The Chronicles Of Rylet

Author : Douglas Pickard
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781503571709

Get Book

The Chronicles of Rylet by Douglas Pickard Pdf

Long ago, a great evil appeared and nearly destroyed the entire world; his name was Laccid. Along with his army of shadow beasts, he laid waste to anyone who stood in his path. The only ones who were able to stop him were a group of warriors known as the elementals. These five warriors, each with the ability to control one of the elements, defeated Laccid and his legions of shadow beasts, but some escaped. Those five elementals would go on to become the first Guardians of Nature. But with the fear that another threat would come along in the future, the elementals created weapons known as the element daggers. These daggers would possess the soul of the previous guardians and change form when the new guardian is chosen. Now, five hundred years later, the young elemental Rylet has the task of discovering which element power he will receive. Will he get the power of fire like his father, Blazent, the current Fire Guardian? Or will he get the power of wind, like the Wind Guardian Soren, his uncle? And will the guardians of today be strong enough to face a new evil thats on the horizon? Do they even have a chance of defeating a powerful foe from the past?

Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760984571

Get Book

The Thirteenth Fairy: The Chronicles of Never After Book 1 by Melissa de la Cruz Pdf

The Thirteenth Fairy is the first title in Never After, an exciting contemporary fantasy adventure series for readers of 9 to 11 by Melissa de la Cruz, the bestselling author of Disney's Descendants series. Perfect for fans of Disney's Twisted Tales. Nothing exciting ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho’s small town. Until the day Jack Stalker, one of the heroes from her all-time favourite books, the Never After series, turns up. She must be dreaming! But Jack insists that he’s real, the stories are real, and she must come with him at once. Filomena is thrust into a world of fairies, sorcerers, dragons and slayers, where an evil queen is determined to wipe out the fairy tribes. To save the kingdom, Filomena and her new friends must find the truth behind the tale of the Thirteenth Fairy before it’s too late.

Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250311245

Get Book

Never After: The Stolen Slippers by Melissa de la Cruz Pdf

Discover a new middle-grade fantasy saga from Melissa de la Cruz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants series, with Never After: The Stolen Slippers, where real life and fairy tales collide! Tossed back into the not-so-familiar fairy-tale world of Never After, Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends set off on another adventure . . . this time in search of Cinderella’s glass slipper. Or rather, glass slippers. It turns out the classic story of Cinderella is full of lies—starting with how Cinderella herself is far from the innocent heroine everyone thinks she is. She is manipulative and cunning—willing to do anything to be the princess of Eastphalia. The real heroines of her story are her “wicked” stepsisters, Hortense and Beatrice, who aren’t actually wicked at all! With the help of the dashing Jack Stalker, adorable Alastair, and glamorous Gretel, Filomena must track down the slippers, which may be the key to a certain mysterious prophecy . . . And when Filomena and Beatrice get tossed into the Beast’s dungeon, all hope seems to be lost. Will the conniving Cinderella shatter everyone’s hopes for a true un-twisted ending? Or will Filomena and her friends secure the happily ever after Cinderella’s stepsisters deserve?

Author : S. A. Rahmaan
Publisher : Author House
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463424923

Get Book

The Chronicles of a Titan, Briana: Transformation by S. A. Rahmaan Pdf

Sixteen year old Briana Thompson lives a luxurious New York City girl life. She lives in an awesome condo with her mother, Haley Davies, and she shops for the latest in fashion: clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is the life. Unfortunately, that is all about to change. When her mother gets a job offer on the other side of the United States, Briana is plucked out of her big city comfort zone. She is forced to make a decision, live with her aunt or take up residency in California. She opts to stay in the small city of Papers, New York, rather than no New York at all, with her mother's sister, Jamie Davies, until she graduates high school. But there is an upside to her relocation, her best friend, Yasmeen Jones, lives in Papers. So, maybe things can't get any better.. Or worst? Briana can't decide. Upon meeting a mysterious stranger, her world gets a little more dangerous, possibly even life threatening, as she ventures out with this smart, handsome, sweet, strong, and sexy young man, who has a secret that will change her life forever. Join Briana as she and Yasmeen enter the electrifying world of The Titans. A place where precariousness, excitement, and romance are waiting for her, all wrapped up in an enigmatic, gorgeous, tall, dark, and handsome package.

