The Amber Crane

Author : Malve von Hassell
Publisher : Odyssey Books
ISBN 13 : 1922311235
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amber Crane written by Malve von Hassell and published by Odyssey Books. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chafing at the rules of the amber guild, Peter, an apprentice during the waning years of the Thirty Years’ War, finds and keeps a forbidden piece of amber, despite the risk of severe penalties should his secret be discovered. Little does he know that this amber has hidden powers, transporting him into a future far beyond anything he could imagine. In dreamlike encounters, Peter witnesses the ravages of the final months of World War II in and around his home. He becomes embroiled in the troubles faced by Lioba, a girl he meets who seeks to escape from the oncoming Russian army. Peter struggles with the consequences of his actions, endangering his family, his amber master’s reputation, and his own future. How much is Peter prepared to sacrifice to right his wrongs?

Author : Malve von Hassell
Publisher : BHC Press
ISBN 13 : 1643971050
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alina: A Song For the Telling written by Malve von Hassell and published by BHC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You should be grateful, my girl. You have no dowry, and I am doing everything I can to get you settled. You are hardly any man’s dream.” Alina’s brother, Milos, pulled his face into a perfect copy of Aunt Marci’s sour expression, primly pursing his mouth. He had got her querulous tone just right. I pinched my lips together, trying not to laugh. But it was true; Aunt Marci had already introduced me to several suitors. So far I had managed to decline their suits politely. Maybe Alina’s aunt was right. How could she possibly hope to become a musician, a trobairitz, as impoverished as she was and without the status of a good marriage? But fourteen-year-old Alina refuses to accept the oppressing life her strict aunt wants to impose upon her. When the perfect opportunity comes along for her to escape, she and her brother embark on a journey through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem. Alina soon finds herself embroiled in the political intrigue of noble courts as she fights to realize her dream of becoming a female troubadour.

Author : Molly Bang
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688073336
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Paper Crane written by Molly Bang and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business returns to a once prosperous restaurant when a mysterious stranger pays for his meal with a magical paper crane that comes alive and dances.

Author : Simon Crane
Publisher : A Luca Voss Novel
ISBN 13 : 9780704374119
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Broker written by Simon Crane and published by A Luca Voss Novel. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first title in a new series, this is the gripping story of Luca Voss and his fight against a global terror threat. The Secret Broker is a captivating thriller set across Asia, North America and Europe about dark forces conspiring to start a nuclear war. A must read for fans of Ian Fleming, John le Carre and John Gardner.

Author : Frances Crane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Box written by Frances Crane and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old tyrant had never been popular, but was canceling a children's Christmas party motive enough for murder?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amber studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susannah Willey
Publisher : Barbara BIttel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Sonnets written by Susannah Willey and published by Barbara BIttel. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the war-torn Philippines, two soldiers scout the landscape. Under ordinary circumstances they might be friends, but in the hostile environment of World War II, they are mortal enemies. Sergeant Leal Baldwin writes sonnets. Lieutenant Tadashi Abukara prefers haiku. Despite months of combat, Leo and Tadashi discover the humanity of their enemy and the questionable moral acts committed by their supposed comrades, and they begin to ask themselves why they are here at all. When they at last meet in the jungles of Luzon, only one will survive, but their poetry will live forever.

Author : Malve von Hassell
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tapestry Of My Mother's Life written by Malve von Hassell and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tapestry Of My Mother's Life is a biographical account of a woman coming of age in Germany during the 1930s. Malve von Hassell explores her mother's life through the fragmented lens of transmitted memory, and its impact on the second generation. Born at her grandfather's house in Farther Pomerania, 1923, Christa von Hassell had to contend with the increasing and pervasive impact of the Nazi regime. As the child of a German army officer, she moved with her parents often. Through boarding school, university, marriage, the Second World War, life under Soviet occupation, and a new beginning in the West, eventually in America, the biography is an incredible, emotional journey of childhood, survival, and relationships. The portrayal of Christa's life also focuses on the role of memory: shaped, distorted, and realigned in the continual process of telling stories of the past in conjunction with silence about many aspects. Children of women who shared similar experiences and life trajectories struggled with the challenge of learning about their parents' lives during extraordinary times, confounded by a wealth of stories on the one hand and a seemingly impenetrable veil of silence on the other. Working through such memorabilia, as well as the tales of the past, can offer ways in which one can come to terms with the inherited detritus of thoughts and memories. As such, this account of the life of a unique and complex individual has also wider relevance in that it addresses age-old questions of the relationship between one generation and the next.

Author : Claudia Slate
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443806293
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Florida Studies written by Claudia Slate and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida was the first region of the United States to be discovered, explored, and, after a fashion, settled by Euroamericans. Its population in the early 21st century is approaching 17 million. Within years the number of people living in the state will surpass those living in New York, and the Sunshine State will become the most populous area east of the Mississippi. The first book in English about Florida was written by Jean Ribault. A French adventurer, Ribault established a colony of Huguenots near present-day Jacksonville. He was captured by the very able Spanish commander Pedro Menendez, who ordered his French rival and all his minions killed. The state’s long and colorful past is matched by its equally long and colorful literary production. Strangely, critical assessment of Florida literature has lagged far behind. With this volume, the Florida College English Association has formally begun an effort to correct this lamentable oversight. Included are papers on every aspect of Florida literature and history by scholars from every part of the state who are employed in every kind of institution of higher learning. Of special interest are the studies of Florida literature in the 19th century and in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, areas that are generally ignored in national journals. The papers on the contributions of African-American literary figures, such as Zora Hurston and James Weldon Johnson, are noteworthy. Of particular interest are the suggestions for teaching Florida studies in the classroom, which can be adapted for high school as well as college students.

Author : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia written by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.