Odins Promise

Author : Sandy Brehl
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1977219977
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ODIN'S PROMISE written by Sandy Brehl and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 MIDWEST BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL for CHILDREN'S FICTION. Listed among 2014 BEST BOOKS FOR GIRLS by A MIGHTY GIRL. ODIN'S PROMISE is a historical novel for middle-grade readers, a story of the first year of German occupation of Norway in World War II as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Eleven-year-old Mari grew up tucked safely under the wings of her parents, grandma, and her older siblings. After Hitler's troops invade Norway in Spring 1940, she is forced to grow beyond her "little girl" nickname to deal with harsh new realities. At her side for support and protection is Odin, her faithful elkhound. As the year progresses, Mari, her family, and her neighbors are drawn into the Norwegian underground resistance movement. "Readers will cheer for Mari as she discovers her inner strength - and the courage to help celebrate Norway's spirit of resistance." - Kathleen Ernst, author of American Girl's Caroline Abbott series and Chloe Ellefson Mystery series. "Beautifully written, emotionally taut novel of one girl's coming of age during war time." - Gayle Rosengren

Author : T. A. Shippey
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 085991772X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film and Fiction written by T. A. Shippey and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the continuing power and applicability of medieval images, with particular reference to recent films. The middle ages provide the material for mass-market films, for historical and fantasy fiction, for political propaganda and claims of legitimacy, and these in their turn exert a force well outside academia. The phenomenon is tooimportant to be left unscrutinised: these essays show the continuing power and applicability of medieval images - and also, it must be said, their dangerousness and often their falsity. Of the ten essays in this volume, several examine modern movies, including the highly-successful A Knight's Tale (Chaucer as a PR agent) and the much-derided First Knight (the Round Table fights the Gulf War). Others deal with the appropriation of history and literature by a variety of interested parties: King Alfred press-ganged for the Royal Navy and the burghers of Winchester in 1901, William Langland discovered as a prophet of future Socialism, Chaucer at once venerated and tidied into New England respectability. Vikings, Normans and Saxons are claimed as forebears and disowned as losers in works as complex as Rider Haggard's Eric Brighteyes, at once neo-saga and anti-saga. Victorian melodramaprovides the clichés of "the bad baronet" who revives the droit de seigneur (but baronets are notoriously modern creations); and of the "bony grasping hand" of the Catholic Church and its canon lawyers (an image spread in ways eerily reminiscent of the modern "urban legend" in its Internet forms). Contributors: BRUCE BRASINGTON, WILLIAM CALIN, CARL HAMMER, JONA HAMMER, PAUL HARDWICK, NICKOLAS HAYDOCK, GWENDOLYN MORGAN, JOANNE PARKER, CLARE A. SIMMONS, WILLIAM F. WOODS. Professor TOM SHIPPEY teaches in the Department of English at the University of St Louis; Dr MARTIN ARNOLD teaches at University College, Scarborough.

Author : Sandy Brehl
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1977219969
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BJORN'S GIFT written by Sandy Brehl and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bjorn's Gift is the second book in the Odin's Promise historical novel trilogy. Teen Mari faces greater hardships and dangers in her small Norwegian village during the second and third years of WWII German occupation. Soldiers and Nazi supporters move into her neighborhood, school presents unexpected threats, and oppressive new laws are imposed. Mari assumes increasingly dangerous resistance responsibilities and risks, trusting only her family and a few close friends. She struggles to live up to her brother Bjorn's faith in her and understand how lifelong friends can suddenly become enemies. Difficult decisions force her to admit that few things in life are as easily sorted into good or bad, right or wrong as she once believed, including classmate Leif. 1943 signals the start of yet another year in which no one can predict if or when Hitler will be defeated so the Nazi occupation can end. (Conclusion: Mari's Hope)

Author : Sandy Brehl
Publisher : Crispin Books
ISBN 13 : 9781883953652
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odin's Promise written by Sandy Brehl and published by Crispin Books. This book was released on 2014-05-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ODIN'S PROMISE is a historical novel for middle-grade readers, a story of the first year of German occupation of Norway in World War II as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Eleven-year-old Mari grew up tucked under the wings of her parents, grandma, and older siblings. After Hitler's troops invade Norway in Spring 1940, she is forced to grow beyond her "little girl" nickname to deal with harsh new realities. At her side for support and protection is Odin, her faithful elkhound. As the year progresses, Mari, her family, and her neighbors are drawn into the activities of the Norwegian underground resistance. Readers will cheer for Mari as she develops her inner strength - and the courage to help celebrate Norway's spirit of resistance." - Kathleen Ernst, author of American Girl's Caroline Abbott series. "Beautifully written, emotionally taut novel of one girl's coming of age during war time." - Gayle Rosengren, What the Moon Said. Sandy Brehl is a teacher and member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. She lives in Muskego, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.

