Download or read book The Ivory Dragon written by Emily Hendrickson and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Harriet discovered not only a curiously carved wooden box but a curious Lord Stanhope in the barn where she sought shelter from the rain. Was he seeking the antique ivory dragon pin reportedly stolen from Baron Rothson by Stanhope’s brother? The two must work together to solve this mystery—and that of their own hearts. Regency Romance by Emily Hendrickson; originally published by Signet

Download or read book Empire of Ivory written by Naomi Novik and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fourth volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to Africa in search of aid. “Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defends England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks—forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected—and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties. Bonaparte’s dragons are already harrowing Britain’s ships at sea. Only one recourse remains: Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, must take wing to Africa, whose shores may hold the cure for the mysterious and deadly contagion. On this mission there is no time to waste, and no telling what Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

Download or read book Realmwalkers written by E V. MEDINA and published by Createspace. This book was released on 2011-07-24 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one on the magical, medieval world of Tiaera - not the Goddess Astria, not her servants the Royal Mystics, not even Alain Harper and his two fellow realmwalkers - knew where Solita came from. The inter-dimensional vortex called "The Passage" that had dropped her into a chilly mountain lake had left her without memories - and with a few tantalizing clues to her past.Now Solita and her newfound friends and allies must embark on a world-girdling voyage, facing evil godlike beings, terrifying monsters and rapacious pirates along the way, searching for the right time, place and means not only to unlock Solita's past and to return her home, but to save Tiaera in all its beauty and wonder from utter destruction.

Download or read book The Adventure MEGAPACK written by Dorothy Quick and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hours of great reading await, with adventure tales culled from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century by some of the most renowned pulp authors, including Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Harold Lamb, William Hope Hodgson, Dorothy Quick, E. Hoffmann Price, and many more! More than 500 pages of fiction! (Search for ?megapack? to find all the other great titles in this series.) Included in this volume: THE BLACK ADDER, by Dorothy Quick EVERY MAN A KING, by E. Hoffmann Price SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, by Robert E. Howard PEARL HUNGER, by Albert Richard Wetjen A MEAL FOR THE DEVIL, by K. Christopher Barr JACK GREY, SECOND MATE, by William Hope Hodgson SAID AFZEL’S ELEPHANT, by Harold Lamb ADVENTURE’S HEART, by Albert Dorrington ANOTHER PAWN OF FATE, by F. St. Mars MYSTERY ON DEAD MAN REEF, by George Armin Shaftel HAG GOLD, by James Francis Dwyer MAORI JUSTICE, by Bob Du Soe JAVELIN OF DEATH, by Captain A.E. Dingle THE SCREAMING SKULL, by J. Allan Dunn SIX SHELLS LEFT, by Allan R. Bosworth GODS OF BASTOL, by H.P. Holt THE MINDOON MANEATER, by C.M. Cross THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE, by S. B. H. Hurst THE BOX OF THE IVORY DRAGON, by James L. Aton CHECKERED FLAG, by Cliff Farrell THE FIGHTING FOOL, by Perley Poore Sheehan GHOST LANTERNS, by Alan B. LeMay STORIES OF THE LEGION: CHOC, by H. De Vere Stacpoole THE WHISPERING CORPSE, by Richard B. Sale THE MONKEY GOD, by Jacland Marmur And don't forget to search on "Megapack" in this ebook store to see additional great volumes in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, and more!

Download or read book MIND SHADOWS Tales That Awaken Your Midnight Dreams written by Author R. D. Barnes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fishermen pursue the prized fish of their dreams, only to be caught by the nightmare of their lives... A cursed valley and one man's decision that changes everything... a grandmother's desperate act of love to save her grandchild from the streets... a homeless man battles with a streetlight that he is convinced is making life and death choices... Legends. Nightmares. Childhood fears. Rumors. Old wives' tales. Urban folklore. What if they were true? Eight strongly crafted tales and novellas by author R. D. Barnes, in a style reminiscent of Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery" stories and Stephen King's short fiction. If you enjoy the art of the story, you will absolutely love "Mind Shadows."

