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Cygnet

Author : Season Butler
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062870939
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Cygnet written by Season Butler and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Writers’ Guild Award for Best First Novel An utterly original coming-of-age tale, marked by wrenching humor and staggering charisma, about a young woman resisting the savagery of adulthood in a community of the elderly rejecting the promise of youth. “Season Butler has written an imaginative, atmospheric and original novel that lingers in the memory long after reading. She is a bright new voice in literature.” —Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other “It’s too hot for most of the clothes I packed to come here, when I thought this would only be for a week or two. My mother kissed me with those purple-brown lips of hers and said, we’ll be back, hold tight.” The seventeen-year-old Kid doesn’t know where her parents are. They left her with her grandmother Lolly, promising to return soon. That was months ago. Now Lolly is dead and the Kid is alone, stranded ten miles off the coast of New Hampshire on tiny Swan Island. Unable to reach her parents and with no other relatives to turn to, she works for a neighbor, airbrushing the past by digitally retouching family photos and movies to earn enough money to survive. Surrounded by the vast ocean, the Kid’s temporary home is no ordinary vacation retreat. The island is populated by an idiosyncratic group of the elderly who call themselves Wrinklies. They have left behind the youth-obsessed mainland—“the Bad Place”—to create their own alternative community, one where only the elderly are welcome. The adolescent’s presence on their island oasis unnerves the Wrinklies, turning some downright hostile. They don’t care if she has nowhere to go;they just want her gone. She is a reminder of all they’ve left behind and are determined to forget. But the Kid isn’t the only problem threatening the insular community. Swan Island is eroding into the rising sea, threatening the Wrinklies’ very existence there. The Kid’s own house edges closer to the seaside cliffs each day. To find a way forward, she must come to terms with the realities of her life, the inevitability of loss, and an unknown future that is hers alone to embrace. Season Butler makes her literary debut with an ambitious work of bold imagination. Tough and tender, compassionate and ferocious, understated and provocative, Cygnet is a meditation on death and life, past and future, aging and youth, memory and forgetting, that explores what it means to find acceptance—of things gone and of those yet to come.

The Cygnet

Author : Brenda Hiatt
Publisher : Brenda Hiatt
ISBN 13 : 1940618223
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Cygnet written by Brenda Hiatt and published by Brenda Hiatt. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A divided heart Though ostensibly in London for her debut, Miss Deirdre Wheaton is far more interested in meeting celebrated poets than eligible bachelors. In fact, her deepest, most secret desire is to have her own poetry published someday . . . until she meets the Marquis of Wrotham. Once Cupid’s arrow strikes, Deirdre can think of nothing but the handsome nobleman. Determined to give the poets’ most exalted emotion, love, a fair try, she goes about transforming herself from the “ugly duckling” of the family into an elegant woman of fashion in order to catch Lord Wrotham’s eye. But no sooner does she succeed in attracting his notice than she learns that her intended apparently has an aversion to her first love—poetry! A prize worth pursuing Though long averse to matrimony, the Marquis of Wrotham is now in a position where he must, after all, choose a bride for the succession. In Miss Deirdre Wheaton, Lord Wrotham believes he has finally found a woman who unites beauty, breeding, humor and intellect. When she suddenly grows cool toward him, he is at a loss to explain it. Can he convince the lovely Miss Wheaton that he is her perfect mate after all? Originally published as The Ugly Duckling. Book 2 of Brenda Hiatt’s bestselling Hiatt Regency Classics collection.

The Cygnet and the Firebird

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110166214X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Cygnet and the Firebird written by Patricia A. McKillip and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following The Sorceress and the Cygnet, Patricia A. McKillip returns with the sorceress Nyx and her niece Meguet. Together, the duo must face down a pair of mysterious magicals: a mage hell-bent on stealing a hidden treasure, and a firebird who transforms people and objects into precious materials. Each dawn, the firebird transforms into the form of a man, able to disappear into the surrounding town. As they seek out the true identity of the firebird and try to keep the powerful mage from achieving its ultimate prize, Nyx and Meguet set out on an adventure that will take them through various enchanted and alluring realms.

The Sorceress and the Cygnet

Author : Patricia A. McKillip
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101662174
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Sorceress and the Cygnet written by Patricia A. McKillip and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bards of Bone Plain. The Wayfolk are a dark-haired, wandering people who shun doors and walls. Corleu is Wayfolk, albeit with hair the color of the moon. But when his companions and his own true love become trapped in an unearthly swamp beyond the reach of time, he dares to cross a forbidden and forbidding threshold, to enter a dark house that should not exist, to meet with a tinker who is also a king, and to embark on a quest for the one long-lost treasure that may free his people: the heart of the Cygnet. The Cygnet is a figure of myth and legend, like the Gold King, the Blind Lady, the Dancer, and the Warlock. Once Corleu had thought these beings to live only in the stars and in children's rhymes. Now he knows that they are as real as himself, and that it is the Cygnet that holds the others at bay. To find the heart, he must walk paths he never imagined: apprentice himself to a beautiful sorceress of uncertain motives, brave the Fire Bear in its lair, catch the Blood Fox by its shadow, and elude a valiant woman warrior whose destiny is strangely linked to his own. More, Corleu must also wrestle with his own conscience. For if he fails in his quest, those he loves are lost forever to timeless limbo. But if he claims the heart, then the Cygnet falls and so do all who live...

The Handsome Little Cygnet

Author : Matthew Mehan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781505120608
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Handsome Little Cygnet written by Matthew Mehan and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A swan must waddle before a swan can fly! Manhattan's Central Park seems an unlikely place for a family of swans to raise their baby cygnet, but family life is full of surprises, happy mistakes, and mysterious joys. Join Father and Mother Swan and their Handsome Little Cygnet as they paddle through four beautifully illustrated seasons in Central Park. Smile a lot--and cry just a little--as you follow the journey of a baby swan who grows up to learn what and who he really is. From best-selling author and illustrator team Matthew Mehan and John Folley, this wonderful and surprising revision of the Ugly Duckling will please the whole family with beautiful prose and page after page of lush watercolor illustrations. Even enjoy a seek-n-find in the back of the book, learning about the landmarks and wildlife of Central Park, among other amusing mysteries.

Yachts and Yacht Building

Author : P. R. Marett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Yachts and Yacht Building written by P. R. Marett and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Federal Cases

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2802 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Federal Cases written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 2802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harper's Monthly Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1062 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Harper's Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea Or Pacific Ocean ; Illustrated with Charts: To the year 1723, including a history of the buccaneers of America

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Author : James Burney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea Or Pacific Ocean ; Illustrated with Charts: To the year 1723, including a history of the buccaneers of America written by James Burney and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

British and Foreign State Papers

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British and Foreign State Papers written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez

Author : Fabio López Lázaro
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292726317
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez written by Fabio López Lázaro and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1690, a dramatic account of piracy was published in Mexico City. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez described the incredible adventures of a poor Spanish American carpenter who was taken captive by British pirates near the Philippines and forced to work for them for two years. After circumnavigating the world, he was freed and managed to return to Mexico, where the Spanish viceroy commissioned the well-known Mexican scholar Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora to write down Ramírez's account as part of an imperial propaganda campaign against pirates. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez has long been regarded as a work of fiction—in fact, as Latin America's first novel—but Fabio López Lázaro makes a convincing case that the book is a historical account of real events, albeit full of distortions and lies. Using contemporary published accounts, as well as newly discovered documents from Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Dutch archives, he proves that Ramírez voyaged with one of the most famous pirates of all time, William Dampier. López Lázaro's critical translation of The Misfortunes provides the only extensive Spanish eyewitness account of pirates during the period in world history (1650-1750) when they became key agents of the European powers jockeying for international political and economic dominance. An extensive introduction places The Misfortunes within the worldwide struggle that Spain, England, and Holland waged against the ambitious Louis XIV of France, which some historians consider to be the first world war.

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.

The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer

Author : Edward Cave
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer written by Edward Cave and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strands of my Lover's Hair

Author : Matthew Woods
Publisher : Chipmunkapublishing ltd
ISBN 13 : 1904697771
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Strands of my Lover's Hair written by Matthew Woods and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Port State

Author : William Bowden
Publisher : William Bowden
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Port State written by William Bowden and published by William Bowden. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke There are many ways to test humanity to destruction. Serving tea and cakes is one of them. And it is over tea and cakes that the enigmatic Mr. Day makes his proposition to skeptical diplomat Thaddeus Maine. The offer is for the United Kingdom to become the sole distributor of technology so advanced as to be out of this world. A conduit, delivering wonders to the rest of the globe. Naturally, the United Kingdom will want to attach a premium, to cover their costs and so forth… But when it comes to a sufficiently advanced technology, we are so conditioned by what we see at the movies that the real thing no longer seems magical. And unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens.