Shardik

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468302027
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shardik written by Richard Adams and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a bitterly divided world, a giant bear becomes an object of worship in “the extraordinary fantasy novel by the author of Watership Down” (The Guardian, UK). In a burning forest, Kelderek the hunter encounters a gigantic bear unlike any he’s seen before. Surely this is the reincarnation of Lord Shardik, the messenger of god whose return has been anticipated by the primitive Ortelgan people. In service to Shardik, Kelderek becomes a prophet, then a soldier, and finally an emperor-priest. Swept up by fate and his impassioned faith, Klederek will come to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in the bear’s divinity. Written after his bestselling debut novel Watership Down, Richard Adams’s Shardik is an epic fantasy of tragic character. A fascinating depiction of the power of belief, it explores themes of faith, slavery, and war.

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 178301556X
Total Pages : 1618 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maia written by Richard Adams and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 1618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sold into slavery to the dealer Lalloc by her mother when her stepfather seduces her, the beautiful 15-year-old Maia is almost raped by Genshed, one of Lalloc's employees but is saved by Occula, a black slave girl. With no-one but Occula at her side, Maia must summon all her courage, strength and intelligence as she navigates the seedy side of the Beklan empire.

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1783015705
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Day Gone By written by Richard Adams and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down' and described recently as a legend of literature, was born in Newbury in 1920 as the replacement for a baby brother who died in the great influenza epidemic of 1917-19. His mother was well over 40 at the time of his birth, and his was a solitary childhood spent in a large garden. Here he explains how his days spent watching bird, beetles and wild creatures around his home engendered in him a lifelong love of nature. His years at prep and public school, at Oxford and in the army are all vividly described, and their influence on the recurrent themes in his writing of battle, leadership, friendship, bullying, solitude and longing made plain.

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439176124
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Watership Down written by Richard Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe. The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless classic, the tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—“a classic yarn of discovery and struggle” (The New York Times). A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England’s Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren, through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, and toward the dream of a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. “Spellbinding…Marvelous…A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit and derring-do.” —Chicago Tribune

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iron Wolf and Other Stories written by Richard Adams and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen folktales from around the world deal with robins, nightingales, wolves, crabs, parrots, dogs, dragons, cats, and woodpeckers.

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The girl in a swing written by Richard Adams and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron McLarty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Traveler written by Ron McLarty and published by . This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visiting his childhood home in Rhode Island after learning that his first girlfriend has passed away, part-time actor Jono Riley remembers his coming of age at the side of three best friends, a period that was marked by a mysterious shooting.

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unbroken Web written by Richard Adams and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With full-color illustrations, Adams re-creates nineteen folktales collected from around the world.

Author : Walter Moers
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1590203682
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of Dreaming Books written by Walter Moers and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this whimsical fantasy adventure, a novelist’s search for an author takes him to a magical city, a villainous literary scholar, and perilous catacombs. Optimus Yarnspinner’s search for an author’s identity takes him to Bookholm―the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed by clouds of book dust, the stimulating scent of ancient leather, and the tang of printer’s ink. Soon, though, Yarnspinner falls into the clutches of the city’s evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the labyrinthine catacombs underneath the city, where reading books can be genuinely dangerous . . . In The City of Dreaming Books, Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is a remarkable adventure. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull, and boring life! Praise for The City of Dreaming Books “German author and cartoonist Moers returns to the mythical lost continent of Zamonia in his uproarious third fantasy adventure to be translated into English, a delightfully imaginative mélange of Shel Silverstein zaniness and oddball anthropomorphism à la Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. . . . A wonderfully whimsical story that will appeal to readers of all ages.” —Publishers Weekly “A salmagundi of whimsy, imagination and book lore—remarkable fun.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “Moers puts Tolkien through some sort of Willy Wonka sweetening process and comes up with characters such as Optimus Yarnspinner, who, names being fate and all, just has to be a storyteller.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Richard Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780747926
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plague Dogs written by Richard Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two dogs, Snitter and Rowf, escape from a research laboratory in the Lake District where it is wrongly supposed they have been purposely infected with a deadly virus and now pose a dangerous threat to the human population. As the authorities give chase, the two friends make their way through the hills and across the moors, along the way learning to survive on their wits and finding friendship and help from a fox they encounter. They dream of finding their original owners and a safe haven - but the hunt is on. A lyrical and engrossing tale, The Plague Dogs is a remarkable journey into the hearts and minds of two canine heroes.