Author: Jennifer Deschanel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781534704626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Proving the mask isn't hiding a madman is probably hopeless, but preventing his past from destroying their love-may just be impossible...Four years ago Paris was under siege by Erik the murderously vengeful Phantom of the Opera, who swore no one would come between him and his student, the breathtaking Christine Daa�. But a broken heart and a blast of conscience have changed him. Vowing never again to let his curse haunt the diva or the Opera Garnier, Erik is content for the world to believe he is dead. That is, until a good Samaritan begins leaving strange packages, awakening both his deepest desire and most forbidden fear-love.Anna has no way to escape the memories of her past or her bonded servitude to the owners of the Opera Garnier. Ministering to the less fortunate is the only bright light in an otherwise dark existence. When her kind gesture brings her to the attention of the masked and mysterious Erik, her need for redemption became a desire for true acceptance. But Erik's powerful obsession with Christine and a deadly con that puts everything she knows at risk pushes her to face terrifying choices.Before lies and the legend of the "opera ghost" threaten the lives of any more people, Erik fights to control his demons and tame a heart torn between two women. Battling the nobleman determined to lock Erik away, Anna must help free Erik from his bonds of madness or once again seal his fate as The Phantom of the Opera...but saving him may just destroy her heart.Note to readers: previously published under the title "Madrigal." It has been re-released in this 2nd with new content for your enjoyment.
Author: Colette Gale
Publisher: AVID PRESS
ISBN: 1931419450
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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For all the women who thought Christine should have stayed with the Phantom...this book is for you. "Erotically wicked! Spellbinding! A unique retelling of The Phantom of the Opera." —Bertrice Small One of the world's most infamous stories of dark passion...now retold in a novel of breathtaking historical erotica. An exquisite obsession... Christine Daaé has heard terrifying stories of the man known as The Phantom of the Opera. But, as the Paris Opera House’s youngest and most compelling star, Christine has learned the truth about the scarred man. In a lush hideaway beneath the Opera House, she craves the velvet timbre of his arousing voice, and quivers beneath the touch of his leather gloves. The Phantom is real. Her Musique d'Ange. Her liberator. And Christine is his inspiration. An erotic awakening... Condemned to the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris, Erik watches the beautiful, talented Christine from the shadows. He is careful to keep his identity and his secret in the dark, but he cannot resist her beauty and her talent. Her extraordinary loveliness haunts him like no other woman...and only he can pleasure her like no other man. But his sensual power comes with a price—and a risk to everyone who stands between them. For Christine too is succumbing to her most forbidden and dangerous desires...and as she gives everything for the Phantom, her world spirals into the darkest and most dangerous eroticism of all. "...A labyrinth of dark, extravagant eroticism...to the romance at the story's heart. Grandly conceived, wildly inventive in its smallest details...." --Molly Weatherfield, author of Carrie's Story
Author: Jennifer Deschanel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986512343
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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One man forgave him years ago, while another refuses to forget. Finding normalcy is difficult while there's a price on Erik's head. Plagued by his past as The Phantom of the Opera, Erik is the target of an unrelenting manhunt. Falsely accused of killing Philippe de Chagny, brother of his nemesis Raoul de Chagny, Erik launches toward a madness that may destroy the one thing he needs most-true love. On the run with the woman who saved him from himself and struggling with his memories of another, the past is rapidly catching up to him. Anna is an unlikely companion in his run for freedom, sharing Erik's heart and the bounty on his head. The manhunt, initiated by the Phantom's mysterious past, soon takes an unexpected turn when Anna's darkest secrets are exposed. However, it is Christine, Raoul's wife, who puts their lives in danger when she confesses to a ruthless bounty hunter her shocking desire for Erik. Now Anna must defend Erik's innocence but doing so may very well spell her death. With lies and false accusations threatening the lives of both hunter and hunted, the future hinges on uncovering the truth about the past. But will the haunting memories of Philippe Georges Marie, the Comte de Chagny be enough to save them all?
