Islands Of Silence
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Author |
: Lisa McMann |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2012-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442407732 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442407735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Island of Silence by : Lisa McMann
The second book in the middle-grade dystopian fantasy series that Kirkus Reviews calls “The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter,” by New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann. Following the life-altering events at the conclusion of The Unwanteds, the stark world of Quill and the magical haven of Artimé are now home to whoever wants to live there, whether they are Wanteds, Unwanteds, or Necessaries. In Artimé, Alex Stowe and his friends continue to hone their artistic magical spells while welcoming newcomers, wondering how long this peace between Quill and Artimé will last. Alex is stunned when Mr. Today comes to him with a very special request—one Alex questions his readiness for, until circumstances offer a dramatic answer. And back in Quill, Aaron Stowe, Alex’s twin, faces a very different path. Devastated by his loss of status after Justine’s defeat and seething with rage toward Alex, Aaron is stealthily planning his revenge and return to power. Alex and Aaron’s separate stories proceed with suspenseful pacing, colliding in a stunning climax that elevates sibling rivalry to epic proportions and leaves the fate of both worlds hanging in the balance.
Author |
: Martin Booth |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312423322 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312423322 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islands of Silence by : Martin Booth
"Islands of silence". M. Booth.
Author |
: Lisa McMann |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2012-07-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442407695 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442407697 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Unwanteds by : Lisa McMann
In a society that purges 13-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
Author |
: Martin Booth |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2013-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466853997 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466853999 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Islands of Silence by : Martin Booth
Islands of Silence is the story of the young Alec Marquand, who in the summer of 1914 has just graduated from college with a degree in archaeology. He has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Stone Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eilean Tosdach--the Island of Silence. What Alec discovers on that island changes him forever. And just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war . . . a war he does not want to fight, but one in which he ends up as a medic aboard a ship ready to storm the beaches of Gallipoli. A brilliantly crafted novel in the tradition of All's Quiet on the Western Front and The Ghost Road, Islands of Silence is a tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.
Author |
: Shenaz Patel |
Publisher |
: Restless Books |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 2019-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781632062345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1632062348 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Silence of the Chagos by : Shenaz Patel
Based on a true, still-unfolding story, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice. Shenaz Patel draws on the lives of exiled Chagossians in this tragic example of 20th century political oppression. Every afternoon a woman in a red headscarf walks to the end of the quay and looks out over the water, fixing her gaze “back there”: to Diego Garcia, one of the small islands forming the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. With no explanation, no forewarning, and only an hour to pack their belongings, the Chagossians are deported to Mauritius. Officials tell her that the island is “closed”— there is no going back for any of them. Charlesia longs for life on Diego Garcia, where the days were spent working on a coconut plantation; the nights dancing to sega music. As she struggles to come to terms with her new reality, Charlesia crosses paths with Désiré, a young man born on the one-way journey to Mauritius. Désiré has never set foot on Diego Garcia, but as Charlesia unfolds the dramatic story of his people, he learns of the home he never knew and the disrupted future of his people. With the sovereignty of Chagos currently being debated on an international judiciary level, Silence of the Chagos is an important and timely examination of the rights of individuals in the face of governmental corruption. Praise for Silence of the Chagos: “Some twenty years ago, I was struck by a photo showing barefoot women on the road facing the armed police. They were Chagossian women protesting in Mauritius with astonishing determination.” This photo, which she's never forgotten, is the inspiration for the Mauritian novelist and journalist Shenaz Patel's third book. Mingling various voice, Patel describes, in a bitter, clear-cut style, the tragedy of the inhabitants of the Chagos, those coral islands of the Indian Ocean that were turned into an American military base and whose inhabitants had been banished to Mauritius between 1967 and 1972. With a prose that seeps and stings, and a sharp sensibility, Shenaz Patel breathes life into the painful nostalgia, the lingering memories, and the eternal incomprehension of these expelled from a string of lost islands.” —Le Monde “This novel has two voices, those of Charlesia and Désiré, both of whom are foreigners, natives of the Chagos archipelago, living in exile in Mauritius, an island that is a paradise for some but a hell for them. The Chagos are an archipelago that would have been hidden in the depths of the Indian Ocean, had Americans not built a military base to bombard other countries. Charlesia and Désiré live and breathe; the Mauritian writer Shenaz Patel introduces us to them and gives them voice again.” —Libération “From scenes of daily life to the horrors of forced exile, through the grief of deculturation and the experience of an impossible identity, Patel interrogates the relationship between political expediency and its all-too-human consequences, between the abstract needs of international security and the concrete needs of the individual, and above all between the rich and the poor.” —L'Express
Author |
: Lisa McMann |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 2013-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442458475 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144245847X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Island of Fire by : Lisa McMann
The fate of Artimé is at stake—and an unlikely alliance could redeem it—in book three in the New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series. The magical world of Artimé is gone. The Unwanteds have no food, no water, and no hope. And everyone is looking to Alex Stowe for answers. Overwhelmed and feeling totally helpless, Alex knows it’s up to him to find a way to restore Artimé, rescue his captive friends, and free Megan from her voice-stealing necklace of thorns—three impossible tasks. But could help lie with the silent, orange-eyed newcomers? Meanwhile, in the stark land of Quill, Alex’s twin brother Aaron continues to build his army, preparing for the ultimate showdown with the Unwanteds. But a shocking twist reveals that Alex and Aaron share a common enemy more dangerous than either could have imagined...
Author |
: Patrick Leigh Fermor |
Publisher |
: John Murray |
Total Pages |
: 65 |
Release |
: 2011-12-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781848547025 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1848547021 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Time to Keep Silence by : Patrick Leigh Fermor
From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the peaceful solitude and the calm enchantment of the monasteries was passed on as a kind of 'supernatural windfall' which A Time to Keep Silence so effortlessly records.
Author |
: Russell Martin |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015032557160 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Out of Silence by : Russell Martin
The story of one ... little boy trapped in silence.
Author |
: Benedict Baur |
Publisher |
: Scepter Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0933932936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780933932937 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Silence with God by : Benedict Baur
Author |
: Flora J. Solomon |
Publisher |
: Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1477820868 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781477820865 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Pledge of Silence by : Flora J. Solomon
A historical novel based on the experiences of the nurses who valiantly served in the Philippines during World War II and became the first U.S. military women to be taken prisoners-of-war by a foreign enemy.