Hannah Ross
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"More than a century after they first entered the mainstream, bicycles and the culture around them are as accessible as ever-but for women, that progress has always been a struggle to achieve, and even now the culture remains overwhelmingly male. In Revolutions, author Hannah Ross highlights the stories of extraordinary women cyclists and all-female cycling groups over time and around the world, and demonstrates both the feminist power of cycling...
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Septimus Swift is not a normal boy. He is a possessor of the Sight, a trait he considers to be more a burden than a gift. Now, however, this extraordinary quality might be his only chance to save his best friend's sister from mortal illness. Like his father Nicholas had done two decades before, Septimus finds himself crossing the border between the mundane and the magical as the Gates to the Other World open once more.Meanwhile, the saga of Tilir...
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The year is circa 1000 A.D., and the battle between the old Gods and the new is at its height in Norway when the explorer Leif Erikson receives unexpected summons to court. Leif thinks this might be an advantageous opportunity to promote the status of his father's colony in Greenland, but between the intrigues of his sister Freydis, the greedy schemes of the king, and his fatal attraction to the beautiful Princess Thorgunna, it becomes uncertain whether...
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Meet Nicholas Swift, a determined bachelor and a skeptical historian. His work is made of dispelling myths and shedding light on the solid body of fact. When he is told by the residents of a small village about a strange phenomenon that can be observed in the area, he dismisses these rumors as old wives' tales. Sooner than he knows, however, he is drawn into an adventure he neither expected nor wished for as he discovers a magical link between our...
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The final, epic conclusion to the Quest of the Messenger trilogy!A world war set sometime in the future forces Claire Swift and her mother to seek refuge in a remote Alpine valley. While waiting for the men of the family to come home, the two women carry on a peaceful rural existence, which is unexpectedly disrupted by visitors from a mysterious foreign world.Like her ancestors in an old family legend, Claire finds herself on an adventure in an unknown...
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The 9-th century A.D. is drawing to a close, and Simien, a Hebrew domain in the heart of Africa, feels the threat of its powerful Christian neighbor, the Kingdom of Aksum.A courageous traveler named Eldad ha-Dani sets out upon a journey to rediscover his long-lost Jewish brethren and save his kin from spiritual isolation. But when his only companion meets a brutal end and Eldad remains alone in the desert, it looks like the people of Simien might...
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world.
Sit back, get comfortable, and delve into this beautifully-illustrated collection of beloved nature stories from every corner of the globe.
This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the animals, plants, and the changing...
Sit back, get comfortable, and delve into this beautifully-illustrated collection of beloved nature stories from every corner of the globe.
This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the animals, plants, and the changing...
