The Secret History of Tom Trueheart

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780192792037

Tom Trueheart wants to be an adventurer like his six older brothers. They're all employed by the Story Bureau to take the lead in any number of thrilling tales - tales which mean they have to rescue red-hooded young ladies or climb outlandishly large beanstalks. Each story is started off bythe Story Bureau and it's up to the adventurer to make of the story what he will. But this time something's gone wrong - none of the stories are being finished and none of the Trueheart brothers have returned home. Now Tom will get his chance to be a hero - he must set off to the Land of Storiesand find out what has happened to his brothers and bring them back.

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2008-04-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061152129

Will Tom ever have a story of his own? Tom Trueheart's six older brothers are famous. They go on exciting quests in the Land of Stories to complete tales the Story Bureau assigns them. Tom stays at home with his mother. But when his brothers fail to return from their latest adventures in time for Tom's twelfth birthday, a letter from the Story Bureau arrives . . . addressed to Tom. Only he can venture into the Land of Stories to find out why his brothers haven't completed their missions. Tom packs his bags and kisses his mother good-bye. He's about to discover a tale of his own. . . . How will it end?

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart, Boy Adventurer

The Secret History of Tom Trueheart, Boy Adventurer
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2007-07-01
Genre: Brothers
ISBN: 9781405653022

In the Land of Stories, Snow White has been left sleeping and Cinderella waits sadly with a single glass slipper. The giant grinds bones to make bread, and the golden goose gazes gloomily from its cage. Tom Trueheart must find his six brothers, so that the stories can be ended. But where does an ordinary boy find the courage to be a hero.

Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories

Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2008-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061152137

Twelve-year-old Tom Trueheart, accompanied by his friend Jollity the crow, must journey to the dangerous Land of Dark Stories to rescue his brothers and their princess brides, and to try to defeat the villainous Ormestone once again.

Westward Ho!

Westward Ho!
Author: Charles Kingsley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1920
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.

Writing Historical Fiction

Writing Historical Fiction
Author: Celia Brayfield
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2013-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1780935773

Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II. PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young. PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.

Tales of Adventure and Medical Life

Tales of Adventure and Medical Life
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1922
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This volume contains fifteen of Conan Doyle’s best stories, the first part “Tales of Adventure” dealing with adventures of all kind, the second part “Tales of Medical Life” with stories about doctors and medical issues. Included are: The Debut Of Bimbashi Joyce The Surgeon Of Gaster Fell Borrowed Scenes The Man From Archangel The Great Brown-Pericord Motor The Sealed Room A Physiologist's Wife Behind The Times His First Operation The Third Generation The Curse Of Eve A Medical Document The Surgeon Talks The Doctors Of Hoyland Crabbe's Practice

Samson and the Pirate Monks

Samson and the Pirate Monks
Author: Nate Larkin
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007-02-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1418577693

With no-holds-barred honesty and poignant storytelling, Nate Larkin introduces a model of community and friendship that is reinvigorating men's ministry across the country, a model he calls The Samson Society. Too many men see the biblical hero Samson as their model for manhood--a rugged individualist of the highest order. Yet, Samson's solitary successes were eventually overcome by moral weaknesses. Larkin, through the story of his own past and the stories of those in The Samson Society, offers a radical, refreshing alternative.