The Price Of Spring

Author : Daniel Abraham
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429960120

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The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham Pdf

Fifteen years have passed since the devastating war between the Galt Empire and the cities of the Khaiem in which the Khaiem's poets and their magical power known as "andat" were destroyed, leaving the women of the Khaiem and the men of Galt infertile. The emperor of the Khaiem tries to form a marriage alliance between his son and the daughter of a Galtic lord, hoping the Khaiem men and Galtic women will produce a new generation to help create a peaceful future. But Maati, a poet who has been in hiding for years, driven by guilt over his part in the disastrous end of the war, defies tradition and begins training female poets. With Eiah, the emperor's daughter, helping him, he intends to create andat, to restore the world as it was before the war. Vanjit, a woman haunted by her family's death in the war, creates a new andat. But hope turns to ashes as her creation unleashes a power that cripples all she touches. As the prospect of peace dims under the lash of Vanjit's creation, Maati and Eiah try to end her reign of terror. But time is running out for both the Galts and the Khaiem. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Daniel Abraham
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1910-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0765351900

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The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham Pdf

Forging a redemptive tale from the ashes of disaster, Abraham brings his powerful epic fantasy series Long Price Quartet to a satisfying, uplifting conclusion.

Author : Daniel Abraham
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429951876

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An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham Pdf

Daniel Abraham delighted fantasy readers with his brilliantly original and engaging first novel, and in his second penned a tragedy as darkly personal and violent as Shakespeare's King Lear. Now he has written an epic fantasy of much wider scope and appeal that will thrill his fans and enthrall legions of new readers. Otah Machi, ruler of the city of Machi, has tried for years to prepare his people for a future in which the magical andat, entities that support their commerce and intimidate all foes, can no longer be safely harnessed. But his efforts are too little, too late. The Galts, an expansionist empire from across the sea, have tired of games of political espionage and low-stakes sabotage. Their general, a ruthless veteran, has found a way to do what was thought impossible: neutralize the andat. As the Galtic army advances, the Poets who control the andat wage their own battle to save their loved-ones and their nation. Failure seems inevitable, but success would end the Galtic threat. With wonderful storytelling skill, Abraham has wedded the unique magic, high-stakes betrayal and political intrigue of his previous works with a broad tapestry of action in a spectacular fantasy epic. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Daniel Abraham
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429910156

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A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham Pdf

From debut author Daniel Abraham comes A Shadow in Summer, the first book in the Long Price Quartet fantasy series. The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht, though, has always been too strong for the Galts to attack, but now they see an opportunity. If they can dispose of Heshai, Seedless's bonded poet-sorcerer, Seedless will perish and the entire city will fall. With secret forces inside the city, the Galts prepare to enact their terrible plan. In the middle is Otah, a simple laborer with a complex past. Recruited to act as a bodyguard for his girlfriend's boss at a secret meeting, he inadvertently learns of the Galtish plot. Otah finds himself as the sole hope of Saraykeht, either he stops the Galts, or the whole city and everyone in it perishes forever. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Kathleen Converse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Sabbat
ISBN : 1734108193

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Flora & the First Day of Spring by Kathleen Converse Pdf

When Flora's spring equinox is almost ruined by a series of small mistakes, she has to find a way to turn things around and make her own magic. Flora's spring equinox activities don't go as planned. From paint spills to accidentally broken eggs, anger, frustration, and sadness almost ruin her day. Using grounding and breath work, Flora's able to calm her body and regulate her emotions to make the most of the start of the season. Celebrate the Wheel of the Year with Flora and her friends in Flora & The First Day of Spring, the first book from author Kathleen Converse's new sabbat series. This sweet and simple book includes a series of illustrated spells following the story as well as backmatter on spring equinox celebrations. Illustrated by Hanna Sultanova, Flora & the First Day of Spring will be the perfect addition to Ostara baskets for children growing up in nature-based households.

Author : Reader's Digest,Carol Monica
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780794414399

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Fisher-Price Little People Lift the Flap Book Spring is Here! by Reader's Digest,Carol Monica Pdf

Readers can lift the flap to find indicated colors, animals, and actions as children garden and play outside in the spring. On board pages.

Author : Yukio Mishima
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307834317

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Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima Pdf

"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an aspiring lawyer who believes he has met the successive reincarnations of his childhood friend. It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders—rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae, are the sons of two such families. As they come of age amidst the growing tensions between old and new, Kiyoaki is plagued by his simultaneous love for and loathing of the spirited young woman Ayakura Satoko. But Kiyoaki’s true feelings only become apparent when her sudden engagement to a royal prince shows him the magnitude of his passion—and leads to a love affair both doomed and inevitable.

Author : Barry Leonard
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422319571

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Federal Trade Commission Report on Spring/Summer 2006 Nationwide Gasoline Price Increases by Barry Leonard Pdf

On April 25, 2006, Pres. Bush directed ¿the Dept. of Justice to work with the Fed. Trade Comm. (FTC) & the Energy Dept.(DoE) to conduct inquiries into illegal manipulation or cheating related to current gasoline prices.¿ The FTC was, at that time, investigating the increases in gasoline prices that occurred following Hurricane Katrina, including an intensive examination of whether refiners & other market participants had manipulated, or tried to manipulate, gasoline prices. The FTC found no evidence of manipulation & only limited instances of price gouging by gasoline wholesalers & retailers. The FTC & DoE conducted this economic analysis & investigation of the nat. avg. gasoline price increases that began during the spring of 2006 & continued through the summer. Illus.

