Author: Louie Stowell
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226955
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can't? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, king Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth, even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole rat. To make matters worse, Loki has to put up with an eleven-year-old Thor tagging along and making him look bad. Loki is not even allowed to use his awesome godly powers! As Loki suffers the misery of school lunch, discovers the magic of internet videos, and keeps watch for frost giant spies, will he finally learn to tell good from bad, trust from tricks, and friends from enemies? Louie Stowell’s witty text and hysterical drawings will keep readers in stitches from start to finish.
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
Author: Louie Stowell
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226955
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can't? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, king Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth, even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole rat. To make matters worse, Loki has to put up with an eleven-year-old Thor tagging along and making him look bad. Loki is not even allowed to use his awesome godly powers! As Loki suffers the misery of school lunch, discovers the magic of internet videos, and keeps watch for frost giant spies, will he finally learn to tell good from bad, trust from tricks, and friends from enemies? Louie Stowell’s witty text and hysterical drawings will keep readers in stitches from start to finish.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226955
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can't? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, king Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth, even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole rat. To make matters worse, Loki has to put up with an eleven-year-old Thor tagging along and making him look bad. Loki is not even allowed to use his awesome godly powers! As Loki suffers the misery of school lunch, discovers the magic of internet videos, and keeps watch for frost giant spies, will he finally learn to tell good from bad, trust from tricks, and friends from enemies? Louie Stowell’s witty text and hysterical drawings will keep readers in stitches from start to finish.
Consortium
Author: Gina A. Pond
Publisher: Gina A. Pond
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
What should have been a seemingly insignificant event has angered the Spirits, and now, a mysterious threat is consuming entire stations that Loki built for a population of humans near the center of the galaxy. With no clear understanding of the cause, Loki has returned to Survey seeking help for his people. But can Jack, Marsha, and teenager Po carry the weight of saving an entire civilization? As they grapple with the enormity of the task at hand, the stakes rise higher than ever before, threatening to break them all.
Publisher: Gina A. Pond
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
What should have been a seemingly insignificant event has angered the Spirits, and now, a mysterious threat is consuming entire stations that Loki built for a population of humans near the center of the galaxy. With no clear understanding of the cause, Loki has returned to Survey seeking help for his people. But can Jack, Marsha, and teenager Po carry the weight of saving an entire civilization? As they grapple with the enormity of the task at hand, the stakes rise higher than ever before, threatening to break them all.
Dual Souls
Author: Nicholas Sumonja
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1647011493
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
On a fateful day, eighteen-year-old high school senior, Samuel Nogard's life is thrown into chaos when demons attack during a class picnic. In order to save his friend, he makes a pact with a dragon soul that he discovers is inside him. With the help of his best friend, Alex, and the dragon soul residing within him, Sam goes on a journey to uncover the past that was kept secret from him his whole life. The whole time Sam must come to grips with the destiny forced upon him while keeping those close to him safe.
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1647011493
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
On a fateful day, eighteen-year-old high school senior, Samuel Nogard's life is thrown into chaos when demons attack during a class picnic. In order to save his friend, he makes a pact with a dragon soul that he discovers is inside him. With the help of his best friend, Alex, and the dragon soul residing within him, Sam goes on a journey to uncover the past that was kept secret from him his whole life. The whole time Sam must come to grips with the destiny forced upon him while keeping those close to him safe.
Loki's Luck: A Grumpy-Sunshine, Age Gap MC Romance
Author: Monique Moreau
Publisher: Monique Moreau