Download or read book Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics Volume 9 written by and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a collection of ancient Chinese cultural relics, deals with relics from Qing Dynasty, 1644 to 1911. There are two volumes dealing with relics in this period. This book contains 377 relics. The ancestors of the people who established the Manchu Qing Dynasty lived in northeast China in the territory lying between the 'white mountains and the black rivers'. After establishing their capital in Beijing. the Qing Dynasty defeated all the forces that opposed them and they quickly consolidated their frontier defences. in the nearly 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, China achieved some remarkable things especially in the fields of culture and art even though it lagged behind in many other respects in global terms. Jade ware reached a great peak in the mid Qing Dynasty and surpassed previous achievement in size, selection of materials and overall craftsmanship. Porcelain production reached its highest ever peak in this era. Jingdezhen remained the centre for production of porcelain. The period also saw the revival in the history of Chinese calligraphy. Stone inscriptions grew in popularity and a number of pioneer masters emerged and exerted a far-reaching influence. Seal character calligraphy and li calligraphy (official script) were revised again. Literati painting played a dominant role and landscape painting and impressionistic ink and wash painting were prevalent Laquer craftwork in all shapes and sizes reached a great deal level of maturity. Existing techniques were improved and others developed. Embroidery reached unprecedented heights. Silk tapestries became more and more exquisite and the production of metal bodied enamelware reached a great peak. Bamboo wood and horn carvings also were developed. Jade objects went through three stages of development. 1. Frugal period, with jade production was small and made by ordinary craftsmen and lack originality. 2. Due to a growing Qing comic strength. and a plentiful supply of jade materials the jade industry began to flourish, and became one of the high points in jade carving in China. 3. Late period of the Qing Dynasty and due to increasing corruption in society and large number of difficulties, both domestic and external, there was less appetite for large scale pieces of jade in part also due to the high cost of production. This book, the ninth in a ten-volume collection, brings to the English-speaking world a series of books from China which has been complied by an Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics. There are 377 descriptions.

Download or read book BattleTech A Rock and a Hard Place written by William H. Keith, Jr. and published by Catalyst Game Labs. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALIVE OR DEAD… Just a few months after their universe-shaking campaign on Helm, and the distribution of the Helm Memory Core, all Grayson Carlyle and his Gray Death Legion want is to settle into their new home on Glengarry. But they barely touch down on-planet when a Lyran Commonwealth general contacts the GDL, intent on hiring them to track down and capture Draconis Combine agents behind a daring raid on Lyons. Tracking the Kurita raiders to the Draconis border system of Valdis—better known as Wheel—Grayson and his people have their work cut out for them. The system’s main feature is literally a wheel-shaped deep-space station and recharge facility at the Valdis star’s zenith jump point. Its structure means a direct assault with BattleMechs will be extremely risky, both because of the tight quarters and the very real danger of an errant shot or missile depressurizing and destroying the entire station. Also, Grayson will be splitting his force, with Lori Kalmar providing a decoy operation on the nearby mining planet Valdis I, otherwise known as Rock, to draw the Combine’s attention away from Wheel. It’s a high-risk operation on both ends, but Grayson and the GDL have their orders, and they intend to capture the Draconis operatives one way or the other…even if they have to risk destroying the entire space station to do so…

Download or read book Tales of Lentari Boxed Set Books 1 3 written by Jeffrey Poole and published by Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-08-10 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport yourself into the magical kingdom of Lentari, along with Steve and Sarah Miller (introduced in The Bakkian Chronicles), a world of kings and princes, dragons, dwarves, and all sorts of mythical creatures. Book 1 – Lost City Lukas, a young dwarf, narrowly averts tragedy while attending a class by the master craftsman Maelnar, falling into the forge’s fire. Amazingly, he comes away from the near miss with only a mark on his back. The mark is not quite a burn. But it is disfiguring and embarrassing to the family, and it’s not fading away, so his father, Venk, takes young Lukas to consult the most respected wizard in the kingdom. They learn this mysterious mark is part of a Questor’s Mark, a sort of roadmap to an adventure that had long been the dream of many—to find the Lost City of Nar. Book 2 – Something Wyverian This Way Comes Steve and Sarah Miller receive an urgent message from Lentari, the land they call their second home, the magical place of dragons and wizards, the land where they became, for a time, guardians to the crown prince. When both of them have the same unsettling dream, a vision that something bad is happening in Lentari, they go—without a second thought. They learn a terrible sickness is consuming the dragon population, affecting their powers, starving them, killing them. Steve and Sarah arrive with two goals: help the dragons find the source of the ailment, and don’t tell the king they suspect it’s a curse or spell of some kind. Book 3 – A Portal For Your Thoughts The peaceful kingdom of Lentari is rocked by the disappearances of several citizens, and when the latest—a young girl—vanishes, the king dispatches his top aides to find out what’s happening. Piecing together the clues, they ride to a lush forest near the seaside town of Capily where they come across an odd disturbance in the undergrowth. A few tests, and it’s evident the anomaly is a portal of some sort, and the consensus is that they will need the strongest teleporter known to the kingdom in order to solve the mystery of where the portal leads and how it has taken the missing villagers. The only teleporter with this much power is Lady Sarah, the human with the needed jhorun to possibly save them. Sarah and her husband Steve transport to Lentari from their home in America, and as she is studying the odd new portal the unthinkable happens. Lady Sarah is pulled into the portal and vanishes! Praise for Jeffrey Poole and his Epic Fantasy fiction: “I loved this book. It had so much imagination to it. Great for young and old.” - D. Estrada “There's adventure & a little humor and all the characters are just right. “ - Happy2Day “I especially liked that this story revolved around a husband and wife team, rather than being the typical “hero's journey” of an adolescent boy.” - M.L., 5 star review “… plenty of action, adventure, and romance, but is harmless enough for pre-teens to read; it is a well-told tale.” – 5 stars on Amazon “If you love wizards, dragons, griffins & such, you have got to read the Bakkian Chronicles!” – 5 stars online review

Download or read book Lost City written by Jeffrey Poole and published by Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fantasy kingdom of Lentari (introduced in Jeffrey Poole’s Bakkian Chronicles series) comes to life once again, in this acclaimed series. Lukas, a young dwarf, narrowly averts tragedy while attending a class by the master craftsman Maelnar, falling into the forge’s fire. Amazingly, he comes away from the near miss with only a mark on his back. The mark is not quite a burn. But it is disfiguring and embarrassing to the family, and it’s not fading away, so his father, Venk, takes young Lukas to consult the most respected wizard in the kingdom. They learn this mysterious mark is part of a Questor’s Mark, a sort of roadmap to an adventure that had long been the dream of many—to find the Lost City of Nar. Tales abound about the riches of Nar and the unsurpassed skills of that dwarven community, but no one has been there and no Narians seem to have survived. What happened? And how will Venk and the search party find the series of additional clues in order to complete the map? For completing the quest is the only way young Lukas will be free of the awful mark, and the only way his people will learn the answers to the age-old questions. Lost City has been newly edited and re-released! * * * Praise for Jeffrey Poole’s epic fantasy novels: “I loved this book. It had so much imagination to it. Great for young and old.” - D. Estrada “There's adventure & a little humor and all the characters are just right. “ - Happy2Day “I especially liked that this story revolved around a husband and wife team, rather than being the typical “hero's journey” of an adolescent boy.” - M.L. “… plenty of action, adventure, and romance, but is harmless enough for pre-teens to read; it is a well-told tale.” – 5 stars on Amazon “If you love wizards, dragons, griffins & such, you have got to read the Bakkian Chronicles!” – 5 stars online review

Download or read book Yokai Magic written by Margaret L. Carter and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Val unearths a Japanese scroll and a cat figurine inherited from her grandfather, magic invades her world. The statuette, actually a cat spirit named Yuki—a yokai—enchanted into that form for her own protection, comes to life. Over a century ago, an evil magician cast a curse on her, and a wolf-like demon conjured by the curse still hunts her. Because Val is the one who broke the protective spell, that dark magic endangers her, too. She must turn for help to the last person she wants to get involved with, her former high-school boyfriend, now an officer in the Navy. Together they search for a way to vanquish the threat from the spirit realm, while facing the attraction they thought they'd long since put behind them.

