Author: Michael La Ronn
Publisher: Author Level Up LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Ten page-turning science fiction & fantasy short stories from Michael La Ronn, one of the most prolific science fiction & fantasy authors of his generation. With over 100 books to his name, Michael La Ronn debuts his award-winning short fiction in this groundbreaking new series. From forgotten goddesses to magical uncles to dark apocalyptic adventures, Strange Stories showcases La Ronn's vivid world-building, quirky humor, and unforgettable characters. In the lead story, “The Goddess of Crime,” a goddess arrives in a crime-ridden city to collect a dark tribute from her subjects, only to uncover something far more sinister. This story, featured in the Hidden Villains: Betrayed anthology, earned Silver Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest. Each story brims with thrills, strange twists, and haunting beauty, topped off by an exclusive behind-the-scenes author's note. But that’s not all—readers also get a Strange Stories exclusive: the Encore story. This daring, genre-bending bonus tale ties together the worlds, characters, and stories of the collection in a mind-bending finale you won’t see coming. Stories included in this volume: • The Goddess of Crime • The Goddess of Justice • Hangin’ with Uncle Funky • All Hallowed Roads • Return to Exodus Ranch • Alone in Naked Greed • Almost Dawn • Maybe Now the Stars Will Shine • Quick—Only a Fool Would Say That! • One Last Thing Before We Dock • (Bonus) Encore No. 1 Get ready to stay up late with these strange and captivating tales. V1.0
The Goddess of Crime and Other Stories
Author: Michael La Ronn
Publisher: Author Level Up LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Ten page-turning science fiction & fantasy short stories from Michael La Ronn, one of the most prolific science fiction & fantasy authors of his generation. With over 100 books to his name, Michael La Ronn debuts his award-winning short fiction in this groundbreaking new series. From forgotten goddesses to magical uncles to dark apocalyptic adventures, Strange Stories showcases La Ronn's vivid world-building, quirky humor, and unforgettable characters. In the lead story, “The Goddess of Crime,” a goddess arrives in a crime-ridden city to collect a dark tribute from her subjects, only to uncover something far more sinister. This story, featured in the Hidden Villains: Betrayed anthology, earned Silver Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest. Each story brims with thrills, strange twists, and haunting beauty, topped off by an exclusive behind-the-scenes author's note. But that’s not all—readers also get a Strange Stories exclusive: the Encore story. This daring, genre-bending bonus tale ties together the worlds, characters, and stories of the collection in a mind-bending finale you won’t see coming. Stories included in this volume: • The Goddess of Crime • The Goddess of Justice • Hangin’ with Uncle Funky • All Hallowed Roads • Return to Exodus Ranch • Alone in Naked Greed • Almost Dawn • Maybe Now the Stars Will Shine • Quick—Only a Fool Would Say That! • One Last Thing Before We Dock • (Bonus) Encore No. 1 Get ready to stay up late with these strange and captivating tales. V1.0
Publisher: Author Level Up LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Ten page-turning science fiction & fantasy short stories from Michael La Ronn, one of the most prolific science fiction & fantasy authors of his generation. With over 100 books to his name, Michael La Ronn debuts his award-winning short fiction in this groundbreaking new series. From forgotten goddesses to magical uncles to dark apocalyptic adventures, Strange Stories showcases La Ronn's vivid world-building, quirky humor, and unforgettable characters. In the lead story, “The Goddess of Crime,” a goddess arrives in a crime-ridden city to collect a dark tribute from her subjects, only to uncover something far more sinister. This story, featured in the Hidden Villains: Betrayed anthology, earned Silver Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest. Each story brims with thrills, strange twists, and haunting beauty, topped off by an exclusive behind-the-scenes author's note. But that’s not all—readers also get a Strange Stories exclusive: the Encore story. This daring, genre-bending bonus tale ties together the worlds, characters, and stories of the collection in a mind-bending finale you won’t see coming. Stories included in this volume: • The Goddess of Crime • The Goddess of Justice • Hangin’ with Uncle Funky • All Hallowed Roads • Return to Exodus Ranch • Alone in Naked Greed • Almost Dawn • Maybe Now the Stars Will Shine • Quick—Only a Fool Would Say That! • One Last Thing Before We Dock • (Bonus) Encore No. 1 Get ready to stay up late with these strange and captivating tales. V1.0
The Spy Goddess Collection
Author: Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504074300
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
A teen girl learns that spies have more fun in the three-book series set at the academy that “will rank up with Hogwarts as the coolest school to attend” (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books). Rachel Buchanan may be just a spoiled, rich troublemaker from Beverly Hills, but there’s a place where her bad-girl skills would come in handy—and it’s just one felony conviction away. Follow her globe-trotting adventures as she transforms from juvenile delinquent to Spy Goddess . . . Live and Let Shop After taking the rap for stealing a car, Rachel is given a choice: thirty days in juvie or a year at Blackthorn Academy. How bad could boarding school be? Cut into the side of a Pennsylvania mountain, Blackthorn is weirder than she could ever have imagined. And it harbors a secret that will change her life forever . . . To Hawaii, with Love Rachel is starting to fit in at Blackthorn, but she’s still a long way from convincing the headmaster to let her join the Top Floor—the school’s secret training program for international superspies. It’s too bad, because there is a supervillain after her, and Rachel is going to need all the training she can get when she sneaks away to Hawaii to stop him—and catch some sun . . . The Spy Who Totally Had a Crush on Me Supervillain Simon Blankenship has stolen an important ancient artifact from Blackthorn—and he may have had inside help. Meanwhile, a totally cute new student seems to know a little too much about Rachel and her past. She must decide quickly—is he boyfriend material or the traitor?
