Author: Nick BromleyPublisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763661635
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
The reading of a story is interrupted by a crocodile falling into the book.
Author: The Forbidden
Author: Leo BrettPublisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473203848
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Cobwebs hung in weird, grotesque festoons from the vaulted roof. There was a strange odour in the ancient cellar. A bent figure crouches over forbidden books and mixes indescribably strange ingredients in a cauldron. The cauldron bubbles and foul fumes arise. The alchemist transfers the secret formula to a flask. It travels carefully and ceremoniously from flash to retort and back again. Unnatural things happen in the flask... terrifying things. Suddenly a human figure appears, yet it is not human in all respects. Has the alchemist made this strange, frightening thing, or has it come from realms beyond? The alchemist finds himself involved in a series of breathtaking psychic adventures such as he had never imagined possible even in his wildest dreams.
No Alternative
Author: Shmuel ShimshoniPublisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434972720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The author, Shmuel Shimshoni, born in Montreal Canada and now living in Israel, has created a number of imaginative essays, some bordering on fictionalized reality.We find David, a timid clerk looking for the host. His cell phone indicates an incoming call that happens to be from the elusive host. The voice notifies him, I won't be joining you for the Sabbath retreat. Therefore it's up to you to take things in hand and organize a program.With no alternative, our central figure somehow finds a way to become the leader of thirteen other men who were likewise invited to attend this event in total ignorance of what to expect.Throughout the story a fine strand connects all fourteen total strangers. They all have something to contribute; as between courses during their meals, each one tells of an event in his life that unwittingly relates to the other participants.But before they even get to eat their first meal they are introduced to a discourse based upon a little known religious ruling about how guests are supposed to conduct themselves, especially when the host is absent.All the seemingly disconnected guests share something in common. But it is not till the very end of the day that they learn what it is, as a most completely unexpected secret is revealed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Author: Lewis CarrollPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0553902806
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Introduction by A. S. Byatt Illustrations by John Tenniel Includes commissioned endnotes Conceived by a shy British don on a golden afternoon to entertain ten-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have delighted generations of readers in more than eighty languages. “The clue to the enduring fascination and greatness of the Alice books,” writes A. S. Byatt in her Introduction, “lies in language. It is play, and word-play, and its endless intriguing puzzles continue to reveal themselves long after we have ceased to be children.” Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
A Valley Beyond The Hills
Author: F. Davis OviattPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1647130166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Mike Jeffers is a young cowboy trying to make a living off a tumbledown, rock-strewn piece of land he bought because he liked the views. An orphan, Mike grew up as a ward of the state. Living with different families he has learned what hard work is and isn't afraid of it. What does scare him is losing some of his steers or heifers to the cattle rustlers who are working the area. One evening on his way to visit another rancher who has lost some steers, his horse is spooked by stepping on a dead body lying in the path and Mike is caught up in a murder mystery he must solve before he loses some of his own cattle. But while Mike and the Sheriff team up to find the killer some complications arise involving a little boy lost in the wilderness across the road from Mike's ranch and an old abandoned mine there Meantime, Mike marries and settles down to a happy and prosperous life. He buys more land and hires cowboys, but despite how rosy the future looks, suspicion keeps on growing inside Mike that something weird is going on in the old mine. When he investigates, he learns that old ghosts cast long shadows, a lesson that nearly costs him his life.
The Darkness Lies
Author: Matt GannawayPublisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Six total strangers with dark pasts are all summoned on the same night to the same location--an old, mysterious mansion. Guided by the need to seek answers for their pasts, they blindly agree. But they quickly discover they aren't alone in the seemingly abandoned manor. An ancient evil has trapped them inside. With no way of escape and no way of communicating with the outside world, the strangers are at the mercy of the evil that haunts them with their pasts. It won't stop until it gets what it wants--destruction!
SLUM GOD BILLIONAIRE
Author: Banasmita BaruahPublisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A journey of life with stoppages in variegated platforms covering different places in India and abroad namely Delhi, Meerut, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dubai, Vienna and Uraba (Colombia) to name a few. Bhoomi used to be Raghu, Abhaya as situation demanded. Couple of disguises are not without a purpose. To unearth, to restore, to rehabilitate and give solace to ‘once lost souls’, which have remained her prime mission to live life henceforth. The protagonist, Bhoomi is undaunted, undeterred by life’s extreme challenges. Love defeats her, but remains undefeated and eventually wins the battle of life. Using lucid words in style, it is a whole lot of intelligible text. The readers are well aware of the presence of coronavirus during this course of the entire story, but its allpervading influence is hardly visible throughout the pages, giving a sense of ‘life within life’ and a lesson that we need to survive even the deadly virus with a courage that is hitherto unknown. Creating or portraying a life in words have been the most complex task ever. Delineating a slice of human Life is synonymous with making a newer face altogether unknown. Life’s perfections and imperfections abound, but without allowing one to surpass the other, it enhances the beats of life in a way far more ennobling. Thinking varies from a shallow plane to a higher one, affixing multiple challenges. Life is nothing but an accumulation of experiences, a mixture of happy and poignant events, some so worth remembering that the remaining periods of life can be lived and relived, recollecting and recalling those beautiful hours of life.
Wood-working for Beginners: A Manual for Amateurs
Author: Charles G. WheelerPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
This is a 1900 book about woodworking that remains to be topical today. Inside, you will find the introduction into the art, description of the basic instruments, instructions into the types of wood, preparation of drawings, calculating the estimates for time and material. Also, the book gives how-to manuals for making wooden toys, boats, houses for animals, implements for outdoor sports, and furniture.
The Modern Library Collection Children's Classics 5-Book Bundle
Author: Kenneth GrahamePublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812984471
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1574
Book Description
For young dreamers, nostalgic parents, and imaginative readers of all ages, this wonderful eBook collection not only contains five of the most beloved children’s books in the world but some of the most admired and enduring literature ever put to page. Each of these can be considered a “Household Book,” as A. A. Milne so affectionately described The Wind in the Willows—books that “everybody in the household loves, and quotes continually ever afterwards; [books which are] read aloud to every new guest.” THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Kenneth Grahame Written by Kenneth Grahame as bedtime stories for his son, The Wind in the Willows continues to delight readers today. Basing his fanciful animal characters on human archetypes, Grahame imparts a gentle, playful wisdom in his timeless tales. Few readers will be able to resist an invitation to join the Wild Wooders at Toad Hall, enjoy a quick splash in the river with Rat and Badger, or take a swerving ride with Toad in a “borrowed” motor-car. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Lewis Carroll Conceived by a shy British don on a golden afternoon to entertain ten-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have delighted generations of readers in more than eighty languages. “The clue to the enduring fascination and greatness of the Alice books,” writes A. S. Byatt in her Introduction, “lies in language. It is play, and word-play, and its endless intriguing puzzles continue to reveal themselves long after we have ceased to be children.” PETER PAN J. M. Barrie Set in London and and the magical Neverland, J. M. Barrie’s tale of a boy who refuses to grow up has delighted generations of readers. In this novel, which Barrie adapted from his 1904 play, Peter introduces Wendy, Michael, and John Darling to the fairy Tinker Bell and the lost boys. Together, they do battle with Captain Hook and his fierce band of pirates. THE THREE MUSKETEERS Alexandre Dumas First published in 1844, Alexandre Dumas’s swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of D’Artagnan, a gallant young nobleman who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to join the ranks of the musketeers guarding Louis XIII. He soon finds himself fighting alongside three heroic comrades—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—who seek to uphold the honor of the king by foiling the wicked plots of Cardinal Richelieu and the beautiful spy “Milady.”
