Author: Nicole Lievert
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3759822134
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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How often are we told that we can't do this or that? That we are only like this or that, that we are just a child, a man, a woman, an employee and so on. Yet we are all so much more than what people have been trying to make us believe for centuries. We are all giants who have been told that we are just dwarves. This short story wants to remind you, that you too have giant-like powers. TRUTH - Recognize your true greatness Are you aware of what lies within you? Do you know what immense (luminous) power resides within you? You too can make your dreams and wishes come true. You can change the world around you with your thoughts, with your words, with what you do. As soul beings, we are all powerful beings with many as yet unimaginable possibilities for creating and being. Recognize the power that lies within you. Yes, you too are a giant, a giantess, and perhaps you too have been told at some point that you are only a dwarf and therefore cannot achieve this or that. This short story simply wants to remind you of what a powerful being you truly are. We are all giants who were told that we were "only" dwarves.
Author: Liesl Shurtliff
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524717037
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Rump, comes the true story behind another unlikely hero: a grumpy dwarf who gets tangled up in Snow White's feud with the wicked queen. Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed "Grump") has dreamed of visiting The Surface, so when opportunity knocks, he leaves his cavern home behind. At first, life aboveground is a dream come true. Queen Elfrieda Veronika Ingrid Lenore (E.V.I.L.) is the best friend Grump always wanted, feeding him all the rubies he can eat and allowing him to rule at her side in exchange for magic and information. But as time goes on, Grump starts to suspect that Queen E.V.I.L. may not be as nice as she seems. . . . When the queen commands him to carry out a horrible task against her stepdaughter Snow White, Grump is in over his head. He's bound by magic to help the queen, but also to protect Snow White. As if that wasn't stressful enough, the queen keeps bugging him for updates through her magic mirror! He'll have to dig deep to find a way out of this pickle, and that's enough to make any dwarf Grumpy indeed. "Liesl Shurtliff writes the perfect middle-grade page-turners that fourth graders can gobble down on the plane, train, and automobile trips ahead this summer. . . . [she] excels at turning familiar worlds on their heads. --The New York Times Book Review "Hilarious and heartfelt . . . Lovable Borlen's grumpy first-person narration explores themes of belonging, friendship, and doing the right thing. Sure to please fans of reimagined fairy tales." --Kirkus "A hilarious reimagining of its origin story with a wonderfully detailed world and interesting twists on classic characters. Sure to be a hit with fantasy fans looking for comedy." --Booklist "The story moves at a fast pace and deftly balances lighthearted humor with emotional weight. . . .a sure hit for Shurtliff's fans." --School Library Journal
Author: C.H. Leno
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479771880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Corry Ann McFenny is a ten year old girl who lives with her mom and bossy teenage sister Ariana when she discovers a secret journal that holds the key to and exciting journey. After meeting a magical talking to her. Corry Ann journeys through a door to a place called Once Upon A Time. There she discovers that she is a fairytale historian. She must help chronicle fairytale stories into the mysterious journal or the stories will disappear forever. Antonellis tells her about a boy named Jack of Cornwall who needs her help from the mysterious Dark Knight who wants to destroy Once Upon A Time. She also learns that her long lost father was really kidnapped by the Dark Knight. With the help of a mysterious gray wolf named Rufulio she tries to help the creatures of Once Upon A Time chronicle their stories and stay one step ahead of the Dark Knight. She even finds clue that may help find her father. On the journey Corry Ann discovers that not everything is what it seems and friendships are more valuable than gold.
