Author: Stuart Moore
Publisher: AHOY Comics
ISBN: 9781952090011
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The acclaimed saga of cats in space returns for a devastating second series! Captain Ginger and his feline crew embark on a vast, six-issue adventure when they follow a mysterious hyperspace signal to the home of their unknown canine “cousins.” But trouble aboard ship may doom them before they even meet the dogs.
Ghost Talkers
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466860731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
“Powerful, laden with emotion, and smartly written.” —Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings A brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing... Other Books Forest of Memory Glamour in Glass Of Noble Family Shades of Milk and Honey Valour and Vanity Without a Summer At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466860731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
“Powerful, laden with emotion, and smartly written.” —Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings A brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing... Other Books Forest of Memory Glamour in Glass Of Noble Family Shades of Milk and Honey Valour and Vanity Without a Summer At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Captain Bad Breaker and the Cotton Candy Ship
Author: L.L. Faer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796078115
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
A rotten to the apple-core ex-pirate plots to steal the delicious and magical Cotton Candy Ship. Will he and his skull best friend, Head of Doom, succeed? Or, will his dastardly deed be stopped by the fiercest and youngest captain on the sea, Elaine Mermain? Sharpen your sword, toss your unicorn anchor over the side, and come aboard to find out if Elaine and her cat-loving crew will outsmart the tricky scoundrel.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796078115
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
A rotten to the apple-core ex-pirate plots to steal the delicious and magical Cotton Candy Ship. Will he and his skull best friend, Head of Doom, succeed? Or, will his dastardly deed be stopped by the fiercest and youngest captain on the sea, Elaine Mermain? Sharpen your sword, toss your unicorn anchor over the side, and come aboard to find out if Elaine and her cat-loving crew will outsmart the tricky scoundrel.
Chasing Helicity
Author: Ginger Zee
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368020305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Helicity is well aware that her name is unusual - kind of like Helicity herself. The word Helicity means to spin, and for as long as she can remember, Helicity has been fascinated by the weather. The weather is Helicity's escape from her own reality - may that be school, her father's strict discipline, or her brother's imminent departure for college where he's all set to play football. One fateful day, Helicity and her horse head out on a long ride to take a break from life at home. Even with her vast experience with weather, Helicity is unprepared for the elements she faces. The choices Helicity makes before, during, and after that storm will have a lasting effect on her family and her future.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368020305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Helicity is well aware that her name is unusual - kind of like Helicity herself. The word Helicity means to spin, and for as long as she can remember, Helicity has been fascinated by the weather. The weather is Helicity's escape from her own reality - may that be school, her father's strict discipline, or her brother's imminent departure for college where he's all set to play football. One fateful day, Helicity and her horse head out on a long ride to take a break from life at home. Even with her vast experience with weather, Helicity is unprepared for the elements she faces. The choices Helicity makes before, during, and after that storm will have a lasting effect on her family and her future.
The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb
Author: Julie Huffman-klinkowitz
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1578067960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
"The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb argues that the Lambs were geniuses of popular entertainment and the precursors to Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, and numerous documentary-format television shows. Drawing on historical records, the Lambs' books and letters, and recently declassified espionage documents, biographers Julie Huffman-klinkowitz and Jerome Klinkowitz show how the Lambs succeeded in marketing their conquests and films to armchair explorers around the world and how they became, in popular imagination, the quintessential American adventurers."--Jacket.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1578067960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
"The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb argues that the Lambs were geniuses of popular entertainment and the precursors to Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, and numerous documentary-format television shows. Drawing on historical records, the Lambs' books and letters, and recently declassified espionage documents, biographers Julie Huffman-klinkowitz and Jerome Klinkowitz show how the Lambs succeeded in marketing their conquests and films to armchair explorers around the world and how they became, in popular imagination, the quintessential American adventurers."--Jacket.
The Ginger Tree
Author: Oswald Wynd
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060959673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachÉ in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060959673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachÉ in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.
Captain Wag the Pirate Dog
Author: Michael Terry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 9780747588955
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Wag the pirate dog has been a bit down on his luck. Until, shiver me timbers, he finds a treasure map! Captain Wag wastes no time in getting his friends One-Eye Jack and Old Scratch to help find the treasure. They set sail and overcome terrible storms and ferocious sea monsters. They are nearly at their destination when they are attacked and boarded by Pirate Ginger Tom and his crew, the fiercest cats on the seas. Pirate Ginger Tom has heard about Captain Wag's treasure and wants it all for himself. But treasure fit to gladden the heart of any dog just might not find favour with a pirate cat . . .
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 9780747588955
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Wag the pirate dog has been a bit down on his luck. Until, shiver me timbers, he finds a treasure map! Captain Wag wastes no time in getting his friends One-Eye Jack and Old Scratch to help find the treasure. They set sail and overcome terrible storms and ferocious sea monsters. They are nearly at their destination when they are attacked and boarded by Pirate Ginger Tom and his crew, the fiercest cats on the seas. Pirate Ginger Tom has heard about Captain Wag's treasure and wants it all for himself. But treasure fit to gladden the heart of any dog just might not find favour with a pirate cat . . .