Download or read book The Weavers Of Saramyr written by Chris Wooding and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly textured, darkly evocative fantasy set in a beautifully realised fantasy world, the Saramyr trilogy tells the story of an empire that rules over a land being overwhelmed by evil. An evil that comes from within the empire's centre, a sect of magicians close to the throne intent on killing any child born with magical powers. But now the empress has given birth to just such a child and revolution is brewing. Akin to the works of Robin Hobb, this is a hugely involving fantasy set in a world with an enticing oriental flavour.
Download or read book Scars of Sweet Paradise written by Alice Echols and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2000-02-15 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janis Joplin was the skyrocket chick of the sixties, the woman who broke into the boys' club of rock and out of the stifling good-girl femininity of postwar America. With her incredible wall-of-sound vocals, Joplin was the voice of a generation, and when she OD'd on heroin in October 1970, a generation's dreams crashed and burned with her. Alice Echols pushes past the legary Joplin-the red-hot mama of her own invention-as well as the familiar portrait of the screwed-up star victimized by the era she symbolized, to examine the roots of Joplin's muscianship and explore a generation's experiment with high-risk living and the terrible price it exacted. A deeply affecting biography of one of America's most brilliant and tormented stars, Scars of Sweet Paradise is also a vivid and incisive cultural history of an era that changed the world for us all.
Download or read book The String Weavers The String Weavers Book 1 written by J.A. Marlow and published by Star Catcher Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Kelsey Hale in a space opera adventure across alternate universes and encounters with alien species, planets, and societies. For lovers of teen science fiction, young adult scifi, and plain good coming of age science fiction adventure fun. Disappearing food. Music no one else hears. An alien dropped off by a giant flaming bird... Abducted from Earth, teenager Kelsey Hale finds herself thrust into a deadly adventure among alien worlds and alternate universes. She must not only survive, but also find a way to rescue her father. In the process discovering a family secret that will change her life forever. With the mysterious Weavers connecting it all. Titles in "The String Weaver" Series The String Weavers The Phoenix Eggs The Dark Phoenix The Dividers The Tower of Epnos When the Skies Fell Celestial Fire
Download or read book Hidden Scars written by Mark de Castrique and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award nominee "With its strong sense of place, depiction of racial tension that still lingers in the new South, and appealing sleuths, de Castrique's well-plotted mystery is a winner." —Library Journal When Asheville, NC, private eyes Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson are asked by an eighty-year-old client to investigate the suspicious death of her brother, they warn her there is little chance of success. Paul Weaver died nearly seventy years earlier. The only documentation she has is the sole surviving copy of a coroner's report stating his death was caused by an accidental fall while hiking. There's a red flag: local son Weaver knew every inch of the mountain trails. The returning World War II veteran had enrolled at Black Mountain College, a liberal local school with an international reputation for innovation, thanks to its stellar faculty and advisers like Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein. The college of the 1940s is currently being portrayed in a film being shot on the site of its former location. The plot is based on a book by a local author. The research behind both may provide a lead in the Weaver case. One is drawn from movie crew member Harlan Beale, an octogenarian mountaineer who knew Weaver. In a late-night voice message, Beale tells Sam he's found something to show him. Then Beale is discovered dead in the Black Mountain College Museum. His murder turns the cold case white hot. When a second killing follows, the question becomes how to separate dark doings in the present from dark days and hidden scars of the post-war past. In typical de Castrique fashion, the answers aren't what you expect. No-nonsense Nakayla and veteran Sam with his prosthetic leg love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past, and love each other. An interracial couple in the South, even the new South around Asheville, they've surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop, and use humor both to bind them all together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers.
