T. H White
Author
Language
English
Description
Johnnie was a teenager.
He only wanted to do what most teenagers do.
But one day a man who was supposed to be the Sheriff, wasn't.
He attacked Johnnie, kidnapping his mother.
Just like that Johnnie's life became a nightmare as he became a teen on the run from a monster impersonating the Sheriff.
A monster that can weird things. Strange things. Deadly things.
And who wanted his soul!
A monster with magical powers!
On the run he seeks the help...
2) El azor
Author
Language
Español
Description
Un bello clásico de la literatura que reflexiona sobre el vínculo entre ser humano y animal.
¿Cuál es la relación entre hombre y bestia? Publicado por primera vez en 1951, El azor describe con desnuda honestidad la trascendental experiencia de White al intentar entrenar un azor salvaje, un tipo de ave muy difícil de adiestrar. Sin conocimientos previos y armado con unos pocos manuales de cetrería anticuados, White intentó doblegar la voluntad...
Author
Language
English
Description
This amusing foray into eighteenth century literature is an entertaining tabloid biography of an age not unlike our own, men and women of fashion led their lives under the avid scrutiny of a public with a sharp appetite for scandal and sensation. In the period between the so-called Age of Reason and the Romantic Revival - that which the author calls the Age of Scandal - aristocratic and privileged eccentrics flourished. Here we meet notorious persons...
Author
Series
Once and future king volume 5
Language
English
Description
The long-lost conclusion to The Once and Future King, in which King Arthur faces his final battle against his son.
This magical account of King Arthur's last night on earth, rediscovered in a collection of T. H. White's papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, spent twenty-six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list following its publication in 1977. While preparing for his final, fatal battle with his bastard...
Author
Series
Once and future king volume 5
Language
English
Description
The long-lost conclusion to The Once and Future King, in which King Arthur faces his final battle against his son.
This magical account of King Arthur's last night on earth, rediscovered in a collection of T. H. White's papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, spent twenty-six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list following its publication in 1977. While preparing for his final, fatal battle with his bastard...
Author
Language
English
Description
"There's an angel in the chimney!" Mrs. O'Callaghan had come up with some pretty farfetched notions, but when she came running to Mr. White with this announcement, he was convinced she'd lost all touch with reality. Yet when the sensible English writer-whose only mistake had been to set up his workshop on the O'Callaghan's rundown Irish farm-ventured into the kitchen to see what had so upset his landlady, he was shocked to discover that the Archangel...
Author
Series
Once and future king volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A retelling of the Arthurian legend.
9) The goshawk
Author
Series
Publisher
Lyons & Burford
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 41
Language
English
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Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman T. H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as the sword Excalibur and city of Camelot that are found within its pages. This magical epic takes Arthur from the glorious lyrical phase of his youth, through the...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1963
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
King Arthur, under the instruction of Merlin the magician, is transformed into a fish, a squirrel, and a bird, and explains how he is returned to normal and named king.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
45th anniversary ed.; full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English king dies leaving no heir. In the churchyard of a cathedral in London, a sword appears imbedded in a stone. It is inscribed with a prophecy. Although many try, no one can budge the sword from the stone. Deep in the dark woods, Merlin the Magician begins to teach 11-year-old Arthur, who lives in the castle of Sir Ector where he's an apprentice squire to Sir Kay. Arthur learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Madam...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
50th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take an amazing journey with a young orphan named Wart and the extraordinary wizard Merlin. According to legend, only someone with the purest character and inner strength can pull the enchanted sword from the stone and claim the throne of England. Armed with newfound confidence and the power of friendship, Wart discovers his destiny and learns the best magic is the kind found inside the soul.