Je suis reine et je veille sur mon peuple. Je le protégerai des étrangers venus du ciel dans leurs oiseaux de fer.Je suis étudiante et pour obtenir mon diplôme, je suis prête à tout sacrifier et à ignorer mes rêves.Deux destins, deux jeunes femmes que tout sépare, et qui vont voir le sort de leur monde se jouer sous leurs yeux.
Above all things, the most fun for a young Oni is to get into a crockery shop. Once there, he jumps among the cups and dishes, hides in the jars, straddles the shelves and turns somersaults over the counter.-from "The Oni on His Travels"This collection of traditional myths and legends from Holland sings with the spirit of that charming land, and delves into its culture to ...
Miss Rachel Goldberg had no idea a knight in shining armor was about to enter her classroom. A Chicago firefighter was expected, an everyday city worker come to tell fourth graders all about his job in 30 minutes or less. But when Vic Koski lifts Rachel to demonstrate the firefighter's carry, she is--literally and figuratively--swept off her feet. Love leads to a happy ...
This is a chilling tale of a student, an old woman and her beautiful, but cursed daughter in the Shetland Islands. It is a riveting selection of short stories from the nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy.
Since Adam and Eve were banished from the garden of Eden, the location of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil has been well guarded throughout the agesthere is one gate through which to enter, one key that will unlock the ancient gates, and one human keeper assigned to hold the secret. K.M. Paradice's suspenseful novel, The Chronicles of the Sons of None, follows Connor ...
When Klaus Von Kroft brings his band to the mountain village of Rathburg to perform a concert, a generations old tapestry of blood and darkness draws about him like a shroud. Delving into the disappearance of his parents, Klaus finds himself entranced by Rosa, a sunset-haired woman of mystery and darkness, her companions, and the eerily perfect music they play. But Rosa is far more than ...
A family seated round the fireplaceSinging and making merry;A sprightly waltz played with graceNoche Buena brings us all the magic of the Christmas season as seen through the eyes of the Hispanic Americans who celebrate it. Christmas is at times a universal story, and many of the images here are recognizable across cultures. We hear and see proud, joyful ...
The apocalypse has come and gone. The seals have been broken, the horns sounded, and the bowls emptied. God has passed judgment and created a new world for His faithful: Eterni. Settling the supervision of Zion in Archangel Mikael's loyal hands, God leaves with a third of the angelic hosts to create some other reality, universe, world, beings. A thousand years pass in harmonic serenity, but ...
"The Cabell case belongs to comedy in the grand manner. For fifteen years or more the man wrote and wrote--good stuff, sound stuff, extremely original stuff, often superbly fine stuff--and yet no one in the whole of this vast and incomparable Republic arose to his merit--no one, that is, save a few encapsulated enthusiasts, chiefly somewhat dubious. It would be difficult to imagine a first-rate ...