PERRY SARAH

Ο ΘΡΥΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΣΣΕΞ
Λονδίνο 1893. Μετά τον θάνατο του άντρα της, η Κόρα Σίμπορν, ανάμεσα στη θλίψη και στην ανακούφιση, αποσύρεται στην εξοχή με τον γιο της. Εκεί θα ακούσει ιστορίες για τον "Όφη του Έσσεξ", ένα πλάσμα της λαϊκής , παράδοσης που λέγεται ότι επέστρεψε και περιπλανιέται στους βάλτους. Η Κόρα ενθουσιάζεται, πιστεύοντας ότι ίσως πρόκειται για κάποιο είδος που δεν έχει ανακαλυφθεί ακόμα. Αναζητώντας τα ίχνη του, πέφτει πάνω στον Γουίλλιαμ Ράνσομ, τον εφημέριο του Ολντγουίντερ, ο οποίος πιστεύει ότι η θεραπεία αυτής της υστερίας βρίσκεται στην πίστ...
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(P/B) THE ESSEX SERPENT
London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, in the hope that fresh air and open space will provide refuge. On arrival, rumours reach them that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for superstition, is enthralled, convinced that what the l...
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(P/B) MELMOTH
Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure th...
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(H/B) IF...
If... is a book of surreal possibilities. It can be explored in many different ways. you can use a single illustration or combine several to create your own stories. For example, "If frogs ate rainbows..." what would their craoks sound like and what would they say? Or "If cats could fly... and "If mice were hair"... what then? In contrast, you can perceive each painting as a complete story in itself. I hope this book triggers a smile (either private or shared ) and will help you experience the real wonders surrounding us all: water can bec...
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