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504074300
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
A teen girl learns that spies have more fun in the three-book series set at the academy that “will rank up with Hogwarts as the coolest school to attend” (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books). Rachel Buchanan may be just a spoiled, rich troublemaker from Beverly Hills, but there’s a place where her bad-girl skills would come in handy—and it’s just one felony conviction away. Follow her globe-trotting adventures as she transforms from juvenile delinquent to Spy Goddess . . . Live and Let Shop After taking the rap for stealing a car, Rachel is given a choice: thirty days in juvie or a year at Blackthorn Academy. How bad could boarding school be? Cut into the side of a Pennsylvania mountain, Blackthorn is weirder than she could ever have imagined. And it harbors a secret that will change her life forever . . . To Hawaii, with Love Rachel is starting to fit in at Blackthorn, but she’s still a long way from convincing the headmaster to let her join the Top Floor—the school’s secret training program for international superspies. It’s too bad, because there is a supervillain after her, and Rachel is going to need all the training she can get when she sneaks away to Hawaii to stop him—and catch some sun . . . The Spy Who Totally Had a Crush on Me Supervillain Simon Blankenship has stolen an important ancient artifact from Blackthorn—and he may have had inside help. Meanwhile, a totally cute new student seems to know a little too much about Rachel and her past. She must decide quickly—is he boyfriend material or the traitor?
Goddess of Fate
Author: Alexandra Sokoloff
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460384652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Fate had granted him twenty-four hours to solve his own murder. Not that undercover cop Luke Mars believed in fate. Especially when "fate" was supposedly a gorgeous goddess named Aurora, who claimed to be his guardian assigned from birth to watch over him. But there was no denying Luke was shot. Dead. And he's on borrowed time, a fact Aurora knows all too well. Her job is to protect her mortal charges, not fall in love with them. With Luke not believing who she is and time ticking away for his demise, Aurora has but a day to see if love really can alter fate.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460384652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Fate had granted him twenty-four hours to solve his own murder. Not that undercover cop Luke Mars believed in fate. Especially when "fate" was supposedly a gorgeous goddess named Aurora, who claimed to be his guardian assigned from birth to watch over him. But there was no denying Luke was shot. Dead. And he's on borrowed time, a fact Aurora knows all too well. Her job is to protect her mortal charges, not fall in love with them. With Luke not believing who she is and time ticking away for his demise, Aurora has but a day to see if love really can alter fate.
A mythological dictionary; containing an accurate account of the gods, goddesses, demi-gods, heroes ... With an essay on the sacrifices to the heathen deities, etc
Author: MYTHOLOGICAL DICTIONARY.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Goddess Crown
Author: Shade Lapite
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536234680
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised in secret must leave her sheltered rural home for the subtle dangers of the royal court, where she becomes caught up in deadly power struggles and romantic intrigue. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the forested East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. Raised in a woodland idyll by a few kindly adult caretakers, Kalothia can hunt and fish and fend for herself but knows little of the outside world. When assassins attack her home on her sixteenth birthday, she must flee to the king’s court in the West—a beautiful but lethal nest of poison, plots, and danger, overseen by an entrenched patriarchy. Guided by the Goddess herself, can Kalothia navigate this most worldly of places to find her own role? What if she must choose between her country and her heart? Excitement, romance, and a charismatic heroine shine in this first book set in the unforgettable kingdom of Galla.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536234680
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised in secret must leave her sheltered rural home for the subtle dangers of the royal court, where she becomes caught up in deadly power struggles and romantic intrigue. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the forested East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. Raised in a woodland idyll by a few kindly adult caretakers, Kalothia can hunt and fish and fend for herself but knows little of the outside world. When assassins attack her home on her sixteenth birthday, she must flee to the king’s court in the West—a beautiful but lethal nest of poison, plots, and danger, overseen by an entrenched patriarchy. Guided by the Goddess herself, can Kalothia navigate this most worldly of places to find her own role? What if she must choose between her country and her heart? Excitement, romance, and a charismatic heroine shine in this first book set in the unforgettable kingdom of Galla.
