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The Glimmer Palace

Author	: Beatrice Colin
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: UCSC:32106017482867
Pages	: 426 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (6 users)

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Download or read book The Glimmer Palace written by Beatrice Colin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary historical novel about an orphan girl's journey from poverty to film stardom, set against the grand backdrop of World War I Berlin, the cabaret era, the run-up to World War II, and the innovations in art and industry that accompanied it all.

Read On...Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste

Author	: Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2011-03-21
ISBN 10	: 9781591588078
Pages	: 145 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (88 users)

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Download or read book Read On...Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste written by Joyce G. Saricks and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 300 original annotations in some 60 thematic lists, this one-of-a kind compilation opens the world of audiobooks to listeners and librarians alike. • More than 300 original annotations that speak to why listeners might enjoy the selected audiobooks • Over 60 thematic lists that will entice audiobook fans, as well as those unfamiliar with the format • Indexes by author, title, narrator, and genre

The Glass House

Author	: Beatrice Colin
Publisher	: Flatiron Books
Release Date	: 2020-09-15
ISBN 10	: 9781250152497
Pages	: 239 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (524 users)

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Download or read book The Glass House written by Beatrice Colin and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatrice Colin's The Glass House is a gorgeously transporting novel filled with turn-of-the-century detail and lush blooms, about two women from vastly different worlds Scotland, 1912. Antonia McCulloch’s life hasn’t gone the way she planned. She and her husband, Malcolm, have drifted apart; her burgeoning art career came to nothing; and when she looks in the mirror, she sees disappointment. But at least she will always have Balmarra, her family’s grand Scottish estate, and its exquisite glass house, filled with exotic plants that can take her far away. When her estranged brother’s wife, Cicely Pick, arrives unannounced, with her young daughter and enough trunks to last the summer, Antonia is instantly suspicious. What besides an inheritance dispute could have brought her glamorous sister-in-law all the way from India? Still, Cicely introduces excitement and intrigue into Antonia’s life, and, as they get to know one another, Antonia realizes that Cicely has her own burdens to bear. Slowly, a fragile friendship grows between them. But when the secrets each are keeping become too explosive to conceal, the truth threatens their uneasy balance and the course of their entire lives.

The Time of the City

Author	: Michael J Shapiro
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2010-06-17
ISBN 10	: 9781136977862
Pages	: 232 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (778 users)

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Download or read book The Time of the City written by Michael J Shapiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Time of the City is a trans-disciplinary work with a focus on genre-city relationships as they articulate the micropolitics of urban life in diverse cities. Shifting the territorial emphasis of political studies from the mosaic of states to the global network of cities, the book draws on urban theory rather than traditional forms of official city politics. Deriving their methodological approaches from aspects of urban theory and philosophies of aesthetics, the chapters deploy concepts from philosophy, political theory, literary studies, cinema studies, poetics and aesthetic theory on diverse cities, among which are Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Investigating a wide variety of urban formations, and developing a geophilosophy appropriate to urban space, this multi genre approach to urban life provides stunning insights into the micropolitics of ethnicity, identity, security, subjectivity and sovereignty.

Susan and the Sunflower

Author	: James Huffman
Publisher	: Archway Publishing
Release Date	: 2014-10-29
ISBN 10	: 9781480811911
Pages	: 184 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (119 users)

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Download or read book Susan and the Sunflower written by James Huffman and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the aid of a mysterious crystal ball, a wicked queen named Evilla creates and then drinks an immortality potion. The potion turns her bottom half into that of a black widow spider with an actual hourglass on her back. For the next five hundred years, Evilla must turn the hourglass every night after midnight—but before sunrise—or risk certain death. Her nemesis is a powerful wizard who hopes to foil all her destructive plans and preparations. In order to stop him, the queen again seeks guidance from her ominous crystal ball. If not hindered, the spider queen will become owner of the chrysoprase: a yearned-for staff bestowed with the ability to cast powerful spells from an ancient book of black magic. If the queen achieves her goal, the entire kingdom will be at her mercy. The wizard has no choice but to seek out a foretold young girl, Susan, who may be able to put a stop to Evilla’s sinister plan. Although Susan is special, she’s only thirteen! What can she do to stop a queen with magic powers? Susan must look inside herself to find out.

