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Rise of the Ancient Killer

Author : Elon Martin

Publisher : Page Publishing Inc

Page : 71 pages

File Size : 48,22 MB

Release : 2020-12-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1662405626

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A massive shark, which is supposed to be extinct for thousands of years, terrorizes the shores of the seaside town of Harradon. At first, no one believes the old lobsterman who first spotted it. But as time goes on, the evidence of a massive killer fish becomes a reality, and the locals try everything in their power to destroy it. Eventually, a young fisherman, a scientist, and an old sailor embark on a quest to catch the huge shark alive. But when they finally spot it, the question jumps from whether they can catch it to whether or not they will return to shore alive.



Primeval Origins: Rise of Serpents

Author : B. A. Vonsik

Publisher : Outskirts Press

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 22,36 MB

Release : 2019-06-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 197721519X

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Primeval Origins: Rise of Serpents - Book three (#3) in the epic story of mankind's origins and the creation of the Four Horsemen. Join Nikki, a paleo-archeologist graduate student on a field expedition, discovering our hidden history, turning her life upside-down and sending her on the run from unknown deadly forces, as she learns of and experiences our undiscovered history filled with terrible tyrannies, deadly dinosaurs, brutal beasts, ancient gods, and heroic hearts as the origins of our End Times is revealed, answering the question, "What if all of our myths and legends are true?" Primeval Origins AWARDS and HONORS: Paths of Anguish (Bk#1) * Young Adult Book of the Year, 2014/2015 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, Readers Favorite 2016 Book Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Distinguished Favorite, Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 NYC Big Book Award, * Winner, Science Fantasy, National Association of Book Entrepreneurs (NABE) Winter 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Light of Honor (Bk#2), * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Merit, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Finalist, E-Book Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, * Finalist, Science Fiction, 2016 Best Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Best Books, NABE Summer 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award. Epic Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Action & Adventure, Myth & Legend, Dystopian, Good and Evil, Christian Fantasy, Kindle, Nook, iBook/iTunes...and more history than is expected. Seeking refuge from the relentless hunt, we evade the gathering forces of mankind and their guiding masters...the Serpents of Old...the Watchers of humanity. Knowledge and advancements fashioned for humanity's betterment now turned foul by lord and servant alike, subjugating all to the ever-present examination of the surveilling State. Mankind's self-subjugation rendering themselves as slaves to the unseen few, who only allow freedoms to peoples paying homage to their institutions of cunning tyrannies. Subtle guidance by the ancient scales now coil tightly about their corrupted human tools to deliver to them the World in arrogant defiance of Creation. It is in this confrontation, I vision the origins of the Old Serpents...in our first civilization, seeing their Lights twisted and fouled by selfish wants and the corruptible doings of their divinities. Their ancient bane...the Horsemen, I see rise, then as now, who through deeds self-driven and compelled leave in their wake punishing destructions as they seek to halt corruptions both mortal and afar. I sense I play a part in the approaching Apocalypse, through my aid to these Horsemen of Prophecy and something more. As I stand at the precipice to the end of the Fourth World-Age of humanity looking out at the coming tempest, I, Nikki, now do as our ancients did in tablets of clay and stone, chronicling humanity's undiscovered past in these steel bound epics to share with you before the sounding of the trumpets.



Ancient Enforcer

Author : Katie Reus

Publisher : KR Press, LLC

Page : 363 pages

File Size : 50,62 MB

Release : 2021-01-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1635561582

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An ancient dragon warrior determined to protect what’s his… Former general Mikael lost his clan, his family, everything, thousands of years ago. Now he’s awakened in a new world that’s trying to rebuild. He and his brothers are ordered to live with Avery, a human female, and her younger brothers. Avery is nothing he should want. She’s too soft, too sweet…too happy. But he can’t stop his growing obsession with her. The human female who threatens his jaded heart… House flipper Avery is no stranger to heartbreak, and knows that the ones you love most can stab you in the back the quickest. When she’s asked to shelter a bunch of dragon shifters, her instinct is to say no. Until she meets the ragtag group of males who are struggling to adjust to the new world. Against her better judgment, she agrees to take them in. Even if the gruff Mikael has heartbreak written all over him, she can’t help but fall for the sexy dragon a little more every day. But when a threat from his past emerges, promising to tear their world apart, things suddenly change between them. As they race against the clock to save her family, Mikael must risk everything and claim her before it’s too late. Author note: Though part of a series, this book may be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA. Ancients Rising Series Ancient Protector, #1 Ancient Enemy, #2 Ancient Enforcer, #3 Ancient Vendetta, #4



The Rise of Mahāsena

Author : Richard D. Mann

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 50,35 MB

Release : 2011-12-07

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9004218866

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This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya’s Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda’s early ‘popular’ cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity’s protective cult into one focused on the ruler’s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity’s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas.



Sons of Cain

Author : Peter Vronsky

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 23,70 MB

Release : 2018-08-14

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 0698176146

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From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes. Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or "political" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers. These sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.



The 36 Stratagems of Personal Growth

Author : Yamada Takumi

Publisher : Babelcube Inc.

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 42,22 MB

Release : 2019-12-30

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1071526855

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Translation from Italian to English of the 36 Stratagems of Personal Growth by Yamada Takumi.



Monsters and Monarchs

Author : Debbie Felton

Publisher : University of Texas Press

Page : 235 pages

File Size : 44,13 MB

Release : 2021-07-27

Category : History

ISBN : 1477323066

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Jack the Ripper. Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy. Locusta of Gaul. If that last name doesn’t seem to fit with the others, it’s likely because our modern society largely believes that serial killers are a recent phenomenon. Not so, argues Debbie Felton—in fact, there’s ample evidence to show that serial killers stalked the ancient world just as they do the modern one. Felton brings this evidence to light in Monsters and Monarchs, and in doing so, forces us to rethink the assumption that serial killers arise from problems unique to modern society. Exploring a trove of stories from classical antiquity, she uncovers mythological monsters and human criminals that fit many serial killer profiles: the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims; the Sphinx, or “strangler,” from the story of Oedipus; child-killing demons and witches, which could explain abnormal infant deaths; and historical figures such as Locusta of Gaul, the most notorious poisoner in the early Roman Empire. Redefining our understanding of serial killers and their origins, Monsters and Monarchs changes how we view both ancient Greek and Roman society and the modern-day killers whose stories still captivate the public today.



Rise of the Grey Prince

Author : Arka Chakrabarti

Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 25,85 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9382665315

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That cursed night at Nisarga had revealed the true reason behind his father's sacrifice and his own dark past. Each revelation now draws Agni into the sublime world of secrets. With Vrish and Guru Sidak by his side, fighting the daggers from the past and winning over the opponents of the present, somewhere deep down, he knows that his journey has just begun. The other scarred prince walks the ashes of his reality. Haunted by the glimpses of truth the same night, Yani had but one choice – to survive. His unknowing steps, trapped in cruel games of ancient powers had led him to a truth, a truth which shall mould a good man in the clay of misfortune, hate and lust. Such is the world of Gaya, and thus shall be the Rise of the Grey Prince – the one torn between the darkness of evil and a lone ray of hope.



Killer High

Author : Peter Andreas

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 40,17 MB

Release : 2020

Category : HISTORY

ISBN : 0190463015

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Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopolitics -- Speed warfare -- Cocaine wars -- Conclusion: The drugged battlefields of the 21st century .



Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?

Author : Dirk C. Gibson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 33,75 MB

Release : 2012-02-14

Category : Social Science

ISBN :

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Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder. The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime—a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality—an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.