Most Popular Books by Susan Price

This is the English edition of the classic Russian textbook designed for parents to teach their children "all the fundamental points of the Orthodox Christian faith and way of life." Because children are growing up quickly in a society that raises serious and agonizing questions the author does not teach in naive stories that remain stories only. It offers an overview of the whole of the Old and New Testaments as well as instruction on prayer, worship and what it means to live by the teaching of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. Lavishly bound and made to last. Well illustrated with black and white photographs and icons.

This study, first published in 1990, presents a comprehensive description of the comparative constructions of Spanish and French, and shows that the apparently numerous differences in their syntactic realisations can be accounted for by general constraints on the expression of comparison. There is also a discussion of parallel constructions in other Romance languages, showing that these languages display a range of constructions equally compatible with the suggested pattern of possibilities resulting from the general constraints proposed. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

A twenty-first-century corporation invades the domain of a warlike sixteenth-century Scottish clan in this “brilliantly imagined” time-travel adventure (Philip Pullman). The miraculous invention of a Time Tube has given Great Britain’s mighty FUP corporation unprecedented power, granting it unlimited access to the rich natural resources of the past. Opening a portal into sixteenth-century Scotland, the company has sent representatives back five hundred years to deal with the Sterkarms, a lawless barbarian clan that has plundered both sides of the English-Scottish border for generations. Among the first of the company’s representatives to arrive from the future, young anthropologist Andrea Mitchell finds herself strangely drawn to this primitive tribe of raiders and pillagers who, not surprisingly, view her as magical. As translator and liaison, she becomes enmeshed in the personal lives of these proud, savage folk, developing an especially strong emotional bond with Per, the handsome son of the ruthless Sterkarm chieftain, Toorkild. But the Sterkarms’ welcome does not extend to the FUP corporate despoilers from the future—and soon a fragile agreement between the untamable Scots and the interloping “Elves” begins to crumble. Suddenly war looms on the horizon, and when treachery on both sides ignites a firestorm of violence, Andrea will have to choose where her loyalties truly lie: with her coldhearted employers or with the barbarous kinfolk of the man she has come to love. A winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize and a finalist for the Carnegie Medal, called “enthralling” by Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials novels, Susan Price’s Sterkarm Handshake is a masterful blend of historical and science fiction critics have called “dazzling,” “exciting,” “memorable,” “thought provoking,” and “a thumping good page-turner.”

In the darkest hour of a freezing Midwinter, a night-walking witch adopts a newborn baby and carries her off in her house on chicken legs. She names her Chingis and teaches her the Three Magics. She grows into such a powerful witch that she rouses the jealousy of Kuzma, the bear-shaman. The Czar of this cold realm fears his newborn son, Safa, will out do him, and so imprisons the baby at the top of a tall tower, to live and die there without ever glimpsing the real world. Loneliness and confinement drive him to rage and despair until Chingis hears the crying of his trapped spirit and frees him. But now their enemies unite against them, with steel and deadly magic. Chingis and Safa''s fight for freedom will take them even through the Ghost World into the Land of the Dead. A timeless and atmospheric tale of fierce magic.

In a country where winter is one long night, the Czar''s son Safa is imprisoned in a tower and surrounded by danger. At last the witch-girl Chingis hears his cry for help...

Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Midsummer midnight: the endless white night of the far north. Malyuta, slave and hunter, names his first born son ''Ambrosi'' because it means ''Immortal.'' Then comes Kuzma, the bear-shaman, who claims the baby as his apprentice. He promises Malyuta riches or even the return of his youth, if he will give up his new-born son. Malyuta refuses, throughout the long night. The bear-shaman leaves, at last, declaring that keeping the baby will bring Malyuta nothing but misery. It is never wise to anger a shaman. Kuzma watches as Ambrosi grows... Can Ambrosi escape the bear-shaman? Can he protect his father from the Kuzma''s revenge? Book Two of the Ghost World sequence, which began with Ghost Drum and continues with Ghost Dance.

A story based on a North American tale about a fox who tricks a bear out of his tail.

This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the caliber of Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe, this is a truly chilling anthology.

Built for Guided Reading at Key Stage 2

Kveldulf Witch is a promise-breaking killer. He is not a good man to deal with. When Kveldulf''s raven tells him that the Queen of Ultima-Thule is searching for a husband, Kveldulf decides that he will be the man the queen marries. He is certain the Queen will fall in love with him when she hears of the many battles he has fought in. He orders the best story-teller in Iceland to make his story and tell it before the Queen. But the story-teller, Thord Cat, refuses. Kveldulf is furious. In revenge, he makes and unleashes a terrifying monster... Set in the Iceland of the Viking Age and originally published by A&C Black, this is an exciting story for ages 8-10, written by award-winning author Susan Price, who also wrote the best-selling ''The Wolf''s Footprint.''

"You love me, don''t you, Jonnie?" The Industrial Revolution blackens the countryside. Women and children hack at coal underground and drag loaded tubs like animals. "You''d better love me." Rattle is a dirty, pipe-smoking, swearing collier-wench who dresses and swaggers like a boy. She''s in love with Jonathan Turner, a young farmer and a prim, God-fearing Methodist. "I love you, Jonnie. I''ll never let you go." Rattle is determined to have Jonathan. But he''s already married. To a vengeful ghost. "I love you to death."

Soggy spectres, groaning ghosts, and a smudge who just stays there ... Olly needs Alex''s help.