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With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
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With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
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''Well written and evocative...once you start reading, you won''t be able to put it down'' 5* Review
* * * * * * *To the casual eye, teenagers Jane and Beverley are opposites. Wealthy, beautiful and clever, Beverley seems to have everything. But disturbed and lonely Jane has just seen her mother die in appalling circumstances, and has been sent to live with her grandparents in the same small town as Beverley - by the sea in Underlyme, Dorset.But Beverley''s life isn''t as perfect as it seems...Behind the glossy façade, it''s anything but. And when something terrible happens, she finds there''s nobody left to turn to - except Jane. Initially, Beverley finds solace in Jane''s total adoration. But gradually she begins to realise there is something different, something dark about Jane. Little does she know just how different, and just how dark she may be...
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''Gripping, fast-paced...Should be read in one sitting'' SPECTATOR
* * * * * * * *Terry Fielding has his own way of escaping his problems, and a lot to escape from. An unrewarding job. A loveless, childless marriage. A neurotic wife obsessed with another woman''s child. And a secret in his own past - a leather-bound scrapbook filled with pictures of a little girl who died twenty-seven years ago...When he meets the enigmatic Rosina, all that ceases to matter in favour of the time they spend alone together - the long nights in cheap hotels where they lie smoking side-by-side and talking about everything.But is Rosina really Terry''s soulmate? Or is there more to her than meets the eye? And by the time Terry figures it out, will it all be too late...?
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''Gripping and unsettling - a real page-turner'' COMPANYAt twenty-six, Rachel''s got a beautiful flat, an outstanding career, the man of her dreams - and life''s only getting better. But even those closest to her don''t know how much she''s overcome to get to where she is now.Something almost destroyed her life, something she has told no one. But Rachel can''t forget the long, hot summer fifteen years ago that sent her into a spiral of self-destruction. A summer filled with secrets known to only one other person - her childhood best friend Sophie.When Sophie comes back into her life unexpectedly, everything starts to slip. And long-hidden events from the past threaten to destroy all Rachel''s struggled to achieve...
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When Anna''s husband tells her that he''s been offered a job in a different part of the country, she''s as happy to move as he is. While she enjoys city life, her second career as a novelist is going nowhere, and she hopes that in the small Dorset village inspiration might return.After the move, however, she finds it''s quite a different story. With few ideas for her new novel and little else to do, life in the country isn''t quite what Anna had imagined. But all that changes when Anna discovers something unexpected: Rebecca Fisher, the notorious child murderess of the 1960s, was the previous owner of their cottage.The more she learns about Rebecca Fisher, the more determined Anna becomes to reveal the truth, a truth which has remained unexplored for over thirty years. But someone else has other ideas - and an unseen enemy threatens her marriage, her safety and ultimately her life . . .