Download or read book A Medieval Fantasy Witchy Wizardly Woods Angel Vampire and Myka written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Medieval Fantasy Adventure" he view from this tall tree is kind of pretty. I can see salmon jumping on the river. Colorful birds are making their nests while they sing. The sky is clear this morning after a night of heavy rain. My name is Emma and I am a 16 year old orphan with long brown hair that I braid every other day. My eyes are hazel like my moms. My blue maiden dress is the only one I own. I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire. I was not successful at hunting last night because I could not see anything with the rain. My bow and arrows seemed to be drying faster than I was. I decided to go check a village and hopefully someone was going to feel sorry for me and feed me. While entering the village a group of people was gathering around a sign that was being posted by a royal knight. His expensive uniform gave him away. "Young princess Victoria has been abducted by Amira the dark magic sorcerer. The King is offering one hundred gold coins to anyone who rescues her." The reward was more than enough to feed my siblings for a long time. Will Princess Victoria's handsome teen brother 'Prince Edward' interfere? Or are the two of us destined to fall in love during the rescue? "Witchy Wizardly Woods" Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places. I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me. When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants. I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures. Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape. Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever! "Angel Vampire" I am a female angel named 'Anael'. I was sent on a mission to Earth by my father. Finding the young boy who lived in Oxnard, California, was easy. I could hear his mother yell at him from the kitchen to finish his homework. I watched him through his bedroom window, sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, the homework all but forgotten. I wanted to watch him before I decided to show myself. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my neck. I immediately fainted. I don't know how long I was unconscious. When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself in a strange dark cave. When I was about to get up, I heard an unfamiliar voice. "Who are you? Your blood tasted different than a human's, and it's making me dizzy." The stranger was an attractive vampire named 'Kendrick' who thought I was a human girl. The mixing of our blood created a new race of Angel Vampires! "Myka the Goddess Witch: Zeus Secret" When the father of all gods Zeus discovered his beloved daughter Athena was pregnant with Apollo's baby, he ordered all gods and goddesses to keep it a secret because he wanted all mortals to believe Athena was an eternal virgin. The moment I was born Zeus gave me away to a loyal mortal 'witch' named Maia which means 'nursing mother'. My father Apollo had to have a special magic spell done by Maia because he was the god of truth who can't speak a lie. Zeus also asked Maia to cast a spell on my mother so she would not fight him when he gave me away. Maia lived in Mykonos, Greece and decided to name me 'Myka'. She was careful to cast the biggest magic spell on me. I was going to be a mortal girl until the day of my 18th birthday!

Download or read book Witchy Wizardly Woods a Medieval Fantasy Sea Enchanter and Angel Vampire written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witchy Wizardly Woods" Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places. I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me.When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants.I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures. Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape. Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever! "A Medieval Fantasy Adventure" The view from this tall tree is kind of pretty. I can see salmon jumping on the river. Colorful birds are making their nests while they sing. The sky is clear this morning after a night of heavy rain. My name is Emma and I am a 16 year old orphan with long brown hair that I braid every other day. My eyes are hazel like my moms. My blue maiden dress is the only one I own. I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire. I was not successful at hunting last night because I could not see anything with the rain. My bow and arrows seemed to be drying faster than I was. I decided to go check a village and hopefully someone was going to feel sorry for me and feed me. While entering the village a group of people was gathering around a sign that was being posted by a royal knight. His expensive uniform gave him away. "Young princess Victoria has been abducted by Amira the dark magic sorcerer. The King is offering one hundred gold coins to anyone who rescues her." The reward was more than enough to feed my siblings for a long time. Will Princess Victoria's handsome teen brother 'Prince Edward' interfere? Or are the two of us destined to fall in love during the rescue? "Sea Enchanter"Sitting on my favorite conch shell waiting for my friends 'Galene' the Nereid of calm seas', and 'Doris' the Nereid of seas bounty to arrive; I admired a flock of white birds flying around me while I waited. I live in a beautiful kingdom above the sea water called 'Empyrean'. Empyreans live in identical four level castles in the middle of what 'Landers' call the 'Bermuda triangle'. Our homes were erected on top of 300 foot-high rocks with God Poseidon's permission. I am a 'Sea Enchanter' named 'Siela'. The 'tale' that I am about to reveal contains all past events that led me to where I am right now. My tale includes revenge, friendship, deception, defiance, and love. "Angel Vampire"I am a female angel named 'Anael'. I was sent on a mission to Earth by my father. Finding the young boy who lived in Oxnard, California, was easy. I could hear his mother yell at him from the kitchen to finish his homework. I watched him through his bedroom window, sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, the homework all but forgotten. I wanted to watch him before I decided to show myself. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my neck. I immediately fainted. I don't know how long I was unconscious. When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself in a strange dark cave. When I was about to get up, I heard an unfamiliar voice. "Who are you? Your blood tasted different than a human's, and it's making me dizzy." The stranger was an attractive vampire named 'Kendrick' who thought I was a human girl. The mixing of our blood created a new race of Angel Vampires!

