Author: Karen Kelley
Publisher: Brava
ISBN: 075823838X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After shape-shifting alien Prince Kristor claims that Rianna Lancaster is part-alien and that he has been tasked with taking her back to the home planet, Rianna wonders if she can let go of her inhibitions and take him to places even he has never dreamed of. By the author of How to Seduce a Texan. Original.
The Falcon Prince
Author: Karen Kelley
Publisher: Brava
ISBN: 075823838X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After shape-shifting alien Prince Kristor claims that Rianna Lancaster is part-alien and that he has been tasked with taking her back to the home planet, Rianna wonders if she can let go of her inhibitions and take him to places even he has never dreamed of. By the author of How to Seduce a Texan. Original.
Publisher: Brava
ISBN: 075823838X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
After shape-shifting alien Prince Kristor claims that Rianna Lancaster is part-alien and that he has been tasked with taking her back to the home planet, Rianna wonders if she can let go of her inhibitions and take him to places even he has never dreamed of. By the author of How to Seduce a Texan. Original.
When a Scot Loves a Lady
Author: Katharine Ashe
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062030647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
“Her characters are intelligent, vibrant, and wonderfully complex. Katharine Ashe writes with eloquence and power.” —Lisa Kleypas “You’ll be swept away by Katharine Ashe’s evocative writing.” —Sabrina Jeffries The phenomenal Katharine Ashe flings open the portals of the mysterious Falcon Club—the intriguing Regency address that has every gossip in London asking, “What use has society of an exclusive gentleman’s club if no gentlemen are ever seen to pass through its door?” The first book in Ashe’s captivating historical romance series, When a Scot Loves a Lady finds its dashing hero Lord Blackwood, an agent of the ultra-secretive Falcon Club, ready to return to his home in Scotland—but not without the scandalous lady who has captured his heart while bringing unanticipated danger into his life. Johanna Lindsey fans, this Scot’s for you!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062030647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
“Her characters are intelligent, vibrant, and wonderfully complex. Katharine Ashe writes with eloquence and power.” —Lisa Kleypas “You’ll be swept away by Katharine Ashe’s evocative writing.” —Sabrina Jeffries The phenomenal Katharine Ashe flings open the portals of the mysterious Falcon Club—the intriguing Regency address that has every gossip in London asking, “What use has society of an exclusive gentleman’s club if no gentlemen are ever seen to pass through its door?” The first book in Ashe’s captivating historical romance series, When a Scot Loves a Lady finds its dashing hero Lord Blackwood, an agent of the ultra-secretive Falcon Club, ready to return to his home in Scotland—but not without the scandalous lady who has captured his heart while bringing unanticipated danger into his life. Johanna Lindsey fans, this Scot’s for you!
The Falcon's Mistress
Author: Emma Darcy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263784077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263784077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Folk and Fairy Tales - Jens Kamp
Author: Stephen Badman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326629131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A corpse rides over the sea on a coffin and a cat's mess is served up for dinner. Brownies dance on rafters. The Devil carries his skin under his arm and witches, so old that moss grows on their teeth. St. Peter sleeps in a bread oven while a boy sleeps on the roof of his house, his feet still touching the ground. Geese are taught Latin, a monk sets to sea on a millstone and there are enough trolls, ogres and dragons to shake a stick at - there's even a drunken fox thrown in for good measure. You'll find them all in Jens Kamp's Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark. 57 folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326629131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A corpse rides over the sea on a coffin and a cat's mess is served up for dinner. Brownies dance on rafters. The Devil carries his skin under his arm and witches, so old that moss grows on their teeth. St. Peter sleeps in a bread oven while a boy sleeps on the roof of his house, his feet still touching the ground. Geese are taught Latin, a monk sets to sea on a millstone and there are enough trolls, ogres and dragons to shake a stick at - there's even a drunken fox thrown in for good measure. You'll find them all in Jens Kamp's Folk and Fairy Tales from Denmark. 57 folk and wonder tales taken from the collection of Jens Kamp and translated into English for the first time.
The Raven's War
Author: Leane Owens
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The last surviving member of the Snowsong, an ancient bloodline all but smothered by a warlock sided with demons, must enter the forest of the infamous, dark raven prince, Raven Yatagarasu, in order to keep the Soul Gem safe from the warlock's greedy hands. Prince Raven is under the curse of his traitor father and is isolated from his kingdom until the curse is broken. The guardian of the Soul Gem makes a deal with the mysterious cat spirit, Hibar, to rid the raven prince of his curse. Meanwhile, chaos is raging as an ancient and horrible demon is breaking free from imprisonment. Can Ona Snowsong save Raven Yatagarasu in time before the demon breaks free so that the true power of this mysterious cat spirit can be unsealed in order to stop the demon from destroying all life? Time is running out as the demons and spirits prepare for the ultimate war that will decide the fate of the tangible and intangible realms and the power of Hibar's bloodline plays a large role in which side will claim victory. Prince Raven is convinced that he is destined to die from the curse. Will Ona be able to convince him otherwise and pull him out of his curse's darkness in time to restore Hibar's true strength and win the most devastating of wars in history?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The last surviving member of the Snowsong, an ancient bloodline all but smothered by a warlock sided with demons, must enter the forest of the infamous, dark raven prince, Raven Yatagarasu, in order to keep the Soul Gem safe from the warlock's greedy hands. Prince Raven is under the curse of his traitor father and is isolated from his kingdom until the curse is broken. The guardian of the Soul Gem makes a deal with the mysterious cat spirit, Hibar, to rid the raven prince of his curse. Meanwhile, chaos is raging as an ancient and horrible demon is breaking free from imprisonment. Can Ona Snowsong save Raven Yatagarasu in time before the demon breaks free so that the true power of this mysterious cat spirit can be unsealed in order to stop the demon from destroying all life? Time is running out as the demons and spirits prepare for the ultimate war that will decide the fate of the tangible and intangible realms and the power of Hibar's bloodline plays a large role in which side will claim victory. Prince Raven is convinced that he is destined to die from the curse. Will Ona be able to convince him otherwise and pull him out of his curse's darkness in time to restore Hibar's true strength and win the most devastating of wars in history?
Nihongi
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A Waka Anthology
Author: Edwin A. Cranston
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804731577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The Gem-Glistening Cup is the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology which carries the story of waka, the classical tradition of Japanese poetry, from its beginnings in ancient song to the sixteenth century. The present volume, which contains almost 1,600 songs and poems, covers the period from the earliest times to 784, and includes many of the finest works in the literatures as well as providing evocative glimpses of the spirit and folkways of early Japanese civilization. The texts drawn upon for the poems are the ancient chronicles Kojiki, Nihonshoki, and Shoku Nihongi; the fudoki, a set of eighth-century local gazetteers; Man'yoshu, the massive eighth-century compendium of early poetry (about one fourth of that work is included); and the Bussokuseki poems carved on a stone tablet at a temple in Nara. All poems are presented in facing romanization and translation.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804731577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The Gem-Glistening Cup is the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology which carries the story of waka, the classical tradition of Japanese poetry, from its beginnings in ancient song to the sixteenth century. The present volume, which contains almost 1,600 songs and poems, covers the period from the earliest times to 784, and includes many of the finest works in the literatures as well as providing evocative glimpses of the spirit and folkways of early Japanese civilization. The texts drawn upon for the poems are the ancient chronicles Kojiki, Nihonshoki, and Shoku Nihongi; the fudoki, a set of eighth-century local gazetteers; Man'yoshu, the massive eighth-century compendium of early poetry (about one fourth of that work is included); and the Bussokuseki poems carved on a stone tablet at a temple in Nara. All poems are presented in facing romanization and translation.
The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book
Author: Mrs. Burton Harrison
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752384042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Mrs. Burton Harrison
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752384042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Mrs. Burton Harrison
The Falcon of Sparta
Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1405921536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses returns to the Ancient World with a gripping adventure based on an epic true story. 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS ___________ In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors. The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World. It is a tale of warring ambition, betrayal and bravery and an extraordinary journey out of exile against the odds. 'The pace is nail-biting' THE TIMES
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1405921536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses returns to the Ancient World with a gripping adventure based on an epic true story. 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS ___________ In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors. The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World. It is a tale of warring ambition, betrayal and bravery and an extraordinary journey out of exile against the odds. 'The pace is nail-biting' THE TIMES
The Haunting of Falcon House
Author: Eugene Yelchin
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627796606
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend. When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free-will he be the hero his family needs? This title has Common Core connections.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1627796606
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend. When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free-will he be the hero his family needs? This title has Common Core connections.