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Author: Quentin Ferguson Publisher: Publifye AS ISBN: 8233931586 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
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In ""Feathers of Fortune,"" seventeen-year-old Zara discovers an extraordinary ability to manipulate luck through magical feathers in a world where fortune is a tangible resource. As the daughter of a disgraced merchant, she must navigate a society sharply divided between the lucky and the unlucky. When a mysterious plague begins stealing luck from the fortunate, Zara's gift becomes both a blessing and a curse, thrusting her into a perilous adventure. Teaming up with Finn, a charismatic but unlucky street performer, Zara embarks on a quest to uncover the source of the plague and restore balance to their world. This unique blend of science, fantasy, and social commentary explores themes of privilege, responsibility, and the true nature of fortune. Through alternating perspectives, readers gain insight into both sides of this divided society, challenging them to question the role of luck in their own lives. With its intricate worldbuilding and character-driven narrative, ""Feathers of Fortune"" offers a fresh take on the classic hero's journey, appealing to young adults who crave a thought-provoking adventure with a dash of magic.
Author: Quentin Ferguson Publisher: Publifye AS ISBN: 8233931586 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
In ""Feathers of Fortune,"" seventeen-year-old Zara discovers an extraordinary ability to manipulate luck through magical feathers in a world where fortune is a tangible resource. As the daughter of a disgraced merchant, she must navigate a society sharply divided between the lucky and the unlucky. When a mysterious plague begins stealing luck from the fortunate, Zara's gift becomes both a blessing and a curse, thrusting her into a perilous adventure. Teaming up with Finn, a charismatic but unlucky street performer, Zara embarks on a quest to uncover the source of the plague and restore balance to their world. This unique blend of science, fantasy, and social commentary explores themes of privilege, responsibility, and the true nature of fortune. Through alternating perspectives, readers gain insight into both sides of this divided society, challenging them to question the role of luck in their own lives. With its intricate worldbuilding and character-driven narrative, ""Feathers of Fortune"" offers a fresh take on the classic hero's journey, appealing to young adults who crave a thought-provoking adventure with a dash of magic.
Author: Johnna Adams Publisher: Original Works Publishing ISBN: 1934962538 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 62
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"The Angel Eaters trilogy follows three generations of a family cursed with the gift of raising people from the dead. These angel eaters, like a sin eater in reverse, eat the goodness off a dead body, bringing the deceased back from the dead brimming with evil and intent on mayhem"--Cover, page 4.
Author: Emery Lee Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1402256469 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 451
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Philip Drake, an impoverished but titled gentleman, is forced to liquidate his assets and go back to his past gaming habits in an effort to right himself. Lady Susannah Messingham is a woman with a past and nearly ten years Philip's senior. After watching him at the tables, she propositions him to teach her to win at gaming. This fascinating and original look at an uncharted aspect of English life explores a gentleman snared by gambling, the threat of debtor's prison, and the wayward lady who redeems him.
Author: Victoria Thompson Publisher: NYLA ISBN: 1625175612 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 313
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A Lady and the Scoundrel Romance (#3) From Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Victoria Thompson, a sensual tale of historical romance in the American West... “Ms. Thompson imbues her characters with strength, eloquence and dignity.” –Romantic Times THEY GAMBLED ALL THEY HAD ON THE PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LOVE Raising her son on her own, fiery Suzanna Prentice isn’t going to give up her hopes for a good life. So she takes a job as a dancehall girl in Dodge City’s roughest saloon to pays the bills, though vulgar remarks from the drunken patrons wear on her spirit...until one passionate glance from a handsome gambler sets Suzanna’s blood racing with hope...and burning desire. When fate and a gunman’s bullet place the gorgeous gambler in Suzanna’s tender loving care, a bond blossoms between the widow and her gambler, a tenderness neither one can deny. As Suzanna vows to heal the gambler’s wounds, as well as his lonely heart, she falls head first into his secret world of danger...and the head-spinning, euphoric promise of everlasting love...
Author: Kirk Wallace Johnson Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101981628 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 338
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As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author: Om Books Editorial Team Publisher: Om Books International ISBN: 8187107561 Category : Folklore Languages : en Pages : 236
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A new story for every single day of the year! Each book contains a special story for each month.These entertaining stories are short enough to be read just before bedtime or to take a break anytime of the day.With popular as well as never-heard-of tales from around the world and great illustrations, every book in this series is a must have.
Author: David Sherman Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 141165398X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 255
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What happens when you ask 30 of the most creative people you know to each write a short story based on one of the 200 fortune cookie fortunes you've collected over the past decade? I had to find out. The result is FORTUNE'S FOOLS: A collection of short stories.
Author: Terry Alford Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190232552 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 481
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With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's untimely death altered the trajectory of postwar history. But to those who knew Booth, the event was even more shocking--for no one could have imagined that this fantastically gifted actor and well-liked man could commit such an atrocity. In Fortune's Fool, Terry Alford provides the first comprehensive look at the life of an enigmatic figure whose life has been overshadowed by his final, infamous act. Tracing Booth's story from his uncertain childhood in Maryland, characterized by a difficult relationship with his famous actor father, to his successful acting career on stages across the country, Alford offers a nuanced picture of Booth as a public figure, performer, and deeply troubled man. Despite the fame and success that attended Booth's career--he was billed at one point as "the youngest star in the world"--he found himself consumed by the Confederate cause and the desire to help the South win its independence. Alford reveals the tormented path that led Booth to conclude, as the Confederacy collapsed in April 1865, that the only way to revive the South and punish the North for the war would be to murder Lincoln--whatever the cost to himself or others. The textured and compelling narrative gives new depth to the familiar events at Ford's Theatre and the aftermath that followed, culminating in Booth's capture and death at the hands of Union soldiers 150 years ago. Based on original research into government archives, historical libraries, and family records, Fortune's Fool offers the definitive portrait of John Wilkes Booth.
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