![]() ![]() The idea of people with superhuman powers themselves being hunted by something stronger has a sort of primal appeal. While the book has no particular outstanding element, it is what can be described as a page-turner, overall. Gabe appears perfect, but he has his own secrets, and his mother’s eyes hint at something very dark. Meanwhile, Mara had met Gabe, a boy who has got closer to her than any others before. ![]() ![]() What the carnival members get isn’t the substantial wages they were promised, but a series of terrifying attacks by a strange beast. ![]() Part of a travelling carnival whose members have supernatural powers, teenager Mara Beznik arrives in a tiny town called Caudry. As the story progresses, the writer scatters breadcrumbs, leading up to a conclusion that’s satisfying, if not surprising. Though the story is populated with way too many characters - unavoidable perhaps, given the nature of the plot - the protagonists shape up well enough for us to feel interested in their fate. Aimed at young adult readers who like a touch of the supernatural in their thrillers, Freeks builds up momentum quite early on. Freeks is an atmospheric story of powerful mysteries and dark secrets by Amanda Hocking, author of the phenomenal Trylle trilogy and the Kanin Chronicles. Bestselling author Amanda Hocking draws readers inside the dark and mysterious world of Freeks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Modern EraĪfter a young American surgeon, Dr. Kaluu has since claimed that he was only trying to bring a lasting peace to Kamar-Taj, by making it so powerful, none of the Asian conquerors of that time would dare attack it. ![]() For over a year Kaluu organized the men of Kamar-Taj into an army of conquest. Shortly thereafter, the people of Kamar-Taj, responding to Kaluu's magical influence on their minds, crowned him as their king. Eventually, Kaluu and Yao together cast a spell that eliminated disease, poverty, and suffering from Kamar-Taj and granted its people immortality. While Yao continued his studies, Kaluu used his sorcery to influence the minds of the people of Kamar-Taj. Subsequently, Kaluu set about to make himself ruler of Kamar-Taj. Varnae, the eldest of the true Vampires, met with Kaluu and imparted to him knowledge from the primeval compendium of black magic known as the Darkhold. Kaluu and Yao became fellow students of the mystic arts. ![]() Kaluu was born over five hundred years ago in Kamar-Taj. It is the main home of the Ancient One and the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Kamar-Taj has long been home to sorcerers and mystics. Kamar-Taj is an isolated community in the Himalayas near what is now Tibet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kids will also be introduced to key terms like "gender" and "identity" while learning about the importance of coming out and what it means to be a good ally. Johnson-as well as important people from the worlds of sports, music, literature, dance, science, and more. Young readers will meet members of the community who have made big contributions to politics-like Harvey Milk and Marsha P. A Child’s Introduction to Pride is full of remarkable stories of groundbreaking events and inspirational people, featuring profiles of dozens of queer icons from various time periods and walks of life. The history of the LGBTQIA+ community has often been overlooked, but it's one that is filled with heroes, struggles, triumph, and joy. ![]() The perfect primer for kids ages 8-12, this book celebrates love, hope, equality, and progress by taking an inspirational and essential look at the rich history and culture of the LGBTQIA+ community in the United States and around the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the stairwell is such a, I hate to say, central feature of the story. If you get that DNA, then you can fudge a lot of other things. You’ve got to make sure you nail casting and their motivations are true to the source material. When you sat down to talk about how this series should look, was there some particular detail that was very important to you that they get right? But it's certainly true that this story is coming out at a great time for us to talk about truth and trust and believing what we see on screens. So, these issues are universal, and they, unfortunately, will probably always be relevant. I grew up in the Cold War, and my dad was a staunch Republican. You can't just tell them the next day, and they're going to change their minds.” I remember reading George Orwell in 1984 and thinking, “That's so silly people are going to remember who their enemies are. But I think a lot of these things, they've been written about for a long time. ![]() When you're a dystopian writer, you hope that the near future will look back and say, “That was quaint.” So, it's definitely not my hope. ![]() You know, it's wild it's so much more relevant than when I wrote it. Did you know how vitally relevant the issues of this series would be to the headlines we see every day about what we allow people to know and what we want to keep away from them? ![]() ![]() Soon the enemy are on the march, led by the dispossessed prince Eadgar, the last of the ancient Saxon line, who is determined to seize the realm he believes is his. Badly wounded, Tancred barely escapes with his life. In the battle that ensues, their army is slaughtered almost to a man. Tancred a Dinant, an ambitious and oath-sworn knight and a proud leader of men, is among them, hungry for battle, for silver and for land.īut at Durham the Normans are ambushed in the streets by English rebels. In the depths of winter, two thousand Normans march to subdue the troublesome province of Northumbria. ![]() Less than three years have passed since Hastings and the death of the usurper, Harold Godwineson. Synopsis of Sworn Sword: The Bloody Aftermath of 1066 by James Aitcheson: 404 clean, slightly off white inside pages of English text, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket over very good condition black boards with silver lettering to spine. Intact clean condition pictorial dust jacket with slight marks to top edges, slight creasing to edges and slight signs of handling. ![]() Publication Print Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Near Fine condition used 2011 First Edition/ First Print Hardback with intact unclipped Dust Jacket. Sworn Sword: The Bloody Aftermath of 1066 by James Aitcheson (Conquest Book 1) Condition and Description: ![]() ![]() The doughboys battled in the trenches of Europe during World War I. Soldiers of the American Revolution took up arms against tyranny to form the republic. This holiday, which was originally called Decoration Day, is a time to honor our service members who have given their lives protecting our freedom. And they illuminate the dedication and love of country deep within the men and women who have served our nation for generations.Ĭitizens all across our country will observe Memorial Day. These words were spoken by General Douglas MacArthur during a speech he gave to Army Corps Cadets at West Point in 1962. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” ![]() Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is for these reasons (but primarily for organizing the Long Patrol) that Brocktree is often cited as the first true Badger Lord of Salamandastron.īefore questing to Salamandastron, Lord Brocktree ruled Mossflower Woods. Brocktree was also responsible for organizing the leveret school, the mountain's general laws, and for creating the outer gardens, terraces, orchards, and crop-growing areas. He founded the Long Patrol by organizing the mountain's hares into a military-like regimental structure. He was the son of Stonepaw, descendant of Lady Sable Brock, the father of Boar the Fighter, the grandfather of Bella of Brockhall, the great-grandfather of Sunflash, and distant ancestor of Rawnblade Widestripe. Brocktree was the Badger Lord who initiated the modern traditions of Salamandastron. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ever since coming to this town, I've had my throat slit by vampires, attracted way too much attention from some powerful alphas, and did a lot of regrettably stupid things because I'm too gullible for shady monsters. Life was simpler when it was just me accidentally blowing myself up while trying to create potions and shampoo. I really don't know how this stuff keeps happening to me. What's it like when that crazed vampire tells you he wants you to be the happy little intermission, during an ongoing ancient story, and expects you to use your vagina to draw in a werewolf alpha, a Van Helsing alpha, and a sexual deviant alpha, so he can have his old friends back? That's when a girl has to stop, look around, and question her life choices. What's it like to accidentally raise a psychotic alpha vampire everyone fears, who drops a lot of bodies on his first day out as a gift for your troubles? Terrifying, if I'm being honest. What's it like to be the girl who can't die - that everyone seems to always want to kill? Frustrating as hell. ![]() What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster? Complicated and a little scary, but doable. ![]() ![]() Riki-Baka is based on a personal experience of Hearn's. He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and his was apparently the first record of it, both by his own account and according to the research of modern folklorists. ![]() Hearn declares in his introduction to the first edition of the book, which he wrote on January 20, 1904, shortly before his death, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. It was later used as the basis for a movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1964. ![]() ![]() Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shipping charges are simply the standard UPS or USPS rate of shipping your package to your location based on the package's weight. 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