Download or read book Healing the Scars of Childhood Abuse written by Gregory L. PhD Jantz and published by Revell. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deep pain of childhood abuse--whether physical or emotional, whether a child was neglected or wished nothing more than to be left alone--doesn't just go away. There's simply no just getting over it. Even if no physical scars remain as evidence of the victim's suffering, the deep wounds on their minds, hearts, and souls are still there. But it is possible to become whole and happy. Author of the successful Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse, Dr. Gregory Jantz now helps readers understand the effects of childhood abuse on their emotional, intellectual, physical, relational, and spiritual health. He then outlines the steps to lasting healing, including grieving what was lost, learning to balance emotions with intentionality, regaining a positive relationship with one's own body and mind, and coming to an understanding of God not as a frightening authority figure like the abuser or an accusing judge, but as a loving creator, redeemer, and friend.
Download or read book The Pattern Scars written by Caitlin Sweet and published by ChiZine. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, gripping fantasy that “has a lot to say about how relationships can become traps, and how monsters can be attractive and compelling” (NPR). Nola is born into poverty in Sarsenay City. When her mother realizes that Nola has the gift of Othersight and can foretell the future, she sells her to a brothel seer, who teaches the girl to harness her gift. As she grows up, she embraces her new life, and even finds a small circle of friends. But all too soon, her world is again turned upside down when one of them is murdered. When a handsome, young Otherseer from the castle promises to teach her, she eagerly embraces the prospects of luxury beyond what she can imagine—and safety from a killer who stalks girls by night. Little does she know that he will soon draw her into a web of murder, treachery, and obsessive desire that will threaten the people and land she holds dear, and that she will learn the harshest of lessons: that being able to predict the future has nothing to do with being able to prevent it. “Harrowing, but you won’t be able to put it down . . . the spell Caitlin Sweet casts will stay with you long after you’ve finished the book.” —NPR
Download or read book Deli Sarkis The Scars He Carried written by Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deli Sarkis: The Scars He Carried tells the story of Deli Sarkis, an Armenian who witnessed first-hand the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. The book is a tale of two journeys the author's journey to discover the facts places, and people in order to write her father's story and her father's journey from near death to survival. Deli Sarkis's physical and emotional scars were a constant reminder of the horrifying times he endured and the loss of so many he loved. Filled with photographs of the people and places that played roles in Deli Sarkis's life as well as maps that outline the villages, cities, and landmarks described in the book, Deli Sarkis: The Scars He Carried provides readers with a sobering recollection of a tragic time in Armenian history. years ago Ellen's father told her "Tell my story." His wish has finally come to truition. Book jacket.
Download or read book Weavers of War written by David B. Coe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weavers of War brings Winds of the Forelands to a powerful climax.
Download or read book The Veil Weavers written by Maureen Bush and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the gripping conclusion to the Veil of Magic trilogy, Josh and Maddy must go on a quest to find out how to fix the Veil of Magic and protect and strengthen the magical world's inhabitats for all time.
Download or read book The Dream Weavers written by Shirley G. East and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind Walker has dreamed for seasons of a better place for his starving tribe. Once proud Bison Hunters, they must find another way to live in order to survive. Driven north by drought, they search for a place they can claim as their own. A place where the woodland tribes will not try to enslave or kill them. They reach the shores of Lake Superior, where tales of monsters and evil spirits keep their enemies from settling the apparently barren and cold land. They are the First Americans to claim this new land. The Dream Weavers portrays the life and death struggle of these First Americans while weaving in an abundance of adventure and romance. The novel takes you on a journey of discovery where Wind Walker’s people learn not only to survive but thrive. By canoe they travel along the edge of Lake Superior, where they are the first to discover copper in the Great Lakes Region. They experience the very edge of the continental glaciers north of Isle Royal where they see the last of the Wooly Mammoths grazing on the tundra. The story is set at the beginning of the Archaic period, more than 8000 years ago, before copper was first discovered in the Great Lakes region. The dependence on large animals is all but gone and the use of plants is becoming more important. In this new land they discover an abundance of food, friendly spirits to guide and protect them and most of all copper, the wonderful metal that led to the later development of the Wisconsin Copper Culture. The People struggle to understand the secrets held stubbornly in the raw metal. Only Wind Walker seems able to make the valuable copper tools that give them an advantage over their enemies, an advantage which they must work hard to keep secret.
Download or read book Weavers written by Kate Avery Ellison and published by Kate Avery Ellison. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~BOOK 3 IN THE FROST CHRONICLES~ Every day, life in the Frost grows increasingly perilous for its inhabitants. The Farther occupation continues, and food is becoming scarce. Lia Weaver’s family is facing increasing perils, too—Jonn pushes his health to the brink as he works to uncover the mysteries of Echlos, Ivy risks everything to get food for the family, and for the second time, the Weaver family is harboring a fugitive, but Lia doesn’t trust her. Lia has personally braved many struggles—a Farther occupation, family secrets, a heart torn between two men, and Watcher attacks—as she struggles to keep her family safe. Now, she will face her greatest challenge and uncover the Frost’s deepest secrets as she completes her most dangerous mission yet for the Thorns.
Download or read book Weavers of the Land written by Judy McCall Chester and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the romantic journey of Robert and Kate from the land of Ireland to America as the Revolutionary War unfolds. Life presents adventures and challenges for the newlyweds. King George III commissions Robert McCall, a young weaver, to design a royal tablecloth. The cloth incorporates the American eagle, which insults the King, resulting in a beheading order for the weaver. Robert, a stowaway in a potato barrel, along with the kings daughter, escapes to America. A stalwart patriot serving beside General George Washington, Colonel McCall, declares to all that he is helping to weave the threads of a new republic.
Download or read book Weavers of Destiny written by Kathy Knowlton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we lived with other intelligent species? And what if everything depended on our ability to cooperate with each other? This adventure breaks the barriers - between species and between planets. From the dense green of a pioneer world, from a desert wasteland, from beneath the waves and from the loneliest place on earth young people come to transform their worlds and lives. Not with magic, but by doing what they love. The story follows four teams of paired species as they go to the first games celebrating interspecies cooperation. They're so different the teams couldn't even survive on each other's worlds. Yet each pair has private reasons for competing, hidden agendas that make the stakes incredibly high. And where the stakes are high, there are forces that will stop at nothing to keep them from competing. Have you ever wanted to change destiny? The new destiny is woven thread by thread. Out of the jungle, the cavern, the sea and the plain come the weavers. The new destiny begins here.
Download or read book World Weavers written by Kin Yuen Wong and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Weavers is the first ever study on the relationship between globalization and science fiction. Scientific innovations provide citizens of different nations with a unique common ground and the means to establish new connections with distant lands. This study attempts to investigate how our world has grown more and more interconnected not only due to technological advances, but also to a shared interest in those advances and to what they might lead to in the future. Science fiction has long been both literally and metaphorically linked to the emerging global village. It now takes on the task of exploring how the cybernetic revolution might transform the world and keep it one step ahead of the real world, despite ever-accelerating developments. As residents of a world that is undeniably globalized, science-fictional and virtual, it is incumbent on us to fully understand just how we came to live in such a world, and to envisage where this world may be heading next. World Weavers represents one small but significant step toward achieving such knowledge.
