The Cry of the Wolf
10 best books like The Cry of the Wolf (Melvin Burgess): The Road of Bones, Thunder Oak, Fox's Feud, Wolfsaga, The Fox Busters, Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo, Volume 8, Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, Full Moon City, Wolf's Rain, Vol. 2, Spice & Wolf, Vol. 08: The Town of Strife I
Author | Anne Fine |
ISBN | 0385610637 |
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare...
Author | Garry Kilworth |
ISBN | 0552545465 |
Long ago, long before Sylver the weasel was born, the humans all left Welkin. Now life for a weasel—under the heavy paw of the vicious stoat rulers—is pretty miserable (unless you happen to be a weasel who likes living in a hovel and toiling all hours for the benefit of the stoats).
It's certainly...
Author | Colin Dann |
ISBN | 0091494001 |
The book begins with the birth of Vixen's four cubs: Bold, Friendly, Charmer and Dreamer and follows their early lives as they are supported and protected by all the remaining Animals of Farthing Wood. They grow gradually more independent as the story progresses.
Several meetings of the Farthing...
Author | Käthe Recheis |
ISBN | 3210250758 |
في وادي الرياح الهامسة، حيث لا يزال العالم منظمًا. تعيش (آكونا)، الذئبة القائدة، ورفيقها (بالوكان) مع جرائهم الثلاثة (إيمياك)، و(شتيرنشفستر) و(شيريكي) -...
Author | Dick King-Smith |
ISBN | 0140311750 |
Flightless, helpless and often, frankly, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they? Thanks to a careless farmer and generations of determined foxes, the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted, long-legged,...
Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo, Volume 8
The adventure begins when Count D discovers that his grandfather has left a mysterious pet in a town that is about to be destroyed by the construction of a new dam. Then, Femuto's curiosity unleashes a baby dinosaur upon the skies of Shinjuku! One of Count D's customers is more than she seems when police...
Author | David Stuart Davies |
ISBN | 1553100352 |
Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective is widely recognised as the best yet seen. Before his untimely death in 1995, Brett had made the part his own, all the time battling against the manic depression which had plagued him for many years. Bending the Willow' examines how...
Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
ISBN | 1416584137 |
DANGER LURKS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY . . . BUT NOT ALWAYS WHERE YOU EXPECT IT.
From New York to Los Angeles to Bucharest, fifteen never-before-published tales by some of the world’s finest fantasy and horror writers celebrate the newest incarnations of an age-old terror that strikes when...
In einer post-apokalyptischen Zukunft gelten Wölfe als ausgestorbene Spezies, die einst mythische Kräfte besaß. Doch einige von ihnen haben überlebt und wandeln in Menschengestalt unerkannt durch die Städte. So auch Kiba, der dem Duft der geheimnisvollen Mondblume nach Cold City gefolgt...
Author | Isuna Hasekura |
ISBN | 0316245461 |
Hearing rumors of a "leg bone of the wolf" being used as an artifact of the Church to showcase its power, Lawrence and Holo head to the site to gather more information. Holo can't just turn away from what might be a relic of her own kind, after all. Of course, upon arrival, the travelers find that the town is...
I bought this when I was writing "The Windwater Pack" and repeatedly referenced it throughout the first draft. I use the photos as reference for art work as well. The book, small as it is, is wonderful and is one I won't get rid of any time soon. It's easy to look up details - such as the fact some wolves do have...
Author | Michelle Kirie Hayashi |
ISBN | 1897376022 |
Okami is one of the newest Capcom action games boasting a very unique art style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. The Okami Official Complete Works art book will take you behind the scenes to the amazing artwork that defines the wonderful world of this beautiful video game! The 288...
Author | Theresa Breslin |
ISBN | 0385613091 |
'Hark to the Beating Wings of the Angel of Death!'
When Nostradamus, wild-eyed and trembling, proclaims to the French court his prophecy of a great massacre, the young King Charles only laughs. His mother, Catherine de Medici, pays more heed to the soothsayer's words - she believes he can...
Author | Robin McKinley |
ISBN | 1851550267 |
Born in her mother's hometown of Warren, Ohio, Robin McKinley grew up an only child with a father in the United States Navy. She moved around frequently as a child and read copiously; she credits this background with the inspiration for her stories.
Her passion for reading was one of the most...
Author | Ally Kennen |
ISBN | 0439865492 |
Stephen hasn't had it easy. He's now in foster care because his mom is crazy and his dad is an ex-con. He's always in trouble or on his way to trouble. But none of these problems compare to the problem of The Beast.
Stephen has been taking care of The Beast for years. It is his biggest secret --...
Author | Bohra Naono |
ISBN | 4862632904 |
A “tail” of supernatural romance!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.
Way up in the mountains, far from any major cities or towns, Kaya Susugi runs a small cafe by day and guards a haunted cemetery by night. Then, one night, he comes across werewolf brothers Taro...
Author | Jon Fosse |
ISBN | 1564784517 |
karen's book club says:
** edit to include excerpt because it is hard to explain how painful this book is without making you guys feel it, too. **
no. this book is not for me. but i learned the value of maybe not just buying every book with a nice cover, or put out by dalkey, or that...