Twelve-year old Eon has been studying the ancient art of the Dragoneyes for two years. Without a master to guide her, Eon must learn to harness her unprecedented natural power, while protecting the secret that could cost her everything .
Kirjahaku
Etsi kirjoja tekijän nimen, kirjan nimen tai ISBN:n perusteella.
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Alison Case
Eon is now Eona, the Mirror Dragoneye - one of just two surviving Dragoneyes, the human links to the twelve energy dragons and their power.
Every broken heart has a history. Anna hasn't been back to Oxford since her last summer at university. Can Anna finally face up to the memories of that summer and the people she left behind?An absorbing, powerful novel of love, friendship and secrets that sweeps you away from the very first page.
Under the harsh regime of an ambitious master, candidate Eon is training to become a Dragoneye - a powerful Lord able to master wind and water to protect the land. But Eon also harbours a desperate secret... Eon is, in fact, Eona, a young woman who has endured years of disguise as a boy for the chance to practice the Dragoneye's Art. In a world where women are only hidden wives or servants, Eona's dangerous deception is punishable by death. Still in disguise, Eona's unprecedented talent thrusts her into the centre of a lethal struggle for the Imperial throne. Summoned by the Emperor to the opulent and treacherous Court, Eona must learn to trust her power and find the strength to face a vicious enemy who would seize her magic . . . and her life.Inspired by ancient Chinese lore and sharing the wonders of films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this thrilling novel is set in a brilliantly envisioned world where both appearances and loyalties can prove so very deceptive...
Once she was Eon, a girl disguised as a boy, who risked her life to become a Dragoneye apprentice. Now she is Eona - one of just two surviving Dragoneyes - on the run and yet supposedly her country's saviour. And Eona is hiding another, more dangerous secret ...she cannot control her power.
This is a true story of an elderly man, an overreaching young wife, a troubled youth, a murder, and two brothers' decision to do right, all on a collision course with history. All of the people in this story are real, and all events have been meticulously researched. The story unfolds through the eyes of each character. Filled with photos, notes, and a bibliography of source material, this book tells the story of Tom Pratt, his newfound love, and the murder and trial that made history, though few noted it at the time. The history was first published in The Journal of Rockingham County History and Genealogy in June, 2010. This new book takes a deeper look into characters and what they might have been thinking in the midst of a series of events that spiraled out of control to change them- and history- forever.
The most popular schools song and hymn book ever! Combines Come and Praise 1 and 2, giving you the words for 149 traditional and contemporary hymns and songs in one volume.
This book takes Chesterton's 'natural theology' through fairytales seriously as a theological project appropriate to an intellectual attempt to return to faith in a secular age. It argues that Tolkien's fiction makes sense also as the work of a Catholic writer steeped in Chestertonian ideas and sharing his literary-theological poetics. While much writing on religious fantasy moves quickly to talk about wonder, Milbank shows that this has to be hard won and that Chesterton is more akin to the modernist writers of the early twentieth-century who felt quite dislocated from the past. His favoured tropes of paradox, defamiliarization and the grotesque have much in common with writers like T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and James Joyce and their use of the demotic as well as the 'mythic method'. Using Chesterton's literary rhetoric as a frame, the book sets out to chart a redemptive poetics that first decentres the reader from his habitual perception of the world, then dramatizes his self-alienation through the grotesque, before finding in that very alienation a sort of pharmakon through paradox and an embrace of difference. The next step is to change one's vision of the world beyond the self through magic which, paradoxically, is the means by which one can reconnect with the physical world and remove the fetishism and commodification of the object. Chesterton's theology of gift is the means in which this magic becomes real and people and things enter into reciprocal relations that reconnect them with the divine.
The Wind in the Willows needs no introduction - children have enjoyed the exploits of its characters for generations. Few would guess that its author, Kenneth Grahame, was a tortured soul. Marriage to the predatory Elspeth Thomson, when both seemed destined for the single life, was a shared fantasy of invented truth. Out of that union came a catastrophically spoiled son, 'mouse', for whom that greatest of children's stories was written. It was the child's tragedy that he was sucked into the unreality of his parents' lives and did not survive it, ending his life in suicide.Alison Prince brings her own highly acclaimed expertise as a children's writer to this remarkably perceptive biography of Kenneth Grahame. Drawing on hitherto unpublished material she uncovers layer upon layer of Grahame's personality to reveal the truth behind the myth of this intriguing man, 'the tortured soul of Mr Toad'.'Alison Prince describes the grim story of Grahame's marriage and fatherhood squarely and sensitively.' Independent'A meaty, well-constructed biography.' Allan Massie Daily Telegraph
'This book should be regarded as rescue work. It salvages from pre-Victorian periodicals from the limbo of forgotten publications, and exhumes from long undisturbed sources a curious collection of women who, at a time when it was considered humiliating for a gentlewoman to earn money, contrived to support themselves by writing, editing, or publishing... sometimes even supporting husbands and children as well...The women who emerge make a motley gallery; but over the years that I have been getting to know them, they have won my respectful affection. More, indeed. To me they are all heroines...'Alison Adburgham, from her ForewordMagazines addressed to women have a long history in English, and have been subject to condescension for just as long. Alison Adburgham's groundbreaking volume, first published in 1972, rescues the so-called 'scribbling female' from such scorn, not least by documenting just how hard was the struggle for women writers to live by the pen.
