Author : Carla Neggers
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0373180764
When Hannah Marsh meets businessman Win Harling, she struggles with what she needs and the centuries long feud between their families.
Author : Christopher G. Moore
Publisher : Christopher G. Moore
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 6169039302
A Bewitching Smile Second in the Land of Smiles Trilogy A Bewitching Smile is reminiscent of A Passage to India in the creation of a kind of psychological DMZ, another Shangri-la with its own ephipanies and perils. The tough-sensitive characterization, and the sharp, often aphoristic dialogue, and the irony, combine to create a powerful drama. In this sequel to A Killing Smile, Richard Breach who is a magician, mystic and world-class card player teaches English in Bangkok. Crosby, his former student, has found an assignment for Breach's talents: a rescue mission. Snow is held hostage in a hill tribe village. Snow's plan to become Lahu godman has failed and his life is at risk. Breach has private reasons of his own -- a dying friend in England has requested a set of ritual shaman's. As the journey progresses to the north of Thailand, another mission takes form: Breach is to play in a high stakes card game. The story is about magic, myth and the power to transform the self. A Bewitching Smile, the second A Land of Smiles trilogy -- confirms the novels of Christopher G. Moore are destined to become a Southeast Asia social chronicle of the 90s.
Author : Christian Salmon
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784786608
The narrative spell cast over politics and society Politics is no longer the art of the possible, but of the fictive. Its aim is not to change the world as it exists, but to affect the way that it is perceived. In Storytelling Christian Salmon looks at the twenty-first-century hijacking of creative imagination, anatomizing the timeless human desire for narrative form, and how this desire is abused by the marketing mechanisms that bolster politicians and their products: luxury brands trade on embellished histories, managers tell stories to motivate employees, soldiers in Iraq train on Hollywood-conceived computer games, and spin doctors construct political lives as if they were a folk epic. This “storytelling machine” is masterfully unveiled by Salmon, and is shown to be more effective and insidious as a means of oppression than anything dreamed up by Orwell.
Author : Lisa Shearin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101187050
From the national bestselling author of The Trouble with Demons comes another fantasy adventure with a beloved, bold heroine. Raine Benares is a seeker. She finds lost things and missing people—usually alive. But now she’s been bonded with the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone of unlimited power, and must hunt down its escapees. Especially since one of them is also hunting her...
Author : Rossell Hope Robbins
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Page : 1113 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN :
With research sourced by the world's greatest libraries, Robbins has compiled a rational, balanced history of 300 years of horror concentrated primarily in Western Europe. Spanning from the 15th century through the 18th century, the witch-hunt frenzy marks a period of suppressed rational thought; never before have so many been so wrong. To better understand this phenomenon, Robbins examines how the meaning of "witch" has evolved and exposes the true nature of witchcraft—a topic widely discussed in popular culture, though remarkably misunderstood. First published in 1959, Robbins' encyclopedia remains the most authoritative and comprehensive body of information about witchcraft and demonology ever compiled in a single volume. Lavishly acclaimed in academic and popular reviews, this full-scale compendium of fact, history, and legend covers about every phase of this fascinating subject from its origins in the medieval times to its last eruptions in the 18th century. Accompanying the text are 250 illustrations from rare books, contemporary prints, and old manuscripts, many of which have been published here for the first time.
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Publisher :
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 1927
Category : England
ISBN :
Author : Al Lacy
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307780481
Jenny's allegiance lay with the Confederate Army. But her heart belonged to the enemy. Faithful to her family and the land of her birth, young Jenny Jordan covers for her father's Confederate spy missions. But as she grows closer to handsome Union soldier Buck Brownell. Jenny finds herself torn between devotion to the South and her feelings for the man she is forbidden to love. Overwhelmed by pressure to assist the South, Jenny agrees to carry critical information over enemy lines. But when she is caught in Buck Brownell's territory, will he follow orders to execute the beautiful spy or find a way to save his Beloved Enemy?
Author : Horatio Hale
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 1890
Category :
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Author : Hlompho Phamodi
Publisher : Hlompho Phamodi
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN :
In the Old Testament, the Bible makes a very bold and firm statement regarding witches or sorcerers. It reads in Exodus 22:18; Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. This was Gods attitude regarding the practice of witchcraft-it was regarded as an abomination and God was out to destroy this wicked spirit amongst His people. We are the New Testament Church and God’s attitude towards witchcraft has not changed. We however know and understand that we are now fighting not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of the devil- in this case witchcraft. I believe God wants you to deal violently and address the powers behind your problem. I have never seen anyone win this battle in the flesh. God fights our battles, but we need to engage in spiritual warfare prayerfully and strategically so that we can have victory. Therefore, get ready to stand your ground in the spirit and let’s destroy the spirit of witchcraft in Jesus name. The Lord will reveal many things in this season and all you need to stand on is His word....
Author : Brian P. Levack
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Magic
ISBN : 0415195063
This collection of trial records, laws, treatises, sermons, speeches, woodcuttings, paintings and literary texts illustrates how contemporaries from various periods have perceived alleged witches and their activities.
