Download or read book The Blue Maiden written by Anna Noyes and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Indie Next Pick and New York Times Editors' Choice Goodnight, Beautiful Women comes a transportive and chilling debut novel of two sisters growing up on an isolated Northern European island in the shadow of their late mother and the Devil It’s 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island’s women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island’s dark past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane, their rebellions twist and sharpen. Ever capable Ulrika shoulders the burden of keeping house, while Bea, alone with unsettling visions and impulses, hungers for companionship and attention. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths – piece by piece – a buried history to shocking ends. All the while Berggrund’s neighboring island The Blue Maiden beckons, storied home of the Witches’ Sabbath and Satan’s realm, its misted shore veiling truths the sisters have spent their lives searching for. A Nordic Gothic laced with the horrors of life in a patriarchy both hostile to and reliant on its women, The Blue Maiden is a starkly beautiful depiction of lost lineage and resilience.
Download or read book Goodnight Beautiful Women written by Anna Noyes and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an extraordinary book of stories. Many of the characters are anchored to coastal Maine, but a particular quality of wildness animates nearly all of them. The stories are energetic, often mysterious, and beautifully written, and they will stay in your memory long after you finish the book. Charles Baxter Moving along the Maine Coast and beyond, the interconnected stories in Goodnight, Beautiful Women bring us into the sultry, mysterious inner lives of New England women and girls as they navigate the dangers and struggles of their outer worlds. With novelistic breadth and a quicksilver emotional intelligence, Noyes explores the ruptures and vicissitudes of growing up and growing old, and shines a light on our most uncomfortable impulses while masterfully charting the depths of our murky desires. A woman watches her husband throw one by one their earthly possessions into the local quarry, before vanishing himself; two girls from very different social classes find themselves deep in the throes of a punishing affair; a motherless teenager is sexually awakened in the aftermath of a local trauma; and a woman s guilt from a childhood lie about her intellectually disabled cousin reverberates into her married years. Dark and brilliant, rhythmic and lucid, Goodnight, Beautiful Women marks the arrival of a fearless and unique new young voice in American fiction.
Download or read book BLUE MAIDEN written by ANNA. NOYES and published by . This book was released on 2025 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Largesse of the Sea Maiden written by Denis Johnson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times • Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air • Chicago Tribune • Newsday • New York • AV Club • Publishers Weekly “Ranks with the best fiction published by any American writer during this short century.”—New York “A posthumous masterpiece.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • NPR • The Boston Globe • New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • Bloomberg The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Finished shortly before Johnson’s death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come. Praise for The Largesse of the Sea Maiden “An instant classic.”—Newsday “Exceptional luminosity . . . hits a powerful vein.”—The New York Times Book Review “Grace and oblivion are inextricably yoked in these transcendent stories. . . . [Johnson’s] gift is to extract the beauty in all that brokenness.”—The Wall Street Journal “Nobody ever wrote like Denis Johnson. Nobody ever came close. . . . We’re just left with this miraculous book, these perfect stories, the last words from one of the world’s greatest writers.”—NPR
Download or read book The River Maiden written by Meredith Stoddard and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah MacAlpin has always felt like an outsider. Raised by her Scottish grandmother deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sarah grew up with one foot in the old world and one foot in the new world. Her childhood friends were the stuff of ancient Celtic legends. But Sarah's seemingly idyllic past hides a horrifying secret. As a little girl she watched her mother's inexorable slide into madness. But she hasn't let her past stop her from reaching for her dreams. She has managed to put together a pretty good life for herself. She has great friends, a boyfriend, and her career as a folklorist is all planned out. That is until she meets Dermot Sinclair. The handsome Scot seems to be dogging her every step. At best he's a fellow folklorist who can help her research. At worst, he could be there to steal her work. All she has to do is find one song that proves her thesis and her dissertation will be done. Unfortunately, unlocking that song may also mean unlocking some buried memories and a dangerous destiny set in motion generations ago.