Download or read book Dream Weavers of Nevaeh written by David Wind and published by ColSaw Publishing / DMW . This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Post Apocalyptic Epic Science Fiction Fantasy of the far future continues... --Thirty centuries before, the Circle of Afzal created genetic mirror images of the themselves and froze their clones in cryogenic suspension. But now, with the destruction of the Dark Masters accomplished, this new terror comes forth. --To stop the darkness from returning, Areenna, Mikaal, and Neleh must follow different paths if they are to stand a chance at stopping the approaching danger, with Neleh accepting the most hazardess journey evet conceived. Accompanying her are Roth, Toimon, and Mikaal. --Join those who must fight their way through the Dream Weavers of Nevaeh, to end the threat of the oncoming eternal domination of Nevaeh Dream Weavers of Nevaeh, is a mix between Terry Brooks' Shannara Chronicles and Kass Morgans' The Hundred Series and combines futuristic dystopian societies ruled by magic and metaphysics with sci-fi/Fantasy and begins in Iceland, 3000 years after the destruction of the world, the most malignant danger Nevaeh has ever faced emerges. Search Terms: Post Apocalyptic, sword sorcery magic dragon quest, Fantasy, metaphysical visionary theology spiritual, Magic, Science Fiction, YA, Science & Technology, Women Warriors, Dystopian, young adult Epic Fantasy sword Sorcery, Young Adult Coming of Age, teen and young adult epic fantasy, witch wizard warlock druid shaman, psychics mutants psychic telepathic, coming of age, historical fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy
Download or read book The Complete H P Lovecraft Filmography written by Charles P. Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft is widely felt in modern literature; authors from Robert E. Howard to Stephen King can claim him as their ancestor. But cinema too has seen Lovecraft's impact, and author Charles Mitchell offers here a comprehensive guide to the dozens of films that are representative of this influence. Mitchell studies the films in detail, analyzing the major Lovecraft elements and examining the fidelity of the films to the original works. Amateur films as well as television productions and foreign cinema, are included in Mitchell's scrutiny, revealing the challenge of transcribing Lovecraft to the screen, while at the same time suggesting the potential of Lovecraft's work for future, quality screen adaptations. In addition to plot summaries, entries for each film include annotated cast lists, critiques of actors' performances, the degree of fidelity to Lovecraft, and representative quotes from each film. This thorough work will be of interest to students of cinema as well as modern literature.
Download or read book Mask Weavers for Hire written by Patricia C. Jackson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money, power, greed, and love become weaved fibers of the mask they wear. A professor has researched beyond climate change to atmospheric control. His work is hidden on a microchip. The recovery game is a spider web of networking, intertwining the innocent and the hunters. A psychiatrist, attorney, government agent, and child genius find themselves on the center stage. The players emerge out from behind their masks into the collision of deception and suspense. EDITORIAL REVIEWS "You know Connors, I think we all wear masks. What happens to us in life becomes the thread we weave into our masks. The fibers of our soul we show to others." "Jackson is a skilled writer, able to plumb inner turmoil with the same degree of intensity that she exhibits when building suspenseful moments." - Joe Kilgore, The US Review of Books "With this engaging thriller, author Jackson does more than simply spin a vibrant whodun-it.” "Realistic dialogue snaps with the ring of truth." "...this is a smart addition to the thriller genre that will have readers thoroughly engaged in their attempts to find out just who really are the Mask Weavers For Hire." - Jake Bishop, Pacific Book Review "Author Patricia C. Jackson has crafted an intriguing suspense novel with romance, action, espionage, and mystery at every turn." "...Jackson pulls quite a few surprises that land at just the right time in the plot. I was also impressed with the dialogue, which really moved the exposition forward and characterized the wide cast very well. Overall, I would highly recommend Mask Weavers For Hire to any reader seeking a character-driven mystery with plenty of thrills throughout." - Reviewed by K.C. Finn from Readers' Favorite "In general, Mask Weavers For Hire felt real and compelling..." "Patricia C. Jackson has a way with words; she describes her characters and scenes with beautiful metaphors and poetic lines that had me craving more: "Ashes, cinders glowing red-hot would lay at the door of my soul..." - Reviewed by Foluso Falaye from Readers' Favorite "Amazing scene setting, rising tensions, and lled with the great atmosphere, a reader will be drawn into Patricia C. Jackson's world and on more than one occasion be forced to wait with bated breath to see what unfolds." "Gripping, entertaining, with a good solid character base. Questions, discovery, and mystery will keep you hooked from cover to cover." - Reviewed by K.J. Simmill from Readers' Favorite "The author’s style is relaxed and readable with the action moving at a fast clip that makes the reader constantly turn the page to nd what happens next to their character. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can highly recommend it." - Reviewed by Grant Leishman from Readers' Favorite
