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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Eli Brown
A fantasy adventure powered by a kick-ass wild-west heroine and a collection of magical objects known as Oddities. "A thrillingly original fusion of adventure, magic, and epic alternative history." - Jonathan Stroud"Written with insouciant charm ... eccentric adventure that is true to its name." - Wall Street JournalThe daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind – if only she knew what it was – in an alternate nineteenth century in which the United States is at war with Napoleon’s France.When her physician father is murdered, thirteen-year-old Clover Elkin embarks on a perilous mission through warring frontier territories to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover herself emerges as a powerful agent of history.A rich, startling, funny fantasy adventure, powered by an irresistible force-of-nature heroine; Clover Elkin is a born fighter – a heroine to rival Lyra Belacqua or True Grit’s Mattie Ross."Imaginative fantasy adventure ... packed with magical items, full of unexpected twists." - School Library Journal
A wild, dark fantasy-adventure sequel to ODDITY, in which Clover and her friends face a new danger: the ravenous Underking.Despite Clover’s victory over the Seamstress, war continues to rage between the fledgling United States and Napoleon Bonaparte. Clover and Nessa join the Women’s Service League expecting to dole out soup and socks to invalids and orphans. Instead they’re tasked with rooting out the last of the pestilential Vermin—vicious creatures animated by magic, which have been terrorizing the countryside. But when the group is attacked by a new kind of monster—a sharp-toothed harehound with bloodshot eyes—they discover a much greater threat: the grotesque Underking and his army of twisted creatures. With the help of a Paper-Doll Witch, an elegantly dressed skeleton and Susanna the bad-tempered Doll, Clover and Nessa must defeat the Underking before he conquers the whole land.
The Decker Rat Terrier is an exciting look at the development, utility, and day-to-day life of a specific strain of Rat Terrier sure to grow in popularity in the very near future. This book explores characteristics and standards for the Decker Rat Terrier as well as the man behind the breed. A conclusive discussion of how the breed is used for hunting, companionship, and breeding make this an interesting book for new and experienced enthusiasts alike. The Decker Rat Terrier will prove to be the authority on the breed and catapult this unique dog into public recognition for its qualities both as a hunter and companion animal.
The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France. It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.
"This strikingly original, beautifully written fantasy novel will appeal to high-level readers seeking magical adventure." --School Library Journal (starred review) It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her. But Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover must embark on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.
Kiehtova fantasialänkkäri kuvitteellisesta Pohjois-AmerikastaEnsimmäinen osa vauhdikkaasta ja omaperäisestä fantasiasarjasta saa lukijan pidättämään henkeään jännityksestä: pystyykö Clover voittamaan noidan ja pysäyttämään sodan?Peili joka johtaa toiseen maailmaan, tulitikut jotka voivat pysäyttää ajan, sulkakynä joka kirjoittaa eri kielillä - kummat ovat tavallisia esineitä joilla on epätavallisia ominaisuuksia. Clover Elkin asuu Kenturiovuoristossa ja auttaa lääkäri-isäänsä potilaiden hoitamisessa. Hän on kiinnostunut kummista ja tutkii isältään salaa Poikkeavien esineiden rekistereitä. Salaa siksi, että Cloverin äiti on ollut kummien tutkija ja keräilijä ja kuollut kun Clover oli vauva.Yhdistyneiden osavaltioiden rajan takana on Ranskan Louisiana ja jännitys maiden välillä kasvaa koko ajan. Clover joutuu pakenemaan kotikylästään isänsä murhaajia. Matkalla kummalogien luo hän kohtaa puhuvan Kukon ja salaisuuksia ahmivan Hatun, ja koko ajan Cloveria jahtaavat roistot, joiden päällikkö on Vuoren noita, rajaseutujen pelottavin olento.Kaisa Katteluksen upea suomennos lisää lukunautintoa.“Jännittävä ja omaperäinen sekoitus seikkailua, taikuutta ja vaihtoehtoista historiaa. Kummat on tarinankerrontaa parhaimmillaan.” -Jonathan Stroud, Bartimeus-trilogian tekijäEli Brownin uusin romaani, Cinnamon and Gunpowder, oli California Book Award -finalisti. Eli Brown asuu perheensä kanssa Kaliforniassa, missä oravat kätkevät terhoja hänen puutarhaansa ja kissat jotain paljon pahempaa. Eli Brown kirjoittaa omaperäisiä ja koukuttavia kirjoja, joiden uskomattomat juonenkäänteet ja suloisen oudot hahmot saavat lukijat jännittämään puolestaan.Karin Rytter on tanskalainen kuvittaja ja taiteilija ja opettaja. Hän on myös identtisten kolmoslasten äiti.
Vauhdikas fantasialänkkäri tulvillaan taikuutta ja koukuttavia käänteitä. Kaksiosaisen sarjan päätös on vihdoin täällä! Vaikka Clover vei voiton tuhoisasta noidasta, sotaa hän ei pystynyt estämään: se raivoaa Yhdistyneiden osavaltioiden ja Napoléon Bonaparten välillä. Clover ja Nessa liittyvät naisjoukkoihin aikomuksenaan jakaa keittoa ja sukkia orvoille ja invalideille. Mutta sen sijaan salaperäinen neiti Yamada antaakin heille tehtäväksi kitkeä pois tuholaiset, jotka ovat terrorisoineet maaseutua. Pian Clover ja Nessa huomaavat, että taustalla piilee paljon suurempi uhka, joka on pantava kuriin ennen kuin se valtaa koko maan - ja Clover ottaa haasteen vastaan maagiset kummat apunaan. Kummat-sarjan ensimmäinen osa lumosi lukijat omaperäisyydellään, ja kirjaparin toisessa osassa tapahtumat tiivistyvät entisestään. Kuvitteelliseen Pohjois-Amerikkaan sijoittuva tarina esittelee joukon kummia - tavallisia esineitä, joilla on epätavallisia ominaisuuksia - sekä mainion sankarittaren, jonka seurassa aika ei todellakaan käy pitkäksi! "Ihanan kuvituksen ja jatkuvan toiminnan ansiosta on mahdotonta laskea kirjaa käsistään. Minusta Kummat on muutakin kuin must-read kirja fantasian ystäville. Se on kirja täynnä arvoituksia, sekä ajatuksia sodasta, vallasta ja urheudesta vakavammille lukijoille." (Minh Xuan / Lukufiilis Kummat-kirjasta) Eli Brown kirjoittaa omaperäisiä ja koukuttavia kirjoja lapsille ja aikuisille. Hän asuu perheineen Kaliforniassa. Karin Rytter on tanskalainen kuvittaja ja taiteilija ja opettaja. Hän on myös identtisten kolmoslasten äiti.
The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by a beautiful yet ruthless pirate. He will be spared, Mad Hannah Mabbot tells him, as long as he can conjure an exquisite meal every Sunday from the ship's meager supplies. While Wedgwood attempts to satisfy his captor with feats such as tea-smoked eel and pineapple-banana cider, he realizes that Mabbot herself is under siege. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. Yet there is a method to Mabbot's madness, and as the Flying Rose races across the ocean, Wedgwood learns to rely on the bizarre crew members he once feared: a formidable giant who loves to knit; a pair of stoic martial arts masters, sworn to defend their captain; and the ship's deaf cabin boy, who becomes the son he never had.
Two Kids and a Living Legend Make a Historical Discovery The people of Satartia are proud of their one claim to fame: Eli, the gigantic catfish who lives in the Yazoo River. Two kids, Timmy and Tori, had saved Eli from a fisherman by leading him downriver, but fish have an amazing ability to return home, and Eli returns a few months later. The kids are delighted to see Eli again and spend nearly every waking moment with him. When Eli disappears one day, Timmy and Tori find him wedged between some logs and free him. Little do they know, Eli has inadvertently solved a 300-year-old mystery and discovered a big piece of Mississippi's lost history. And when university researchers descend on the Yazoo River, Eli proves to be the hero the people of Satartia have always known him to be
Poetic Expressions From Heaven
Eli Blyden Sr; Christina Brown
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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What If Jesus Had Not Come Until Today? Who Would Follow Him? Who Would Kill Him?A fiery car crash hurls TV journalist Conrad Davis into another world exactly like ours except for one detail—Jesus Christ did not come 2,000 years ago, but today.Starting with angels heralding a birth in the back of a motel laundry room, the skeptical Davis watches the gospel unfold in today’s society as a Messiah in T-shirt and blue jeans heals, raises people from the dead, and speaks such startling truths that he captures the heart of a nation.But the young man’s actions and his criticism of the religious establishment earn him enemies as ruthless as they are powerful.An intense and thought-provoking novel, Eli strips away religious tradition to present Jesus fresh and unvarnished. With gripping immediacy, Bill Myers weaves a story whose truth will refresh your faith.
What If Jesus Had Not Come Until Today?Who Would Follow Him?Who Would Kill Him?A fiery car crash hurls TV journalist Conrad Davis into another world exactly like ours except for one detail—Jesus Christ did not come 2,000 years ago, but today.Starting with angels heralding a birth in the back of a motel laundry room, the skeptical Davis watches the gospel unfold in today’s society as a Messiah in T-shirt and blue jeans heals, raises people from the dead, and speaks such startling truth that he captures the heart of a nation.But the young man's actions and his criticism of the religious establishment earn him enemies as ruthless as they are powerful.An intense and thought-provoking novel, Eli strips away religious tradition to present Jesus fresh and unvarnished. With gripping immediacy, Bill Myers weaves a story whose truth will refresh your faith.