Tiger Moon

Author : Penelope Lively
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197375

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Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Pdf

“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian

Author : Antonia Michaelis
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0810944995

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Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis Pdf

Safia tries to escape her fate as the wife of a cruel merchant by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their efforts to save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.

Author : Fiona Sunquist,Mel Sunquist
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226779971

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Tiger Moon by Fiona Sunquist,Mel Sunquist Pdf

Tiger Moon is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal—traveling by elephant, avoiding a rhino attack, and learning to recognize individual tigers by roar. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats.

Author : Sally Gardner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593095362

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Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Blue Moon by Sally Gardner Pdf

Award-winning author Sally Gardner delivers a whimsical tale about the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker, a mysterious talking tiger, and a challenge as big as the moon. From a magical world of well-dressed animals, talking toads, and bossy princesses comes a timeless story about Mr. Tiger and his troupe of acrobats, and Betsy K. Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice cream maker. Together they must figure out how to turn the moon blue, appease a grumpy giant, and make the best-tasting and rarest ice cream in the world--Gongalong Berry Ice Cream. Told with beautiful one-color illustrations throughout, this modern fairy tale teaches us that happiness is sometimes big enough to solve even the toughest problems.

Author : Nick Joaquin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philippines
ISBN : UOM:39015012256726

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The Quartet of the Tiger Moon by Nick Joaquin Pdf

Author : Jonathan Silvertown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226072104

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The Long and the Short of It by Jonathan Silvertown Pdf

Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months, a mayfly half an hour. What accounts for these variations—and what can we learn from them that might help us understand, or better manage, our own aging? With The Long and the Short of It, biologist and writer Jonathan Silvertown offers readers a witty and fascinating tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Dividing his daunting subject by theme—death, life span, aging, heredity, evolution, and more—Silvertown draws on the latest scientific developments to paint a picture of what we know about how life span, senescence, and death vary within and across species. At every turn, he addresses fascinating questions that have far-reaching implications: What causes aging, and what determines the length of an individual life? What changes have caused the average human life span to increase so dramatically—fifteen minutes per hour—in the past two centuries? If evolution favors those who leave the most descendants, why haven’t we evolved to be immortal? The answers to these puzzles and more emerge from close examination of the whole natural history of life span and aging, from fruit flies, nematodes, redwoods, and much more. The Long and the Short of It pairs a perpetually fascinating topic with a wholly engaging writer, and the result is a supremely accessible book that will reward curious readers of all ages.

Author : Tressa Lynn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 080348688X

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Search for the Tiger Moon by Tressa Lynn Pdf

Author : Jessica Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B115095

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Tiger Moon by Jessica Lewis Pdf

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316052603

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) by Grace Lin Pdf

A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

Author : Mark Roland Langdale
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781805146148

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The Raggedy Tiger by Mark Roland Langdale Pdf

A book about a girl aged 8, who is a talent artist. She paints a raggedy looking tiger onto an old red brick wall and it comes to life under a blue moon.

Author : Penelope Lively
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101202234

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Consequences by Penelope Lively Pdf

The Booker Prize winning author's sweeping saga of three generations of women "One of the most accomplished writers of fiction of our day" (The Washington Post ) follows the lives and loves of three women--Lorna, Molly, and Ruth--from World War II-era London to the close of the century. Told in Lively's incomparable prose, this is a powerful story of growth, death, and renewal, as well as a penetrating look at how the major and minor events of the twentieth century changed lives. By chronicling the choices and consequences that comprise one family's history, Lively offers an intimate and profound reaffirmation of the force of connection between generations.

Author : Antonia Michaelis
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1419700855

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Dragons of Darkness by Antonia Michaelis Pdf

Two boys from very different backgrounds are thrown together by magic, mayhem, and a common foe as they battle deadly dragons in the wilderness of Nepal.

Author : Michael Connelly
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759522114

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Void Moon by Michael Connelly Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly writes novels of brilliantly original suspense. In this electrifying tour de force, he takes us into a world of extremes: too much criminality, too much money, and too many ways to die. In L.A. Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfect heist goes very wrong, and suddenly Cassie is on the run--with a near-psychotic Vegas "fixer" killing everyone who knew about the job. Between Cassie and the man hunting her are a few last secrets: like who really set up the job, why Cassie had to take the change, and how, in the end, it might all be a matter of the moon...

Author : Tae Keller
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524715700

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When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Pdf

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review

Author : James Thurber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1592701825

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The Tiger who Would be King by James Thurber Pdf

Gorgeously illustrated in a large-format album with two gatefolds and a stunning foldout of a jungle at war,The Tiger Who Would Be King is as entertaining as it is wise, as wry as it is passionate. Yoon's humorous images support this beautifully written text with wit and insight, playing up the comic elements, while showing the pathos as well.