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A Woman Clothed in Words

Anne Szumigalski, renowned for her breakout poetry collection Woman Reading in Bath, her Governor General’s Award winning collection Voice, and many other books in between, was one of Canada’s most prominent poets. With her published works, as well as with her teaching and magnanimous guidance, she did as much as or more than anyone to put prairie Canadian poetry on the map. But Anne was more than a poet. She also wrote fiction, drama, literary non-fiction, and even a Prairie liturgy. Here, collected for the first time, is a sampling of the best of all the many literary faces of Anne Szumigalski, chosen and edited by her literary executor, Mark Abley, who also provides an extensive introduction for the work.

The Misbegotten King

An ancient prophecy tells Amanander that he is the real heir to the throne of Meriga presently held by King Abelard. He uses his magic to probe the king's mind but kills him instead. All is set for a final conflict between him and his half-brother Roderic.

Children of Enchantment

In a sequel to Daughter of Prophecy, two young strangers discover the love they were preordained to share, and a fratricidal war for the crown is loosed upon the kingdom.

The Knight, the Harp, and the Maiden

The foremost city-state of Sylyria is in the cold grasp of Lindos, a cruel wizard who has mastered the magic to turn 10,000 years of peace into a reign of horror. Rejected in his marriage proposal to the beautiful noblewoman Juilene, the evil Lindos plagues her with a hateful curse: anyone who helps her will be destroyed. A forlorn exile with nothing more than her harp, the young songsayer flees her home to protect her family. But, in the distant city of Khardroon, she meets a mysterious knight prophesied to be the true savior of Sylyria -- and the confrontation with Lindos is now inevitable.

Love Finds You at Home for Christmas

"Sweet Southern Christmas" Both Ruby and Cliff have returned home to their small Arkansas town after serving in World War II. As snow blankets the town and Christmas draws near, will their wounded hearts find healing and love? "Small-Town Christmas" Sophia never expected to return to her hometown, but she's converting her grandparents' Victorian mansion into a cafe. Then her childhood friend Jon walks into her cafe and back into her life. As Chrstmas descends upon the Ozark hills, Jon woos Sophie with a tender love that makes her feel like she's come home.

Body Surfing

At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage.

Little Vampire

Tony loves reading creepy stories about vampires. But when one night he finds a real vampire sitting on his windowsill, he is very surprised and terribly frightened. Luckily the little vampire turns out to be friendly. Thus begin the adventures of Tony, Rudolph, Anna the Toothless, Gruesome Gregory, and Nightwatchman McRookery.

Philida

This is what it is to be a slave: that everything is decided for you from out there. You just got to listen and do as they tell you. You don’t say no. You don’t ask questions. You just do what they tell you. But far at the back of your head you think: Soon there must come a day when I can say for myself: This and that I shall do, this and that I shall not.In Philida, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, André Brink—“one of South Africa's greatest novelists” (The Telegraph)—gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to survive and to be free. It is 1832 in South Africa, the year before slavery is abolished and the slaves are emancipated. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. When Francois’s father orders him to marry a woman from a prominent Cape Town family, Francois reneges on his promise to give Philida her freedom, threatening instead to sell her to new owners in the harsh country up north.   Here is the remarkable story—based on individuals connected to the author’s family—of a fiercely independent woman who will settle for nothing and for no one. Unwilling to accept the future that lies ahead of her, Philida continues to test the limits and lodges a complaint against the Brink family. Then she sets off on a journey—from the southernmost reaches of the Cape, across a great wilderness, to the far north of the country—in order to reclaim her soul.From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Swan Book

The new novel by Alexis Wright, whose previous novel Carpentaria won the Miles Franklin Award and four other major prizes including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award. The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the life of a mute teenager called Oblivia, the victim of gang-rape by petrol-sniffing youths, from the displaced community where she lives in a hulk, in a swamp filled with rusting boats, and thousands of black swans driven from other parts of the country, to her marriage to Warren Finch, the first Aboriginal president of Australia, and her elevation to the position of First Lady, confined to a tower in a flooded and lawless southern city. The Swan Book has all the qualities which made Wright’s previous novel, Carpentaria, a prize-winning best-seller. It offers an intimate awareness of the realities facing Aboriginal people; the wild energy and humour in her writing finds hope in the bleakest situations; and the remarkable combination of storytelling elements, drawn from myth and legend and fairy tale. 

After Earth

Based on the epic film After Earth, starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith.

Stranger to History

Why did being Muslim mean that your allegiances were to other Muslims before the citizens of your country? Why did his father, despite claiming to be irreligious, describe himself as a 'cultural Muslim'? Why did Muslims see modernity as a threat? What made Islam a trump identity?

Ботухон

Китобхон! Бу қиссада инсоннинг фидокорона баҳодирлиги ва маккор ёвузлик; озодлик учун қаттиқ кураш ва даҳшатли зулм; разил сотқинлик ҳамда содиқ дўстлик хислатлари тасвирланади Ботухоннинг раҳмсиз лашкарлари босиб олган юртлардаги халқларнинг кўз кўрмаган, кулоқ эшитмаган азоб-уқубатларга йўлиққанлари, бир неча юз минг сувори, гўё ўз елкасида енгилгина бир пайраҳани йўрттириб ўтган шиддатли пўртанадек, бу хонйи буюк Эдил дарёси қирғоқларига олиб келиб туширганлари, қорачадан келган қисиқ кўзли саркарданинг бу ерда қудратли Олтинўрда хонлигини курганлиги ҳикоя қилинади.