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A searingly honest depiction of raising a disabled child . . . Intimate, sometimes heartbreaking and often funny, this letter of love is essential reading.' Mail on Sunday'It's so good - a beautiful piece of writing that really did have me gripped from the first page. What an achievement.' Cathy Rentenbrink, bestselling author of The Last Act of Love'Heartbreaking . . . beautifully written . . . in equal measure, admirable, uplifting, terrifying.' Louise Doughty, ObserverThis is a memoir about hope - hope in others, hope in systems, and hope for the future.I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something that would make people consider being Louis's friend.So here is me introducing you: Louis, this is your story. Readers, this is my son.
An utterly enchanting, eerie novel that sits alongside The Children of Green Knowe and Moondial, and has been described as the very best time-travel novel for children.Illustrated by John Broadley - shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year.When Penelope visits an ancient farmhouse, she finds herself travelling back in time and watching helplessly as tragic events bring danger to her friends and the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots, whom they are seeking to rescue from prison. Penelope knows the tragic end that awaits the Scottish queen but she can neither change the course of events nor persuade her new family of the hopelessness of their cause . . .Caught between present and past, Penelope is torn by questions of freedom and fate. To travel in time, Penelope discovers, is to be very much alone. And yet the slow recurrent rhythms of the natural world, beautifully captured by Alison Uttley, also speak of a greater ongoing life that transcends the passage of years.
"Behind me, the sky was falling in. Slowly drifting down. That's the last thing my broken eye saw before it all went black. Do you believe me?" No one's touched the buffet, there's a big gap on the wall where a mirror's fallen off and something is stinking the place out. Julie and Ruby are sisters coming to terms with the death of formidable matriarch Iris who still manages to control their lives from beyond the grave. On the night of the funeral, Julie gets off with Gerry, the crime scene cleaner. Maybe that'll help. It doesn't. When their mother's unusual bequest unearths a story that leaves some indelible marks, something more than a deep clean is needed.
As the world's oldest vampire, Eamon Rutherford has selfishly enjoyed over one thousand years of blood, money and beautiful women. Until he decided to take a companion. Eamon's less-than-perfect choice is temperamental ballerina Lauryl Mellis, who wants nothing to do with Eamon or being a vampire. After months of fighting and shared misery together, Lauryl escapes from Eamon in London and disappears. In his quest to find Lauryl, Eamon discovers that he must open himself up to other vampires and their politics, something that threatens his self-imposed isolation. As he struggles with his inner awakening and changing ideals, Eamon discovers that to find love he must learn to love someone other than himself, even if it results in disastrous consequences. Originally published as Blood Betrayal in 2012 by Charles River Press. This work has been aggressively revised, re-edited and re-birthed "...this is a must read in the vampire, paranormal romance genre. Well written, unique, surprising, and the perfect combination of dark and fun"-Carol Van Atta, author of The Werewolves of the West Series. "...Beightol treats her readers to a glimpse into the lives of the undead. Incredibly seductive, "Life in Moonlight" is a must read for those who share a passion for Vampires " -Lyn Gibson, author of The Adrian Trilogy.
The Dog Lady of Mexico: A Heartwarming Journey Into Animal Rescue
Alison Sawyer Current
Alison Sawyer Current
2018
nidottu
Rose's lifelong dream was to move to a tropical paradise and continue her work as an artist. She imagined waking up by the ocean, sipping her coffee on the beach and heading to her pottery studio. There she would spin sun-drenched inspirations while her husband would share his passion for food at his ocean side cantina. It was all coming together for Rose when a good deed changed her life forever. Little did she know that this small favor would gradually become an obsession that she could not ignore. Take a trip with The Dog Lady of Mexico - a fictional novel based on a true story. Follow this heart-wrenching journey of love, loss and survival while building an animal rescue on the tiny island of Isla Mujeres in Mexico.
Color twenty different hand-drawn Sacred Sloths in this brand new coloring book Each sloth and religion combination is different from Norse mythology to Pastafarianism. Use your skills to identify all the religions shown and see the last page for answers. Great for the sloth lover in your family (we all have ONE ) or for the hard-to-buy-for person that will appreciate something creative and different. This is the second coloring book illustrated and published by Alison Neville who is based in Utah, USA. See Fungi Fancy for her first release for loads of mushroom fun Only one illustration per page so you don't loose anything with bleed-throughAbsolutely original illustrations here, no clip-art/converted photo crap
What if you discovered that the life you want is possible and that you already have everything you need to make it happen?Successful speaker and solution-focused coach, Alison Robertson, shows you how to find purpose and joy in your life with her warm guide to regret-free living.Enoughness: The Simple Truth of Embracing YOU teaches you how to achieve your goals without compromising who you are or what you want. Discover how to: Free yourself from your own prison of "should" and your idea of how things are supposed to be, and instead embrace yourself in your exquisite fullness. Trust your inner voice. You can already handle the truth, you just don't know it yet. Get the career you desire and the relationships that truly nurture you. Remove inner fears and roadblocks by using daily key phrases to reprogram your brain from a negative to a positive outlook. Many self-help books offer a one-size-fits-all approach, promising you cookie cutter tips to live a good life. Enoughtness brings Alison's straight-talking advice right to you in this reassuring guide to build an authentic life, focused on what happiness means to you. Alison is determined to prove that you can create a multi-passionate life by letting go of what you think "should" be happening, and instead grasping that you're already enough in this very moment.
Twenty three sultry sea slugs to color any way you like. Great for the science-minded/scuba-mate we all have. Matte-cover which can also be colored Highly detailed and great for meditation and relaxation. Learn nudibranch identification the fun way with species reference pages-8.5"x 11" page size. Blank page in-between each illustration to reduce any possibility of marker bleed-through.