Based on a true case, a young man pays the ultimate price for saying what he thinks in this masterful historical novel by a writer at the height of her powers. Edinburgh in the late 17th century is centre of religious authoritarianism, intolerance and fear. The flames of the city’s famous Enlightenment are yet to burn. Based on the true story of Thomas Aikenhead, this is the fictional account of a 20 year-old student who was the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for blasphemy. Dilys Rose is one of Scotland’s very best literary writers. This is a brilliant historical novel, from an acclaimed and award-winning writer at the height of her powers, with great resonance for today.
Can Gala resist the ties that bind, or will she be drawn once more into a world skewed by fear and suspicion? To avoid being caught in the web of her father's self-delusion, she fled to another continent. Now she has returned, she must confront the unbearable weight of her past. A flawed father is seen clearly at last through his daughter's eyes in a multi-layered narrative that echoes the shifts and loops of memory. Delicately drawn in fragments of memory, Pelmanism is a moving journey of self-discovery. With her father's breakdown, Gala finds herself pulled back into the toxic family dynamics she thought she had eluded. Through ripples of the past, we begin to piece together the reality of a family that has lived a lie for as long as she can remember. But what kind of truth can memory really offer?
As Russell Fairley, dumped by his girlfriend, struggles to get over a lingering virus, his own life starts to resemble a fictional nightmare. The blood-processing plant where he works becomes a stage for mystery and tragedy, through which the medieval bringer of plagues, the Pest Maiden, seems to stalk. With the economy and precision for which she has been praised, Dilys Rose brings us the very human story of one man surviving a crisis - and conjures the shadow of a dark and ancient threat.
In order to fix an issue with one of his aerodynamic designs, Max Harvey intended to spend a short time in the UK before heading back to the States in time for Christmas. But that was before he bumped into the hotel maid. Talia Wolf sacrificed her dream job as an archaeologist when she was obligated to care for her five-year-old nephew, Charlie. She now spent her days in a job she detested, just scraping by financially. They were constantly relocating to avoid Charlie's substance-abusing father. When they met, there was an obvious spark between the two, who had never had time for love. Is it possible they are only a wish away from joy, with Christmas only a few weeks away?
Based on a true case, a young man pays the ultimate price for saying what he thinks in this masterful historical novel by a writer at the height of her powers. Edinburgh in the late 17th century is centre of religious authoritarianism, intolerance and fear. The flames of the city’s famous Enlightenment are yet to burn. Based on the true story of Thomas Aikenhead, this is the fictional account of a 20 year-old student who was the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for blasphemy. Dilys Rose is one of Scotland’s very best literary writers. This is a brilliant historical novel, from an acclaimed and award-winning writer at the height of her powers, with great resonance for today.
Can Gala resist the ties that bind, or will she be drawn once more into a world skewed by fear and suspicion? To avoid being caught in the web of her father's self-delusion, she fled to another continent. Now she has returned, she must confront the unbearable weight of her past. A flawed father is seen clearly at last through his daughter's eyes in a multi-layered narrative that echoes the shifts and loops of memory. Delicately drawn in fragments of memory, Pelmanism is a moving journey of self-discovery. With her father's breakdown, Gala finds herself pulled back into the toxic family dynamics she thought she had eluded. Through ripples of the past, we begin to piece together the reality of a family that has lived a lie for as long as she can remember. But what kind of truth can memory really offer?
From a time of ancient Celtic forests to an era of consultations by phone and spells printed by computer, Welsh-born Dilys Gater is a Wise Woman for today. Here she shares the secrets of her calling in the form of 'thoughts, magic, wisdom and spells' - love spells, instructions for communicating with the dead, introductions to your totem animal, shape-shifting, the spiritual paths along which to tread to seek the Celtic Holy Treasures and follow in the steps of the heroes of myth and the knights who sought the Grail. Discover a new richness of living, a world where the triple-faced Celtic goddess speaks, and the threads of your life are placed in your hands. Originally published in 1998, this book has already become a cult classic
A vivid and absorbing historical novel of intrigue and romance by a mistress of her craft. Newly re-issued in paperback. London, 1594. Nimue, daughter of Queen Elizabeth's 'other Welsh wizard' is entrusted by the Queen with a mission that only she, with her unique powers, can carry out. What is the sinister 'Hand of Glory' that threatens the peace of the kingdom? Is the danger from Grainne O'Malley, the Irish woman pirate? Or from the dark and erotic influence of the man known as the Counsellor - the Holy Devil? Nimue's quest takes her into the London underworld; the theatre of her father's friend Will Shakespeare; the company of cunning women, alchemists and dealers in magic. Her dreams lead her to the wild west coast of Ireland and the great Cliffs of Moher... The beginning of Nimue's story can be read in PENDRAGON: THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTER also available from www.lulu.com
Will her past catch up with her? When Amelia Bailey moved to Cape Charles she fell in love with the beautiful small town. But what none of the residents know is that she’s in hiding from some people she wished she’d never met. People who want revenge and will do whatever is necessary in order to get it. Unable to trust anyone, she keeps everyone at a distance. Then Liam walks into her life, and try as she might, she can’t help her feelings of attraction toward him. Liam Miller is a first-class criminal law attorney. But he’s reached a point in his life where he wants to step back and revaluate things. So he takes a break from his job and agrees to help a friend whose construction company is doing some work in Cape Charles. While there he meets a woman who not only intrigues him, but attracts him more than any woman ever has. Liam can sense that something is frightening her, but he has no clue what it is. Then not one but two bombs are deployed, and the only connection between them is Amelia. Soon Liam learns that she’s running for her life. Someone wants her dead. But he’s determined to protect her.
