Soon after, Ashley is captured by Yetis and taken to their kingdom high above the clouds where the Yeti community revere him as their king.

In 1987 they become an endangered species with their own culture, pseudo-language and religion, deserving their place in the world. He is riding Oona the elephant on the beach when a tsunami wave comes crashing in and Oona begins to run. Full of vivid detail and engrossing atmosphere, leading to a dramatic and moving conclusion, Private Peaceful is both a compelling love story and a deep.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. In the 1930s, Ashley, a 14-year-old Westerner, is forced to leave China and travel through Tibet with a Tibetan doctor. This book is about Ashley’s journey across China to find a safe home, it‘s a fantasy but one written so well it feels like it’s real. First edition first impression in fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm, jacket in removable protective sleeve, please see pics, any questions please get in touch. All the favourites are there: Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion, in a tale that is wonderfully familiar, but full of surprises too!

With his wife Clare, he set up the charity Farms for City Children, which offers children and teachers from inner-city primary schools the chance to live and work in the countryside for a week on one of the charity’s three farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and Wales. I also want to say a big thank you to the editor of this book because they make things better than they originally were. If there is a failing in the book it is that: Ashley would not have done well growing up in the Empire.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.