The Loon

The Loon PDF Author: Michaelbrent Collings
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781460990759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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The isolated, maximum security prison for the criminally insane houses some of the nation's deadliest, most frightening psychopaths. But when a freak storm cuts off all communications and causes a massive power outage, the prisoners get loose ... and find there is nowhere to go. The blizzard rages outside. The inmates are now in charge and the staff must band together to survive. And then they all discover that the inmates aren't the most dangerous thing about The Loon. Because below the prison is a secret place. A dark place. A place where a creature of monstrous appetites has been born. And it's very, very hungry ...

The Loon

The Loon PDF Author: Michaelbrent Collings
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781460990759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Book Description
The isolated, maximum security prison for the criminally insane houses some of the nation's deadliest, most frightening psychopaths. But when a freak storm cuts off all communications and causes a massive power outage, the prisoners get loose ... and find there is nowhere to go. The blizzard rages outside. The inmates are now in charge and the staff must band together to survive. And then they all discover that the inmates aren't the most dangerous thing about The Loon. Because below the prison is a secret place. A dark place. A place where a creature of monstrous appetites has been born. And it's very, very hungry ...

The Way of the Loon

The Way of the Loon PDF Author: Sally E. Burns
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525582461
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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The Way of the Loon tells of a spring and summer in a loon family’s life on a lake in the boreal forest. When LaLa and Dapper return to the northern lake to raise a family, challenges lie ahead: hungry eagles, rowdy humans, and a large fish threaten their peace and security. But the loving couple are soon the proud parents of little Chortle, and spend the warm seasons helping him grow and teaching him about the ways of the loon. As he strengthens and matures, Chortle learns that his parents will soon leave him for the south. He will need to learn to listen to the breezes—the breezes will tell him when it’s time to journey on by himself. From their home, two young boys hearing the call of the loons, watch and learn about the birds. Through this watchful, gentle childhood presence, young readers are beckoned into the beautiful, poignant “way of the loon” and the inevitability of growing up.

The Raven and the Loon

The Raven and the Loon PDF Author: Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Publisher: Inhabit Media
ISBN: 9781772272703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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In the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom, while loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing game that would give their feathers some much-needed colour. The results - not at all what the two birds expected - led to Raven and Loon acquiring their now-familiar coats. This whimsical retelling of a pan-Arctic traditional story features lively, colourful illustrations from Kim Smith.

Loon

Loon PDF Author: Jack McLean
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 034551016X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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“Kids like me didn’t go to Vietnam,” writes Jack McLean in his compulsively readable memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold. After graduation in the spring of 1966, faced with the mandatory military draft, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for a two-year stint. “Vietnam at the time was a country, and not yet a war,” he writes. It didn’t remain that way for long. A year later, after boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and stateside duty in Barstow, California, the Vietnam War was reaching its peak. McLean, like most available Marines, was retrained at Camp Pendleton, California, and sent to Vietnam as a grunt to serve in an infantry company in the northernmost reaches of South Vietnam. McLean’s story climaxes with the horrific three-day Battle for Landing Zone Loon in June, 1968. Fought on a remote hill in the northwestern corner of South Vietnam, McLean bore witness to the horror of war and was forever changed. He returned home six weeks later to a country largely ambivalent to his service. Written with honesty and insight, Loon is a powerful coming-of-age portrait of a boy who bears witness to some of the most tumultuous events in our history, both in Vietnam and back home.

The Legend of the Loon

The Legend of the Loon PDF Author: Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1627531815
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island stories. A Grandmother's love for her grandchildren is magically portrayed in "The Legend of the Loon". A perfect addition to your collection, this book remains true to the heartwarming qualities you've come to expect from these legendary storytellers.

Secrets of the Loon

Secrets of the Loon PDF Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681341583
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Illustrations and rhyming text follow a loon chick as she learns how to survive--and thrive--in her first year. Includes facts about loons.

Song of the Loon

Song of the Loon PDF Author: Richard Amory
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551523175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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“More completely than any author before him, Richard Amory explores the tormented world of love for man by man . . . a happy amalgam of James Fenimore Cooper, Jean Genet and Hudson’s Green Mansions.”—from the cover copy of the 1969 edition Published well ahead of its time, in 1966 by Greenleaf Classics, Song of the Loon is a romantic novel that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver and his travels through the wilderness. Along his journey, he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom and homosexual encounters. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s and 1970s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie and a parody novel called Fruit of the Loon. Unique among pulp novels of the time, the gay characters in Song of the Loon are strong and romantically drawn, which has earned the book a place in the canon of gay American literature. With an introduction by Michael Bronski, editor of Pulp Friction and author of The Pleasure Principle. Little Sister’s Classics is a new series of books from Arsenal Pulp Press, reviving lost and out-of-print gay and lesbian classic books, both fiction and nonfiction. The books in the series are produced in conjunction with Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, the heroic Vancouver bookstore well-known for its anti-censorship efforts.

Loon

Loon PDF Author: Susan Vande Griek
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554982316
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47

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A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about loons. It’s summertime, and as darkness falls there is a haunting sound from the lake — Ooh-hoo-oo, ooh-hoo-oo. It is a loon calling to its family across the water. This lyrical story follows the life cycle of two loon chicks. We see them breaking out of their eggshells, then learning to swim, find food and avoid predators such as snapping turtles and big bass fish. After they learn to fly, they migrate to the ocean. And when their striking black-and-white feathers finally emerge, they fly inland, each to find a new lake territory and mate. Accompanying Susan Vande Griek’s poetic text are Karen Reczuch’s gorgeous illustrations, which show the loons as they grow from tiny downy chicks to majestic adult birds. An afterword provides more information on loons, including their amazing diving ability, the meanings of their calls, and the environmental threats that they face. Also illustrated are five different types of loons and other animals that can be found in their lake habitat. The illustrations were researched in the Ornithology Collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, and Ron Ridout of Bird Studies Canada consulted on the text. Key Text Features illustrations author’s note further reading labels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Moon the Loon

Moon the Loon PDF Author: Dougal Butler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780352308054
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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Lenny the Loon

Lenny the Loon PDF Author: Mikaela Casey
Publisher: Wise Ink
ISBN: 9781634892759
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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When Wally the Walleye decides to leave Lake Minnetonka once and for all, his new friend Lenny the Loon offers to guide him along the way. As a day of sightseeing and nautical knowledge unfolds, Lenny teaches Wally that sometimes what you're looking for . . . is right there in front of you. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the beauty of Lake Minnetonka or the power of friendship will appreciate this fun, charming story. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Mikaela Casey grew up in Woodend Shores on Lake Minnetonka. Through her adolescence and young adult years she balanced working on the lake in the summers and competitive snowboarding around the globe in winters. In 2015 she graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in English. Lenny the Loon is her first published work. Yana Popova is a London-based illustrator and concept artist. Originally from Bulgaria, she started developing her skills at an early age and followed an artistic path during her education. She studied interior design at New Bulgarian University before deciding to concentrate full time on illustration. She enjoys working in both traditional and digital media using vivid and rich color schemes. AUTHOR HOME: Minneapolis, MN