Lark Rising

Lark Rising PDF Author: Sandra Waugh
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0449817512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Book Description
Includes excerpt from Silver eve, the next book in the series.

Lark Rising

Lark Rising PDF Author: Sandra Waugh
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0449817512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Book Description
Includes excerpt from Silver eve, the next book in the series.

Lark Rising

Lark Rising PDF Author: Sandra Waugh
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780449817483
Category : Amulets
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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First in a new series. Sixteen-year-old Lark sets out on a journey to help her village fight off monsters called Troths and learns she is the Guardian of Life, fated to recover a powerful amulet from the Breeders of Chaos.

The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending PDF Author: Richard King
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 057133881X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Originally from Newport, Gwent, for the last eighteen years Richard King has lived in the hill farming country of Radnosrshire, Powys. He is the author of Original Rockers, which was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, and How Soon Is Now?, both published by Faber.

Silver Eve

Silver Eve PDF Author: Sandra Waugh
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0449817547
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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This spellbinding fantasy, perfect for fans of Shannon Hale, Juliet Marillier, and Kristin Cashore, continues the beautifully written series begun with Lark Rising. The Healer Evie saves two herbs for herself—yew, a quick and painful poison, and heliotrope, for the deep, deep sleep that never ends. After the death of her beloved, seventeen-year-old Evie Carew wants nothing more than to lose herself forever in the wilds of Rood Marsh. But when the old seer Harker tells her she’s meant for a greater task, Evie’s curiosity keeps her going. What is this shell that Harker insists she must find? And why can’t she stop thinking about the handsome Rider Laurent, the young man who saved her on the worst day of her life? Soon Evie discovers that she is the Guardian of Death, the second of four Guardians who must awaken to their powers to recover four stolen amulets. Together, the amulets—Life, Death, Dark, and Light—keep the world in balance. To take back the shell that is Death’s amulet, Evie has to learn to challenge her Healer instincts and understand that love never dies.

The Rising of the Lark

The Rising of the Lark PDF Author: Ann Moray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780380016488
Category : Orphanages
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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A passion for reading leads to far-reaching events in the life of a 9-year-old Welsh orphan, raised by a strict governess.

Lark Holds the Key

Lark Holds the Key PDF Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459811305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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The first book in the Lark Ba Detective series! It’s the third day of summer vacation, and Lark’s halmoni—that’s Korean for grandmother—has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. Only trouble is, they arrive to discover that the town librarian is missing her key to the library. Lucky for her, Lark just happens to be a budding private eye. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve this mystery and recover the lost key? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Something's Rising

Something's Rising PDF Author: Silas House
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813173418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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Like an old-fashioned hymn sung in rounds, Something's Rising gives a stirring voice to the lives, culture, and determination of the people fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal in the coalfields of central Appalachia. Each person's story, unique and unfiltered, articulates the hardship of living in these majestic mountains amid the daily desecration of the land by the coal industry because of America's insistence on cheap energy. Developed as an alternative to strip mining, mountaintop removal mining consists of blasting away the tops of mountains, dumping waste into the valleys, and retrieving the exposed coal. This process buries streams, pollutes wells and waterways, and alters fragile ecologies in the region. The people who live, work, and raise families in central Appalachia face not only the physical destruction of their land but also the loss of their culture and health in a society dominated by the consequences of mountaintop removal. Included here are oral histories from Jean Ritchie, "the mother of folk," who doesn't let her eighty-six years slow down her fighting spirit; Judy Bonds, a tough-talking coal-miner's daughter; Kathy Mattea, the beloved country singer who believes cooperation is the key to winning the battle; Jack Spadaro, the heroic whistle-blower who has risked everything to share his insider knowledge of federal mining agencies; Larry Bush, who doesn't back down even when speeding coal trucks are used to intimidate him; Denise Giardina, a celebrated writer who ran for governor to bring attention to the issue; and many more. The book features both well-known activists and people rarely in the media. Each oral history is prefaced with a biographical essay that vividly establishes the interview settings and the subjects' connections to their region. Written and edited by native sons of the mountains, this compelling book captures a fever-pitch moment in the movement against mountaintop removal. Silas House and Jason Howard are experts on the history of resistance in Appalachia, the legacy of exploitation of the region's natural resources, and area's unique culture and landscape. This lyrical and informative text provides a critical perspective on a powerful industry. The cumulative effect of these stories is stunning and powerful. Something's Rising will long stand as a testament to the social and ecological consequences of energy at any cost and will be especially welcomed by readers of Appalachian studies, environmental science, and by all who value the mountain's majesty—our national heritage.

The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending PDF Author: Richard King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571338801
Category : Group identity
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A radical new history of Britain's natural landscapes and the musical movements they have inspired.

Clay's Quilt

Clay's Quilt PDF Author: Silas House
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616202971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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On a bone-chilling New Year's Day, when all the mountain roads are slick with ice, Clay's mother, Anneth, insists on leaving her husband. She packs her things, and with three-year-old Clay in tow, they inch their way toward her hometown along the treacherous mountain roads. That journey ends in the death of Clay's mother. It's a day that comes to haunt her only son, who's left without a family and a history. This is the story of how Clay Sizemore, a coal miner in love with his town but unsure of his place within it, finds a family to call his own. And it's the story of the people who become part of the life he shapes: Aunt Easter, always filled with a sense of foreboding and bound to her faith above all; Uncle Paul, quietly producing quilt after quilt; Dreama, beautiful and flighty; Evangeline, the untameable daughter of a famous gospel singer; and Alma, the fiddler whose song wends its way into Clay's heart. Together, they all help Clay to fashion a quilt of a life from what treasured pieces are around him. Authentic and moving, Clay's Quilt is both the story of a young man's journey and of Appalachian people struggling to hold on to their heritage.

Lark Rise

Lark Rise PDF Author: Flora Thompson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781727668223
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Lark Rise By Flora Thompson The last words are true of the hamlet of Lark Rise. Because they were still an organic community, subsisting on the food, however scanty and monotonous, they raised themselves, they enjoyed good health and so, in spite of grinding poverty, no money to spend on amusements and hardly any for necessities, happiness. They still sang out-of-doors and kept May Day and Harvest Home. The songs were travesties of the traditional ones, but their blurred echoes and the remnants of the old salty country speech had not yet died and left the fields to their modern silence. The songs came from their own lips, not out of a box.