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Northwest Smith: The Legendary Hero Of The Spaceway
by C. L. MooreFirst published in Weird Tales in the early 1930s, C.L. Moore’s Northwest Smith stories, especially “Shambleau,” were hailed as some of the most imaginative and vivid science fiction stories ever to come out of the golden age of sci-fi. At a time when women were heavily underrepresented in the genre, Moore was among the first to gain critical and popular acclaim, and decades later was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Northwest Smith, now recognized by many as the archetypal space smuggler and gunslinger, is an adventurer in the classic sense of the word, and these thirteen stories chronicle the bizarre dangers, interstellar wonders, and titillating romances that captured the imagination of a generation.
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith (Golden Age Masterworks)
by C.L. MooreAmong the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic bootlegger Northwest Smith still resonate strongly more than 75 years after their first publication. From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, the thirteen stories in Northwest of Earth blaze a trail through the underbelly of the solar system. The quick-drawing smuggler of the spaceways who would become the model for countless science fiction heroes, Northwest Smith is SF's original outlaw.
Northwoods
by Bill SchweigartSome borders should never be crossed. From the author of The Beast of Barcroft comes a waking nightmare of a horror novel that's sure to thrill readers of Stephen King and Bentley Little. Ex-Delta Force Davis Holland, now an agent for the Customs and Border Protection, has seen it all. But nothing in his experience has prepared him for what he and the local sheriff find one freezing night in the Minnesota woods. Investigating reports of an illegal border crossing, the two men stumble across a blood-drenched scene of mass murder, barely escaping with their lives . . . and a single clue to the mayhem: a small wooden chest placed at the heart of the massacre. Something deadly has entered Holland's territory, crossing the border from nightmare into reality. When news of the atrocity reaches wealthy cryptozoologist Richard Severance, he sends a three-person team north to investigate. Not long ago, the members of that team--Ben McKelvie, Lindsay Clark, and Alex Standingcloud--were nearly killed by a vengeful shapeshifter. Now they are walking wounded, haunted by gruesome memories that make normal life impossible. But there is nothing normal about the horror that awaits in the Northwoods.
Northworld Trilogy
by David DrakeThe inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to the world located by Captain North's Survey team. None returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen. Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path to each task's completion and a ruthless determination to do what the task required. The cost--to himself and whoever happened to be in the way--didn't matter. Hansen's iron will and strong arm confront godlike power and godlike cunning while a galaxy trembles for the outcome. And if Hansen dies--he will not die alone!
Nos Limites da Terra
by Mari Collier Gilson Cardozo de ArrudaUm homem com genes Thalian-Justine está abandonado no planeta Terra. Ele tem uma nave espacial e a escondeu nas regiões inabitadas do Texas. Ele deve sobreviver neste planeta violento e retornar para destruir os Justines e vingar sua mãe e Thalia. Ele adota o nome de MacDonald e resgata Rolfe durante uma briga de bar. Ele se junta a Rolfe no comércio de peles até terminar. Eles se tornam comerciantes até uma invasão dos Kiowas destruir seus bens. MacDonald admite que ele tem ouro escondido. Uma viagem à nave espacial fornece fundos para uma concessão de terras do Estado do Texas. MacDonald se torna um Batedor da 2ª Companhia dos Dragões. Durante uma incursão em um campo dos Comanches, ele resgata Anna, uma mulher alta o suficiente e guerreira o suficiente para lhe ser companheira. Será que MacDonald e Anna sobreviverão à gripe, à inimizade de seus vizinhos do Sul,a uma invasão no Recanto dos Schmidt e à Guerra Civil?
Nos mienten
by Eduardo VaquerizoUna brillante distopía sobre el futuro inmediato de España que aúna aventura y denuncia social Los pueblos que olvidan su futuro están condenados a sufrirlo España, mediados del siglo XXI. La resaca de la crisis ha dejado un mundo en el que las megacorporaciones dominan una sociedad hipertecnológica erigida sobre las ruinas de los Estados. El crecimiento salvaje de la desigualdad ha convertido el centro de las ciudades en grandes fortalezas donde viven y trabajan los privilegiados, rodeadas por inmensos barrios periféricos llenos de un ejército de desheredados cada vez más descontentos. Nora Robles trabaja en Madrid como guardaespaldas para uno de los hombres más poderosos del país. Su vida es sencilla. Ella y su marido esperan poder tener un hijo, comprarse un piso, sobrevivir. Hasta que se ve obligada a emprender una frenética huida para resolver un crimen del que ha sido acusada injustamente. En una sociedad donde el capitalismo por fin se ha quitado la careta y la injusticia alcanza extremos insoportables, donde la tecnología está al servicio de unos pocos y el sistema ha hipotecado hasta el aire que se respira, la aventura de Nora es la aventura de los que buscan un cambio, de los que no aceptan rendirse. Y ella no es la única dispuesta a resistir. Nos mienten es algo más que una novela, es un grito de auxilio desde el mañana.
