Mrs. Satan


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"A rip-roaring account of Victoria Claflin Woodhull, America's most outrageous suffragette"--Google Books description.




The Devil and Miss Prym


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From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation. A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. A novel of temptation, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.







Satan in America


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Satan in America tells the story of America's complicated relationship with the devil. "New light" evangelists of the eighteenth century, enslaved African Americans, demagogic politicians, and modern American film-makers have used the devil to damn their enemies, explain the nature of evil and injustice, mount social crusades, construct a national identity, and express anxiety about matters as diverse as the threat of war to the dangers of deviant sexuality. The idea of the monstrous and the bizarre providing cultural metaphors that interact with historical change is not new. Poole takes a new tack by examining this idea in conjunction with the concerns of American religious history. The book shows that both the range and the scope of American religiousness made theological evil an especially potent symbol. Satan appears repeatedly on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the United States, a shadow self to the sunny image of American progress and idealism.




The Birth of Blue Satan


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"Returned from a three-year Grand Tour, Gideon Viscount St. Mars is accused of murdering his own father. Son of a Jacobite with no friends at Court, Gideon must escape arrest or be hanged. The only person willing to help him is Hester Kean, waiting woman to the lady he had hoped to wed. With her intelligence and his daring--in the guise of the highwayman, Blue Satan--they uncover the secrets that have changed their lives."--Page 4 of cover.




Chicago, Satan's Sanctum


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In this true-crime book, author L.O. Curon delves into the seedy underbelly of Chicago in the late 19th century. Revealing the city's history of shady characters and corrupt politicians, Curon paints a vivid portrait of a gritty, crime-ridden metropolis. With a focus on the city's rough-and-tumble streets and the characters who roamed them, this page-turner sheds new light on Chicago's reputation as a place where anything can happen. Full of intrigue, suspense, and shocking revelations, this book is a must-read for true-crime enthusiasts and history buffs alike.




Satan's Kingdom


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No Place for Normal: New York


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From random sightings of the spectral (and spectacular) Rollerena, a fortyish male who would grace onlookers with his fairy godmother benedictions in a cloud of white fabric and rhinestones, to some of the haunts that Charles Dickens frequented during his visits to the city, author Clifford Browder leaves no stone unturned, or for that matter, subject untouched. Topics include (but are not limited to) alcoholics, abortionists, grave robbers, Occupy Wall Street, the Gay Pride Parade, peyote visions, sinners that New Yorkers will (or won't) put up with, and an artist who makes art of a blood-filled squirt gun and a blackened human toe. From the grotesque to the engrossing, No Place for Normal: New York celebrates the shocking, weird, unpredictable, yet utterly wonderful tapestry that makes New York unlike any other city in the world, and a place that so many are proud to call home.




Satan's Best Friend


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The Great Controversy


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A foundational text in the Seventh Day Adventist church, The Great Controversy is a vision White had of the great battle between Christ and Satan throughout the ages of the early and modern church. Although the book is not held with as high esteem in Protestant circles, it still is able to outline a way of impactful theological thinking.




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