Author: Sean Fletcher
Publisher: Epic World Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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With great power comes a whole lot of trouble… Drake Sinclair has always had superpowers. Inexplicable. Powerful. Dangerous. He’s always been desperate to know why. But he’s not ready for the one person with answers to be a psychopath with a murderous vendetta. Still, Drake will do anything to discover the origins of his abilities and protect his new friends and the girl he’s falling for. Even if that means finding Lucius Sykes, the notorious psychopath ‘gifted’ with the same powers as Drake by a long-destroyed illegal organization called Project Midnight. Except, Project Midnight is back. And they’ll also do anything to finish what they started. Pulse-pounding action, Marvel-level snark, superhero origins, and romance collide in this intense young adult superhero fantasy!
Author: Lisa Brown
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250780543
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
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A young woman is haunted by the ghost of her conjoined twin, in Lisa Brown's The Phantom Twin, a sweetly spooky graphic novel set in a turn-of-the-century sideshow. Isabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show—until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death. Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: Her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?
Author: Susan Foster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113480833X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Kendrick Frazier
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1633889718
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
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Do polygraph tests really detect lies? Can memories be implanted? Is subliminal perception a reality? What is the relationship between science and belief?Experts in the fields of physical/biological science, psychology, philosophy, social science, and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect the way we think and how we perceive reality and the natural world. From science's influence on beauty to antiscience in our universities and from UFO mythologies to near-death experiences, this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.Contributors include James Alcock, Susan Blackmore, Alan Cromer, Mandy Fowler, Christopher C. French, Martin Gardner, Thomas Gilovich, Theodore Goertzel, Paul R. Gross, Peter Huston, Ray Hyman, Noretta Koertge, Paul Kurtz, Dan Larhammar, Leon M. Lederman, James Lett, Norman Levitt, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Loftus, Lee Loevinger, Katy McCarthy, Joe Nickell, Bernard Oritz de Montellano, Debbie Peers, Anthony Pratkanis, Carl Sagan, Kenneth Savitsky, Glenn Seaborg, Elie Shneour, Matthew Smith, Victor Stenger, Jeffrey F. Victor, Jeff Wiseman, and Richard Wiseman.
Author: Tim Ziemer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030230333
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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This book provides a broad overview of spaciousness in music theory, from mixing and performance practice, to room acoustics, psychoacoustics and audio engineering, and presents the derivation, implementation and experimental validation of a novel type of spatial audio system. Discussing the physics of musical instruments and the nature of auditory perception, the book enables readers to precisely localize synthesized musical instruments while experiencing their timbral variance and spatial breadth. Offering interdisciplinary insights for novice music enthusiasts and experts in the field of spatial audio, this book is suitable for anyone interested in the study of music and musicology and the application of spatial audio mixing, or those seeking an overview of the state of the art in applied psychoacoustics for spatial audio.
Author: J.D. Westwood
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1607502259
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Our culture is obsessed with design. Sometimes designers can fuse utility and fantasy to make the mundane appear fresh—a cosmetic repackaging of the same old thing. Because of this, medicine—grounded in the unforgiving realities of the scientific method and peer review, and of flesh, blood, and pain—can sometimes confuse “design” with mere “prettifying.” Design solves real problems, however. This collection of papers underwrites the importance of design for the MMVR community, within three different environments: in vivo, in vitro and in silico. in vivo: we design machines to explore our living bodies. Imaging devices, robots, and sensors move constantly inward, operating within smaller dimensions: system, organ, cell, DNA. in vitro: Using test tubes and Petri dishes, we isolate in vivo to better manipulate and measure biological conditions and reactions. in silico: We step out of the controlled in vitro environment and into a virtual reality. The silica mini-worlds of test tubes and Petri dishes are translated into mini-worlds contained within silicon chips. The future of medicine remains within all three environments: in vivo, in vitro, and in silico. Design is what makes these pieces fit together—the biological, the informational, the physical/material—into something new and more useful.
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Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4576
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