The Ropemaker

Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0307433994
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ropemaker written by Peter Dickinson and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest’s power has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire together to find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And much to her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinary girl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her group and their quest from the Empire’s sorcerers.

Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
ISBN 13 : 0375890831
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Angel Isle written by Peter Dickinson and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONCE THE 24 MOST powerful magicians in the Empire pledged to use their magic only to protect the people. But the promise that bound them has now corrupted them. They have become a single terrible entity with a limitless desire for domination. Only the Ropemaker may be able to stop them, but he has not been seen for over 200 years. Into this dangerous world come Saranja, Maja, and Ribek. They seek the Ropemaker so that he might restore the ancient magic that protects their valley. It is the task they were born to, but now it seems there is far more than the valley at stake should they fail. . . .

Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Small Beer Press
ISBN 13 : 1618730649
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emma Tupper's Diary written by Peter Dickinson and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma is spending the summer with her Scottish cousins—who are wonderful material for her attempt to win the School Prize for most interesting holiday diary. The cousins, lofty Andy, reserved Fiona, and fierce Roddy, are experimenting with their grandfather's dilapidated old mini-submarine to see if they can find a monster in the family loch. Emma Tupper's Diary is a sometimes terrifying, sometimes broadly hilarious adventure novel in the spirit of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and I Capture the Castle. Praise for Emma Tupper's Diary: "Fish out of water Emma must spend the summer in Scotland with cousins she’s never met. They’re somewhat older and get along fine with minimal adult supervision. Even when they plot to take an old submarine out on the nearby loch for a spin, adding a Nessy-like monster head to the top for fun, there’s no one around to urge caution. It’s the sort of family where everyone is whip-smart, conversations are fast and fascinating, and statements of fact are rarely truthful. All of which makes for one extremely suspenseful and surprisingly thought-provoking adventure."—Gwenyth Swain (author of Chig and the Second Spread) "One of my favorite childhood books. . . . Its themes and plot have come around again, and a smart production company should scoop it up for a film adaptation."—Atomic Librarian "An enthralling book, with fascinating characters, told with humor and wit, and with a story that just might, barely, be possible."—Book Loons "Comedy of manners? Ecological allegory? Adventure? Farce?"—Kirkus Reviews Praise for Peter Dickinson's children's books: "One of the real masters of children's literature."—Philip Pullman "Peter Dickinson is a national treasure."—The Guardian "Magnificent. Peter Dickinson is the past-master story-teller of our day."—The Times Literary Supplement Peter Dickinson is the author of over fifty books including Eva, Earth and Air, The Dancing Bear, and the Michael L. Printz honor book The Ropemaker. He has twice received the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger as well as the Guardian Award and Whitbread Prize. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.

Author : Virginia Smith
Publisher : Diva Books
ISBN 13 : 9781873741702
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ropemaker's Daughter written by Virginia Smith and published by Diva Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca habitually questions the people she meets and steals the stories they tell her, claiming them for her own. But then she meets a man whose story is already familiar, a man who says he knows her.

Author : Donald C. Dickinson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810822610
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Watson Cole, 1850-1939 written by Donald C. Dickinson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a narrative sketch of Cole's life and supplies the text of a number of Cole's most important bibliographic essays, as well as a checklist of his publications. Highly recommended for any collection on books and bibliography...essential in all academic libraries. --AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY REVIEW

Author : Eleanor Arnason
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497605164
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Woman of the Iron People written by Eleanor Arnason and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This James Tiptree Jr. Award–winning anthropological science fiction novel about first contact with an alien culture is “fascinating” and “irresistible” (Ursula K. LeGuin). Lixia and the members of her human crew are determined not to disturb the life on the planet circling the Star Sigma Draconis which they have begun exploring. But the factions on the mother ship hovering above the planet may create an unintended chaos for both the life on the planet and the humans exploring it. As the anger increases on the ship, the ground crew becomes more and more affected by the conflict and begins to rely on their instincts to keep the project moving forward. Unexpected danger plagues the mission as Lixia is determined to expand her knowledge. This “excellent, anthropologically oriented SF tale” novel (Publishers Weekly) explores the mix of fear and fascination as humans and aliens meet, alert to the potential for both mutual enrichment and mutual destruction, and offers “strong characters, well-written dialogue, and a plot full of adventure” (School Library Journal).

Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504014774
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kin written by Peter Dickinson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four children embark on a quest for a new land at the dawn of human history Africa, two hundred thousand years ago: Suth and Noli were orphaned the night the murderous strangers came, speaking an unfamiliar language and bringing violence to the peaceful Moonhawk tribe. Determined not to die in the desert, Suth and Noli slip away with Ko and Mana. Suth, the eldest, leads them; Noli’s dreams of the future guide them. Ko gives them courage; Mana gives them peace. Their search for a new Good Place, one of food and safety, will take them across the valleys and plains of prehistoric Africa and bring them together as a tribe and as a family.

Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Small Beer Press
ISBN 13 : 161873041X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Unicorn written by Peter Dickinson and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Peter Dickinson's mysteries: "A literary magician controlling an appar-ently inexhaustible supply of effects."—Penelope Lively For best-selling author Lady Margaret, the past is no longer a pleasant memory. Her first lover's mysterious death and the seeming inevitability of her inheriting the family's stately home are cast in new light by secrets unwillingly revisited. The first in a series of reprints of Peter Dickinson's mysteries, this classic British mystery will win fans currently engrossed in Downton Ab-bey. Peter Dickinson has twice received the Crime Writers' As-sociation's Gold Dagger. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.

Author : Edward George Harman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Nashe written by Edward George Harman and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miscellaneous tracts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miscellaneous tracts, temp. Eliz. & Jac. i. [ed. by J.P. Collier written by Miscellaneous tracts and published by . This book was released on 1588 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: