Author: Barbara Erskine
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008195889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The brand-new, gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay! ‘Warmth, depth, mystery, magic and the supernatural ... such a beautiful book!’ bestselling author Santa Montefiore
The Dream Weavers
Author: Barbara Erskine
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008195889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The brand-new, gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay! ‘Warmth, depth, mystery, magic and the supernatural ... such a beautiful book!’ bestselling author Santa Montefiore
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008195889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The brand-new, gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay! ‘Warmth, depth, mystery, magic and the supernatural ... such a beautiful book!’ bestselling author Santa Montefiore
The Dream Weaver
Author: Reina Luz Alegre
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534462317
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Zoey navigates the tricky waters of friendship while looking for a way to save her grandfather’s struggling business in this heartwarming, coming-of-age debut novel perfect for fans of Kristi Wientge, Donna Gephart, and Meg Medina. Zoey comes from a family of dreamers. From start-up companies to selling motorcycles, her dad is constantly chasing jobs that never seem to work out. As for Zoey, she’s willing to go along with whatever grand plans her dad dreams up—even if it means never staying in one place long enough to make real friends. Her family being together is all that matters to her. So Zoey’s world is turned upside down when Dad announces that he’s heading to a new job in New York City without her. Instead, Zoey and her older brother, José, will stay with their Poppy at the Jersey Shore. At first, Zoey feels as lost and alone as she did after her mami died. But soon she’s distracted by an even bigger problem: the bowling alley that Poppy has owned for decades is in danger of closing! After befriending a group of kids practicing for a summer bowling tournament, Zoey hatches a grand plan of her own to save the bowling alley. It seems like she’s found the perfect way to weave everyone’s dreams together...until unexpected events turn Zoey’s plan into one giant nightmare. Now, with her new friends counting on her and her family’s happiness hanging in the balance, Zoey will have to decide what her dream is—and how hard she’s willing to fight for it.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534462317
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Zoey navigates the tricky waters of friendship while looking for a way to save her grandfather’s struggling business in this heartwarming, coming-of-age debut novel perfect for fans of Kristi Wientge, Donna Gephart, and Meg Medina. Zoey comes from a family of dreamers. From start-up companies to selling motorcycles, her dad is constantly chasing jobs that never seem to work out. As for Zoey, she’s willing to go along with whatever grand plans her dad dreams up—even if it means never staying in one place long enough to make real friends. Her family being together is all that matters to her. So Zoey’s world is turned upside down when Dad announces that he’s heading to a new job in New York City without her. Instead, Zoey and her older brother, José, will stay with their Poppy at the Jersey Shore. At first, Zoey feels as lost and alone as she did after her mami died. But soon she’s distracted by an even bigger problem: the bowling alley that Poppy has owned for decades is in danger of closing! After befriending a group of kids practicing for a summer bowling tournament, Zoey hatches a grand plan of her own to save the bowling alley. It seems like she’s found the perfect way to weave everyone’s dreams together...until unexpected events turn Zoey’s plan into one giant nightmare. Now, with her new friends counting on her and her family’s happiness hanging in the balance, Zoey will have to decide what her dream is—and how hard she’s willing to fight for it.
Birth of a Dream Weaver
Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1620972670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
One of Oprah.com's "17 Must-Read Books for the New Year" and O Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick up Now." “Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time. ” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Guardian, Best Books of 2016. “Every page ripples with a contagious faith in education and in the power of literature to shape the imagination and scour the conscience.” —The Washington Post From one of the world's greatest writers, the story of how the author found his voice as a novelist at Makerere University in Uganda Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer's creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda—threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born—under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War. Haunted by the memories of the carnage and mass incarceration carried out by the British colonial-settler state in his native Kenya but inspired by the titanic struggle against it, Ngũgĩ, then known as James Ngugi, begins to weave stories from the fibers of memory, history, and a shockingly vibrant and turbulent present. What unfolds in this moving and thought-provoking memoir is simultaneously the birth of one of the most important living writers—lauded for his "epic imagination" (Los Angeles Times)—the death of one of the most violent episodes in global history, and the emergence of new histories and nations with uncertain futures.
