The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Author : Francis James Child
Publisher :
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Ballads, English
ISBN :
Song of the Selkie
Author : Jane Beal
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781951547004
Book Description
According to Celtic legend, a selkie is a seal underwater and a woman on land. Sometimes she emerges from the ocean, shedding her white selkie-coat to dance on the sand in moonlight. In the liminal space of the shore, she is vulnerable to capture by a man, and she may become a man's wife and the mother of children. In "Song of the Selkie," the Selkie voices her experience of being caught between two worlds: one of the sea, of freedom, and the other of marriage and motherhood. Other voices join in: a Lighthouse-Keeper, the spirit of Ruth, and even a baby. Through these poems, readers can enjoy the extraordinary magic of selkie stories, and-through their retelling-gain insight into experiences of love and loss, the fears and choices experienced by women, and of finding hope in the future.
The Selkie Song
Author : H. K. Varian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481469681
Book Description
Fiona sets out on a journey to find her mother and unlock her selkie magic at last in the thrilling fourth novel of The Hidden World of Changers series! Fiona, Mack, Gabriella, and Darren are Changers, a magical line of shapeshifters that can transform into mythological creatures, from werewolves and selkies to lightning birds and spirit foxes. When Fiona’s father finds out that Fiona is a Changer, he reveals a long-kept secret: Fiona’s mother is alive, and a selkie Changer just like her. Determined to reunite her family and unlock her own selkie powers, Fiona heads to the ocean to begin the search, but is she really ready to take such a big step? And how easy will it be to find her mother, when she’s spent so many years in the wild sea? Back on land, trouble is brewing: Auden Ironbound is once again closing in on Willow Cove, this time with a new army of Changers and warlocks. At first Mack thinks the group can handle Auden on their own, but the magic that saved them last time isn’t working. They need a plan…they need Fiona. Can Fiona find her mother and save her friends before it’s too late?
The Selkie Song
Author : H. K. Varian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481469673
Book Description
Fiona sets out on a journey to find her mother and unlock her selkie magic at last in the thrilling fourth novel of The Hidden World of Changers series! Fiona, Mack, Gabriella, and Darren are Changers, a magical line of shapeshifters that can transform into mythological creatures, from werewolves and selkies to lightning birds and spirit foxes. When Fiona’s father finds out that Fiona is a Changer, he reveals a long-kept secret: Fiona’s mother is alive, and a selkie Changer just like her. Determined to reunite her family and unlock her own selkie powers, Fiona heads to the ocean to begin the search, but is she really ready to take such a big step? And how easy will it be to find her mother, when she’s spent so many years in the wild sea? Back on land, trouble is brewing: Auden Ironbound is once again closing in on Willow Cove, this time with a new army of Changers and warlocks. At first Mack thinks the group can handle Auden on their own, but the magic that saved them last time isn’t working. They need a plan…they need Fiona. Can Fiona find her mother and save her friends before it’s too late?
The Write Escape
Author : Charish Reid
Publisher : Carina Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488055114
Book Description
Take one heartbroken Chicago girl Literary editor Antonia Harper had it all—the career, the man, the future. That was then. Now Antonia is jobless, alone and at a crossroads. What better time to travel the world? A solo honeymoon on the Emerald Isle will be like hitting the reset button. No distractions, no drama. Add some luck o’ the Irish Aiden Byrnes may be a literature professor, but words fail him when he meets the woman staying in the cottage next door. Tully Cross is meant to be a sleepy little village, and he’s meant to be on a working holiday—not a vacation, and most definitely not with his beautiful neighbor. And you get some mighty good craic They say laughter is the best medicine—and as it turns out, superhot sex isn’t so bad either. Antonia and Aiden’s spark quickly grows into what could be something special, if they’re willing to take the leap. Ending up an ocean apart is unthinkable, and when real life comes calling, there’s no ignoring that leap anymore… One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise! This book is approximately 91,000 words
The Changer War
Author : H. K. Varian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534401474
Book Description
An ancient secret is revealed in the eighth action-packed novel of The Hidden World of Changers series. War is waging between the Changer Nation and Sakura’s army. It’s the ultimate battle of good vs. evil. Meanwhile, Darren’s brother has developed impundulu powers, Gabriella must deal with her own emotions, Fiona makes an attempt to unite the selkie faction, and Mack must stay on enemy lines, gathering intel. But when an ancient secret is revealed, at the very heart of the war, it just may be the end of the Changer world as we know it.
The Long Delirious Burning Blue
Author : Sharon Blackie
Publisher : September Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1914613473
Book Description
THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED ' You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.' Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them. From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption. 'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority ... The ending is powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach.' The Scotsman
The Seven Tales of Trinket
Author : Shelley Moore Thomas
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 17,19 MB
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0374367450
Book Description
Guided by a tattered map, accompanied by Thomas the Pig Boy, and inspired by the storyteller's blood that thrums through her veins, eleven-year-old Trinket searches for the seven stories she needs to become a bard like her father, who disappeared years before. She befriends a fortune-telling gypsy girl; returns a child stolen by the selkies to his true mother; confronts a banshee and receives a message from a ghost; helps a village girl outwit—and out-dance—the Faerie Queen; travels beyond the grave to battle a dastardly undead Highwayman; and meets a hound so loyal he fights a wolf to the death to protect the baby prince left in his charge. All fine material for six tales, but it is the seventh tale, in which Trinket learns her father's true fate, that changes her life forever. The Seven Tales of Trinket is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2012
Kabir and the Inky Indigo Seas
Author : Vinita Srimal Garg
Publisher : Ukiyoto Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9357148825
Book Description
Kabir in his possession has a magical emerald green prism. It was gifted to him by Mighty Maya, King of Tataal. Kabir gathers that the prism is no ordinary stone. Once white light enters the prism the light breaks in to seven distinctive colours. Each colour represents a different land. The Inky Indigo gatekeeper, Neel tells Kabir that he (Kabir) has been chosen as the current prism keeper and the seven worlds shall be his to explore. Each world shall throw open a quest for him and he must rise to the challenge. For now the Inky Indigo seas need his urgent help. Their princess Matsya has been captured by the evil sea monster Kapatraja. He beseeches Kabir to help rescue her. Soon Kabir and his friends, Nimki and Latooriya embark on a journey of a lifetime – their visit to the Inky Indigo seas is nothing short of spectacular. On their mission they encounter creatures they had only heard of – gigantic whales, benign sea turtles, vain starfish, haughty crocodiles and the rather whimsical sea Goddess Varuni. The children have to race against time and collect all that is needed to rescue the sea princess Matsya from the monster Kapatraja. Just as they are inching closer to their final destination the submaboat comes to a halt and they find themselves trapped in the ghost infested Strip of the Living Dead. Will the children succeed in rescuing Matsya? And will they prove to be any match for the avaricious sea-monster, Kapatraja?
Dragon Legacy (Davie and the Order of Therion)
Author : Brian D. Burgess
Publisher : Brian D. Burgess
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1311641726
Book Description
The war had begun. After a crushing first victory, Davie and his friends must push into enemy territory. New allies join the fight to overthrow the Traitor King, but the appearance of another ancient Therion causes Davie to lose faith in his own skills. Defeated, Davie must rise again and fight for his friends and his people
