Download or read book Cat s Eye written by Margaret Atwood and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman—but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories.

Download or read book Cat s Eye written by William W. Johnstone and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCRATCH. PURR. Night after night the soft cat noises drifted through the isolated A-frame where bestselling author Dee Conner retreated to write her romances. Was it another harmless prank pulled by one of her fans? Or was it something much more sinister . . . and deadly . . . ? SCRATCH. PURR. Carl Garrett, the fourth bodyguard hired to protect Dee, recognized the sounds for what they were. Demon sounds. Garrett was one of the few survivors of the hushed-up events in Ruger County. But the Lord of Darkness would not make the same mistake twice. The battle was only just beginning—a battle of nerves as well as strength that would pit one man against the most terrifying evil of all . . .

Download or read book Catseye written by Andre Norton and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deported from his own planet in a galactic war, Troy Horan becomes involved with a deadly weapon, a group of criminals, and some exotic animals with which he is able to communicate.

Download or read book The Cheshire Cat s Eye written by Marcia Muller and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To tourists, bay-windowed Victorian mansions are quaint, peaceful symbols of old San Francisco, but on the secluded hill above Steiner Street, the gingerbread has sparked a bitter battle. Ambitious developers are pushing for restoration, and residents are fighting for their homes—until a controversial restorationist is found dead on the job, awash in garish house paint. Private investigator Sharon McCone is called in only to discover a second bitter feud, this time between the developers and members of the city's powerful architectural community. As workmen rip through layers of drywall plaster, and wallpaper, McCone unearths an older crime: a cache of stolen antiques comes to light, and a missing one-of-a-kind Tiffany lamp emblazoned with the glowing profile of the Cheshire Cat becomes McCone's most important clue. To catch a killer, she must follow its eerie, knowing grin before its hidden eye foresees a fatal future.

Download or read book The World of Cat s Eye Marbles written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of Cat's Eye Marbles was written for both the newbie and the seasoned collector. Filled with historical research on manufacturers and countries of origin, the book will be of interest to all marble collectors. New collectors will appreciate the identification help contained in the charts of the characteristics of the most common types of marbles. Foreign and USA-based companies are covered as well as special topics such as unusual colors, aventurine, oxblood, colored base glass, jobber boxes, and products made with Cat's Eyes. An appendix contains a timeline of Asian manufacturing from the 1940s to 1980s. The book is complete with a bibliography and index. It measures 8.5 by 11", contains 80 pages, and over 150 photographs.

Download or read book Sora s Quest The Cat s Eye Chronicles 1 written by T. L. Shreffler and published by Runaway Pen. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the SKOW Best Fantasy Award! Sora Fallcrest always dreamed of adventure, but as a member of the nobility, she learned the ways of a Lady instead. Now seventeen, she is expected to choose a husband and marry. She plots to run away, but just as she is stepping out the door, she runs into a mysterious man--and is kidnapped. Abducted from her manor, Sora is plunged into a world of magical races, arcane jewelry and forgotten lore. She finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous assassin, haunted by an even darker past. She yearns for freedom, but he won't let her go--not when her Cat's Eye necklace is the only thing that can save his life. But the necklace itself presents a problem. It is an ancient device from the long forgotten War of the Races, and its magic has the ability to steal souls. Can Sora learn to wield its power -- or will the power wield her?

Download or read book Under the Cat s Eye written by Gillian Rubinstein and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This school is not all that it seems... Jai has a bad feeling about his new boarding school from the moment he arrives. The windows of the old mansion are watchful, like a hundred eyes, and he senses the house is waiting for him. The students and teachers just don't seem normal -- they're all very serious and strangely alike, almost robotic. The only two students who are friendly tell him a horrible story: they think the headmaster is a monster, and that he's stealing the souls of the teachers and students. Jai doesn't believe it at first. But when one of his new friends gets converted, Jai knows he's got to unravel the mystery...or he might be next.

