Author: Carol Beth Anderson
Publisher: Eliana Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
THE END, Rena wrote on the calendar square. Rena Abrios, the only living seer on the planet of Anyari, has her most horrific vision yet—she foresees the apocalypse. Soon, nearly every human on her peaceful, technologically advanced planet will die. Rena even knows who’s behind it: philanthropist Alvun Merak. This type of prophecy can’t be averted. Despite that, Rena believes her sister, seventeen-year-old Ellin, is meant to fight it. The more Ellin learns about Merak, the more alarmed she becomes. He’s funding an archeological dig with mysterious, world-ending potential. Ellin, her boyfriend Trett, and Rena scramble to stop him. But Merak’s wealth and power may make him unbeatable. And the seer and her sister know that fate is the fiercest enemy of all. Will anyone survive the prophesied apocalypse? ••• The Seer’s Sister is the exciting sci-fi prequel to The Magic Eaters YA fantasy trilogy. It’s a full-length novel that can be read before or after the trilogy or as a standalone. If you like imperfect characters worth rooting for, villains with dark secrets, romantic subplots, and in-depth worldbuilding, then you’ll love Carol Beth Anderson’s heart-pounding tale. ••• Content note: The Seer’s Sister contains scenes of abduction and captivity, along with plotlines relating to cancer and death, including discussion of a child’s death.
The Seer's Sister
Author: Carol Beth Anderson
Publisher: Eliana Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
THE END, Rena wrote on the calendar square. Rena Abrios, the only living seer on the planet of Anyari, has her most horrific vision yet—she foresees the apocalypse. Soon, nearly every human on her peaceful, technologically advanced planet will die. Rena even knows who’s behind it: philanthropist Alvun Merak. This type of prophecy can’t be averted. Despite that, Rena believes her sister, seventeen-year-old Ellin, is meant to fight it. The more Ellin learns about Merak, the more alarmed she becomes. He’s funding an archeological dig with mysterious, world-ending potential. Ellin, her boyfriend Trett, and Rena scramble to stop him. But Merak’s wealth and power may make him unbeatable. And the seer and her sister know that fate is the fiercest enemy of all. Will anyone survive the prophesied apocalypse? ••• The Seer’s Sister is the exciting sci-fi prequel to The Magic Eaters YA fantasy trilogy. It’s a full-length novel that can be read before or after the trilogy or as a standalone. If you like imperfect characters worth rooting for, villains with dark secrets, romantic subplots, and in-depth worldbuilding, then you’ll love Carol Beth Anderson’s heart-pounding tale. ••• Content note: The Seer’s Sister contains scenes of abduction and captivity, along with plotlines relating to cancer and death, including discussion of a child’s death.
Publisher: Eliana Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
THE END, Rena wrote on the calendar square. Rena Abrios, the only living seer on the planet of Anyari, has her most horrific vision yet—she foresees the apocalypse. Soon, nearly every human on her peaceful, technologically advanced planet will die. Rena even knows who’s behind it: philanthropist Alvun Merak. This type of prophecy can’t be averted. Despite that, Rena believes her sister, seventeen-year-old Ellin, is meant to fight it. The more Ellin learns about Merak, the more alarmed she becomes. He’s funding an archeological dig with mysterious, world-ending potential. Ellin, her boyfriend Trett, and Rena scramble to stop him. But Merak’s wealth and power may make him unbeatable. And the seer and her sister know that fate is the fiercest enemy of all. Will anyone survive the prophesied apocalypse? ••• The Seer’s Sister is the exciting sci-fi prequel to The Magic Eaters YA fantasy trilogy. It’s a full-length novel that can be read before or after the trilogy or as a standalone. If you like imperfect characters worth rooting for, villains with dark secrets, romantic subplots, and in-depth worldbuilding, then you’ll love Carol Beth Anderson’s heart-pounding tale. ••• Content note: The Seer’s Sister contains scenes of abduction and captivity, along with plotlines relating to cancer and death, including discussion of a child’s death.
The Sisters
Author: Aubrey De Vere
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Secret Book of Sacred Things
Author: Torsten Krol
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857896601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A fantastic journey into a postapocalyptic world, seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl, told by a master storyteller. For fans of China Mieville and the sci-fi of Margaret Atwood and Doris Lessing. The coming of the Great Stone destroyed almost everything that used to be. But high in one remote valley, the Church of Selene has found its way back from ruin. Sister Luka and her female converts offer sacrifices to the scarred (and very close) moon that hangs over their convent. It has been this way since the Stone hit. Among the Little Sisters of Selene is 12-year-old Aurora, respected Scribe of the church. She endlessly writes down the name of the moon to keep her in the sky where she belongs. But Aurora has a secret book she keeps hidden in her Scribe's chamber and into this diary she pours out her hopes and desires. Upsetting this fragile equilibrium is Willa, a young tomboy whose flamboyant arrival threatens the hard-won status quo of the sisters' community. As Aurora and Willa inch toward friendship, insurrection grows. But when an unexpected marvel occurs in the sky, it is clear that Aurora's work as the Scribe has failed. The moon is threatening to remake the world all over again. This is the Secret Book of Sacred Things, this is Aurora's story.
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857896601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A fantastic journey into a postapocalyptic world, seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl, told by a master storyteller. For fans of China Mieville and the sci-fi of Margaret Atwood and Doris Lessing. The coming of the Great Stone destroyed almost everything that used to be. But high in one remote valley, the Church of Selene has found its way back from ruin. Sister Luka and her female converts offer sacrifices to the scarred (and very close) moon that hangs over their convent. It has been this way since the Stone hit. Among the Little Sisters of Selene is 12-year-old Aurora, respected Scribe of the church. She endlessly writes down the name of the moon to keep her in the sky where she belongs. But Aurora has a secret book she keeps hidden in her Scribe's chamber and into this diary she pours out her hopes and desires. Upsetting this fragile equilibrium is Willa, a young tomboy whose flamboyant arrival threatens the hard-won status quo of the sisters' community. As Aurora and Willa inch toward friendship, insurrection grows. But when an unexpected marvel occurs in the sky, it is clear that Aurora's work as the Scribe has failed. The moon is threatening to remake the world all over again. This is the Secret Book of Sacred Things, this is Aurora's story.
The Soong Sisters
Author: Emily Hahn
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 149761953X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“If the story of the Soong family were told as fiction, people would say it was fascinating but too improbable. . . . A dramatic human chronicle . . . engrossing.” —The New York Times Book Review In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters—Eling, Chingling and Mayling—who would each marry historic figures. Told with wit and verve by New Yorker correspondent Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong sisters reveals the story of China through both World Wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion. “[A] first-rate reportorial job on three distinguished women.” —Kirkus Reviews “A spirited, well-informed book . . . a fascinating saga . . . Hahn skillfully interweaves the personal material which she has collected in abundance with some indispensable background knowledge of Chinese history.” —The Atlantic
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 149761953X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“If the story of the Soong family were told as fiction, people would say it was fascinating but too improbable. . . . A dramatic human chronicle . . . engrossing.” —The New York Times Book Review In the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters—Eling, Chingling and Mayling—who would each marry historic figures. Told with wit and verve by New Yorker correspondent Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong sisters reveals the story of China through both World Wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion. “[A] first-rate reportorial job on three distinguished women.” —Kirkus Reviews “A spirited, well-informed book . . . a fascinating saga . . . Hahn skillfully interweaves the personal material which she has collected in abundance with some indispensable background knowledge of Chinese history.” —The Atlantic
Sister of Starlit Seas
Author: Terry Brooks
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593129822