Download or read book The Blue Fairy Book written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blue Fairy Book written by Andrew Lang and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Andrew Lang: A timeless collection of fairy tales curated by Andrew Lang. This classic anthology features stories from various cultures and traditions, offering readers a journey into the magical world of folklore. From enchanting tales of princesses and dragons to lessons on bravery and kindness, this book is a treasure trove of timeless stories.
Download or read book The Blue Fairytales written by Andrew Lang and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Fairy Book is the first volume in the Langs' Fairy Books series, and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources. The Blue Book assembles a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales, among others. Table of Contents: The Bronze Ring Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess East of the Sun and West of the Moon The Yellow Dwarf Little Red Riding Hood The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was Rumpelstiltzkin Beauty and the Beast The Master-Maid Why the Sea is Salt The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots Felicia and the Pot of Pinks The White Cat The Water-Lily - The Gold-Spinners The Terrible Head The Story of Pretty Goldilocks The History of Whittington The Wonderful Sheep Little Thumb The Forty Thieves Hansel and Grettel Snow-White and Rose-Red The Goose-Girl Toads and Diamonds Prince Darling Blue Beard Trusty John The Brave Little Tailor A Voyage to Lilliput The Princess on the Glass Hill The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou The History of Jack the Giant-Killer The Black Bull of Norroway The Red Etin
Download or read book The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang written by Andrew Lang and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne published between 1889 and 1913.The Blue Fairy Book: The book assembled a wide range of tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales, among other sources. The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series, and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources.Here in one attractive volume are "Sleeping Beauty," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gretel," "Puss in Boots," "Trusty John," "Jack the Giantkiller," "Goldilocks," and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our cultural heritage.All in all, this collection contains 37 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range. His position as one of England's foremost folklorists as well as his first-rate literary abilities makes his collections unmatchable in the English language.
Download or read book Questbound written by Kathryn Rossati and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of three epic fantasy novels by Kathryn Rossati, Xan Kaplan & Neil O'Donnell, now available in one volume! The Curse Of Earthias: Accused of her mentor's murder, Yusumi must escape the royal city with Jidan, her loyal wolf-lion companion. Their path crosses with Xanna and Kai, Earth Healers seeking a cure for their cursed Wise Woman. However, lurking in the shadows is a darker power, as forces both demonic and undead pursue them. Can they uncover the truth, find answers, and vindicate Yusumi's name? The Length of Years: Falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit, Vallon Steere is trapped in a prison cell with his once-promising future reduced to nothing more than a distant dream. In a desperate bid to prove his innocence Vallon turns to the court clerk, hoping she'll believe his story. And what a story it is. From his privileged childhood as the son of a rural duke to his time in the King's Army, Vallon has led a life less straightforwardly noble than he'd like to admit. His quest for revenge and his search for a missing sister have taken him down a dark and dangerous path. As Vallon lays bare his past, he's forced to confront some uncomfortable truths. He may not have committed the crime he's accused of, but his actions have consequences. And as war looms on the horizon, Vallon realizes that his past may be the key to securing his future. The Keep In The Marsh: Thomas, a village blacksmith seeking adventure, embarks on a journey eastward following his father's guidance. Along the Queen's Road, he becomes entangled in a series of attacks by the notorious thieves' guild, Neydis. Joined by other adventurers, they strive to break free from Neydis' clutches while seeking adventure, fame and riches.
Download or read book Sustainable Stockholm written by Jonathan Metzger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Stockholm provides a historical overview of Stockholm’s environmental development, and also discusses a number of cross-disciplinary themes presenting the urban sustainability work behind Stockholm’s unique position, and importantly the question of how well Stockholm’s practices can be exported and transposed to other places and contexts. By using the case of Stockholm as the pivot of discussions, Sustainable Stockholm investigates the core issues of sustainable urban environmental development and planning, in all their entanglements. The book shows how intersecting fields such as urban planning and architecture, traffic planning, land-use regulation, building, waste management, regional development, water management, infrastructure engineering—together and in combination—have contributed to making Stockholm Europe’s "greenest" city.