Download or read book Witchy Wizardly Woods a Medieval Fantasy Sea Enchanter and Myka the Goddess written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witchy Wizardly Woods"Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places. I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me.When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants.I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures. Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape. Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever!"A Medieval Fantasy Adventure"The view from this tall tree is kind of pretty. I can see salmon jumping on the river. Colorful birds are making their nests while they sing. The sky is clear this morning after a night of heavy rain. My name is Emma and I am a 16 year old orphan with long brown hair that I braid every other day. My eyes are hazel like my moms. My blue maiden dress is the only one I own. I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire. I was not successful at hunting last night because I could not see anything with the rain. My bow and arrows seemed to be drying faster than I was. I decided to go check a village and hopefully someone was going to feel sorry for me and feed me. While entering the village a group of people was gathering around a sign that was being posted by a royal knight. His expensive uniform gave him away. "Young princess Victoria has been abducted by Amira the dark magic sorcerer. The King is offering one hundred gold coins to anyone who rescues her." The reward was more than enough to feed my siblings for a long time. Will Princess Victoria's handsome teen brother 'Prince Edward' interfere? Or are the two of us destined to fall in love during the rescue?"Sea Enchanter"Sitting on my favorite conch shell waiting for my friends 'Galene' the Nereid of calm seas', and 'Doris' the Nereid of seas bounty to arrive; I admired a flock of white birds flying around me while I waited. I live in a beautiful kingdom above the sea water called 'Empyrean'. Empyreans live in identical four level castles in the middle of what 'Landers' call the 'Bermuda triangle'. Our homes were erected on top of 300 foot-high rocks with God Poseidon's permission. I am a 'Sea Enchanter' named 'Siela'. The 'tale' that I am about to reveal contains all past events that led me to where I am right now. My tale includes revenge, friendship, deception, defiance, and love."Myka the Goddess Witch: Zeus Secret"When the father of all gods Zeus discovered his beloved daughter Athena was pregnant with Apollo's baby, he ordered all gods and goddesses to keep it a secret because he wanted all mortals to believe Athena was an eternal virgin. The moment I was born Zeus gave me away to a loyal mortal 'witch' named Maia which means 'nursing mother'. My father Apollo had to have a special magic spell done by Maia because he was the god of truth who can't speak a lie. Zeus also asked Maia to cast a spell on my mother so she would not fight him when he gave me away. Maia lived in Mykonos, Greece and decided to name me 'Myka'. She was careful to cast the biggest magic spell on me. I was going to be a mortal girl until the day of my 18th birthday!

Download or read book Witchy Wizardly Woods and a Medieval Fantasy Adventure written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witchy Wizardly Woods"Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places.I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me.When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants.I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures.Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape.Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever!"A Medieval Fantasy Adventure"I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire.I was not successful at hunting last night because I could not see anything with the rain. My bow and arrows seemed to be drying faster than I was. I decided to go check a village and hopefully someone was going to feel sorry for me and feed me.While entering the village a group of people was gathering around a sign that was being posted by a royal knight. His expensive uniform gave him away. "Young princess Victoria has been abducted by Amira the dark magic sorcerer. The King is offering one hundred gold coins to anyone who rescues her."The reward was more than enough to feed my siblings for a long time. Will Princess Victoria's handsome teen brother 'Prince Edward' interfere? Or are the two of us destined to fall in love during the rescue?