Goddess In the Sheets
Author: Stuti Luthra
Publisher: Ekta Publication House
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. Goddess in the Sheets is a book depicting If women understood and exercised their power they could remake the world. A woman is like a coffee bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. This book is a collection of beautiful creations by supertalented writers. The book is compiled by Stuti Luthra. Her pen name is Arshiya. The central theme of book is women empowerment.
Publisher: Ekta Publication House
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. Goddess in the Sheets is a book depicting If women understood and exercised their power they could remake the world. A woman is like a coffee bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. This book is a collection of beautiful creations by supertalented writers. The book is compiled by Stuti Luthra. Her pen name is Arshiya. The central theme of book is women empowerment.
The Sleuth and the Goddess
Author: Susan Rowland
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000047148
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Rowland presents a detailed exploration of how the archetypes of ancient goddesses Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite breathe into and shape female-authored detective fiction. Representing aspects of characterisation not bound by gender, the book examines how these archetypes emerge in themes like the home and hearth, hunting, survival and desire. Rowland assesses numerous examples from a range of works, providing a clear illustration of each archetype and illuminating aspects of femininity, psyche and being. This uniquely interdisciplinary work of literary analysis sheds light on the popularity and underlying mystique of the genre.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000047148
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Rowland presents a detailed exploration of how the archetypes of ancient goddesses Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite breathe into and shape female-authored detective fiction. Representing aspects of characterisation not bound by gender, the book examines how these archetypes emerge in themes like the home and hearth, hunting, survival and desire. Rowland assesses numerous examples from a range of works, providing a clear illustration of each archetype and illuminating aspects of femininity, psyche and being. This uniquely interdisciplinary work of literary analysis sheds light on the popularity and underlying mystique of the genre.
A geographical, statistical, and historical description of Hindostan and the adjacent countries
Author: Walter Hamilton (M.R.A.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Treat Your Wife Like a Goddess
Author: Dr. Lake Singh
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460291328
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Marriage is a divine institution founded upon sound tenets, principles and codes of conduct designed to enable couples to love each other until separated by death. Tabled here are many plausible or conceivable ideas that will not only restore these core values, but also prevent marriages from falling apart: • Extracting the best of both worlds, I borrowed extensively from the Orients—especially my ancestral Indian homeland—where the fundamentalism of marriage still produces the desired results. • I herein utilize my life sciences training to explain gendered differentiations, thereby establishing common grounds for couples to operate harmoniously. • Statistics show that many women succumb to severe brutality and death at the hands of their unscrupulous husbands, whose actions must be impugned or remedied. • When a man snuffs the life out of his wife, another man somewhere loses a daughter. How would that feel as a father? • I appeal to all males to examine their consciences and start treating their wives the way they want men treat their daughters. • This book focuses on men amending their incorrigible or embittered ways, which will definitely inject marital bliss into ailing marriages. • It embodies many time-tested tips that will surely help us achieve these noble ends.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460291328
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Marriage is a divine institution founded upon sound tenets, principles and codes of conduct designed to enable couples to love each other until separated by death. Tabled here are many plausible or conceivable ideas that will not only restore these core values, but also prevent marriages from falling apart: • Extracting the best of both worlds, I borrowed extensively from the Orients—especially my ancestral Indian homeland—where the fundamentalism of marriage still produces the desired results. • I herein utilize my life sciences training to explain gendered differentiations, thereby establishing common grounds for couples to operate harmoniously. • Statistics show that many women succumb to severe brutality and death at the hands of their unscrupulous husbands, whose actions must be impugned or remedied. • When a man snuffs the life out of his wife, another man somewhere loses a daughter. How would that feel as a father? • I appeal to all males to examine their consciences and start treating their wives the way they want men treat their daughters. • This book focuses on men amending their incorrigible or embittered ways, which will definitely inject marital bliss into ailing marriages. • It embodies many time-tested tips that will surely help us achieve these noble ends.
Goddess's Personal Magical Doctor
Author: Da Ba
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649753373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
Being invited by the beautiful principal to the office for a private visit and finding out that the female principal had such a huge secret ...
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649753373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
Being invited by the beautiful principal to the office for a private visit and finding out that the female principal had such a huge secret ...