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The Lion's Daughter

Author : Loretta Chase

Publisher : NYLA

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 24,22 MB

Release : 1992-10-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1617508551

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"Live the romance. Read Loretta Chase" –Christina DoddNew York Times bestselling, award-winning author Loretta Chase’s first full length Regency Historical Romance!Gorgeous, stubborn Esme Brentmor, daughter of a disgraced lord, is used to a wild, dangerous life among the tribes of Albania, to whom her father is the legendary, controversial Red Lion whose death she's courageously vowed to avenge –even if it leads to her own. Instead, her quest finds her rescued by the most unlikely (and very reluctant) hero!Lazy and spoiled, Lord Varian St. George has gambled away his heritage and lives on his considerable looks, charm and wits. All he wants is the good life, and instead, he finds himself in rough country, with a tempestuous whirlwind of a female who's as savage as he's civilized. How did this termagant become his responsibility? And how can he escape?! Yet as he and Esme plunge headlong into even more peril, he may surprise even his own jaded self and become the man that Esme (foolishly) believes he is!



Daughter of the Lion

Author : Jennifer Roberson

Publisher : D A W Books, Incorporated

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 28,35 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780886773243

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Fantasy tale about a race of magical warriors.



The Lion Book of 1000 Prayers for Children

Author : Lois Rock

Publisher : Lion Children's Books

Page : 540 pages

File Size : 29,45 MB

Release : 2013-01-03

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0745967957

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'Rock's own poems... show a winning empathy with children.' The Tablet Here is a timeless collection of prayers, dealing with every aspect of a child's life, faith, and delight in the world. Here you will find prayers from the Bible as well as from traditional and more modern anthologies. A great many have been specially written for this book. One section is devoted to prayers for babies and very young children. The others are more suitable for use with older children, whether for reading alone, at family prayers, in churches, or at school assemblies. The prayers are organized by theme and carefully indexed to make the book easy to use and a joy to browse. Since its first edition in 2003, this book has established itself as a trusted resource among all those who say prayers with children.



The Lion Tamer's Daughter

Author : Peter Dickinson

Publisher : Open Road Media Teen & Tween

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 41,16 MB

Release : 2015-07-07

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 9781504014991

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Book Description

Each of these stories touches on the idea of a twin, ghostly double of a live person, or a secret self.



Renato and the Lion

Author : Barbara DiLorenzo

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 23 pages

File Size : 16,29 MB

Release : 2017-06-20

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0698405080

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The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that rescues him. Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy. He loves playing with his friends in the Piazza della Signoria. He loves walking home by the beautiful buildings and fountains with his father in the evenings. And he especially loves the stone lion who seems to smile at him from a pedestal in the piazza. The lion makes him feel safe. But one day his father tells him that their family must leave. Their country is at war, and they will be safer in America. Renato can only think of his lion. Who will keep him safe? With luminous watercolor paintings, Barbara DiLorenzo captures the beauty of Florence in this heartwarming and ultimately magical picture book.



The Lion Children

Author : Travers McNeice

Publisher : Orion Children's Books

Page : 219 pages

File Size : 14,19 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Botswana

ISBN : 9781842552209

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The five McNeice children lived a conventional life in the Cotstwolds until, in l995, their mother Kate, a biologist, seized the opportunity to go and study lions in Botswana. Travers, Emily and Angus, the three middle children, take it in turns to recount their adventures in the Okavango Delta, one of the most beautiful wildernesses on earth, where they must quickly learn to fetch water, dig their own toilet, and discover which creepy-crawlies can kill them. In a Land Rover sometimes driven by 12-year-old Travers, they track prides of lions across hundreds of miles of bush. Their classroom an open hut, they take scientific notes and record their observations of the wild life around them - zebra, giraffe, elephant, impala and much more. Written with a wonderful vividness and immediacy, this is a fascinating book for all animal-lovers, enhanced by colour photographs.



Little & Lion

Author : Brandy Colbert

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 13,93 MB

Release : 2017-08-08

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0316348988

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A stunning novel on love, identity, loss, and redemption. When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she's isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (as well as her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support. But as she settles into her old life, Suzette finds herself falling for someone new...the same girl her brother is in love with. When Lionel's disorder spirals out of control, Suzette is forced to confront her past mistakes and find a way to help her brother before he hurts himself—or worse. "Little & Lion is beautifully insightful, honest, and compassionate. Brandy's ability to find larger meaning in small moments is nothing short of dazzling." —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything



Daughter of Time (The After Cilmeri Series)

Author : Sarah Woodbury

Publisher : The Morgan-Stanwood Publishing Group

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 48,90 MB

Release : 2011-03-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1458120155

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Prepare for an enchanting ride when Meg tumbles back in time to Medieval Wales, joining Prince Llywelyn in the battle to preserve his kingdom -- [a] strikingly fresh story of love between worlds ... ​--Bookbub: Time travel to medieval Wales! A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike. When Meg slips through time into medieval Wales, the pair must navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales--and create their own history that defies the laws of time. Open the door to an alternate world of princes and castles in the prequel to the After Cilmeri series! "Sarah Woodbury is my new favorite author. Daughter of Time reminds me of Outlander and 1632, with a fresh twist. I read all the books in the After Cilmeri series in four days! Long after I finished the last book, the stories and characters stayed in my mind, and I kept wishing I could return the world Sarah so skillfully created. I can't wait for the next book and the next ..." -- Debra Holland, New York Times bestselling author of the Montana Sky Series. Complete series reading order: Daughter of Time, Footsteps in Time, Winds of Time, Prince of Time, Crossroads in Time, Children of Time, Exiles in Time, Castaways in Time, Ashes of Time, Warden of Time, Guardians of Time, Masters of Time, Outpost in Time, Shades of Time, Champions of Time, Refuge in Time, Outcasts in Time, Hidden in Time, Legacy of Time. Also, This Small Corner of Time: The After Cilmeri Series Companion. Keywords: Wales, Prince of Wales, Medieval, Middle Ages, Romantasy, Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Adventure, Young Adult, Alternate History, Teen, Welsh, Free, Free ebook.



Daughter of the Sword

Author : Steve Bein

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 48,7 MB

Release : 2013-09-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 045141635X

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As the only female detective in Tokyo's most elite police unit, Mariko Oshiro has to fight for every ounce of respect, especially from her new boss. But when he gives her the least promising case possible, the attempted theft of an old samurai sword, it proves more dangerous than anyone on the force could have imagined. Mariko's investigation has put her on a collision course with a curse centuries old and as bloodthirsty as ever. She is only the latest in a long line of warriors and soldiers to confront this power, and even the sword she wields could turn against her.



Tawny, Scrawny Lion

Author : Kathryn Jackson

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 28,72 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Animals

ISBN :

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A story about a little rabbit who cures a lion of the insatiable hunger which keeps him scrawny.