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The Spindle
(Hardcover)
J Darlene Everly
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"You must go to the Lost Child! You must rescue my son and bring
him back to me!"
A strange and unfathomable demand, uttered by an enigmatic
Frenchman on the eve of Christmas, 1852 will cause Captain Tor
Petersen and the crew of the "Ellyan" to embark upon a long and
perilous voyage--a journey that will take them from the placid
waters of the Caribbean and plunge them deep into the lawless
jungles of French Guiana. There they will confront marauding
natives, soldiers and escaped slaves, even death itself. At the end
of their quest lies a fortune in gold and the realization of their
dreams; and perhaps for Tor himself, something he has long sought
but never found...a thing more precious than any glittering
metal.
"The Lost Child" is a tale of romance and high adventure, based
on a legend of the Caribbean, one that that may indeed have its
roots buried in truth. The story is set in a historic time period
underscored by periods of conflict and transformation, including
moments that will force each of the "Ellyan's" crew to confront
deep and abiding changes in themselves--a challenge not so far
different from our own era.
THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST was written following a trip of Selma
Lagerlof's to Sicily. While there, she heard -- and was inspired by
-- a Sicilian legend: "When Antichrist comes, he shall seem as
Christ. There shall be great want, and Antichrist shall go from
land to land and give bread to the poor. And he shall find many
followers." Selma Lagerlof was the first woman and the first
Swedish author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1909. She was considered one of Sweden's most beloved authors; the
Swedish Academy declared that their recognition of her was "for
reason of the noble idealism, the wealth of imagination, the
soulful quality of style, which characterize her works."
This volume isn't just a collection of wonderful stories, like so
many others of Hawthorne's; it's a collection of true stories --
things that happened between 1620 and 1803, as seen by a chair
supposedly owned by principals in each of the tales. It's Hawthorne
-- delightful, insightful, wise Nathaniel Hawthorne -- writing the
tales that made our nation come into being. Not to be missed by
anyone, young or old.
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Beren and Luthien
(Paperback)
J. R. R. Tolkien; Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lśthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
The tale of Beren and Lśthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year.
Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lśthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lśthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great Elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lśthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lśthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril.
In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lśthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.
Will he claim his royal wife? Spare heir Prince Akil's plan is
simple: conveniently wed Princess Tobi, gain his inheritance and
escape the prison of his royal life. Then they'll go their separate
ways. It's going well-until he finds himself indisputably attracted
to his innocent new bride! There's someone sleeping in the boss's
bed! Exhausted after readying Duarte's Portuguese vineyard for an
event, high-end concierge Orla falls asleep between his luxurious
sheets. He's clearly unimpressed! But he's so ridiculously sexy
that she knows the heat between them will be uncontainable...
It is 1655, and King Dahon of the South African Hiandi tribe is
a powerful leader with one fl aw: an insatiable lust for power.
Obsessed with his hunger for control, Dahon has been wiping out
entire civilizations for years. Now, as he begins sacrifi cing his
own people in order to appease his animal gods, the curse of an old
woman changes his family's destiny for generations to come.
As Dahon is cursed, his mind and body both transformed into a
creature called a Vandara, he pays a million times for the lives he
has destroyed. Worse, his sons are cursed as well, guided by an
instinct to kill the king and carry on the curse. The Vandara kings
would rule for centuries.
In present-day Atlantic City, Eddrin Mather is the new king who
has reigned since defeating his father and brothers. With his aging
process slowed by the curse, Eddrin, who once used his demonic form
to battle the mob, now uses his gifts to assist the police as a
detective and bounty hunter who works in the shadows to capture
criminals. But as the curse becomes stronger and shredded bodies
begin showing up around town, Eddrin fears the worst: another
Vandara king may be ready to reign.
In this fantasy tale, a modern-day ruler must use all of his
powers to fight for what he believes should be his-to be the only
Vandara king forever.
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and
unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a
cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of
his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the
investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie
cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break
them apart--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes
a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, and Bosch,
fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable
decision.
Malcolm George Galbraith is a large, somewhat clumsy, Scotsman.
He's being forced to leave the woman he loves behind and needs to
explain why. So he leaves her a handwritten note on the kitchen
table (well, more a 300-page letter than a note). In it, Malcolm
decides to start from the beginning and tell the whole story of his
long life, something he's never dared do before. Because Malcolm
isn't what he seems: he's had other names and lived in other
places. A lot of other places. As it gathers pace, Malcolm's story
combines tragedy, comedy, mystery, a touch of leprosy, several
murders, a massacre, a ritual sacrifice, an insane tyrant, two
great romances, a landslide, a fire, and a talking fish.
"Wonderfull" tells the story of the sleepy East Coast town of
Garfax -- which has become the stuff of legends to outsiders -- and
reveals how this village's unlikely past catches up to its
inevitable future.
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The Hood
(Hardcover)
Frost Kay
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R784
Discovery Miles 7 840
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