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A South Indian Journey
Inspired by a temple astrologer (who had accurately predicted his marriage and the birth of his two daughters), the writer and broadcaster Michael Wood travelled on a magical journey through south-east India.
Ghostcloud
'A superbly inventive and magical debut' - Piers Torday 'Beautifully written and filled with unforgettable characters ... a diamond of a book' - Ross MacKenzie 'Utterly original, thrilling, strange and cracking good fun ... every chapter is packed full of wild imagination' - Liz Hyder Catch the wind. Find your freedom. A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London for 9+ readers. Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underneath a half-bombed, blackened power station, 12-year-old Luke's life is miserable. Then, he discovers he can see things others can't. Ghostly things. Specifically, a ghost-girl named Alma. Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky and bend their shape to her will, befriends Luke. And with Alma's help, Luke discovers he is in fact a rare being - half-human and half-something else ... Then Luke learns the terrible truth of why children are being kidnapped and forced to work in the power station, and he becomes even more desperate to escape. Can Luke find out who he really is ... and find his freedom?
The Life and Times of Michael K
Coetzee here tells the story of a handicapped young man who has worked as a municipal gardener in Cape Town. His mother is dying, and she wishes to return to her birthplace out in the veldt. Without the required transit passes, mother and son set out on a journey that will end in death for her and in a new but temporary life on an abandoned farm for him. His respite in isolation and peace does not last long, however; grotesque reality soon returns to trouble this quiet new world. Against the solitude of this private drama, Coetzee paints an eloquent and pained picture of his homeland and of the bureaucrats, doctors, army deserters, and camp guards who reveal the stress and qualms of their existence and who uneasily sense that there is no conclusion to their troubles and no future for their lives.
The Advice Trap
From the author of the runaway bestseller The Coaching Habit comes an authoritative guide to getting the most out of your workforce--and it all starts with curbing your urge to dole out advice. In The Advice Trap, bestselling author, speaker, and leadership coach Michael Bungay Stanier shares his invaluable insights into developing team members' professional performance, using tips that even the busiest managers can put into play. Learn how to confront and quell the three advice monsters that lurk inside us all, and how to resist the seven temptations that can ensnare even the most well-meaning manager. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Michael shows you exactly how to ask questions that dr...
Act of God
Earth is facing a coming ice age. Humanity has marshalled its technology and resources in an attempt to delay the great cold; a diversion necessary to maintain hope for the people. But some few know the truth. There is little hope left on Earth. But there may still be hope in the stars. Michael, ward of the church since childhood is summoned for humanity's most ambitious and secret undertaking. Shepard the human race to a new home. Finished construction, 240 million kilometres from the sun is the Ark. The ship designed to carry one half million souls in suspended animation to a new world. But the mission of the Ark is more than simply saving the human species. Its creator, the New Unified Church must save the human spirit and accomplish what humanity never attempted; bring together the religions of the world and expunge the ancient hatreds that dominate doctrine. But the cost to the church will be its very existence. In order to unify, all agree that the Ark must not carry the symbols, books or even the knowledge of any of the old religions. To survive, humanity must lose God and have faith that God will find them in the stars.
Michael Deal
Michael Deal is a novel about one man's struggle to find his place in the human community. The structure of the book reflects its theme. Every action sequence, every series of events, every chapter, as well as the entire book as an organic whole, exhibits the identical structure as its protagonist attempts to "fit in," is frustrated and fails, and reacts in one of two ways, withdrawal or attack, until at the very end of the novel he finds his own way of coming to terms with the issue. This blending of structure and theme is masterfully accomplished in the Africa sequence, which constitutes most of chapter two, the longest of the novel's three chapters. The theme of finding one's place may not be unique; but Vivelo's voice, as well as his manner of presenting this perennial concern, is decidedly different from that of any other novelist.
The London Gazette
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