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1620972670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
One of Oprah.com's "17 Must-Read Books for the New Year" and O Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick up Now." “Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time. ” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Guardian, Best Books of 2016. “Every page ripples with a contagious faith in education and in the power of literature to shape the imagination and scour the conscience.” —The Washington Post From one of the world's greatest writers, the story of how the author found his voice as a novelist at Makerere University in Uganda Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer's creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda—threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born—under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War. Haunted by the memories of the carnage and mass incarceration carried out by the British colonial-settler state in his native Kenya but inspired by the titanic struggle against it, Ngũgĩ, then known as James Ngugi, begins to weave stories from the fibers of memory, history, and a shockingly vibrant and turbulent present. What unfolds in this moving and thought-provoking memoir is simultaneously the birth of one of the most important living writers—lauded for his "epic imagination" (Los Angeles Times)—the death of one of the most violent episodes in global history, and the emergence of new histories and nations with uncertain futures.
Disney's Dream Weavers
Author: Chuck Schmidt
Publisher: Theme Park Press
ISBN: 9781683900467
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Web of Disney. In this unique comparative history, newspaper journalist Chuck Schmidt traces the slender, often invisible strands that connect four monumental achievements in our pop culture: Disneyland, Freedomland, the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, and Walt Disney World.
Publisher: Theme Park Press
ISBN: 9781683900467
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Web of Disney. In this unique comparative history, newspaper journalist Chuck Schmidt traces the slender, often invisible strands that connect four monumental achievements in our pop culture: Disneyland, Freedomland, the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, and Walt Disney World.
Truth Seeker
Author: Cecilia Dominic
Publisher: AIBHS
ISBN: 1945074337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
An immortal on a mission. A man trapped in a labyrinth. Can she control the maze before their world crumbles? Maggie has grown weary of outliving everything she knows and loves. Numb to her job as a supernatural detective, she vows her next mission will be her last. But when the case alerts her to an enchanted series of tunnels, saving the mortal trapped in its mystical network may be the least of her troubles. Philippe was ready for a new line of work when a magical coffee bean whisked him halfway across all of creation. Desperate to stay alive in a world the roadie doesn’t understand, laying eyes on his beautiful savior Maggie gives him extra motivation to survive. If only he can avoid doing something stupid that destroys all of humanity… With a reckless mortal in tow, Maggie’s unsure she can prevent the dark-roasted portals from unleashing a hellishly destructive evil. Can the roadie and the immortal defeat the builders of the passages in time to save the world? Truth Seeker is the first book in the imaginative Dream Weavers and Truth Seekers urban fantasy series. If you like mythical realms, startling twists, and a hint of paranormal romance, then you’ll love Cecilia Dominic’s supernatural adventure. Buy Truth Seeker to caffeinate your imagination today!
Publisher: AIBHS
ISBN: 1945074337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
An immortal on a mission. A man trapped in a labyrinth. Can she control the maze before their world crumbles? Maggie has grown weary of outliving everything she knows and loves. Numb to her job as a supernatural detective, she vows her next mission will be her last. But when the case alerts her to an enchanted series of tunnels, saving the mortal trapped in its mystical network may be the least of her troubles. Philippe was ready for a new line of work when a magical coffee bean whisked him halfway across all of creation. Desperate to stay alive in a world the roadie doesn’t understand, laying eyes on his beautiful savior Maggie gives him extra motivation to survive. If only he can avoid doing something stupid that destroys all of humanity… With a reckless mortal in tow, Maggie’s unsure she can prevent the dark-roasted portals from unleashing a hellishly destructive evil. Can the roadie and the immortal defeat the builders of the passages in time to save the world? Truth Seeker is the first book in the imaginative Dream Weavers and Truth Seekers urban fantasy series. If you like mythical realms, startling twists, and a hint of paranormal romance, then you’ll love Cecilia Dominic’s supernatural adventure. Buy Truth Seeker to caffeinate your imagination today!
