Sirena

Sirena

Author: Amanda Laureano

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-03-18

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1503540081

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Meet our Joshua Hanks. He is the utmost sarcastic, out-of-place, and isolated individual you can ever know. Hes in his college years achieving his marine biology degree, and yet he still hasnt found a girlfriend, friends, or even an actual bond with his own parents. The only spot-on friend hes ever had in his lifetime is his irrational grandfather. Then almost toward the end of his spring semester, everything changes. He temporarily loses his gramps who, by the way, has been an old fisherman back in his day. People say he lost his marbles a long time ago when he began talking of mermaids and sirens, though Josh has faith in Gramps. He always knows better about the duchesses and monstrosities of the sea. Joshua Hanks has a few unanswered questions: Will he ever get his gramps back? Who is the naked lady who always seems to appear at their spot? Also, what does the future have in store for him?


Sirena Selena

Sirena Selena

Author: Mayra Santos-Febres

Publisher: Picador

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1429980281

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From the author of Urban Oracles comes Mayra Santos-Febres's Sirena Selena: somewhere between "The Blue Angel" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" rises the legend of Sirena Selena, the diva-siren of the Caribbean whose boleros seduce and torment whoever dares listen. Discovered by Martha Divine in the backstreets of San Juan, picking over garbage, drugged out of his mind and singing boleros that transfix the listener, a fifteen year old hustler is transformed into Sirena Selena, a diva whose uncanny beauty and irrisistable voice will be their ticket to fame and fortune. Auditioning for one of the luxury hotels in the Dominican Republic, Selena casts her spell over Hugo Graubel, one of the hotel's rich investors. Graubel is a powerful man in the Republic, married with children. Silena, determined to escape the poverty and abuse s/he suffered as a child, engages Graubel in a long seduction in this mordant, intensely lyrical tragi-comedy - part masque, part cabaret - about identity (class, race, gender) and "the hunger and desire to be other things."


Sirena

Sirena

Author: E. G. Lopez

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-01-19

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9781440180231

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Epic account of a New Mexico Hispanic family swept up in a clash of empires, one waning and the other ascendant. A tragic tale of parallel nations, peoples, and lovers converging nowhere this side of infinity, marching in lockstep towards disaster. The twins see it coming. Ron and Jake Valdez, prophets without honor, hamstrung by their own demons, powerless before the juggernaut. After Guantanamo, it was easy, first baby steps, later giant steps. Homeland Security, Patriot Act, private armies, and concentration camps. In the name of freedom, they destroyed freedom, the bright shining star imploding, devouring itself.


Sirena

Sirena

Author: Gideon Marcus

Publisher: Journey Press

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1951320158

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One starship, six friends, 10,000 lives in the balance... Young captain-for-hire Kitra Yilmaz has gotten her first contract: escort the mysterious Princess of Atlántida beyond the Frontier and find her a new world. It's a risky job, fraught with the threat of pirates, dangerous squatters, and rising romantic tensions. Still, Kitra and her crew are up for anything - until they find a lush world, perfect for settlement...with an enormous ghost ship already in orbit. What secret does the crippled vessel hide? And is Kitra ready to take responsibility for its precious cargo? Praise for the Kitra Saga: "[The Kitra Saga] has a lot to offer: a diverse crew, convincing alien worlds, and an overall sense of adventure and companionship - with all the ups and downs it comes with." - Robin Rose Graves, Parallel Worlds Magazine "Kitra is successful in providing a compelling action/adventure tale while maintaining an emotional drive that proves to be the heart of the story... the reader is bound to fall in love with the characters and the relationships that develop along the way." - Dark Matter Magazine


Sirena

Sirena

Author: Donna Jo Napoli

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780590383899

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The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.


Sirena

Sirena

Author: Tanya Chargualaf Taimanglo

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-08-02

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1491867930

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Sirena is a young Chamorro girl who loves nature. She ignores her chores as usual to go swimming in the sparkling river, at a time in Guam's history when all is pristine. Her mother utters a curse that will forever change Sirena's life, unless her godmother can help. Based on a universal “tail” of the mystery and origin of mermaids, Sirena: A Mermaid Legend from Guam, is a retelling of a classic for the next generation of Chamorro children and all to dive into.


The Sirena Quest

The Sirena Quest

Author: Michael A. Kahn

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1464203539

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The New York Times Magazine piece famously opened: "She has pouting lips and high round breasts. Thousands of men have dreamt of her. Hundreds have chased after her. Two have died in pursuit. Her name is Sirena, she weighs 193 pounds, and she vanished in 1959. Without a trace." Barrett College's legendary Greco-Roman sculpture's fate was still a hot topic in 1970 when four roommates began their freshman year at the New England school. They've gone their separate ways, but as the 1994 commencement approaches, they are about to reunite to meet a challenge thrown down by a Class of '59 billionaire. He has pledged a $25 million endowment plus a $3 million purse to her finder(s) if Sirena is restored to Barrett. Although they are not alone in their pursuit—groups of alumni, including a pair of aggressive and highly financed classmates, are running down leads across the world—St. Louis lawyer Lou Solomon and his crew come upon an obscure but intriguing clue. It leads them to Chicago where a young lawyer called Rachel Gold may hold key information. As the men race to crack the Sirena puzzle, their quest will transform their lives in unexpected ways.


The Story of Sirena: Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection

The Story of Sirena: Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection

Author: Melanie Voland

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2023-08-05

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 3755448734

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The legend of the girl who turned into a mermaid, and became the very first mermaid... This short story may not be suitable for young age children, but anyone else can read it. This is book number 14 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.


Marianas Island Legends

Marianas Island Legends

Author:

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781573061025

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Offering rare insights into Chamorro and Carolinian cultures, this volume contains legends, poems, folklore, history, traditions, rhymes and riddles, and shiver stories collected from the elders and youth of the Mariana Islands.


Delphi Collected Works of Grant Allen (Illustrated)

Delphi Collected Works of Grant Allen (Illustrated)

Author: Grant Allen

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2017-10-08

Total Pages: 8278

ISBN-13: 178656095X

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The Canadian science writer and novelist, Grant Allen was an early proponent of the theory of evolution. His first books dealt with scientific subjects, being influenced by associationist psychology as expounded by Alexander Bain and by Herbert Spencer. However, as his career developed he became a bestselling novelist of the Victorian era, penning intriguing sensation and science-fiction books. This comprehensive eBook presents Allen’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Allen’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 19 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Allen’s rare poetry collection ‘The Lower Slopes’ – available in no other collection * A wide selection of Allen’s non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse areas of study * Features Edward Clodd’s seminal memoir - discover Allen’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels Philistia Babylon This Mortal Coil The White Man’s Foot The Jaws of Death What’s Bred in the Bone The Great Taboo Dumaresq’s Daughter The Duchess of Powysland Recalled to Life Blood Royal Michael’s Crag The Scallywag The Woman Who Did The British Barbarians A Splendid Sin Linnet Rosalba Hilda Wade The Shorter Fiction Strange Stories The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories Ivan Greet’s Masterpiece and Other Stories Wednesday the Tenth An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay Miss Cayley’s Adventures Twelve Tales The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Poetry The Lower Slopes The Non-Fiction The Colour-Sense: Its Origin and Development Anglo-Saxon Britain Evolutionist at Large Flowers and Their Pedigrees Biographies of Working Men Charles Darwin Force and Energy Falling in Love Science in Arcady Post-Prandial Philosophy The Mediterranean Moorland Idylls Florence Paris Cities of Belgium County and Town in England Flashlights on Nature Side Lights The Autobiography My First Book The Biography Grant Allen: A Memoir by Edward Clodd Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks