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Book Synopsis Trading in Mermaids by : Alfred A. Yuson
Download or read book Trading in Mermaids written by Alfred A. Yuson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by : Imogen Hermes Gowar
Download or read book The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock written by Imogen Hermes Gowar and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Imogen Hermes Gowar is a soon-to-be literary star."— Sunday Times (UK) "Historical fiction at its finest, combining myth and legend with the brutal realities of the past. . . . Comparisons will be drawn to the works of contemporary authors Sarah Waters and Michael Faber . . . but The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock has more in common with the novels of Dickens and Austen."— Irish Times In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creature—and meets a most extraordinary woman—in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsession, and desire with all the magnetism, originality, and literary magic of The Essex Serpent. One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah’s trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyage to the Far East, he sold the Jonah’s ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid. Jonah is stunned—the object the captain presents him is brown and wizened, as small as an infant, with vicious teeth and claws, and a torso that ends in the tail of a fish. It is also dead. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlors and brothels, all of London is curious to see this marvel in Jonah Hancock’s possession. Thrust from his ordinary existence, somber Jonah finds himself moving from the city’s seedy underbelly to the finest drawing rooms of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of the coquettish Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on—and a shrewd courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting sparks a perilous liaison that steers both their lives onto a dangerous new course as they come to realize that priceless things often come at the greatest cost. Imogen Hermes Gowar, Britain’s most-heralded new literary talent, makes her debut with this spellbinding novel of a merchant, a mermaid, and a madam—an unforgettable confection that explores obsession, wonder, and the deepest desires of the heart with bawdy wit, intrigue, and a touch of magic.
Download or read book The Human Shore written by John R. Gillis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since before recorded history, people have congregated near water. But as growing populations around the globe continue to flow toward the coasts on an unprecedented scale and climate change raises water levels, our relationship to the sea has begun to take on new and potentially catastrophic dimensions. The latest generation of coastal dwellers lives largely in ignorance of the history of those who came before them, the natural environment, and the need to live sustainably on the world’s shores. Humanity has forgotten how to live with the oceans. In The Human Shore, a magisterial account of 100,000 years of seaside civilization, John R. Gillis recovers the coastal experience from its origins among the people who dwelled along the African shore to the bustle and glitz of today’s megacities and beach resorts. He takes readers from discussion of the possible coastal location of the Garden of Eden to the ancient communities that have existed along beaches, bays, and bayous since the beginning of human society to the crucial role played by coasts during the age of discovery and empire. An account of the mass movement of whole populations to the coasts in the last half-century brings the story of coastal life into the present. Along the way, Gillis addresses humankind’s changing relationship to the sea from an environmental perspective, laying out the history of the making and remaking of coastal landscapes—the creation of ports, the draining of wetlands, the introduction and extinction of marine animals, and the invention of the beach—while giving us a global understanding of our relationship to the water. Learned and deeply personal, The Human Shore is more than a history: it is the story of a space that has been central to the attitudes, plans, and existence of those who live and dream at land’s end.
Book Synopsis The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep by : Ari Berk
Download or read book The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep written by Ari Berk and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of mermaids and other sea creatures in folklore and mythology, discussing their anatomy, magic, language, and encounters with humans.
Book Synopsis Oracle of Tao by : Samantha Rinne Hooker
Download or read book Oracle of Tao written by Samantha Rinne Hooker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Earth's distant future, most of its religions known today decline or change. As a result of this spiritual upheaval, the barrier between the spiritual world and the physical one falter, and ghouls and demons are loosed upon the earth. Ultimately, most of these are resealed by the new religions, but one such demon named Belial, requires nothing short of sealing by angels to put back to rest. Thousands of years later, a beggar named Ambrosia Brahmin picks herself off the street only to be sent on a fetch quest by God, joined by swordsman, a shaman, a thief, a druid, an exorcist, an angel, and a demon. Meanwhile, the demon from eons before, sealed in a jar, is slowly being unsealed by a duped wizard, given false promises of rewards that await him...
Download or read book Mānoa written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms by : Chris Colfer
Download or read book The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms written by Chris Colfer and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales are just the beginning. The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him...except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger. With only the help of the ragtag group of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Mother Goose and her gander, Lester, the Bailey twins discover the Masked Man's secret scheme: He possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains! So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man, or will they be one step behind until it's too late? Fairy tales and classic stories collide in the fourth adventure in the bestselling Land of Stories series as the twins travel beyond the kingdoms!
Download or read book A Tale of Mermaids written by Ann Parker and published by The Book Guild. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the end of the seventeenth century. Alix is a middle-class French girl, due to marry a nobleman. Vivien is a rebellious ‘poor’ girl from Delaware. Both have been dealt a bad hand in life, but when unexpected events steer them away from the destiny chosen from them, their paths cross.
Download or read book Calgary written by James Martin and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep inside Calgary's glass office towers beats a Wild West heart. It's a city of contradictions, a shiny corporate giant with a six-gun justice past. Calgary: The Unknown City ferrets out Cowtown's deepest secrets, exposing fun and offbeat factoids, anecdotes, and statistics about the city you only thought you knew.
