Author : Chloe Aridjis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 144811344X
Tatiana, a young Mexican woman, is adrift in Berlin. Choosing a life of solitude, she takes a job transcribing notes for the reclusive Doktor Weiss. Through him she meets 'ant illustrator turned meteorologist' Jonas, a Berliner who has used clouds and the sky's constant shape-shifting as his escape from reality. As their three paths intersect and merge, the contours of all their worlds begins to change...
Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 168263518X
A riveting, magical escapade about finding friendship and the courage to set yourself free against all odds. Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underground, in a half-bombed power station, 12-year-old Luke Smith-Sharma keeps his head down and hopes he can earn his freedom from the evil Tabitha Margate. Then one day he discovers he can see things that others can’t. Ghostly things. A ghostly girl named Alma, who can bend the shape of clouds to her will and rides them through the night sky. With Alma’s help, Luke discovers his own innate powers and uncovers the terrible truth of why Tabatha is kidnapping children and forcing them to shovel coal. Desperate to escape, Luke teams up with Alma, his best friend Ravi, and new girl Jess. Can Luke and his friends get away before they each become victims to a cruel and sinister scheme? Debut author Michael Mann delivers a wildly imaginative middle grade fantasy set in a smoke-stained world that’s sure to entertain readers who are eager for an adventure with paranormal superpowers. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Author : Elizabeth Bear
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429986484
A powerful new fantasy from Hugo award–winning author Elizabeth Bear, Range of Ghosts creates a world both deep and broad, where a sorcerer-prince seeks world domination for the glory of his God. Temur, grandson of the Great Khan, is walking from a battlefield where he was left for dead. All around lie the fallen armies of his cousin and his brother who made war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is now the legitimate heir by blood to his grandfather's throne, but he is not the strongest. Going into exile is the only way to survive his ruthless cousin. Once-Princess Samarkar is climbing the thousand steps of the Citadel of the Wizards of Tsarepheth. She was heir to the Rasan Empire until her father got a son on a new wife. Then she was sent to be the wife of a Prince in Song, but that marriage ended in battle and blood. Now she has renounced her worldly power to seek the magical power of the wizards. These two will come together to stand against the hidden cult that has so carefully brought all the empires of the Celadon Highway to strife and civil war through guile and deceit and sorcerous power. The Eternal Sky Trilogy #1 Range of Ghosts #2 Shattered Pillars #3 Steles of the Sky At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Michael Connelly
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780936783307
To thousands of scouts it is known as God's country. It's official name is Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico. It's a scouting paradise and it may also be the most haunted place in the world. Riders in the Sky investigates the ghosts and legends of Philmont Scout Ranch in stories and illustrations.
Author : Angela Hart
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1509839054
The Girl and the Ghosts is the third book from well-loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart. ‘So, is it a girl or a boy, and how old?’ Jonathan asked as soon as we were alone in the shop. My husband knew from the animated look on my face, and the way I was itching to talk to him, that our social worker had been asking us to look after another child. Seven-year-old Maria holds lots of secrets. Why won’t she tell how she got the bruises on her body? Why does she run and hide? And why does she so want to please her sinister stepfather? It takes years for devoted foster carer Angela Hart to uncover the truth as she helps Maria leave the ghosts of her past behind.
Author : William D. Westervelt
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1462901360
“…Of special value to all who are concerned with the study of comparative folklore… an entertaining dip into Hawaiian mythology…For all who enjoy or who study folklore, the republication of these books will be welcomed.” —South China Morning Post Hawaiian Legends of Ghost and Ghost-Gods is a series of richly entertaining Hawaiian folk tales. The legends of the Hawaiian Islands are as diverse as those of any there region in the world. At the same time, although Hawaiian mythology follows the laws upon which all myths are constructed; these legends are entirely distinct in form and thought from those of European origin. Often, of course, there historical foundation that has been dealt with fancifully and enlarged to miraculous proportions. In addition to creating an abundance of attractive nature myths and cycle of legends recounting the exploits of the wonder-working demigod a magically entertaining series of tales about ghost and ghost-gods, and it was from this group of legends that W.D. Westervelt collected and translated the ones that make up the present volume.
Author : Folklore Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : William Drake Westervelt
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : John Durham Peters
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 022625383X
In medias res -- Understanding media -- Of cetaceans and ships; or, the moorings of our being -- The fire sermon -- Lights in the firmament: sky media I (Chronos) -- The times and the seasons: sky media II (Kairos) -- The face and the book (inscription media) -- God and Google -- Conclusion: the sabbath of meaning -- Appendix: nonsimultaneity in cetacean communication.
Author : William Drake Westervelt
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465580956