Download or read book The Hermit of Sant Alberto written by Peter Mowbray and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England 1327, and after a daring raid, a prisoner is liberated from the imposing Berkeley Castle. Italy, 1334, and at the remote monastery of Sant Alberto, an eminent envoy of Pope John XXII has arrived to speak with a hermit that dwells within the small community. Who then is the hermit, and why would he be of interest to the pope? When the hermit is confronted with the ghosts of a long distant past, together with the envoy and a kindly monk, he relives again a past full of love, triumph, distrust and hate. A life of privilege and a rich ancestry that offered so much would eventually lead to ruin and disgrace. A legacy that would be doomed to failure. His love for two men would bring about the downfall of this man so desperately unsuited to the life of nobility and power to which he was born. Past memories are revealed and days of both triumph and despair are relived as the hermit confronts a former life, laid buried for so long. Can this tortured soul finally find redemption in the confession of grave sins from the past? Victories and defeats, love and death all play a part in the story of a man whom history has designated a foolish ineffectual character. A man whose fall from grace had led him from the glories of the English royal court to a dusty sun-drenched monastery in Lombardy where he had hoped to forget.

Download or read book Southern Fire written by Juliet E. McKenna and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their coming had not been written in the stars, and no augury had foretold the terror they would bring. The first sign was the golden lights of the beacons, a clear message from every southern isle that a calamity had befallen them. Daish Kheda, warlord, reader of portents, giver of laws, healer and protector of all his many-islanded realm encompasses, must act quickly and decisively to avert disaster. But the people of the Aldabreshin Archipelago not only fear magic, they've abjured it. So what defense can Kheda offer against the threat of a dark magic that threatens to overrun every island of his domain? A new tale from the writer who has already gathered many fans with the five volumes of her Tales of Einarinn, Southern Fire is an engrossing epic of magic, intrigue, culture, and politics, in a fantasy setting as colorful as the south seas, as bracing as the ocean wind, and as alluring as the hint of spices in the air of an exotic port.

Download or read book YOKAI Enchantments written by Margaret L. Carter and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yokai Magic When Val unearths a Japanese scroll and a cat figurine inherited from her grandfather, magic invades her world. The statuette, actually a cat spirit named Yuki—a yokai—enchanted into that form for her own protection, comes to life. With her old high-school boyfriend, she searches for a way to vanquish the threat from the spirit realm, while facing the attraction they thought they'd long since put behind them. Kitsune Enchantment On the verge of losing her job, Shannon leaps at the chance to sell her graphic novel series to a major publisher. She'd love to have a closer relationship with her artist collaborator, Ryo, but how can she count on a man who keeps disappearing with the flimsiest of excuses? Ryo feels the same attraction to Shannon, but he isn't sure how she'd react to the truth. He's a kitsune—a fox shapeshifter—prone to transforming at awkward moments. When a wannabe wizard follows him to a science-fiction convention, Ryo's secret, liberty, and budding romance with Shannon are all threatened. Kappa Companion Two years after her husband's sudden death, Heidi hopes to make a fresh start with a new love and a new home. But she hasn't planned on sharing her century-old house with her son's not-so-imaginary friends—a ghost child and a Japanese water monster. At least the creatures aren't dangerous—or are they?

Download or read book Greenglass House written by Kate Milford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books. Illustrations.

Download or read book Ivory s Ghosts written by John Frederick Walker and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest.” —The Huffington Post Praised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today, John Frederick Walker’s Ivory’s Ghosts tells the astonishing story of the power of ivory through the ages, and its impact on elephants. Long before gold and gemstones held allure, ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world—from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America to modern Japan—for its beauty, rarity, and ability to be finely carved. But the beauty came at an unfathomable cost. Walker lays bare the ivory trade’s cruel connection with the slave trade and the increasing slaughter of elephants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the 1980s, elephant poaching reached levels that threatened the last great herds of the African continent, and led to a worldwide ban on the ancient international trade in tusks. But the ban has failed to stop poaching—or the emotional debate over what to do with the legitimate and growing stockpiles of ivory recovered from elephants that die of natural causes. “Ivory’s Ghost is essential reading for anyone concerned with conservation and with the tenuous future of one of the most magnificent creatures our earth has ever seen.” —George B. Schaller, author of A Naturalist and Other Beast

Download or read book The Ivory Lyre written by Shirley Rousseau Murphy and published by Harper Festival. This book was released on 1988-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of four shape-shifting dragons, dragonbards Tebriel and Kiri are instrumental in inciting an uprising against the Dark and in locating the magical ivory lyre.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Research Department written by Tōyō Bunko (Japan) and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: