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Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure

Author : Simon Cheshire
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526613298
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure written by Simon Cheshire and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to meet 66 exceptionally brave adventurers in this celebration of monumental achievements from around the world. Mountaineers, conquerors, explorers, sailors, pilots and many others who accomplished amazing feats of bravery and triumph are waiting to be discovered in Simon Cheshire's outstanding, Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventures, vibrantly illustrated by Fatti Burke. These are the astonishing true stories of just a few of the world's most daring men and women who defied all odds to achieve their goals and make their dreams come true. Drive across the world, avoiding danger around every corner, with Aloha Wanderwell on The Million Dollar Wager, dive to the deepest depths of the dark and unexplored ocean with Jacques Piccard, climb to the highest peak of Mount Everest with Junko Tabei or tumble over Niagara Falls in a barrel with Annie Edson Taylor. There is no adventure too big or small for this fearless group of men and women! This collection of outstanding adventurers is sure to inspire the next generation of courageous risk takers. With bright and vibrant artwork from the effortlessly talented Fatti Burke, Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure will make you want to reach for the stars ... and don't let anyone stand in your way!

A Flicker of Courage

Author : Deb Caletti
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984813056
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book A Flicker of Courage written by Deb Caletti and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti debuts in middle grade with a tongue-in-cheek hero's journey set in a town full of magic, mayhem, lighthouses... and evil. The story takes place in a world much like ours, but at the same time not at all like ours, in which Vlad Luxor--a capricious, vain, infantile tyrant--rules over a town with an iron fist. He's an emperor with no clothes, but woe is the person who points that out--they could wind up turned into a squirrel or lizard or who knows what! For in this world, the evil leader also has magic, which he uses to punish anyone who speaks out against him. But in every classic tale with a despicable villain, there must also be a truly noble hero--in this case, four of them! Henry, Apollo, Pirate Girl, and JoJo must be their most brave and clever to break the spell Vlad Luxor has cast on Apollo's brother, Rocco. For we can't have Rocco remain a naked lizard for the rest of his life, now can we?

Remarkable Creatures

Author : Sean B. Carroll
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547526148
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Remarkable Creatures written by Sean B. Carroll and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: A biologist’s “thoroughly enjoyable” account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly). Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species’ history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists were about to embark on an amazing new era of understanding. From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Big Picture, this book leads us on a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin’s trip around the world to Charles Walcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Filled with the same sense of adventure that spurred on these extraordinary men and women, Remarkable Creatures is a “stirring introduction to the wonder of evolutionary biology” (Kirkus Reviews). “Charming and enlightening.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As fast-paced as a detective story.” —Nature

Wintering

Author : Peter Geye
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101969997
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Wintering written by Peter Geye and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true epic: a love story that spans sixty years, generations’ worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed. One day, elderly, demented Harry Eide steps out of his sickbed and disappears into the brutal, unforgiving Minnesota wilderness that surrounds his hometown of Gunflint. It's not the first time Harry has vanished. Thirty-odd years earlier, in 1963, he'd fled his marriage with his eighteen-year-old-son Gustav in tow. He'd promised Gustav a rambunctious adventure, two men taking on the woods in winter. With Harry gone for the second (and last) time, unable to survive the woods he'd once braved, his son Gus, now grown, sets out to relate the story of their first disappearance--bears and ice floes and all--to Berit Lovig, an old woman who shares a special, if turbulent, bond with Harry. Wintering is a thrilling adventure story wrapped in the deep, dark history of a rural town.

Prince Martin Wins His Sword

Author : Brandon Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732127845
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Prince Martin Wins His Sword written by Brandon Hale and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prince Martin must prove himself in order to win his first sword.

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Publisher : Dhruv jain
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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History as the Story of Freedom

Author : Clark Butler
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004493689
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book History as the Story of Freedom written by Clark Butler and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabilitation of the speculative philosophy of history. It challenges the idea popularized by thinkers such as and Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jean-François Lyotard that historical meta-mythology and meta-narrative are philosophically obsolete. As long as humanity, viewed anthropologically, lives by over-arching narrative, the quest for a version that survives rational criticism remains vital. Here human rights serve as the key to unlock such a version. Despite the fact that the Hegelian philosophy of history has often been derided, something very similar currently functions as the official ideology of the world community: the idea of history as the story of freedom. This book does not retell the world-historical story of freedom. Rather, it uncovers it, beginning with the current age of human rights and working backward through the great role-model civilizations of history. Its conclusion is that a forward retelling of the story of freedom as the story of human rights can be justified by dewesternizing the story. The book contains critical responses from specialized scholars and re-presentative of selected world cultures. The volume includes illustrations, and a guest Afterword by Donald Phillip Verene. It is a companion-volume to the author's Hegel's Logic: Between History and Dialectic (North-western University Press, 1996).

Storytelling

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459385
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.

Crusaders

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143108972
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Crusaders written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones. For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era. Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars. Crusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. In this richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Dan Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus.

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

Author : Dav Pilkey
Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407144146
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants written by Dav Pilkey and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Pippy P. (Pee-Pee) Poopypants is a brilliant scientist, but his ridiculous name means no one takes his fantastic inventions seriously. And now he's on the rampage! He's armed with fiendish inventions Shrinky-Pig 2000 and the terrible Gerbil Jogger 2000. Can Captain Underpants stop him?

