Alison: 1980 books

Over the past years, the screams, echoing from within the old house, varied from ecstasy to desperation. Apart from the wildlife, the cries fell on deaf ears; the Mistress liked it this way. Surrounded by acres, including woodland and wide-open stretches of pasture, Mondesto Manor suited her sordid...

Alison Whitelock dreamed of shooting her father with a sawn-off shotgun. Her brother planned to use the longest knife in the cutlery drawer, and her mother tried to poison him with out-of-date tranquillisers. This wee book is a bittersweet account of growing up in Scotland in the strange and brutal kingdom...

Jenna is back and having her brains screwed out in Manhattan but is she finally reaching her limit? Maybe it's time she rediscovered her roots. Maybe it's time she returned to Northern England where she originally came from. Maybe it's also time she had a vacation from sex. But how long can...

Alison Booth's dazzling debut, set in a beautiful coastal town of NSW, is an unforgettable, heart-warming novel about love and loss, betrayal and hope... It's 1957 and, after the death of her husband, pianist Ilona Talivaldis and her nine-year-old daughter Zidra, travel to the remote coastal...

Raised by wolves, lured to a windswept island, transmogrified into a cat… everyone is trapped or lost or running, whether they’re drinking themselves to death in rural Italy or living under a false identity after a terror attack. Bleak and hopeful by turns, Lang’s stories disturb, provoke and entertain.

Having relocated more than an average 17 years old should have, Rurika Hart finally settled in a quaint town. There she met her very first friend and finally experienced a normal high school life. Her friend, Jocelyn Moore, would say otherwise though. Besides fashion sense, Jocelyn believed Rurika’s...

This is a comprehensive reference guide examining the language employed by Shakespeare to represent women in the full range of his poetry and plays. Including over 350 entries, Alison Findlay shows the role of women within Shakespearean drama, their representations on the Shakespearean stage, and their place in Shakespeare's personal and professional lives.

Jerusalem is about to be destroyed by the Assyrians. King Hezekiah has taken a stance, not only against his enemies, but also against many of his own people. He has committed himself (and the city) to the words of the LORD through Isaiah the prophet—Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall...

"A love story, a war story, an ecological adventure, a biological poem, and a treatise on the fragility of life--Darwin's Wink has it all. The writing is so incantory that it almost floats off the page. In Fran, Alison Anderson has created a strong, flawed, and utterly believable heroine.......

For a while now you've been happy as a dog parent. You and your canine friend have formed a bond that nothing could ever change. Until one day, you get the joyous news. You're pregnant! Congratulations. Now...how to introduce your oldest and furriest friend to the new addition to the family?This...

This book provides an account of the development of ideas about nature from the Early German Romantics into the philosophies of nature of Schelling and Hegel. In clear and accessible language, Alison Stone explains how the project of philosophy of nature took shape and made sense in the post-Kantian...

NOTORIOUS MEETS NORTH BY NORTHWEST A daring prison escape in Mexico. An explosion in the Hague. Tourists disappearing in Scotland and the Sahara. Reporters murdered or reported missing. Seemingly unrelated incidents. Or parts of an ingenious terrorist plot? Everything is timed to happen at eleven,...

From award–winning author Alison Stuart comes a stirring historical trilogy about soldiers, spies, and the strong women that love them. England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. The country will be divided and lives lost...

From award–winning author Alison Stuart comes a stirring historical trilogy about soldiers, spies, and the strong women that love them. By The Sword England 1650. In the aftermath of the execution of the King, England totters once more on the brink of civil war. Kate Ashley...