A Gnome There Was

A Gnome There Was
Author: Henry Kuttner
Publisher: eStar Books
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612106137

A cave in leads the Tim Crockett on the adventure of his life, meeting strange gnomes and their mad king.

No Country for Old Gnomes

No Country for Old Gnomes
Author: Kevin Hearne
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1524797782

Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett. “A complete delight, as fluffy and fun as The Lego Movie and as heartfelt as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”—Locus War is coming, and it’s gonna be Pell. On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty. On the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas, carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much anything else. It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi Numminen’s world is turned upside down—or downside up, really, since he lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts—from a gryphon who would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen witch with a beard as long as her book of curses—all on a journey to the Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one raccoon, they learn that there’s nothing more heroic than being yourself. In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales. Here you’ll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you’ll also find a diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950
Author: George Watson
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 746
Release: 1972-12-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 4 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.

Children's Fantasy Literature

Children's Fantasy Literature
Author: Michael Levy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-04-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316483134

Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children's fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature.

The Grumpy Gnome’s Garden

The Grumpy Gnome’s Garden
Author: Della Hales
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1789015219

This is a magical story set in an overgrown garden the size of a field where one very lonely, sometimes grumpy gnome wishes things were different. Although he wants his garden to be a beautiful place where he can sit, he works with wood all day and does not know how to change the wild growth into something wonderful and inviting. One day, a green-fingered Fairy Princess comes to stay in the Gnome’s cottage, and with a little hard work, a little magic and a little assistance from Mark-o’-the-Wisp who lives next door transforms his wilderness into a gorgeous garden. Along the way, the Fairy Princess helps the Gnome make friends with his neighbours and other locals, and even encourages a furry feline housemate! Touching on themes such as the importance of friendship and the wonder of nature against the backdrop of the seasons, The Grumpy Gnome’s Garden will be loved by children aged 4 upwards. For anyone who loves nature, this modern fairytale is an enchanting read for children and adults to share.

Taproom Tales

Taproom Tales
Author: John Leeds
Publisher: Humorous tales and stories
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781425107772

Short autobiographic stories featuring a cleverly created atmosphere, down to inventive, believable scenarios and characters.

Writers Directory

Writers Directory
Author: NA NA
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1555
Release: 2016-03-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1349036501