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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The stone gods The stone gods Jeanette Winterson This new world weighs a yatto-gram. But everything is trial-size; tread-on-me-tiny or blurred-out-offocus huge. There are leaves that have grown as big as cities, and there are birds that nest in… OL13493125W
The Battle of the Sun The Battle of the Sun Jeanette Winterson An evil Magus is intent on turning London into gold. Only a boy and his quick wits stand between the Magus and his goal Jeanette Winterson at her most inventive, lyrical, imaginative and brilliant Ja… OL14987862W
The daylight gate The daylight gate Jeanette Winterson Alice Nutter fights for justice when a group of Pendle women are accused of witchcraft during the reign of England's James I, when being Catholic is considered an act of treason and the Latin High Ma… OL16821343W
The PowerBook The PowerBook Jeanette Winterson An e-writer called Ali will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it to someone else. OL1918799W
The King of Capri The King of Capri Jeanette Winterson,Jane Ray The greedy and self-centered king of Capri has a reversal of fortune when the wind blows all of his precious things into the backyard of a kind and generous Naples washerwoman, Mrs. Jewel. OL1918805W
The passion The passion Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms … OL1918808W
The Gap of Time: William Shakespeare' The Winter's Tale Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare) The Gap of Time: William Shakespeare' The Winter's Tale Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare) Jeanette Winterson A modern retelling of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" moves from London after the 2008 financial crisis to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia, in a story of the destructive effect of je… OL19362444W
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days Jeanette Winterson A collection of stories written annually at Christmas includes tales of trees with magical powers, a tinsel baby that talks, flying dogs, philosophical fairies, and a haunted house. OL19623943W
The bedside Guardian 2014 The bedside Guardian 2014 Jeanette Winterson,Becky Gardiner 2014 will be remembered as one of the most extraordinary in the Guardian's history as the paper scooped a host of awards including the Pulitzer Prize. What is the secret of its success? Quite simply,… OL20858378W