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Strange and Wonderful Things

Author : Thomas Freese

Publisher : Publish America

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,12 MB

Release : 2008-06

Category : Ghosts

ISBN : 9781605639741

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Third in a series of five ghost story books by author Thomas Freese, this book features a dozen wonderfully crafted short story mysteries. Each tale displays the enchanting storytelleras voice that Thomas Freese gives in his performances as well as what readers of his previous two books enjoyed (Shaker Ghost Stories and Fog Swirler). Perfect for nighttime fare, reading to children or adding to your ghostly library, Strange and Wonderful Things shows off the authoras skill in creating surprise endings and karmic circumstances. Thomas Freeseas new book, Strange and Wonderful Things, is suitable for children and adults and provides readers with suspense, ghostly intrigue, life lessons and pleasurable entertainment. aCar Ridera brings new nuances to the classic hitchhiker tale. aThe Healing Childa sees a helpful spirit touch a manas heart. Other story titles promise fascinating narrative and charactersaaThe Witchas Rake, a aThe Closet, a aMoving Graves, a aHappy Campers, a aDust Bunniesa and aWhispers.a



All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Author : Bryn Greenwood

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 31,12 MB

Release : 2016-08-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250074134

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"Struggling to raise her little brother Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star-gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery"--



The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Author : Leslye Walton

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 317 pages

File Size : 48,57 MB

Release : 2014-03-25

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0763670340

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A 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.





Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Author : Susanna Clarke

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 1162 pages

File Size : 14,2 MB

Release : 2010-06-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 160819535X

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In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world. In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity. Another practicing magician then emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell's pupil, and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wild, most perilous forms of magic, and he soon risks sacrificing his partnership with Norrell and everything else he holds dear. Susanna Clarke's brilliant first novel is an utterly compelling epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who, first as teacher and pupil and then as rivals, emerge to change its history.



Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange

Author : Anonymous

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 549 pages

File Size : 15,67 MB

Release : 2014-11-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0141395052

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On the shrouded corpse hung a tablet of green topaz with the inscription: 'I am Shaddad the Great. I conquered a thousand cities; a thousand white elephants were collected for me; I lived for a thousand years and my kingdom covered both east and west, but when death came to me nothing of all that I had gathered was of any avail. You who see me take heed: for Time is not to be trusted.' Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest known Arabic short stories, surviving in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights but most have never been read in English before. Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange has monsters, lost princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding statues and shocking reversals of fortune.



Little Lit Strange Stories for Strange Kids

Author : Art Spiegelman

Publisher : HarperColl

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 10,74 MB

Release : 2001-09-18

Category : Humor

ISBN :

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A collecton of comic strips and cartoons by various artists.



Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange

Author :

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,38 MB

Release : 2017-06-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0241299950

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On the shrouded corpse hung a tablet of green topaz with the inscription: 'I am Shaddad the Great. I conquered a thousand cities; a thousand white elephants were collected for me; I lived for a thousand years and my kingdom covered both east and west, but when death came to me nothing of all that I had gathered was of any avail. You who see me take heed: for Time is not to be trusted.' Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest known Arabic short stories, surviving in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights but most have never been read in English before. Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange has monsters, lost princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding statues and shocking reversals of fortune.



Strange But True, America

Author : John Hafnor

Publisher : John Hafnor

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 30,34 MB

Release : 2009

Category : History

ISBN : 9780964817555

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Contains 101 curious tales and oddball facts about events and people from the fifty states.



Elephants!

Author : Laurence Pringle

Publisher : Astra Publishing House

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 33,18 MB

Release : 2021-08-03

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1635924790

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Learn all about the elephant in this nonfiction picture book that explores every aspect of these giant mammals. This latest title in the Strange and Wonderful series allows young readers to journey into the lives of elephants in various habitats throughout the world. Kids will learn how elephants use their trunk, how they communicate, what they eat, and about their family groupings. The book also shows how we can ensure that elephants continue to live and thrive. Combining careful research and beautiful illustrations, this book is perfect for those who have an interest in animals and conservation.