Author : Els Boekelaar
Publisher : Floris Books - Floris Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780863157301
A revised color edition of a collection of forty stories from around Europe about gnomes, dwarfs, leprechauns and fairies.
Author : Elizabeth Hammill
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763677299
A spectacular treasury of 150 classic nursery rhymes and new discoveries, featuring a star-studded roster of seventy-seven illustrators. Nursery rhymes have entertained and comforted children for centuries. Over the Hills and Far Away is a unique collection of rhymes and verse from across the globe—rhymes from the English-speaking world as well as verse that entered English from Chinese, Latino, African, and other cultures. With illustrations from seventy-seven artists, many celebrated throughout the world, and some just emerging, this volume is truly an adventure in language, image, and imagination. A magnificent gift for little ones hearing these verses for the first time as well as a wonderful book for family sharing across generations.
Author : Chris Conover
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780374380434
A skillful piper makes people happy as he goes about playing music that lightens their burdens and makes them want to dance.
Author : Matthew Dennison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1784975621
Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of Beatrix Potter's remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three 'tales', Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multi-faceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable countrywoman. They chart her transformation from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and canny businesswoman, so deeply unusual for the Victorian era in which she grew up. Embellished with photographs of Potter's life and her own illustrations, this short biography will delight anyone who has been touched by Beatrix Potter's work.
Author : Jean Debney
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781909477421
In the waning age of the nineteenth century, Sal McBride has been separate from her pioneering husband for years. But the time has finally come for her to escape the poverty stricken hovels of Glasgow and rejoin her lover in the vast wilderness of the Canadian prairies. The physical and emotional journey will be a tortuous one. Strong and determined, yet fully alone on the brink of her greatest task ever attempted, Sal will come face to face with the ultimate cruelties of life as her quest exacts its harsh and thankless tolls. Based on the author's own ancestral history, Far Away Hills traces the ups and downs of a young, fragile family struggling to make their way through an unforgiving world. Though the pioneer story has long been thought to be the province of men, Jean Debney's tale of courage, grit, and resolve will prove once again that history's women are far more complex and powerful than records have ever shown.
Author : Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780142412008
It?s been two years since fifteen-year-old Roberto was kidnapped and forced to work in a German labor camp. After finally escaping, he?s made his way back to Italy. Roberto is desperate to return to the safety of his family, but how can he turn his back on the war while so many people are suffering? Roberto joins the resistance movement, and smuggles guns and secret information to rebel fighters. Every mission takes him closer to home, but every mission is even more dangerous than the last. Will Roberto survive and make his way home?
Author : C. Evans
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,6 MB
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3382509466
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Harold Bell Wright
Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780896213319
The Shepherd of the Hills is the classic story of the stranger who takes the Old Trail deep into the Ozark Mountains, many miles from civilization. His appearance signals intellect and culture, yet his countenance is marked by grief and disappointment. What is his purpose in taking on the lowly work of tending local sheep? And how is it that he befriends these simple hill folk, despite his coming from the world beyond the ridges? Mystery and romance envelop this gentle yet compelling story as the identity and purpose of the stranger-turned-shepherd is gradually unveiled.
Author : Nicholas Eames
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316362468
A retired group of legendary mercenaries get the band back together for one last impossible mission in this award-winning debut epic fantasy. "Fantastic, funny, ferocious." -- Sam Sykes Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best, the most feared and renowned crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk, or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help -- the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together.
Author : Diana Waggoner
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
A study and bibliography of modern fantasy novels and stories, concentrating on books that have taken on somewhat classic proportions, but examining others as well. Chapter one defines fantasy as a type of modern literature, establishing certain set subgenres, using terminology derived from J.R.R. Tolkien's "On Fairy-Stories" and Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism. Chapter two is a historical overview of fantasy from George MacDonald and William Morris to the present. The bibliographical guide consists of approximately one thousand annotated entries, evaluating the works and placing them in their appropriate subgenres ... Four appendices list fantasies by subgenre, by year of appearance, and by awards given to them. There is also a discussion, with examples, of the current state of fantasy illustration.