The Dream Weavers
Author: John J. Sosik
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607526662
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The main question that guided the thinking behind this book can be stated as follows: "What kind of leadership behavior must executives of technology-driven organizations display to spur performance excellence?" To address this question the authors conducted videotaped interviews of executives from 65 organizations– including General Electric, Qualcomm, The Vanguard Group, and Barclays Global Investors – to identify common behaviors and traits that lead to organizational success. In addition to the interviews, they surveyed the executives’ followers to evaluate the leadership and organizational culture to examine successful executive leadership from multiple reference points. The authors found that displaying outstanding executive leadership doesn't necessarily require a commanding presence, a genius-level IQ, expertise, or even a strong command and control system. At the heart of outstanding strategic leadership was an ability to envision a strategy for taking the raw inputs provided by their environments (e.g., people, technology, ideas, opportunities) and then to weave them into an integrated pattern or system of social, technical and intellectual resources that ultimately produce dramatically higher levels of organizational success factors. The book includes dozens of stories and narratives from the executive leaders to offer readers an in-depth look at what constitutes effective strategy-focused leadership in technology-driven organizations.
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607526662
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The main question that guided the thinking behind this book can be stated as follows: "What kind of leadership behavior must executives of technology-driven organizations display to spur performance excellence?" To address this question the authors conducted videotaped interviews of executives from 65 organizations– including General Electric, Qualcomm, The Vanguard Group, and Barclays Global Investors – to identify common behaviors and traits that lead to organizational success. In addition to the interviews, they surveyed the executives’ followers to evaluate the leadership and organizational culture to examine successful executive leadership from multiple reference points. The authors found that displaying outstanding executive leadership doesn't necessarily require a commanding presence, a genius-level IQ, expertise, or even a strong command and control system. At the heart of outstanding strategic leadership was an ability to envision a strategy for taking the raw inputs provided by their environments (e.g., people, technology, ideas, opportunities) and then to weave them into an integrated pattern or system of social, technical and intellectual resources that ultimately produce dramatically higher levels of organizational success factors. The book includes dozens of stories and narratives from the executive leaders to offer readers an in-depth look at what constitutes effective strategy-focused leadership in technology-driven organizations.
Dream Weavers
Author: Thomas Cole
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789812329417
Category : Rugs
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Book Takes The Reader Through The Tribal Tradition Of The Tibetan Weaving Aesthetics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789812329417
Category : Rugs
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Book Takes The Reader Through The Tribal Tradition Of The Tibetan Weaving Aesthetics.
Dream Weaver
Author: Su Williams
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481210546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Emari Sweet understands waking up in a cold sweat, heart pounding and screaming in fear. Night terrors plague her after the death of her parents, and she strives for control over the darkness that threatens to engulf her. But a monster lurks in the shadows, and his subtle hints of brutality explode in a violent attack that plunges her back into the depths of fear.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481210546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Emari Sweet understands waking up in a cold sweat, heart pounding and screaming in fear. Night terrors plague her after the death of her parents, and she strives for control over the darkness that threatens to engulf her. But a monster lurks in the shadows, and his subtle hints of brutality explode in a violent attack that plunges her back into the depths of fear.
The Dream Weaver
Author: Chantae Oliver
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796404463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
18-year-old Rhiannon, the last fairy princess, has spent the last 8 years going through the motions of her life after witnessing the murder of her parents. Traumatized from her inability to help them, she freely allows the High Council to make most decisions for her. That is, until, the person who killed her parents is found and she is given the chance to use her unique and developing powers to get revenge.After spending so long avoiding any decision making, Rhiannon now faces a moral decision that she can't evade.The Dream Weaver is book one in the series by Chantae Oliver
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781796404463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
18-year-old Rhiannon, the last fairy princess, has spent the last 8 years going through the motions of her life after witnessing the murder of her parents. Traumatized from her inability to help them, she freely allows the High Council to make most decisions for her. That is, until, the person who killed her parents is found and she is given the chance to use her unique and developing powers to get revenge.After spending so long avoiding any decision making, Rhiannon now faces a moral decision that she can't evade.The Dream Weaver is book one in the series by Chantae Oliver
Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom
Author: Beth Hilgartner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395502143
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Distraught over her father's death, Zan wanders into the forest and into a fantasy world where she becomes involved in the Orathi's fight to save their homeland from invaders.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395502143
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Distraught over her father's death, Zan wanders into the forest and into a fantasy world where she becomes involved in the Orathi's fight to save their homeland from invaders.