, on the outskirts of industrial Manchester, is brought vividly to life.
New edition containing four original stories. 8-11 years.
A collection of stories about fools drawn from American Indian, African, Irish, Gypsy, Sumatran, Flemish and British sources
I sing the eagle.It hangs above the grave mound.I sing, dreaming...William Buckley was transported to Australia in 1801. He escaped and lived as an Aborigine for thirty-one years. In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the Aboriginal spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate.
Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner's seminal fantasy classic, THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN, this beautifully produced hardback collects all of Alan's folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike, and a book to be treasured.Among the stories collected here are:,*Kate Crackernuts,*Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree,*Yallery BrownAges: 9+
Enthralling sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
This concluding volume of the 'Weirdstone trilogy' features Professor Colin Whisterfield who spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock and dances, to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying.
Learn the secrets of effective communication from the most popular book in the world for teaching conversation skills – almost one million copies sold! Fully updated for the 2020s, Conversationally Speaking provides proven communication strategies, based on hundreds of research studies, as well as the authors' own experience teaching conversation workshops. Now you can use this expertise to get more out of your everyday interactions with family, friends, and coworkers. Everybody thinks that some people are born with the "gift of gab" and some people aren't. But the truth is there is no "gift of gab." People who are good at conversation just know a few simple skills that anyone can learn. This book will teach you those skills. With Conversationally Speaking, you will learn how to: Ask the kind of questions that promote conversation Interest people in what you have to say Achieve deeper levels of understanding and intimacy Handle criticism constructively Overcome shyness and become more confident Listen so others will be encouraged to talk to you Find out why Toastmaster Magazine calls Conversationally Speaking "the classic how-to book in social communication" and why Dr. Aaron Beck, whose work has had a major influence on thousands of psychologists, calls it "of great value for people who want to sharpen their skills in interpersonal relations."
When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights. But the heart of the magic that binds them - Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 years, but the forces of evil are closing in, determined to possess and destroy its special power. Colin and Susan realise at last that they are the key to the Weirdstone's return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?
Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. John Turner's death in the eighteenth century leaves an emotional charge which, in the twenty-first century, Ian and Sal find affects their relationship, challenging the perceptions they have of themselves and of each other.
While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.
The lives of three young men in three different periods of British history converge and each influences the destiny of the others.
From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service The much-loved classic, finally in ebook. In 'The Lad of the Gad' Alan Garner has reworked five stories from the Gaelic layers of British folktale. Folk and fairy tales have not always been relegated to children, and older readers will appreciate Garner's ability to give these stories a new vitality for our time.
Three young people spend the summer in a Welsh valley haunted by mythical spirits and find themselves reenacting an old tragedy.
"Playful, moving and wholly remarkable" (Guardian). "A small miracle" (New Statesman). "Mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page" (Telegraph). This work is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore, exploring the fluidity of time through vivid storytelling that illuminates an introspective young mind. Joe Coppock, with his lazy eye and love for comics, birds' eggs, and marbles, encounters Treacle Walker, a wanderer and healer, who arrives unexpectedly from the Cheshire moor. This meeting sparks an unlikely friendship, introducing Joe to a world beyond his imagination. The narrative is rich with exuberance and eccentricity, embodying deep thought and resonant mythology, as noted by the Observer. Critics praise its spare, allusive style, describing it as luminous and understated (Rowan Williams, New Statesman) and cryptic yet evocative (Carolyne Larrington, TLS). This work has been recognized as a New Statesman Book of the Year, a TLS Book of the Year, and a Guardian Best Fiction Book of 2021.
Joseph knows that he has to be different from his grandfather, a stone mason whose work is in evidence throughout the village, and the day comes when he must announce his decision.
Inspired by true events, The Hotel Hokusai explores the Glasgow Boys' little- known time in Japan during the late 1800s through the perspective of another foreigner - young Korean immigrant Han - weaving a traditional whodunnit tale that examines disparities in race and class under the shadow of Western colonialism.
Three folktales--"The Fox, the Hare, and the Cock," "The Girl and the Geese," and "Battibeth"--complemented by remarkable, surrealistic art, are retold by an expert in fairytales and folklore in a new edition designed to be read aloud.
Susan und Colin suchen auf einem abgelegenen Bauernhof am Edge-Berg nach einem legendären Schatz. Dabei werden sie in den Konflikt zwischen dem Zauberer Cadellin und seinem Feind Nastrod, dem Herrscher der Finsternis, um den magischen Zauberstein "Feuerfrost" verwickelt.
Beschrijving van de diverse vormen van communicatie die zich voor kunnen doen in de dagelijkse omgang van mensen.
Beschrijving van de diverse vormen van communicatie die zich voor kunnen doen in de dagelijkse omgang van mensen.