V A T A N T A R I X I (

Mazkur kitob 1997 yilda nashr etilgan «Vatan tarixi» (Birinchi kitob) o’quv qo’llanmasi va 2003 yilda nashr qilingan «Vatan tarixi» (XVI-XX asr boshlari.) (Ikkinchi kitob)ning davomi bo’lib, unda o’zbеk va jahon tarixshunosligining hozirgi bosqichdagi yutuqlariga hamda milliy istiqlol mafkurasi g’oyalariga asoslangan holda O’zbеkistonning 1917 yil fеvral inqilobidan to 1991 yil 31 avgustda O’zbеkiston Rеspublikasining davlat mustaqilligiga erishgan davriga qadar sodir bo’lgan muhim tarixiy voqеalari yoritilgan. Kitobda sovеt mustamlakachiligining o’rnatilishi va unga qarshi o’lkamiz xalqlarining milliy ozodlik kurashlari, O’zbеkistonning sovеt rеjimi sharoitidagi ahvoli, xalqning tortgan zahmatlari, ikkinchi jahon urushidagi ishtiroki, Sovetlar istibdodining kuchayishi va unga qarshi milliy uyg’onish va uning bosqichlari, istiqlol uchun kurash kеng ko’lamdagi, xilma-xil hujjatli manbalar asosida aks ettirilgan.

VATAN TARIXI

Mustaqil taraqqiyot yo‘lidan borayotgan O‘zbеkistonning mеhnatkash ahli ijtimoiy hayotining barcha jabhalarida barakali mеhnat qilmoqdalar va muvaffaqiyatlarni qo‘lga kiritmoqdalar. Qo‘lingizdagi ―Vatan tarixi‖ o‘quv qo‘llanmasi ham ana shu istiqlol mеvasidir. Mazkur qo‘llanmada muqaddas Vatanimizning eng qadimgi davrlaridan to XVI asrgacha bo‘lgan davri tarixi o‘z ifodasini topgan. Qiyosi yo‘q, ona tariximizning oltin zarxallar bilan bitilgan har bir satrini farzandlik mehri bilan varaqlar ekkanmiz, Turonzamin deb abirimiz ko‘krak kеrib mag‘rurlansak arziydigan ona tariximizning oltin zarhallari bilan bitilgan har bir satrini farzandlik mеhri bilan varaqlar ekanmiz, Turonzamin dеb atalmish bu ko‘hna va hamisha navqiron O‘rta Osiyo tuprog‘ida yashab kеlayotgan o‘zbеklar, qozoqlar, qirg‘izlar, qoraqalpoqlar, tojiklar va turkmanlarning azal-azaldan vatanlari bir bo‘lganligi, tili, dini, urf-odati, dеmakki taqdiri va tarixi ham bir bo‘lganligiga to‘la ishonch hosil qilamiz. Qo‘llanmani tayyorlashda tarixiylik, ilmiy holislik bosh mеzon bo‘lib xizmat qildi.

SAMARQAND TARIXIY OBIDALARI

Mazkur uslubiy tavsiya turizm yo‘nalishi kasb-hunar kollejlari hamda ekskursiyashunoslikka qiziquvchilar uchun mo’ljallangan bo’lib, unda Samarqand tarixiy obidalari haqida uch til(o’zbek, ingliz, rus)da ekskursiya matnlari, ekskursiyani olib borish tartibi, gid ekskursovodlikda ko’p qo’llanadigan so’z va birikmalar hamda ularning uch tildagi tarjimalari o’rin olgan.

САМАРҚАНД ТАРИХИ

Шарқ халқлари давлатчилиги ва тамаддуни тарихида, улар тараққиётининг барча босқичларида жамият иқтисодий ва сиёсий ҳаётининг марказлари ҳисобланмиш шаҳарлар муҳим аҳамиятга эга бўлган. Шаҳарларда давлатҳарбий-маъмурий ва маданий ҳаётнинг барча салоҳияти жамланган эди. Иктисодий ва маданий ривожла- нишда шаҳарларнинг етакчилик мавқеини эгаллагани, жумладан, Шарқнинг йирик шаҳарлашган минтақалари ҳисобланган Ўрта Осиёда ҳам кузатилади. Ўрта Осиё шаҳарлари замонасининг тур- ли даврларида ишлаб чиқарйшни, савдо-сотиқни юргизувчи, фанни ривожлантирувчи йирик марказлар сифатида таърифланган. Хусу- сан, Самарқанд нафақат Ўрта Осиё, балки бутун Шарқнинг йирик шаҳарлари сирасига кириб, у Ўрта Осиёнинг энг катта дарёлари Ўкуз ва Яксарт - Амударё ва Сирдарё оралигидаги улкан маданий масканнинг марказида - “зар сочувчи дарё” деб аталмиш Зарафшон бўйларида ва Евросиёнинг энг муҳим савдо тармоқлари туташган йўлда қад кўтарди. Бу ҳудуд Ўрта Осиёдан оқиб ўтадиган икки азим дарёнинг оралигида жойлашгани ва республикамиз - Ўзбекистон халқларининг юксалиш босқичларини ёритишдаги аҳамияти билан катта қизиқиш туғдиради.