Author : Suzanne Lazear
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0738733172
In this steampunk faerie tale, Noli Braddock takes a flying car out for a joyride and ends up in reform school. There, an innocent wish summons Kevighn, a handsome man who takes Noli to the Realm of Faerie. But this isn’t a rescue. Kevighn wants to use Noli as a blood sacrifice to restore his dying world.
Author : Edward R. F. Sheehan
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
In this spell-binding tale of a modern-day Saint Francis, a grieving young man finds salvation using his family's vast fortunes. He provides for and suffers with the downtrodden Mexican and Central American migrants until he is taken by the corrupt Mexican police. "Superior stuff. . . I was reminded of Graham Greene".--The New York Times Book Review.
Author : Heda Margolius Kovály
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1616954973
This rediscovered masterpiece captures a chilling moment in the stifling early days of Communist Czechoslovakia. 1950s Prague is a city of numerous daily terrors, of political tyranny, corruption and surveillance. There is no way of knowing whether one’s neighbor is spying for the government, or what one’s supposed friend will say to a State Security agent under pressure. A loyal Party member might be imprisoned or executed as quickly as a traitor; innocence means nothing for a person caught in a government trap. When a little boy is murdered at the cinema, the ensuing investigation sheds a little too much light on the personal lives of the cinema’s female ushers, each of whom is hiding a dark secret of her own.
Author : Ian McEwan
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307761029
A member of a British-American surveillance team in Cold War Berlin finds himself in too deep in this "wholly entertaining" work (The Wall Street Journal) from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham’s intelligence work—tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow—offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international comedy of errors. His relationship with Maria Eckdorf, an enigmatic and beautiful West Berliner, likewise promises to loosen the bonds of his ordinary life. But the promise turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening—a night when Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed. Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons.
Author : P. C. Cast
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,34 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1429945109
"My love, speak to me. Tell me everything." Neferet went to Kalona, kneeling before him, stroking the soft, dark wings that unfurled loosely around the immortal. "What would you have me say?" He didn't meet her eyes. "Zoey lives." Neferet's voice was flat, cold, lifeless. "She does." "Then you owe me the subservience of your immortal soul." She started to walk away from him. "Where are you going? What will happen next?" "It is quite simple. I will ensure Zoey is drawn back to Oklahoma. There, on my own terms, I will complete the task you failed." Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her position of High Priestess at Tulsa's House of Night, Neferet has sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over Kalona is only one of the weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn't it? Why should she return to Tulsa? After losing her human consort, Heath, she will never be the same – and her relationship with her super-hot-warrior, Stark, may never be the same either... And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses to be used against Stevie Rae, but what choice does he have when no one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart? In the pulse-pounding 8th book in the bestselling House of Night series, how far will the bonds of friendship stretch and how strong are the ties that bind one girl's heart?
Author : Douglas Hagmann
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,39 MB
Release : 2021-04-22
Category :
ISBN : 9780979647932
In The Dark Of Night picks up where Stained By Blood leaves off. Private Investigator Marc Stiles finds himself at the scene of a grisly murder over the Labor Day weekend in 1987, where mutilated body of a young man is found in a long-abandoned silo along the shore of Lake Erie. This horrific scene is not unique to Stiles, who has seen similar cases since immersing himself into the brutal murder of his uncle in his childhood home five years before. The journey to solve that case was filled with clues to this barbaric act, which involve individuals at the highest levels of our own government. Join Marc Stiles on a riveting fact-finding mission to disclose an evil that few people dare to acknowledge, let alone see.What you will read is more than an exciting drama. It's a fact-based investigation into the dark nature of mankind. It puts to rest any claims that ritualistic murders and occult related crimes should be dismissed as conspiracy theory and fantastical. As Stiles confirms, the truth is that these behaviors are not only real, they are happening on the world's stage, secretly hidden from the eyes of the public.In The Dark Of Night is an account where the names have been changed to protect the living and the facts carefully edited in order to disclose these events to the public. But make no mistake, it is an accounting of the real horrors perpetrated on weaker vessels by those to whom we look for our protection and guidance.
