Author: Fantasia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416531866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Fantasia Barrino, star of the 2023 film The Color Purple, tells the story of her astonishing rise from hopeless high school dropout to American Idol superstar in the inspirational New York Times bestseller Life Is Not a Fairy Tale. In one moment, with one tearful performance of "Summertime," the nineteen-year-old Fantasia captured the hearts—and the votes—of millions of American Idol fans. Her powerful voice and independent style made her an overnight national sensation. But life wasn't always sensational for Fantasia. At the age of seventeen, despite the promise of her extraordinary voice, Fantasia was in danger of becoming just another sad statistic: an uneducated, unmarried teenage mother living in the projects. But Fantasia had been raised by two strong, influential women: Both her grandmother and mother are preachers, and she was raised with an unshakable faith. In Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Fantasia speaks—with a spirit as strong as her voice—about what it takes to believe in the power of one's self. She turns all that she's learned into uplifting life lessons, including: • Recognize your gift • You made your bed, now lie in it • Give props where props are due • Like mother, like daughter • It ain't about the bling Fantasia keeps it real with her sassy, self-confident style and down-to-earth advice, making us laugh and cry with her. Life Is Not a Fairy Tale is more than just a celebrity success story. It's a book of revelations that will inspire everyone to reach for their greatest potential.
No Fairytale
Author: Ben Galley
Publisher: Ben Galley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Two decades have passed since the Last War, since the sky was filled with fire and magic. The world has all too easily forgotten the time of the Written and the Arkmages. In their place, a new empire has arisen, one that has finally brought order to the war-torn lands. An empire that has dawned the Age of Magick. At last, it seems that peace has come to Emaneska. Or, at least that is what the emperor would have Emaneska believe. On the fringes of the Arkan Empire, a different story is being written. Those who show magick talent must join the empire or live as an outlaw. It appears the war is still being fought, homestead by homestead, and a young peasant girl is about to be thrust into the violent world that exists beneath the lies of empire. Welcome back to Emaneska. ——— This new short story from author Ben Galley tells the tale of the aftermath of the Emaneska Series, and sets the scene for the next chapter of this epic saga: The Scalussen Chronicles, coming 2020. ——— MORE BOOKS BY BEN GALLEY (Available in ebook, paperback and audio) Emaneska Series – The Written – Pale Kings – Dead Stars - Part One – Dead Stars - Part Two Scarlet Star Trilogy – Bloodrush – Bloodmoon – Bloodfeud Chasing Graves Trilogy – Chasing Graves – Grim Solace – Breaking Chaos Standalones – The Heart of Stone – Shards
Publisher: Ben Galley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Two decades have passed since the Last War, since the sky was filled with fire and magic. The world has all too easily forgotten the time of the Written and the Arkmages. In their place, a new empire has arisen, one that has finally brought order to the war-torn lands. An empire that has dawned the Age of Magick. At last, it seems that peace has come to Emaneska. Or, at least that is what the emperor would have Emaneska believe. On the fringes of the Arkan Empire, a different story is being written. Those who show magick talent must join the empire or live as an outlaw. It appears the war is still being fought, homestead by homestead, and a young peasant girl is about to be thrust into the violent world that exists beneath the lies of empire. Welcome back to Emaneska. ——— This new short story from author Ben Galley tells the tale of the aftermath of the Emaneska Series, and sets the scene for the next chapter of this epic saga: The Scalussen Chronicles, coming 2020. ——— MORE BOOKS BY BEN GALLEY (Available in ebook, paperback and audio) Emaneska Series – The Written – Pale Kings – Dead Stars - Part One – Dead Stars - Part Two Scarlet Star Trilogy – Bloodrush – Bloodmoon – Bloodfeud Chasing Graves Trilogy – Chasing Graves – Grim Solace – Breaking Chaos Standalones – The Heart of Stone – Shards
Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
Author: Fantasia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416531866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Fantasia Barrino, star of the 2023 film The Color Purple, tells the story of her astonishing rise from hopeless high school dropout to American Idol superstar in the inspirational New York Times bestseller Life Is Not a Fairy Tale. In one moment, with one tearful performance of "Summertime," the nineteen-year-old Fantasia captured the hearts—and the votes—of millions of American Idol fans. Her powerful voice and independent style made her an overnight national sensation. But life wasn't always sensational for Fantasia. At the age of seventeen, despite the promise of her extraordinary voice, Fantasia was in danger of becoming just another sad statistic: an uneducated, unmarried teenage mother living in the projects. But Fantasia had been raised by two strong, influential women: Both her grandmother and mother are preachers, and she was raised with an unshakable faith. In Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Fantasia speaks—with a spirit as strong as her voice—about what it takes to believe in the power of one's self. She turns all that she's learned into uplifting life lessons, including: • Recognize your gift • You made your bed, now lie in it • Give props where props are due • Like mother, like daughter • It ain't about the bling Fantasia keeps it real with her sassy, self-confident style and down-to-earth advice, making us laugh and cry with her. Life Is Not a Fairy Tale is more than just a celebrity success story. It's a book of revelations that will inspire everyone to reach for their greatest potential.