Amid The Dancing Shadows

Author : Ruth Mason
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848760728
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amid the Dancing Shadows written by Ruth Mason and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional account of a rural childhood in South Oxfordshire, set in the period 1939 to 1947. The war years. The challenges of rural life, social customs and curiosities create a rich background as Maggie grows up. She discovers how to adapt to strict codes of behaviour set by adults at home and at the Iron Room, the meetinghouse of a group of non-conformist Christians.

Author : Michael C. Grumley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781492874249
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amid the Shadows written by Michael C. Grumley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR THE LAST HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS, AN UNIMAGINABLE SECRET HAS BEEN KEPT FROM THE WORLD. NOW IT'S ABOUT TO BE REVEALED...IN THE MOST ALARMING WAY POSSIBLE. AND ALL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY IS A SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL. After her mother is murdered trying to protect her, young Sarah Baxter ends up in the care of an unlikely hero; a new and inexperienced social worker with problems of her own. Yet when Christine Rose discovers something very special about Sarah, she also learns a terrifying secret that few would ever dream possible. But it's more than just possible...it's imminent. For over a century, in countries around the globe, a dark and meticulous plan has been set. But now an immensely powerful group must find and eliminate Sarah, the one person who can change the outcome. With unlimited resources and the unwitting support of a powerful government, they will stop at nothing to see their plan through. A strike at the very heart of faith itself. From New York City, to the Vatican, to the hidden Nazi bunkers of Argentina, Christine must dig deep within herself and find the strength to keep Sarah alive. Because if Sarah doesn't survive...no one will.

Author : Frances Hardinge
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683351061
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Skinful of Shadows written by Frances Hardinge and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award–winning author of The Lie Tree, “a delicious combination of historical adventure, coming-of-age tale, and supernatural intrigue” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Sometimes, when a person dies, their spirit goes looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space within them, perfect for hiding Young Makepeace has learned to defend herself from the ghosts that try to possess her in the night, desperate for refuge, but one day a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard. And now there’s a spirit inside her. The spirit is wild, brutish, and strong, and it may be her only defense when she is sent to live with her father’s rich and powerful family. There is talk of civil war, and they need people like her to protect their dark and terrible family secret. But as she plans to escape and heads out into a country torn apart by war, Makepeace must decide which is worse: possession—or death. “Darkly splendid . . . a wonderful, resonant narrative whose subtlety and insight will challenge, entertain and enchant.” —The Guardian “A Skinful of Shadows is outlandishly creative and thoroughly blood-chilling. Her storytelling is visceral and unfurls at an exciting pace, making this novel a wonderful, weird and terrifying addition to her body of work.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review) “A book that only Hardinge could write . . . [a] masterful and spooky historical fantasy.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Hardinge’s writing is stunning, and readers will be taken hostage by its intensity, fascinating developments, and the fierce, compassionate girl leading the charge.” —Booklist (starred review) “Deliberate, impeccable, and extraordinary.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : Keating Kira N
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780463850138
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing Shadows written by Keating Kira N and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Dalglish
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 031624242X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dance of Shadows written by David Dalglish and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish "Prove that you can stand against the darkness and live." In book #4 of the Shadowdance series, Haern is the King's Watcher, born an assassin only to become the city of Veldaren's protector against the thief guilds. When Lord Victor Kane attacks the city, determined to stamp out all corruption, foreign gangs pour in amidst the chaos in an attempt to overthrow the current lords of the underworld. And when a mysterious killer known as the Widow begins mutilating thieves, paranoia engulfs the city. Haern knows someone is behind the turmoil, pulling strings. If he doesn't find out who -- and soon -- his beloved city will burn. Light or darkness: where will the line be drawn? Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power in this fourth novel of the Shadowdance series, previously released as Blood of the Underworld.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Star written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laura Rise
Publisher : Laura Rise
ISBN 13 : 1094397091
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amidst the Shadows (A Tori Spark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book Four) written by Laura Rise and published by Laura Rise. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an avalanche claims lives, it seems nature is the cruel culprit—until FBI Agent Tori Spark discovers these accidents are expertly staged executions. Amidst the frozen chaos, Tori confronts a lethal adversary—but will she find herself the next target? AMIDST THE SHADOWS (A Tori Spark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 4) is the fourth novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Laura Rise. The series begins with AMIDST THE DARKNESS (Book 1). A captivating crime thriller that centers on a brilliant but tortured female protagonist, the Tori Spark series offers an exhilarating experience filled with unrelenting suspense, ingenious narrative turns, shocking revelations, and a fast pace that will have you eagerly turning pages deep into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Mary Burton, and Kendra Elliot are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series are also available!

