Author : Jad Adams
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780299200008
Mysterious, sophisticated, alluring and almost Satanic, absinthe was the drink of choice of Baudelaire, Verlaine and Wilde. It inspired Degas, Manet and Picasso and was thought to have led to the demise of many of Paris' fin-de-siecle inhabitants. Jad Adams recounts the drink's history.
Author : Carles Roman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,47 MB
Release : 2016-04-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781530575800
At the end of XIX century, Keawe, a young sailor from Hawaii, visited the continent of America and the city of San Francisco city for the first. There, a mysterious old man sold him a bottle with a devil inside. The devil was then Keawe's to command and it would make his every wish come true. There were some rules to follow if he did not want to lose his soul to burn forever in hell. Mystery, adventure, a deeply romantic story and psychological terror from Stevenson's tale, 'The Bottle Imp.' Enjoy this great classical and dramatic story told with beautiful drawings.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,3 MB
Release : 1980
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780719538049
Author : Carol Buchanan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468002539
After Vigilantes ended a criminal conspiracy in Alder Gulch during the winter of 1863-1864, they founded a “People's Court” to administer justice. At the same time, Joseph (aka Jack) Slade has settled near Alder Gulch with his wife and adopted son. As a manager with the Overland Stage Co., he ruled 600 hostile miles by intimidation. While he worked for the Overland, passengers and the mail traveled on time, in safety. But Slade's drinking ended his career. He is a binge drinker, fired after he destroyed Army supplies at Fort Halleck. Despite his friends' attempts to persuade him to stop, his behavior continues in Alder Gulch as he wrecks saloons and stores. His friends, like Dan Stark, the Vigilante prosecutor, say there's a devil in the bottle.Early in March 1864, while on a spree, Slade threatens the People's Court judge at gunpoint and tells the Vigilantes they are “all played out.” Dan and the other Vigilantes face a horrible choice. By yielding to Slade, they expose honest people to the criminals' rise. Yet Slade, despite his murderous reputation, has committed no capital crime to justify hanging him. Will the devil in the bottle get Jack Slade?
Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2007
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0345476794
An account of scandal, sex, jealousy, and murder in New York high society at the turn of the century profiles the debonair Roland Molineux, one of New York's most eligible bachelors, and possible killer who used poison to eliminate romantic and profession
Author : Castle Freeman
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1468312898
In this unusual twist on the Faust legend, a man makes a deal with a supernatural visitor, surrendering his soul to alleviate the suffering of others. In his quiet home in rural Vermont, a man named Taft wonders what’s missing from his life. He’s at a loss until a strange voice startles him. A stranger has seemingly appeared out of nowhere: well-dressed and smooth-talking, this man offers Taft the chance to have anything he’s ever wanted―for a price. So begins The Devil in the Valley, the latest novel from critically acclaimed author Castle Freeman, Jr, a tale of temptation and greed that examines what we’re willing to trade to obtain the things we most desire. Exploring the supernatural while staying rooted deeply in our world, The Devil in the Valley is a powerful novel from a master at his craft. “Castle Freeman, Jr. conjures an intricate tete-a-tete with the devil into a Vermont home-brew of brimstone and beneficence. Fast-paced, compulsive, The Devil in the Valley leaves you wanting more.” —Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked and After Alice “Castle Freeman has somehow infused The Devil in the Valley with a mysterious energy that keeps a reader eagerly turning pages while desperately hoping the book will go on and on. This is fine and deeply enjoyable writing.” —David Huddle, author of The Faulkes Chronicle
Author : Laini Taylor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101138858
When the ancient evil of the Blackbringer rises to unmake the world, only one determined faerie stands in its way. However, Magpie Windwitch, granddaughter of the West Wind, is not like other faeries. While her kind live in seclusion deep in the forests of Dreamdark, she's devoted her life to tracking down and recapturing devils escaped from their ancient bottles, just as her hero, the legendary Bellatrix, did 25,000 years ago. With her faithful gang of crows, she travels the world fighting where others would choose to flee. But when a devil escapes from a bottle sealed by the ancient Djinn King himself- the creator of the world- she may be in over her head. How can a single faerie, even with the help of her friends, hope to defeat the impenetrable darkness of the Blackbringer? At a time when fantasy readers have an embarrassment of riches in choosing new worlds to fall in love with, this first novel by a fresh, original voice is sure to stand out.
Author : Craig Russell
Publisher : Great Plains Teen Fiction
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Voyages and travels
ISBN : 9781894283991
Winner -- Gold Medal Moonbeam Awards Finalist -- Aurora Awards Finalist -- McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award A CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens selection
Author : Bill Loehfelm
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142996880X
With The Devil She Knows, Bill Loehfelm has written a pitch-black thriller in a fresh, compulsively readable voice, with pages that turn themselves. This is the real deal: a breakout novel by a writer whom Publishers Weekly has praised for his "superb prose and psychological insights." Life isn't panning out for Maureen Coughlin. At twenty-nine, the tough-skinned Staten Island native's only excitement comes from . . . well, not much. A fresh pack of American Spirits, maybe, or a discreet dash of coke before work. If something doesn't change soon, she'll end up a "lifer" at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she works one long night after another. But just like the island, the Narrows has its seamy side. After work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her co-worker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, a silver-haired politico. When Sebastian demands her silence, Maureen is more than happy to forget what she's seen—until Dennis turns up dead on the train tracks the next morning. The murder sends Maureen careening out of her stultifying routine and into fast-deepening trouble. Soon she's on the run through the seedy underbelly of the borough, desperate to stop Sebastian before Dennis's fate becomes her own.
Author : Andrew Prahin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1984815814
A valiant mouse sets sail in her ship in a bottle to seek a better life in this gentle allegory about refugees and immigration. All Mouse wants to do is eat gingersnaps, lie in the sun, and enjoy her ship in a bottle. All Cat wants to do is eat Mouse. This is a problem. So one day, Mouse sets off in her ship in a bottle in search of a new home. But the great big world is a scary place for one small mouse. As she sails downriver, she faces grabby seagulls, selfish rabbits, and stormy waters before finally finding refuge in a park on the shores of an enormous city, where she is welcomed by friends of all shapes and sizes. Readers will cheer Mouse's quiet perseverance on her epic journey as she seeks a tiny spot to call her own.
