Skellig

Author : David Almond
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 038572988X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skellig written by David Almond and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Almond’s Printz Honor–winning novel celebrates its 10th anniversary! Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never before seen? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend, Mina. Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever. . . .

Author : David Almond
Publisher : Hachette Children's
ISBN 13 : 1444910647
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Name is Mina written by David Almond and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? And so Mina writes and writes in her notebook, and here is her journal, Mina's life in Mina's own words: her stories and dreams, experiences and thoughts, her scribblings and nonsense, poems and songs. Her vivid account of her vivid life. In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.

Author : George Beatty
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 140105711X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skellig Michael written by George Beatty and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On its surface Skellig Michael reads like a fast-paced international thriller involving crimes in high office, terrorism threats, espionage, corporate takeover battles, sex, lust, poignant romance, chase scenes, and shootouts. But readers who probe deeper may find the novel more provocative and complex than they initially thought. And in the end they may decide as the protagonists themselves do that the rocky landscape of the novel is a metaphor for life.

Author : Robert L. Harris
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063268302
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Returning Light written by Robert L. Harris and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acclaimed International Bestseller “It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of Returning Light. The whole book is a poem.” — New York Times Book Review By the lighthouse keeper on the remote, otherworldly Irish island of Skellig Michael, a "profound memoir about the importance of place and what it really means to belong" (Belfast Telegraph) “On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of viewing things come alive.” In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper—a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland’s most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years—a beacon of equilibrium in an ever-changing world. But the island can be fierce too. It’s inhabitable for only five months of the year, and solitude can quickly become isolation as bad weather rolls in to create a veil between Skellig Michael and the rest of the world, when the dizzying terrain can become a very real threat to life. A beautiful and evocative work of nature writing, Returning Light is an extraordinary memoir about the profound effect a place can have on us, and how a remote location can bring with it a great sense of belonging.

Author : Des Lavelle
Publisher : O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 9781788490832
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skellig written by Des Lavelle and published by O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Magic that takes you out, far out, of this time and this world.' George Bernard Shaw, after a visit to Skellig This is the story of two of the world's most stunning and unspoilt islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, which lie off the coast of Kerry. Lavelle explores the extraordinary, isolated Early Christian monastic settlement with its stone 'beehive' huts. He describes the abundant bird life, including the huge colony of gannets, and tells of the history, legend, geology, plant life, the lighthouse, the seals and the underwater world. There has been a huge growth in interest in these spectacular islands, driven by Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way and the filming of Star Wars. A comprehensive, accessible and beautiful book on a unique and fascinating place.

Author : Geoffrey Moorhouse
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156006026
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sun Dancing written by Geoffrey Moorhouse and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized history of fourth-century Irish monks describes their spirituality and their influence on other areas of the world.

Author : Jack Campbell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780441014187
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Fleet: Dauntless written by Jack Campbell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-06-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series! The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century—and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized beyond belief.... Captain John “Black Jack” Geary’s exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic “last stand” in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance Fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics. Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance’s one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic “Black Jack” legend....

Author : Erika McGann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781989417003
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Are You Puffling? written by Erika McGann and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curious little puffling lives on Bird Island. But her puffin parents can's find her in their burrow. Where could she be? Luckily, all the animals and birds are there to help.

Author : Philip Kosloski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521147177
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Monks of Skellig Michael written by Philip Kosloski and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the release of the latest Star Wars films, the ancient monastery atop Skellig Michael has enchanted the world with its beautiful vistas and mysterious history. While much has been written about the architectural feats achieved by the monks on the lonely island, little has been discussed about the daily life of the religious hermits. What was it like 1,000 years ago? Why did the monks choose Skellig Michael? What was their spirituality like? Why did they leave and never return? In this short book, the life of these ancient monks is described and illustrated in an accessible way to those simply curious to know a little more about these mysterious hermits. What's even more surprising is how closely these monks resemble the Jedi who have brought the island to life in the latest Star Wars universe.

Author : Margaret Greenwood
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843530596
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Ireland written by Margaret Greenwood and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including detailed guidance to exploring the countryside and historic sites, this fully revised guide offers a complete picture of the beautiful island of Ireland, north and south. of color photos.