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Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Language:
English
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The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous English poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager. The virtuous Gawain accepts and decapitates the intruder with his own...
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English
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Franklin and his animal friends are wondering if spring will ever come. It's an especially long wait for Franklin because his family is expecting a baby to come in spring. Assuming the character of his favorite hero, the Green Knight, Franklin sets off on a quest to bring spring to Woodlawn. Includes a parents' guide for family discussion.
Publisher:
The Great Courses
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Delve into the fascinating narrative of this highly sophisticated poem, following the great Sir Gawain through elaborate plot twists on his quest to fulfill an astonishing challenge. Investigate the meaning of his journey, and consider the important questions it raises concerning free will, loyalty, shame, and honor..
Publisher:
Knopf :
Pub. Date:
2002
Language:
English
Description:
"Another edition of the Middle English poem. Merwin's 'Sir Gawain' replicates the propulsive alliteration and the rhymed-quatrain stanza endings of the original, and the translation appears face-to-face with the Middle English original. A major translation of a major English, and a major horror, classic." Booklist. "A modern verse translation of the late-medieval, anonymously authored story of a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening...
14. Knight of Cups
Publisher:
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Description:
The story follows writer Rick on an odyssey through the playgrounds of Los Angeles and Las Vegas as he undertakes a search for love and self. Even as he moves through a desire-laden landscape of mansions, resorts, beaches and clubs, Rick grapples with complicated relationships with his brother and father. His quest to break the spell of his disenchantment takes him on a series of adventures with six alluring women.
Author:
Publisher:
[Ryan Green]
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Description:
"On 29th February 2000, John Price took out a restraining order against his girlfriend, Katherine Knight. Later that day, he told his co-workers that she had stabbed him and if he were ever to go missing, it was because Knight had killed him. The next day, Price didn't show up for work. A co-worker was sent to check on him. They found a bloody handprint by the front door and they immediately contacted the police. The local police force was not prepared...
17. Black knight
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language:
English
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Jamal is an employee at Medieval World amusement park when he is magically transported back to 14th century England. Now he must do battle with an evil king, deadly assassins - and really bad plumbing.
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NoveList Series:
American in Paris mysteries volume 1.
Series:
American in Paris mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
"From fine Bordeaux and freshly baked baguettes to the friendly chatter of the green market, postwar Paris is indulging its appetite for food, and life, once more, as Tabitha Knight, a young American women, makes friends with chef-in-training Julia Child--and finds herself immersed in a murder most unsavory..."--Dust jacket flap.
Author:
NoveList Series:
The knights' tales volume 3.
Series:
The knights' tales volume 3
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date:
2011
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
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Description:
Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight.
20. Mystique
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Language:
English
Description:
A tantalizing tale of a legendary knight and a headstrong lady whose daring quest for a mysterious crystal will draw them into a whirlwind of treachery–and desire.
When the fearsome knight called Hugh the Relentless swept into Lingwood Manor like a storm, everyone cowered–except Lady Alice. Sharp-tongued and unrepentant, the flame haired beauty believed Sir Hugh was not someone to dread but the answer to her dreams. She knew he had...
When the fearsome knight called Hugh the Relentless swept into Lingwood Manor like a storm, everyone cowered–except Lady Alice. Sharp-tongued and unrepentant, the flame haired beauty believed Sir Hugh was not someone to dread but the answer to her dreams. She knew he had...
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