Author : Michael Jan Friedman
Publisher : Popular Library
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,51 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780445200289
In this variation on Norse mythology, Vidar and Modi help recover Thor's hammer.
Author : Julius Lester
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140566228
Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad. When John Henry was born the birds, bears, rabbits, and even a unicorn came to see him. He grew so fast, he burst right through the porch roof, and laughed so loud, he scared the sun! Soon John Henry is swinging two huge sledgehammers to build roads, pulverizing boulders, and smashing rocks to smithereens. He's stronger than ten men and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Nothing can stop John Henry, and his courage stays with us forever. A Caldecott Honor Book * "This is a tall tale and heroic myth, a celebration of the human spirit . . . The story is told with rhythm and wit, humor and exageration, and with a heart-catching immediacy that connects the human and the natural world. " --Booklist, starred review "Another winning collaboration from the master storyteller and gifted artist of Tales of Uncle Remus fame." --School Library Journal "A great American hero comes fully to life in this epic retelling filled with glorious, detailed watercolors . . . This carefully crafted updating begs to be read aloud for its rich, rhythmic storytelling flow, and the suitably oversize illustrations amplify the text." --Publishers Weekly
Author : K. J. Parker
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 39,91 MB
Release : 2011-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316122106
A new stand-alone novel from the acclaimed author of The Company and The Folding Knife. Gignomai is the youngest brother in the current generation of met'Oc, a once-noble family exiled on an island for their role in a vaguely remembered civil war. On this island, a colony was founded seventy years ago. The plan was originally for the colonists to mine silver, but there turned out not to be any. Now, an uneasy peace exists on the island, between the colonists and the met'Oc. The met'Oc are tolerated, in spite of occasional cattle stealing raids, since they alone possess the weapons considered necessary protection against the island's savages. Gignomai is about to discover exactly what it is expected of him, and what it means to defy his family. He is the hammer who will provide the spark that will ignite a brutal and bloody war.
Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher :
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Patents
ISBN :
Author : Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1469625490
A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement," Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality. The Alabama Communist Party was made up of working people without a Euro-American radical political tradition: devoutly religious and semiliterate black laborers and sharecroppers, and a handful of whites, including unemployed industrial workers, housewives, youth, and renegade liberals. In this book, Robin D. G. Kelley reveals how the experiences and identities of these people from Alabama's farms, factories, mines, kitchens, and city streets shaped the Party's tactics and unique political culture. The result was a remarkably resilient movement forged in a racist world that had little tolerance for radicals. After discussing the book's origins and impact in a new preface written for this twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Kelley reflects on what a militantly antiracist, radical movement in the heart of Dixie might teach contemporary social movements confronting rampant inequality, police violence, mass incarceration, and neoliberalism.
Author : Paul Kemp
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857662465
Egil and Nix, adventurers and swords for hire, are pulled into the dark schemes of a decadent family with a diabolical secret. A fast paced adventure redolent with the best of classic sword and sorcery tales. File Under: Fantasy [ Swords | Hammers | Deadly Secrets | Time To Die ] From the Paperback edition.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Patents
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Automobile industry and trade
ISBN :
Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher :
Page : 2432 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Patents
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 082257036X
Some folks say John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He sure loved to pound things and his muscles were harder than rocks. At work, John laid down tracks for the railroad company. The earth shook when he swung down his heavy hammers. John was stronger than the strongest worker, but was he stronger than a machine? Find out in this powerful tale.
