Hungry Hill
The story of a deadly curse that afflicted an Irish family for a hundred years. "I tell you your mine will be in ruins and your home destroyed and your children forgotten . . . but this hill will be standing still to confound you." So curses Morty Donovan when Copper John Brodrick builds his mine at Hungry Hill. The Brodricks of Clonmere gain great wealth by harnessing the power of Hungry Hill and extracting the treasure it holds. The Donovans, the original owners of Clonmere Castle, resent the Brodricks' success, and consider the great house and its surrounding land theirs by rights. For generations the feud between the families has simmered, always threatening to break into violence . . .
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder [Annotated]
The Problematic Press edition of James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder features the following unique additions: * A Foreword by David Reynolds introduces the author and the novel. * Annotated end notes by David Reynolds reflect on interesting elements of the text and reference scholarly works. DESCRIPTION While playing a silly game, four bored yachtsmen find a mysterious copper cylinder bobbing along the sea. They soon discover the briny cylinder contains a massive script, a journal of sorts, detailing the adventures of Adam More, a sailor lost at sea. Examining the script reveals More's incredible story of drifting across the ocean, sailing to lost lands, encountering giant beasts, and meeting truly peculiar people. This is a satirical tale that is sure to entertain!
Wild Swimming Walks Cornwall
The best-selling Wild Swimming Walks series visits the delights of Cornwall's coasts, estuaries, river and moors. Discover secret coves, sandy beaches, blue grottoes and moorland pools with 25 magical days out. * Swim in sheltered azure coves on the LIzard, * Find fairy pools and coral sands in Penwith, * Explore rugged cliffs and sea caves near Padstow, * Dive into mysterious pools on Bodmin moors, * Swoosh down with the currents of the Looe, * Glide under the willows in dappled valleys of the Fal, * Float in Daphne du Maurier's emerald estuaries in Fowey, * Swim among hidden harbours and ancient quays of Cotehele, * Follow in the footsteps of pirates and smugglers at Prussia Cove.
The Breaking Point
In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du Maurier explores the boundaries of reality and imagination. Her characters are caught at those moments when the delicate link between reason and emotion has been stretched to the breaking point. Often chilling, sometimes poignant, these stories display the full range of Daphne du Maurier's considerable talent. "The appeal of romance and the clash of highly-charged emotions."-New York Herald-Tribune
Frenchmans Cap
In Frenchmans Cap, Simon Kleinig takes you on journey through the timeline of this remarkable mountain, from its geological genesis to its emergence as one of the world's great wilderness destinations.It has been a journey often accompanied by struggle and controversy, as protesters and nature lovers from all over the world fought to preserve this unique wilderness for future generations. A well known feature to First Tasmanians, Frenchmans Cap continues to both challenge and inspire today."For everyone, Simon Kleinig's Frenchmans Cap brings new life to both the heights of exploration and depths of despair, which have occasioned the history of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area's grand central peak."-Bob Brown