Wild Rescues

Author : Kevin Grange
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641602031
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Wild Rescues written by Kevin Grange and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kevin Grange details nearly everything that possibly could go wrong in a national park and yet still manages to make you more excited than ever to hit the trail." —Conor Knighton, New York Times bestselling author of Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with the National Park Service: a unique brand of park rangers who respond to medical and traumatic emergencies in some of the most isolated and rugged parts of America. In 2014, Kevin Grange left his job as a paramedic in Los Angeles to work in a response area with 2.2 million acres: Yellowstone National Park. Seeking a break from city life and urban EMS, he wanted to experience pure nature, fulfill his dream of working for the National Park Service, and take a crash-course in wilderness medicine. Grange's epic journey took him to Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Teton National Parks where, among other calls, he battled to save the lives of a heart attack victim at Old Faithful, a hiker who'd fractured his skull below Yosemite Falls, and a snowmobiler who launched into a deep gorge in the shadow of the jagged Tetons. Grange was initially overwhelmed—and out of his element—providing patient care in an extreme environment with limited resources and a two-hour drive to the nearest hospital. But he came to enjoy the challenges and steep learning curve of wilderness medicine. Between calls, Grange reflects upon the democratic ideal of the National Park mission, the beauty of the land, and the many threats facing it. With visitation rising, budgets shrinking, and people loving our parks to death, he realized that—along with the health of his patients—he was also fighting for the life of "America's Best Idea."

Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #10)

Author : Dav Pilkey
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338615181
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #10) written by Dav Pilkey and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George and Harold have to figure out how to fix history in the tenth book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man! George and Harold have been turned into evil zombie nerds doomed to roam a devastated, postapocalyptic planet for all eternity! Unfortunately, the boys can't count on Captain Underpants for help because Tippy Tinkletrousers and his time-traveling hijinks prevented George and Harold from creating him in the first place! With Tippy having changed the course of human history forever, George and Harold will have to figure out a way to change it back!

CICisters

Author : Michael James Wilbur
Publisher : Michael James Wilbur
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book CICisters written by Michael James Wilbur and published by Michael James Wilbur. This book was released on with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When CIC Angela, the artificial personality and mind that shaped the nation of Ronisgald for thousands of years, vanishes without a trace from the data-banks of her home facility, the daughters she created for the Wenapaj facilities are naturally concerned. Installing themselves into prototype core units, the CIC sisters leave their facilities for the first time in their lives in hopes of locating their mother and her kidnappers. Faced with the temptations of a world they long thought beyond their reach, the daughters of the Glyche must stay determined and remain focused if they ever hope to discover the truth of CIC Angela's disappearance.

The Ark, the Reed, & the Fire Cloud

Author : Jenny L. Cote
Publisher : Amazing Tales of Max & Liz
ISBN 13 : 9780899571980
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book The Ark, the Reed, & the Fire Cloud written by Jenny L. Cote and published by Amazing Tales of Max & Liz. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical adventure of animals traveling worldwide to Noah's ark.

Argo

Author : Mark Knowles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1801102716
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Argo written by Mark Knowles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've read the myth of the Golden Fleece. Now find out how it really was for Jason and the Argonauts in this gripping reimagining of the famous Ancient Greek tale, and first book in the breathtaking Blades of Bronze series. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Neil Gaiman and Natalie Haynes. He has come to take what is yours... Iolkos, Greece, 1230 BC. King Pelias has grown paranoid, tormented by his murderous past and a prophecy of the man who will one day destroy him. When a stranger arrives to compete in the Games of Poseidon, Pelias is horrified, for this young man should never have grown to manhood. He is Jason, Pelias' nephew, who survived his uncle's assassins as a child. Now Jason wants his revenge – and the kingdom. But Pelias is cunning as well as powerful. He gives Jason an impossible challenge: to claim the throne, he must first steal the fabled Golden Fleece of Colchis. Jason assembles a band of Greece's finest warriors. They are the Argonauts, named for their trusty ship. But even with these mighty allies, Jason will have to overcome the brutal challenges hurled his way. His mission and many lives depend on his wits – and his sword. PRAISE FOR THE BLADES OF BRONZE SERIES AND MARK KNOWLES 'A bold and thrilling voyage that plunges you deep into the world of ancient myth' Daisy Dunn 'Mark Knowles has taken the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece, and stripped it down to its bare bones... A deeply researched historical epic, so brilliantly brought to life I could taste the salt air on my tongue... Epic battles, well-rounded characters sailing through a brilliantly described world' Adam Lofthouse 'What a spectacular triumph! Knowles has taken a reassuringly familiar legend and elevated it into a new, realistic and engrossing story' Sam Taw 'Knowles has combined historical realities with sure-footed imagination... brilliant' Dr Paul Millett '[Knowles] has teamed his love of learning classics and childhood love of sword-and-sandals epics to accomplish something remarkable' Boarding Schools' Association

Sidetracked

Author : Michael James Wilbur
Publisher : Michael James Wilbur
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sidetracked written by Michael James Wilbur and published by Michael James Wilbur. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the mess with the princess and the dragon, Jimmy has settled back down in his home at the Saybaro, content that the strangest parts of his life have finally passed. He's about to get a wake-up call. Wenapaj is a strange and wonderful country, and Jimmy's about to get a good look at it whether he wants to or not. Dreamer-enchanted dolls, corrupted Glyche, an all out war between magic and technology, and really REALLY big chickens are just a few of the obstacles Jimmy will face in the coming days. He won't be alone, however; joined by his mysterious and beautiful girlfriend, a silent warrior and his not-so-silent winged cat, a stoner mage of great power and questionable attention span, and a faerie with a penchant for witchcraft, Jimmy's journey continues across Vinta's smallest and strangest nation in search of truth, justice, and hamburgers.

Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels Vol. 19

Author : Geronimo Stilton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1545800316
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels Vol. 19 written by Geronimo Stilton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Egypt, Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone. But he doesn't know that Pirate Cats have already replaced the original piece with their own version. Now it's up to Geronimo and friends find the real Stone and give it back to history!