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416531866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Fantasia Barrino, star of the 2023 film The Color Purple, tells the story of her astonishing rise from hopeless high school dropout to American Idol superstar in the inspirational New York Times bestseller Life Is Not a Fairy Tale. In one moment, with one tearful performance of "Summertime," the nineteen-year-old Fantasia captured the hearts—and the votes—of millions of American Idol fans. Her powerful voice and independent style made her an overnight national sensation. But life wasn't always sensational for Fantasia. At the age of seventeen, despite the promise of her extraordinary voice, Fantasia was in danger of becoming just another sad statistic: an uneducated, unmarried teenage mother living in the projects. But Fantasia had been raised by two strong, influential women: Both her grandmother and mother are preachers, and she was raised with an unshakable faith. In Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Fantasia speaks—with a spirit as strong as her voice—about what it takes to believe in the power of one's self. She turns all that she's learned into uplifting life lessons, including: • Recognize your gift • You made your bed, now lie in it • Give props where props are due • Like mother, like daughter • It ain't about the bling Fantasia keeps it real with her sassy, self-confident style and down-to-earth advice, making us laugh and cry with her. Life Is Not a Fairy Tale is more than just a celebrity success story. It's a book of revelations that will inspire everyone to reach for their greatest potential.
Spell Hunter
Author: R. J. Anderson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061857890
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Forget everything you think you know about faeries. . . . Creatures full of magic and whimsy? Not in the Oakenwyld. Not anymore. Deep inside the great Oak lies a dying faery realm, bursting with secrets instead of magic. Long ago the faeries mysteriously lost their magic. Robbed of their powers, they have become selfish and dull-witted. Now their numbers are dwindling and their very survival is at stake. Only one young faery—Knife—is determined to find out where her people's magic has gone and try to get it back. Unlike her sisters, Knife is fierce and independent. She's not afraid of anything—not the vicious crows, the strict Faery Queen, or the fascinating humans living nearby. But when Knife disobeys the Faery Queen and befriends a human named Paul, her quest becomes more dangerous than she realizes. Can Knife trust Paul to help, or has she brought the faeries even closer to the brink of destruction? Talented newcomer R. J. Anderson creates an extraordinary new fantasy world and weaves a gripping tale of lost magic, high adventure, and surprising friendship in which the fate of an entire realm rests on the shoulders of one brave faery rebel.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061857890
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Forget everything you think you know about faeries. . . . Creatures full of magic and whimsy? Not in the Oakenwyld. Not anymore. Deep inside the great Oak lies a dying faery realm, bursting with secrets instead of magic. Long ago the faeries mysteriously lost their magic. Robbed of their powers, they have become selfish and dull-witted. Now their numbers are dwindling and their very survival is at stake. Only one young faery—Knife—is determined to find out where her people's magic has gone and try to get it back. Unlike her sisters, Knife is fierce and independent. She's not afraid of anything—not the vicious crows, the strict Faery Queen, or the fascinating humans living nearby. But when Knife disobeys the Faery Queen and befriends a human named Paul, her quest becomes more dangerous than she realizes. Can Knife trust Paul to help, or has she brought the faeries even closer to the brink of destruction? Talented newcomer R. J. Anderson creates an extraordinary new fantasy world and weaves a gripping tale of lost magic, high adventure, and surprising friendship in which the fate of an entire realm rests on the shoulders of one brave faery rebel.
Not a Fairytale
Author: Shaida Kazie Ali
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1415202818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Salena, the elder of two Cape sisters, is light-skinned and demure, an easy one to marry off to a husband of her parents’ choosing. Zuhra is dark and wilful, refusing tradition and leaving the country in pursuit of her own destiny. 'The shoots of their lives grow apart and interlace again. Salena finds herself in a repressed marriage much like her mother’s. Zuhra comes to suspect grim undercurrents to both their lives, which she expresses by retelling familiar fairytales, often hilariously, in a Muslim framework. 'But this is not a fairytale. The dark forest is real, and so are its secrets.
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1415202818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Salena, the elder of two Cape sisters, is light-skinned and demure, an easy one to marry off to a husband of her parents’ choosing. Zuhra is dark and wilful, refusing tradition and leaving the country in pursuit of her own destiny. 'The shoots of their lives grow apart and interlace again. Salena finds herself in a repressed marriage much like her mother’s. Zuhra comes to suspect grim undercurrents to both their lives, which she expresses by retelling familiar fairytales, often hilariously, in a Muslim framework. 'But this is not a fairytale. The dark forest is real, and so are its secrets.
It's Not Hansel and Gretel
Author: Josh Funk
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781503902947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With laugh-out-loud dialogue and bold, playful art (including hidden search-and-find fairy-tale creatures), this retelling of the classic fairy tale will have kids giggling right up to the delicious ending! Full color.
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781503902947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With laugh-out-loud dialogue and bold, playful art (including hidden search-and-find fairy-tale creatures), this retelling of the classic fairy tale will have kids giggling right up to the delicious ending! Full color.
A Kitchen Fairytale
Author: Iidamaria van der Byl-Knoefel
Publisher: Hammersmith Books Limited
ISBN: 9781781611340
Category : Autoimmune diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written by 'expert patient' Iida, who has used the principles of plant-based wholefoods with no added sweeteners, fats or oils to regain her own health, this is a beautifully illustrated, full-colour cookbook that explicitly follows the approach of the Paddison Program for Rheumatoid Arthritis and also provides help with other autoimmune conditions. It shows how anyone eating according to those principles can do so simply, sustainably and enjoyably--and inclusively so that family and friends can eat the same way whether they have health issues or not. Foreword by Clint Paddison, founder of the Paddison Program Recipes graded for their level of healing, with the gentlest labeled 'Humble & Healing' The principles of cooking without added oil ('steam frying' etc) 200 superb colour photographs
Publisher: Hammersmith Books Limited
ISBN: 9781781611340
Category : Autoimmune diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written by 'expert patient' Iida, who has used the principles of plant-based wholefoods with no added sweeteners, fats or oils to regain her own health, this is a beautifully illustrated, full-colour cookbook that explicitly follows the approach of the Paddison Program for Rheumatoid Arthritis and also provides help with other autoimmune conditions. It shows how anyone eating according to those principles can do so simply, sustainably and enjoyably--and inclusively so that family and friends can eat the same way whether they have health issues or not. Foreword by Clint Paddison, founder of the Paddison Program Recipes graded for their level of healing, with the gentlest labeled 'Humble & Healing' The principles of cooking without added oil ('steam frying' etc) 200 superb colour photographs
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
Author:
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 030717025X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Originally published in 1958, this book contains a selection of 28 traditional stories from the French, German, Danish, Russian and Japanese traditions. Includes The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Puss in Boots, Thumbelina, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Beauty and the Beast.
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 030717025X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Originally published in 1958, this book contains a selection of 28 traditional stories from the French, German, Danish, Russian and Japanese traditions. Includes The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Puss in Boots, Thumbelina, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Beauty and the Beast.
The Postmodern Fairytale
Author: Kevin Paul Smith
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230591701
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Why is Shrek one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why are shampoo advertisements based on Sleeping Beauty? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why the best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230591701
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Why is Shrek one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why are shampoo advertisements based on Sleeping Beauty? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why the best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'.
It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk
Author: Josh Funk
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781542045650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With laugh-out-loud dialogue and bold, playful art (including hidden fairy tale creatures for kids to find), this retelling of a favorite story is sure to have children rolling with laughter till Bessie the cow comes home. Full color.
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781542045650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With laugh-out-loud dialogue and bold, playful art (including hidden fairy tale creatures for kids to find), this retelling of a favorite story is sure to have children rolling with laughter till Bessie the cow comes home. Full color.
It's Not Little Red Riding Hood
Author: Josh Funk
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781542006668
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma. But unfortunately, none of the other characters are quite what they're expecting.... As Little Red attempts to follow the narrator's directions (which, frankly, seem kind of dangerous!), she is beset by fill-in characters, confusing instructions, and even a fierce battle! Will Little Red ever make it to Grandma's house? And who will she find when she gets there? Complete with some unusual "guest appearances," this laugh-out-loud Little Red Riding Hood retelling will have kids giggling all the way to Grandma's house! Ding-dong!
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9781542006668
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Little Red likes to play by the rules. So when the narrator comes along and asks her to follow the story set out in her fairy tale, she grabs the basket for Grandma and goes. After all, she loves her grandma. But unfortunately, none of the other characters are quite what they're expecting.... As Little Red attempts to follow the narrator's directions (which, frankly, seem kind of dangerous!), she is beset by fill-in characters, confusing instructions, and even a fierce battle! Will Little Red ever make it to Grandma's house? And who will she find when she gets there? Complete with some unusual "guest appearances," this laugh-out-loud Little Red Riding Hood retelling will have kids giggling all the way to Grandma's house! Ding-dong!