Author : K a Riley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798513473794

Get Book

The Cure by K a Riley Pdf

Before the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to. But now, turning eighteen means certain death. Unless you prove yourself worthy of the Cure. On her seventeenth birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure-a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their eighteenth birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel-the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc-deems her year a success. She's assigned to work for twelve months as a servant for a wealthy family whose son is the most alluring young man she's ever met. At first, Ashen is grateful for the opportunity to earn her place in a society she's always dreamed of inhabiting. But as time passes and she begins to learn the truth about the people she admires so much and the home she left behind, she realizes she has a choice: Be part of the disease...Or be part of the Cure. For readers of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Selection.

Author : Elizabeth Lapina
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271073118

Get Book

Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade by Elizabeth Lapina Pdf

In Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade, Elizabeth Lapina examines a variety of these chronicles, written both by participants in the crusade and by those who stayed behind. Her goal is to understand the enterprise from the perspective of its contemporaries and near contemporaries. Lapina analyzes the diversity of ways in which the chroniclers tried to justify the First Crusade as a “holy war,” where physical violence could be not just sinless, but salvific. The book focuses on accounts of miracles reported to have happened in the course of the crusade, especially the miracle of the intervention of saints in the Battle of Antioch. Lapina shows why and how chroniclers used these miracles to provide historical precedent and to reconcile the messiness of history with the conviction that history was ordered by divine will. In doing so, she provides an important glimpse into the intellectual efforts of the chronicles and their authors, illuminating their perspectives toward the concepts of history, salvation, and the East. Warfare and the Miraculous in the Chronicles of the First Crusade demonstrates how these narratives sought to position the crusade as an event in the time line of sacred history. Lapina offers original insights into the effects of the crusade on the Western imaginary as well as how medieval authors thought about and represented history.

Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250311221

Get Book

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz Pdf

*A B&N Young Reader Monthly Pick!* *Finalist in the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards!* *A New York Times Bestseller!* Discover a new middle-grade fantasy saga from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants series, Melissa de la Cruz, where real life and fairy tales collide! Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho’s sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green, and while her progressive school swears there’s no such thing as bullying, she still feels bummed out. But one day, when Filomena is walking home on her own, something strange happens. Filomena is being followed by Jack Stalker, one of the heroes in the Thirteenth Fairy, a series of books she loves about a brave girl and her ragtag group of friends who save their world from an evil enchantress. She must be dreaming, or still reading a book. But Jack is insistent—he’s real, the stories are real, and Filomena must come with him at once! Soon, Filomena is thrust into the world of evil fairies and beautiful princesses, sorcerers and slayers, where an evil queen drives her ruthless armies to destroy what is left of the Fairy tribes. To save herself and the kingdom of Westphalia, Filomena must find the truth behind the fairytales and set the world back to rights before the cycle of sleep and destruction begins once more.

Author : Jane Bliss
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781783743162

Get Book

An Anglo-Norman Reader by Jane Bliss Pdf

This book is an anthology with a difference. It presents a distinctive variety of Anglo-Norman works, beginning in the twelfth century and ending in the nineteenth, covering a broad range of genres and writers, introduced in a lively and thought-provoking way. Facing-page translations, into accessible and engaging modern English, are provided throughout, bringing these texts to life for a contemporary audience. The collection offers a selection of fascinating passages, and whole texts, many of which are not anthologised or translated anywhere else. It explores little-known byways of Arthurian legend and stories of real-life crime and punishment; women’s voices tell history, write letters, berate pagans; advice is offered on how to win friends and influence people, how to cure people’s ailments and how to keep clear of the law; and stories from the Bible are retold with commentary, together with guidance on prayer and confession. Each text is introduced and elucidated with notes and full references, and the material is divided into three main sections: Story (a variety of narrative forms), Miscellany (including letters, law and medicine, and other non-fiction), and Religious (saints' lives, sermons, Bible commentary, and prayers). Passages in one genre have been chosen so as to reflect themes or stories that appear in another, so that the book can be enjoyed as a collection or used as a resource to dip into for selected texts. This anthology is essential reading for students and scholars of Anglo-Norman and medieval literature and culture. Wide-ranging and fully referenced, it can be used as a springboard for further study or relished in its own right by readers interested to discover Anglo-Norman literature that was written to amuse, instruct, entertain, or admonish medieval audiences.