Henry the Conqueror

Author	: C. M. Huls
Publisher	: Lulu.com
Release Date	: 2016-03-11
ISBN 10	: 9781329964815
Pages	: 310 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (648 users)

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Download or read book Henry the Conqueror written by C. M. Huls and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of knights and castles, honor and treachery, kings and peasants, and love and revenge. A hate grows in the bosom of a powerless boy for those who abused him and denied him the very thing he deserved. Betrayed by the very people he trusted, but now on his own, he survives them and anyone who dares cross blades with him, expressing the rage and madness that consumes him. But things will turn to an unexpected road that once seemed impossible and will shed peace into his life. Finally someone will come to love him and give him what he has been looking for his whole life. But when events and people from his past come to haunt him, he has a decision to make and a lesson to learn.

The Critic

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1892
ISBN 10	: IND:32000000676561
Pages	: 380 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 ( users)

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Download or read book The Critic written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conrad Edison Box Set Books 1-3

Author	: John Corwin
Publisher	: John Corwin
Release Date	: 2017-11-09
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book Conrad Edison Box Set Books 1-3 written by John Corwin and published by John Corwin. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LIVING CURSE Conrad Edison is cursed. His foster parents die in horrible ways around his birthday, and he ends up back at the orphanage where he and the other children are treated like indentured servants. Forced to work the farm and other menial chores, Conrad holds no hope for a better life. When a man with the ability to mind-control animals inexplicably tries to kill Conrad, the harrowing scrape with death gives him a new perspective on life. He discovers the man had a flying carpet and a talking phone and that the orphanage is only the front for an insidious slave ring. Determined to elude his cursed fate, Conrad decides to escape the orphanage once and for all. The phone leads him to a magical place called Queens Gate and for the first time in his life, he dares to hope for a better life. But unless he can free himself from the curse, the terrible secret it guards could destroy him. THE ANCHORED WORLD When Conrad meets a strange girl while practicing for the Arcane University entrance exam, she takes him through a crack in the world and into a mysterious realm called the Glimmer. Conrad's parents are seeking help from the Glimmer Queen so they can once again rule the Overworld. THE BROKEN RELIC When Conrad learns of an ancient artifact that might be able to reverse death, he dares to hope it might return Cora from the grave. The Broken Relic, however, is highly sought after by collectors though nobody knows exactly what it is. After being kidnapped, chased, and nearly killed, Conrad realized he and his friends will be lucky to survive the preparations for the quest, much less the quest itself.

Critic and Good Literature

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1892
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015020914613
Pages	: 530 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (52 users)

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Download or read book Critic and Good Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Redemption Book One

Author	: Daniel Nevling
Publisher	: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date	: 2019-04-08
ISBN 10	: 9781480994119
Pages	: 256 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (941 users)

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Download or read book Redemption Book One written by Daniel Nevling and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redemption Book One Seeking Absolution By: Daniel Nevling Princess Karia is sick of life on her home planet, Galvor Prime. When the time comes to tour the galaxy, the Princess is more than willing to leave her pampered life for adventure. But life outside of one’s planet isn’t always fun and games. Danger lurks close by, closer than she or her father, the Emperor, knows. Alex Becket, a soldier on planet Earth, doesn’t know it, but he’s about to embark on one of the most dangerous and ambitious missions of his life. Demons lurk in his past, but salvation is within reach. Saving an unknown princess from unthinkable violence, Alex enters a greater mission than he could ever dream. Can sins of the past ever be redeemed? Join Alex and Princess Karia on a journey that travels over galaxies into the unknown.

