Download or read book Old Man and the Mermaid written by Philtomato and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short story about an old man finding a mermaid that lost her fin to a tragic accident

Download or read book Old Man and the Mermaid written by Philtomato and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short story about an old man finding a mermaid that lost her fin to a tragic accident

Download or read book The Mermaid of Black Conch written by Monique Roffey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is "a daring, mesmerizing novel…single-handedly bringing magic realism up-to-date" (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet). "Sentence by sensuous sentence, Roffey builds a verdant, complicated world that is a pleasure to live inside.... You might start to believe in the existence of mermaids.” —The New York Times In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn’t expect: a mermaid by the name of Aycayia. Once a beautiful young woman, she was cursed by jealous wives to live in this form for the rest of her days. But after the mermaid is caught by American tourists, David rescues and hides her away in his home, finding that, once out of the water, she begins to transform back into a woman. Now David must work to win Aycayia's trust while she relearns what it is to be human, navigating not only her new body but also her relationship with others on the island—a difficult task after centuries of loneliness. As David and Aycayia grow to love each other, they juggle both the joys and the dangers of life on shore. But a lingering question remains: Will the former mermaid be able to escape her curse? Taking on many points of view, this mythical adventure tells the story of one woman’s return to land, her healing, and her survival.

Download or read book The Strongman and the Mermaid written by Kathleen Shoop and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 Donora, PennsylvaniaNinety-one-year-old Patryk Rusek hides in his attic, hoping the searchers think he's escaped. When Lucy finally bursts in, she discovers her beloved grandfather clutching a fat, hand-illustrated, antique book. In it is the story of Donora, the town that shaped America, its people and Patryk himself. Before long, Lucy and her son Owen lose track of their goal to get Grandpa Patryk somewhere "safe" as they're drawn into the book, back in time, into stories that read like real-life fairytales born of purpose, hard-work, and chance.1910 Donora, PennsylvaniaIn the early dawn of Donora, Pennsylvania, the mills make and shape the steel that builds America. Mary Lancos lives in a home on the hill overlooking town and its mighty Monongahela River. That tiny house bursts with her siblings and boarders. Wind whipping through the walls and windows makes Mary determined to marry well and create a better life.Shy Pole, Lukasz Musial, arrives in Donora seeking the clear blue skies, green lawns, and better life he'd seen pictured on a postcard. Settled in Donora's Polish community, Lukasz secures a coveted job in the wire mill. Life is set on course to achieve the American Dream. All he needs is a wife who believes in him, in his mighty, quiet, strength.After a series of casual, friendly meetings, fate brings Mary and Lukasz to the river under a snowy, pink moonlit sky and everything changes. Their attraction is sudden and consuming, turning the pair onto an unexpected path. With mounting disapproval from Mary's parents she and Lukasz must decide if love is enough to risk losing everything else that matters.

Download or read book There Was an Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark written by Lucille Colandro and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholastic's bestselling Old Lady stars in a brand-new adventure series for beginning readers chock-full of hilarious laughs and fun facts! There was an old mermaid who swallowed a shark. I don't know why she swallowed a shark, but it left no mark! Scholastic's bestselling Old Lady is starring in a brand-new adventure series that will make you laugh AND learn! In this new spin-off, the Old Lady turns into an Old Mermaid, travels down into the ocean, and swallows a shark. . . and a squid, and a fish, and an eel, and a crab, and a sea star, and a clam. . . Why? Well, it was fun to cram her mouth with a clam! Two new characters lead the reader through this hilarious adventure while exchanging some awesome facts about the creatures down under for a light take on nonfiction that's perfect for this age. With expanded sea creature back matter and a search-and-find game at the end, this Old Mermaid is making quite a splash!

Download or read book Nerina written by Bianca Scartabello and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curious mermaid takes her chance to explore what is left of Skyland after an asteroid hits Earth, but she gets more than she bargained for.Twenty-two-year-old Nerina befriends Luke and Mae, a twenty-three year-old boy who colors her world, and his thirteen-year-old sister. Nerina spends as much time as she can with her new friends, despite having only a few days on land.Going back home to her family gets tough when her feelings for Luke are sparking like live wires. What's even tougher? Not being able to return home safely after her family's eerie past comes back to haunt her.

