Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Salt-water Ballads
Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Salt-water Poems and Ballads
Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Each ballad is an ode to the sea and the men who dedicate their lives to it.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Each ballad is an ode to the sea and the men who dedicate their lives to it.
Ballads and Poems
Author: John Masefield
Publisher: London : E. Mathews
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher: London : E. Mathews
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Box of Delights
Author: John Masefield
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590172513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9781590172513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Strange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to go home for Christmas and finds himself under observation by two very shifty-looking characters. Arriving at his destination, the boy is immediately accosted by a bright-eyed old man with a mysterious message: “The wolves are running.” Soon danger is everywhere, as a gang of criminals headed by the notorious wizard Abner Brown and his witch wife Sylvia Daisy Pouncer gets to work. What does Abner Brown want? The magic box that the old man has entrusted to Kay, which allows him to travel freely not only in space but in time, too. The gang will stop at nothing to carry out their plan, even kidnapping Kay’s friend, the tough little Maria Jones, and threatening to cancel Christmas celebrations altogether. But with the help of his allies, including an intrepid mouse, a squadron of Roman soldiers, the legendary Herne the Hunter, and the inventor of the Box of Delights himself, Kay just may be able rescue his friend, foil Abner Brown’s plot, and save Christmas, too. At once a thriller, a romp, and a spellbinding fantasy, The Box of Delights is a great English children’s book and a perfect Christmas treat.
Ballads
Author: John Masefield
Publisher: London : E. Mathews, 903.
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: London : E. Mathews, 903.
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Dauber
Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Everlasting Mercy
Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
A Book of Old English Ballads
Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Midnight Folk
Author: John Masefield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This autographed edition ... is limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered 66.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This autographed edition ... is limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered 66.
A Pocketful of Crows
Author: Joanne Harris
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473222206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child Ballads, 295) So begins a beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge. Following the seasons, A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age, wisdom and passion and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl. Only love could draw her into the world of named, tamed things. And it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape. Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473222206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child Ballads, 295) So begins a beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge. Following the seasons, A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age, wisdom and passion and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl. Only love could draw her into the world of named, tamed things. And it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape. Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.