Nightchild

Author : James Barclay
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781615929115

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Nightchild by James Barclay Pdf

There Is A New Power Coming. It will sweep aside the four colleges of magic. It is the power of the land, and it has manifested itself in Lyanna, a five year old girl. Unknowingly, she could destroy Balaia. Desperate to maintain their power, the colleges will do anything to control the child. If that fails, they will kill her. Terrified, Lyanna's mother, Erienne the mage, takes her into hiding. But they can't hide forever. As the hunt goes on, Lyanna starts to test her powers and nature itself begins to turn on Balaia. Her father, Denser of The Raven, is also desperate to find her. But can even The Raven find Erienne and her child when they do not want to be found? And if they do find them, what then should they do? Lyanna is ripping the world apart. Thousands are dying. Can The Raven afford to let her live?

Author : Anna Quinn
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538434338

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The Night Child by Anna Quinn Pdf

Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl’s face appears above the students’ desks—“a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora’s body—the kind of raw terror you feel when there’s no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire—when you think you might die.” Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered—a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown. This breathtaking debut novel examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and present. Exquisitely nuanced and profoundly intimate, The Night Child is a story of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.

Author : Jes Battis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441016022

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Night Child by Jes Battis Pdf

That’s a dead vampire, I thought. My boss dragged me out of bed at two in the morning to see a dead vampire? I might be an Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver’s Mystical Crime Lab, but a dead vampire is routine, and no reason to disturb a person’s sleep! Then I took a closer look at the body… Tess Corday soon realizes that there is not going to be anything ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not Mia Polanski, the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp’s pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon. And certainly not Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the vampire community. Agrado is supposed to be part of the solution, but Tess suspects he might be part of the problem. Under pressure from her boss, Tess is trying to go by the book on this one. But when Mia reaches out to her, she risks her career to help the girl. And finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life forever. Or possibly end it…

Author : Maureen Jennings
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551991931

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Night's Child by Maureen Jennings Pdf

After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photograph is of Agnes in a pose captioned “What Mr. Newly Wed Really Wants.” When Agnes doesn’t show up at school the next day, her teacher takes the two photographs to the police. Murdoch, furious at the sexual exploitation of such a young girl, resolves to find the photographer – and to put him behind bars. Night’s Child is the fifth novel in Maureen Jennings’s highly praised historical mystery series. Three of Jennings’s novels have been made into TV movies under the title Murder 19C: The Murdoch Mysteries. Bravo/CHUM is currently developing a series based on the character of Detective William Murdoch for broadcast in 2007.

Author : Maria Nikolajeva,Carole Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136771514

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How Picturebooks Work by Maria Nikolajeva,Carole Scott Pdf

How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. The authors explore picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and they argue that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Spanning an international range of children's books, this book examine such favorites as Curious George and Frog and Toad Are Friends, along with the works of authors and illustrators including Maurice Sendak and Tove Jansson, among others. With 116 illustrations, How Picturebooks Work offers the student of children's literature a new methodology, new theories, and a new set of critical tools for examining the picturebook form.

Author : T.M. Palecki
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781665711630

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The Night Child by T.M. Palecki Pdf

Esta does not give much thought to taking the young owlet home. She can raise it; of that she is sure. The people of her village, on the other hand, find that this confirms what they always thought. The strange girl who seems able to understand what others are thinking and feeling can also tame the wild. The daughter of the local midwife and healer, Esta is seen as something special and perhaps other. It is concluded that she must be a creature of the night, shrouded in whispers of superstition, witchcraft, and magic. Rumors swell to the point of peril, and for Esta, to the point of pain. Tragedy befalls her village with the arrival of outsiders who search for “the seer,” but no one knows to what end. Yes, Esta has been gifted with abilities she has tried hiding from others. Now that her secret is out, she is determined to follow her own fate, on her own terms, deriving power from compassion and insight rather than physical strength alone.

Author : Maureen Jennings
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart Limited
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771043345

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Night's Child by Maureen Jennings Pdf

After thirteen-year-old Agnes Fisher faints at school, her teacher, the young and still idealistic Amy Slade, is shocked to discover in the girl’s desk two stereoscopic photographs. One is of a dead baby in its cradle, and on the back Agnes has scrawled a terrible message. Worse, the other photograph is of Agnes in a pose captioned “What Mr. Newly Wed Really Wants.” When Agnes doesn’t show up at school the next day, her teacher takes the two photographs to the police. Murdoch, furious at the sexual exploitation of such a young girl, resolves to find the photographer – and to put him behind bars. Night’s Child is the fifth novel in Maureen Jennings’s highly praised historical mystery series. Three of Jennings’s novels have been made into TV movies under the title Murder 19C: The Murdoch Mysteries. Bravo/CHUM is currently developing a series based on the character of Detective William Murdoch for broadcast in 2007. From the Paperback edition.