Summer shone late over Western Europe in 1939, but in Icaria the sun had done its work by the fourth week of August figs bursting, grapes heavy under their bloom, and the paths on the hillsides powdering beneath one s feet. The earth, saturated with the long months of heat, flung back sunlight as we crossed the ravine and skirted the walls - we were glad to reach the village after our mornings walk and sit down outside the little caf6. The proprietor, a tallish, stooping man with black, rough hair, a heavy moustache, and the fine-seamed, leathery brown skin of the Greek countryman, brought chairs for us and planted them in the middle of the street one chair to sit on, one to use as a foot-rest. What will you have What have you got ouzo, wine Ouzo we havent got wine we have good - wine. Wine, then three glasses, please. A boy had been asleep on a bench just inside the little cavern of the caf he woke up hastily, put on an apron, and came out with a blue tin mug of wine and glasses.
Dilys Gater is a practising psychic and in this book she reveals the day-to-day aspects of work that bring her into contact with lost spirits, star children, the dead, angels, devils, mystics, the searching and suffering - with more than 50 case histories.
Meredith is a big fan of horror movies and books. But never in a million years would she dream of her life turning into a horror movie. With all those creepy dreams and strange happenings, Meredith’s life is really a nightmare. Will she get to the bottom of things? Or will she be haunted forever?
Writer Dilys Gater, born in North Wales, captured the mystical echoes of Welsh history, tradition and magic in many of her novels: also in CELTIC WISE WOMAN, one of the non-fiction books which established her reputation in the field of psychic and spiritual work. Her twenty years experience working with the public as a professional psychic medium produced a series of thoughtful and instructive guides for the spiritual student at every level - now being re-issued in the SILVER GROVE SERIES. This compilation volume offers a complete introduction and companion to the spiritual journey - how to begin living with psychic awareness; how to progress safely; how to work with guides and spirits; how to discover one's true identity and purpose and follow one's own individual path. Instructional sections for practical work are included throughout the book.
Covering all routes to early years teaching, this essential textbook provides students and practitioners with everything they need to know to deliver outstanding Early Years practice. Previously titled Achieving Early Years Professional Status, this new edition is completely revised to include recent research and practice guidance for those studying: - Early Years Teacher Status - Teach First Early Years - Early Years Educator - Early Years PGCE New case studies, illustrating best practice, make this text highly relevant for experienced professionals teaching and leading practice in Early Years settings and schools, and anyone interested in helping Early Years children learn and develop. Denise Reardon, Dilys Wilson and Dympna Fox Reed will be discussing ideas from Early Years Teaching and Learning in Doing Your Early Years Research Project, a SAGE Masterclass for early years students and practitioners in collaboration with Kathy Brodie.
Finding Your Way with Your Baby explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year, and that of the mother, father and other significant adults. It does so in a way that is deeply informed by psychoanalytic understandings, infant observation, developmental science and decades of clinical experience. Combining the wisdom of many years' work with the freshness of up-to-date knowledge, Dilys Daws and Alexandra de Rementeria engage with the most difficult emotional experiences that are often glossed over in parenting books – such as pregnancy, through birth into bonding, ambivalence about the baby, depression, and the emotional turmoil so often brought to the surface by being a new parent. Acknowledgement and understanding about this darker side of family life offers a sense of relief that can allow parents to harness the power of knowing, owning and sharing feelings to transform situations and break negative cycles and old ways of relating. With real-life examples, references to current thinking and a calm and simple writing style they also provide new insights into the more commonly covered issues such as weaning, sleeping and crying. Finding Your Way with Your Baby is primarily aimed at parents but it will be a helpful resource for all those working with parents and babies including health visitors, midwives, social workers, GPs, paediatricians and childcare workers. It will appeal to parents and professionals who are interested in ideas from psychoanalytic clinical practice and the latest research in developmental psychology and neuroscience.
Sleep problems are among the most common, urgent and undermining troubles parents meet. This book describes Dilys Daws' pioneering method of therapy for sleep problems, honed over 40 years of work with families: brief psychoanalytic therapy with parents and infants together. Offering tried and tested ways of helping parents work things out better with their babies when such problems arise, this new edition of Dilys Daws’ classic work, updated with expert help from Sarah Sutton, frees professionals from the burden of feeling they need to rush to give advice to families, showing instead how to begin the challenging journey of discovering new emotions that every baby brings. It sheds light on the sleep problem in the context of a whole range of aspects of the early world: the regulation of babies’ physiological states; dreams and nightmares; the development of separateness; separation and attachment problems; and connections with feeding and weaning. This much-needed, compassionate and well-informed guide to helping parents and babies with sleep problems draws on twenty-first century development research and rich clinical wisdom to offer ways of understanding sleep problems in each individual family context, with all its particular pressures and possibilities. It will be treasured by new parents struggling with sleeplessness and is enormously valuable for anyone working with parents and their babies.
Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact c&t publishing.
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