Fir for Luck

Fir for Luck PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911279099
Category : Courage
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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The heart-wrenching tale of a girl's courage to save her village from the Highland Clearances.

Fir for Luck

Fir for Luck PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911279099
Category : Courage
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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Book Description
The heart-wrenching tale of a girl's courage to save her village from the Highland Clearances.

Wilderness Wars

Wilderness Wars PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher: Pokey Hat
ISBN: 9781911279341
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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What if nature fights back?In a daze, I take it all in: the wind, the leaden skies, the churning moody sea.And, far in the distance, a misty outline.Skelsay.Wilderness haven. Building-site. Luxury-retreat-to-be.And now, home. When her father's construction work takes Em's family to the uninhabited island of Skelsay, she is excited, but also a little uneasy. Soon Em and her friend Zac realise that the setbacks, mishaps and accidents on the island point to something altogether more sinister: the wilderness all around them has declared war.Danger lurks everywhere. But can Em and Zac persuade the adults to believe it before it's too late?

Scottish by Inclination

Scottish by Inclination PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 1910022675
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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'Gradually I forgot I was a foreigner.' Barbara Henderson has been Scottish by inclination for 30 years. She fell in love with Scotland and its people when she left Germany at the age of 19. Now a children's author, storyteller and teacher in the Highlands, she gives us a lively glimpse of Scotland through the eyes of an EU immigrant – from her first ceilidh to Brexit and the choppy seas of citizenship. Scottish by Inclination also celebrates the varied contributions of 30 remarkable Europeans – beer brewers, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and activists – who have chosen to call Scotland home. 'All voices matter and deserve to belong. Belonging is more than a privilege. Belonging, I am now convinced, can be a choice.'

The Siege of Caerlaverock

The Siege of Caerlaverock PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher: Pokey Hat
ISBN: 9781911279754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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12-year-old Ada is a laundress of little consequence but the new castle commander Brian de Berclay has his evil eye on her. Perhaps she shouldn't have secretly fed the young prisoner in the tower.But when the King of England crosses the border with an army of over 3000 strong, Ada, her friend Godfrey and all at Caerlaverock suddenly find themselves under attack, with only 60 men for protection.Soon, rocks and flaming arrows rain from the sky over Castle Caerlaverock - and Ada has a dangerous choice to make.

The Vintner's Luck

The Vintner's Luck PDF Author: Elizabeth Knox
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 0864736770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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A 19th century French winemaker is visited by a male angel and falls in love. The angel visits him once a year and the friendship leads to a triangle involving the winemaker's wife.

The Chessmen Thief

The Chessmen Thief PDF Author: Barbara Henderson
Publisher: Pokey Hat
ISBN: 9781911279853
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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12-year-old Kylan is a Viking slave; when he gets the chance to return to the Hebrides, the Lewis Chessmen he helped carve become his only hope of escape and survival.

The Year My Sister Got Lucky

The Year My Sister Got Lucky PDF Author: Aimee Friedman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545283922
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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From bestselling author Aimee Friedman, an acclaimed story about sisters, lies, and laughter -- now in paperback!Katie and Michaela Wilder are New York City girls...and best friends. But everything changes when they move upstate to rural Fir Lake. Katie is horrified by their new surroundings: the too-friendly neighbors, the lack of a subway, the fact they live near actual cows. She's shocked when Michaela adapts to the country life effortlessly, dating a cute football player and attending homecoming with something resembling enjoyment.And most shocking of all? She's started keeping secrets from Katie.

Luck and Circumstance

Luck and Circumstance PDF Author: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307594688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Book Description
The acclaimed director of such films as Brideshead Revisited shares the story of his youth and career, providing coverage of such topics as his childhood as the son of star Geraldine Fitzgerald, his relationships with Hollywood elite and the allegations that Orson Welles was his real father.

A Fire Upon The Deep

A Fire Upon The Deep PDF Author: Vernor Vinge
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
ISBN: 1429981989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. A Hugo Award-winning Novel! “Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David Brin Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence. Fleeing this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Tor books by Vernor Vinge Zones of Thought Series A Fire Upon The Deep A Deepness In The Sky The Children of The Sky Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Desperate Journey

The Desperate Journey PDF Author: Kathleen Fidler
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 1782500901
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Twins Kirsty and David Murray are forced to leave their crofting home in the north of Scotland, and struggle to cope with life in Glasgow, where the work is hard and dangerous. Then comes a chance for a new adventure on a ship bound for Canada. Will they survive the treacherous Atlantic crossing, and what will they find in the strange new land? The Desperate Journey is Kathleen Fidler's best-known story, a true Scottish classic whose thrilling plot will keep children gripped till the end.