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga. Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family—a position that grates on Char, especially when everyone insists on telling her exactly what to do and how to do it. But Char is certain that her headstrong, impulsive behavior, the quality her family sees as her greatest weakness, is actually her greatest strength: the willingness to instantly brave danger and leap to the rescue when anyone she loves is threatened. Char knows she will never grow into the woman she was meant to be under her family’s loving but repressive eye, so a month before she turns fifteen, she runs away and joins a Human pirate crew in the warm southerly regions of her world. Then, three years into her pirate career, her captain—the man she is convinced she loves—is captured by the leaders of the slave trade he has been fighting. When Char leaps in to rescue him, she finds herself thrust into an adventure that will uncover secrets she never suspected about herself, one that will maybe, finally, teach her to look before she leaps.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593129822
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga. Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family—a position that grates on Char, especially when everyone insists on telling her exactly what to do and how to do it. But Char is certain that her headstrong, impulsive behavior, the quality her family sees as her greatest weakness, is actually her greatest strength: the willingness to instantly brave danger and leap to the rescue when anyone she loves is threatened. Char knows she will never grow into the woman she was meant to be under her family’s loving but repressive eye, so a month before she turns fifteen, she runs away and joins a Human pirate crew in the warm southerly regions of her world. Then, three years into her pirate career, her captain—the man she is convinced she loves—is captured by the leaders of the slave trade he has been fighting. When Char leaps in to rescue him, she finds herself thrust into an adventure that will uncover secrets she never suspected about herself, one that will maybe, finally, teach her to look before she leaps.
Visionaries
Author: William A. Christian
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520200401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Reports the sighting by two children of the Virgin Mary on a hillside in Spanish Basque territory in 1931
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520200401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Reports the sighting by two children of the Virgin Mary on a hillside in Spanish Basque territory in 1931
Understanding Rituals
Author: Daniel de Coppet
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134926634
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's cultural identity and social relations. By examining specific rituals from various theoretical viewpoints, they reveal the ultimate and contradictory values to which each society as a whole is attached.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134926634
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's cultural identity and social relations. By examining specific rituals from various theoretical viewpoints, they reveal the ultimate and contradictory values to which each society as a whole is attached.
Sisters of Syr: The Moon People, Book Four
Author: Claudia King
Publisher: Claudia King
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The time has come for seer Netya to take an apprentice of her own – an apprentice poisoned against her by her oldest enemy. Vaya, the huntress Netya once shamed into exile from her pack, has returned, bringing with her six long years of animosity. Driven by old grudges and weighed down by the burden of her pride, Vaya fights to endure her indentured captivity at the hands of Netya's clan for one reason alone: her loyalty to her friend Kiren. As Netya struggles to instruct a rebellious young Kiren in the ways of the seerhood, the ripples of Vaya's arrival stir unrest among the clan. How far is Den Mother Adel willing to go in the name of maintaining order, and what, if anything, will be able to stay her hand? Netya, Kiren, and Vaya all have their parts to play in shaping the future of Adel's pack, but who will tip the balance during this pivotal moment – the witches, or the warriors? 99200 words in length. Contains mild adult themes.
Publisher: Claudia King
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The time has come for seer Netya to take an apprentice of her own – an apprentice poisoned against her by her oldest enemy. Vaya, the huntress Netya once shamed into exile from her pack, has returned, bringing with her six long years of animosity. Driven by old grudges and weighed down by the burden of her pride, Vaya fights to endure her indentured captivity at the hands of Netya's clan for one reason alone: her loyalty to her friend Kiren. As Netya struggles to instruct a rebellious young Kiren in the ways of the seerhood, the ripples of Vaya's arrival stir unrest among the clan. How far is Den Mother Adel willing to go in the name of maintaining order, and what, if anything, will be able to stay her hand? Netya, Kiren, and Vaya all have their parts to play in shaping the future of Adel's pack, but who will tip the balance during this pivotal moment – the witches, or the warriors? 99200 words in length. Contains mild adult themes.
An Eight-Day Retreat; principally intended for the Sisters of Mercy and the active Orders
Author: Richard Baptist O'BRIEN (Dean of Limerick.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An Eight-day Retreat Intended Principally for the Sisters of Mercy and the Active Orders
Author: Richard Baptist O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritual retreats for members of religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritual retreats for members of religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description