Ursula K. Le Guin
Author
Series
Earthsea series volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1971
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief, wizard Ged Sparrowhawk, who seeks a special treasure.
3) Cat dreams
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Description
Presents a feline dreamland where it rains mice, all the dogs have run away, and a big bowl of kibbles and cream is waiting.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
259 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to...
5) Tehanu
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown destiny.
6) Lavinia
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
279 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Description
"In The Aeneid, Virgil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes the reader to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills."--From amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
vii, 520306 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that change in the decade since the publication of her last nonfiction collection, The Language of the Night. And what a mind--strong, supple, disciplined, playful, ranging over the whole field of its concerns, from modern literature to menopause, from utopian...
Author
Publisher
Small Beer Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
iv, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Description
AThis collection of Ursula K. Le Guin's recent talks, essays, introductions is the best manual we have for exploring the worlds explored in recent fiction; the most useful guide to the country we're visiting, life.
Author
Publisher
Flamboyant
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"Una noche, la se?ora Jane Tabby so?? que pod?a volar y escapar de la dura vida en la ciudad. Pero ya se sabe: los gatos no pueden volar. Cuando, poco despu?s, nacieron sus hijos, entendi? el significado de ese sue?o. ¡Hab?an nacido con alas! Deb?an marcharse y buscar una vida mejor lejos del barrio. ¿Qu? aventuras les esperan m?s all? de los confines de la ciudad? Sigue las aventuras de los maravillosos gatos alados creados por Ursula K. Le Guin...
Author
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
pc2016.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Earthsea is based on the first three books in the Earthsea Cycle. It tells the stories of Ged and Tenar, inhabitants of a vast archipelago where magic is part of life. Young wizard Ged releases a terrible shadow into the world; meanwhile, Tenar is taken from her home and family to become priestess and guardian of the Tombs of Atuan. The Left Hand of Darkness is set on Gethen, a world in the grip of an Ice Age whose people are both male and female,...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvii, 141 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Presents advice on the basic elements of narrative prose, covering point of view, sentence length and complex syntax, indirect narration, grammar, punctuation, and the sound of writing.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice -- sharp, witty, as compassionate as it...
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 89 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin was lauded by millions for her groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels, though she began her career as a poet. "I still kind of twitch and growl when I'm reduced to being the science fiction writer. I'm a novelist and increasingly a poet. And sometimes I wish they'd call me that," Le Guin said in a 2015 interview with NPR. In this clarifying and sublime collection--written shortly before her death...
Author
Series
Hainish series volume 1
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
341 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Shevek, a brilliant physicist attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.
Author
Series
Hainish series volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 21 cm
Description
When the Athsheans, the inhabitants of a peaceful world, are conquered by the bloodthirsty Yumens, they retaliate against their captors, abandoning their rules against violence and endangering the very foundations of their society.