Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447987
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This book is a how-to-do-it of black and white magic, and a how-it-is-done record, showing the magic at work of other times, peoples, places. Within these pages, you'll find special sections on methods of healing, matters of love, the divining arts, how to deal with demons, how to alter the form, how to gain wealth and importance, how to use talismans and how to use magic to create mischief. Here are charms that will chill your bones, answer your most intimate questions, and draw you deeper into the lore of magic than you've ever been before.
Charms, Spells, and Curses
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447987
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This book is a how-to-do-it of black and white magic, and a how-it-is-done record, showing the magic at work of other times, peoples, places. Within these pages, you'll find special sections on methods of healing, matters of love, the divining arts, how to deal with demons, how to alter the form, how to gain wealth and importance, how to use talismans and how to use magic to create mischief. Here are charms that will chill your bones, answer your most intimate questions, and draw you deeper into the lore of magic than you've ever been before.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447987
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This book is a how-to-do-it of black and white magic, and a how-it-is-done record, showing the magic at work of other times, peoples, places. Within these pages, you'll find special sections on methods of healing, matters of love, the divining arts, how to deal with demons, how to alter the form, how to gain wealth and importance, how to use talismans and how to use magic to create mischief. Here are charms that will chill your bones, answer your most intimate questions, and draw you deeper into the lore of magic than you've ever been before.
The Underneath
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416998586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten’s one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love—and its opposite, hate—the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416998586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten’s one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love—and its opposite, hate—the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.
The Earth and All It Holds
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Brussacs were rich, powerful, blessed, and envied. Yet through their lives ran a thread of tragedy and heartbreak that could not be broken, forever linking them in a hellish alliance. This epic tale soars from Nob Hill to the Barbary Coast to the Los Angeles oil fields in a stunning story of the tangled lives of an extraordinary family. "V. J. Banis outdoes himself...all-stops-out historical romance. --"Publishers Weekly "A rip-roaring romantic novel." --Library Journal
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Brussacs were rich, powerful, blessed, and envied. Yet through their lives ran a thread of tragedy and heartbreak that could not be broken, forever linking them in a hellish alliance. This epic tale soars from Nob Hill to the Barbary Coast to the Los Angeles oil fields in a stunning story of the tangled lives of an extraordinary family. "V. J. Banis outdoes himself...all-stops-out historical romance. --"Publishers Weekly "A rip-roaring romantic novel." --Library Journal
This Splendid Earth
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
On a stormy night of political intrigue in 1830 Paris, the dashing Baron Jean de Brussac took and tamed his headstrong bride, Anne de Grenville. From that smoldering union, a proud and ambitious dynasty was born, destined to forge a wine-growing empire such as never had been seen in the lush, rolling hills of distant California. ?With sweeping romantic adventures and a heroine you will long remember, This Splendid Earth brings to you the master's touch in storytelling. It is captivating.? -- Publishers Weekly ?A master storyteller reminiscent of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind...splendid and satisfying.? -- The Nashville Banner ?A rip-roaring romantic novel that spans three generations.? --Library Journal
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
On a stormy night of political intrigue in 1830 Paris, the dashing Baron Jean de Brussac took and tamed his headstrong bride, Anne de Grenville. From that smoldering union, a proud and ambitious dynasty was born, destined to forge a wine-growing empire such as never had been seen in the lush, rolling hills of distant California. ?With sweeping romantic adventures and a heroine you will long remember, This Splendid Earth brings to you the master's touch in storytelling. It is captivating.? -- Publishers Weekly ?A master storyteller reminiscent of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind...splendid and satisfying.? -- The Nashville Banner ?A rip-roaring romantic novel that spans three generations.? --Library Journal
The C.A.M.P. Guide to Sex and the Single Gay
Author: Victor J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447545
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Jackie Holmes, That Man from C.A.M.P., lays it on the line (with the help of chronicler Victor J. Banis)...to provide those seeking male gay partners and relationships with some basic advice on human psychology, sexuality, and social interaction. Jackie teaches the art of cruising while his dear friends swish through the nearby pages. Under the C.A.M.P. agent's ever-scrutinizing eyes, the belles and the aunties become instantly recognizable, and the Love Nest is seen for what it really is. We experience the still-recognizable world of Witches and Bitches, "private" seductions, large cocktail parties, and balls. This is the definitive tongue-in-cheek guide to making (and sustaining) gay connections, now available for the first time in over four decades!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447545
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Jackie Holmes, That Man from C.A.M.P., lays it on the line (with the help of chronicler Victor J. Banis)...to provide those seeking male gay partners and relationships with some basic advice on human psychology, sexuality, and social interaction. Jackie teaches the art of cruising while his dear friends swish through the nearby pages. Under the C.A.M.P. agent's ever-scrutinizing eyes, the belles and the aunties become instantly recognizable, and the Love Nest is seen for what it really is. We experience the still-recognizable world of Witches and Bitches, "private" seductions, large cocktail parties, and balls. This is the definitive tongue-in-cheek guide to making (and sustaining) gay connections, now available for the first time in over four decades!
The C.A.M.P. Cookbook
Author: Victor J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434448010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: "And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one--the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you'll have to spend some time in the kitchen cooking!" This very basic guide to cooking for your guy--or for anyone else!--is broken into thirteen chapters, each dealing with a particular category of food. The original edition of this companion volume to the Man from C.A.M.P. fiction series is an unobtainable modern rarity, and is now available for the first time in over four decades. It's filled with the wit, humor, and wisdom of its bestselling author.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434448010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: "And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one--the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you'll have to spend some time in the kitchen cooking!" This very basic guide to cooking for your guy--or for anyone else!--is broken into thirteen chapters, each dealing with a particular category of food. The original edition of this companion volume to the Man from C.A.M.P. fiction series is an unobtainable modern rarity, and is now available for the first time in over four decades. It's filled with the wit, humor, and wisdom of its bestselling author.
White Jade
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Young Christmas Channing returns to Jeff because he tells her that his life's in danger, that he's being poisoned with arsenic by his wife. But when she arrives at Morgan House, she doesn’t find what she expects--only David, the strange, secretive brother-in-law; Mary, Jeff's cunning, crafty spouse; and Jeff himself, the handsome but vastly changed young man whom she’d once loved, but does not now understand. Chris is lost, confused, and swept into a powerful undertow of danger, panic, and past love. Is Jeff really dying? And just what exactly is going on at Morgan House? It almost seems that the only stop for her now is...death. A wonderfully thrilling and very readable romantic suspense novel!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Young Christmas Channing returns to Jeff because he tells her that his life's in danger, that he's being poisoned with arsenic by his wife. But when she arrives at Morgan House, she doesn’t find what she expects--only David, the strange, secretive brother-in-law; Mary, Jeff's cunning, crafty spouse; and Jeff himself, the handsome but vastly changed young man whom she’d once loved, but does not now understand. Chris is lost, confused, and swept into a powerful undertow of danger, panic, and past love. Is Jeff really dying? And just what exactly is going on at Morgan House? It almost seems that the only stop for her now is...death. A wonderfully thrilling and very readable romantic suspense novel!
Green Willows
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
"I see two women struggling together by the lake. I see them fall into the water... The wind rustles the branches of the willows and it is the sound of gentle sobbing in the night... Someone screams..." Something dark and mysterious haunts the halls of stately Green Willows. Village gossip says it's the ghost of Jonathon Tremayne's wife, the beautiful and saintly Angela, who was treacherously murdered here. Pretty Mary Kirkpatrick, hired as governess to Jonathon’s only child, Elizabeth, quickly finds herself falling in love with the handsome master of Green Willows, and discounts the gossip--until the night she finds herself confronted with a ghostly apparition! A riveting horror novel with a nineteenth-century gothic setting!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
"I see two women struggling together by the lake. I see them fall into the water... The wind rustles the branches of the willows and it is the sound of gentle sobbing in the night... Someone screams..." Something dark and mysterious haunts the halls of stately Green Willows. Village gossip says it's the ghost of Jonathon Tremayne's wife, the beautiful and saintly Angela, who was treacherously murdered here. Pretty Mary Kirkpatrick, hired as governess to Jonathon’s only child, Elizabeth, quickly finds herself falling in love with the handsome master of Green Willows, and discounts the gossip--until the night she finds herself confronted with a ghostly apparition! A riveting horror novel with a nineteenth-century gothic setting!
Life & Other Passing Moments
Author: Victor J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447995
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony -- and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner -- which take up much of the last half of the book and aptly skewer the ubiquitous and often pretentious food writing column -- without guffawing aloud.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434447995
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony -- and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner -- which take up much of the last half of the book and aptly skewer the ubiquitous and often pretentious food writing column -- without guffawing aloud.
Fire on the Moon
Author: V. J. Banis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434448126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Jennifer's dream vacation in sunny Portugal has suddenly turned into an unending nightmare! The two brothers she encounters are bound by the same strange family heritage: a fascination with fire. Jennifer is attracted to both Neil and Philip Alenquer, but one of them is lying about the tragedy that has taken place in their castle overlooking the Atlantic. Philip claims that Neil had set the blaze that killed Neil's young wife after he'd discovered her in Philip's arms. Neil maintains that Philip had started the blaze, and he fears that Philip's insane pyromania is putting all their lives in danger. Jennifer doesn't know which of the brothers to believe, but when the villa she's staying burns to the ground, she knows that she's become the next target of an obsessed killer! A thrilling gothic suspense tale.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434448126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Jennifer's dream vacation in sunny Portugal has suddenly turned into an unending nightmare! The two brothers she encounters are bound by the same strange family heritage: a fascination with fire. Jennifer is attracted to both Neil and Philip Alenquer, but one of them is lying about the tragedy that has taken place in their castle overlooking the Atlantic. Philip claims that Neil had set the blaze that killed Neil's young wife after he'd discovered her in Philip's arms. Neil maintains that Philip had started the blaze, and he fears that Philip's insane pyromania is putting all their lives in danger. Jennifer doesn't know which of the brothers to believe, but when the villa she's staying burns to the ground, she knows that she's become the next target of an obsessed killer! A thrilling gothic suspense tale.