Books with author Elizabeth Best

Book one of The Naiad Chronicles quartet, Vision is a high-fantasy for teens and adults alike, featuring a comedic, light-humoured twist. As war threatens to break out between the elven clans, an even more sinister force is at work; the dragons, the source of all Naiad's magic, are disappearing. When a group of strange soldiers arrives from the north, the balance of nature begins to tilt and the clairvoyants are swathed in visions announcing the return of a potentially deadly foe - the Phoenix. It's up to the half-bred elf Paolini and his enigmatic human companion Dustin, along with Dustin's adopted dragon Kiki, to find and solve the mystery of the diminishing dragons, and end up witnessing the recreation of a force the world had long since chosen to forget.

Children will feel like a princess when they wear the sparkling necklace that comes with this fun storybook!Girls will love getting to know the newest little Disney Princess, Sofia, in this storybook that comes with a beautiful necklace just like Sofia’s to wear! Sofia has just become a princess and has lots to learn—good thing she has experienced princesses like Cinderella, Snow White, and Ariel to help her! She quickly learns that looking like a princess isn’t all that hard, but behaving like one must come from the heart. The magic necklace Sofia wears allows her to talk to the animals, and now, kids can pretend to talk to animals by wearing a sparkly necklace just like Sophia!

A teen girl's guide to life, love, friends, and growing up, in an intimate diary format from Saved By the Bell star and popular teen spokesperson Elizabeth Berkley. Ask Elizabeth is the complete guide to teen life; the last and only self-help book they'll ever need. Drawn from the many workshops Elizabeth Berkley has conducted with teen girls across the country, Ask Elizabeth brings these revealing and intimate conversations to life on the page.Much like a private diary, the book is a personal resource that girls can turn to when they seek answers to teen life's toughest questions. It contains real and practical advice, anecdotes, and Elizabeth's own life lessons in answer to frequently asked questions from Elizabeth's workshop, such as: What do you do when you look in the mirror and don't like what you see? or How do you get a guy to know you're alive?Along with a panel of experts, Elizabeth advises teen girls in matters of sex, nutrition, fitness, body image, personal relationships, and more.

The Naiad Chronicles continues! After only a few short years of peace, the Amanon-Nhim return with even more serpentalis and new, troubling creatures. As their motives and intentions become clearer, Paolini is still one of the front lines of defence for the Seraph Kingdom, but the loss of magic is becoming more apparent as even he begins to struggle.The princess of the Seraph Kingdom, however, is on a mission of utmost importance – or so she has been told by her father. Violet’s journey to visit the four stewards of the Guardians’ castles was something she’d longed dreamed about, though the reality isn’t going quite how she planned it to…

A delightful novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change a life, from the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets. When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, Lucille begins to look out for Lincoln, their son. Lincoln's parents aren't the only ones in town facing hard choices and uncertain futures. In these difficult times, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of community-just when they need it the most. "Elizabeth Berg's characters jump right off the page and into your heart" said Fannie Flagg about The Story of Arthur Truluv. The same could be said about Night of Miracles, a heartwarming novel that reminds us that the people we come to love are often the ones we don't expect

More action in the third instalment of The Naiad Chronicles!As the fallen god regains power, Lokke himself joins the conflict in an effort to win complete control over the Seraph King’s Darkness. With New Year but a few months away, the pressure is on Paolini to find new ways of freeing the King Phoenix from its bonds, but despite his alleged Caller skills, he is unable to Call for answers from Naiaward.Winter comes crashing down across the kingdom, creating a world of snow and ice that even the flames of the phoenix twins cannot thaw.

In art as in life, you've got to change in order to live. Even when your audience—and maybe your friends—thinks it would be great if you stayed the same forever. In some cases, literally forever.The author of over seventeen SF and fantasy novels published over the last half-decade, Elizabeth Bear won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005, and the Hugo Award and the Sturgeon Award in 2008 for her short story "Tideline."At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A young woman’s secret love affair leads to a violent and tragic act in one of Elizabeth Bowen’s most acclaimed novels. To the North centers on two young women in 1920s London, the recently widowed Cecilia Summers and her late husband's sister, Emmeline. Drawn to each other in the wake of their loss, the two set up house together and gradually become more entwined than they know. But the comfortable refuge they have made is "a house built on sand"; both realize it cannot last. While Cecilia, capricious and unsure if she can really love anyone, moves reluctantly toward a second marriage, Emmeline, a gentle and independent soul, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed for the first time by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Bowen’s psychological acuity is on full display in a conclusion that plumbs the depths of this seemingly detached young woman in a single, life-shattering moment.

Dive into the Exciting World of Fishes!Sharks, skates, shrimp, seahorses, and 30,000 other fishes swim through the world’s waterways. With that much variety, you just have to ask: what makes a fish a fish? This book helps answer the question! Filled with amazing X-rays, full-color photographs, and lively text, Curious About Fishes looks at underwater creatures inside and out. Inspired by a popular Smithsonian exhibition and the first children’s book to feature these extraordinary X-rays.

Alana the Teenage Witch is trying to lead a normal life… fixing doors to the fairy world, fighting the monsters that emerge through them, handing in her A-Level coursework, casting spells, and trapping pixies. Her new best friends have their own problems too, with a doppelganger changeling in their midst.Another job is waiting for Alana, though. It's all in a day's work for the Piper's protege.The Troutespond Series is a YA fantasy, working on the premise that if the supernatural did exist, inquisitive teenagers would be the first to notice, and absolutely the worst people ever to interact with it.