Download or read book Spell It Out written by David Crystal and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French and Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution and the internet. By learning the history and the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right.

Download or read book The Lost Words written by Robert Macfarlane and published by Anansi International. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations to help readers rediscover the magic of the natural world.

Download or read book Clarice Bean Spells Trouble written by Lauren Child and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

Download or read book The Guardians Book One of the Restoration Series written by Christopher Williams and published by Christopher Williams. This book was released on 2009-12-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flaranthlas Eldanari is a young half elf that travels to the human kingdom of Telur after living his whole life with the elves. His desire is to join the Guardians; the elite branch of the Telurian army. But Flare has unknowingly started down the path of an ancient prophecy; a prophecy that the Church of Adel will do anything to keep from being fulfilled.

Download or read book I Put a Spell on You written by John Burnside and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exquisite, haunting book, John Burnside describes his coming of age from the industrial misery of Cowdenbeath and Corby to the new world of Cambridge. The old Scots word ‘glamour’ means magical charm, and the first time he was played I Put a Spell on You, John Burnside thought he had never heard a more beautiful song – it was an enchantment, a fascination that would turn to obsession. Implicit in the song were all the ambiguities that intrigued him – love, possession, and danger – and this book is an exploration of the darker side of glamour and attraction. Beginning with memories of a brutal murder, the book follows the author through a series of uncanny encounters with ‘lost girls’, with brilliant digressions on murder ballads, voodoo, acid and insomnia, and a cast that includes Kafka and Narcissus, Diane Arbus and Mel Lyman, The Four Tops and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and time spent lost in the Arctic Circle, black-and-white films and a mental institution. Ending with the tender summoning of the ghost of his dying mother as she sings along to the radio in her empty kitchen, I Put a Spell on You is a book about memory, about the other side of love: a book of secrets and wonders. ‘A marvellously meandering, digressive study of the nature of love... Exact and enthralling.’ Tessa Hadley

Download or read book Haunts and Howls and Guardian Spells written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between haunts and howls…new guardians rise. In mystical worlds of deadly magic and danger, the innocent need heroes, guardians, protectors to stand in the way of evil, to keep the world safe and balanced—even if the imperiled never realize trouble looms just out of sight. Reluctant heroes strive to do whatever they must in these five short stories of contemporary fantasy, where nothing is as it seems. Where wizards and faeries lurk, and shapeshifters prowl. Where magic swells to both hurt and heal. And where destiny calls those fated to save the world. For readers who love dark tales of mystery and magic, with heroes fated to keep innocent people safe, don’t miss this exciting collection from bestselling author Kat Simons. Including a brand new story in the action-packed urban fantasy Cary Redmond series. keywords: Dark urban fantasy; portal fantasy; Urban fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; dark fantasy; short story collections; demons and devils; witches and wizards; series urban fantasy; urban fantasy magic; magic and mayhem; monsters and demons; heroes and warriors; faery fantasy; myths and legends; horror fantasy

Download or read book The Weirdstone of Brisingamen written by Alan Garner and published by Sandpiper. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan and her brother Colin are catapulted into a battle between good and evil for possession of a magical stone of great power that is contained in her bracelet. Reissue.

Download or read book Guardians of Magic written by Chris Riddell and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guardians of Magic is an exciting, magical adventure from the Costa Award-winning creator of Goth Girl and Ottoline, Chris Riddell. This fantastic quest is fully illustrated in black and white in Chris's trademark intricate style. Meet the Guardians of Magic: Zam, Phoebe and Bathsheba, three children who don’t yet know how powerful they are . . . In a place where fairy tales don’t behave, and magic brings danger, enemies of magic are working together to destroy it. Unless the three brave Guardians fight back and believe in the impossible, soon magic and the mysterious cloud horses will be gone . . . The Cloud Horse Chronicles continue in Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians.