Nose Pickers from Outer Space
by Gordon KormanFourth-grader Devin is disappointed in the nerdy exchange student who comes to live with his family, until he realizes that Stan is not from Chicago but from outer space.
Nosotros
by Yevgueni ZamiatinUn gran clásico de la literatura, que inspiró 1984 de George Orwell y predijo los peores excesos del imperio soviético. A la altura de las novelas distópicas de Margaret Atwood. En una ciudad con muros y edificios de cristal existe una sociedad totalitaria cuyos súbditos sobrellevan unas vidas carentes de pasión y creatividad. Hasta que D-503, un matemático que por las noches sueña con números, efectúaun descubrimiento: tiene un alma individual. Ambientada en el siglo XXVI, Nosotros es la novela distópica por antonomasia, antecesora de 1984 y Un mundo feliz. Un relato que vaticina el destino al que todos podemos estar abocados si rendimos nuestra individualidad a un desvarío tecnológico colectivo. Proscrita en la Unión Soviética durante muchos años, Nosotros sigue siendo un conmovedor alegato en favor de la libertad individual, al tiempo que una convincente, trepidante y vívida obra de ciencia ficción. La crítica ha dicho:«Cuando finalmente me tropecé con Nosotros, me quedé con la boca abierta. Y ahora, al volver a leerla, [...] me quedo boquiabierta. En Nosotros hay muchas cosas que se dirían proféticas. [...] Nos encontramos con la representación fundamental de las dictaduras y los capitalismos de vigilancia posteriores, dibujada con tanta claridad como en un anteproyecto de ingeniería».Margaret Atwood «Zamiatin capta de forma intuitiva el aspecto irracional del totalitarismo -el sacrificio humano, la crueldad como finalidad en sí misma-, por lo que Nosotros es superior al libro de Huxley».George Orwell «La mayor obra de ciencia ficción jamás escrita».Ursula K. Le Guin «En este momentoen que la política mundial adquiere tintes distópicos, todo el mundo habla de 1984, pero merece la pena leer la novela que muy posiblemente inspiró el libro de Orwell, quien la reseñó poco antes de escribir 1984: Nosotros, de Yevgueni Zamiatin [...] Por desgracia, la distopía descrita por Zamiatin guarda muchos puntos de contacto con la actual sociedad de la monitorización. Basta pensar en el incipiente proyecto chino de crédito social, que rastrea los movimientosde los ciudadanos. El Gran Hermano era un aprendiz en comparación con Xi Jinping. Zamiatin lo vio venir».Lit Hub
Nosso Tempo (As Crônicas de Kerrigan Sequência Livro 5 #5)
by W. J. MayA aguardada sequência da série as Crônicas de Kerrigan, da autora best-seller do USA TODAY, W.J. May. Se Rae Kerrigan achava que planejar um casamento era difícil imagine tentar planejar dois. Especialmente se um deles for para o futuro Rei e Rainha da Inglaterra. Após ser completamente apagada das mentes de todos que conhecia, Rae Kerrigan recupera sua vida só para descobrir que está de repente na pista rápida. Uma pista em direção ao casamento, liderança e muitas outras responsabilidades que nunca soube que tinha. Com problemas surgindo entre os Cavaleiros e o Conselho, um convite para o casamento real e a liberdade condicional tênue do seu pai, na melhor das hipóteses, Rae se vê dividida em tantas direções que é difícil lembrar do fato que uma assassina sedenta de vingança ainda está atrás da sua cabeça. Rae pode curar a divisão no mundo tatù? Quando Samantha atacará novamente? Mais importante... Rae finalmente conseguirá aquela vida normal pela qual está lutando? LEIA TODA A SÉRIE: Série Prequela: Christmas Before the Magic Question the Darkness Into the Darkness Fight the Darkness Alone in the Darkness Lost in Darkness Série As Crônicas de Kerrigan Um Raio de Esperança Nebulosa Escura Castelo de Cartas Chá Real Sob Fogo Fim à Vista Escuridão Oculta Entrelaçados Marca do Destino Força & Poder O Último Em Pé Raio de Luz As Crônicas de Kerrigan Sequência Uma Questão de Tempo O Pêndulo do Tempo Segunda Chance Falha no Tempo Nosso Tempo Precious Time As Crônicas de Kerrigan: Gabriel Living in the Past Present for Today Staring at the Future
Nostalgia Is Heartless: The Heartless Series, Book Two
by Sarah Lahey“A thrilling and immersive work of speculative climate fiction.” —Kirkus ReviewsThe second installment in the topical, award-winning Heartless Series, Nostalgia Is Heartless delves into a world on the brink of climate catastrophe.Pregnant, unemployed, and living back home with her father, scientist Quinn Buyers wonders how she got to this point. Her famous scientist mother is still mysteriously missing, the planet is at risk from a massive solar storm, the pesky Transhumans want to take a colony to Titan, and her assisted living companion, a robotic meerkat, is showing clear signs of anxiety and depression. But her biggest challenge is her partner. How can she reconcile her long-distance relationship with this reserved, enigmatic cyborg?This time, Quinn’s adventures take her across the globe to Antarctica . . . where it rains all day, every day. Full of humor and whimsy, Nostalgia Is Heartless will delight readers as they follow Quinn’s race to save her family, her planet, and—hopefully—her love life.
Not All Hairs and Graces
by R. M. GibsonWhat do you make for tea for a full house of hungry beasts when all you have in the cupboard is a packet of pasta and a tin of chickpeas?How do you go back to work after you slapped your co-worker at the staff Christmas party?How do you live with yourself after eating that third bar of chocolate three days into your healthy new year's resolution?How do you feel valued in a world where you are judged on the colour of your fur?How do you get over your brother bringing a fanged monster in high heels into the house?How do you get through the day when a 1000-year-old demon wants to take over your mind?Those are constant questions for Bernadette St James, a young fiery woman, part of a progressive wolf pack in Bedfordshire. Her entire life is thrown into mayhem when shemeets emotionally stunted vampire beauty, Grace. Maybe there is more between the two of them than a 1000-year-old feud between their species.
Not All Heroes
by Josephine CameronEven though her family moved across the country for a “fresh start” after her little brother’s death, eleven-year-old Zinnia Helinski still feels like she’s stuck waiting for her new life to begin. Then she spots her new neighbor, Kris, climbing down the fire escape of their apartment building. He’s wearing a black eye mask! And Spandex leggings. . . . And a blue body suit?Soon Zinnia finds herself in a secret club for kids who want to be heroes. The Reality Shifters don’t have superpowers, but they do have the power to make positive change in their neighborhoods. And a change is just what Zinnia is looking for!At first, she feels invincible. Zinnia finally has friends and is on the kind of real-life adventures her little brother, Wally, would have loved. But when her teammates lose sight of their goals, Zinnia must find the balance between bravery and recklessness, and learn to be a hero without her cape.
Not Alone: A Novel
by Sarah K. JacksonAn exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for survival and a future in a world ravaged by environmental disaster • "Not Alone kept me breathless with tension… [A] gripping adventure story.&” —Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room and HavenFive years ago, a microplastic storm wiped out most of the population. No infrastructure. No safe havens. No goodbyes.Since then, Katie and Harry have lived in isolation in their small flat outside London. Katie forages, hunts the surviving animal population, and provides for Harry, who was born after the storm, and who has never left their little home. After years without human contact, Katie and Harry are shocked by the arrival of a threatening newcomer, just as Katie&’s persistent cough seems to have taken a turn for the worse. But this proof of life beyond their familiar environment spurs Katie to undertake a previously unthinkable journey, in search of her fiancé, Jack, who never came home the day of the storm, and a different kind of life for Harry.Outside of their protected bubble, Katie and Harry encounter an altered world, full of new dangers, other survivors--both friend and foe--and many surprises. Katie's resources, energy, and parenting abilities are pushed to the brink, as Harry's life and safety waver in the balance, knowing that the further they get from their flat, the harder it will be to return if things go wrong. Sarah K. Jackson combines beautiful language, palm-sweating adventure, and a deep, true-to-life parent-child bond that transcends its post-apocalyptic setting, in a debut that emphasizes the importance of resilience, hope, and sustainability today.
Not As We Know It
by Tom AveryFor fans of David Almond's Skellig and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, here is a lyrical, atmospheric, and deeply emotional middle-grade novel with a touch of magical realism. Twins Jamie and Ned do everything together, from watching their favorite show, Star Trek, to riding their bikes, to beachcombing after a storm. But Ned is sick with cystic fibrosis, and he may someday leave Jamie behind. One day the boys find a strange animal on the beach: smooth flesh on one end, scales at the other, and short arms and legs with long webbed fingers and toes. Could it be a merman, like in the old stories Granddad tells? Together, the boys name the creature Leonard and decide to hide him in a tub in their garage. But . . . why is Leonard here? Jamie hopes he might bring some miracle that will stop his brother from going where he can no longer follow. But Ned, who grows closer to Leonard every day, doesn't seem to be getting any better. . . ."A heartrending but ultimately uplifting adventure novel for readers ready for a good cry." --School Library Journal, Starred"A hauntingly beautiful story about brotherly bonds, wrenching grief, and the untethered hope that everything will somehow work out." --Publishers Weekly, StarredFrom the Hardcover edition.
Not Dark Yet
by Berit Ellingsen"[Ellingsen] is just starting what promises to be a major career, but already giving readers a unique and fascinating perspective." --Jeff VanderMeer"I cannot remember the last time a writer impressed me so quickly." --InDigest MagazineBrandon leaves his boyfriend in the city for a quiet life in the mountains, after an affair with a professor ends with Brandon being forced to kill a research animal. It is a violent, unfortunate episode that conjures memories from his military background.In the mountains, his new neighbors are using the increased temperatures to stage an agricultural project in an effort to combat globally heightened food prices and shortages. Brandon gets swept along with their optimism, while simultaneously applying to a new astronaut training program. However, he learns that these changes--internal, external--are irreversible.A sublime love story coupled with the universal struggle for personal understanding, Not Dark Yet is an informed novel of consequences with an ever-tightening emotional grip on the reader.Berit Ellingsen is a Korean Norwegian writer and former bookseller whose stories have appeared in W.W. Norton's Flash Fiction International Anthology, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Unstuck. She is the author of the story collection Beneath the Liquid Skin, and the novel Une Ville Vide, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the British Science Fiction Award.
Not Dead Yet Collection: Male/Male Paranormal Mystery Stories
by Jenn BurkeDying isn’t what it used to be in Jenn Burke’s sexy paranormal mystery series, Not Dead Yet. Not Dead YetWes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief-for-hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now. It’s just Wes’s luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes’s heart years ago—and could again. As they work together to track down the murderer, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson’s been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.Give up the GhostImmortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in together.When all hell literally breaks loose in Toronto, he and Hudson are thrown into a case unlike any they’ve seen before. To save the city, Wes needs to harness his new power…and find some answers. But when he gets them, the solution to fix it all could mean losing everything.Graveyard ShiftWes Cooper and his not-life partner, vampire Hudson Rojas, have settled into cohabitation in an upscale part of Toronto. Their PI business is booming, and when a suspect they’ve been tailing winds up in the morgue, it’s alongside a rash of other shifters in apparent drug-related fatalities.Now Wes and Hudson must connect the dots between the shifter deaths and an uptick in brutal vampire attacks across the city. When a nightmare from Hudson’s past comes back to haunt him, their weird, little found family is pushed to the brink. Mucking this up would mean Hudson and Wes missing their second chance at happily-forever-afterlife…
Not Dead Yet: A paranormal mystery (Not Dead Yet #1)
by Jenn BurkeDying isn’t what it used to be.Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now. His latest mission brings him more than he bargained for: a very-dead actor who is definitely going to stay that way. It’s just Wes’s luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes’s heart years ago—and could again, given he’s rocking a hot silver-fox look that shouldn’t be legal.As they work together to track down the murderer before anyone else gets hurt, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson’s been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.This book is approximately 91,000 words
Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters #1)
by Rebecca Schaeffer<p>Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed. <p>Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold in his place—because Nita herself isn’t exactly “human.” She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she’s willing to become the worst kind of monster.</p>
Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (Guardians of the Flame, Book #8)
by Joel RosenbergKethol--The pretty fellow, a long and lanky redhead with an easy smile and an easygoing attitude that his clever eyes deny. He is quick with a quick. . . and quicker with a sword. Durine--The big man, a head taller than most and twice as wide, built like a barrel, with a loyal heart and hands too thick to use anything more delicate than an ax handle. Pirojil--The ugly one, his face heavy-jawed, with an eye ridge that would mark him as a Neanderthal only to the most gracious. But looks deceive, and his might be the rarest gift of all. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis they're not.