Author : Charles Kovacs
Publisher : Floris Books
ISBN 13 : 1782507019
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norse Mythology written by Charles Kovacs and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the stories of Norse mythology as recommended for the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Class 4 (age 9-10). Includes myths on Creation, Odin and Mimir, Thor and Thialfi, Idun, Sif and Loki.

Author : Annette Lassen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000469824
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odin’s Ways written by Annette Lassen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god. This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the different guises of Odin are studied on the basis of the various textual contexts and on their background in the literary and Christian intellectual milieu of the time. Contrary to existing studies, this method is non-reductive in that it does not aim at providing a synthesis about Odin’s original nature on the basis of the differing textual uses of Odin in the Middle Ages. The book argues that the perceived complexity of Odin, often highlighted in research, is first and foremost a function of the complex textual material spanning a wide variety of genres each with its particular literary conventions and of the reception of Odin in early modern and modern mythological studies.

Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502619024
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Untold History of the Vikings written by Martin J. Dougherty and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland and America (both by accident) and also sailed up the Seine to Paris (which they sacked). They settled from Newfoundland to Russia, founded Dublin and fought battles as far afield as the Caspian Sea. A thousand years after their demise, traces of the Vikings remain all the way from North America to Istanbul. They traded walruses with Inuits, brought Russian furs to Western Europe and took European slaves to Constantinople. Their graves contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks and Frankish weapons. In this accessible book, the whole narrative of the Viking story is examined from the eighth to the 11th century. Arranged thematically, Vikings – A History of the Norse People, examines the Norsemen from exploration to religion to trade to settlement to weaponry to kingdoms to their demise and legacy. But today questions remain: what prompted the first Viking raids? What stopped their expansion? And how much of the tales of murder, rape and pillage is myth?

Author : Mark Bean
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odin's Horns written by Mark Bean and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a member of a very special military unit, I'm not paid to make mistakes. The short version is I got separated from the rest of my team and failed to regain contact. A serious blunder. I took a knee during a security halt, dozed off, and when I woke up, they were gone. It's not supposed to happen, but it happened. Shit always happens. I'm a tough, well trained, experienced, special operations commando. A member of the elite Gray-Black (GB) Squadron and we are regular participants in what has become a nightmare of global conflict. My whole life is the GB and fighting and I am very good at what I do. But I've messed up seriously and made myself expendable. My boss has decided that the best way to get rid of me is to put me back on the ground in the middle of a hornet's nest and let me die. I have other ideas.

Author : Various
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 1473230101
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The GollanczFest 2019 eBook sampler written by Various and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of this year's GollanczFest, we are thrilled to offer a bumper eBook featuring samples of books from authors we have published in 2019, or who are appearing at the festival. Filled to the brim with fantasy, science fiction and horror content, get your copy now and take a dip. You'll find extracts from genre heavyweights, award-winning novels, and exciting debuts; encounter dragons, spaceships, aliens and wizards; and, with the turn of every page, you'll discover brave new worlds. Contains extracts from: Revenger - Alastair Reynolds The Girl King - Mimi Yu Dragon Heart - Peter Higgins Master of Sorrows - Justin Travers Call One Way - SJ Morden Ancestral Night - Elizabeth Bear The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton From Darkest Skies - Sam Peters Luna - Ian McDonald Seventh Decimate - Stephen Donaldson Planetfall - Emma Newman Seven Blades in Black - Sam Sykes Smoke in the Glass - Chris Humphreys Slave to Sensation - Nalini Singh Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Blackwing - Ed McDonald Stranger of Tempest - Tom Lloyd Twelve Kings - Bradley Beaulieu Episodes - Christopher Priest Empire of Silence - Christopher Ruocchio Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjalmsson The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard Sanctuary - V V James We are the Dead - Mike Shackle Angel Mage - Garth Nix Cold Iron - Miles Cameron The Song of the Sycamore - Edward Cox The Blade itself - Joe Abercrombie World Engines - Stephen Baxter A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands Steel Crow Saga - Paul Krueger Full Throttle - Joe Hill The Last Namsara - Kristen Ciccarelli The Gospel of Loki - Joanne M Harris The Switch - Justina Robson By the Pricking of Her Thumb - Adam Roberts The Promise of the Child - Tom Toner Swet Dreams - Tricia Sullivan Little Eve - Catriona Ward The Quanderhorn Xperimentations -Rob Grant & Andrew Marshall Fools - Pat Cadigan Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner The Ember Blade - Chris Wooding Seven Devils - Laura Lam & Elizabeth May

Author : M. K. Hume
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147671522X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King Arthur Trilogy Book Three: The Bloody Cup written by M. K. Hume and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Headline Review."