Ice Palace

Author : Tarjei Vesaas
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241321249

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The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas Pdf

'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing 'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers 'She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her' The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls, sparkling towers and secret chambers. It fascinates two young girls, lonely Unn and lively Siss, who strike up an intense friendship. When Unn decides to explore the Ice Palace alone and doesn't return, Siss must try to cope with the loss of her friend without succumbing to a frozen world of her own making.

Author : Robert Swindells
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141926995

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The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells Pdf

Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.

Author : Edna Ferber
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667623252

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Ice Palace by Edna Ferber Pdf

“Alaska is the real heroine here—with her advocates and her court attendants the members of the cast. There’s Chris Storm, native daughter, glamorous, colorful, with a story so incredible that it has to be taken on faith. Brought up by two grandfathers, she might well have been caught in the meshes of their friendship, their rivalry, their enmity. One grandfather, Thor Storm, had sought in Alaska in his youth that freedom of the frontier it still afforded—and stayed, victim of their lure, seeking through the weekly he published, to maintain that freedom. The other grandfather, Czar Kennedy, was High Mogul, big time operator, who had made his millions in Alaska, but who milked her and played in with the Outside—men from Seattle and San Francisco and Washington who stripped her of her riches for their own ends. Chris was brought up by the two of them, with Bridie Ballantyne providing the balance wheel, and Chris managed to survive and be a person in her own right.”—Kirkus Review

Author : K. J. Sutton
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1804944890

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Fortuna Sworn by K. J. Sutton Pdf

'We were meant to be seductive. We were designed to lure humans in.' Fortuna Sworn is the last of her kind. Her brother has disappeared, leaving her alone. She hides among humans, spending her days working at a bar and her nights searching for him - until she catches the eye of a powerful faerie. Collith desires Fortuna. And if she will bind herself to him, he offers something irresistible. So Fortuna leaves her safe existence behind and descends into a world of glamorous creatures and deadly power. She soon realises it's not just her heart she has bargained with - but quite possibly her life. _______ The first book in the darkly addictive romantic fantasy series that's already a TikTok sensation! Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Sarah J. Maas. _______ 'I am obsessed.' 5* reader review 'Absolutely SMASHED my expectations' 5* reader review 'Deliciously dark' 5* reader review 'The world she created is absolutely amazing and I love all of the characters, even the ones that can't be trusted!' 5* reader review 'An incredible, lush romantic fantasy' 5* reader review

Author : Deborah Blumenthal
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 9780618159604

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Ice Palace by Deborah Blumenthal Pdf

A girl and her father help plan the annual winter carnival in Saranac Lake Village, New York, as the girl's uncle and other prisoners work together to build its centerpiece, the ice palace.

Author : Edna Ferber
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345806147

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Ice Palace by Edna Ferber Pdf

Originally published in 1958, Ice Palace is Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber's classic and mighty novel about the taming of a great northern wilderness—Alaska. Czar Kennedy came to Alaska for money and power, Thor Storm for a dream. This is the story of their struggle, over a long half-century, for the future of Alaska and the destiny of their beautiful, rebellious granddaughter, Christine, a courageous woman who must make a choice that will shape the destiny of a new generation. Above all, it is the glowing and eloquent tale of Alaska itself—the last, great American frontier.

Author : Bill Haworth
Publisher : DCL Publications
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781921347474

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The Ice Palace by Bill Haworth Pdf

In the freezing cold winter of 1739/40, Europe was in the grip of the worst weather for 30 years. The Seine, Rhine, Danube and Thames froze solid for months. Tsaritsa Anna Ivanovna gave an order to build a palace made completely of ice on the frozen river. She ordered the architect Pyotr Eropkin to design the building. The Ice Palace had been designed for a cruel jest. She made the prince marry a particularly ugly Kalmyk (area of Mongolia) serving woman, and the ice palace was for their honeymoon! It amounted to no more than a sick and perverse death sentence.The unhappy couple were paraded in a cage on the back of an elephant at the head of a procession of freaks, dwarves, cripples and all manner of grotesque human beings. In the palace the newlyweds were enclosed into an icy nuptial chamber under heavy guard and bedded down publicly in the icy room. The couple barely survived the night; but survive they did with the help of the Princes aide and friends of the Kalmyk bride.

