Author : Anna Kirtlan
Publisher : Anna Kirtlan
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0473525496
Twisty scares with heart. Paranormal humour that will make you smile while nervously looking over your shoulder. Ghosts, sea monsters, a rest home for troublesome witches and a drunk engineer who just wants a kebab all feature in this spooky short story collection/creepy love letter to Wellington New Zealand.
Author : Anna Kirtlan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Wellington (N.Z.)
ISBN : 9781393401988
Twisty scares with heart - Paranormal humour that will make you smile while you nervously look over your shoulder. Spirits, sea monsters and a rest home for troublesome witches all feature in this short story collection/creepy love letter to Wellington New Zealand.
Author : Diane Goldstein
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 2007-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0874216818
Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.
Author : Christina Henry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101560401
Something is wrong with the souls of Chicago's dead. Ghosts are walking the streets, and Agent of Death Madeline Black's exasperating boss wants her to figure out why. And while work is bad enough, Maddy has a plethora of personal problems too. Now that Gabriel has been assigned as her thrall, their relationship has hit an impasse. At least her sleazy ex-fiance Nathaniel is out of the picture--or so she thinks...
Author : Mike King
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1869794028
Mental health advocate and 2019 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Mike King is, in his own words, a ‘certified nut’. Since 2009, Mike has hosted the hugely popular Nutters Club show, now on NewstalkZB, as well as the TV programme of the same name, and as ‘Head Nut’ has seen the Club expand into an online community with a vast and loyal following. The Nutters Club deals with all the tough stuff that many would prefer to keep in the closet — mental health issues like anxiety and depression, drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, rape and sexual abuse — as told by real people sharing their life experiences to help others discover coping mechanisms, recovery and hope, in a way that is non-preachy and easy to understand. This book shares eleven of those stories, along with insights into Mike King’s own story and his battle with depression, drugs and alcohol. Candid and compelling, The Nutters Club is as relevant today as when it was first published in 2011. Enjoy!
Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1775414833
This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.
Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0547750331
An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Author : Amélie Wen Zhao
Publisher : Ember
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0525707824
The first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father's murder. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are deemed unnatural—even dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, is one of the most terrifying Affinites. Ana’s ability to control blood has long been kept secret, but when her father, the emperor, is murdered, she is the only suspect. Now, to save her own life, Ana must find her father’s killer. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is one where corruption rules and a greater conspiracy is at work—one that threatens the very balance of Ana’s world. There is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to the conspiracy’s core: Ramson Quicktongue. Ramson is a cunning crime lord with sinister plans—though he might have met his match in Ana. Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of all. Praise for Blood Heir “Cinematic storytelling at its best.”—Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep and The Girl the Sea Gave Back “Zhao shines in the fast-paced and vivid combat scenes, which lend a cinematic quality that pulls readers in.”—NYT Book Review “Zhao is a master writer who weaves a powerful tale of loyalty, honor, and courage through a strong female protagonist. . . . Readers will love the fast-paced energy and plot twists in this adventure-packed story.”—SLJ
Author : Scott Hamilton
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Great South Road (Auckland, N.Z.)
ISBN : 9780994137623
The Great South Road was built in 1862 to carry a British army into the Waikato Kingdom. When the British invaded the Waikato in 1863, soldiers shared the road with Maori refugees from Auckland. Today the eroding earthen walls of forts and pa and military cemeteries remember the road's history. They sit beside the car dealerships and kava bars and pawn shops of South Auckland, the most culturally diverse part of the world's most culturally diverse city. On their journeys up and down the Great South Road, Hamilton, Janman, and Powell have learned how the route's tragic past affects its present, and discovered the ways in which the road connects as well as divides the communities that live alongside it. Ghost South Road features obscure as well as famous figures from New Zealand history and illustrates the epic walk that the author and photographers made along the two hundred kilometre length of the Great South Road.
Author : Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385515839
Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.
