Dreaming The Bull

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Seal Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307365798

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The second part of the stunning fictionalization of the life of Britain’s warrior queen, Boudica, immerses us in a world of druids and dreamers, warriors and lovers, passion and courage. Originally a trilogy, this is now a four-part series. “Boudica” means “Bringer of Victory” (from the early Celtic word “boudeg”). She was the last defender of the Celtic culture; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph. Book one, Dreaming the Eagle, took readers from Boudica’s girlhood with the Eceni tribe to the climax of the two-day battle when she and her lover, Caradoc, faced the invading Romans. Believing her dead, Breaca’s beloved brother, Bán, joined the Roman cause. Dreaming the Bull, the second book in this compelling series, continues the intertwined stories of Boudica, and Bán, now an officer in the Roman cavalry. They stand on opposite sides in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes, each determined to see the other dead. In a country under occupation, Caradoc, lover to Breaca, is caught and faces the ultimate penalty. Only Bán has the power to save him, and Bán has spent the past ten years denying his past. Treachery divides these two; heroism brings them together again, changed out of all recognition -- but it may not be enough to heal the wounds. Dreaming the Bull is a heart-stopping story of war and of peace; of love, passion and betrayal; of druids and warring gods, where each life is sacred and each death even more so; and where Breaca and Bán learn the terrible distances they must travel to fulfill their own destinies.

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Random House
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553814064

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Boudica by Manda Scott Pdf

"This is the first book in the Boudica series. In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance. This book recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages." --Worldcat.org.

Author : Munro Leaf
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1977-06-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780451479020

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The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Pdf

A true classic with a timeless message! All the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? The Story of Ferdinand has inspired, enchanted, and provoked readers ever since it was first published in 1936 for its message of nonviolence and pacifism. In WWII times, Adolf Hitler ordered the book burned in Nazi Germany, while Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, granted it privileged status as the only non-communist children's book allowed in Poland. The preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and civil rights, Mahatma Gandhi—whose nonviolent and pacifistic practices went on to inspire Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.—even called it his favorite book. The story was adapted by Walt Disney into a short animated film entitled Ferdinand the Bull in 1938. Ferdinand the Bull won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Seal Books
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307365804

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Dreaming the Hound by Manda Scott Pdf

AD 57: Caradoc is lost forever, betrayed to Rome and exiled in Gaul, leaving Boudica bereft, to lead the tribes of the west in an increasingly bloody resistance against Roman occupation. Only if she can drive Rome from the land will she find the peace she needs and to do that, she must raise once again the tribes of the east. Her people, the Eceni, languish in the shadow of the Legions, led by a man who proclaims himself King and yet allows slavers to trade freely in his lands. Too notorious to reclaim her own birthright, Boudica strives instead to return her daughters to their heritage. Across the sea, Boudica’s half-brother, Bán, has been named traitor by both sides. He too, seeks peace on a journey that takes him from the dreaming tombs of the ancestors to the cave of a god he no longer serves. Only if Boudica and Bán meet can their people — and all of Britannia — be saved. But the new governor has been ordered to subdue the tribes or die in the attempt, and he has twenty thousand legionaries ready to stop anyone, however determined, from bringing Britain to the edge of revolt....

Author : Sarah N. Harvey
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781554695850

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Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey Pdf

After Emily's aunt dies, Emily learns that everything she has always believed is a lie, and her world crumbles. Forced to face the fact that her mother is not who she thought she was, Emily tries to find the truth about her past and make sense of her future. Turning to graffiti and vandalism as a way to deal with her anger, she comes to realize that there is more to a family than shared DNA. Also available in Spanish.

Author : Richard Wagamese
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385673761

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Dream Wheels by Richard Wagamese Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Keeper’n Me and For Joshua, Dream Wheels is a vital and unsparing novel from one of the most fascinating voices in Canadian writing. Joe Willie Wolfchild is on the verge of becoming a World Champion rodeo cowboy when a legendary bull cripples him. At the same time, in the same city, Claire Hartley is brutally assaulted and her 14-year-old son, Aiden, is critically injured during a burglary. The young Ojibway-Sioux man, the black single mother and her mulatto son find their lives irrevocably changed. Joe Willie, a rodeo cowboy since he was a child, smolders in angry silence over a deformed left arm and a limp that make it impossible for him to compete. Claire, a victim of numerous bad relationships, withdraws from men and swears a bitter celibacy. Aiden gains notoriety among his criminal peers and slips into a self-destructive spiral of drugs and violence. Eager to find a place for her son to channel his explosive energies, Claire brings Aiden to a rodeo camp run by the Wolfchild family, where he is drawn to bull riding and proves to be a stunning natural. But Joe Willie refuses to have anything to do with the camp, remaining an aloof, mysterious presence to Claire and the boy. Birch Wolfchild, Joe Willie’s father, sees the potential for Aiden to become a champion and for his son to heal himself, if they can move beyond anger to forge a partnership. Claire’s and Joe Willie’s wounds bring them together in a surprising romance, and beneath it all is Birch Wolfchild’s tale of the changing of the life of the Indian cowboy. Dream Wheels is a story about change. Moving from the Wild West Shows of the late 1880s to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas to a lush valley in the mountains, it tells the story of a people’s journey, a family’s vision, a man’s reawakening, a woman’s recovery, and a boy’s emergence to manhood.

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Seal Books
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307365811

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Dreaming the Serpent Spear by Manda Scott Pdf

The fourth and final novel in the magnificent saga of Britain’s warrior queen (Boudica – “Bringer of Victory” and the last defender of the Celtic culture) will capture readers’ hearts and minds, as Manda Scott brings the series to a stunning close. It is AD 60 and the flame of rebellion that has been smouldering for 20 years of Roman occupation has flared into a conflagration that will consume the land and all who live in it. There is no going back. Boudica has been flogged and her daughters raped, and her son has burned a Roman watchtower in an act of blatant insurgency. This is the time to act: the Roman governor has marched his legions west to destroy the druidic stronghold of Mona, leaving his capital and a vital seaport hopelessly undefended in the face of twenty-thousand warriors aching for vengeance. But to crush the legions for all time, Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself, for the land, and for Graine, her 8-year-old daughter, who has taken refuge on Mona. Is revenge worth it under any circumstances, or is the cost more than anyone can bear? Colchester is burning and London is lost without hope. Amidst fire and bloody revolution – a battle that will change the face and spirituality of a nation for centuries to come – Boudica and those around her must find what matters most, now and for ever.

Author : Leo F. Buscaglia
Publisher : Slack Incorporated
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0913590088

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The Way of the Bull by Leo F. Buscaglia Pdf

Describes the author's journey through the Orient in a search for the meaning of life and the true nature of our being

Author : Maia Wojciechowska
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442465930

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Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska Pdf

Maia Wojciechowska's 1965 Newbery Medal winner about a young boy struggling with his father's legacy. Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo's consciousness--how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangel waiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one--he is a coward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables a bullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As the day when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himself questioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father's legendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?

Author : Emma Bull
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241975572

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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Pdf

Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk-and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point. War for the Oaks is a brilliantly entertaining fantasy novel that's as much about this world as about the imagined one.

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440334941

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Dreaming the Bull by Manda Scott Pdf

The second part of the stunning fictionalization of the life of Britain’s warrior queen, Boudica, immerses us in a world of druids and dreamers, warriors and lovers, passion and courage. Originally a trilogy, this is now a four-part series. “Boudica” means “Bringer of Victory” (from the early Celtic word “boudeg”). She was the last defender of the Celtic culture; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph. Book one, Dreaming the Eagle, took readers from Boudica’s girlhood with the Eceni tribe to the climax of the two-day battle when she and her lover, Caradoc, faced the invading Romans. Believing her dead, Breaca’s beloved brother, Bán, joined the Roman cause. Dreaming the Bull, the second book in this compelling series, continues the intertwined stories of Boudica, and Bán, now an officer in the Roman cavalry. They stand on opposite sides in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes, each determined to see the other dead. In a country under occupation, Caradoc, lover to Breaca, is caught and faces the ultimate penalty. Only Bán has the power to save him, and Bán has spent the past ten years denying his past. Treachery divides these two; heroism brings them together again, changed out of all recognition -- but it may not be enough to heal the wounds. Dreaming the Bull is a heart-stopping story of war and of peace; of love, passion and betrayal; of druids and warring gods, where each life is sacred and each death even more so; and where Breaca and Bán learn the terrible distances they must travel to fulfill their own destinies. Through the summer, Cunomar came to recognize two different kinds of warriors. The smaller group consisted of those few men and women still alive who had known his mother before the two-day battle against the invading legions. These were her friends and they called her Breaca in the way Cunomar’s father and the innermost circle of the honour guard still did. The rest, who had met her only in battle or, worse, knew her only by reputation, gave the warrior’s salute in a way that was subtly different and hailed her as the Boudica, bringer of victory. She didn’t enjoy that, but in the short span of his life, Cunomar had watched his mother become more comfortable with name, so that it settled on her like a worn cloak and she did not stiffen at the sound of it. He had heard her use the word herself for the first time that morning as a cold dawn sharpened the air and Nemain, the moon, lowered into her bed in the mountains. Breaca had stood on the back of her mare and addressed the massed ranks of warriors and dreamers, naming them all Boudegae, bringers of victory, and swearing before them that she would fight for as long as it took to rid the land of the invader. -- from Dreaming the Bull

Author : Alden R. Carter
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613284305

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Bull Catcher by Alden R. Carter Pdf

Neil Bull Larsen loves baseball more than anything. But when he submits his four-year baseball diary as his senior project, he is prompted to take a closer look at his life--and learns some important lessons about himself. AN ALA Best Book For Young Adults.

Author : Paul Fleischman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032762836

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Bull Run by Paul Fleischman Pdf

Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.

Author : Manda Scott
Publisher : Random House
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553814071

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Boudica by Manda Scott Pdf

In Ad 60, Boudica, War Leader Of The Eceni, Led Her People In A Final Bloody Revolt Against The Occupying Armies Of Rome - The Culmination Of Nearly Twenty Years Of Resistance Against An Occupying Force That Sought To Crush The Vibrant Native Civilization Of Our Island Home ...Dreaming The Bull Continues The Story Of Breaca - Now Hailed Boudica, The Bringer Of Victory, And Her Half-Brother, Bán, Now An Officer In The Roman Auxiliary Cavalry. Each Stands On The Opposing Side In A Brutal War Of Attrition Between The Occupying Army And The Defeated Tribes, Each Is Determined To See The Other Dead. Caught Between Them Are Two Children, Son And Daughter To Two Of The Greatest Warriors Their World Has Ever Seen. While In Distant Rome, The Emperor Claudius Holds The Balance Of Lives In Their Hands.This Is A Heart-Stopping Story Of War And Of Peace; Of Love, Passion And Betrayal; Of Druids And Gods In A World Where Each Life Is Sacred But Each Death Even More So ...

Author : Michael Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1952521351

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The Bull and Other Stories by Michael Fine Pdf