Download or read book Strathcarnage written by Matt Hamilton and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ragged stranger appears in a Scottish coastal town and reports his discovery of the mythical and feared lost village of Strathcarnage to a pair of cynical local policemen. As he slowly reveals his extraordinary tales in detail, the men begin to question their scepticism...This book has 19 chapter illustrations by Chris Odgers.
Download or read book Alight Here written by Alan Bissett and published by Cargo Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of Scottish literature we think first of the urban grit which came from Edinburgh and Glasgow or the rural poetry of the Highlands and Islands. No-one thinks of Falkirk. Who ever came out of Falkirk? The place may be on the map due to engineering innovations such as the Falkirk Wheel and the iconic Kelpies sculpture but the town’s contribution to our nation’s literature has so far been underlooked. Edited and introduced by author and playwright, Alan Bissett - originally from Hallglen in Falkirk - this collection features established writers from the area such as Aidan Moffat, the lyrical genius behind the band Arab Strap; Gordon Legge, who was key to the ‘Rebel Inc’ movement of the 1990s; Janet Paisley, one of Scotland’s leading Scots language voices; and Brian McCabe, arguably one of Scotland’s most accomplished short-story writers. Alongside them are a host of new and young talents, as well as unseen poetry unearthed from Falkirk Archives. Together, these voices create a compelling picture of Falkirk.
Download or read book Ember Fury written by Cathy Brett and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sassy and entertaining illustrated debut from Cathy Brett Pyromania: A mental derangement, excitement or excessive enthusiasm for fire. Having celebrity parents isn't as hot as it sounds. Yes, there's money to burn, fame and some totally smoking guys...But when your dad's more interested in blazing a trail to the top of the charts than why you got kicked out of school, again, it can make you seriously angry. And if there's one thing Ember knows, it's that the smallest spark of anger can ignite a whole heap of trouble...
Download or read book The Demon Assassin written by Alan Gibbons and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having once risked everything precious to him to halt King Lud's progress from the ancient bowels of London to the city's modern streets, teenage Paul Rector knows his task is far from over. Paul also knows that, like his brother John and his great uncle Harry, he is both demon and man. Will it be fate that decides which side wins out? To find out, Paul takes Hell's Underground back to London of the Blitz in World War II and becomes involved in defeating Harry Rector's plot to assassinate Prime Minister Churchill. His main weapons are fire and fear. Along the way, he learns more about the Rector curse and once again endangers not only his own life, but that of the people he comes to regard as a second family.
Download or read book The Hired Man written by Melvyn Bragg and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Cumbria and covering the period from 1898 to the early twenties, this is the powerful saga of John Tallentire, first farm labourer, then coal miner, and his wife Emily. John's struggle to break free from the humiliating status of a 'hired man' is the theme of a novel which has been hailed as a classic of its kind - as meticulously detailed as a social document, as evocative as the writings of Hardy and Lawrence.
Download or read book The Druids written by Jean Markale and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: A comprehensive and revealing look at the druids and their fundamental role in Celtic society that dispels many of the misconceptions about these important religious figures and their doctrine. Written by the world's leading authority on Celtic culture. Druidism was one of the greatest and most exalting adventures of the human spirit, attempting to reconcile the unreconcilable, the individual and the collective, creator and created, good and evil, day and night, past and future, and life and death. Because of the oral nature of Celtic civilization our understanding of its spiritual truths and rituals is necessarily incomplete. Yet evidence exists that can provide the modern reader with a better understanding of the doctrine that took druidic apprentices 20 years to learn in the remote forests of the British Isles and Gaul. Using the descriptions of the druids and their beliefs provided by the historians and chroniclers of classic antiquity, as well as those recorded by the insular Celts themselves when compelled, under Christianity's influence, to utilize writing to preserve their ancestral traditions. Jean Markale painstakingly pieces together all that is known for certain about them. The druids were more than simply the priests of the Celtic people; their influence extended to all aspects of Celtic life. The Druids covers everything concerning the Celtic religious domain, intellectual speculations, cultural or magical practices, various beliefs, and the so-called profane sciences that have come down from the Celtic priesthood.
Download or read book The Butterfly Lion written by Michael Morpurgo and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the stunning, classic story of an unforgettable friendship with a glorious colour gift edition, fully illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Download or read book Myth Cosmos and Society written by Bruce Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Friend Or Foe written by Michael Morpurgo and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friend or Foe is a gripping World War II story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new-found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves David's life ... In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie's War, and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Friend or Foe is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history. From the author of War Horse (now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg) comes a stunning children's story - loved by kids, teachers and parents alike. Michael Morpurgo has written more than forty books and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal four times.
Download or read book Dictionary of Celtic Mythology written by Peter Berresford Ellis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and accessible A-to-Z guide to the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, magical weapons, fabulous beasts, and otherworld entities that populate the myths of this rich tradition. An easy-to-read handbook that opens a window on centuries of rich oral and written tradition from the mists of Europe's origins. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Download or read book Warblade written by David Ferring and published by Games Workshop(uk). This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this final installment of the Konrad trilogy, Konrad is linked to the eternal schemings of the Chaos Powers in a way he can neither understand nor escape. This destiny plunges him into a new deadly adventure, aided by the Warblade, a mystical sword forged especially for his hand. Konrad and his band of fellows are thrown into a conflict with their old enemies the Skaven, who plot against the life of the Emperor. (May)
Download or read book Silver Nails written by Jack Yeovil and published by Games Workshop(uk). This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are taken through a journey in the fantasy land of Warhammer through five interwoven novellas featuring Genevieve the vampire. From the bandit-infested Grey Mountains to the Chaos Wastes, these stories show that nowhere, not even the sanctity of the capital city of the empire, is safe.
Download or read book The Laughter of Dark Gods written by David Pringle and published by Games Workshop(uk). This book was released on 2002-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of stories set within the Warhammer world--the realm of necromancers, sorcerers, wizards, warriors, and fearsome daemons--includes tales by noted science fiction and fantasy authors Brian Stableford (writing as Brian Craig), William King, and others. (July)
Download or read book Shadowbreed written by David Ferring and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Demon Download written by Jack Yeovil and published by Black Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vatican hitwoman Sister Chantal is drawn to the American midwest in her hunt for an insidious demon cult. But even she never expects a sinister plot involving a living computer virus, a possessed U.S. Cavalry cruiser, and a desert outpost commanded by a maniac. Original.
Download or read book Pawns of Chaos written by Brian Craig and published by Games Workshop(uk). This book was released on 2001-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the medieval world of Sigmatus, two naive children, Dathan and Hycilla, become entangled in a plot to summon a powerful daemon in an attempt to protect a group of Chaos cultists from the oppressive forces of the planet's governor. With the Warp Storm that has isolated Sigmatus from the rest of the Imperium for two-hundred years abating. Imperial forces race to prevent the planet succumbing to the Dark Powers.
Download or read book Zaragoz written by Brian Craig and published by Black Library. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: