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Malamander

Author : Thomas Taylor

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 305 pages

File Size : 14,22 MB

Release : 2019-09-10

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1536210056

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A quirky, creepy fantasy set in Eerie-on-Sea finds a colorful cast of characters in hot pursuit of a sea monster thought to convey a surprising gift. It’s winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she’s sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued at that moment by a strange hook-handed man. And the town legend of the Malamander — a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true — is rearing its scaly head. As various townspeople, some good-hearted, some nefarious, reveal themselves to be monster hunters on the sly, can Herbert and Violet elude them and discover what happened to Violet’s kin? This lighthearted, fantastical mystery, featuring black-and-white spot illustrations, kicks off a trilogy of fantasies set in the seaside town.



Let the Legends Preach

Author : Jared E. Alcantara

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 45,9 MB

Release : 2021-04-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 172526689X

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Let the Legends Preach celebrates the past and current legends of black preaching through preserving the sermons that they preached at the Annual E. K. Bailey Expository Preaching Conference. The twenty-four preachers honored in this book received the Living Legend Award for Excellence in Preaching on account of ministries that impacted hundreds of thousands of people across the nation and around the world. Not only does this book lift up preachers that are familiar to so many, names belonging to the great cloud of witnesses in black preaching over the last fifty years, but it also introduces a new generation of preachers to their powerful stories and homiletical wisdom. Each chapter offers readers short biographical sketches on the life and ministry of the preachers that were honored followed by the sermon that they preached or the lecture that they delivered at the annual conference.



The Monster from the Swamp

Author : Carrie J. Taylor

Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,99 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Children's literature

ISBN : 9780887763618

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A wonderfully gruesome group of not-so-benign creatures from native North American folklore. In these tales, readers learn of a witch who steals buffalo and the coyote who steals them back, a giant fish that kills anyone who ventures on a lake, a greedy giant who drinks all the water on earth and another giant who drinks blood. More importantly, we meet the brave people and animals who subdue these creatures through a combination of luck, skill, and old-fashioned courage.



THE LEGENDS OF TEXAS

Author : J. Frank Dobie

Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 15,52 MB

Release : 1995-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1455607266

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There's treasure buried beneath Texas soil or stowed in caves covered over by stones. It might be the mother lode that's waiting to be uncovered or some Spanish pirate's chest of jewels and doubloons. Nearby a ghostly figure walks the dunes, or is it just an illusion brought on by the approaching dust storm? In this new mass market edition, J. Frank Dobie has collected accounts of some of the best known tales of booty hidden in Texas hill and dale as well as some eerie stories and the origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. You will learn about "The Enchanted Rock in Llano County," "Lafitte's Treasure Vault," and "The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches." These lively stories reveal the love for adventure, independence, and mystery that has made Texas the state it is. And just as Dobie hoped, with these tales readers from all over can see the "richness of their own traditions." Dobie believed that worthwhile literature about this region had to be derived from an understanding of its life, lore, and history. Legends of Texas indirectly led to the founding of the Texas Folklore Society, the nation's second oldest folklore organization.



Glory Days Illinois

Author : Taylor Bell

Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 31,64 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Basketball

ISBN : 158261945X

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Along the way, somebody invented the jump shot and the crossover dribble and added a three-point line. Times changed, the game was integrated, players grew taller and more wildly athletic. That evolution is chronicled in Glory Days, as 50 of the state's best high school basketball players from the past five decades sit down to chat with longtime prep basketball scribe Taylor Bell. Every last one of the featured players was an all-state selection. Some led their teams to state titles; others were chosen as Illinois' Mr. Basketball; many were named McDonald's All-Americans.Glory Days pulls its roster from all regions of the state: from southern Illinois (Edwardsville, Centralia, Mount Vernon) to the state's waist (Galesburg, Peoria, Decatur) to north of I-80 (Rockford, Evanston, and many Chicago schools).Each player on the roster relives his time on the high school hardwood, but also reveals what happened after he walked down the aisle in his cap and gown. Bell catches up with greats like Mannie Jackson, Dave Downey, Jay Shidler, Jack Sikma, Rashard Griffith, Cazzie Russell, Kiwane Garris, Cuonzo Martin, and Billy Ridley, and discovers what happened to these legends later in life, after their hops deserted them. Their Chuck Taylors may be a distant memory, but for each of these former stars, basketball has continued to hold a special place in their heart.



NeverSeen

Author : Taylor Hunter

Publisher : Prepare for Rain Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 13,22 MB

Release : 2014-09-10

Category : Fairies

ISBN : 9780988953758

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A young fairy, a deadly secret, and an elusive agency watching everything and everyone. How would you deal with everyday existence knowing that your sisters are telekinetic geniuses, your nightmares are shadows of a future plagued by death and destruction, and that half-completed astronomy assignment is due in about 20 minutes? It's no wonder that Emmaline O'Meern hardly sleeps. Every day with a normal life is hard enough, but trying to forget nightly terrors of raging fires and thousands of her people dying have made having a normal life practically impossible. With the finale of her school career approaching, Emmaline struggles to remain a not-so-average teen fairy without letting slip of her true, potentially destructive nature. As the next stage of her life begins and societal expectations clash with her inquisitive nature, Emmaline wrestles with who, and what, she really is. Will her closest friends, Tracer, Gator, and Sam, abandon her when she needs them most? Will she be able to protect her family when she doesn't know if they're trustworthy? And above all, will the horrific, recurrent vision of the greatest home-tree in the valley, Skyglass Temple, exploding in flames with the majority of the city's inhabitants inside, come to pass as Emmaline so desperately fears? An extraordinary adventure exploring the reaches of trust, friendship, and faith, NeverSeen is sure to sweep you off your feet and send you soaring through a world that isn't so different from our own. NeverSeen is the first installment of the Faeland Legends series.





Legends of Texas

Author : James Frank Dobie

Publisher :

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 47,21 MB

Release : 1924

Category : Folklore

ISBN :

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"Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting (1923) of the Texas folk-lore societyP : p. [263]-268. Bibliography of Texas legends.



Shadowghast

Author : Thomas Taylor

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 39,33 MB

Release : 2021-09-14

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1536218405

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In the third mysterious tale of Eerie-on-Sea, it’s almost Ghastly Night, and the Shadowghast—an ancient spirit in a lantern—lurks in wait for the power to enslave the town. In this third adventure, shipwrecked orphan Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, must square off with a creature of town lore as he confronts a shadow from his past. While other towns celebrate Halloween, in Eerie-on-Sea it’s Ghastly Night, and a grim spirit in a lantern awaits its moment. Legend has it that if people fail to light manglewick candles on Ghastly Night, and if no showman conjures shadow puppets on the pier as an offering, the insulted Shadowghast will seize and devour the shadows of the living. This year, a professional theater troupe has been summoned, including a raven-haired magician named Caliastra with startling news of Herbie’s origins. No sooner have the players checked into the hotel than townspeople start vanishing into thin air, including the guardian of Herbie’s best friend, Violet Parma. It’s up to Herbie and Violet to separate truth from sleight of hand and solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before darkness swallows them all.



Festergrimm

Author : Thomas Taylor

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 29,83 MB

Release : 2023-04-25

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1536231797

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In the fourth tale in this beloved series, villainous Sebastian Eels returns to Eerie-on-Sea, thrusting Herbie and Violet into a new adventure involving a missing girl, a spooky wax museum, and a dangerous clockwork robot. Herbie Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, and his fearless friend Violet Parma have unearthed many secrets in their village of Eerie-on-Sea: secrets lurking beneath the waves, lapping onto the beaches, and lying behind locked doors. When their brilliant and ruthless nemesis, Sebastian Eels, returns with a plan to open the long-shuttered waxworks museum, Herbie and Violet suspect nefarious motives. Their investigation leads them into the dark Netherways below the town—and into the tragic past of the famous toymaker and inventor Ludovic Festergrimm and his doomed daughter, Pandora. Sebastian Eels is convinced that within the story of Festergrimm is the key to Eerie’s deepest secret—a secret in which Herbie himself plays a crucial part—and he’ll stop at nothing to uncover it, including bringing a terrifying clockwork legend back to life. With echoes of fairy tales and monster movies, plus a dismembered finger or two, this is a deliciously creepy addition to a fantastical mystery series that is perfectly calibrated to thrill middle-grade readers.