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Publisher : NorthSouth Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735842380
Sting’s evocative lyrics from "King of Pain" are powerfully transformed into minimalistic illustrations by Sven Völker, who gives voice to his son's journey from illness to health in this extraordinary and deeply moving collaboration that explores pain’s sadness, beauty, and wonder.
Author : David A. Carter
Publisher : Tate
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Picture puzzles
ISBN : 9781854378941
A pop-up book for young and old alike, featuring 600 black spots that slip, spin, swirl and slide their way across the page.
Author : John Lefler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493187155
...In 1924 a ship arrived in New York harbor from Europe with four hundred immigrants including Bruce Dawson and his wife, Vivien. Coming from Scotland, they became residents in Idaho Falls and looked for a farm. Bruce found a farmhouse was old like his father ugly build of the usual somber corniest stone. On the other way was a cottage, barn utility with two hundred farm land. The couple decided to buy the house with the land and leased the cottage for a hired hand. It had a mellow with reminded his own in Scotland around the porch arent a wild roses entwined with clusters of honeysuckle. There was a little garden in front of the house, and the wife tended it carefully and grew herb. Vivien said, I smelled thyme and lavender, and for a moment she stood by the front gate and savored the mingling scent of the herb garden. I wrinkled my nose with distaste as I made my way through the mud and the back door. It was certainly an impressive mansion from the outside...
Author : Stuart S. Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137496703
“The strength of this book is that it does not look at a single case or even a few disparate examples of drug, weapon, and human trafficking but looks at many patterns—intra-regionally, cross-nationally, and internationally. It is an innovative addition to the literature on the nature of the safe havens—or ‘black spots’—currently being used for illicit activity. This book will make a clear impact on the scholarship of transnational crime and the geopolitics of the illicit global economy.” —Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark Transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist organizations seek places that they can govern and operate from with minimum interference from law enforcement. This book examines 80 such safe havens which function outside effective state-based government control and are sustained by illicit economic activities. Brown and Hermann call these geographic locations ‘black spots’ because, like black holes in astronomy that defy the laws of Newtonian physics, they defy the world as defined by the Westphalian state system. The authors map flows of insecurity such as trafficking in drugs, weapons, and people, providing an unusually clear view of the hubs and networks that form as a result. As transnational crime is increasing on the internet, Brown and Hermann also explore if there are places in cyberspace which can be considered black spots. They conclude by elaborating the challenges that black spots pose for law enforcement and both national and international governance.
Author : Ben Sears
Publisher : Double
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 9781927668672
Plus Man and Hank are in it now! They've riled up a ghost, and a ghost with a knack for real estate no less!
Author : Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 2015-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0822980959
Poland and Russia have a long relationship that encompasses centuries of mutual antagonism, war, and conquest. The twentieth century has been particularly intense, including world wars, revolution, massacres, national independence, and decades of communist rule—for both countries. Since the collapse of communism, historians in both countries have struggled to come to grips with this difficult legacy. This pioneering study, prepared by the semi-official Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, is a comprehensive effort to document and fully disclose the major conflicts and interrelations between the two nations from 1918 to 2008, events that have often been avoided or presented with a strong political bias. This is the English translation of this major study, which has received acclaim for its Polish and Russian editions. The chapters offer parallel histories by prominent Polish and Russian scholars who recount each country's version of the event in question. Among the topics discussed are the 1920 Polish-Russian war, the origins of World War II and the notorious Hitler-Stalin pact, the infamously shrouded Katyn massacre, the communization of Poland, Cold War relations, the Solidarity movement and martial law, and the renewed relations of contemporary Poland and Russia.
Author : Linda D. Addison
Publisher : Black Spot Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1645480313
A showcase of poetry from some of the darkest and most lyrical voices of women in horror. Under Her Skin features the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror. Centered on the innate relationship between body horror and the female experience, this collection features work from Bram-Stoker Award&® winning and nominated authors, as well as dozens of poems from women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes. Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, Under Her Skin celebrates women in horror from cover to cover. In addition to poems contributed by seventy poets, the collection also features a foreword penned by Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) Grand Master and recipient of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, Linda D. Addison; interior illustrations by Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Grand Master and recipient of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award Marge Simon; and cover art by noted horror artist Lynne Hansen. "Not for the faint of heart...Each word and phrase has been structured in such a way that the reader will experience an intense depth of emotion and feelings." —EGuide Magazine "...varied themes, approaches, and poetic structures create a diverse series of horror inspections. Under Her Skin is unparalleled in scope, creativity, and literary strength." —Midwest Book Review
Author : Donald Crews
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 1995-09-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0688135749
First published in 1968, Ten Black Dots is a counting book, a book of simple rhymes, and a book of everyday objects.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1918
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Author : Cassondra Windwalker
Publisher : Black Spot Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1645480321
From the Helen Kay Chapbook Award-Winning poet Cassondra Windwalker, an unsuspecting librarian falls head-over-heels for a married man, but when she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance, she discovers her new husband's past wives have all met early deaths—and some aren't ready to let go yet. Obsession never dies. When librarian Sigrun falls head-over-heels for the sophisticated and very married Edgar Leyward, she never expects to find herself in his bed—or his heart. Nevertheless, when his enigmatic wife Octavia dies from a sudden illness, Sigrun finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance worthy of the most lurid novels on her bookshelves. Sigrun soon discovers Octavia wasn't Edgar's first lost love, or even his second. Three women Edgar has loved met early deaths. As she delves into her beloved's past through a trove of discovered letters, the edges of Sigrun identity begin to disappear, fading into the women of the past. Sigrun tells herself it's impossible for any dark magic to be at play—that the dead can't possibly inhabit the bodies of the living—but something shadowy stalks the halls of the Leyward house and the lines between the love of the present and the obsessions of the past become increasingly blurred—and bloody. Mixing lyrical prose with simmering terror, Hold My Place is a modern gothic horror worthy of Shirley Jackson's nightmares and Daphne DuMaurier's dangerous lovers. "Hold My Place is a dark, sensuous tale about obliterating love, and Windwalker's superb prose fairly drips with beauty. You simply must read this haunting book." —Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Little Dead Red "Sinister undertones steadily build into a genuine sense of doom...as thought-provoking as it is harrowing." —Publishers Weekly "With ethereal prose [Hold My Place]'s departure from genre tropes will make it a favorite with gothic-horror and dark-romance readers." —Booklist "A satisfying blend of romance and ghost story.... Hold My Place is anything but ordinary or predictable, despite its firm roots in the horror world." —Midwest Book Review "Brimming with muted eroticism, Hold My Place is a dark romance novel punctuated by longing, lingering spirits and love without end." —Foreword Reviews
