Author: Elon Martin
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662405626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
A massive shark, which is supposed to be extinct for thousands of years, terrorizes the shores of the seaside town of Harradon. At first, no one believes the old lobsterman who first spotted it. But as time goes on, the evidence of a massive killer fish becomes a reality, and the locals try everything in their power to destroy it. Eventually, a young fisherman, a scientist, and an old sailor embark on a quest to catch the huge shark alive. But when they finally spot it, the question jumps from whether they can catch it to whether or not they will return to shore alive.
Rise of the Ancient Killer
Author: Elon Martin
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662405626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
A massive shark, which is supposed to be extinct for thousands of years, terrorizes the shores of the seaside town of Harradon. At first, no one believes the old lobsterman who first spotted it. But as time goes on, the evidence of a massive killer fish becomes a reality, and the locals try everything in their power to destroy it. Eventually, a young fisherman, a scientist, and an old sailor embark on a quest to catch the huge shark alive. But when they finally spot it, the question jumps from whether they can catch it to whether or not they will return to shore alive.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662405626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
A massive shark, which is supposed to be extinct for thousands of years, terrorizes the shores of the seaside town of Harradon. At first, no one believes the old lobsterman who first spotted it. But as time goes on, the evidence of a massive killer fish becomes a reality, and the locals try everything in their power to destroy it. Eventually, a young fisherman, a scientist, and an old sailor embark on a quest to catch the huge shark alive. But when they finally spot it, the question jumps from whether they can catch it to whether or not they will return to shore alive.
Primeval Origins: Rise of Serpents
Author: B. A. Vonsik
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 197721519X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Primeval Origins: Rise of Serpents - Book three (#3) in the epic story of mankind's origins and the creation of the Four Horsemen. Join Nikki, a paleo-archeologist graduate student on a field expedition, discovering our hidden history, turning her life upside-down and sending her on the run from unknown deadly forces, as she learns of and experiences our undiscovered history filled with terrible tyrannies, deadly dinosaurs, brutal beasts, ancient gods, and heroic hearts as the origins of our End Times is revealed, answering the question, "What if all of our myths and legends are true?" Primeval Origins AWARDS and HONORS: Paths of Anguish (Bk#1) * Young Adult Book of the Year, 2014/2015 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, Readers Favorite 2016 Book Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Distinguished Favorite, Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 NYC Big Book Award, * Winner, Science Fantasy, National Association of Book Entrepreneurs (NABE) Winter 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Light of Honor (Bk#2), * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Merit, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Finalist, E-Book Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, * Finalist, Science Fiction, 2016 Best Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Best Books, NABE Summer 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award. Epic Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Action & Adventure, Myth & Legend, Dystopian, Good and Evil, Christian Fantasy, Kindle, Nook, iBook/iTunes...and more history than is expected. Seeking refuge from the relentless hunt, we evade the gathering forces of mankind and their guiding masters...the Serpents of Old...the Watchers of humanity. Knowledge and advancements fashioned for humanity's betterment now turned foul by lord and servant alike, subjugating all to the ever-present examination of the surveilling State. Mankind's self-subjugation rendering themselves as slaves to the unseen few, who only allow freedoms to peoples paying homage to their institutions of cunning tyrannies. Subtle guidance by the ancient scales now coil tightly about their corrupted human tools to deliver to them the World in arrogant defiance of Creation. It is in this confrontation, I vision the origins of the Old Serpents...in our first civilization, seeing their Lights twisted and fouled by selfish wants and the corruptible doings of their divinities. Their ancient bane...the Horsemen, I see rise, then as now, who through deeds self-driven and compelled leave in their wake punishing destructions as they seek to halt corruptions both mortal and afar. I sense I play a part in the approaching Apocalypse, through my aid to these Horsemen of Prophecy and something more. As I stand at the precipice to the end of the Fourth World-Age of humanity looking out at the coming tempest, I, Nikki, now do as our ancients did in tablets of clay and stone, chronicling humanity's undiscovered past in these steel bound epics to share with you before the sounding of the trumpets.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 197721519X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Primeval Origins: Rise of Serpents - Book three (#3) in the epic story of mankind's origins and the creation of the Four Horsemen. Join Nikki, a paleo-archeologist graduate student on a field expedition, discovering our hidden history, turning her life upside-down and sending her on the run from unknown deadly forces, as she learns of and experiences our undiscovered history filled with terrible tyrannies, deadly dinosaurs, brutal beasts, ancient gods, and heroic hearts as the origins of our End Times is revealed, answering the question, "What if all of our myths and legends are true?" Primeval Origins AWARDS and HONORS: Paths of Anguish (Bk#1) * Young Adult Book of the Year, 2014/2015 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, Readers Favorite 2016 Book Awards, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Distinguished Favorite, Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 NYC Big Book Award, * Winner, Science Fantasy, National Association of Book Entrepreneurs (NABE) Winter 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Light of Honor (Bk#2), * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 Reader Views Literary Awards, * Finalist, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Merit, Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 CIPA EVVY Award, * Finalist, Fantasy Book of the Year, 2016 International Book Awards, * Finalist, E-Book Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, * Finalist, Science Fiction, 2016 Best Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2017 Independent Press Awards, * Fantasy Best Books, NABE Summer 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, * Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award, * Epic Fantasy Book of the Year, 2018 New York City Big Book Award. Epic Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Action & Adventure, Myth & Legend, Dystopian, Good and Evil, Christian Fantasy, Kindle, Nook, iBook/iTunes...and more history than is expected. Seeking refuge from the relentless hunt, we evade the gathering forces of mankind and their guiding masters...the Serpents of Old...the Watchers of humanity. Knowledge and advancements fashioned for humanity's betterment now turned foul by lord and servant alike, subjugating all to the ever-present examination of the surveilling State. Mankind's self-subjugation rendering themselves as slaves to the unseen few, who only allow freedoms to peoples paying homage to their institutions of cunning tyrannies. Subtle guidance by the ancient scales now coil tightly about their corrupted human tools to deliver to them the World in arrogant defiance of Creation. It is in this confrontation, I vision the origins of the Old Serpents...in our first civilization, seeing their Lights twisted and fouled by selfish wants and the corruptible doings of their divinities. Their ancient bane...the Horsemen, I see rise, then as now, who through deeds self-driven and compelled leave in their wake punishing destructions as they seek to halt corruptions both mortal and afar. I sense I play a part in the approaching Apocalypse, through my aid to these Horsemen of Prophecy and something more. As I stand at the precipice to the end of the Fourth World-Age of humanity looking out at the coming tempest, I, Nikki, now do as our ancients did in tablets of clay and stone, chronicling humanity's undiscovered past in these steel bound epics to share with you before the sounding of the trumpets.
Killer High
Author: Peter Andreas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190463015
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopolitics -- Speed warfare -- Cocaine wars -- Conclusion: The drugged battlefields of the 21st century .
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190463015
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopolitics -- Speed warfare -- Cocaine wars -- Conclusion: The drugged battlefields of the 21st century .
Monsters and Monarchs
Author: Debbie Felton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477323066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Jack the Ripper. Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy. Locusta of Gaul. If that last name doesn’t seem to fit with the others, it’s likely because our modern society largely believes that serial killers are a recent phenomenon. Not so, argues Debbie Felton—in fact, there’s ample evidence to show that serial killers stalked the ancient world just as they do the modern one. Felton brings this evidence to light in Monsters and Monarchs, and in doing so, forces us to rethink the assumption that serial killers arise from problems unique to modern society. Exploring a trove of stories from classical antiquity, she uncovers mythological monsters and human criminals that fit many serial killer profiles: the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims; the Sphinx, or “strangler,” from the story of Oedipus; child-killing demons and witches, which could explain abnormal infant deaths; and historical figures such as Locusta of Gaul, the most notorious poisoner in the early Roman Empire. Redefining our understanding of serial killers and their origins, Monsters and Monarchs changes how we view both ancient Greek and Roman society and the modern-day killers whose stories still captivate the public today.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477323066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Jack the Ripper. Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy. Locusta of Gaul. If that last name doesn’t seem to fit with the others, it’s likely because our modern society largely believes that serial killers are a recent phenomenon. Not so, argues Debbie Felton—in fact, there’s ample evidence to show that serial killers stalked the ancient world just as they do the modern one. Felton brings this evidence to light in Monsters and Monarchs, and in doing so, forces us to rethink the assumption that serial killers arise from problems unique to modern society. Exploring a trove of stories from classical antiquity, she uncovers mythological monsters and human criminals that fit many serial killer profiles: the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims; the Sphinx, or “strangler,” from the story of Oedipus; child-killing demons and witches, which could explain abnormal infant deaths; and historical figures such as Locusta of Gaul, the most notorious poisoner in the early Roman Empire. Redefining our understanding of serial killers and their origins, Monsters and Monarchs changes how we view both ancient Greek and Roman society and the modern-day killers whose stories still captivate the public today.
The Rise of Mahāsena
Author: Richard D. Mann
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004218866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya’s Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda’s early ‘popular’ cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity’s protective cult into one focused on the ruler’s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity’s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004218866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya’s Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda’s early ‘popular’ cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity’s protective cult into one focused on the ruler’s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity’s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas.
The 36 Stratagems of Personal Growth
Author: Yamada Takumi
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1071526855
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Translation from Italian to English of the 36 Stratagems of Personal Growth by Yamada Takumi.
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1071526855
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Translation from Italian to English of the 36 Stratagems of Personal Growth by Yamada Takumi.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Author: Marlon James
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 1594633940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 1594633940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?
Author: Dirk C. Gibson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder. The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime—a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality—an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder. The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime—a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches. Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality—an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.
Sons of Cain
Author: Peter Vronsky
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698176146
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes. Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or "political" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers. These sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698176146
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes. Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or "political" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers. These sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.
Rise of the Grey Prince
Author: Arka Chakrabarti
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9382665315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
That cursed night at Nisarga had revealed the true reason behind his father's sacrifice and his own dark past. Each revelation now draws Agni into the sublime world of secrets. With Vrish and Guru Sidak by his side, fighting the daggers from the past and winning over the opponents of the present, somewhere deep down, he knows that his journey has just begun. The other scarred prince walks the ashes of his reality. Haunted by the glimpses of truth the same night, Yani had but one choice – to survive. His unknowing steps, trapped in cruel games of ancient powers had led him to a truth, a truth which shall mould a good man in the clay of misfortune, hate and lust. Such is the world of Gaya, and thus shall be the Rise of the Grey Prince – the one torn between the darkness of evil and a lone ray of hope.
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9382665315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
That cursed night at Nisarga had revealed the true reason behind his father's sacrifice and his own dark past. Each revelation now draws Agni into the sublime world of secrets. With Vrish and Guru Sidak by his side, fighting the daggers from the past and winning over the opponents of the present, somewhere deep down, he knows that his journey has just begun. The other scarred prince walks the ashes of his reality. Haunted by the glimpses of truth the same night, Yani had but one choice – to survive. His unknowing steps, trapped in cruel games of ancient powers had led him to a truth, a truth which shall mould a good man in the clay of misfortune, hate and lust. Such is the world of Gaya, and thus shall be the Rise of the Grey Prince – the one torn between the darkness of evil and a lone ray of hope.