Author : Giles Andreae
Publisher : Hachette Children's Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,6 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781408320051
A touching and funny story about one little girl's adventures with the Queen.
Author : Christopher Pike
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 144243029X
Includes an excerpt of the author's, Black knight.
Author : Lucy Christopher
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545361117
A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.
Author : Christopher S. Queen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0861718410
Engaged Buddhism is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society. Engaged Buddhism in the West illuminates the evolution of this new chapter in the Buddhist tradition - including its history, leadership, and teachings - and addresses issues such as violence and peace, race and gender, homelessness, prisons, and the environment. Eighteen new studies explore the activism of renowned leaders and organizations, such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Bernard Glassman, Joanna Macy, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and the Free Tibet Movement, and the emergence of a new Buddhism in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia.
Author : Christopher Haigh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1317873610
The reign of Elizabeth I was one of the most important periods of expansion and growth in British history - the "Golden Age". This celebrated and influential study reconsiders how Elizabeth achieved this, and the ways in which she exercised her power. It analyses the nature of her power through an examination of her relations with Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the Church, the nobility, military and the English people themselves.
Author : Lucy Christopher
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2023-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781915244703
Author : Christopher Mitchell
Publisher :
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 33,61 MB
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912879038
Would you kill for your sister? High Mage Shella has a choice to make. When her sister decides she wants to be Queen at any cost, should she help her? Or stop her? Feeling restless in the claustrophobic and over-crowded metropolis of her birth, Shella is drawn to the power of her sister's voice as she assembles thousands of their people, calling upon them to gather their possessions and follow her in a Great Migration. Her sister plans to lead them over the border into the Rahain Republic, whose unconquered army has just returned from victorious campaigns abroad. There, she intends to settle and crown herself Queen. Shella's mage powers have only ever been used for the good of her homeland. Now, in the service of her sister, is she prepared to use their darker side? For Shella knows that if she cannot control her powers... ...they will consume all that she loves.
Author : Christopher Pike
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1442430303
Jessie never suspected that witches are real, or that she is one, in the start of this paranormal suspense saga from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike. Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry—how to make it through the road trip in the same car with her Ex, Jimmy Kelter. The guy who broke her heart five months ago when he dumped her for no reason. The guy who’s finally ready to tell her why he did it, because he wants her back. But what Jessie doesn’t realize is that Jimmy is the least of her problems. In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to gamble, and who never seems to lose. Curious, Jessie wants to know his secret, and in response, alone in his hotel room, he teaches her a game that opens a door to another reality. To Witch World. Suddenly Jessie discovers that she’s stumbled into a world where some people can do the impossible, and others may not even be human. Are there really witches? Is she one of them? Originally published as Witch World, this classic edge-of-your-seat thrill ride from #1 bestselling author Christopher Pike keeps you guessing right until the last page.
Author : Edward A. Weiss
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Husberg
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1783299177
A new religion is rising, gathering followers drawn by rumors of prophetess Jane Oden. Her sister Cinzia—once a Cantic priestess—is by her side, but fears that Jane will lead them to ruin. For both the Church and the Nazaniin assassins are still on their trail, and much worse may come. Knot, his true nature now revealed if not truly understood, is haunted by his memories, and is not the ally he once was. Astrid travels to Tinska to find answers for her friend, but the child-like vampire has old enemies who have been waiting for her return. And beyond the Blood Gate in the empire of Roden, a tiellan woman finds herself with a new protector. One who wants to use her extraordinary abilities for his own ends...
