Download or read book The Quest for the Green Pearl Mira and the Magic Pearls Book 5 written by Rin Hamilton and published by Goldewyn. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth and final pearl is the only thing that stands between the mermaid Princess Mira and her ability to lift the curse from her kingdom. Scarred from terrible encounters with sea creatures who want to steal the other four, she bravely searches for the Green Fairy, who guards the Green Pearl. Together with her friends Clyde the merman and Olena the octopus, Princess Mira meets treachery and danger, and the three must work together to save the pearls and themselves. But lost in the ocean, with no idea where home lies, they find exhaustion is a greater hardship than either the ocean or its creatures. Will they lose hope, when they are so near the end of their quest? This final story in Princess Mira’s quest for the pearls will soon become a favorite of young readers.
Download or read book The Quest for the Green Pearl written by Rin Hamilton and published by Goldewyn. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth and final pearl is the only thing that stands between the mermaid Princess Mira and her ability to lift the curse from her kingdom. Scarred from terrible encounters with sea creatures who want to steal the other four, she bravely searches for the Green Fairy, who guards the green pearl. Together with her friends Clyde the merman and Olena the octopus, Mira meets treachery and danger, and the three must work together to save the pearls and themselves. But lost in the ocean, with no idea where home lies, they find exhaustion is a greater hardship than either the ocean or its creatures. Will they lose hope, when they are so near the end of their quest? This final story in Mira's quest for the pearls will soon become a favorite of young readers.
Download or read book The Green Pearl written by Jack Vance and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl and Madouc the magical lands of high enchantment - the Elder Isles, the land, long-vanished beneath the ocean, from which King Arthur's ancestors fled to Britain - come to brilliant life again. In this ancient land the realm of chivalry and the world of faerie exist side by side and it is a place of strange beauty, high adventure and eerie magic. Warring kings renew their conflicts, opposing magicians devise ever more strange and sinister stratagems and Madouc, ostensibly the daughter of the ill-fated Princess Suldrun but in reality a changeling, becomes embroiled in political rivalries, military adventures - and the quest for the Grail.
Download or read book The Quest for the Blue Pearl Mira and the Magic Pearls Book 4 written by Rin Hamilton and published by Goldewyn. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now holding the White, Black, and Purple pearls, mermaid Princess Mira continues her quest to break the curse that lies across her kingdom. The journey takes her, Clyde the merman, and Olena the octopus, through dark waters far from their home. Now sea creatures have begun to seek Princess Mira’s pearls in earnest. An encounter with an unfriendly orca pod endangers their mission, and Mira must trust her friends to help her. Encounters with even more terrible beasts send them fleeing from the many who want her necklace at all costs. Only Princess Mira’s determination to save her friends and her people keep her going through a journey that is growing harder. But the guardian of the Blue Pearl is the most terrible beast of all, and Princess Mira must come to terms with her fears if she is to get the fourth pearl. Friendship and seeing past appearances make this tale one young readers will return to again and again.
Download or read book The Quest for the Purple Pearl Mira and the Magic Pearls Book 3 written by Rin Hamilton and published by Goldewyn. This book was released on with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mermaid Princess Mira now has both the White and Black pearls, which will help deliver her kingdom from its year-long curse. Now she must seek out the Purple Pearl, guarded by the Purple Fairy. With her friends Clyde the merman and Olena the octopus, she sets out through even more dangerous waters. But now creatures are interested in the necklace which holds the two pearls and are willing to harm Princess Mira to get it. An underwater cave holds unexpected dangers. Following glowing seaweed, they navigate through its tunnels, helped by some creatures, chased by others. But reaching the Purple Fairy is only the first step. Is finding the Purple Pearl an impossible task? This story of friendship and bravery will appeal to young readers with its courageous and intelligent heroine.
Download or read book The Green Pearl written by Jack Vance and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequel to L̀yonesse'. High fantasy by a winner of the Hugo and Nebular awards.
Download or read book The Quest for the Black Pearl Mira and the Magic Pearls Book 2 written by Rin Hamilton and published by Goldewyn. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mermaid Princess Mira and her friends, Clyde the merman and Olena the octopus, have found the White Pearl, the first of five that will help deliver Princess Mira’s kingdom from a terrible curse. Now they search for the Black Fairy, who guards the Black Pearl. But danger stands in their way. Though helped by glowing rainbow fish, they must brave forests of anemones and jellyfish, and swim through terrible ocean currents. Threatened by sea snakes and swordfish, they soon realize that this is a harder journey than the one to find the White Pearl. As they reach the end of their strength, they must find a way to carry on. But the ocean is powerful, and Princess Mira will need much more than a strong tail to carry her to the Black Pearl. Princess Mira’s journey will appeal to young readers with her determination to not only reach her goal, but to protect her friends.
