Author : Jennifer Killick
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0755504259
The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spookyCrater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps
Author : Neal Shusterman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2006-08-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 110100701X
Dread Locks is the first entry in the Dark Fusion series from master storyteller Neal Shusterman. He cleverly weaves together familiar parts of fairy tales and Greek mythology to tell the story of fourteen-year-old Parker Bear, rich and utterly bored with life—until a new girl arrives in town. Tara's eyes are always hidden behind designer sunglasses, and her hair, blond with glimmering spirals, seems almost alive. Parker watches, fascinated, as one by one Tara chooses high school students to befriend; he even helps her by making the necessary introductions. Over time, her “friends” develop strange quirks, such as drinking gallons of milk, eating dirt, and becoming lethargic. By the time Parker realizes what Tara is doing, he is too embroiled to stop her. In fact, she has endowed him with certain cravings of his own. . . .To say more would spoil the spooky fun of this wild thriller—let the twist speak for itself and leave you still as a statue.
Author : Jennifer Killick
Publisher : Firefly Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2021-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781913102647
It's five months since the nightmare Year Six School trip to Crater Lake, and something has gone very wrong in Lance's home town of Straybridge. There's been an explosion at the University, a mysterious test creature is missing and no one is allowed in or out of the town. On top of this Lance has lost touch with his friends since starting at his new school. And now his mum has been acting strangely since they started decorating the Christmas tree... As he goes door to door trying to reunite his team, Lance realises how bad things have got. Now he, Katja, Max, Chets and Ade, plus new friend Karim, must think bigger and bolder if they are to save their families. But there's something else out there too - something straight out of their nightmares...
Author : George A. Walker
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 33,71 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1123023204
The Book of Hours draws us back through time and into the intimate routines of daily life in the hours before the onslaught of 9/11. Here Walker expresses through images what is too horrific for words, and although the inhabitants of the Book of Hours can’t imagine the tragedy about to befall them, the reader must dread the slow, uneven countdown that weaves between the pages. The Book of Hours juxtaposes the normalcy of telephones, cubicles and sex with the catastrophic consequences of 9/11, and Walker reveals the individual lives and stories affected by and hidden beneath global politics. Through a careful, reverential representation of all the minor tasks that make up a day, the Book of Hours pays homage to the small rituals that grant our lives some stability and meaning in the midst of horrific, incomprehensible events. This is not only a remembrance of innocence lost but also a recollection of the historical activism and art genres that had such an important influence on today’s graphic novel. Walker contributes to the great woodcut tradition established by the likes of Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward and Otto Nückel, and shows the endless need to expose and question social injustice through art and narrative.
Author : Somnus Dreadwood
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 2014-10-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781518726781
Profane Seals presents to you a new series of rituals and techniques focused around the utilization of sigils for nearly every purpose imaginable. Each book of the grimoire discusses new outlets for calling forth Demons, Fallen Angels, Spirits, Draelith, Ancient Spirits, the Old Spirits, Draconic Gods, the Undead, familiars, servitors, and personal attending demonic spirits; firing off godly powers of light, dark, and all things in between: healing to causing death, invoking supernatural powers, opening planar gateways, contacting spirits, seals of necromantic might, possession, abysmal and carnal magicks, and much more. With literally hundreds of sigils and their individuals uses explained alongside the magickal techniques for unleashing the powers of the seals, you have an amazingly potent book of magick now in your hands.
Author : Jenny Valentine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 46,76 MB
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1471196518
For readers aged 9+ comes the second book in a sparkling new series about family, friends and finding the joy in life! From the mind of Guardian award-winning author Jenny Valentine, this is the perfect series for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cath Howe and Lara Williamson! Hi! My name is Joy Applebloom and I'm ten years old. People say I am a ‘glass half full’ kind of person, which basically means I see the good in everything. And right now I’m going to need all my powers of positive thinking to fix a really tricky situation . . . My new best friend Benny just hasn’t been himself lately. I have to find out what’s going on and bring back Benny’s special smile for good… A heart-warming and positive story about family, friends and the importance of kindness with gorgeous illustrations from Claire Lefevre. Praise for A Girl Called Joy: 'This book [. . .] is a delight for its warmth and humour, but principally because the writing is alive and stunning.’ The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week.
Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0292745745
From reviews of the third edition: “Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively comprehensive look at genre studies. The anthology’s consideration of the advantages and challenges of genre studies, as well as its inclusion of various film genres and methodological approaches, presents a pedagogically useful overview.” —Scope Since 1986, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold. Barry Keith Grant has again revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This fourth edition adds new essays on genre definition and cycles, action movies, science fiction, and heritage films, along with a comprehensive and updated bibliography. The volume includes more than thirty essays by some of film’s most distinguished critics and scholars of popular cinema, including Charles Ramírez Berg, John G. Cawelti, Celestino Deleyto, David Desser, Thomas Elsaesser, Steve Neale, Thomas Schatz, Paul Schrader, Vivian Sobchack, Janet Staiger, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.
Author : Somnus Dreadwood
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2012-10-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781518724343
Exhuming the dreadful powers of the Underworld, Charnel Whispers explores the Maergzjiran Cabal's path of necromancy in a pathworking format designed to guide the Disciple through his or her rites from the basic composition of the death essence fully into becoming a Leiche (Lich); masterfully weaving aspects of death and undeath with ease, controlling the most intimate and destructive of energies known to mankind. Such topics covered are: what it means to be a Necromancer, sylvan necromancy, conjuring various agents of the Underworld, reanimating the dead, controlling the death essence, death curses, grave familiars, Spirits of Keraktes, construction and animation of the golem, and undead apotheosis. Written by the Master of the Tower of Atrophy, Charnel Whispers enlightens the soul in various means. Of these, the most potent and crucial is that of using "whispers." The Cabal's utilization of whispers almost fully removes the need for ritual components in all manner of rites. Using the most carnal and spiritually powerful parts of the Disciple's soul, all arts of necromancy are manifested before you.
Author : Somnus Dreadwood
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2016-06-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781534973169
Enter the thirteen planar domains of Maergzjirah to delve into the magicks and mysteries of the Blighted Lords' most profane arts. Over 170 individual rites are explained; each pertaining to the ferocity and mastery of all of the Spirits and Demons who make up the hierarchy of Maergzjirah. Learn the methods of demonic invocation, destroy life and create it, animate the dead and shadows alike, control disease and create immunity through spiritual prowess, conjure and command legions of demons and be a walking arsenal of magickal power that spans into every aspect of life and magickal-spiritual mastery. Within this sacred tome, you will find an arsenal of occult wisdom and power. Taking years to complete, it is in its final stage, according to the Black God, Cernobog, "the Etherian world's most powerful grimoire." Therefore, utilizing the works in this grimoire will undoubtedly bring about cataclysmic awareness, abysmal might and perfect knowing. The very essence of the Absolute is in your hands. Use it well and give rise to your kingdom through the limitless force and authority found within these pages.
Author : Rose Tremain
Publisher : Random House
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1446450430
Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Abandoning his farm and family, he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps, a moral wilderness where many others, under the seductive dreams of 'the colour', are violently rushing to their destinies. By turns both moving and terrifying, The Colour is about a quest for the impossible, an attempt to mine the complexities of love and explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness.
