Author: Douglas Hurd
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN:
Category : Hong Kong (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Smile on the Face of the Tiger
Author: Douglas Hurd
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN:
Category : Hong Kong (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN:
Category : Hong Kong (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger
Author: Loren D. Estleman
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 044693125X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In Estleman's latest novel, Amos Walker is back on the streets of Detroit as he investigates the mysterious death of an ageing pulp fiction writer.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 044693125X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In Estleman's latest novel, Amos Walker is back on the streets of Detroit as he investigates the mysterious death of an ageing pulp fiction writer.
Understanding the Visual
Author: Tony Schirato
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781412901574
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In a world preoccupied with the visual, it has become essential to understand the dynamics of images and interpret them. This volume shows the reader how to analyse the structure, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in Western cultures.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781412901574
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In a world preoccupied with the visual, it has become essential to understand the dynamics of images and interpret them. This volume shows the reader how to analyse the structure, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in Western cultures.
When You Trap a Tiger
Author: Tae Keller
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524715700
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524715700
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review
Tears of a Tiger
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442489138
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442489138
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
The Gladstone Bag
Author: Ursula Ryland
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848765126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The Gladstone Bag is a touching and engrossing tale of colonial China in the 1930s. Peter Herriton travels from his family’s guilty past and the stifling atmosphere of middle England in to Foochow, China. The languid pace of life in Colonial China amuses Peter, but as the bombs fall and Japan mobilises Peter realises the depth of the British myopia in the face of the impending Japanese Invasion.The novel has been informed by author Urusla Ryland’s own experiences of China in the 1930s, Ursula was born in Fuzhou (Foochow) where her father was the Superintendent of Tak Ding Hospital and medical officer to the British Consulate. Looked after by her Chinese amah, Ursula spoke Fuzhou dialect, Pidgin English and English from an early age. In 1938 she moved with her parents to Sarawak, Borneo to avoid the immanent Japanese invasion.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848765126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The Gladstone Bag is a touching and engrossing tale of colonial China in the 1930s. Peter Herriton travels from his family’s guilty past and the stifling atmosphere of middle England in to Foochow, China. The languid pace of life in Colonial China amuses Peter, but as the bombs fall and Japan mobilises Peter realises the depth of the British myopia in the face of the impending Japanese Invasion.The novel has been informed by author Urusla Ryland’s own experiences of China in the 1930s, Ursula was born in Fuzhou (Foochow) where her father was the Superintendent of Tak Ding Hospital and medical officer to the British Consulate. Looked after by her Chinese amah, Ursula spoke Fuzhou dialect, Pidgin English and English from an early age. In 1938 she moved with her parents to Sarawak, Borneo to avoid the immanent Japanese invasion.
The Illustrated American
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Author: John Ng
Publisher: ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD
ISBN: 9814305618
Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher: ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD
ISBN: 9814305618
Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
New Radiant Readers Book Viii
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788170236689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788170236689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Never Smile at a Monkey
Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 061896620X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 061896620X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.