Steven Cree
2) Churchill
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Having escaped to hide in Elizabethan London, Matthew and Diana must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Enemies are everywhere, the threat to witches is growing, and Diana and Matthew's romance faces a barrage of new threats, from within as much as without.
Publisher
Shudder
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy has occurred at Sept-Tours. They are closer to knowing the location of the Book of Life and its missing pages, but enemies from their past and present are threatening from all sides.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brilliant debut. The Darker the Night pulled me in from the start and didn't let go' – Jeremy Bowen, BBC International Editor NPR's Book of the Day A referendum on Scottish independence is only days away, and the campaign has been expertly orchestrated by First Minister Susan Ward. All signs point to victory for the nationalists. But when senior civil servant John Millar is shot in a Glasgow alley on a furiously rain-soaked night, his death triggers...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.
9) Wintersmith
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, the witch of the Chalk, seeks her place amid a troublesome populace and tries to control the ill-behaved, six-inch-high Wee Free Men who follow her as she faces an ancient evil that agitates against witches.
Author
Language
English
Description
Being a woman was her only crime.
Scottish Highlands, 1727.
In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather...
12) The Twin
Author
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a tragic accident where their son was killed, Rachel and Anthony decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son Elliot. What begins as a time of healing and isolation in the Scandinavian countryside turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son, as an entity claiming to be his dead twin brother takes over Elliot - setting Rachel on a diabolical journey to unravel the horrible truth...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's final t”Discworld novel,” and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching.
A SHIVERING OF WORLDS
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and...
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 3
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana search for the Book of Life. They later meet with Queen Elizabeth.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 7
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana arrive in Bohemia. Matthew is pushed to the edge.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 1
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Diana arrive in 1590's London and are confronted by a face from Matthew's past.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 6
Language
English
Description
Philippe provokes Matthew. Diana and Matthew are married.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 9
Language
English
Description
Matthew must account for his visit to Bohemia. Matthew and Diana reach a new level of intimacy.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 2
Language
English
Description
Diana meets the head of a local coven. Matthew grows more at home in his old life.
Author
Series
Discovery of Witches volume 10
Language
English
Description
Diana completes her training with Goody Alsop in order to return home. Surprise encounters ensue.