Download or read book Stolen Magic written by M.J. Putney and published by Pandamax Press. This book was released on with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author M.J. Putney's spellbinding new romantic fantasy will sweep you from Wales’s mysterious forests to the glittering menace of Georgian London–and into a shattering rendezvous with fate. Heir to an ancient title, Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer, is well known among the Guardians, humans with magical powers derived from nature. Well known, but not always well loved . . . for those who enforce the law are rarely embraced by those whom they protect–and this is equally true whether the law is magical or mundane. A routine mission to confront a rogue Guardian who has misused his powers turns disastrous when Simon’s quarry, Lord Drayton, captures his pursuer in a transformation spell that can only be released by Drayton–or death. Aid arrives in the form of Meg, a fey young woman who first traps Simon, then frees him. As they flee together, Simon recognizes that Meg is also a victim of Drayton’s evil enchantments, and he restores her nature and innate magic. Though her memory is still clouded, she is freed at last from a shadowy world of fear and lost identity. She agrees to help Simon bring down Drayton. The need for each other’s magic binds them together–and releases the more ancient magic of passion. But desire cannot be satisfied until the rogue mage is stopped. For Drayton has a diabolical plan that will profoundly alter the course of Britain’s future. Even the combined power of Simon and Meg may not be enough to stave off catastrophe. Only a desperate act of love may win back the future–or destroy all they hold dear. Praise for Stolen Magic: “A wondrously original tale... this is a haunting evening’s read.” —Romantic Times “Spellbinding... Putney’s skill as a historical romance novelist serves her well.” —Publishers Weekly “Blends romantic suspense with fantasy to produce a graceful tale of magical intrigue and the power of love to overcome evil. Set in the eighteenth century, this meticulously researched and emotionally convincing story launches a promising new series and should appeal to fans of both fantasy and romance.” —Library Journal The Guardian Trilogy: A Kiss of Fate, #1 Stolen Magic, #2 A Distant Magic, #3 Unseen Magic: A Guardian Novella Set in WWII

Download or read book Guides Guardians and Angels written by D. J. Conway and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2009 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We may not see or hear them, but angels and spirit guides are always with us. From building healthy relationships to attaining career goals to experiencing spiritual growth, these divine companions are there to lead us down the right path just when we need their help the most. Popular author D. J. Conway shows you how to develop a personal and meaningful relationship with your spirit guides to improve your life. Try unique meditations, guided visualizations, chants, rituals, and spells to connect with power animals, nature spirits, Light and Shadow angels, and the spirits of friends, family, and even pets. In doing so, you will experience personal empowerment and tremendous spiritual growth. Enriched by Conway's own experiences, this book on angels and spirit guides provides unparalleled spiritual guidance, ultimately revealing how the profound impact of these guardian angels and spirit teachers can bring a sense of peace and direction to your life.

Download or read book Guardians written by Linda Cole and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first two verses of the prophecy have been fulfilled and the Guardians have brought balance to Taysia. Arron, Reace, Keyla and Kittana have become the wall of sanity against the evil of Malic, and Taysia has become an island paradise in the black expanse of the universe, but there is one more verse to Deias prophecy. Now, seventeen years later the fate of Taysia as well as the universe hangs in the balance as the power of four travel back to Earth, coming face to face with the consequences of their past decisions while searching for their lost son. With the help of friends both old and new, the Guardians must again face the evil of Malic. As the most powerful of them is revealed; will they all fall victim to the Dark Guardians plans for revenge or will they be able to maintain the balance FOR THEY ARE GUARDIANS

Download or read book Guardians Of The Round Table 8 Bard s Hollow written by Avril Sabine and published by Cracked Acorn Productions. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genre: Young Adult Fantasy LitRPG Word Count: 67993 After spending more time than she’d prefer in her own world, Mallory is determined to complete some of the quests they’ve wanted to do for a while. But obstacles keep getting in their way. While her brother is convinced they can complete the harder quests too, she isn’t so certain. Maybe they should take some time to level up, rather than risk losing what few revives they still have. This story was written by Australian authors using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, game lit mechanics, portal fantasy, medieval fantasy world, mage, warrior, archer, rogue, action and adventure, strong female character, wolf cub, otter, quests, journey, exploration, gamer girl, transported to world, kitsune, shifters.

Download or read book Alchemist The Guardians of Time Book Two written by Vivienne Lee Fraser and published by Vivienne Lee Fraser. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you Travel 900 years into the future to save the lives of some dogs? Alain, Apprentice Apothecary and sometime Alchemist, is on a high after saving the life of his king. After all the excitement he is not content to slip back into everyday life. So when he is offered the chance to travel with his Master to the future and investigate a strange disease in dogs he leaps at the chance. Taken through a portal to The New Forest in 2017, Alain finds life in Medieval England had not prepared him for a world full of machines where everyone lives in manor houses and there is no real magic. Uncomfortable and homesick he regrets leaving the comforts of home until his new friends decide to help with his investigation. Just when returning home is a real option, they uncover a sinister plot behind the animals' illness that threatens more than just family pets. Will Alain risk everything he holds dear to stop those who imperil the future of mankind?

