Love, Eternally by Morgan O'Neill5/28/2023 You must treat him with respect and you must also honor his bride. He is my friend and a friend to our people. Alaric heard her gasp, and then mutter something about Magnus. With a wail, Randegund shook herself free of the spell and looked down at the runes. For as long as he could remember, she had told him he was destined to be Rome’s conqueror. The foretelling of the fall of Rome, spoken by Randegund in the enemy tongue. It was the same each time Alaric heard the chant - it resounded like thunder in his soul. Penetrabis ad Urbem.” You will penetrate the city … Her eyes rolled back into her head, and she chanted in Latin, “Penetrabis ad Urbem. “Read these runes!” she repeated to the air. She rattled small, carved pieces of bone in her fist, then cast them on the ground. He could see she was in a trance by the way she held herself still, her spine so straight, her blue eyes glassy. He crept forward, parting branches, until he spotted her. The words came from somewhere beyond the bushes. The sun was high, and he cursed his parched throat and growling stomach. Alaric searched in vain for Randegund all morning.
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Cinderella the little glass slipper5/28/2023 Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Street literature about Napoleon's warsĬollection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. To find similar items, select the checkboxes next to the characteristics you are interested in, then select the 'Find similar' button.Ĭuriosities and wonders Chapbooks printed in Scotland Description The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyrightĬinderella (Legendary character).Page consists of a one-page advertisment for other titles in this, and other series. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, 1852. History of Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper Description Context Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Curiosities and wonders > History of Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper > (1) Libba bray the diviners series5/28/2023 A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.Īs Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.Įvie worries he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. Janet evanovich one5/28/2023 Morelli's the inamorato who charmed Stephanie out of her virginity at age sixteen. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, el-primo bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Out of work and out of money, Stephanie blackmails her bail-bondsman cousin Vinnie into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. Meet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. Discover where it all began- #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich's first "snappily written, fast-paced, and witty" ( USA TODAY) novel in the beloved Stephanie Plum series featuring a feisty and funny heroine who "comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air" ( The Washington Post). Queen of the Sylphs by L.J. McDonald5/28/2023 What will Solie do with her newfound power? And what will befall the kingdom of Eferem if she chooses to set her battler's all consuming rage against those who have hurt and betrayed his queen? She immediately becomes the target of the king's wrath and of his best trackers, for no females have ever bonded with a battle sylph. When the summoning goes terribly wrong, Solie finds herself bonded to a battle sylph sworn to protect and please her at any cost. While fleeing an arranged marriage, young maiden Solie is kidnapped and marked to become the next sacrifice needed to enslave another battle sylph. As the battler comes through to claim his waiting queen, she is murdered and before the enraged creature can return to his realm, he is forcibly bound by the girl's murderer, compelled to silence and forced to obey his new master's every whim. Humans take advantage of the battlers' craving for love and use a virginal sacrifice to lure an unsuspecting sylph toward the portal that separates their worlds. In an otherworldly dimension where only one battle sylph can become the Queen's chosen consort, the thousands of remaining battlers who protect her hive are left longing for a mate of their own. Buy one copy for yourself and any others for as many children as you can afford' Books for Keeps An amulet in dark times, to be carried like a talisman out into the world, where it is very much needed' Dara McAnulty 'A book about spells that succeeds in being spell-binding in its own right. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy. Each "spell" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw - with which we share our lives and landscapes. This pocket-sized treasure is the perfect gift for fans of nature, language and rich artwork, adult and child alike! Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Beautiful books make unforgettable gifts. Lord jim book5/28/2023 There heâs able to earn the respect of the islanders and is dubbed âLord Jim.â The resulting censure prevents Jim from finding stable employment, until a captain named Marlow suggests he find his future in Patusan, a small village on a remote island in the South Seas. The story begins when the young British seaman Jim, one of the crew of the steamer Patna, abandons the ship while itâs in distress. The first edition of the complete book was published by William Blackwood and Sons in 1900. Lord Jim was first published as a serial in Blackwoodâs Magazine between October 1899 and November 1900.  75 in the Le Mondeâs 100 Books of the Century  85 in the Modern Libraryâs 100 Best Novels Standard Ebooksġ31,501 words (7 hours 59 minutes) with a reading ease of 69.82 (fairly easy) Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. The Endurance by Caroline Alexander5/27/2023 Together, text and image re-create the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle to stay alive, a miracle achieved largely through Shackleton's inspiring leadership. And she presents the astonishing work of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer whose visual record of the adventure has never before been published comprehensively. Their ordeal would last for twenty months, and they would make two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before their final rescue.ĭrawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition-one of history's greatest epics of survival. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Rot & ruin5/27/2023 Outside the fence line is a place of terrifying danger and lawlessness. When people die, their corpses must be quieted with, for example, a sharp blade to the brain-stem. Food is rationed, and everybody over the age of fifteen must work or starve. Most folks don’t go far outside the fences, certainly without an escort of armed zombie hunters. Everything mechanical and electronic has been fried by an electromagnetic pulse. Now only a few towns remain in trading range of Mountainside. Civilization fell pretty quickly after that. It all started on First Night, when the dead rose and began to shamble, bite, and multiply. Maybe it was the fly-leaves’ depiction of several collectible zombie cards, depicting not only notable zoms but also a few slayers and other legendary figures haunting the Rot and Ruin-which is to say, just about everywhere outside the fence surrounding the town of Mountainside, California, and the struggling band of survivors that calls it home. But something about this book appealed to me to that extent. I have never really taken much interest in zombie apocalypse literature. And there it stayed until I had renewed it so many times that I had to take it back to the library and check it out again. Though I have never read a book by Jonathan Maberry before, this one came home with me in the middle of a pile of library books. My Pony by Susan Jeffers5/27/2023 "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. About the Author: Susan Jeffers effortlessly captures the grace and magic of horses in this luminous picture book. Kay WeismanĬopyright © American Library Association. At the heart of Susan Jeffers's exquisite picture book lies the idea that in her imagination, a child can journey anywhere and do anything-even fly through the stars on her very own pony. This quiet, beautifully rendered book will be a good choice for story hours as well as for one-on-one sharing with would-be artists and equestrians. In a note, Jeffers explains her own love of horses and art, which began as a child and continues even now. Jeffers' signature artwork captures the imaginative tone of the story, and the fantasy scenes are reminiscent of her earlier work with single-volume fairy tales, such as Hansel and Gretel (1980). To compensate, the girl begins drawing a pony, Silver, who comes to life, spiriting the child on a fantasy ride-cantering to join a herd of horses, galloping through a mountain stream, and finally flying back through the night sky to the girl's bedroom. Her parents explain that ponies are expensive and require a great deal of space, but the child's longing doesn't go away. In this partly autobiographical picture book, Jeffers recounts the story of a young unnamed girl who dreams of having a pony. |