Author : Loren D. Estleman
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 044693125X
In Estleman's latest novel, Amos Walker is back on the streets of Detroit as he investigates the mysterious death of an ageing pulp fiction writer.
Author : Douglas Hurd
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Hong Kong (China)
ISBN :
Author : Tae Keller
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1524715700
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review
Author : Sharon M. Draper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442489138
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
Author : Tony Schirato
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 2004-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781412901574
In a world preoccupied with the visual, it has become essential to understand the dynamics of images and interpret them. This volume shows the reader how to analyse the structure, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in Western cultures.
Author : John Ng
Publisher : ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 9814305618
Author : Steve Jenkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 061896620X
Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.
Author : Catherine Rayner
Publisher : Tiger Tales
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781680100051
Augustus the tiger was sad. He had lost his smile. So he did a HUGE tigery stretch, and set off to find it. Stunning illustrations celebrate the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings to us. An imaginative book for children who love to explore the world around them.
Author : Valmik Thapar
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789382277552
Author : Ursula Ryland
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1848765126
The Gladstone Bag is a touching and engrossing tale of colonial China in the 1930s. Peter Herriton travels from his family’s guilty past and the stifling atmosphere of middle England in to Foochow, China. The languid pace of life in Colonial China amuses Peter, but as the bombs fall and Japan mobilises Peter realises the depth of the British myopia in the face of the impending Japanese Invasion.The novel has been informed by author Urusla Ryland’s own experiences of China in the 1930s, Ursula was born in Fuzhou (Foochow) where her father was the Superintendent of Tak Ding Hospital and medical officer to the British Consulate. Looked after by her Chinese amah, Ursula spoke Fuzhou dialect, Pidgin English and English from an early age. In 1938 she moved with her parents to Sarawak, Borneo to avoid the immanent Japanese invasion.
