Download or read book The Crinkled Children of Orion written by Lewis Green and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The printing of this book is a limited edition, pointed mainly toward some students in my past writing classes who stay in touch, and some in a planned future class. There is a spread of characters and range of situations and experiences.

Download or read book Questing for berjoy written by Konrad Ventana and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They called her berjoy, but her real name was Joycelyn Eberhard. She was a finalist in the Miss Teen Idaho beauty pageant, but now shes gone missingin China, no less. Her fianc, Orion, worried when she signed up for the Peace Corps, but he never expected something like this. Her disappearance is shattering to him, so he has no choice but to head overseas and search for the woman he loves. His search takes him to the remote Himalaya Mountains in Nepal and Tibet, where getting help from local authorities is not as easy as he would have hoped. He is forced to seek assistance elsewhere, from intrepid special operations mercenaries and unorthodox mountaineering guides. Soon, Orions search targets not only his fianc, but the meaning of life itself. Set in the mountains of Chinawhere earth meets sky in more ways than oneQuesting for berjoy is a quest for love. It is also a quest for meaning, as Eastern culture surrounds heroic Orion and teaches him more about himself than any experience in America. One moment philosophical and the next filled with danger, it is a story that could change your life and send you on your own quest for mountaintop enlightenment.

Download or read book Crinkle Crinkle Little Star written by Justin Krasner and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an interactive journey through the night sky in an innovative, tactile board book, a special book that engages three senses—seeing, touching, and hearing. With its gorgeous, full-spread illustrations of constellations and beloved bedtime lullaby reimagined, Crinkle, Crinkle, Little Star is the perfect book to rock babies to sleep. Here’s Taurus the bull, strong and fast. Cetus the whale, waving a mighty tail. Orion, with bow and arrow in hand. Babies can trace the imaginary lines that turn random stars into ancient constellations—and, in a special treat, create a crinkling sound by tracing the channel of shimmery material underneath the last illustration in the book. That same mysterious, compelling crinkling sound persists when baby and parents hold the book and rub the crinkly material on the back cover.

Download or read book Children of Orion written by James E. Claar and published by . This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is thrown into an ecological nightmare. From its ashes rises the Children of Orion. Called upon to end the reign of an evil warlord who intends to rule the new and unsteady world with his iron fist. The chase begins and the adventure of a lifetime does too. Join Shandar and his family as they live to bring justice to the Earth of the future.

Download or read book Orion s Children written by Rohan Moorthy and published by Books of Revelation. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2100. John Stroff and his team of seven, code named Air Hawk, are on a global mission to the Earth-like planet of Greenleaf, located in the Holarid solar system. Their assignment is to identify, capture and bring back a set of land, air and marine wildlife species to repopulate the Earth with, which at this point in time, has seen most of its fauna become extinct. Greenleaf teems with an abundance of natural life and environmental ecosystems that match Earth's, from around 5,000 years ago. However, not all of the migrant and native human inhabitants living on Greenleaf at Alita Island are happy about this mission, with a secret organisation called the New World Legionnaires looking to make their planet an independent colony from Earth. While Stroff's mission to Greenleaf starts successfully, there is a shocking discovery made soon after, which will smash the very foundations upon which humanity's story of origin has been built and believed, for the last 65 centuries.This is the first installment in The Books Of Revelation series.

Download or read book Orion written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Constellation Orion written by Arnold Ringstad and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the story of Orion and variations of the myth, discusses the astronomical features of the constellation Orion, and describes the history of the constellation and its myths in world culture.

Download or read book Grasshopper s Child written by Gwyneth Jones and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set several years after RAINBOW BRIDGE, England is ruled by a foreign power. Heidi has been her parents' carer for many years, but when her mother apparently murders her father she is sent to work as an Indentured Teen in a remote coastal village. As she explores her new home and its mysteries, Heidi is convinced of her mother's innocence, and is determined to prove it. What secrets does the village hold? Are the other teenagers friends or foes? What creature creeps through the attics at night, and what power do the Carron-Knowells hold over the rest of the village's inhabitants? This is the sixth book in Gwyneth Jones' critically-acclaimed BOLD AS LOVE series.

Download or read book I Thee Wed written by Celeste Bradley and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intelligent and driven, Orion Worthington aspires to be like his mentor, acclaimed scientist Sir Geoffrey Blayne. Logically, Sir Geoffrey's daughter would be Orion's perfect match. So why can't he keep his mind off the unruly girl who works in Sir Geoffrey's lab?"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book A Christmas Tail written by Trinity Blacio and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-25 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always on the run and alone, Betsy Samuel never believed she would ever have a family, much less be mated. With scars covering her body and her heart, Betsy decides to trust the three warriors who seem to be working their way into her heart. But would they be able to accept all her hang-ups and the fact she has two other children out there somewhere? Would her Christmas be everything she dreamed of? Barry Zorn had failed his weru once before and he wasn't about to fail his meru. The small woman, Lacey's little sister, had a wall of stone around her heart, but he and his werus were bound and determined to tear the wall down and surround her with love, even if it meant catching a tiger by her tail. But could they give her the best gift possible, her missing children and the Christmas she's always dreamed of? London, a city of history, is the site of their bonding, but would it also be the birthplace of a new era for their large family and heal recent wounds for the women that have given their hearts to these worriers?

Download or read book Every Dawn Forever Hyena Heat Two written by R. E. Butler and published by R. E. Butler. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Orion and his were-hyena clan rescue a she-wolf hiding in a bus station bathroom, they had no idea that they would be staring into the tear-filled eyes of their mate. They’ll do anything to keep her safe and make her theirs forever, even if it means keeping her at arms’ length. Sydney Nichols never believed she would know what freedom felt like until she found a way to escape her abusive mate. But before she escaped, her mate did something to her, and she’s unable to hide the effects of his tampering when the group is stranded overnight during a storm. When the truth comes out, will they forgive her and embrace their future, or will she lose the only good thing she’s ever had? Contains m/f/m/m interaction.

Download or read book Lake Child written by Isabel Ashdown and published by Trapeze. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You trust your family. They love you. Don't they? When 17-year-old Eva Olsen awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bedbound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, they watch over her night and day in the attic room of their family home in the forests of Norway. But the accident has left Eva without her most recent memories, and not everything is as it seems. As secrets from the night of the accident begin to surface, Eva realises - she has to escape her parents' house and discover the truth. But what if someone doesn't want her to find it? Praise for LAKE CHILD: 'Had me gripped throughout.' Ian Rankin 'Satisfying on every level.' Elly Griffiths 'Fiendishly clever' Red magazine 'Beautifully crafted and satisfying' Mari Hannah 'Tense, edgy and nerve-wracking' Helen Fields

Download or read book Heavenly s Child written by Brenda Reid and published by Orion. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, atmospheric novel set in the heat of Crete from the author of the highly acclaimed THE HOUSE OF DUST AND DREAMS. It is the late 1960s and after her strict English boarding school, Angel is delighted to be back on Crete, the island she loves. She and her friend Chrissi are planning to spend the long summer days as they've always done before, hanging out together, playing pranks on their unsuspecting neighbours and generally running wild on the mountainside. But when tragedy strikes at the heart of Angel's family, she and Chrissi resolve to run away together. For two girls on the brink of womanhood, the turmoil that is Greece at that time makes it a dangerous place to be. As Angel falls in love, tragedy strikes a second time... Following the success of THE HOUSE OF DUST AND DREAMS, Brenda Reid draws us back to Crete in this delightful coming of age story.

Download or read book Lady in the Grove Magic Mystery 1 written by Jane Charles and published by Timeless Romance, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Orion Drakos was told that not only was a mysterious lady in the grove, but that she lived there, he knew that he must investigate even though she was likely the imagination of a child. After all, Nightshade Manor had been in his family for generations so certainly he would know if someone was living there. What he learns, however, is that the lady isn’t the only secret that had been kept from him. Lady Nina Jourdain has lived in the sacred grove of Nightshade Manor for most of her life. For the most part she had been content. She also could not leave.

Download or read book Child Of Thunder written by Mickey Zucker Reichert and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colbey, last of the Renshai, has completed his duties in the mortal world. Now he must face the Seven Tasks of Wizardry and learn whether he is truly the next Western Wizard, the keeper of neutrality. But even as he endures these god- controlled challenges, he learns there is an eighth, far more dangerous task. Dangerous not only to himself but to the worlds of both humans and gods. And even if he survives it, there are those among the gods, wizards and mortals alike who will unite against him - and their actions could catalyse destruction on a scale never yet conceived. Each volume of The Last of the Renshai is a stand-alone adventure; they can also be read in sequence. Centred on the adventures of a lone hero, they form an engrossing sword-and-sorcery epic

Download or read book The Children of Wrath written by Mickey Zucker Reichert and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mortal kingdoms are caught up in a shared catastrophe, cursed with sterility by the magic of the dark elves. Still, what elves have caused they may perhaps put right. Humanity's last hope hinges on a magical talisman-the Pica Stone. One of only nine solid objects ever created by magic, the Pica Stone was shattered in the days of the last Wizards. But when Captain, oldest of the elves, joins with his fellow light elves to work a spell to draw together all the scattered pieces of this legendary gem, eight shards remain missing, lost on worlds throughout the planes of existence. The elves spell-shift a party of questers to each of these worlds to find the shards. Among the chosen are the Renshai warrior Kevral, her husband Ra-khir the knight, and Tae, a newly made prince and former thief. Each world offers unique challenges, but with the extinction of the human race as the price of failure, there can be no turning back....

Download or read book A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeleine L'Engle and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years! "A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart." —Meg Cabot Late one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murray, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murray is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murray but the safety of the whole universe. A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet.