Doggerland

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Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Whilst the reader is made to share the ennui of the Boy and his mentor, Smith turns his story into a gripping one by making the most of the scant plot elements. However, with limited resources at her disposal Karen is largely on her own - and she cannot shake the feeling that her relatives, with their somewhat lax approach to the rule of law, could be involved . The structure includes short inter-chapters that describe the geological evolution and inundation of Doggerland, but these add little to the narrative and clarify less. Doggerland isn’t a setting conjured up by the author, but an area of land that once connected Great Britain to continental Europe.

Reflecting on the perpetual noise of their environment as they take a lift up the shaft of a turbine.

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This is an emotionally compelling book … Embedded deep within Doggerland we also sense a cry of protest against our violated landscape and a celebration of the mysteries of its ancient formation. But when a man's body is discovered in a flooded quarry on Noorö and with illness preventing any of her colleagues attending, Karen has no choice but to head north to investigate. Long known as a potent occult power, the Moon's descent also heralded the terrifying resurgence of magic. Thrust to the surface, Doggerland, the ancient bridge between Britain and Europe, becomes a crucial battleground in the conflict. When leaving the rig they each stack tins in complex security measures at the doors to their rooms to try and detect any signs of trespass by the co-worker while they were away.At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. Although Jem inhabits a sprawling rusting farm of wind turbines some 80 miles in radius in the middle of the North Sea, there is a claustrophobic feel to the setting, with its barren uniformity and a cast tiny – almost Beckett-like – in number.

The batteries on his boat are now dead, but a lovely sequence unfolds when he discovers the more beautiful technology of sail power – a concept lost to his electric generation.I can't remember who to blame for The Infinite and the Divine, but I know I was talking to someone about it - speak up if you think it was you! As an academic, he specialises in environmental literature focusing particularly on oceans, waste and the ‘Anthropocene’, relating to human impact on geology. The novel thus asks questions about responsibility and sacrifice, and comments on modern addictions and a culture of disposability. This book has been on my to read list for a while, and is a rather impressive debut, if not the most cheerful of books to be reading over Christmas.

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This popular-science book tells the story of one of the most important, but least known major archaeological sites in Europe: Doggerland. As well as both being dystopias, Doggerland (like The Road) gives a lot of pages to the description of tiny details and a blow by blow account of each day where very little of importance or significance generally happens. There is the Old Man who shares Jem’s duties and home on a rusting accommodation rig for maintenance workers in the centre of the wind farm.His first poetry pamphlet, Sky Burials, was published by Worple Press and his poetry and criticism have appeared in numerous outlets. Doggerland is a superbly gripping debut novel about loneliness and hope, nature and survival - set on an off-shore windfarm in the not-so-distant future.