Download or read book A Medieval Fantasy Witchy Wizardly Woods Werewolf Island and Soul Thieves written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Medieval Fantasy Adventure" he view from this tall tree is kind of pretty. I can see salmon jumping on the river. Colorful birds are making their nests while they sing. The sky is clear this morning after a night of heavy rain. My name is Emma and I am a 16 year old orphan with long brown hair that I braid every other day. My eyes are hazel like my moms. My blue maiden dress is the only one I own. I am in charge of four siblings. Our parents died trying to protect us from a dragon attack and were killed instantly by the monsters lethal fire. I was not successful at hunting last night because I could not see anything with the rain. My bow and arrows seemed to be drying faster than I was. I decided to go check a village and hopefully someone was going to feel sorry for me and feed me. While entering the village a group of people was gathering around a sign that was being posted by a royal knight. His expensive uniform gave him away. "Young princess Victoria has been abducted by Amira the dark magic sorcerer. The King is offering one hundred gold coins to anyone who rescues her." The reward was more than enough to feed my siblings for a long time. Will Princess Victoria's handsome teen brother 'Prince Edward' interfere? Or are the two of us destined to fall in love during the rescue? "Witchy Wizardly Woods" Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places. I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me. When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants. I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures. Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape. Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever! "Werewolf Island"Eighteen-year old Lexie Woods was sent in a cruise to Bahamas to celebrate her brother's 25th birthday. The cruise ship wrecked and went under water fast; separating Lexie and her brother Billy forever. Lexie found herself inside one of the three life boats that were tied together. The twenty four survivors were taken to the shores of a beautiful island, and they all felt lucky to have found such paradise. To their horror they soon learned it was a 'Werewolf Island' and the fight for survival began! Will Lexie fall in love with dazzling and intelligent Archaeologist student, and fellow human survivor 'Walter'? Or will she fall in love with 'Kassius'? The good-looking alpha male werewolf?"Soul Thieves"My best friend was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was 18 years old like me when he died. I was invited to a lagoon and I decided to summon Jesse's spirit while I was in the water. I didn't know how to swim and I almost drown while calling for Jesse. The moment I reached shore a strong realization came to my head. The only way that I could see Jesse again was by being dead like him! People tend to summon a loved one when they die. Sometimes the right soul or spirit hears the summoning; but sometimes the ones listening are the 'Soul Thieves'. A Sentinel is in charge of guarding human souls from the Soul Thieves who sells them to a diabolic goblin named Azura. She eats the souls to stay young and powerful. My name is Leila and I was named an 'Earth Sentinel' by my dead twin sister Lia. My mission is to battle Soul Thieves and destroy Azura with the help of an attractive 19 year old Earth Sentinel named Max and his sister April. The three of us were given a special power to help us be victorious!

Download or read book Witchy Wizardly Woods and the Elf Vampire Series written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witchy Wizardly Woods"Growing up with eight sisters and one brother in a small village in Mexico was a little hectic some times. We were allowed to play 'only' when we finished our chores. We didn't have a chicken coop, and I was in charge of finding the eggs in the most unusual places.I also had to help my sisters remove the kernels from the cob to grind it and make corn tortillas. My mom asked me to pick some fruit from the forest and I obeyed. I was walking as fast as I could when all of a sudden I saw big walls forming ahead of me.When I reached the walls I saw an old man standing by a double wood door; he opened it and I was able to have a peek at some incredible inhabitants.I am a 14th year old girl named 'Isabel'. I was captured by magic creatures.Solving riddles and finding 'Loli' the star girl may give me the chance that I need to escape.Otherwise, the other human children, and I will remain prisoners forever!"The Elf Vampire: Love, War, and Sorrow" Book 1Being an elf can be fun except when you are royalty. My tribe calls me Princess Vellandra; I am 17th years old. I will stop aging when I turn 20, and die on my 300th birthday.I live in an invisible Kingdom in one of Russia's Siberian pine forests. My ancestors named it 'Ninaly'.My enemies killed my parents, and I made an extreme decision to avenge them.Pay a vampire to turn me into a fearless half-elf, half-vampire Princess.Will elf Prince 'Areek' accept my dark-half?Was becoming a vampire the right decision?"Queen of Fear: Ninaly's Vampires" Book 2My vampire habits earned me the name "Queen of Fear" in the elf world. Livia told me my own tribe called me that behind my back.My kingdom was now known as Ninaly's Vampires. I am convinced that becoming a half-vampire was a terrible mistake. I decided to leave my kingdom for the sake of my tribe. Dimitry and Daniela left with me.A young elf King named Kevin is going to help me realize that second chances exist. Queen Frea takes control of her dark kingdom again, and war reignites.I learned from Kevin that a beautiful elf girl named Yazira is determined to marry Areek to become a Queen. Will Areek fall in love with me again? Or is it too late?

Download or read book Angel Vampire and Myka the Goddess Witch written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Angel Vampire"I am a female angel named 'Anael'. I was sent on a mission to Earth by my father. Finding the young boy who lived in Oxnard, California, was easy. I could hear his mother yell at him from the kitchen to finish his homework.I watched him through his bedroom window, sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, the homework all but forgotten. I wanted to watch him before I decided to show myself.All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my neck. I immediately fainted.I don't know how long I was unconscious. When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself in a strange dark cave. When I was about to get up, I heard an unfamiliar voice."Who are you? Your blood tasted different than a human's, and it's making me dizzy." The stranger was an attractive vampire named 'Kendrick' who thought I was a human girl.The mixing of our blood created a new race of Angel Vampires!**Myka the Goddess Witch: Zeus Secret**When the father of all gods Zeus discovered his beloved daughter Athena was pregnant with Apollo's baby, he ordered all gods and goddesses to keep it a secret because he wanted all mortals to believe Athena was an eternal virgin.The moment I was born Zeus gave me away to a loyal mortal 'witch' named Maia which means 'nursing mother'. My father Apollo had to have a special magic spell done by Maia because he was the god of truth who can't speak a lie. Zeus also asked Maia to cast a spell on my mother so she would not fight him when he gave me away.Maia lived in Mykonos, Greece and decided to name me 'Myka'.She was careful to cast the biggest magic spell on me. I was going to be a mortal girl until the day of my 18th birthday!

Download or read book Angel Vampire Myka the Goddess Witch and Twin Vampire Witches written by Vianka Van Bokkem and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Angel Vampire"I am a female angel named 'Anael'. I was sent on a mission to Earth by my father. Finding the young boy who lived in Oxnard, California, was easy. I could hear his mother yell at him from the kitchen to finish his homework.I watched him through his bedroom window, sitting at his desk looking at a magazine, the homework all but forgotten. I wanted to watch him before I decided to show myself.All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my neck. I immediately fainted.I don't know how long I was unconscious. When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself in a strange dark cave. When I was about to get up, I heard an unfamiliar voice."Who are you? Your blood tasted different than a human's, and it's making me dizzy." The stranger was an attractive vampire named 'Kendrick' who thought I was a human girl.The mixing of our blood created a new race of Angel Vampires!"Myka the Goddess Witch: Zeus Secret"When the father of all gods Zeus discovered his beloved daughter Athena was pregnant with Apollo's baby, he ordered all gods and goddesses to keep it a secret because he wanted all mortals to believe Athena was an eternal virgin.The moment I was born Zeus gave me away to a loyal mortal 'witch' named Maia which means 'nursing mother'. My father Apollo had to have a special magic spell done by Maia because he was the god of truth who can't speak a lie. Zeus also asked Maia to cast a spell on my mother so she would not fight him when he gave me away.Maia lived in Mykonos, Greece and decided to name me 'Myka'.She was careful to cast the biggest magic spell on me. I was going to be a mortal girl until the day of my 18th birthday!"Twin Vampire Witches: Reign of Blood and Magic"Victoria and her twin sister Valeria are half witches - half vampires. When they witnessed their parent's horrible slayings at the hands of vampire hunters they swear revenge against them and anyone else involved. What they did not expect was to fall in love with the handsome twin brothers Prince Alexandru and Prince Andrei of Romania!

Download or read book Picture Book Professors written by Melissa M. Terras and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children. Professors are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists who fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. The Element is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.

