Books with title The Cobra King

From the author of The Hemlock Bay series comes a new retelling of an old tale...… Not every Beast is a prince charming at heart and not every Beauty is a maiden just waiting for love...Calia Thorn has lived her entire life in a small town sheltered by the Cold King's mountain. Working day and night to care for her younger siblings, complete her unending chores, and please her selfish, lazy mother has left her with few dreams for her own future. But then even those meager hopes are taken from her when the Cold King comes down from his mountain to demand a new servant. Ungraceful, unladylike, undesired, and unwanted by even her own family, Calia is chosen to be sent to the palace.The Cold King has lived for three hundred years under a curse imposed by his own father. With no hope of ever breaking it, he settles for keeping his heart frozen against any pain- or hope.When his new servant arrives, she challenges him in ways no one ever has before, and sparks fly. But not every Beast is a prince charming at heart and not every beauty is a maiden just waiting for love.Sometimes happily ever after isn't so easy...

There is an animal in Asia with enough venom in its bite to kill 20 people! It is the king cobra a snake that lifts its body off the ground, spreads its hood, and hisses violently before attacking. The king cobra has killed many people. Those that have survived attacks are lucky. Read a survival story and learn how to avoid attacks in this thrilling book.

Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Harper has been beaten down by school, by work, and by life. But she’s not going to let a rich pretty boy beat her down any more.Dimitri Albescu is everything Charlie can never be. Rich. Beautiful. Carefree. And his flagrant sense of superiority means she’s never allowed to forget it. But when a misunderstanding makes their worlds collide, Charlie must peel back his arrogant exterior to find the man worthy of her affections, the man who wants to protect her from the dangers of poverty, snooping cops, and himself. Then Dimitri’s involvement with the mafia puts a target on her head and Charlie has to make the decision of a lifetime: join or die.

When a mysterious fog begins to take over the magical world of Allysia, where Mirabeth Miller goes to escape from the stresses of the real world crumbling around her, the little girl knows that she must do what it takes to save her animal friends from the evil forces behind it. With the help of the Good Witch and the Great Wizard, will she be able to rescue her friends from the Sleeping Swamp in time and defeat the evil Cobra King before he gets to her first? Can Allysia’s tiny protector prevail and save everyone?Watch as the precocious child navigates health issues and copes with problems that would bury someone five times her age. Will she survive and, if she does, can she win her father’s affection along the way?Two worlds become inexplicably intertwined to help solve the mysteries of life, love, and friendship in both of them.

Evil has returned…Chris failed to prevent the Common King’s resurrection, and now the most powerful logomancer the world has ever known is back, gathering his followers and plotting to regain his throne.Only a handful of Chris’s friends remain to oppose the evil tyrant. They hatch a desperate plan, taking them across the world in search of new allies and new magic. One problem – they can’t win without Chris. And Chris is lost forever.The Common King is here. And this world will burn…THE COMMON KING is a young adult contemporary fantasy. If you like interesting diverse characters, harrowing complex villains, and thrilling magical adventures, you’ll love the Yesterday’s Magic trilogy.Chris’s battle against the Common King began in THE SUDDEN WORLD and continued in THE FLOATING ROOM. If you’re ready for the final chapter in his adventures, scroll up and download now!

This book introduces readers to the worlds largest venomous snake, the king cobra. Readers will learn fun facts about this fearsome predator, including its cannibalistic tendencies. Color photographs illustrate this high-interest topic. Readers will learn about king cobra anatomy, hunting, and its powerful venom. Useful features of this book include a table of contents, glossary, index, and fun fact boxes. Curious readers can use resources for further reading to expand their knowledge of king cobras.

Meet a cat who is the king of his house, until something terrible happens! Someone else arrives and they are dribbly and disgusting. Will King Cat ever get used to having a dog around? The King Cat is a brilliantly observed, fantastically funny story about friendship, compromise, and adjusting to change, from the award-winning author-illustrator Marta Altés. Perfect for families about to welcome a new baby—and cat and dog lovers alike.

In this gripping and vivid tale, African kings struggle for their land and identity against Colonial generals and consuls. With beautiful illustrations and a handy glossary of terms, children will find this book engaging and enlightening.The story begins in ancient Lagos in the 15th century when the Portuguese discover a patch of land in the Atlantic Ocean covered with weeds, a sprawling mangrove jungle. Somehow, this wild place becomes a settled colony over the years, with returned slaves from all over Africa, traders and merchants, and the British.As Lagos grew in strength and might, so did the struggle for power between the African kings like Oba Akitoye and Oba Kosoko and the Birtish consuls and commanders like John Beecroft and William McCrosky. The King and the Colony tells the story of the outcome of these battles and how the actions of the kings led to the creation of a country and the culture of its people. The book is an abridged young readers version of Possessed: A history of law and justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos.