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  The Hill

  Angela France

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  Angela France's The Hill is a remarkable sequence of poems that leads us up the winding footpaths of Leckhampton Hill near Cheltenham. Under our feet are fossils and flora, bones and the relics of quarrying. France is masterful in capturing the sense of place and weaving the entrancing voices of the hill, its walkers and inhabitants, into the fabric of these formally adventurous poems that range from prose to 'anglish', richly worded and delighting in their shapes and sounds.
  Here, we encounter ghosts, foxes and ancient kings. We meet the protestors who, years before the Kinder Scout Trespassers, were standing up for their rambling rights and took the law into their own hands in 1902 when a landowner tried to enclose the hill they had walked for generations. And though history is never far from the surface, The Hill raises questions that are just as important today; who has the right to roam, whose land is it,

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  A Soup of Alphabets from A-Z

  Various Authors

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  A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including  Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the English alphabet in rime--so that a child may not become a dunce! The Anti Slavery Alphabet - a book prepared to encourage young children to speak against the institution of slavery in 19th century United States.  The method used is an alphabetical listing of the evils of slavery. The Peter Pan Alphabet  and The Alphabet of Celebrities - Oliver Herford's teaching guides to the English alphabet--using Peter Pan and famous names! (Summary by Sam Stinson and Wikipedia)

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  Aiblins - New Scottish Political...

  Katie Ailes, Sarah

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  Aiblins is a selection of new Scottish political poetry. The poems in this collection reflect the tumultuous, rapidly evolving nature of contemporary Scottish politics. They also stand as a testament to the deep engagements poets are making with the political landscape today, not only by reflecting on current events through their work but also by issuing provocations which reframe and challenge conventional assumptions.

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  CRUCIBLE OF THE VAMPIRE - An...

  Amanda Murray

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  Isabelle, a young university researcher, is sent to a country manor house deep in the heart of rural Shropshire to verify an ancient object that the family has discovered during the renovation of their home. 
  While Isabelle sets to work verifying its authenticity, she becomes the obsession of the owner’s strange but beautiful daughter and they develop a dangerous attraction. 
  Isabelle soon discovers that the object has a cursed history and that the house holds a dark and chilling secret.  
  A chance finding of a 200 year old journal confirms Isabelle’s suspicions that the family are not the only residents at Ashwell Hall and something more terrifying lurks within. 
  The truth is far more shocking than she could have imagined and will change Isabelle’s life forever. 
  Around every corner lies another harrowing surprise and Isabelle will be tested to her limits as she tries to escape from the Crucible of the Vampire, a modern gothic thriller that transports you from the English Civil War to the present day.

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  That's All I Have To Say For Now

  Ronald Franklin Saia

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  Ronald Franklin Saia was born a grandson to an Italian from Sutera, Sicily. Growing up in rural Kansas gave Ronald a deep feeling in his soul for the outdoors. His appreciation for Creation has influenced his verbiage and style.

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  Rivers to the Sea

  Sara Teasdale

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  A bestseller at the time of its publication, Rivers to the Sea, Sara Teasdale's third collection of poetry, has remained in print since its debut in 1915. Passionate and romantic, full of longing, this masterful collection was dedicated to her husband. Sara Teasdale won the Pulitzer Prize for her book Love Songs in 1918. 
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  AnnaLisa Bodtker is the narrator of the popular audiobooks The Rainbow and the Rose by Edith Nesbit, and Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale. 
  cover image: Desna river, feeder of the Southern Bug, at dawn. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Raion by George Chernilevsky

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