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Download or read book Pandas in Action written by Boris Paskhaver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the next steps in your data science career! This friendly and hands-on guide shows you how to start mastering Pandas with skills you already know from spreadsheet software. In Pandas in Action you will learn how to: Import datasets, identify issues with their data structures, and optimize them for efficiency Sort, filter, pivot, and draw conclusions from a dataset and its subsets Identify trends from text-based and time-based data Organize, group, merge, and join separate datasets Use a GroupBy object to store multiple DataFrames Pandas has rapidly become one of Python's most popular data analysis libraries. In Pandas in Action, a friendly and example-rich introduction, author Boris Paskhaver shows you how to master this versatile tool and take the next steps in your data science career. You’ll learn how easy Pandas makes it to efficiently sort, analyze, filter and munge almost any type of data. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Data analysis with Python doesn’t have to be hard. If you can use a spreadsheet, you can learn pandas! While its grid-style layouts may remind you of Excel, pandas is far more flexible and powerful. This Python library quickly performs operations on millions of rows, and it interfaces easily with other tools in the Python data ecosystem. It’s a perfect way to up your data game. About the book Pandas in Action introduces Python-based data analysis using the amazing pandas library. You’ll learn to automate repetitive operations and gain deeper insights into your data that would be impractical—or impossible—in Excel. Each chapter is a self-contained tutorial. Realistic downloadable datasets help you learn from the kind of messy data you’ll find in the real world. What's inside Organize, group, merge, split, and join datasets Find trends in text-based and time-based data Sort, filter, pivot, optimize, and draw conclusions Apply aggregate operations About the reader For readers experienced with spreadsheets and basic Python programming. About the author Boris Paskhaver is a software engineer, Agile consultant, and online educator. His programming courses have been taken by 300,000 students across 190 countries. Table of Contents PART 1 CORE PANDAS 1 Introducing pandas 2 The Series object 3 Series methods 4 The DataFrame object 5 Filtering a DataFrame PART 2 APPLIED PANDAS 6 Working with text data 7 MultiIndex DataFrames 8 Reshaping and pivoting 9 The GroupBy object 10 Merging, joining, and concatenating 11 Working with dates and times 12 Imports and exports 13 Configuring pandas 14 Visualization

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Download or read book A Heart Divided written by Cherie Bennett and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the Confederate battle flag a racist symbol—or a proud reminder of Southern heritage? When Kate’s liberal-minded family moves from the suburbs of New York City to a small town near Nashville, Kate is convinced her life is over. Redford lives up to Kate’s low expectations. The Confederate battle flag waves proudly in the sky, the local diner serves grits and sweet tea, and country music rules the airwaves. Then she meets Jackson Redford III, scion of the town and embodiment of everything Dixie. And dang if brilliant, gorgeous Jack doesn’t make Kate decide that maybe her new hometown isn’t so bad after all. But a petition to replace the school’s Confederate flag symbol is stirring up trouble. Kate dives right in, not afraid to attack what she sees as offensive. Getting involved means making enemies, though, and soon, Kate and Jack—and their families—find themselves pitted against each other in a bitter controversy: not just about the flag, but about what it means to be an American.

Download or read book John Dies at the End written by Jason Pargin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town--and the world--from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions. Now a Major Motion Picture. "[Pargin] is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King... 'page-turner' is an understatement." —Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tep STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me. The important thing is this: The sauce is a drug, and it gives users a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say no. You still do. I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind: None of this was my fault.

Download or read book Abhorsen written by Garth Nix and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final book in the Old Kingdom trilogy, master of fantasy and globally bestselling author Garth Nix returns to the fantastic world of Sabriel for an unforgettable conclusion. "Breathtaking, bittersweet, and utterly unforgettable.” * After centuries in captivity, the Destroyer is nearly free. Beneath the earth, a malignant force lies waiting, greedy for freedom from its ancient prison. As the Old Kingdom falls once more into a realm of darkness and terror, the people look desperately to the Abhorsen, the scourge of the Dead, to save them. Yet Abhorsen Sabriel is lost, missing in Ancelstierre. Only Lirael has any chance of stopping the Destroyer. With her companions Sameth, Mogget and the Disreputable Dog, she travels across the Old Kingdom in a race against time, battling Shadow Hands and dark necromancers to reach Ancelstierre before it is too late. But what hope can one young woman have against a terrible evil with the power to destroy life itself? This eagerly awaited conclusion to Garth Nix’s extraordinary trilogy of Old Kingdom books is a complex and vividly imagined story, powerful, terrifying and compelling. “Terror, courage, bitterness, love, desperation, and sacrifice all swirl together in an apocalyptic climax that pits both Life and Death together against the destruction of everything." —Kirkus*