Download or read book Arcadia s Curse written by Jesi Lea Ryan and published by Jesi Lea Ryan. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The build of the story is a slow burn, like a fuse curling through an empty storehouse ONLY to find out that the fuse is attached to ten tons of fireworks. Holy Climax, Batman!” ~ Shannon Mayer, author of Priceless and The Nevermore Trilogy Think high school sucks? Try being an empath who has to experience everyone else’s suckage on top of your own. (Literally.) In the months since her family life imploded and her psychic gifts began to arise, Cady has struggled to figure out how she can fit into her normal life without going crazy from the constant presence of emotional energy. Her grades have tanked. Her best friend is afraid of her. And she begins to have doubts about why her boyfriend, Bryan, is really keeping her around. But a chance meeting with another gifted girl online opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Unfortunately, this new world comes at an awful price.
Download or read book Arcadia s Curse written by Jesi Lea Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think high school sucks? Try being an empath who has to experience everyone else's suckage on top of your own. (Literally.) In the months since her family life imploded and her psychic gifts began to arise, Cady has struggled to figure out how she can fit into her normal life without going crazy from the constant presence of emotional energy. Her grades have tanked. Her best friend is afraid of her. And she begins to have doubts about why her boyfriend, Bryan, is really keeping her around. But a chance meeting with another gifted girl online opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Unfortunately, this new world comes at an awful price.
Download or read book The Curse of the Arcadian Stone Nameless Fay Volumes 1 3 written by S. R. Breaker and published by Zeta Indie Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was solely created to guard a legendary relic. But when a rogue thief from Earth disrupts her dreary world, her job won't be the only thing she loses. An ancient forest fairy guards a legendary treasure that holds the power of the gods. A rogue stranger from Earth needs only one thing to return home. A mysterious curse entwined in their fates... For lovers of epic fantasy, adventure, and easy to read feel-good stories. If you like Neil Gaiman's Stardust and The Chronicles of Narnia with a quirky twist, you’ll enjoy this offbeat, fast-paced YA portal fantasy adventure. This boxed set contains Volumes 1-3 of S. R. Breaker's YA epic/portal fantasy series "The Curse of the Arcadian Stone: Nameless Fay." PLUS an exclusive BONUS downloadable high-resolution version of the fantasy world map "Land of Arcadia." Volume 1: STOLEN OATH There’s only so much for a bored three-thousand-year-old fairy to do in the forest. A nameless fairy dubbed “Magenta” knows she only exists to serve a specific purpose. To guard the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. And for thousands of years, she's succeeded in fending off even the most dangerous of threats. But when a rogue stranger from Earth offers her something much more precious in exchange for the relic, will she accede even if it risks her very existence? Josh Richards is nothing if not resourceful. But it still took him nearly a year to find the one thing powerful enough to ensure his much overdue return to Earth. And if a little deception is all he requires to finally get his hands on it, how bad could the consequences really be? The last thing Josh needs is a snarky forest fairy with a vendetta. So why can't he just seem to leave her behind? Embark on a perilous quest through a mysterious, mystical land. A second-world classic fantasy adventure. Volume 2: BROKEN FATE She literally had one job. For over three thousand years, a nameless forest fairy dubbed "Magenta" has been duty-bound to protect the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. But when the legendary relic falls into the hands of Josh Richards, a rogue stranger from Earth, there is no more hiding its immense power from all manner of potential threats. And while possession of a mythical relic can indeed gain you allies, Josh and Magenta quickly learn that it can also make you enemies just as fast. It’s a big, wide, dangerous world outside the forest. Volume 3: CHOSEN PATH An ancient legend shrouded in mystery and fates evermore intertwined… For over three thousand years, a nameless forest fairy dubbed “Magenta” has been tasked to guard the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. Or was she? Grappling with the ambiguities of her own existence, Magenta resigns to help the rogue stranger Josh Richards return to Earth as the only way she ever hopes to restore herself and the legendary relic to their rightful places. But if Magenta doesn’t even know who she is, how will she know her rightful place? Or perhaps more importantly, how will she know whom she can really trust? Offbeat, easy reading fantasy and science fiction. Check out other books by S. R. Breaker.
Download or read book The New Arcadia written by Monique Layton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SINCE BEING “DISCOVERED ” IN 1767, Tahiti has faced a profound cultural upheaval. From the start, she has been branded with the irresistible dual myth of the Noble Savage’s harmonious Arcadian life and of the vahine’s amorous favours freely granted. People (navigators, missionaries, whalers, slavers) and events (deadly epidemics, atomic testing, and now tourism), all have contributed over time to creating the modern Tahitian quandary: trying to recover an idealized past and losing the benefits of modern life, or continuing as a cog in the French administrative system and losing her soul. Based on historical records, sailors’ journals, Ma’ohi epic poetry, European paintings, folkloric events, the film industry, and novels by modern Tahitian writers, this book follows the passage from Otaheite’s paradisal way of life, through the disastrous encounter with European civilization, ending with French Polynesia’s modern prospects. Most remarkable of all is the enduring Ma’ohi culture’s survival into the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Arcadia written by Iain Pears and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten's cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape—remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision—one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.
Download or read book Curse of the Dragon Heir written by S R Breaker and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare fae mage with no magic accidentally sets an evil demon free but he may be the key to unlocking her powers... Soleia only wants to escape her life. But will accidentally binding an evil demon to her end it? Second-born of the High Fae mage family of the Priori clan of Arcadia, Soleia was only expected to do certain things. Mind her dull familial duties. Undergo training to master portal summoning, the rarest form of casting among her people. Free a dangerous demon from a fifty-year-old curse and release him into their village--oops, that was an accident! If only the Priori elders' solution wasn't to bind the evil demon to her to ensure everyone's safety. If only Soleia hadn't been lying about actually having any powers all these years. If only the gorgeous demon's intense gold-red gaze didn't send delicious shivers up her spine. Soleia can no longer escape her fate. She has to harness her magic, keep the cursed demon at bay, and somehow keep her secret. But the demon has secrets too. And while Soleia discovers that he is much more than he seems, a decades-long conflict for the fate of Arcadia comes to light. It could also be the key to unlocking her powers. Saving the world often comes at too high a price. Will she sacrifice her heart, her fate, her life? Or all of it? A thrilling, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers, closed-door fantasy romance. Perfect for fans of "Throne of Glass" and "Shadow and Bone." Curse of the Dragon Heir is Book 1 in S. R. Breaker's new fantasy romance series The Dragons of Arcadia.
Download or read book The Curse of the Arcadian Stone Nameless Fay Vol 3 Chosen Path written by S. R. Breaker and published by Zeta Indie Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient legend shrouded in mystery and fates evermore intertwined… For over three thousand years, a nameless forest fairy dubbed “Magenta” has been tasked to guard the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. Or was she? Grappling with the ambiguities of her own existence, Magenta resigns to help the rogue stranger Josh Richards return to Earth as the only way she ever hopes to restore herself and the legendary relic to their rightful places. But if Magenta doesn’t even know who she is, how will she know her rightful place? Or perhaps more importantly, how will she know whom she can really trust? Don't miss the conclusion to this epic quest through a mysterious, mystical land! A second-world classic fantasy adventure. Chosen Path is Volume 3 in S. R. Breaker’s new novella series "The Curse of the Arcadian Stone: Nameless Fay." For lovers of epic fantasy, adventure, and easy to read feel-good stories. Short books for busy people. If you like Neil Gaiman's "Stardust" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" with a quirky twist, you’ll enjoy this offbeat, fast-paced YA epic fantasy adventure. Reading order: Volume 1: Stolen Oath Volume 2: Broken Fate Volume 3: Chosen Path Offbeat, quirky, easy reading fantasy and science fiction. Check out other books by S. R. Breaker.
Download or read book New Perspectives on Handel s Music written by David Vickers and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international collaboration between leading scholars showcases a broad spectrum of observations on Handel and his music, covering many aspects of modern interdisciplinary and traditional philological musicology.
Download or read book Guarini s Il pastor fido and the Madrigal written by Seth Coluzzi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battista Guarini’s pastoral tragicomedy Il pastor fido (1589) began its life as a play, but soon was transformed through numerous musical settings by prominent composers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Through the many lives of this work, this book explores what happens when a lover’s lament is transplanted from the theatrical stage to the courtly chamber, from speech to song, and from a single speaking character to an ensemble of singers, shedding new light on early modern literary and musical culture. From the play’s beginnings in manuscripts, private readings, and aborted stage productions in the 1580s and 1590s, through the gradual decline of Pastor fido madrigals in the 1640s, this book examines how this widely read yet controversial text became the center of a lasting and prolific music tradition. Using a new integrative system of musical-textual analysis based on sixteenth-century theory, Seth Coluzzi demonstrates how composers responded not only to the sentiments, imagery, and form of the play’s speeches, but also to subtler details of Guarini’s verse. Viewing the musical history of Guarini’s work as an integral part of the play’s roles in the domains of theater, literature, and criticism, this book brings a new perspective to the late Italian madrigal, the play, and early modern patronage and readership across a diverse geographical and temporal frame.
Download or read book Renaissance Papers 1998 written by T. H. Howard-Hill and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles on works of Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Marston, Webster, Jonson, Mary Wroth, and Milton; and two historical articles on aspects of the court of King James I. Renaissance Papers is a collection of the best scholarly essays submitted each year for presentation at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference. Organized and sponsored in the early 1950s by Duke University and the universities of South Carolina and North Carolina, the annual meeting is now hosted by various colleges and universities across the southeastern United States. It accepts papers on all subjects relating to the Renaissance -- music, art, history, literature, etc. -- from scholars all over North America and Europe. Camden House has published Renaissance Papers for the Southeastern Renaissance Conference since 1996. Renaissance Papers1998 contains fourteen articles. Twelve are literary studies, reflecting different critical perspectives, on the works of Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Marston, Webster, Jonson, Mary Wroth, and Milton. Two are historical/sociological studies of the court of King James I; one on the implications of Pocahontas's conversion and marriage to an Englishman and the other on the shifting expression of royal authority from public spectacle to the realmof learning in the medium of print.
Download or read book The Curse of the Arcadian Stone written by S. R. Breaker and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was solely created to guard a legendary relic. But when a rogue thief from Earth disrupts her dreary world, her job won't be the only thing she loses. There's only so much for a bored three-thousand-year-old fairy to do in the forest. A nameless fairy dubbed "Magenta" knows she only exists to serve a specific purpose. To guard the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. And for thousands of years, she's succeeded in fending off even the most dangerous of threats. But when a rogue stranger from Earth offers her something much more precious in exchange for the relic, will she accede even if it risks her very existence? Josh Richards is nothing if not resourceful. But it still took him nearly a year to find the one thing powerful enough to ensure his much overdue return to Earth. And if a little deception is all he requires to finally get his hands on it, how bad could the consequences really be? The last thing Josh needs is a snarky forest fairy with a vendetta. So why can't he just seem to leave her behind? Embark on a perilous quest through a mysterious, mystical land. A second-world classic fantasy adventure. Stolen Oath is Volume 1 in S. R. Breaker's new novella series The Curse of the Arcadian Stone: Nameless Fay. For lovers of epic fantasy, adventure, and easy to read feel-good stories. Short books for busy people. If you like Neil Gaiman's Stardust and The Chronicles of Narnia with a quirky twist, you'll enjoy this offbeat, fast-paced YA epic fantasy adventure. Volume 2: Broken Fate will be released on May 21! Offbeat, quirky, easy reading fantasy and science fiction. Check out other books by S. R. Breaker on Amazon
Download or read book The Countess of Pembroke s Arcadia written by Philip Sidney and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expanding Arcadias Pastoral Myth making in Twentieth century British Fiction written by Debbie Joyce Chung and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE CURSE OF THE ARCADIAN STONE written by S. R. Breaker and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was solely created to guard a legendary relic. But when a rogue thief from Earth disrupts her dreary world, her job won't be the only thing she loses. There's only so much for a bored three-thousand-year-old fairy to do in the forest. A nameless fairy dubbed "Magenta" knows she only exists to serve a specific purpose. To guard the most powerful relic in the land of Arcadia. And for thousands of years, she's succeeded in fending off even the most dangerous of threats. But when a rogue stranger from Earth offers her something much more precious in exchange for the relic, will she accede even if it risks her very existence? Josh Richards is nothing if not resourceful. But it still took him nearly a year to find the one thing powerful enough to ensure his much overdue return to Earth. And if a little deception is all he requires to finally get his hands on it, how bad could the consequences really be? The last thing Josh needs is a snarky forest fairy with a vendetta. So why can't he just seem to leave her behind? Embark on a perilous quest through a mysterious, mystical land. A second-world classic fantasy adventure. For lovers of epic fantasy, adventure, and easy to read feel-good stories with an offbeat, quirky twist.
Download or read book The Poems of John Dryden Volume Four written by Paul Hammond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume Four covers poems published between 1693 and 1696, principally Dryden's translations from Juvenal and Persius, and those from Ovid and Homer included in the miscellany Examen Poeticum (1693). This new edition represents the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, incorporating extensive new research and providing an invaluable resource for all those interested in English poetry and Restoration culture.
Download or read book The New Arcadia written by Monique Layton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SINCE BEING "DISCOVERED " IN 1767, Tahiti has faced a profound cultural upheaval. From the start, she has been branded with the irresistible dual myth of the Noble Savage's harmonious Arcadian life and of the vahine's amorous favours freely granted. People (navigators, missionaries, whalers, slavers) and events (deadly epidemics, atomic testing, and now tourism), all have contributed over time to creating the modern Tahitian quandary: trying to recover an idealized past and losing the benefits of modern life, or continuing as a cog in the French administrative system and losing her soul. Based on historical records, sailors' journals, Ma'ohi epic poetry, European paintings, folkloric events, the film industry, and novels by modern Tahitian writers, this book follows the passage from Otaheite's paradisal way of life, through the disastrous encounter with European civilization, ending with French Polynesia's modern prospects. Most remarkable of all is the enduring Ma'ohi culture's survival into the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Arcadia written by James Treadwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Magnificent.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It’s a year and a half after the events of Anarchy—a novel hailed as “bewitchingly perplexing and supernaturally entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews)—and the world is alive with magic in this third astonishingly imaginative novel in the fantasy trilogy that began with Advent. On a tiny archipelago out of sight of the rest of the world lives Rory, a ten-year-old boy. He and his mother and a handful of survivors live an exhausting and precarious existence, entirely isolated. The sea is alive, and angry. Every man Rory can remember has been drowned. Everyone knows he’ll be next. One night, for the first time since the world changed and the curse descended, strangers appear on the island. They’re on their way to England, seeking a powerful magic ring. And one of them seems to know Rory by sight… Caught up in their quest, Rory enters an England of terrors and marvels, at the heart of which lies a place where journeys unimaginably longer and older than his will reach their end: Pendurra.