Download or read book The Little Mermaid The Quest for the Purple Pearl written by Disney Books and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read along with Disney! Ariel's sister, Adella, comes down with a case of the Bubbles. To help her sister, Ariel goes on a quest with Flounder to find the triple-banded sea oyster in Black Beard's Trench. Follow along with word-for-word narration as Ariel and Flounder cross the treacherous Barbed Sea Kelp Forest into the trench for this elusive oyster.
Download or read book Complete the Quest The Poisonous Library written by Brian McLachlan and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save your kingdom in this interactive role-playing adventure, which reads like a graphic novel but also plays like a game! It’s perfect for fans of all ages who are interested in the exciting world of fantasy gaming. Queen Evergreen has been poisoned! To save her, you must pick a team of heroes to travel across a series of perilous fantasy landscapes, from a witch’s desert tomb to a giant’s palace in the sky. YOU get to choose how they win they day, using the greatest heroic power of all: your imagination. On your journey, you’ll meet new heroes, battle a dungeon that’s also a dragon, and discover that the poisoned book that attacked Queen Evergreen was just the first part of an evil plot that threatens the entire realm. Award-winning creator Brian McLachlan has created a new kind of role-playing adventure for all ages, which reads like a graphic novel but also plays like a game. With story panels and colorful visuals, this book provides an easy reference to help readers learn the mechanics of role-playing games, while giving them room to let their imaginations soar! An Imprint Book
Download or read book Stories about Stories written by Brian Attebery and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales.
Download or read book In Quest of the Pearl written by Syd Banks and published by Tampa, Fla. : Duval-Bibb Publishing Company, c1989, 1990 [i.e. 1989]. This book was released on 1990-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard searches for a deeper understanding of his miraculous healing in the sequel to Second Chance, He returns to Maui where he reunites with Johnathan and Mamma Lila. Once again, he finds their wisdom intellectually contradictory, but most intriguing.In Quest of the Pearl, like Second Chance, is a simply told, very moving story bringing the reader into a world of soft tropical beauty, where undiscovered depths of feeling are waiting to be discovered.
Download or read book The Complete Lyonesse written by Jack Vance and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest of the bestselling Gollancz Black Books brings together Jack Vance's masterpiece of fantasy into one gorgeous volume.
Download or read book Green Pearl Odyssey written by Reilly Ridgell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Peace Corps Volunteer kills a mobster's son in revenge for the killing of his wife and brother, then runs to the islands of Micronesia to avoid the mobster's hired killers. The culture and geography of the islands become the backdrop for his flight.
Download or read book The Complete Lyonesse written by Jack Vance and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suldrun s Garden written by Jack Vance and published by Spatterlight Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a doomed princess, a dispossessed prince and a wicked king, a vengeful magician and a melancholy witch; now add fairies, ogres, changelings, scheming barons, wanderers who are not what they seem, robbers, orphans, and a race of hardbitten warriors at war with all humanity. Stir in politics, intrigue, plots and assassinations, battles and sieges, then set it all to simmer in a mythical archipelago across the western sea before the time of Arthur. Jack Vance draws together the threads of fairy tale and pagan myth to weave an epic tapestry of adventure and intrigue in the Elder Isles. The result is a masterpiece. - Matt Hughes "Suldrun's Garden" is Book I of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 52 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II
Download or read book Pearls written by Alexander E. Farn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl: Natural, Cultured and Imitation discusses some aspects, distinction, and authenticity of pearl. This book is divided into 10 chapters that cover the origin, anatomy, sources, and prices of this precious gem. The first five chapters are devoted to natural pearls, their unique features, origin, history, structure, anatomy, and source. The next two chapters cover cultivation and testing of cultured pearls, as well as their market value. A chapter focuses on the properties of various imitation pearls. The concluding chapters deal with the pricing of pearls, primarily based on an elaborate method using a base price referred to as the “unit base price . These chapters also consider other pearl uses other than necklaces, such as borders to brooches and festoons. This book will be of great value to pearl traders, manufacturers, and users.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-07-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