Download or read book The Bifrost Guardians Volume Two written by Mickey Zucker Reichert and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in one volume, the final two novels in the startlingly original Bifrost Guardians series: an epic saga of a Vietnam soldier sent through time and space. Shadow’s Realm: When Shadow received a message that Shylar needed his aid, the master thief and his three companions, Allerum—once a twentieth-century American soldier but now an elf swordsman—and the Dragonmages, Silme and Astryd, immediately set out for Shadow’s hometown of Cullinsberg. For Shylar, town madam and high in the thieves’ underground, was all the family Shadow had. But Cullinsberg was an armed trap waiting to close on them. For they had slain the Chaos Dragon and unleashed a force of pure Chaos, a force which then bonded with the single greatest surviving Dragonmage. Driven by Chaos-induced madness, this master of powers far beyond theirs would use anyone and any means to take his deadly revenge on these four warriors of Law.... By Chaos Cursed: For Al Larson, it began with his death in a firefight in Vietnam. He woke from death to find himself alive—in a body and a world not his own! Transformed into an elf warrior, he became an unsuspecting pawn of the Norse gods, claimed by both Chaos and Law. Faced with challenges that would take him to Hel and back, Al teamed up with two sorceresses and a master thief in the endless battle against Chaos. But when Al and Shadow the thief slew the Chaos Dragon, they unleashed a magical force beyond anyone’s power to contain. Working a desperate magic, Al and his companions fled back to a twentieth-century America which was not quite Al’s own. But Chaos wouldn’t let Al, Shadow, and the Dragonrank mages Silme and Astryd escape so easily. A mortal man once again, Al found himself caught in a last-ditch fight to save everyone he held dear, as Chaos pursued him into the heart of New York City....

Download or read book Guardians of Dawn Zhara written by S. Jae-Jones and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy series from S. Jae-Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Wintersong. Magic flickers. Love flames. Chaos reigns. Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called an abomination, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before. Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about—appeasing her stepmother’s cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her own magical gifts under control—without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei and transforming them into monsters, and the Guardians of Dawn believe a demon is responsible. In order to restore harmony and bring peace to the world, Zhara must discover the elemental warrior within, lest the balance between order and chaos is lost forever.

Download or read book Guardians Of The Round Table 5 Crystal Mine written by Avril Sabine and published by Cracked Acorn Productions. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genre: Young Adult Fantasy LitRPG. Word Count: 62522 Mallory is beginning to wonder how far the dark forces have spread on Ruby Isle. It is beginning to seem like everywhere they turn, they face another challenge. But some things they can't turn their back on, no matter how great the danger. Even if it's something that might be beyond their abilities. This story was written by Australian authors using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, game lit mechanics, portal fantasy, medieval fantasy world, mage, warrior, archer, rogue, action and adventure, strong female character, wolf cub, otter, quests, journey, exploration, gamer girl, transported to world, kitsune, shifters.

Download or read book The Bifrost Guardians written by Mickey Zucker Reichert and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in one volume, the first three novels in the startlingly original Bifrost Guardians series: an epic saga of a Vietnam soldier sent through time and space. Godslayer: Torn away from the midst of firefight in Vietnam and catapulted to a time and place where the Norse gods fight a deadly war of their own, Al Larson finds himself locked into an elvish body on a world where swords and spells are the means of battle. Al must adapt swiftly or die. For the gods have marked him as their own private battleground, and Al’s only chance rests in completing the quest Freyr has set him, a quest that will lead him to the very gates of Hel, where he must save a god—or destroy one. Shadow Climber: Taziar Medakan is the Shadow Climber, skilled at remaining one with the shadows, unseen in the midst of his enemies. But though Taz can defeat any trap, he isn’t prepared for the treachery that lands him in the baron’s dreaded dungeon. In that seemingly inescapable place, he meets Moonbear, a prince among barbarians, a swordsman beyond compare, and Taz’s only hope for salvation. But when the two seek a pathway to freedom, they find the whole kingdom on their trail in a pursuit led by a Dragonrank sorcerer on his own mission of magical revenge. Dragonrank Master: The balance between Chaos and Law has been all but lost. Fenris Wolf and Hel herself both seek vengeance on Al Larson and his allies, the Shadow Climber and the master swordsman Gaelinar. Pursued by these nightmare foes, can Larson and the rest survive long enough to recover the one hope of the forces of Law—the legendary rod of Geirmagnus, the first Dragonrank mage—a mission that will take them from the citadel of Dragonrank powers to war-torn Vietnam to Hel’s dark realm and beyond?