Download or read book Church of the Old Mermaids written by Kim Antieau and published by Kim Antieau. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myla Alvarex finds sustenance and meaning in the stories she tells of Old Mermaids who were washed ashore onto the New Desert when the Old Sea dried up. In this mystical new world, they lived, created, and walked in beauty. But Myla worries that Homeland Security may discover the illiegal immigrants she harbors at the Old Mermaid Sancutary. A tale of redemption, love, compassion, and mystery--From cover p. [4.].

Download or read book The Mermaid S Quest written by J. D. Manders and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their father comes back from war, Sarah and Lily visit the beach on vacation with their family. Soon they find themselves in a new magical adventure. Following a mermaid past the tide, they enter the beautiful ocean realm of the merpeople. There they learn that a Sand Wizard has moved into the sandcastle they built! Enlisted to help the mermaids fight this new evil, Sarah and Lily go on an underwater adventure that takes them through the Bermuda Triangle, across Atlantis, and down the great Abyss to the bottom of the sea. As a hurricane threatens to wash them away, Sarah and Lily must navigate the sandcastle and finally face the terrible Sand Wizard before they fall asleep. Written by a deployed U.S. Soldier to connect with his children, the story is a sequel to The Fairy Child.

Download or read book The Mermaid written by Christina Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea, only to become the star attraction of history's greatest showman. Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.

Download or read book Plain Jane 3 written by Jane Coma and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories contained in this book were told to children in Albania many years ago. Some may appear harsh, confusing, or antiquated to contemporary readers, but they are best understood as stories written for us and not to us. Albania is an ancient and rich culture with centuries of tradition, so please read these stories with that in mind. In Plain Jane 3, I will share childhood stories that I heard growing up. Although my grandparents and great-grandparents were uneducated people, they were very smart, though quite old-fashioned. They taught me the value of hard work and how to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

Download or read book The Brown Fairy Book written by Andrew Lang and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1904 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied

Download or read book Mermaid s Key written by Amanda Mahan and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Evan feels like an outsider, amidst his adventurous, loving parents and sage younger brother as they trek the globe. But when he discovers a mysterious ancient key on the beach, Evan is driven to pursue a perilous adventure of his own, inspiring him to explore beyond the well-meaning constraints of his family and leading him to an alluring girl who is desperate to retrieve the key and return to her undersea realm. This modern mythological tale set in the magical Florida Keys introduces Evan and Maera, two capable, fiery teens whose worlds collide, challenging their beliefs about each other as well as themselves.

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Download or read book The Seas written by Samantha Hunt and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Bestseller "The Seas took me back to how I felt as a kid, when you’re newly falling in love with literature, newly shocked by its capacity to cast a spell..." ?Maggie Nelson (from the Introduction) A Most Anticipated Book of Summer at BuzzFeed, NYLON, and more. Moored in a coastal fishing town so far north that the highways only run south, the unnamed narrator of The Seas is a misfit. She’s often the subject of cruel local gossip. Her father, a sailor, walked into the ocean eleven years earlier and never returned, leaving his wife and daughter to keep a forlorn vigil. Surrounded by water and beckoned by the sea, she clings to what her father once told her: that she is a mermaid. True to myth, she finds herself in hard love with a land-bound man, an Iraq War veteran thirteen years her senior.The mesmerizing, fevered coming-of-age tale that follows will land her in jail. Her otherworldly escape will become the stuff of legend. With the inventive brilliance and psychological insight that have earned her international acclaim, Samantha Hunt pulls readers into an undertow of impossible love and intoxication, blurring the lines between reality and fairy tale, hope and delusion, sanity and madness.

Download or read book Mermaids with other tales written by Charles Henry Ross and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Galaxy written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Solway Sleuth Hounds written by Mary S Moffat and published by CCH Canadian Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a mystery and adventure story set in south west Scotland at the time of Robert Burns. This title features sketch maps - including one of Dumfries in 1793. With black and white photographs of places which are important to the story, it also includes a section consisting of detailed notes about people and events which come into the story.