The Compass Rose

Author : Anna Burke
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612941202

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Compass Rose by Anna Burke Pdf

In the year 2513, the only thing higher than the seas is what’s at stake for those who sail them. Rose was born facing due north, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her veins. Her uncanny sense of direction earns her a coveted place among the Archipelago Fleet elite, but it also attracts the attention of Admiral Comita, who sends her on a secret mission deep into pirate territory. Accompanied by a ragtag crew of mercenaries and under the command of Miranda, a captain as bloodthirsty as she is alluring, Rose discovers the hard way that even the best sense of direction won’t be enough to keep her alive if she can’t learn to navigate something far more dangerous than the turbulent seas. Aboard the mercenary ship, Man o’ War, Rose learns quickly that trusting the wrong person can get you killed—and Miranda’s crew have no intention of making things easy for her—especially Miranda’s trusted first mate, Orca, who is as stubborn as she is brutal.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473214378

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The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

'The gems in this impressive collection have the same power to disconcert as her best novels' Martin Amis 'Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . she moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES North to Orsinia and the boundaries between reality and madness ... South to discover Antarctica with nine South American women ... West to find an enchanted harp and the borderland between life and death ... and onward to all points on and off the compass. Twenty astonishing stories from acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin carry us to worlds of wonder and horror, desire and destiny, enchantment and doom.

Author : Arthur Sze
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619321380

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Compass Rose by Arthur Sze Pdf

2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist "Compass Rose [is] a collection in which the poet uses capacious intelligence and lyrical power to offer a dazzling picture of our inter-connected world."—Pulitzer Prize finalist announcement [Sze] brings together disparate realms of experience—astronomy, botany, anthropology, Taoism—and observes their correspondences with an exuberant attentiveness."—The New Yorker A child playing a game, tea leaves resting in a bowl, an abandoned dog, a foot sticking out from a funeral pyre, an Afghan farmer pausing as mortars fire at the enemy: in Arthur Sze's tenth book, the world spins on many points of reference, unfolding with full sensuous detail. Arthur Sze is the author of The Ginkgo Light (2009), Quipu (2005), and The Redshifting Web (1998). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Author : John Casey
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375709135

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Compass Rose by John Casey Pdf

A Providence Journal Best Book of the Year A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year John Casey follows up his National Book Award-winning novel Spartina with an extraordinary return to the marshes of Rhode Island’s South County. Elsie Buttrick, the prodigal daughter of Sawtooth Point, has just given birth to Rose, the child conceived during her passionate affair with Dick Pierce. At first she is wary of the discomfort her presence poses to Dick’s wife, May, and other inhabitants of their gossipy, insular community. But as Rose slowly becomes the unofficially adopted daughter and little sister of half the town, she magnetically steers everyone in her orbit toward unexpected—and unbreakable—relationships.

Author : Evan Connell
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619021303

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Points for a Compass Rose by Evan Connell Pdf

"We have here on the planet with us a man of such courage and strength of spirit that he has not lost what Alfred Adler calls 'the nerve for excellence.' He has kept it despite the burden of an awareness not only of the enormity of his project and of the limitations of his own human understanding, but also of the abject ignorance and indifference of his audience... "Somehow Connell makes you care. Many modern poets demand a good deal of work; Connell excites it. Sometimes the note–taker's [narrator] tone is hectoring, even belligerent; if you have any competitive spirit at all, you seize a thread—any thread—follow it, and lo, it traces a pattern. . . you understand at last that these notes are not tentative explorations, and far less are they 'expression:' they are instead the magnificent artifices of a giant intellect... "These poems are masterpieces. You could bend a lifetime of energy to their study, and have lived well. The fabric of their meaning is seamless, inexhaustible. . . their language is steely and bladelike; from both of its surfaces flickering lights gleam. Each page sheds insight on every other page; understanding snaps back and forth, tacking like a sloop up the long fjord of mystery."—Annie Dillard, Harper

Author : Geraldine Brown Giomblanco
Publisher : Gbgbooks.com
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1733742204

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Geraldina & the Compass Rose by Geraldine Brown Giomblanco Pdf

A dazzling memoir of divine intervention with a miraculous twist! Geraldina and the Compass Rose is an uplifting and empowering love story about faith and maintaining hope, because prayers do get answered and miraculous things do happen to ordinary people.

Author : Anna Burke
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612942025

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Sea Wolf (A Compass Rose Novel, 2) by Anna Burke Pdf

In the year 2514, the only thing more dangerous than the seas is those who sail them. Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o’ War is rarely dull as hurricanes, swarms of jellyfish, and man-eating squid pose daily doses of danger. As intrigue and subterfuge from enemies old and new begin to surround its captain, the infamous Miranda Stillwater, even an uncanny sense of direction won’t be enough to help Compass Rose navigate these dangerous straits. As dark secrets bubble to the surface and everything she’s fought so hard for begins to crumble, Rose learns the hard way that she'll have to rely on the only person who can save her from certain disaster. Unfortunately, that person is Compass Rose herself. This swashbuckling 26th-century high-seas adventure novel is fast-paced, whip-smart, and quirky, yet it manages to deliver a healthy dose of heart, humor, and humility on every single page.

Author : Caitie McAneney
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482410839

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The Compass Rose and Cardinal Directions by Caitie McAneney Pdf

One of the most recognizable map symbols, the compass rose, is also the most useful. It shows the cardinal directions, and, when used with a compass, it can help hikers and orienteers reach their destination. Readers are introduced to the compass rose and the cardinal and intermediate directions it displays. Detailed examples lead readers through using a compass rose on a map. Full-color images accompany important map skills, engaging readers with content consistent with the social studies curriculum.

Author : Vera Nazarian
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781930997851

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Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian Pdf

What is the nature of evil? When a young warrior of a dark race finds himself bound in servitude to a beautiful cruel princess, his loyalty becomes entwined with something more horrifying and mysterious than endless night falling over the ancient desert. When a courageous young servant reveals her hidden wisdom to the madman conqueror of the world, her fate is joined to a nightmare suspended beyond death and outside the universe. Two souls from different times -- their destinies connected through hundreds of other lives and generations, through soft whispers of the wind, through ancient truths that lie buried in an island between worlds. Both souls enslaved through dream and desire in an endless conflict between truth and illusion. They can only be set free by the wonder of the Compass Rose.

Author : Carly Eccles Sheaffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1365405516

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Compass Rose by Carly Eccles Sheaffer Pdf

Shaun's father, Jerry, had a gift for growing roses. Patient and kind, Jerry Murray could get anything, including the people around him, to bloom. After tragedy strikes, Shaun, an aspiring writer, decides to pack up and leave behind his loved ones, the town he grew up in, and the only life he had ever known. Starting over, far away from home, brings new challenges-and gifts-and Shaun finds himself living a story vastly different from the one he tried to write for himself. Now, almost eight years later, his world revolves around his daughter, Marie, and Shaun has safely locked away the memories of his past life. But with one fateful gust of wind, Marie's curiosity, and a trail of roses perhaps sent from beyond the grave, Shaun finds himself face-to-face with the past he tried so hard to leave behind. Will he find the courage to rewrite his story? Or is it too late?

Author : Gail Dayton
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426848995

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The Compass Rose by Gail Dayton Pdf

A female warrior acquires magical powers—and a polyamorous family—as she defends her people in this fantasy romance series debut. The legends of the Godstruck were just that—legends. Until, in an attempt to defend her people, Captain Kallista Varyl called on the One for aid and was granted abilities such as no one had seen in centuries. Now Kallista is charged with a new destiny as one of the most powerful women in the land—but her power is useless if it cannot be controlled. Mastering her “Godstruck” abilities is the first step. But she will need help mastering the secrets of the Compass Rose and defeating her nation’s enemy. Drawn together into a polyamorous family of compatriots and former enemies, Kallista is called upon to stop a demon-possessed king.

Author : Anna Burke
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612941448

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Thorn by Anna Burke Pdf

On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan’s father returns from an ill-fated hunting trip bearing a single, white rose. The rose is followed by the Huntress, a figure out of legend. Tall, cruel, and achingly beautiful, she brings Rowan back with her to a mountain fastness populated solely by the creatures of the hunt. Rowan, who once scorned the villagers for their superstitions, now finds herself at the heart of a curse with roots as deep as the mountains, ruled by an old magic that is as insidious as the touch of the winter rose. Torn between her family loyalties, her guilty relief at escaping her betrothal to the charming but arrogant Avery Lockland, and her complicated feelings for the Huntress, Rowan must find a way to break the curse before it destroys everything she loves. There is only one problem—if she can find a way to lift the curse, she will have to return to the life she left behind. And the only thing more unbearable than endless winter is facing a lifetime of springs without the Huntress. Thorn was named to the American Library Association's 2020 Over the Rainbow Fiction Longlist.

Author : Deborah Marcero
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316561778

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My Heart Is a Compass by Deborah Marcero Pdf

In this celebration of the power of imagination, a creative girl on a mission to bring something new to the world becomes a storyteller and inventor of intricately detailed maps. Rose's heart is set on discovering something that's never been found. She just doesn't know where to find it. So she sets off on a wondrous journey, bounding from one spectacular world to the next. Her only guides are a set of maps drawn from her own imagination and her heart's desire to explore new and exciting worlds. In this moving story of a trailblazing spirit, Rose follows her compass, and explores her creativity in a one-of-a-kind search through a collection of intricate maps that readers will love to get lost in.

Author : Silvanus Phillips Thompson,British Academy
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342705393

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The Rose of the Winds by Silvanus Phillips Thompson,British Academy Pdf

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Author : Thomas McKenzie
Publisher : Rabbit Room
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0996049908

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The Anglican Way by Thomas McKenzie Pdf