Author: Alia-Marie Sicher
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711567819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Medusa, once revered for her beauty, is now trapped in a painting, cursed and condemned by the gods for a crime she didnt commit. Every day, she endures the hateful stares of those who believe the lies spun by Olympus, casting her as a monster. But everything changes when Perseus, a mortal who sees beyond the curse, comes into her life. His compassion awakens a spark of hope in Medusa. They set out to confront the gods who betrayed her. Driven by pain and a thirst for justice, Medusa vows to take down Olympus and reclaim her true self. Her curse becomes her weapon, and her vengeance fuels her strength. The gods who once cursed her will soon learn that Medusa is no victim. They thought they could silence her, but Medusa is about to prove that she is more powerful than they ever imagined.
Serpentine Beauty. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Alia-Marie Sicher
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711567819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Medusa, once revered for her beauty, is now trapped in a painting, cursed and condemned by the gods for a crime she didnt commit. Every day, she endures the hateful stares of those who believe the lies spun by Olympus, casting her as a monster. But everything changes when Perseus, a mortal who sees beyond the curse, comes into her life. His compassion awakens a spark of hope in Medusa. They set out to confront the gods who betrayed her. Driven by pain and a thirst for justice, Medusa vows to take down Olympus and reclaim her true self. Her curse becomes her weapon, and her vengeance fuels her strength. The gods who once cursed her will soon learn that Medusa is no victim. They thought they could silence her, but Medusa is about to prove that she is more powerful than they ever imagined.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711567819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Medusa, once revered for her beauty, is now trapped in a painting, cursed and condemned by the gods for a crime she didnt commit. Every day, she endures the hateful stares of those who believe the lies spun by Olympus, casting her as a monster. But everything changes when Perseus, a mortal who sees beyond the curse, comes into her life. His compassion awakens a spark of hope in Medusa. They set out to confront the gods who betrayed her. Driven by pain and a thirst for justice, Medusa vows to take down Olympus and reclaim her true self. Her curse becomes her weapon, and her vengeance fuels her strength. The gods who once cursed her will soon learn that Medusa is no victim. They thought they could silence her, but Medusa is about to prove that she is more powerful than they ever imagined.
Hawksong
Author: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375891897
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk’s form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began. As heir to the avian throne, she’ll do anything in her power to stop this war—even accept Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind’s greatest enemy, as her pair bond and make the two royal families one. Trust. It is all Zane asks of Danica—and all they ask of their people—but it may be more than she can give. A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year A VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List selection
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375891897
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk’s form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began. As heir to the avian throne, she’ll do anything in her power to stop this war—even accept Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind’s greatest enemy, as her pair bond and make the two royal families one. Trust. It is all Zane asks of Danica—and all they ask of their people—but it may be more than she can give. A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year A VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List selection
Serpentine
Author: Thomas Thompson
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504043278
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller: This in-depth account of Charles Sobhraj, the serial killer portrayed in Netflix miniseries The Serpent, is “compulsive reading” (The Plain Dealer). There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka “The Serpent.” A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the “hippie trail” between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naïve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj’s victims may be more than twice that amount. Serpentine is the “grotesque, baffling, and hypnotic” true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). Edgar Award–winning author Thomas Thompson’s mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey “unravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504043278
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller: This in-depth account of Charles Sobhraj, the serial killer portrayed in Netflix miniseries The Serpent, is “compulsive reading” (The Plain Dealer). There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka “The Serpent.” A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the “hippie trail” between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naïve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj’s victims may be more than twice that amount. Serpentine is the “grotesque, baffling, and hypnotic” true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). Edgar Award–winning author Thomas Thompson’s mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey “unravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland).
The Lincoln Highway
Author: Amor Towles
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735222371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735222371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates
The Healer of Fox Hollow
Author: Joann Rose Leonard
Publisher: vantage*Point
ISBN: 9781936467358
Category : Healers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At the age of five, Layla is rendered mute after a horrible accident an is later found to possess the gift of healing. Her touch brings relief to Brian, an amputee back from Vietnam. Doubt and the miraculous, loss and survival, hurt and forgiveness collide in this story about what it means to be truly healed.
Publisher: vantage*Point
ISBN: 9781936467358
Category : Healers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At the age of five, Layla is rendered mute after a horrible accident an is later found to possess the gift of healing. Her touch brings relief to Brian, an amputee back from Vietnam. Doubt and the miraculous, loss and survival, hurt and forgiveness collide in this story about what it means to be truly healed.
The Literary World
Author:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature
Author: Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100063440X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area, this volume includes: • Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil, Vietnamese, Turkish, Slovene, and Icelandic. • Analysis of core issues and topics, offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature, including: activism, animal studies, cultural studies, disability, gender essentialism, hegemonic masculinity, intersectionality, material ecocriticism, postcolonialism, posthumanism, postmodernism, race, and sentimental ecology. • Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism, including chapters on Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literatures, children and young adult literature, mystery, and detective fictions, including interconnected genres of climate fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing, autobiography, and poetry. This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism, now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, gender studies, and the environmental humanities.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100063440X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area, this volume includes: • Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil, Vietnamese, Turkish, Slovene, and Icelandic. • Analysis of core issues and topics, offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature, including: activism, animal studies, cultural studies, disability, gender essentialism, hegemonic masculinity, intersectionality, material ecocriticism, postcolonialism, posthumanism, postmodernism, race, and sentimental ecology. • Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism, including chapters on Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literatures, children and young adult literature, mystery, and detective fictions, including interconnected genres of climate fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing, autobiography, and poetry. This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism, now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, gender studies, and the environmental humanities.
The New York Times Book Review
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
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Grimmelshausen
Author: Kenneth Negus
Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
I Battled a Giant Otter
Author: Zanzibar McFate
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595480543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
Chainsaws! Pantyhose! Moonshine! Oprah?.Opium! A Dead Whale! Air Force One! Manly Electroluxing & Brownie, the Adorable Dachshund Grandma Sews the Hangman's Hood.12 Tips for Climbing Cheops. Almost Shot by the Secret Service.The Black Rubber Dress.Smuggling 'Tea' in Arabia.Big Cheese TV Guy Eats a Baby Duck.Jerry Garcia Forced to Play 'Truckin'.Revenge of the Octo-Dog Converter.I Hijack the Sunsphere .8 Soul Crushing Job Interviews.6 Airsquid Sex Secrets.What Happened When I Glued My Eyes Shut. My Wife Killed the Mole Baby & I Laughed.Hot 'n' Spicy Hair Dye Sex. Did I Mention Oprah?.Oose: Your Body's Magic Mystery Stuff.Wattle Biting.Attack on the USS Devil Dog.Secret Shame That Ruins Marriages: Can You Find Your Wife's 'Vestibule'? (I Can). Selling 'The Magic Belt'.I Spy on the Mystery Woman of the Sahara! Plus! Your Quicky Guide to the Lacy Brassiere Films of Isabella Rossellini Originally Published in San Francisco as "I Am Satan's Slave" Zanzibar "Buck Buck" McFate battled a giant otter. He had the strength of 10 men, X-ray eyes, and the fingers of a concert pianist. He had what it took to keep one woman satisfied and coming back for more. McFate lived in exotic Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and New Jersey. Hoping that the deep puncture wounds would start healing soon, he moved to the quiet unspoiled village of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Upon his return to the Congo, he was dismembered, disemboweled and scalped.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595480543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
Chainsaws! Pantyhose! Moonshine! Oprah?.Opium! A Dead Whale! Air Force One! Manly Electroluxing & Brownie, the Adorable Dachshund Grandma Sews the Hangman's Hood.12 Tips for Climbing Cheops. Almost Shot by the Secret Service.The Black Rubber Dress.Smuggling 'Tea' in Arabia.Big Cheese TV Guy Eats a Baby Duck.Jerry Garcia Forced to Play 'Truckin'.Revenge of the Octo-Dog Converter.I Hijack the Sunsphere .8 Soul Crushing Job Interviews.6 Airsquid Sex Secrets.What Happened When I Glued My Eyes Shut. My Wife Killed the Mole Baby & I Laughed.Hot 'n' Spicy Hair Dye Sex. Did I Mention Oprah?.Oose: Your Body's Magic Mystery Stuff.Wattle Biting.Attack on the USS Devil Dog.Secret Shame That Ruins Marriages: Can You Find Your Wife's 'Vestibule'? (I Can). Selling 'The Magic Belt'.I Spy on the Mystery Woman of the Sahara! Plus! Your Quicky Guide to the Lacy Brassiere Films of Isabella Rossellini Originally Published in San Francisco as "I Am Satan's Slave" Zanzibar "Buck Buck" McFate battled a giant otter. He had the strength of 10 men, X-ray eyes, and the fingers of a concert pianist. He had what it took to keep one woman satisfied and coming back for more. McFate lived in exotic Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and New Jersey. Hoping that the deep puncture wounds would start healing soon, he moved to the quiet unspoiled village of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Upon his return to the Congo, he was dismembered, disemboweled and scalped.