Amor Immorati Book One: Immortally Yours
Author : J. Morgan
Publisher : Desert Breeze Publishing In
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 31,40 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1936000938
No Name in the Street
Author : James Baldwin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0804149666
Book Description
From one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century—an extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies that powerfully speaks to contemporary conversations around racism. “It contains truth that cannot be denied.” —The Atlantic Monthly In this stunningly personal document, James Baldwin remembers in vivid details the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness and the later events that scored his heart with pain—the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his retum to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face.
The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander
Author : Brian Oliver Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2019-05-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 900440094X
Book Description
This book is a study of the literary reception of the originally Greek love-story of Hero and Leander, examining the nature of the tale and demonstrating its longevity and huge popularity from classical times to the present, in a great variety of different genres. Chapters consider the classical versions (Ovid, Musaios, Martial), medieval and renaissance versions in various European languages, folk and literary ballads (and even a pop song), the lyric, dramatic versions, settings to music, burlesques and travesties in all genres, modern reflections of the story in (experimental) literary forms.
Blood of an Exile
Author : Brian Naslund
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 125030962X
Book Description
2019 Amazon.com Best Books of the Year 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year First in the Dragons of Terra series, Brian Naslund's Blood of an Exile is a fast-paced adventure perfect for comic readers and fans of heroic fantasy Bershad stands apart from the world, the most legendary dragonslayer in history, both revered and reviled. Once, he was Lord Silas Bershad, but after a disastrous failure on the battlefield he was stripped of his titles and sentenced to one violent, perilous hunt after another. Now he lives only to stalk dragons, slaughter them, collect their precious oil, and head back into the treacherous wilds once more. For years, death was his only chance to escape. But that is about to change. The king who sentenced Bershad to his fate has just given him an unprecedented chance at redemption. Kill a foreign emperor and walk free forever. The journey will take him across dragon-infested mountains, through a seedy criminal underworld, and into a forbidden city guarded by deadly technology. But the links of fate bind us all. Dragons of Terra Series Blood of an Exile Sorcery of a Queen At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Love Poems
Author : Ovid
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Love poetry, English
ISBN : 9780192821942
Book Description
Except the Queen
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101664517
Book Description
Sisters Serena and Meteora were proud members of the high court of the Fairy Queen-until they were cast out from court, stripped of their powers, and banished to the brutish mortal realm of Earth-where they discover a long-forgotten dark force that threatens both fairy and human worlds.
Heat of the Night
Author : Sylvia Day
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061746630
Book Description
A paranormal romance “so hot the pages should be on fire” from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bared to You (Gena Showalter). NATIONAL READERS’ CHOICE AWARD WINNER Stacey Daniels has always been attracted to the wrong type of man . . . And she knows in her heart the virile, wounded Viking at her front doorstep will certainly be no exception. A vision from her most secret erotic fantasies—a glorious god of a man—he excites her with his tantalizing aura of dangerous sensuality. Stacey knows in the deepest depths of her soul that submission will bring unforeseen peril into her life, and yet she is helpless to resist him—for he is a master of decadent pleasures and sweet seduction . . . and all she has ever wished for. But loving Connor carries a burden that no mortal woman can bear. Though he finds solace in Stacey’s passion and the warmth of her welcoming body, his true realm is one of darkest dreams, torn by violence and strife, that is now following him into Stacey’s world . . . “Day’s hot and steamy sex scenes will leave readers breathless and aching for more. The hero and heroine are believable and well written, and the hero is rugged and definitely dreamy.” —RT Book Reviews “In normal Sylvia Day style, Heat of the Night absolutely rocked my world! I love EVERYTHING Sylvia Day writes, but this one is definitely one of my faves. I seriously, utterly loved this book.” —Romance Reader at Heart
Messenger's Angel
Author : Heather Killough-Walden
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,22 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101588667
Book Description
Since the beginning of time, the archangels have longed to know true love. When four female angels were created for the four archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael, a chaos spurred by jealousy erupted, and the archesses were secreted away to Earth. The four favored archangels followed, prompting a search that has lasted millennia… For hundreds of years, Gabriel has passed himself off as a common Scottish villager. Few know he is the Messenger, a powerful archangel who has secretly scoured the world for the only woman who can complete him. Now, he’s shocked to discover the object of his fierce and driving desire shows up in his own backyard. Researching her Ph.D. in the Outer Hebrides, Juliette Anderson has always been the rational type—until she looks across a quaint pub and into the flashing silver eyes of a stranger. He’s handsome. He’s intense. And he claims her with a soul-searing kiss on the spot. Gabriel’s scorching gaze, wavy black hair and deep, sexy brogue ignite a fire in her that can’t be denied, and yet every instinct she has tells her to run. But when a familiar dark force rises, and the truth of her incredible identity is revealed, Juliette must follow her heart and put her faith in the tall, dark mysterious man who enflames her.
Speaking of Love: The Love Dialogue in Italian and French Renaissance Literature
Author : Reinier Leushuis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9004343717
Book Description
Re-evaluating the dialogue’s place in the literary landscape of the Italian and French Renaissance, Speaking of Love presents the love dialogue at the intersection of a revival of the form and the period’s philosophies of love and desire. Between 1540 and 1580, authors such as Speroni, Tullia d’Aragona, the Venetian poligrafi, Tyard, Le Caron, Pasquier, Taillemont, Marguerite de Navarre, and Louise Labé, feature interlocutors not only deliberating on love but imitating the experience of love in their dynamics of speaking. These love dialogues allow early modern ideologies and discourses of love to be imitated by the reader and rival lyric poetry in conveying amorous experience, validating dialogue as an authentic literary form rather than a tool of philosophical thinking.
Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera
Author : Rebecca Harris-Warrick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107137896
Book Description
Examines the evolving practices in music, librettos, choreographed dance, and staging throughout the history of French Baroque opera.
