Stone Tree

Author : Gyrdir Eliasson
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Stone Tree by Gyrdir Eliasson Pdf

** WINNER OF THE 2011 NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE** Gyrðir Elíasson’s stories take us out of ourselves. Situated on the lonely western shores of Iceland, or out in the vast mountain ranges or barren lava fields of this spectacular country, each one is a study in self-exile. We follow a Boston ornithologist, speeding through the landscape in a fourby-four, chasing Arctic Terns; a schoolboy relocating to the northernmost town of Siglufjördur to compete in a chess tournament; a husband packing his wife off to visit her aunt in Sweden. In almost every story we find people taking leave of their normal lives in order to take their dreams more seriously. But even in the most desolate surroundings Elíasson’s characters find strange company; ghostly presences in the early hours, enviable neighbours, fellow writers turning up at the same retreat, with the same ambitions. Like the wide canopy of stars under which they’re told, these stories plot a constellation of single, glittering images: a child defacing a new piano with a chisel in the middle of the night; a freezer packed with carefully wrapped dead birds, candles floating in a pond at night… Elíasson’s images are always unresolved, but are also somehow complete; like the dreams he shares with us, that lead us, through their own solitude, into other people’s. As Elíasson writes, ‘all dreams are joined at the edges, like the squares in a patchwork quilt.’

Author : Thomas K. Carpenter,Rachel J. Carpenter
Publisher : Black Moon Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Stone Tree by Thomas K. Carpenter,Rachel J. Carpenter Pdf

In a game with no end, how would you build your kingdom? When Terran and his friends enter Kingmaker Saga, they're expecting a lifetime of adventure together, but a vengeful hag separates them, throwing their plans into disarray. Stuck in the unrelenting wilderness of the Rockleaf Forest and tracked by a dangerous Spirit Bear, Terran must find a way to survive. KEYWORDS: contemporary fantasy, coming of age, fae, complete series, bestselling, urban fantasy, action adventure, academy, new adult, university, dark fantasy, family, young adult, YA fantasy, wizard, mage, witch, dragon, supernatural, supernatural suspense, fantasy series, fantasy series for adults, paranormal mystery, magical worlds, modern fantasy, occult, paranormal, enemies to friends, legend, folk tale, elite, dark magic, thrilling, college, hero, power, privilege, hundred halls, thomas k. carpenter, forbidden magic, strong female lead, orphans, alternate worlds, class differences, badass women, binge read, loners and outcasts, found family, enemies to lovers, sword, spellbinding, magical heist, sprawling series, assassins, spies, diplomacy, rune spells, demonology, shape changing, soul magic, arcane, divination, harry potter, magicians, hundred halls, multi-series, epic adventure, animal companion, fantastic families, magical academies, litrpg, gamelit SIMILAR AUTHORS: Aleron Kong, Travis Bagwell, Dakota Krout, Xander Boyce, Apollos Thorne, Shirtaloon, Shemer Kuznits, Ernest Cline, Carrie Summers, Kyle Kirrin, Kit Falbo, Ravens Dagger, Troy Osgood

Author : Tiffany Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1773210033

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Tree Song by Tiffany Stone Pdf

"This joyful book follows the life cycle of a tree as it grows from seedling to mature tree, and finally gives way to a new sapling. At every stage of the tree's life, children are shown playing under its branches."--

Author : Raymond Bush
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781447493549

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Tree Fruit Growing - Volume II. - Pears, Quinces and Stone Fruits by Raymond Bush Pdf

This early work is a fascinating read for any gardening enthusiast or historian, but contains much information that is still useful and practical today. It is a thoroughly recommended title for the amateur or professional arborist's shelf. Contents Include: Trial and Error, Pears, Pests and Diseases of the Pear, Medlars and Quinces, Almonds, The Apricot, The Cherry, Pests and Diseases of Cherries, The Peach and Nectarine, Pests and Diseases of the Peach and Nectarine, Plums and Damsons, Pests and Diseases of the Plum, Laying Out a Field to Fruit Trees, The Fertility Rules in Fruit Planting, The Spraying of Fruit Trees, Bees in the Garden, Some Useful Tools, and a list of some Useful Books on Fruit Growing. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Christopher D. Stone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199774241

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Should Trees Have Standing? by Christopher D. Stone Pdf

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on the courts, the academy, and society as a whole. At the heart of the book is an eminently sensible, legally sound, and compelling argument that the environment should be granted legal rights. For the new edition, Stone explores a variety of recent cases and current events--and related topics such as climate change and protecting the oceans--providing a thoughtful survey of the past and an insightful glimpse at the future of the environmental movement. This enduring work continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights, so that the voiceless elements in nature are protected for future generations.

Author : Leo Hunt
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781408345016

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Seven Trees of Stone by Leo Hunt Pdf

The third and final chapter in Leo Hunt's epic supernatural series. It's time for Luke to pay his debt to the devil ... The first book, Thirteen Days of Midnight, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 and longlisted for the Branford Boase Award. Luke Manchett is coming to terms with his new life. The life where his girlfriend is a witch, he's a necromancer, and he owes a life debt to the devil. But that's just the start. An invasion is coming - led by a spirit even worse than the devil himself. And it's heading straight for Luke ...

