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Book Synopsis The King's Nightingale by : Sherryl Jordan
Download or read book The King's Nightingale written by Sherryl Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic fantasy set in a land of sultans and kings, sumptuous palaces... and slave markets. When Elowen and her brother are seized by pirates and sold, separately, in the slave market of a distant land, Elowens enduring resolve is to escape, rescue her brother and return home. Sold to a desert ruler who admires her sublime voice, Elowen is given the title of the Kings Nightingale. Honoured by the king, and loved by his scribe, Elowen lives a life of luxury, until she makes a fateful mistake and finds herself sold to a less charitable master.
Book Synopsis The Nightingale by : Hans Christian Andersen
Download or read book The Nightingale written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Segregation by : Carl H. Nightingale
Download or read book Segregation written by Carl H. Nightingale and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of segregation, what often comes to mind is apartheid South Africa, or the American South in the age of Jim Crow—two societies fundamentally premised on the concept of the separation of the races. But as Carl H. Nightingale shows us in this magisterial history, segregation is everywhere, deforming cities and societies worldwide. Starting with segregation’s ancient roots, and what the archaeological evidence reveals about humanity’s long-standing use of urban divisions to reinforce political and economic inequality, Nightingale then moves to the world of European colonialism. It was there, he shows, segregation based on color—and eventually on race—took hold; the British East India Company, for example, split Calcutta into “White Town” and “Black Town.” As we follow Nightingale’s story around the globe, we see that division replicated from Hong Kong to Nairobi, Baltimore to San Francisco, and more. The turn of the twentieth century saw the most aggressive segregation movements yet, as white communities almost everywhere set to rearranging whole cities along racial lines. Nightingale focuses closely on two striking examples: Johannesburg, with its state-sponsored separation, and Chicago, in which the goal of segregation was advanced by the more subtle methods of real estate markets and housing policy. For the first time ever, the majority of humans live in cities, and nearly all those cities bear the scars of segregation. This unprecedented, ambitious history lays bare our troubled past, and sets us on the path to imagining the better, more equal cities of the future.
Book Synopsis The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by : A. S. Byatt
Download or read book The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye written by A. S. Byatt and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor. "A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous." --Boston Globe "Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely." --Chicago Tribune "Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales." --Washington Post Book World
Book Synopsis Midwinter Nightingale by : Joan Aiken
Download or read book Midwinter Nightingale written by Joan Aiken and published by Random House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Dido Twite adventure, tenth in the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. 9 yrs+
Book Synopsis The Bear and The Nightingale by : Katherine Arden
Download or read book The Bear and The Nightingale written by Katherine Arden and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _____________________________ Beware the evil in the woods... In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods. . . Atmospheric and enchanting, with an engrossing adventure at its core, The Bear and the Nightingale is perfect for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. _____________________________ Now with over 100 5* reviews, readers are spellbound by this magical story: 'This book stayed with me, I didn't want it to end' 'A beautifully written story' 'An entrancing story, which swept me up from the very first chapter' 'Full of magic' _____________________________ Make sure you've read all the books in the acclaimed Winternight Trilogy 1. The Bear and the Nightingale 2. The Girl in the Tower 3. The Winter of the Witch
Book Synopsis The River of Kings by : Taylor Brown
Download or read book The River of Kings written by Taylor Brown and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two brothers travel a storied river’s past and present in search of the truth about their father’s death in the second novel by the acclaimed author of Fallen Land.
Book Synopsis Shroud for a Nightingale by : P.D. James
Download or read book Shroud for a Nightingale written by P.D. James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series. The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.
Book Synopsis Secret for a Nightingale by : Victoria Holt
Download or read book Secret for a Nightingale written by Victoria Holt and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the outbreak of the Crimean War, Susanna Pleydell journeys to the Middle East to work as a nurse with the legendary Florence Nightingale but is haunted by a dark secret from her past.
Download or read book The Calling written by Fleur Beale and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Dreams were dangerous things.’ It was the dream of Molly’s dying mother that she would become a nun. It isn’t, however, the dream of her Methodist father, who wants her to marry. But what is her true calling and how can she follow it? As the 19th century draws to an end, Molly searches out the extraordinary nun Mother Mary Joseph Aubert to find out. ‘One of the most consistently accomplished and versatile writers for teenagers in the country’ – The New Zealand Listener
Book Synopsis The Blood Throne of Caria by : Roy Casagranda
Download or read book The Blood Throne of Caria written by Roy Casagranda and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when uttering a woman's name in public is taboo, Artemisia dreams of replacing her father as King of Halikarnassos. While the kings of Caria plot to use her for their own ends, she outmaneuvers them in the palace and on the field of battle, cleaving the ramparts of patriarchy to become one of history's fiercest heroines.
Book Synopsis The Emperor and the Nightingale by : Hans Christian Andersen
Download or read book The Emperor and the Nightingale written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being neglected by the emperor, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.
Book Synopsis The Songs of the Kings by : Barry Unsworth
Download or read book The Songs of the Kings written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the harsh winds hold the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis waiting to sail toTroy, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman.
Download or read book Winter of Fire written by Sherryl Jordan and published by Scholastic NZ. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a gloomy, smoke-filled world where the sun has vanished, all light and warmth comes from the firestones mined underground by the Quelled – a people branded by the race known as Chosen.On her sixteenth birthday, the rebellious Quelled girl Elsha is selected as handmaid to the Firelord – the most powerful of the Chosen. Suddenly Elsha is swept into a world of privilege, but also of prejudice and hatred and inequality. And her pursuit of her vision of a world of warmth, as sung about in the ancient myths, leads her on a dangerous path…"
Book Synopsis Jenny Lind by : Sarah Jenny Dunsmure
Download or read book Jenny Lind written by Sarah Jenny Dunsmure and published by Reddoor Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, was a household name in 1950 - as world-famous then as Beyonce is now. She was renowned not just as a singer but also for her charity, her generosity and, at a time when the terms 'singer' and 'actress' had scandalous overtones, her virtuous life. In this fascinating biography, Jenny Lind's great grand-daughter uncovers an extraordinary story, from the register of illegitimate births in Stockholm, to discovery by the Swedish Royal Theatre at just nine years old, to honour in the courts of Europe and a phenomenal tour of America. Jenny's story is one of huge professional triumph, offering her fame and fortune and even the interest of kings, princes and the rich and famous, yet she experienced searing heartbreak before finally finding happiness in love. A truly fascinating story, essential reading for everyone interested in music, theatre and general history.
Download or read book Nightingale written by David Farland and published by East India Press. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¿We all become lost children at one time or another. When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.¿ ¿ Olivia Bron Jones was abandoned as a newborn. Thrown into foster care, he is rejected by one family after another, until he meets Olivia, a gifted and devoted high-school teacher who recognizes him for what he really is¿what her people call a ¿nightingale.¿But Bron isn¿t ready to learn the truth. There are secrets that have been hidden from mankind for hundreds of thousands of years, secrets that should remain hidden. Some things are too dangerous to know.Bron¿s secret may be the most dangerous of all.In his remarkable young adult fantasy debut, David Farland shows why critics have called his work ¿compelling,¿ ¿engrossing,¿ ¿powerful,¿ ¿profound,¿ and ¿ultimately life-changing.¿
Book Synopsis Bed, Wed, Behead by : Adam Nightingale
Download or read book Bed, Wed, Behead written by Adam Nightingale and published by History Press. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 90 men and 90 women from British history, all of whom you must consider to answer an age-old question: who would you shag, marry and kill? Will you try your luck with Anne Boleyn before sending Catherine of Aragon to the block (no more nagging exes) and tying the knot with Jane Seymour, 'the fairest of all the king's wives'? Or would you rather have a wild fling with Byron before settling down to a life of married bliss with Wordsworth (having given Keats the old heave-ho)? With kings and queens, heroes and heroines, Tudor mistresses, Victorian explorers and countless scandalous lords and ladies, get ready to bed, wed and behead your way through 1,000 years of British history ...