Author : Larry Millett
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452931227

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Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders by Larry Millett Pdf

The year is 1896, and St. Paul’s magnificent Winter Carnival is under way when Holmes and Watson are summoned by the city’s most powerful man, railroad magnate James J. Hill. A wealthy young man disappears on the eve of his wedding—and his fiancée suspiciously discards her wedding dress. After a grisly discovery in the carnival’s Ice Palace leads to a flurry of clues, Holmes is on the case. His pursuit of the murderer takes him through the highest echelons of St. Paul society and into cahoots with Shadwell Rafferty, a gregarious saloonkeeper and part-time private investigator. Soon Holmes, Watson, and Rafferty are embroiled in a perilous adventure that takes them from one frozen corner of the city to another and out onto the treacherous ice of the Mississippi River as they trail a cruel and ruthless killer.

Author : Angela McAllister,Angela Barrett
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Cold
ISBN : 009176159X

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The Ice Palace by Angela McAllister,Angela Barrett Pdf

Summary: While Anna lies sick with a fever, her father tells her stories about an ice palace in a land of icy cold and plans a marvelous surprise for her.

Author : Chyna Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475988376

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Ice Palace, Crystal Dreams by Chyna Dixon-Kennedy Pdf

Dr. Crystal Knight-Davenport unites with three high school girlfriends on a long-awaited vacation at the Ice Palace Hotel & Casino, a new luxury resort in sunny Puerto Rico. While there, a young basketball player with NBA dreams, mysteriously turns up dead in his hotel suite. Was it a heart attack, or was the murder committed by a member of a sadistic underground cult secretly engaging in ritualistic sacrifices? Haunted by a traumatic childhood tragedy, Crystal is plagued with frightening recurring nightmares. In her relentless quest for revenge, she uncovers a tangled web of lies and deception. Enter Chief Inspector Don Dellevega, a veteran detective who falls in love with the sexy psychotherapist. He desperately needs to solve this case, but must ultimately choose between following his heart and saving his troubled career. Even a raging hurricane won’t keep him from deciphering the puzzling clues. The killer is a ticking time bomb, ready to select the next target! Against all odds, Dellevega must embark on an exciting adventure in this action-packed, heart-pounding romantic thriller. A captivating masterpiece of human cunning and betrayal, Ice Palace, Crystal Dreams features inspirational verse that will make you a true believer in the power of Redemption!

Author : John Kurtz
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486805283

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Ice Palace Sticker Activity Book by John Kurtz Pdf

Kids can enter into a frozen wonderland with this playful activity book. Forty-five colorful, reusable stickers depict a princess, prince, snowman, reindeer, and other characters. Includes an ice palace play scene.

Author : Bill Stumpf
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780307822888

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The Ice Palace That Melted Away by Bill Stumpf Pdf

With The Ice Palace That Melted Away, Bill Stumpf, the designer of the first ergonomic chair, addresses the symbiotic relationship between design and the way we live, the often deadening effect of technology, and his hopes for a more humane future. As a designer associated with Herman Miller, Inc., for more than twenty years, Stumpf has been thinking about the profoundly positive or negative effect design can have on our culture. He is both an idealist and a pragmatist, and his wry, anecdotal style gently reveals his shrewd observations about American customs and values. Stumpf is convinced that good design can create the right atmosphere to inspire learning, rehabilitate criminals, and generally lift our spirits. Since technology has succeeded in distancing us from the real experiences of life and such former pleasures as travel, in this facinating book he proposes a playful redesign of the Boeing 747 and a jaunty carriage-like taxicab to put us back in touch with travel as it once was. But it is an event such as the construction of the ephemeral ice palace in St. Paul, Minnesota, during the winter carnival—a source of joy and pride to adults and children alike—that encapsulates the idea of play, which Stumpf feels is essential to all our lives. This provocative book asks whether we might want to do something about our ever-declining levels of "comfort, hidden goodness, play, personal worth, and helping others" to make our future society a truly civilized one. (Black-and-white illustrations throughout.)

Author : Ian Lewandowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Gay men
ISBN : 1639442669

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The Ice Palace is Gone by Ian Lewandowski Pdf

Author : Charlotte Fullerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0448444097

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Battle at Ice Palace by Charlotte Fullerton Pdf

Author : Kim Becnel
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780791094822

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Bloom's how to Write about F. Scott Fitzgerald by Kim Becnel Pdf

Known for his masterwork ""The Great Gatsby"", a searing criticism of American society during the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed the distinction of creating what many readers and scholars consider to be the ""great American novel."" ""Bloom's How to Write about F. Scott Fitzgerald"" offers valuable paper-topic suggestions, clearly outlined strategies on how to write a strong essay, and an insightful introduction by Harold Bloom on writing about Fitzgerald. This new volume is designed to help students develop their analytical writing skills and critical comprehension of this modern master and his major works.