Download or read book Mermaids written by Kathryn Hinds and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mermaids and Mermen have been a fascinating subject throughout history in all world cultures, from ancient times through today. Do they exist? This richly-illustrated book traces humankind's fascination with the half-humans of the water realm.
Book Synopsis Battle of the Best Friends by : Debbie Dadey
Download or read book Battle of the Best Friends written by Debbie Dadey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echo is excited to see her favorite band perform at a classmate's birthday party, but she cannot decide what to do when her best friend is not invited to the party.
Book Synopsis The Unnatural Trade by : Brycchan Carey
Download or read book The Unnatural Trade written by Brycchan Carey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the origins of British abolitionism as a problem of eighteenth-century science, as well as one of economics and humanitarian sensibilities How did late eighteenth-century British abolitionists come to view the slave trade and British colonial slavery as unnatural, a "dread perversion" of nature? Focusing on slavery in the Americas, and the Caribbean in particular, alongside travelers' accounts of West Africa, Brycchan Carey shows that before the mid-eighteenth century, natural histories were a primary source of information about slavery for British and colonial readers. These natural histories were often ambivalent toward slavery, but they increasingly adopted a proslavery stance to accommodate the needs of planters by representing slavery as a "natural" phenomenon. From the mid-eighteenth century, abolitionists adapted the natural history form to their own writings, and many naturalists became associated with the antislavery movement. Carey draws on descriptions of slavery and the slave trade created by naturalists and other travelers with an interest in natural history, including Richard Ligon, Hans Sloane, Griffith Hughes, Samuel Martin, and James Grainger. These environmental writings were used by abolitionists such as Anthony Benezet, James Ramsay, Thomas Clarkson, and Olaudah Equiano to build a compelling case that slavery was unnatural, a case that was popularized by abolitionist poets such as Thomas Day, Edward Rushton, Hannah More, and William Cowper.
Book Synopsis Trouble at Trident Academy by : Debbie Dadey
Download or read book Trouble at Trident Academy written by Debbie Dadey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this start to a new series starring Shelly the mermaid, a classroom conflict is no fun—even when school is 20,000 leagues under the sea. It’s MerGirl Shelly Siren’s first day at a new school, and she is nervous from the tip of her head to the end of her sparkling mermaid tail. How will she ever fit in at the prestigious Trident Academy? Everyone there is so smart and so pretty and so rich. At least she and her best friend, Echo, are in the same class, but so is Pearl, a spoiled know-it-all who only wants to make trouble for Shelly; Rocky, a MerBoy who loves to tease everyone; and Kiki, a shy MerGirl who’s new to Trident City. At first Shelly and Echo have lots of fun: eating lunch together, trying to make grumpy Mr. Fangtooth smile, and joining after-school clubs. But when Shelly and Echo have an argument about their very first school assignment, Pearl gets involved and makes matters worse. Will Shelly and Echo fix their friendship?
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures by : Robert A. Slade
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures written by Robert A. Slade and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert A. Slade, after collecting old fishing tackle since 1958 and contributing articles on old fishing lures for a collector magazine for several years started researching and writing books in the 1990's. He published the HISTORY & COLLECTIBLE FISHING TACKLE OF WISCONSIN in 1999 which sold 4,500 copies. Bob realized that even though there have been many books published on the subject of old fishing lures that few books covered any detailed history on the old lure makers. His latest book writing project was nine years in the making and covers over 100 years of lure making history starting in 1875 and covers over 2,500 lures makers throughout all of North America. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OLD FISHING LURES MADE IN NORTH AMERICA is the first publication with extensive history and patent information on old lure makers and the first to include extensive coverage on Canadian lure makers. The author traveled to 11 states and 3 Candian Providences visting collectors homes, newspaper archives, museums and other sources and has taken over 10,000 pictures in preparing the historical stories for these books. The set of books arranges for the individual and company lures makers to appear in alphabetical order. People purchasing these books can buy any one single book, a whole set, or even a book a month if they desire as the books will be printed and shipped on demand. Each book has over 400 pages of text, pictures and collector values with each book containing a table of contents and index as well as a master index for the complete set of books.
Book Synopsis The Ferryman and The Mermaids and The Magic Guitar: Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection by : Melanie Voland
Download or read book The Ferryman and The Mermaids and The Magic Guitar: Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection written by Melanie Voland and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poor, young ferryman meets an old magician, who changes his luck and his life... This short story might not be good for young kids, as it is a bit scary at the end, but anyone else can read it. This is book number 13 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.
Download or read book Beyond Words written by Frank Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of writings from asian authors in particular China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia discussing their approaches to writing.
Book Synopsis The Chronicles of the Mystic Alchemist 7 by : Wesley Wang
Download or read book The Chronicles of the Mystic Alchemist 7 written by Wesley Wang and published by MoreAudiobooks. This book was released on 2024-07-05 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: