Susan Cooper
1) Greenwitch
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Their search for a stolen Celtic chalice involves the Drew children in the age-old struggle between the forces of Light and Darkness.
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Series
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Read by Richard Mitchley
Approx. 5.5 hours
4 cassettes
Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil. And now it is Will's task to wake—with the golden harp—the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.
Approx. 5.5 hours
4 cassettes
Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil. And now it is Will's task to wake—with the golden harp—the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Description
A dreadful warning breaks into Will Stanton’s peaceful summer: The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. Will–last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world safe from the force of evil–must join forces with his ageless master Merriman along with Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn into the conflict are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their...
4) The boggart
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
Description
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Description
A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind...
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
THE SHOW MUST GO ON follows former Home and Away actor and filmmaker Ben Steel on a soul-searching investigation into why are there so many entertainment workers developing and struggling with anxiety, depression and substance abuse and for the first time opening up a much-needed public conversation about their mental health and wellbeing.
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2018.
Description
The political murder of a Moscow lawyer, an American father’s tragic mistake and the cancellation of 259 pending U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans are seemingly disparate events found to have an insidious connection in this chilling expose. Winner of a Documentary Prize at the **Nashville Film Festival**. *"Cooper took a ubiquitous topic and told it in an innovative way through both human love and human suffering." - Morena Duwe, **HuffPost***
12) Ghost Hawk
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Pub. Date
p2013
Edition
Unabridged.
Description
On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, the tomahawk his father crafted, and the amazing metal knife that his father traded for with the new white settlers. If Little Hawk survives three moons by himself, he will be a man. But his triumphant return is crushed by the death of his entire village by disease. The rest of his life is shaped by interactions between his people and the new settlers.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Despite its elegant gorgeous stage set, and costumes of awesome beauty and richness of detail, some of the fairy-tale magic of "George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker' " has been lost in its translation from a staged ballet into a film. However, the dancing is breathtaking, the narration keeps the story moving, and it is as well acted as it is danced. This is a full corps de ballet version, sumptuous with classic ballet sequences in their full glory....