Download or read book Cat s Eye Corner written by Terry Griggs and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic and fantasy of Cat's Eye Corner with Oliver when he visits his grandfather there

Download or read book Volcrian s Hunt The Cat s Eye Chronicles 3 written by T. L. Shreffler and published by Runaway Pen. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cat s Eye A Dr Thorndyke Mystery written by R. Austin Freeman and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Richard Austin Freeman was originally published in 1923 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Cat's Eye' is one of Freeman's novels of crime and mystery. The first story featuring his well-known protagonist Dr. Thorndyke - a medico-legal forensic investigator - was published in 1907, and although Freeman's early works were seen as simple homages to his contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he quickly developed his own style: The 'inverted detective story', in which the identity of the criminal is shown from the beginning, and the story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.

Download or read book The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez written by Simon Hawke and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catseye, P.I. Name's Gomez. I'm a cat. And yeah, I talk. Because in an age of magic, nothing's quite what it seems. When you combine magic with genetic engineering, predators and crooks take on a thousand different forms. So do the good guys. Denver was a new town, new turf for an old stray tom like me. I came in search of a fresh start, but what I found was criminal. It all began when Susan Jacobs, an ambitious and beautiful young broadcaster, met up with a car bomb that blew a lot more than her ratings sky high. After what happened in New Mexico, I needed a case like this like I needed a big hairball. But Susan Jacobs had a sexy little calico whose lambent golden eyes had a look in them that made it really hard to just say no.... So together with a Zippo-snapping, studded leather rebel cop named Leventhal, I'm prowling the streets and alleys of the Mile High City among political whack-jobs, religious nuts, media weasels, talking snakes, gutter sorcerers and wizard wannabes, on a cat-and-mouse hunt for a killer. And when I find out who it is, the fur is really gonna fly...

Download or read book Wilderness Tips written by Margaret Atwood and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the shape of a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age. The past resurfaces in the present in ways both subtle and dramatic: the body of a lost Arctic explorer emerges from the ice, a 2,000-year-old bog man turns up in an archeological dig, a man with dark secrets marries his lover’s sister, a girl who disappears on a canoe trip haunts her friend many decades later. The richly layered stories in Wilderness Tips map interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and lost chances, endowing even the most unassuming of lives with a disquieting intensity.

Download or read book The Cat s Eye Shell The Chain of Charms 4 written by Kate Forsyth and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth exciting book in the six-book series by bestselling author, Kate Forsyth. Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms – a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune. The Cat's Eye Shell – Book 4, 20-24th August 1658 Having acquired the first three charms in the quest to secure their family's freedom, Luka and Emilia flee into Sussex with soldiers hot on their heels, in company with a Royalist duke, a Catholic priest, a highwayman and young Tom Whitehorse. Only the Catholic underground can help them all escape – but this is a most dangerous religion in the time of Puritan rule. And Emilia and Luka still must find the elusive gypsy tribe of the cat's eye shell, who, it seems, have turned to smuggling...

Download or read book Eyewonder Big Cats written by Sarah Walker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-04-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prowl into the wild and exciting world of big cats. From lounging leopards to the king of beasts, explore the super senses of big cats. A wealth of facts, combined with dramatic photography, ensures that Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. Eye Wonder is a groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images. Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five and up, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books. Open your eyes to a world of discovery.

Download or read book Just One Charm Pack Quilts written by Cheryl Brickey and published by Stash Books. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can resist a perfectly coordinated and fun-filled fabric charm pack? Now make the most of your growing collection with projects designed for the charm pack lover in mind.

Download or read book Cat s Eye written by Grace O'Connel and published by Insight Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight Study Guides are written by experts and cover a range of popular literature, plays and films. Designed to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.

Download or read book The Cat s Eye Shell Chain of Charms 4 written by Kate Forsyth and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth exciting book in the six-book series by bestselling author, Kate Forsyth. Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune. The Cat's Eye Shell - Book 4, 20-24th August 1658 Having acquired the first three charms in the quest to secure their family's freedom, Luka and Emilia flee into Sussex with soldiers hot on their heels, in company with a Royalist duke, a Catholic priest, a highwayman and young Tom Whitehorse. Only the Catholic underground can help them all escape - but this is a most dangerous religion in the time of Puritan rule. And Emilia and Luka still must find the elusive gypsy tribe of the cat's eye shell, who, it seems, have turned to smuggling... Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Long Fiction 2007