Author : Sean Mcmullen
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1466822503
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Centurion's Empire written by Sean Mcmullen and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Aurealis Award In the year that Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, the Roman Centurion Vitellan set off for the twenty-first century as Imperial Rome's last human-powered time machine. He killed an unfaithful lover by just letting her grow old, but her hate pursued him across seven centuries. In 1358 he stood with a few dozen knights against an army of nine thousand to defend the life of a beautiful countess...and earned a love that would conquer death. Now Vitellan has awakened in the twenty-first century, a bewildered fugitive, betrayed and hunted in a world where minds and bodies are swapped and memories are bought, sold, and read like books. But worst of all, a deadly enemy from the fourteenth century is still very much alive--and closing in. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Roderick Townley
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375894179
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blue Shoe written by Roderick Townley and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was only one shoe. It fit no one. But everyone wanted it. Hap Barlo sits in a cell, wondering how it had all gone so wrong. The blue shoe was ruined, the girl he’d been trying to help was missing, and he’d been branded a thief—again! He would be banished to the far side of Mount Xexnax in the morning. On the bright side, now he might be able to rescue his father, who had been banished last year. No one has ever returned from Xexnax, so perhaps Hap is a tad optimistic to be dreaming of rescue. Then again, perhaps a dreamer, a doer, and a thief is just the kind of boy who could challenge this mountain—and win! First edition will be printed in blue ink!

Author : Michael Segell
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0307767256
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standup Guy written by Michael Segell and published by Villard. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three decades after American women changed their strategy in the battle of the sexes, how do men really feel? About themselves? About feminism? Is it still possible for men to be heroes? Aggressive pursuers of status and dominance--their traditional goals? In this candid dispatch from the front lines of the gender war, journalist Michael Segell delivers some provocative answers. As a columnist for Esquire and an editor at Cosmopoli-tan, Segell began to document a serious disconnect between American men and women, a seemingly unbridgeable divide between what men and women say in public about sexual roles and their very real private thoughts and desires. Women today expect that they will be fulfilled both professionally and personally. But often, Segell found, men are secretly too angry and resentful to woo, or stay married to, women they view as competitors. The result for men: a passive-aggressive approach to women, a historic aversion to intimacy (the euphemistic "lack of commitment"), and a rapidly declining marriage rate. Even, astonishingly, a new mode of payback: sexual withholding. After interviewing disaffected combatants, married and single, on both sides of the ideological divide and tracing the causes of men's pain and confusion, Segell embarked upon a search for the kind of man who can end this sexual stalemate--a man who doesn't retreat from successful women. Over time, a portrait resolved: Both a lover and a fighter, he's tough and competitive yet loving and compassionate, stoic yet emotionally sophisticated, skilled in the bedroom and the boardroom. In short, a standup guy. Deep in an all-male universe--at men's retreats and in locker rooms--Segell limns the evolution of a new masculinity, a model that reaffirms traditional male virtues, the durability of manly friendship, the immutability of the ancient laws of sexual attraction, the delights of marriage and children, and the importance of the bond, however challenging and strained, between fathers and sons. Along the way, he turns his focus upon himself, offering moving accounts of the events and relations that have shaped his own vision of what it means to be a man. Finally, through keen analysis of sexual manners and rhetoric, Segell offers a blueprint, for both sexes, for a détente in the thirty-year gender war. Intelligent, direct, and deeply felt, drawing upon comprehensive research and personal history, Standup Guy will enlighten and inform men and women alike. This is a book about men--Big Men and "rubbish men," athletes and aesthetes, philanthropists and presidential philanderers, babes and bullies, warriors and wimps, ladies' men and louts, and surfers, censorious censors, and CEOs. It's a book about male obsessions--or as my wife puts it, sports and sex. But it's also about the durability of manly friendship; the pure tough heart of little boys; the virtues of dominance and aggression; the utility of emotional constraint; the willfulness of the penis; the calming delights of marriage; and the challenging, often dangerous bond be-tween father and son. It's a book about the immutable laws of sexual attraction, and the persuasive power of a slow hand. It's about the dawning of personal insight, catharsis, and change. --from the Introduction