Author: Jordan Zlotolow
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662446071
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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Dragon Blade It all started when a lowly computer programmer discovered he had been hypnotized with a false identity. He was somebody. Better than that, he was a hero in another world that direly needed him back. Jim Foley inadvertently dragged his company's best secretary, Summer Quinn, along with him for the trip back to his magical home of Calladrin as their romance was just budding. Home, Jim learned of his true name and heroic persona, Jalen Bloom, and that he was needed to destroy an evil plaguing the land called Black Death. Once creating the magic talisman, Dragon Blade, Jim defeated Black Death, his army, destroyed the talisman in the process, and brought Summer home, making her Mrs. Foley. Dragon Flute After quitting his programming job, Jim Foley started Dragonsoft, the family-owned laptop business that ran successfully for fifteen years. All was right in the world until Gillius, a dwarven ghost from Jim's old life, came to call him back home again. This time, Ralius, Jim's spitting image fifteen-yearold son, and Riel, Ralius's best elf friend, would come along as they hunted for the lost Dragon Flute. After a harrowing journey across a prehistoric sea with an intrepid crew aboard the giant royal ship dubbed the Tempest, the fabled object was finally obtained. Delbin, a powerful trickster demon who had threatened the subversion of Calladrin's kingdom under King Joel, as well as all the multiverses, was finally destroyed by the Dragon Flute, wielded by a fifteen-year-old. The land was restored to normal then, and the Blooms came back to Los Angeles in order to resume their normal lives with Ralius becoming the captain of the soccer team and discovering his love of writing. Dragon Dance Things have largely settled in the magical land of Calladrin over the last fifteen years. The various kingdoms, factions, and tribes have retreated to their strongholds to live their separate lives, and the super continent is at peace. King Jalen and Queen Summer Bloom have ruled their people fairly through this entire prosperous period. Prince Ralius, having returned to Los Angeles to study English, has become a professor of literature at the lovely beach side Pepperdine University. All seems right with life while Ralius, going as Dr. Foley now, teaches his classes and lives his happy yet somewhat lonely life with Ramses, his cat. His days are full of sunshine and the never-ending work of a university professor until, one day during lecture, the past comes back to haunt Dr.F. Being in the middle of a lecture about the Red Death, Dr. F is surprised by an old foe returning to settles cores. Like any good teacher, Dr. F's priority is to his students--TJ or Telemachus Jones, the athlete; Amy, the pacifist; Akim, the clown; and Bianca, a foreign exchange student and former model. Caught up in the struggle for supremacy over Calladrin, Dr. F has no choice but to take his university students with him back to Calladrin in order to keep them safe and to check on Mom and Dad. What follows is the final adventure in a series of mystical discoveries and epic battles as we greet familiar friends and make new ones, culminating in the third and final installment of the thrilling Dragon Talisman Trilogy.
Author: Michael Flynn
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765319104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim? Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn.
Author: Dudley Jones
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000526070
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.
Author: Michael Swanwick
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504025660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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A New York Times Notable Book: “Combining cyberpunk’s grit with dystopic fantasy, this iconoclastic hybrid is a standout piece of storytelling” (Library Journal). Jane is trapped as a changeling in an industrialized Faerie ruled by aristocratic high elves and populated by ogres, dwarves, night-gaunts, and hags. She is the only human in a factory where underage forced labor builds cybernetic, magical dragons that are weaponized and sent off to war. When the damaged dragon Melanchthon tempts Jane with promises of freedom, the stage is set for a daring escape that will shake the foundations of existence. Combining alchemy and technology, a coming-of-age story like no other, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter takes place against a dystopic mindscape of dark challenges and class struggles that force Jane to make costly decisions at every turn. A finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1994 Locus Award, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter a is one-of-a-kind melding of grimdark fantasy and cyberpunk grit from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide. It engages the reader in a nihilistic world in which nothing is as it seems and everything comes at a steep and often horrific price.
Author: Timothy Martin
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490797807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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Jim is a small-town police officer, proudly doing his duty like any law enforcement agent would. When a call comes in reporting the grizzly deaths of several animals from a local farm; Jim begins an investigation that will change his life forever. After crashing his vehicle following a bloody trail in the woods , he wakes up and realizes that he is not only lost, but he’s in a dangerous land where dragons, dinosaurs and magic exist. He relies on his training and survival instincts to cheat death a few times before rescuing and befriending a small dragon. As time goes on, Jim’s adventures become grander in scale and he must eventually face the fact that he wasn’t brought to this world by accident. In this world, the power is out of balance. An evil wizard and his minions control most of the land. The dragons are ready to bring the fight to them; but they are looking for a leader . . . . a hero. Can Jim be this person?
Author: Lloyd Sparks
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595858902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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With the collapse of the government after the Second World War, Americans have learned to live without help or interference from police, lawyers and bureaucrats. It is a simple and happy time until rumors of a terrorist attack suddenly plunge the sleepy community of Vancouver Washington into a fight for survival. What do you do when there is no government to protect you? When the town rashly joins a hastily formed coalition to fight an enemy they do not fully understand, things go wrong in a hurry. A group of high school friends find that they must face this threat alone. But who is the real enemy? They must rely on each other and find in themselves the strength to manage and overcome. In the end they learn that their biggest enemy was inside them all along.
Author: Luke Aylen
Publisher: Lion Fiction
ISBN: 1782643168
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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'With a plucky, compelling heroine, a novel steampunk-styled device, and a dragon, of course, this may well be the best book of the three!' - Bob Hartman, author and performance storyteller Street-smart Anavah lives a tough life on the crime-ridden streets of northern Presadia. But when a mysterious tinker gives her a curious set of crystal goggles, she discovers a powerful magic that will change her life forever. Drawn into an adventure that stretches across time and space, she learns about the legendary dragon riders and is caught up in events that will transform Presadia’s history. The question is: what part will Anavah play? Her life to date has taught her to trust no one, but that instinct may have devastating consequences… Enter Presadia one more time to experience a third dazzling adventure. Meet friends old and new, and learn of the trust, betrayal, fear, bravery, greed, and sacrifice of individuals that lead to a struggle for Presadia’s very existence.
