Author: F.W. RobinsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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A Very Strange Family
Author: F.W. RobinsonThe Strangest Family
Author: Janice HadlowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780007165209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well. During the early part of his reign it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony. 'The Strangest Family' is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians. Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.
Strange Online Car-hailing
Author: Yun GuiPublisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636890067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
An ordinary online car driver, yet there were so many terrible things happening, such as a watch that sensed death, and a ghost that followed him. All of these involved an important secret!
Something Strange and Deadly
Author: Susan DennardPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062083287
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Eleanor Fitt’s brother is missing. And when she discovers that the Dead are rising in Philadelphia and wreaking havoc throughout the city, she knows that her brother is involved. So Eleanor enlists the help of the Spirit-Hunters. This motley crew, hired to protect the city from supernatural forces, is after the necromancer who has been reanimating corpses. Their skills can save her brother. But as Eleanor spends time with the Spirit-Hunters, and their handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. Now not only is her reputation at risk, but her very life may hang in the balance. In Something Strange and Deadly, the first book in a trilogy, Susan Dennard weaves together vividly imagined scenes of action, adventure, and gorgeous Victorian fashion to create an entertaining steampunk tapestry of humor, horror, and romance. Readers who love Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices series will be intrigued from the start.
The New Education
Author: A Very Strange Creature
Author: Ronda ArmitagePublisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9781408301876
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Monkey finds a strange creature in the jungle he's very puzzled, and he calls the other animals to help. It doesn't have a tail for swinging, a trunk for washing, a long neck for reaching the high trees or even webbed feet for swimming. Whatever could it be? Toddlers and parents alike will love this refreshing take on the classic 'new-baby' theme. With wonderfully warm, humorous text from Ronda Armitage, author of family favourite The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. 'Perfect reading for toddlers with a new baby in the house' - Junior
The Athenaeum
Author: The Mystery of M. Felix
Author: Benjamin Leopold FarjeonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Our Castle by the Sea
Author: Lucy StrangePublisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1911490524
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, eleven-year old Pet's world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart ...
The Secret of Nightingale Wood
Author: Lucy StrangePublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338157493
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A beautifully tangled story of friendship, fairy tales, and family secrets. For those who loved Pax and The War That Saved My Life. A Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2017 An Amazon Best Book of 2017 A 2018 Bank Street College Best Book of the Year A Telegraph Top 50 Book of the Year Everyone is too busy to pay attention to Henrietta and the things she sees -- or thinks she sees -- in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is busy taking care of her younger sister. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden. One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale Wood. What she finds there will change her whole world...
