As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about the wonderful Mary Newbury, she has a diary and some scattered information about other people in Mary`s life, but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes Herne, Alison encounters the person who is going to tell her all about Mary`s life after she leaves Beulah. Agnes is a descendent of Mary`s and has a special skill which allows her to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world. And Mary has a story to tell. A story of love and friendship, sadness and loss. A story that takes her across the new world in an epic search for a home. We fell under the spell of Mary in Witch Child and...
ISBN: 978-0-7475-5568-1
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Millions of readers around the world have been enchanted by the magical world of wizardry, spells, and mythical beasts inhabited by Harry Potter and his friends. But what most readers don`t know is that there is a centuries-old trove of true history, folklore, and mythology behind Harry`s fantastic universe. Now, with "The Sorcerer`s Companion", those without access to the Hogwarts Library can school themselves in the fascinating lore behind `s world of magic. "The Sorcerer`s Companion" allows curious readers to look up anything magical from all seven Harry Potter books and discover a wealth of entertaining information. Wands and wizards, boggarts and broomsticks, hippogriffs and horcruxes, all have astonishing histories rooted in...
The sequel to "Witch Child", this title reveals what happens to Mary Newbury, who has disappeared into the forest. Alison finds out from Agnes Hearnethat Agnes is a descendent of Mary`s and has a special skill which allowsher to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-6450-8
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Max is learning to be a sorcerer and can`t wait to try out some magic on his own. Left alone in the castle one day, he grabs his chance. And Max`s spell works very well - until he finds he can`t stop it. He is in big trouble Retold by Lesley Sims.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7712-2
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Soviet writer Andrey Platonov saw much of his work suppressed or censored in his lifetime. In recent decades, however, these lost works have reemerged, and the eerie poetry and poignant humanity of Platonov’s vision have become ever more clear. For Nadezhda Mandelstam and Joseph Brodsky, Platonov was the writer who most profoundly registered the spiritual shock of revolution. For a new generation of innovative post-Soviet Russian writers he figures as a daring explorer of word and world, the master of what has been called “alternative realism.” Depicting a devastated world that is both terrifying and sublime, Platonov is, without doubt, a universal writer who is as solitary and haunting as Kafka. This volume gathers eight works...
Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D`Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands. But their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway country. Now a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless waste. Separated from the Sword of Truth and stripped of their magic, Richard and Kahlan must journey across the Midlands to discover a dark secret from the past and a trap that could tear them apart forever. For their fate has become inextricably entwined with that of the Midlands--and there`s no place so...
ISBN: 0-8125-5149-4
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
"The Soul of Leadership" decodes the mysterious qualities that have propelled history`s greatest leaders to the top of the ranks and shrouded them in legend - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, Buddha - and provides a hands-on approach to understanding and mastering these qualities. The 10 Fundamental Principles, that Deepak Chopra believes all leaders should follow, include: a leader is the symbolic soul of the group; inner qualities determine the outcome of any situation; for every need, the right response can be found; great leaders can respond to all situations from the higher levels of spirit; and, a leader focused only on external goals (money, victory, power) will fail. Using well-known examples of great leaders and a...
A Discworld novel. Its hard to grow up normally when grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you have to take over the family business, everyone thinks youre the Tooth Fairy, and you have to face the new and addictive music that has reached the Discworld.
ISBN: 978-0-06-105489-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, `Soul Mountain` is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China.In 1982 Chinese playwright, novelist and artist Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer, the very disease that had killed his father. For six weeks Gao inhabited a transcendental state of imminent death, treating himself to the finest foods he could afford while spending time reading in an old graveyard in the Beijing suburbs. But a secondary examination revealed there was no cancer - he had won a `reprieve from death` and had been thrown back into the world of the living.Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat...
ISBN: 9780007119233
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2023
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she`s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social
ISBN: 978-0-316-05663-2
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: август 2011
Portly Pig loves nothing more than being mucky! He sets off around the farm in search of a big muddy puddle, but what will he do when it starts to rain? Little fingers will just love pushing the big sound button to hear Portly`s noisy oinking on every page.
ISBN: 9780857636430
Издательство:
Nosy Crow
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Gobbly Goat is ready for lunch! But what can he find that`s yummy to munch? Join Gobbly in the farmyard on his quest to find a tasty morsel to eat. Little fingers will just love pushing the big sound button to hear Gobbly`s noisy bleating on every page.
ISBN: 9780857635679
Издательство:
Nosy Crow
Дата выхода: январь 2020
The year is 1899. The British Empire is at the height of its power. But in South Africa, proud Dutch colonists defy the Queen and her army—and a lush, wild world is torn apart by guns, spears, and swords. Sean Courtney had been tragically separated from his family, but the Boer War has brought him back to his homeland—and into the sights of his enemy’s guns. It has also returned him to Ruth Friedman, the only woman Sean can love, even though he shouldn’t. As Sean’s loyalties—to nation, man, and blood—are tested, a saga of duty and betrayal
ISBN: 978-0-312-94067-6
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Join cheeky Monty Monkey as he causes chaos in the jungle! With a hilarious rhyming text, stunning illustrations, and a big sound button that children will love pressing again and again to hear Monty`s monkey noise on every page, this is a delightful new series of a much-loved format.
ISBN: 9781788002288
Издательство:
Nosy Crow
Дата выхода: январь 2020
From the author of WHEN THE LION FEEDS. Sean Courtney, the impulsive adventurer, returns from the wilderness a rich man, until he is robbed by the Boers. A grim homecoming finds his country in the grip of war, but conflicts within the family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld.
There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we`d better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth wizard source of a Sourcerer. "Sourcery" sees the return of Rincewind and the luggage as the Discworld faces its greatest - and funniest - challenge yet.
ISBN: 978-0-06-102067-4
Издательство:
HarperTorch
Дата выхода: август 2011
`It`s vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn`t a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.`An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer.Unseen University, the Discworld`s most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You`d think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . .As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it`s Rincewind.Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the...