Thorns and tangles
Author : Thorns
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1883
Category :
ISBN :
Grandmother Thorn
Author : Katey Howes
Publisher : Histria Books
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
*Audio Enhanced Read-Along EbookNominee for 2017 Cybils Award, Best Fiction Picture Book, Children's and Young AdultGrandmother Thorn treasures her garden, where not a leaf, twig or pebble is allowed out of place. But when a persistent plant sprouts without her permission, Grandmother begins to unravel. "Her hair became as tangled as the vines on her fence. Her garden fell into disrepair. One morning, she did not rake the path." A dear friend, the passage of seasons, and a gift only nature can offer help Grandmother Thorn discover that some things are beyond our control, and that sweetness can blossom in unexpected places.
A Tangle of Thorns
Author : Hunter Webster
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781720565628
Book Description
Jay has never known his brother, Ashton. When his parents separated at a young age, split custody and a lack of willingness to acknowledge the other's existence made the brothers totally foreign to each other. However, when the mysterious and characteristically silent Ashton transfers to the same school as him, his brother becomes determined to understand his side of the story. At the same time, Jay is seeking to understand his own sense of justice. What transpires is an outcome neither of them could have anticipated.
December's Thorn
Author : Phillip DePoy
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 37,73 MB
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250011981
Book Description
Recovering from a near-death experience in his family home in the Georgia Appalachian Mountains, Fever Devilin finds his sanity questioned when he is approached by a woman from his past who claims to have had his baby, an encounter that precedes an attempt on his life.
Thorn
Author : Anna Burke
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1612941443
Book Description
On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan’s father returns from an ill-fated hunting trip bearing a single, white rose. The rose is followed by the Huntress, a figure out of legend. Tall, cruel, and achingly beautiful, she brings Rowan back with her to a mountain fastness populated solely by the creatures of the hunt. Rowan, who once scorned the villagers for their superstitions, now finds herself at the heart of a curse with roots as deep as the mountains, ruled by an old magic that is as insidious as the touch of the winter rose. Torn between her family loyalties, her guilty relief at escaping her betrothal to the charming but arrogant Avery Lockland, and her complicated feelings for the Huntress, Rowan must find a way to break the curse before it destroys everything she loves. There is only one problem—if she can find a way to lift the curse, she will have to return to the life she left behind. And the only thing more unbearable than endless winter is facing a lifetime of springs without the Huntress. Thorn was named to the American Library Association's 2020 Over the Rainbow Fiction Longlist.
Alphabet Of Thorn
Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101208287
Book Description
Fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip, the 21st century's response to Hans Christian Andersen, has mastered the art of writing fairy tales -- as evidenced by previous works like The Tower at Stony Wood, Ombria in Shadow, and In the Forests of Serre. Alphabet of Thorn is yet another timeless fable suitable for children and adults alike. In the kingdom of Raine, a vast realm at the edge of the world, an orphaned baby girl is found by a palace librarian and raised to become a translator. Years later, the girl -- named Nepenthe -- comes in contact with a mysterious book written in a language of thorns that no one, not even the wizards at Raine's famous Floating School for mages, can decipher. The book calls out to Nepenthe's very soul, and she is soon privately translating its contents. As she works tirelessly transcribing the book -- which turns out to be about the historical figures of Axis, the Emperor of Night, and Kane, his masked sorcerer -- the kingdom of Raine is teetering on the brink of chaos. The newly crowned queen, a mousy 14-year old girl named Tessera who wants nothing to do with matters of state, hides in the woods as regents plot revolution. The queen's destiny, however, is intertwined with Nepenthe's ability to unravel the mystery of the thorns.
Baseball in the Garden of Eden
Author : John Thorn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0743294041
Book Description
Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description.
The Dragonbone Chair
Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2005-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0756402697
Book Description
Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his world torn apart by a civil war fueled by immortal enemies and the dark powers of sorcery.
Tangled in Thorns
Author : Nicolette Andrews
Publisher : Magpie Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
The first time Catherine got mixed up with the fae, it cost her dearly. This time they will take it all. Magic is dangerous no one knows that better than Catherine. She thought she would be content with her garden and a quiet life. But she longs for connection. When she tries to reach out to others, disaster strikes. Creeping vines emerge from Faery choking the gardens of Thornwood, corrupting the minds of those who encounter it and turning them into raving zombies. Among those infected is Catherine’s niece. And her only hope at a cure is Ray. After the accident, she swore never to speak to Ray again. But with three days until the plant kills, she must put aside her vow to save the village. To stop the spread, they must find the plant’s origin and destroy it. Catherine’s magic can do that if she can learn from Ray. As her magic flourishes beneath his tutelage, so do her feelings, that she’s tried to deny, grow. Embracing her magic, means luring in the fae and losing a piece of her humanity. Caught like a fly in a web of intrigue, Catherine struggles to find a balance between her desire to be human, the threats that lurk in shadows, and the ancient songs of Faery calling her home… Get lost in the magic of TANGLED THORNS, the second in this gothic romantic fantasy trilogy. Fans of UPROOTED and DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST will not want to miss this tale steeped in fae intrigue, romance, and mystery.
Thorn
Author : Betty Levin
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 38,46 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781932425468
Book Description
Thorn, a mysterious boy with a deformed leg, arrives on an island inhabited by the people of the Singing Seals, and though treated with fear and suspicion by most of the natives, is befriended by the girl Willow, chosen to be the next Keeper of Story.