Book Review Digest

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105211408856
Pages	: 156 pages
Rating	: 4.O/5 (36 users)

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Download or read book Book Review Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine

Author	: Lewis Spence
Publisher	: DigiCat
Release Date	: 2022-09-16
ISBN 10	: EAN:8596547366935
Pages	: 282 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (547 users)

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Download or read book Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine written by Lewis Spence and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine" by Lewis Spence. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Tales of The Ten Princes

Author	: Dandin
Publisher	: Penguin UK
Release Date	: 2008-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9789351186755
Pages	: 216 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (867 users)

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Download or read book Tales of The Ten Princes written by Dandin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dandin's work as a novelist, poet and pioneering theorist of literary style has secured for him an important place in classical Sanskrit literature. He lived in Kanchi, near present-day Chennai, in the period c. AD 650?750, during the Pallava rule. The Dasa Kumara Charitam is a prose romance recounting the exploits of Prince Rajavahana and his nine companions. Its colourful tales of adventure are notable for their ironic humour, amoral outlook and uninhibited descriptions of contemporary life and manners. A remarkable feature of the stories is the geographical sweep of their action, ranging from present-day Punjab to Kerala, Gujarat to Assam and all the way to the islands of the Indian Ocean. Also remarkable is the rich variety of characters and situations. Dandin vivifies each personage, major and minor, and provides lively accounts of assassinations, executions, dance festivals and royal assemblies, describes at length the training of a courtesan, and even the tools for burgling a house. Even though Tales of the Ten Princes can be enjoyed for its absorbing stories alone, it is also a wonderfully detailed sociological account of an important age in ancient India.

Out of Nihility

Author	: Wu ZiQi
Publisher	: Funstory
Release Date	: 2020-05-31
ISBN 10	: 9781649359599
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (595 users)

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Download or read book Out of Nihility written by Wu ZiQi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the birth of the Yinyang Continent, the two races of Yin and Yang had been born and bred. The Yang Race possessed the attribute of 'goodness', and possessed all sorts of superpowers to defend their 'goodness'. The attribute of the Yin Clan was' evil '. Demons, demons, ghosts, and other creatures belonged to it. They wanted to enslave the Yang Clan and control the entire continent. A youth who had comprehended 'creating from nothing' from the 'Classic of Virtue' was not tolerated by the current Heavenly Dao and had his body destroyed. His soul, by chance and coincidence, was taken in by the Yinyang Continent and reborn into the body of an ordinary Yang Clan youth. None: "The Yang race is good, forsaken by the Evil God; the Yin race is evil, born of the Good God. Tell me what is evil and what is good? " Close]

War in the South

Author	: Max Overton
Publisher	: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-10-27
ISBN 10	: 9781925574876
Pages	: 398 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (748 users)

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Download or read book War in the South written by Max Overton and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrigue and rebellion rule in Egypt's southern kingdom as the house of King Nebiryraw tears itself apart. King succeeds king, but none of them look capable of defending the south, let alone reclaiming the north. Taking advantage of this, King Khayan of the Hyksos launches his assault on Waset, but rebellions in the north delay his victory. The fall of Waset brings about a change of leadership. Apophis takes command of the Hyksos forces, and Rahotep brings together a small army to challenge the might of the Hyksos, knowing that the fate of Egypt hangs on the coming battle.

The Churchman's companion

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1881-07
ISBN 10	: OXFORD:555009050
Pages	: 502 pages
Rating	: 4.D/5 (55 users)

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Download or read book The Churchman's companion written by and published by . This book was released on 1881-07 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

UPROAR!

Author	: Alice Loxton
Publisher	: Icon Books
Release Date	: 2023-03-02
ISBN 10	: 9781785789564
Pages	: 432 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (895 users)

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Download or read book UPROAR! written by Alice Loxton and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UK's most exciting young historians** 'Alice Loxton is the star of her generation ... the next big thing in history' Dan Snow London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, UPROAR! follows the satirists as they lampoon those in power, from the Prince Regent to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Their prints and illustrations deconstruct the political and social landscape with surreal and razor-sharp wit, as the three men vie with each other to create the most iconic images of the day. UPROAR! fizzes with energy on every page. Alice Loxton writes with verve and energy, never failing to convince in her thesis that Gillray and his gang profoundly altered British humour, setting the stage for everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Private Eye and Spitting Image today. This is a book that will cause readers to reappraise everything they think they know about genteel Georgian London, and see it for what it was - a time of UPROAR!