Download or read book The Stolen Relic written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My friends and I knew before we got to Arches National Park that it's full of red cliffs arches, and rock formations -- plenty of places for hiking, biking, and getting lost. It's a good thing there are park rangers and guides to help tourist like us find our way. Or at east that's what we thought, until of the guilds left for a second to investigate some noise, and never came back. It seems unlikely that a respected tour guide who knows the area like the back of her hand could just get lose. Something's fishy. And you can bet I'm going to get to the bottom of this before I find my way home.
Download or read book The Blue Fairy Book Illustrated by H J Ford and G P Jacomb Hood written by Andrew Lang and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Fairy Book – Illustrated by H. J. Ford – Volume I contains such classic fairy tales as, ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’, ‘The Yellow Dwarf’, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Rumpelstiltzkin’, ‘Why the Sea is Salt’, ‘The White Cat’ and many more. This ‘Blue Book’ forms part of Andrew Lang’s ‘Coloured’ Fairy Books series – a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own colour, and all in all, 437 tales from a wide array of cultures and countries are presented. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist and literary critic, with a passion for folkloric story telling. Most of his volumes (including this, ‘The Blue Fairy Book’) were beautifully illustrated by Henry J. Ford (1860 – 1941), an inordinately talented artist who came to public attention with his illustrations for Lang. The books captured the imagination of British children, and later became worldwide bestsellers in the 1880s and 1890s.
Download or read book Best Work of Andrew Lang The Arabian Nights Entertainments and The Blue Fairy Book written by Andrew Lang and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the Enchantment of Andrew Lang's Tales with "The Arabian Nights Entertainments" and "The Blue Fairy Book" - A Magical Duo of Timeless Stories and Folklore Embark on a journey into the realms of imagination with this captivating 2 Ebook combo, showcasing the enduring charm and enchantment of Andrew Lang's storytelling prowess. Book 1: The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang: A Treasury of Exotic Tales and Adventures. Step into a world of wonder and magic as Lang presents a captivating collection of stories from the Arabian Nights. From the adventures of Aladdin and Sinbad to the tales of Scheherazade, this timeless classic transports readers to far-off lands filled with genies, sultans, and mystical creatures. Lang's masterful retellings capture the essence of Arabian folklore, captivating readers of all ages with their timeless allure. Book 2: The Blue Fairy Book: Andrew Lang's Collection of Fairy Tales from Around the World. Prepare to be enchanted by Lang's mesmerizing anthology of fairy tales, drawn from various cultures and traditions. In "The Blue Fairy Book," readers will encounter familiar tales such as "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Sleeping Beauty," alongside lesser-known gems from European folklore. Lang's lyrical prose and vivid storytelling breathe new life into these beloved classics, inviting readers to rediscover the magic of childhood. Immerse yourself in the Timeless Wonder of Andrew Lang's Tales, Where Every Page is a Portal to Adventure and Enchantment. Join the Expedition through the Fabled Realms of the Arabian Nights and the Enchanted Forests of Fairyland! As you journey through the pages of "The Arabian Nights Entertainments" and "The Blue Fairy Book," ponder this: What secrets lie hidden within the tapestry of folklore, and what wonders await those who dare to explore its depths? Let Lang's captivating tales transport you to distant lands and magical realms, where adventure and enchantment await at every turn. Don't miss this Unforgettable 2 Ebook Combo - Your Passage to the World of Andrew Lang Begins Now!
Download or read book The Swan Maiden s Daughter written by Shona Louise Webb and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisa was a fairly average, typical teenager. She got good grades, pleased her single-parent father, and lived by a lake she'd called home for her whole life. Until she discovered what her mother truly was. Lisa is part of a whole magickal society that few humans know exists. Lisa is a witch. She'll have to become part of this world and learn what it means to have magickal blood, and she'll have to learn to develop and control the powers that come with her roots. And to do that, she'll have to go to the Magick School of England. Join Lisa in her journey to discover all the secrets of this world. Join her as she befriends mythical creatures, learns spells and magickal history, seeks love and companionship and battles deadly creatures. And maybe even the truth will be revealed to her, about why her mother left.
Download or read book Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Light in the Stones written by Tiko Campbell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
