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Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Ace
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425271766
"A young man comes of age amid family secrets and revelations, and transformative magic."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Leonard Gardner
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590178935
Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring -- the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger - their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Ernie into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed voice, Gardner narrates their swings of fortune, and the plodding optimism of their manager Ruben Luna, as he watches the most promising boys one by one succumb to some undefined weakness; still, "There was always someone who wanted to fight."
Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781856979092
An illustrated collection of poems, ballads, limericks, riddles in rhyme, and nonsense verse.
Author : David Bellingham
Publisher : Hachette Book Group
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0753453177
The great myths and legends of the ancient world are explained in this unique and wide-ranging reference with a glossary and more than 600 mythical characters. Full-color illustrations.
Author : Catherine Kingfisher
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782380061
An ethnography of the development and travel of the New Zealand model of neoliberal welfare reform, this study explores the social life of policy, which is one of process, motion, and change. Different actors, including not only policy élites but also providers and recipients, engage with it in light of their own resources and knowledge. Drawing on two analytic frameworks of the contemporary anthropology of policy-translation and assemblage-Kingfisher situates policy as an artifact and architect of cultural meaning, as well as a site of power struggles. All points of engagement with policy are approached as sites of policy production that serve to transform it as well as reproduce it. As such, A Policy Travelogue provides an antidote to theorizations of policy as a-cultural, rational, and straightforwardly technical.
Author : Susan Coyne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106017886745
Author : T. Kingfisher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781534451148
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones. Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become. With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Author : Kingfisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0753446995
History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. From man's earliest history right through to the technological and social revolutions of the current day, this trusted reference provides a one-stop source for research, and is the perfect companion to any study of world history. The encyclopedia is organized chronologically and then thematically within each time period. A timeline runs across the top of each page for context. Each section includes biographies of important people and key features on the art, architecture, and technology of the period. A brand new chapter details modern-day events, such as the fight for equality, the threat of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis, and space exploration and discoveries.With more than 2,000 full-colour illustrations, photographs, and source materials, as well as research-friendly back matter and index, this encyclopedia provides a beautiful, authoritative reference that is essential for any home, school, or library.
Author : Ildiko Szabo
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789141726
Kingfishers are a stunning sight to behold. The dash and verve of these cosmopolitan birds has been admired for millennia, appearing in creation myths, imperial regalia, and cultural iconography, and they were once valued as highly as gold. Artists used their iridescent feathers in Tian-tsui, an iconic style of Chinese fine art, for more than 2,400 years. The magnificent temples at Angkor Wat in Cambodia owe their existence in part to the great wealth generated by the live kingfisher trade from the Indochina Peninsula. As well, as a muse, kingfishers have influenced philosophers, playwrights, and artists, from the Roman poet Ovid to Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, and others, while more recently, bio-mimicry engineers have turned to kingfishers for inspiration. This lavishly illustrated book delves into the origins and diversity of the more than 120 species of kingfishers, from the burly kookaburras to the diminutive birds that daringly pluck spiders off webs, defining their characteristics, their differences, their lifestyles, and their cultural significance around the world.
Author : T. Kingfisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1614504040
Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard? Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she, or the Beast, are swallowed by them.
Author : David Lambert,Martin Redfern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780753453278
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Author : Peter Harris
Publisher : Monarch Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781854248480
Hope is often the missing element in the environmental story. Over the last quarter century the Christian conservation organisation A Rocha has been protecting and restoring threatened sites. Their engagement with local communities, bringing new life to urban and rural areas, has made a profound impact in many lives and places. Peter Harris delightfully blends his personal story with that of A Rocha, describing a passionately-held vision and how it has worked out in the life of his own family.
Author : T. Kingfisher
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780356524382
'Absolutely delightful and full of charm and truth' Naomi Novik, on Thornhedge Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder against everything from bandits and roving inquisitors to her own in-laws... and the sword itself may prove to be the greatest threat of all... Praise for T. Kingfisher: 'T. Kingfisher solidifies her place as natural and inevitable heir to the greats of her genre, while remaining clearly and unquestionably a unique voice in fantasy' Seanan McGuire 'Exciting, deeply wise, sad, brutal and compassionate all at once. And beautifully written, with a plot as cunning as fine embroidery' Catriona Ward 'Creepy, funny, heartfelt, and full of fantastic characters I absolutely loved' Melissa Caruso, author of The Tethered Mage "Nettle & Bone brings Kingfisher's signature honesty and authenticity to a fairy tale setting the result is refreshing, earnest but not naive, and deeply satisfying. I devoured it. This is one that's going to stay with me for a long time' Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for Liars 'A delight throughout' Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches 'T. Kingfisher uses the bones of fairy tale to create something entirely her own, written in gloriously clear and transparent prose' Emily Tesh, author of Some Desperate Glory 'Funny, frightening, and full of heart; I loved it' Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January 'Charming and macabre, often both at the same time' A. K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name
Author : Mary Casey
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597310328
Author : T.J. Martinson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250170217
30 years ago a superhero tried to save Chicago. Now the city is again under siege, in this gritty, suspenseful, and beautifully written novel from award-winning debut author T.J. Martinson Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit that they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city thirty years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die? And who would take hostages connected to the Kingfisher's past attempts to clean up the streets? With the help of disgraced police officer Lucinda Tillman and a young hacktivist named Wren, Marcus will explore the city's violence, corruption, and chaos to figure out if the vigilante hero died tragically, or gave up hope and abandoned the city—and for the hostages, the clock is ticking.