Author : Cate Tiernan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101162798

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Night's Child by Cate Tiernan Pdf

Twenty years ago, Morgan Rowlands was the most powerful young bloodwitch to come around in generations - making magickal discoveries, facing and conquering unimaginable evil, and surviving a devastating betrayal. Her daughter, fifteen-year-old Moira, knows there's more to her mother's past than she's been told. And the secrets that lie in Morgan's heart could destroy Moira's entire world. When Moira learns two painful truths about her family, she begins to put the puzzle together - and realizes that someone close to her is in grave danger.

Author : Lisa Kessler
Publisher : Entangled: Select Otherworld
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781622665464

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Night Child by Lisa Kessler Pdf

A psychic gift... Muriah La Deaux's latest job requires her to locate an ancient codex detailing a prophecy of an immortal birth. But before she can deliver it, her client is brutally murdered. Now a man with chaos in his eyes wants the codex she's hiding. An immortal child... Issa is one of the original Night Walkers, a proud protector of the mortal world. Now, when the survival of his entire race rests on protecting an unborn child, Issa is the only immortal strong enough to protect Muriah on a risky mission—locate the lost scrolls that will trap their foe—but his tenuous grasp on his sanity is slipping. The ultimate sacrifice... Muriah's headstrong spirit awakens feelings in Issa that are best left buried. But as the battle between love and chaos ensues, sacrifices must be made. Each book in the Night series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Night Walker Book #1.5 Night Thief Book #2 Night Demon Book #3 Night Child

Author : Jackie Ashenden
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488044724

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Claiming His One-Night Child by Jackie Ashenden Pdf

He’s the billionaire she loves to hate… And now she’s having his baby! Notorious Italian playboy Dante Cardinali lives life on the edge. So when Stella Montefiore dramatically confronts him, vowing to settle a family vendetta, he’s intrigued by her bravery…and enticed by their passionate attraction! It explodes into an intense and sizzling encounter…that leaves innocent Stella shockingly pregnant! Now to claim his heir, Dante must marry this dangerously alluring woman… Feel the heat in this sizzling revenge romance

Author : Scott Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0671469312

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Nightchild by Scott Baker Pdf

On the planet Agenbite, Laine, a parapsychic orphan, is chosen for the priesthood's highest order and undergoes coma-statis--years of dreaming--during which period he absorbs the life-soul of a strange red-haired woman named Janesha

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : American poetry
ISBN : IOWA:31858001669682

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Lyrical Iowa by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Barclay
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616142988

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Elfsorrow by James Barclay Pdf

Another action-packed adventure from the new master of fantasy. The Raven travel to a new continent in search of mages to help the ruined college of Julatsa rebuild and find themselves in the midst of an ancient curse—a curse that has unleashed a plague that threatens to wipe out the elven race. Barclay excels with another tale that pitches The Raven against the clock and unseen foes. Full of desperate fights and secret betrayals, the story also fills in more of Balaia’s history and delves deeper into the ancient emnities between the colleges. Barclay has created a wonderfully appealing group of heroes, and with every book their history grows and the land they live in becomes wider and richer. This is landmark fantasy in the making.

Author : James Barclay
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781591028482

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Dawnthief by James Barclay Pdf

The Raven: six men and an elf, sword for hire in the wars that have torn apart Balaia. For years their loyalty has been only to themselves and their code. But, that time is over. The Wytch Lords have escaped and The Raven find themselves fighting for the Dark College of magic, searching for the location of Dawnthief. It is a spell created to end the world, and it must be cast if any of them are to survive. Dawnthief is a fast paced epic about a band of all-too-human heroes. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Afshin Shahidi
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781250134448

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Prince by Afshin Shahidi Pdf

Featuring a foreword by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. When Prince wanted to document his One Nite Alone tour in 2002, he turned to Afshin Shahidi. Again in 2004, he went along on Prince’s record breaking Musicology Tour. Afshin met Prince in 1989 and became his cinematographer and later his photographer. He was the photographer closest to Prince for the last fifteen years of Prince’s life. Afshin is the only photographer to shoot the legendary 3121 private parties in Los Angeles that became the most sought after invitations in Hollywood. Prince: A Private View compiles his work into a journey through Prince's extraordinary life. With many never-before-seen photos, this is the ultimate collection of – some intimate, some candid, some in concert – shots of Prince, but all are carefully directed in the artist-as-art style that we associate with him. Deep photo captions are brief, but complete stories about Prince's life at that moment - some are incisive, others are personal and even funny.