A Passion for the Pen

A Passion for the Pen
Author: Brenda Casey Zoby
Publisher: Penultimate
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Calligraphy
ISBN: 9780965138222

Georgina Artigas is an internationally known lettering artist whose passion for the pen is obvious in every piece reproduced in this full-color book. The beautiful scrolls, invitations, certificates, logos, and art pieces represent only a fraction of her life's work and demonstrate a versatility and range that few calligraphic artists achieve.

Her Every Pleasure

Her Every Pleasure
Author: Gaelen Foley
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2008-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345496698

From the glittering ballrooms of Regency England to the sapphire waters of the Mediterranean, the dazzling finale of Gaelen Foley’s Spice trilogy unfurls the passionate tale of a rebel princess and the powerful warrior destined to become her champion. Princess Sophia was only a child when Napoleon conquered the island paradise ruled by her father. Raised in England and now twenty-one, she means to claim the throne that is rightfully hers and bring peace to her war-torn land. But an ambush by enemies forces Sophia into hiding outside London. Disguising herself as a peasant girl until she can safely return, she meets Major Gabriel Knight, a wounded warrior whose brush with death has utterly changed him. Heir to a great fortune, and a master swordsman, Gabriel has given up his worldly possessions and laid down his arms. Sophia is fascinated by his brooding magnetism, and Gabriel, lured by her fiery beauty and healed by her touch, is drawn back inexorably toward the world of the living. But when Sophia’s royal destiny is revealed, Gabriel knows he must take up his sword again, whatever the cost, to protect his princess from those who would destroy her. And as longing blossoms into passion, Gabriel discovers the one cause that is truly worth fighting for. . . .

The Passion of Artemisia

The Passion of Artemisia
Author: Susan Vreeland
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2002-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780142001820

"Susan Vreeland set a high standard with Girl in Hyacinth Blue.... The Passion of Artemisia is even better.... Vreeland's unsentimental prose turns the factual Artemisia into a fictional heroine you won't soon forget." —People A true-to-life novel of one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era against great struggle. Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.

The Book that Made Me

The Book that Made Me
Author: Judith Ridge
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763696714

Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually.

The 'Beyond' Trilogy

The 'Beyond' Trilogy
Author: J. Winfield Currie
Publisher: Abbott Press
Total Pages: 740
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1458205061

A tale of passion, betrayal, and courage set in the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War an unforgettable love story seamlessly interwoven with both real and fictitious characters. Beyond All Reason Book I Awakening Passion A powerful saga of courage and passion, set in the South during the Revolutionary War, unites Kathryn MacLean, sister of a rebel militia leader, and Colonel Jason Tarrington, a malicious British Green Dragoon two dynamic individuals abruptly thrown together, their destinies forever entwined by a life-changing twist of fate. Conflict, betrayal, and loyalties torn asunder drive Kathryn and her brother to opposite sides in an ugly war her enduring passion for the wrong man and his cause, pitting her against all she had once held dear. Driven relentlessly to succeed in a bloody war they will ultimately lose, can Jason and Kathryn survive? For theirs is a love Beyond All Reason. Beyond All Odds Book II Rebuilding Shattered Lives As the acrid smoke clears after the battle at Guilford Courthouse, NC, Lieutenant Jackson, a British Dragoon, finds himself miraculously still amongst the living. Scanning the endless bodies scattered across the oozing red mud, he discovers devastating personal loss. But grieving must wait. He has a sacred promise to fulfill: save an innocent child from becoming a pawn in this ugly war for she would be considered a valuable prize by either side. It was her notorious parents who had led many an English victory in the South. Beyond The Horizon Book III Life Comes Full Circle The Revolutionary War has been declared over, but to the citizens of Charleston struggling to forget past humiliation suffered under Lord Cornwallis, ongoing British presence is a bitter reminder. The Tarringtons, just arrived from England and embroiled in a dangerous mission of their own, must not be recognized. The success of their crucial undertaking depends on that. Once accomplished, they intend to start life over, but who to trust and where to go? Perhaps their answer lies in the vast forests of the Carolinas where endless possibilities exist. But danger lurks on all sides: devious strangers, former dragoons even family. Share Kathryn and Jasons tale of enduring passion and courage as their life unfolds and comes full circle.

The Shattered World

The Shattered World
Author: Michael Reaves
Publisher: Atria Books
Total Pages: 349
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780671499426

Centuries after the Necromancer had shattered the world and a group of wizards had bound the fragments together, there arises a new cult of magicians who want to resurrect the Necromancer to restore the world

Winter of the World

Winter of the World
Author: Ken Follett
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 948
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101591439

"This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." —The Huffington Post Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the great dramas of World War II, and into the beginning of the long Cold War. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until daring to commit a deed of great courage and heartbreak . . . . American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific . . . . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism . . . . Daisy Peshkov, a driven social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set until war transforms her life, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war but also the war to come.

The Extra Series Trilogy - Complete Box Set

The Extra Series Trilogy - Complete Box Set
Author: Danielle K Girl
Publisher: Danielle K Girl
Total Pages: 1200
Release: 2019-06-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

BoxSet contains the entire trilogy - ExtraOrdinary, ExtraLimital and ExtraImperial. Some secrets can destroy entire worlds. When Ryder Carlsson enters the supposedly haunted halls of Clarendon House she is not prepared for the discovery she makes. Olessia is a girl like no one else on Earth. Definitely no ghost. Definitely not human. Powerful and dangerous, she is on the run, determined to escape the incredible fate that awaits her. But Olessia's enemies are coming for her. Prepared to tear Ryder's world apart to claim their prize . As chaos engulfs them, Ryder and her friends fight to stay one step ahead of the terrifying creatures and ruthless hunters sent to destroy Olessia. And as a war between worlds threatens, Ryder must face a new, shocking truth. Olessia may not be the only one who is truly extrordinary. 'Thrilling! Creepy! The perfect YA novel. A FINALIST and highly recommended,' - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Keywords: young adult scifi, young adult science fiction, first contact, alien encounter, science fantasy, alien science fiction