Author : Paul R. Waibel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1119160774
A comprehensive yet concise introduction to Western Civilization, designed to interest and engage contemporary students Western Civilization: A Brief History is a concise one-volume survey that covers the subject’s ancient origins through to the early 21st century. Stressing social and intellectual history, rather than merely listing names and dates, this stimulating resource offers a more consistent and reader-friendly narrative than traditional textbooks. The author, with 40 years’ experience teaching college-level Western Civilization and World History courses, emphasizes topics that stimulate student interest and encourage classroom participation. A mixture of Judeo-Christian, Greco-Roman, Germanic traditions, Western Civilization first appeared in Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. The text explores key events, figures, themes, and characteristics in the history of Western Civilization. Grouped into six parts, chapters include brief chronologies of events, maps, and illustrations. Topics include Europe in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, the rise of medieval Christianity, Darwin and the Theory of Evolution, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, the World Wars of the 20th century, the Cold War, and many others. Written with the needs of today’s students in mind, this textbook: Offers accessible and straightforward coverage of the history of Western Civilization Provides a consistent style of writing and organizational theme Includes chronological overviews of ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East Western Civilization: A Brief History is an ideal introductory textbook for both traditional and non-traditional programs and Western Civilization courses at universities and colleges, as well as for those in dual enrollment and home school settings.
Author : Alexandra Ivy
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 39,16 MB
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1420125389
A battle of vampires and werewolves will be decided by one woman’s desire in this supernatural romance by the New York Times bestselling author. Darcy Smith never knew about the secret she possesses within her, one powerful enough to end an entire race of demons. But now, as an unwitting pawn in an epic battle of vampires and werewolves, she’s about to discover the truth—and enter a dangerous world of ecstasy and dark passions. Consumed with lust for Darcy, the vampire leader Styx will do anything to keep her out of the lair of Salvatore Giuliani, the deadly ruler of the weres. But Salvatore is every bit as desperate to make Darcy his ultimate conquest and queen. With his kind pushed to the brink of extinction, she alone holds the key to survival. Now Darcy will have to decide which of these two men she can truly trust. Because all it takes is one bite to plunge her into a lifetime of servitude—or a lifetime of pleasure.
Author : Duncan Barrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1315516470
In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through the discovery of ‘strange new worlds’ in space. Throughout its fifty-year history, the ‘starry sea’ has provided a familiar backdrop to an ongoing interrogation of what it means to be human. This book charts the developing Star Trek story from the 1960s through to the present day. Although the core values and progressive politics of the series’ earliest episodes have remained at the heart of Star Trek throughout half a century, in other ways the story it tells has shifted with the times. While The Original Series and The Next Generation showed a faith in science and rationalism, and in a benign liberal leadership, with Deep Space Nine and Voyager that ‘modern’ order began to decline, as religion, mental illness and fragmented identities took hold. Now fully revised and updated to include the prequel series Enterprise and the current reboot film series, this new second edition of Star Trek: The Human Frontier – published to coincide with Star Trek’s golden jubilee celebrations – addresses these issues in a range of cultural contexts, and draws together an unusual combination of expertise. Written to appeal to both the true Trekker and those who don’t know Star Trek from Star Wars, the book explores and explains the ideas and ideals behind a remarkable cultural phenomenon.
Author : Marc Dolan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393084213
A vibrant biography of one of the greatest rock 'n' rollers, the America that made him, and the America he made. This smart, incisive biography traces Bruce Springsteen’s evolution from a young artist who wasn’t sure what he wanted to say to an acclaimed musician with a distinctive vision for a better society. Brilliantly analyzing and evoking Springsteen’s output, Marc Dolan unveils the pulsing heart of his music: its deep personal, political, and cultural resonances, which enabled Springsteen to reflect on his experiences as well as the world around him. The book is now updated with a new chapter on The Promise, Wrecking Ball, and the 2012 tour.