ISBN: 1735649724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Enjoy this scorching hot and steamy Bad Boy Biker series by International Best-Selling Contemporary Romance author, Monique Moreau. A damaged biker. A younger woman. An exchange of sex for secrets. Loki To punish himself for his baby brother's death, Loki is determined to live a life of abstinence—no partying, no women, nothing. He stays focused by throwing himself into managing the MC's new gym. But when he's roped into teaching a self-defense class, the supervisor threatens his self-control. The annoying little pixie loves butting into his business, but Loki’s gaze keeps returning to her luscious curves. Again and again and again. Abby As a social worker, Abby is called to help troubled souls, and she's never met anyone more broken than Loki. Determined to heal him, she offers him a deal: he can have her—any way he wants—in exchange for stories from his past. Whatever it takes for her to uncover the truth, she's game. When Loki's enemies hurt Abby to get to him, the biker revs up for a long-overdue fight. He'll have to convince Abby she's safer by his side or risk losing her completely. Content Notes: Loki’s Luck can be read as a standalone novel. It's the third book in my Steamy Biker Romance series, an age-gap grumpy-sunshine love story. Fans of Giana Darling, Cassandra Robbins, and Daphne Loving will love Loki, an over-the-top, possessive anti-hero. Please do not read if such material offends. Bad boy biker romance, MC romance, Possessive Alpha Romance; Bad boy biker club; bad boys alpha; bad boys; bad boys alpha; bad boys mc; bad boy alpha romance; bad boy mc romance; dirty biker; romance alpha male; romance bad boy; biker romance books; dominant alpha male; romance dominant alpha; alpha male dominant romance; dominant alpha male romance possessive; age-gap romance; grumpy sunshine; opposites attract
Publisher: Monique Moreau
ISBN: 1735649724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Enjoy this scorching hot and steamy Bad Boy Biker series by International Best-Selling Contemporary Romance author, Monique Moreau. A damaged biker. A younger woman. An exchange of sex for secrets. Loki To punish himself for his baby brother's death, Loki is determined to live a life of abstinence—no partying, no women, nothing. He stays focused by throwing himself into managing the MC's new gym. But when he's roped into teaching a self-defense class, the supervisor threatens his self-control. The annoying little pixie loves butting into his business, but Loki’s gaze keeps returning to her luscious curves. Again and again and again. Abby As a social worker, Abby is called to help troubled souls, and she's never met anyone more broken than Loki. Determined to heal him, she offers him a deal: he can have her—any way he wants—in exchange for stories from his past. Whatever it takes for her to uncover the truth, she's game. When Loki's enemies hurt Abby to get to him, the biker revs up for a long-overdue fight. He'll have to convince Abby she's safer by his side or risk losing her completely. Content Notes: Loki’s Luck can be read as a standalone novel. It's the third book in my Steamy Biker Romance series, an age-gap grumpy-sunshine love story. Fans of Giana Darling, Cassandra Robbins, and Daphne Loving will love Loki, an over-the-top, possessive anti-hero. Please do not read if such material offends. Bad boy biker romance, MC romance, Possessive Alpha Romance; Bad boy biker club; bad boys alpha; bad boys; bad boys alpha; bad boys mc; bad boy alpha romance; bad boy mc romance; dirty biker; romance alpha male; romance bad boy; biker romance books; dominant alpha male; romance dominant alpha; alpha male dominant romance; dominant alpha male romance possessive; age-gap romance; grumpy sunshine; opposites attract
The World's End
Author: Rin Chupeco
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492672734
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The thrilling conclusion to the A Hundred Names for Magic trilogy is not your average fairytale. An unforgettable alternative history fairy-tale series from the author of The Bone Witch about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong. It's been three months since the Snow Queen and OzCorp infiltrated Maidenkeep and nearly seized the Nine Maidens. Ryker is still unconscious and the rest of the group is feeling the effects of the prolonged war. Not to mention that Abigail Fey's curse has far-reaching consequences, and many in the Royal States have been using it to stir unrest and hostilities against Avalon. When the Adarna, a firebird-like creature appears in Avalon, the gang discovers it is one of seven magical artifacts that the Snow Queen has been searching for, in her bid to open a portal to Buyan-a place that could grant her tremendous power. Determined to find the artifacts first the Bandersnatchers find information about the other five: The Singing Bone, The Hamelin Flute, The Tamatebako, The Lotus Lanternm The Raskovnik, and The Wonderland Tree. But the Snow Queen will stop at nothing to get to the relics first. And as the final battle approaches, both sides will lose the ones they love as the fight to save or destroy Avalon finally comes to be.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492672734
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The thrilling conclusion to the A Hundred Names for Magic trilogy is not your average fairytale. An unforgettable alternative history fairy-tale series from the author of The Bone Witch about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong. It's been three months since the Snow Queen and OzCorp infiltrated Maidenkeep and nearly seized the Nine Maidens. Ryker is still unconscious and the rest of the group is feeling the effects of the prolonged war. Not to mention that Abigail Fey's curse has far-reaching consequences, and many in the Royal States have been using it to stir unrest and hostilities against Avalon. When the Adarna, a firebird-like creature appears in Avalon, the gang discovers it is one of seven magical artifacts that the Snow Queen has been searching for, in her bid to open a portal to Buyan-a place that could grant her tremendous power. Determined to find the artifacts first the Bandersnatchers find information about the other five: The Singing Bone, The Hamelin Flute, The Tamatebako, The Lotus Lanternm The Raskovnik, and The Wonderland Tree. But the Snow Queen will stop at nothing to get to the relics first. And as the final battle approaches, both sides will lose the ones they love as the fight to save or destroy Avalon finally comes to be.
Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy
Author: Ingrid E. Castro
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498594301
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Joining the emergent interdisciplinary investment in bridging the social sciences and the humanities, Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds explores linkages between children’s agency and fantasy. Fantasy as an integral aspect of childhood and as a genre allows for children’s spectacular dreams and hopeful realities. Friendship, family, identity, loyalty, belongingness, citizenry, and emotionality are central concepts explored in chapters that are anchored by humanities texts of television, film, and literature, but also by social science qualitative methods of participant observation and interviews. Fantasy has the capacity to be a revolutionary change agent that in its modernity can creatively reflect, critique, or reimagine the social, political, and cultural norms of our world. Such promise is also found to be true of children’s agency, wherein children’s beings and becomings, rooted in childhood’s freedoms and constraints, result in a range of outcomes. In the endeavor to broaden theory and research on children’s agency, fantasy becomes a point of possibility with its expanding subjectivities, far-reaching terrain, and spirit of adventure.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498594301
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Joining the emergent interdisciplinary investment in bridging the social sciences and the humanities, Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds explores linkages between children’s agency and fantasy. Fantasy as an integral aspect of childhood and as a genre allows for children’s spectacular dreams and hopeful realities. Friendship, family, identity, loyalty, belongingness, citizenry, and emotionality are central concepts explored in chapters that are anchored by humanities texts of television, film, and literature, but also by social science qualitative methods of participant observation and interviews. Fantasy has the capacity to be a revolutionary change agent that in its modernity can creatively reflect, critique, or reimagine the social, political, and cultural norms of our world. Such promise is also found to be true of children’s agency, wherein children’s beings and becomings, rooted in childhood’s freedoms and constraints, result in a range of outcomes. In the endeavor to broaden theory and research on children’s agency, fantasy becomes a point of possibility with its expanding subjectivities, far-reaching terrain, and spirit of adventure.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read
Author: Kathy Hall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135150699
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book brings together different disciplinary perspectives and studies on learning to read with a view to extending and enriching debate, practice, research and policy on the development of reading.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135150699
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book brings together different disciplinary perspectives and studies on learning to read with a view to extending and enriching debate, practice, research and policy on the development of reading.
Loki
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368027806
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
An epic tale across the realms. A deadly power that spans millennia. A story of struggle and betrayal, this adventure is told through the patchwork past of Marvel's most misunderstood mischief-maker of all time: Loki: Trickster. God of Asgard. Brother. This is the first of three young adult novels from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee that explores the untapped potential of popular characters in the Marvel Universe. The novels focus on exploring the duality of heroism in specific character stories from the Marvel Universe.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368027806
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
An epic tale across the realms. A deadly power that spans millennia. A story of struggle and betrayal, this adventure is told through the patchwork past of Marvel's most misunderstood mischief-maker of all time: Loki: Trickster. God of Asgard. Brother. This is the first of three young adult novels from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee that explores the untapped potential of popular characters in the Marvel Universe. The novels focus on exploring the duality of heroism in specific character stories from the Marvel Universe.
An Unreliable Magic
Author: Rin Chupeco
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 149267270X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This second book in the A Hundred Names for Magic trilogy is not your average fairytale. An unforgettable alternative history fairy-tale series from the author of The Bone Witch about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong. It's been six months since the lost city of Avalon was thawed and retaken. And Alex is doing his best to be a good leader, even though he's not entirely sure what he's doing. He needs all the help he can get, which is why his best friend, Tala, is by his side. Unfortunately, when the Nameless Sword in the stone appears suddenly in the castle courtyard, it brings a new set of problems. Avalon custom dictates that anyone is free to try to pull it out, attracting people from all walks of life and leaving the kingdom vulnerable to attack. Attempts to infiltrate Avalon begin in the form of mysterious portals that start appearing without warning bringing nightwalkers, ice maidens, and even a surly dragon. When the Snow Queen comes out of the woodwork with an unlikely ally and attempts to open a portal to the legendary Buyan, a long-lost country whose life-giving waters could make her even more powerful, Alex, Tala, and their friends will have to work together to stop her, even after their biggest betrayal leaves them broken. Gripping, fantastical, and delightfully funny, An Unreliable Magic is perfect for readers looking for: young adult magic, mythology, and folklore LGBTQ representation diverse characters creative new takes on classic stories fresh and dazzling world building Praise for Wicked As You Wish: "Glorious."—Shelf Awareness "Combining legends, myths, fairy tales, and classic children's literature from Oz to Neverland, Chupeco (The Bone Witch) creates an enchanting story that is both a feast for the senses and a unique spin on the hero's journey...A nail-biting quest that introduces a gripping new series."—STARRED review, Publishers Weekly "...A truly original novel. A deftly executed melding of folklore and reality grounded in contemporary issues."—STARRED review, Kirkus
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 149267270X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This second book in the A Hundred Names for Magic trilogy is not your average fairytale. An unforgettable alternative history fairy-tale series from the author of The Bone Witch about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong. It's been six months since the lost city of Avalon was thawed and retaken. And Alex is doing his best to be a good leader, even though he's not entirely sure what he's doing. He needs all the help he can get, which is why his best friend, Tala, is by his side. Unfortunately, when the Nameless Sword in the stone appears suddenly in the castle courtyard, it brings a new set of problems. Avalon custom dictates that anyone is free to try to pull it out, attracting people from all walks of life and leaving the kingdom vulnerable to attack. Attempts to infiltrate Avalon begin in the form of mysterious portals that start appearing without warning bringing nightwalkers, ice maidens, and even a surly dragon. When the Snow Queen comes out of the woodwork with an unlikely ally and attempts to open a portal to the legendary Buyan, a long-lost country whose life-giving waters could make her even more powerful, Alex, Tala, and their friends will have to work together to stop her, even after their biggest betrayal leaves them broken. Gripping, fantastical, and delightfully funny, An Unreliable Magic is perfect for readers looking for: young adult magic, mythology, and folklore LGBTQ representation diverse characters creative new takes on classic stories fresh and dazzling world building Praise for Wicked As You Wish: "Glorious."—Shelf Awareness "Combining legends, myths, fairy tales, and classic children's literature from Oz to Neverland, Chupeco (The Bone Witch) creates an enchanting story that is both a feast for the senses and a unique spin on the hero's journey...A nail-biting quest that introduces a gripping new series."—STARRED review, Publishers Weekly "...A truly original novel. A deftly executed melding of folklore and reality grounded in contemporary issues."—STARRED review, Kirkus
Film, Philosophy and Religion
Author:
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1648893228
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Hollywood is a $40 billion annual business, one that is highly influential in culture. If we want to know who we are as individuals and a society, what we believe and what we value, we need to know and understand Hollywood and film. Make no mistake, Hollywood is neither philosophically, politically, nor morally neutral! Many studies demonstrate how movies “affect” us long before we have thought it through. In other words, Hollywood “smuggles” all kinds of ideas into our minds and hearts without us even knowing it. While Hollywood may be the biggest and most influential in the world, this book will demonstrate the growing international influence of film from India (Bollywood), Nigeria (Nollywood), Zimbabwe (Zollywood) and Yesilçam (Turkey). 'Film, Philosophy and Religion' explicitly and implicitly takes a philosophical approach to analyzing film theoretically and methodologically. There are topic and film-specific chapters that take a theological approach, and others that explore ideas like Affect, Axiology, Art Reflecting the Artist and Transcendence (Spirituality) of Film. Hermeneutics also have a central role in the book, including films based on biblical texts that act as interpretations of these texts and fill in the blanks (albeit speculatively by way of script and directors). Chapters also explore the philosophy of aesthetics and film realism which end with theology, while other chapters explore the incompatibility of science with religion, as well as a chapter on the timely topic of rape in Turkish film. The book’s scope goes from the “Horror of Evil in Ridley Scott’s Alien Universe” to “Love Can Thaw a Frozen Heart: The Philosophy of Love in the Frozen Films” (Disney Princess Narratives). This book represents international films and scholars. The diverse perspectives from theist to atheist—and everything in-between—are sure to spark thinking and generate talking points that provide something for everyone in an accessible format. It will be of great interest to university students and professors, scholars, seminaries, and the general public.
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1648893228
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Hollywood is a $40 billion annual business, one that is highly influential in culture. If we want to know who we are as individuals and a society, what we believe and what we value, we need to know and understand Hollywood and film. Make no mistake, Hollywood is neither philosophically, politically, nor morally neutral! Many studies demonstrate how movies “affect” us long before we have thought it through. In other words, Hollywood “smuggles” all kinds of ideas into our minds and hearts without us even knowing it. While Hollywood may be the biggest and most influential in the world, this book will demonstrate the growing international influence of film from India (Bollywood), Nigeria (Nollywood), Zimbabwe (Zollywood) and Yesilçam (Turkey). 'Film, Philosophy and Religion' explicitly and implicitly takes a philosophical approach to analyzing film theoretically and methodologically. There are topic and film-specific chapters that take a theological approach, and others that explore ideas like Affect, Axiology, Art Reflecting the Artist and Transcendence (Spirituality) of Film. Hermeneutics also have a central role in the book, including films based on biblical texts that act as interpretations of these texts and fill in the blanks (albeit speculatively by way of script and directors). Chapters also explore the philosophy of aesthetics and film realism which end with theology, while other chapters explore the incompatibility of science with religion, as well as a chapter on the timely topic of rape in Turkish film. The book’s scope goes from the “Horror of Evil in Ridley Scott’s Alien Universe” to “Love Can Thaw a Frozen Heart: The Philosophy of Love in the Frozen Films” (Disney Princess Narratives). This book represents international films and scholars. The diverse perspectives from theist to atheist—and everything in-between—are sure to spark thinking and generate talking points that provide something for everyone in an accessible format. It will be of great interest to university students and professors, scholars, seminaries, and the general public.