Twice Upon a Marigold
Title | Twice Upon a Marigold PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Ferris |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2009-04-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152066925 |
Full of zany humor, this sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold" continues the story of Christian and Marigold, who are living happily ever after now that Queen Olympia has gone--or has she?
Once Upon a Marigold
Title | Once Upon a Marigold PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Ferris |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152050849 |
In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, a commoner, falls for Princess Marigold, and it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom.
Thrice Upon a Marigold
Title | Thrice Upon a Marigold PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Ferris |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0547738463 |
The companion to Ferris' madcap "Once Upon a Marigold" and "Twice Upon a Marigold" offers evil plot-twists, sweet romance, and the kidnapping of the royal princess.
Love Among the Walnuts
Title | Love Among the Walnuts PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Ferris |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2008-03-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0547541759 |
Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles prove yet again that they can't do anything right. Instead of bumping off the whole family, they put Sandy's mom and dad and their pet chicken into mysterious comas. Sandy joins forces with his loyal butler and a wise and wacky nurse to save his parents and squelch his uncles' felonious high jinks.
Daughter of the Forest
Title | Daughter of the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Juliet Marillier |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 2010-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429913460 |
Daughter of the Forest is a testimony to an incredible author's talent, a first novel and the beginning of a trilogy like no other: a mixture of history and fantasy, myth and magic, legend and love. Lord Colum of Sevenwaters is blessed with six sons: Liam, a natural leader; Diarmid, with his passion for adventure; twins Cormack and Conor, each with a different calling; rebellious Finbar, grown old before his time by his gift of the Sight; and the young, compassionate Padriac. But it is Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter, who alone is destined to defend her family and protect her land from the Britons and the clan known as Northwoods. For her father has been bewitched, and her brothers bound by a spell that only Sorcha can lift. To reclaim the lives of her brothers, Sorcha leaves the only safe place she has ever known, and embarks on a journey filled with pain, loss, and terror. When she is kidnapped by enemy forces and taken to a foreign land, it seems that there will be no way for her to break the spell that condemns all that she loves. But magic knows no boundaries, and Sorcha will have to choose between the life she has always known and a love that comes only once. Juliet Marillier is a rare talent, a writer who can imbue her characters and her story with such warmth, such heart, that no reader can come away from her work untouched. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Family Matters
Title | Family Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Rohinton Mistry |
Publisher | Emblem Editions |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2011-02-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1551994364 |
Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson’s and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana’s husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative’s moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Title | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Moggach |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2012-03-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0679645136 |
Now a major motion picture starring Jude Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Smith. When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: “Can’t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.” His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi’s entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has stalled, and that such amenities as water and electricity are . . . infrequent. But what their new life lacks in luxury, they come to find, it’s plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and unexpected love.