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.

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.

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 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...

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.

"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."

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

Four children in an English village meet a leprechaun who has just awakened from a two hundred year long sleep.

When a hunter fails to appease the ghost of a sable killed in his trap the shaman comes for the hunter''s child to be his apprentice. He is refused. But a shaman can haunt for a lifetime...

This is a collection that can be used as a reference for studies of Samuel Richardson''s Clarissa. It includes main character indexes, place name index and summaries of letters.

Olly can capture ghosts once they''ve appeared, but only Alex can find them in the first place. Olly''s got to snaggle some ghosts to pay off her debt--and haul them to a house that needs haunting. Can she persuade Alex to help her?

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

Sarah''s Gran Gornal is a witch. So is her Uncle Bryan. Sarah''s parents won''t let her have a dog because of the cost of feeding it and taking it to the vet. Uncle Bryan says he''ll make her one that won''t need food or the vet. He makes her a bone-dog. Sarah finds she can make it do anything she wants. Even bad things that she knows she shouldn''t do... And Sarah starts to enjoy her new-found power...

People have told stories since the world began - and everybody has a story. Old Mr. Grimsby, retired and a widower, makes a hobby of collecting stories. He collects stories from his housemaid, and from the housemaid''s grandmother, from an old soldier, and from a dying woman. Late one night, as he walks home past a churchyard, he''s joined by a large black dog, a Churchyard Grim, which leads him out of this world to Heaven''s Gate - and tells him a story to pass the time as they walk. And in Heaven, the Virgin Herself pours the tea and tells a tale... From the beginning to the end, we tell stories. Everybody has a story. The Story Collector is a collection of folk-tales, retold by the acclaimed writer, Susan Price. Here are old stories, wise stories, funny and sad stories, of life, death and rebirth; of loss and love.

Here are nine powerful stories written by acclaimed, award winning author, Susan Price. Voices whisper in a graveyard... ''Who weeps on my grave, who keeps me from sleep? - Is it you who unearths me to this cold rain, this dark, this wind and all its grief?'' A lost sister speaks in a dream... ''She said,"I''m on Mow Top. But you won''t find me now. Don''t look. Forget me." A supermarket is haunted by a murdered baby... Footsteps climb the stairs of a darknened cottage... A voice whispers in a museum... Nine short, haunting stories of the supernatural, of loss and longing, of those who walk between this world and the next... Review ''...The opening tale is...creepy, to the extent that the words crawl like cold fingers down your back. ''Mow Top'' is heartbreakingly sad... This is how it works in real life. Children see ghosts and tell us. We reassure them, and ourselves, that there are no such things... ''The Familiar'' is all about the cost of power, and cuts deep. The final story, ''Overheard in a Museum'', is a thing of beauty, like the ship itself. You can feel the swell of the sea beneath you as you read. It speaks of a distant era and reminds us that objects so often outlast people by a long, long time. Except that the ship is not an object - it''s the spirit of an age. - Rosalie Warren on " Awfully Big Blog Adventure Reviews"

This first adventure follows the story of a bonder, Kylie, and a pampered teen, Affroditey - both thrown together as their prescribed roles in society change. Kylie becomes the mouthpiece of the god, Odin, and gains political advantage and freedom as a result. Affroditey finds herself reduced to penury after her father''s suicide, and sold off as a bonder by her uncaring stepmother. Brought together by Kylie''s young son, who has been ''adopted'' by Affroditey''s employers, the two girls decide to escape as pioneers to Mars, where they will help to set up a new society.

Elfling ist ein Halbblut, eine Teufelsbrut, wie die christlichen Priester sagen, das illegitime Kind einer Elfenfrau. Aber er ist auch der Sohn eines Königs, der von der Schönheit der Elfin verhext war - eine Schönheit, die ihr Kind geerbt hat. Von seinem sterbenden Vater als Erbe benannt, hat Elfling die Krone errungen - nicht von Gottes Gnaden, sondern im Zeichen der alten Götter. Doch Elflings verhasster Halbbruder Unwin hebt unter dem Schutz der Kirche ein Heer gegen ihn aus und hat ihm einen grausamen Tod geschworen. Und er ist sogar bereit, den heiligen Frieden zu brechen, um seinen Schwur zu erfüllen. Aber das ist noch nicht das Ende der Geschichte. Denn manchmal kehren die Toten zurück.

Er ist von einer unmenschlichen Schönheit und zieht alle in seinen Bann. Seine Mutter war eine Elfenfrau. Doch er ist auch der Sohn eines Königs, und jetzt hat Elflings sterbender Vater ihn als seinen Erben benannt. Doch Elfling hat Brüder, legitime Kinder des Königs, die an Hofe aufgewachsen sind. Kein dreckiges Elfenbalg wird sie ihres Geburtsrechts berauben. Die Brüder glauben mit Elfling leichtes Spiel zu haben. Doch Elfling hat eine Verbündete, eine Kriegsmaid aus der Schar von Wodens Walküren. Und er ist bereit, sein Recht einzufordern.

''Long, long ago, not in your time, nor in my time, but once upon a time, a poor old donkey led a sad, sad life.'' So begins this lively new version of the classic fairy-tale, ''The Bremen Town Musicians'' retold by Carnegie medal winning author Susan Price and gorgeously illustrated by Andrew Price. The tale tells of four old animals, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a cockerel, thrown out of their homes because they are too old and worn out to work anymore. But, led by the ever-cheerful donkey, the animals refuse to give into despair. They make a plan: they will go to Bremen and become famous musicians. Full of new hope, they take to the road together, ''much happier than they had been before.'' They never do reach Bremen but by sticking together and being brave, they succeed in making a happy new life for themselves.''Why should they make music on cold street corners in Bremen when they could play and sing in comfort at their own fireside?'' This story of friendship and hope is richly illustrated by Andrew Price in colourful panels full of detail. At the corner of each panel are mysterious little shuttered windows from which many different characters peep at the action. A delightful picture book to share with children aged 2 to 5.

A child remembers a trip to the hospital in this new non-fiction text for developing sight vocabulary. Suits ages 4-5.

One of three big books in the Traditional Tales strand of Preparing to Read.

Els Sterkarm viuen fora de la llei i en terra de ningú, en la zona fronterera entre Anglaterra i Escòcia, al segle XVI. Són benèvols i compassius amb qui els demana ajut, però cruels i traïdors amb qui els vol robar les terres i la llibertat. L’arribada d’uns elfs, des del segle XXI, amb una màquina del temps, els portarà en peu de guerra. Andrea Mitchel viatja a la terra dels homes i conviu amb els Sterkarm per coneixe’ls millor i fer informes per l’FUP, una multinacional interessada en les reserves petrolieres i la immensa quantitat de riqueses que amaga la terra verge del segle XVI. Encara que ho té prohibit, Andrea estableix una relació molt intensa i complicada amb el jove Per Sterkarm, però les desavinences entre les dues civilitzacions complicarà la situació i molt especialment l’amistat entre Andrea i els Sterkarm. Susan Price va néixer al Black Country, i encara hi viu. Sempre li ha agradat llegir i explicar històries, i als catorze anys ja escrivia amb la intenció de publicar. Als setze anys ho va aconseguir amb The Devil’s Piper. Des d’aleshores ha publicat més de trenta llibres, entre els quals The Ghost Drum, que el 1987 va ser guardonat amb la Carnegie Medal. El 1999 El pacte dels Sterkarm va rebre el Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.