Not Fit for Children
by Evelyn E. SmithTrading with the natives was like taking candy from a kid—but which were the natives? Evelyn E. Smith is best known as the author of the Miss Melville mysteries. From 1952 to 1969 she wrote dozens of science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy, Super Science Fiction, and Fantastic Universe. Her stories were witty, well written, often humorous, and always unforgettable.
Not Flesh Nor Feathers (Eden Moore #3)
by Cherie PriestDown by the river, the first to go missing were not much lamented. Disappearances of homeless men foraging through trash or nuisance skater kids who rolled their boards along the planked piers at night were not noteworthy enough to delay the city's development projects. But deep beneath the riverbank, the evidence of a terrible crime has been covered up twice. When a TVA dam falters and the river swells, panic rises downtown. As the Tennessee creeps over its banks, it dredges up death from its own polluted bed. Twenty-nine victims of a long-ago slaughter walk when the water rises, patrolling the banks and dragging the living down to a muddy grave. No one remembers how they died and no one knows what they want. Some secrets are never washed away. Instead they are patient, biding their time. They wait for the water to lift them so they can prowl for the justice that was denied them ninety years ago. But in ninety years a city's shape changes, and where justice can no longer be found, vengeance may have to suffice. The city of Chattanooga is about to learn a terrible truth about the things a river can and cannot hide…. And reluctant medium Eden Moore may be the only one who can dissuade the twenty- nine bodies from adding hundreds of its citizens to their ghastly ranks. Not Flesh Nor Feathers is a stand-alone sequel to Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Wings to the Kingdom.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Not For All The Gold In Ireland
by John JamesThe hard years on the Amber Road had changed Photinus the Greek. He had won a fortune and lost an eye and married various wives and become a God. His cousin Philebus had played the game of the pea and the three cups; now, reluctantly, Photinus - Votan - set off to retrieve the Deed of Monopoly to all the Gold of Ireland.Sequel to the remarkable VOTAN, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND continues the adventures of John James' reluctant hero Photinus. One of the forgotten classics of fantasy, the duology is ripe for rediscovery. Fans include Neil Gaiman, who has provided a new introduction to the Fantasy Masterwork collection.
Not For All The Gold In Ireland
by John JamesThe hard years on the Amber Road had changed Photinus the Greek. He had won a fortune and lost an eye and married various wives and become a God. His cousin Philebus had played the game of the pea and the three cups; now, reluctantly, Photinus - Votan - set off to retrieve the Deed of Monopoly to all the Gold of Ireland. Sequel to the remarkable VOTAN, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND continues the adventures of John James' reluctant hero Photinus. One of the forgotten classics of fantasy, the duology is ripe for rediscovery. Fans include Neil Gaiman, who has provided a new introduction to the Fantasy Masterwork collection.
Not Forgetting The Whale: The International Bestseller
by John IronmongerTHE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE......AND THE VILLAGE THAT GAVE IT BACK TO HIM 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses: this novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK'A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall' Financial Times'As the front pages crowd with headlines that grow ever more grim, Not Forgetting the Whale offers a very welcome alternative' IndependentWhen a young City trader, Joe, washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, warning of a deadly pandemic virus and a financial apocalypse, he is rescued by the villagers, and given a home. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's wife and the flamboyant romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. The village, Joe tells them, must store up food, and isolate themselves to stay safe. But are Joe's fears unfounded? Why has Joe fled the city for St Piran? And what of the whale that lurks in the bay?Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about a community reacting to a deadly threat, about the best and worst in our nature - and the search for a place to call home(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group
Not Forgetting the Whale
by John IronmongerWHERE WILL YOU ESCAPE TO THIS SUMMER? For fans of ELEANOR OLIPHANT, THE ROSIE PROJECT & THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, an uplifting story about the search for a place to belong. When a young man, Joe, washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's wife and the flamboyant romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. And they, in turn, come to find that he gives fresh perspectives on their lives and loves. But what the villagers don't know is why Joe fled the city for St Piran, and what he left behind. Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about community, the best and worst in our nature, and the search for a place to call home.'Fun, uplifting, charming' Financial Times'A warm-hearted book crammed with ideas . . . very, very good' Emerald Street'A tremendously enjoyable book' Independent on Sunday