Author : Henry Arthur & Co.
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385450578

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Price List: Spring 1881 by Henry Arthur & Co. Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Wheat trade
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU03407667

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Wheat Situation by United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service Pdf

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781984895097

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Dr. Seuss's Spring Things by Dr. Seuss Pdf

A board book celebration of Spring, starring Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat! Written in super-simple rhyme, this sweet sturdy board book features Thing One and Thing Two as they frolic with iconic Spring "things"--including ducklings, bunnies, flowers, frogs, wriggling worms, and butterflies. Perfect for tucking into Easter baskets, this is a great way to celebrate the season and to introduce babies and toddlers to the world of Dr. Seuss! (And if you can't get enough of Thing One and Thing Two, check out the board books Spooky Things and Lovey Things!)

Author : Ali Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143197928

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Spring by Ali Smith Pdf

“This is the most political book thus far in this earthy and humane series. Its heart is worn far out on its sleeve. It beats arrhythmically somewhere down near the knuckles….Smith’s vision isn’t fundamentally pessimistic, however. There’s too much squirming life in her fiction, slashes of cleansing light for those who seek it.” - New York Times "Her best book yet, a dazzling hymn to hope, uniting the past and the present with a chorus of voices."--The Guardian From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and Winter, as well as the Baileys Prize-winning How to be both, comes the next installment in the remarkable, once-in-a-generation masterpiece, the Seasonal Quartet What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times? Spring. The great connective. With an eye to the migrancy of story over time, and riffing on Pericles, one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tells the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls and lockdown Smith opens the door. The time we're living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? Hope springs eternal.

Author : Daniel Abraham
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429951647

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A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham Pdf

Daniel Abraham delighted fantasy readers with his brilliant, original, and engaging first novel, A Shadow in Summer. Now he has produced an even more powerful sequel, a tragedy as darkly personal and violent as Shakespeare's Macbeth. As a boy, Otah Machi was exiled from his family, Machi's ruling house. Decades later, he has witnessed and been part of world-changing events. Yet he has never returned to Machi. Now his father--the Khai, or ruler, of Machi--is dying and his eldest brother Biitrah has been assassinated, Otah realizes that he must return to Machi, for reasons not even he understands. Tradition dictates that the sons of a dying Khai fall upon each other until only one remains to succeed his father. But something even worse is occurring in Machi. The Galts, an expansive empire, has allied with someone in Machi to bring down the ruling house. Otah is accused, the long-missing brother with an all-too-obvious motive for murder. With the subtlety and wonderful storytelling skill of his first novel, Abraham has created a masterful drama filled with a unique magic, a suspenseful thriller of sexual betrayal, and Machiavellian politics. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Vincent Price
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781497653047

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The Book of Joe by Vincent Price Pdf

In the tradition of Anna Quindlen’s Good Dog. Stay., the iconic star of the Dr. Phibes films shares the heartwarming tale of his mischievous mutt. Actor Vincent Price won acclaim for his performances as a menacing villain in dozens of macabre horror films, such as House of Wax. Less well known, though, is Price’s lifelong love of animals, especially his fourteen-year-old mutt, Joe. From his wife’s passion for poodles to film set encounters with all types of creatures, including goats, apes, and camels, Price’s life was full of furry, four-legged friends. But it was Joe who truly captured his heart. Intelligent, courageous, and devoted to his owner, Joe was a special dog with a personality all his own. In this touching and light-hearted memoir, with a new introduction by Bill Hader and a preface by Vincent Price’s daughter, Victoria, Joe gets involved in all sorts of hijinks: At one point, the actor has to defend his canine companion in court! Despite some bad habits, like stealing guests’ shoes, pursuing lustful trysts with neighboring dogs, or belly flopping into the garden fishpond—crushing more than a few fish—Price loves his Joselito, whose unconditional loyalty more than makes up for his minor indiscretions. And when Price’s elderly cousin who comes to stay with him is stricken with cancer, Joe never leaves her side. Price’s tender and witty recollections of his time spent with Joe will bring joy to any animal lover’s heart. The Vincent Price Family Legacy will donate a portion of the proceeds from this book to the Fund for Animals.

Author : Modris Eksteins
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307361776

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Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins Pdf

Named "One of the 100 best books ever published in Canada" (The Literary Review of Canada), Rites of Spring is a brilliant and captivating work of cultural history from the internationally acclaimed scholar and writer Modris Eksteins. Dazzling in its originality, witty and perceptive in unearthing patterns of behavior that history has erased, Rites of Spring probes the origins, the impact and the aftermath of World War I--from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du Printemps in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point...for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places." In this extraordinary book, Eksteins goes on to chart the seismic shifts in human consciousness brought about by this great cataclysm through the lives and words of ordinary people, works of literature, and such events as Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and the publication of the first modern bestseller, All Quiet on the Western Front. Rites of Spring is a remarkable and rare work, a cultural history that redefines the way we look at our past and toward our future.