Author : Leo Hunt
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763696696

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Seven Trees of Stone by Leo Hunt Pdf

Just when Luke thinks he’s left Deadside—and Dunbarrow—behind, he finds himself back where it all started as the two worlds violently collide in a riveting finale. Now that last year’s nightmare is in the past, Luke and Elza have started college, and Luke’s mum has moved on, too, with a new boyfriend named Darren. Life is returning to something like normal — until Luke and Elza spend New Year’s Eve at Darren’s cottage and find themselves transported to the forest near Dunbarrow with no knowledge of how they got there. Gray fog is spreading through town, the sky is awash with green light, and something is clearly very wrong: a great spirit from Deadside, known as the Barrenwhite Tree, has broken open the gateway between the living and spirit worlds, leaving Dunbarrow to be taken over by the world of the dead. Together with Luke’s old friends from school, who seem oddly unaffected by the plague of insanity unleashed on the town, Luke and Elza need to find a way to close the gateway while they still can. Not only that, but the devilish Mr. Berkley is abroad in Dunbarrow with an agenda of his own — and he hasn’t forgotten Luke’s debt to him.

Author : Keith Jordan
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784910112

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Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ by Keith Jordan Pdf

Stelae dating to the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have been cited as evidence of Classic Maya `influence' on Central Mexican art during these periods. This book re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts.

Author : American Society of Municipal Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : NYPL:33433082332507

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Official Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention - American Society for Municipal Improvements by American Society of Municipal Engineers Pdf

List of members in each vol. (except vol. for 1924)

Author : Richard Clarke Davis
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781895176889

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Lobsticks and Stone Cairns by Richard Clarke Davis Pdf

Lobsticks and stone cairns are landmarks that mark paths and commemorate events. The one hundred biographies in this book also offer themselves as paths to be taken. Centuries of human endeavour, hardship, folly, and suffering are collapsed into stories through which we can discover what the Arctic is and has been. Profiled in this book are "human landmarks" dating from as far back as the sixteenth century to those still active in the North today. Included are stories of adventurers, military officers, authors, guides, culture heroes, police, traders, and even the occasional charlatan. The biographies are of Inuit, European, American, Indian, and Canadian men and women. What appears here is the essence of each person, rendered by an expert and put in a new context, bringing the history and geography of the North to life.

Author : Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780449810354

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Magic Tree House Books 1-4 Ebook Collection by Mary Pope Osborne Pdf

The adventures that started it all! Newly bound together, the first four books of the fan-favorite chapter-book series are the perfect introduction to the New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series. Parents, teachers, and librarians hail the series as a tool to promote reading, as even the most reluctant readers want to know where the Magic Tree House will take the brother-and-sister team next. The story begins with Dinosaurs Before Dark, when Jack and Annie discover a mysterious tree house filled with books and a trip back to the time of the dinosaurs follows. In The Knight at Dawn, Jack and Annie are in the Great Hall of a castle; a feast is under way, but they aren't exactly welcome guests. When the tree house whisks them back to ancient Egypt in Mummies in the Morning, Jack and Annie must help a long-dead queen solve a puzzle. And in Pirates Past Noon, Jack and Annie find a secret map that leads to buried treasure and ruthless pirates! Mary Pope Osborne brings together just the right combination of history, magic, and fast-paced adventure to satisfy kids, parents, teachers, and librarians all over the world with her New York Times bestselling series.

Author : Michel Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 189188588X

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The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone Pdf

Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter. Michel Stone s harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends; exploitation by corrupt officials and rapacious landowners on the U.S. side; and, finally, the inexorable workings of the U.S. justice system. Hector and Lilia meet Americans willing to help them with legal assistance and offers of responsible employment, but their illegal entry seems certain to prove their undoing. The consequences of their decisions are devastating. In the end, The Iguana Tree is a universal story of loss, grief, and human dignity.

Author : Josiah Conder F.R.I.B.A
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Landscape Gardening in Japan by Josiah Conder F.R.I.B.A Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399222073

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The Singing Fir Tree by Anonim Pdf

In his quest to find the perfect wood for his masterpiece, a woodcarver tries to cut down the town's beloved singing fir tree.

Author : Christopher D. Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Law
ISBN : UCAL:B4339347

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Should Trees Have Standing? by Christopher D. Stone Pdf

"In this book, Professor Stone traces the development of the idea of legal rights, reminding us that children, old people, women, aliens, and "minorities" have been treated as without rights in many societies throughout human history. Although each new movement to confer rights on some new "entity" may have seemed "odd or frightening or laughable" at the time, Stone points out that legal rights have been extended and previously rightless people (and things) have come to be recognized and valued for themselves. he then develops his thesis and proposal that we give legal rights to "natural objects" in the environment--and to the natural environment as a whole"--Back cover.