Author : Eleanor Parker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350287068

Get Book

Conquered by Eleanor Parker Pdf

"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those children, who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers, survivors of a family shattered by violence who were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line – Edgar Ætheling, Margaret, and Christina – who sought refuge in Scotland, where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors, such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward, became legendary for rebelling against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some, like Eadmer of Canterbury, who chose to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. From sagas and saints' lives to chronicles and romances, Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales – some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries, others carelessly forgotten over time – are ones of endurance, adaptation and vulnerability, and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and shaped the country England was to become.

Author : Antonia Gransden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136190216

Get Book

Historical Writing in England by Antonia Gransden Pdf

Using a variety of sources including chronicles, annals, secular and sacred biographies and monographs on local histories Historical Writing in England by Antonia Gransden offers a comprehensive critical survey of historical writing in England from the mid-sixth century to the early sixteenth century. Based on the study of the sources themselves, these volumes also offer a critical assessment of secondary sources and historiographical development.

Author : Arthur Griffiths
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : True Crime
ISBN : EAN:8596547724018

Get Book

The Chronicles of Newgate (Vol. 1&2) by Arthur Griffiths Pdf

"The Chronicles of Newgate" feature a detailed history of the well-known Newgate prison, which is in itself an epitome of the criminal history of England, from epoch to epoch, closely and minutely. Newgate, as the annexe of the Old Bailey, or great criminal law court of this city, has ever been closely connected with the administration of justice in the country. In its records are to be read the variations of the Statute Book. It is possible to trace at Newgate the gradual amelioration of the penal code, from the days of its pitiless ferocity, to the time when, thanks to the incessant protests of humanitarian and philanthropist, a milder system of punishment became the rule. Volume 1: Medieval Newgate Newgate in the Sixteenth Century Newgate in the Seventeenth Century (Down to the Great Fire) Newgate in the Seventeenth Century (After the Great Fire) In the Press-Yard Executions Escapes The Gaol Calendar The Gaol Fever The New Gaol Volume 2: Crimes and Criminals Newgate Down to 1818 Philanthropy in Newgate The Beginnings of Prison Reform The First Report of the Inspectors of Prisons Executions Newgate Notorieties Later Records Newgate Notorieties Newgate Reformed

Author : Arthur Griffiths
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : True Crime
ISBN : EAN:4064066382889

Get Book

The Chronicles of Newgate (True Crime Through the Centuries) by Arthur Griffiths Pdf

"The Chronicles of Newgate" feature a detailed history of the well-known Newgate prison, which is in itself an epitome of the criminal history of England, from epoch to epoch, closely and minutely. Newgate, as the annexe of the Old Bailey, or great criminal law court of this city, has ever been closely connected with the administration of justice in the country. In its records are to be read the variations of the Statute Book. It is possible to trace at Newgate the gradual amelioration of the penal code, from the days of its pitiless ferocity, to the time when, thanks to the incessant protests of humanitarian and philanthropist, a milder system of punishment became the rule. Volume 1: Medieval Newgate Newgate in the Sixteenth Century Newgate in the Seventeenth Century (Down to the Great Fire) Newgate in the Seventeenth Century (After the Great Fire) In the Press-Yard Executions Escapes The Gaol Calendar The Gaol Fever The New Gaol Volume 2: Crimes and Criminals Newgate Down to 1818 Philanthropy in Newgate The Beginnings of Prison Reform The First Report of the Inspectors of Prisons Executions Newgate Notorieties Later Records Newgate Notorieties Newgate Reformed

Author : Antonia Gransden
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education, Medieval
ISBN : 9780415151245

Get Book

Historical Writing in England: c. 500 to c. 1307 by Antonia Gransden Pdf

First Published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Matt Braun
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429998123

Get Book

Kinch Riley and Indian Territory by Matt Braun Pdf

KINCH RILEY Newton, Kansas, 1871: One is a young drifter alone in a lawless land. The other is an aged gunfighter well-versed in the bawdy wonders of a wide-open boomtown. When these two lost souls come together one August night, and battle a band of Texas outlaws, the legend of Kinch Riley will be born.... INDIAN TERRITORY When hired gun John Ryan heads into Indian Territory with a brawling crew of railroad workers, a battle of bloodshed and treachery ensues. But when he later meets the proud Cherokees—and the beautiful daughter of and embattled chief—Ryan sees for himself how his employer's steel rails are splitting the heart of a people's last home. Can his conscience keep him from pulling the trigger?

Author : Enric
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BAB:1006200739

Get Book

The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon by Enric Pdf