Author: Lisanne Valente
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1838593047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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I’m bored! How is it possible that I, the ruler of the underground, me - Satan - the Devil aka - Prince of Darkness, is bored? I’ll tell you why…. Mistdreamers and their meddling! Yet again, they defeated my demons in battle. How is this possible? Three young women against my demons - it is unbelievable and more importantly, unforgivable. Someone will pay for this and as the demon prince Lucias has gone into hiding, my next target will be my friend Flauros. He will explain this catastrophe and if he cannot, then there is a special place in hell waiting for him! The Devil takes a holiday after he hears the abomination that was the Mistdreaming war and decides he has to go to earth to correct the wrongs done to his demons. His vacation will begin in Glencoe, where the battle began in 1692, he will meet with the Laird of the McDonalds…. Best laid plans always go awry and as he plans his vacation, the archangels Omniel and Ambriel decide to make his journey a very different one. The Devil takes a Holiday will travel to the Isle of Mull and Castle Moy, the Devil will venture to Glencoe and experience Edinburgh’s Festival. It introduces the reader to the children of Mistdreamers from The Park Family trilogy, together with revisiting old friends from these books. The reader will welcome Mermaids and Fae, as well as the Dragon. A book that includes a recipe of evil, manipulation, betrayal and magic all mixed together to make the first Novella a must read addition to any library.
Author: Alfred Noyes
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Author: Tim Kelly
Publisher: I. E. Clark Publications
ISBN: 9780886802233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Edward Chancellor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452281806
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day. Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed—and not changed—over the last five hundred years? In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to “stockjobbing” in London's Exchange Alley, to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1720, which prompted Sir Isaac Newton to comment, “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the “assurance of female chastity”; credit notes and lottery tickets circulating as money; wise and unwise investors from Alexander Pope and Benjamin Disraeli to Ivan Boesky and Hillary Rodham Clinton. From the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, from the nineteenth century railway mania to the crash of 1929, from junk bonds and the Japanese bubble economy to the day-traders of the Information Era, Devil Take the Hindmost tells a fascinating story of human dreams and folly through the ages.
Author: Winkie Pratney
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557217911
Category : Child abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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The Devil is attacking our youth.
Author: David J. Skal
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
ISBN: 9781582343051
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Using a mix of personal anecdotes and perceptive social analysis, acclaimed cultural critic David J. Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved-in the course of a few short generations-from a quaint, small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas.
Author: Leta Serafim
Publisher: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 1603819665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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At an archeological dig on the idyllic Greek Island of Chios, a severed hand is found lying in a blood-filled trench. Could it belong to Eleni Argentis, a beautiful archeologist who is also the wealthy daughter of a local ship owner? She and her young assistant, Petros, are both missing. The chief officer of the local police force, Yiannis Patronas, suspects that Eleni and Petros happened upon something of real value. However, his search turns up nothing but handfuls of broken clay, and then, another body--that of Petros, whose throat has been brutally cut. Body parts belonging to Eleni are left behind on a remote beach, confirming her demise. Then an old priest with a fondness for TV detective shows is attacked and left for dead. The dig site is located near the monastery where he was the only resident. Patronas interviews Petros' longsuffering grandmother, his flighty mother and her money-grubbing boyfriend, as well as Eleni's greedy stepmother and her charming son. He also confronts two archeologists, one British and one American …. If Eleni's find is, as they insist, worthless, what are these men doing on Chios? Although Patronas has little experience with homicide, he is determined to conquer the evil that threatens this formerly peaceful island. The Devil Takes Half is Book 1 in the Greek Islands Mystery series.
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418540889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 641
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In The Tale of The Tardy Oxcart, Charles Swindoll shares from his lifelong collection of his and others' personal stories, sermons, and anecdotes. 1501 various illustrations are arranged by subjects alphabetically for quick-and-easy access. A perfect resource for all pastors and speakers. Publisher's Note: This book is now available as Swindoll's Ultimate Book of Illustrations & Quotes (ISBN 0785250255)
Author: Damien Hunter
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 166324717X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Madrinega, Central America, 1983: In this thriller of intrigue and guerilla warfare, Leighton, an American agent, poses as a left-wing journalist to infiltrate a guerilla movement fighting to topple Madrinega’s repressive dictator Eduardo Vilar at the height of America’s war against the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua. His mission: Locate and recover four cruise missiles seized by the guerillas in a bloody attack on a military base. Leighton is nearly killed while pursuing a story about the brutal government bombing of a village with no known ties to the guerillas. Antagonizing Vilar’s regime with his news stories, he is soon arrested and tortured by the Secret Police, then released only to be given an ultimatum: Leave the country or be “disappeared.” Zorrita, the guerillas’ charismatic leader, employs psychological warfare by launching the first missile and destroying Vilar’s prize possession without loss of life. When Vilar retaliates with reprisal killings which trigger an uprising, further undermining his position, Washington increases the pressure on Leighton to find the remaining missiles as Zorrita arranges to spirit him away from the clutches of the Secret Police to a remote jungle camp. Sensing he is a friendly journalist able to sway American public opinion, she sets out to educate and seduce him into advocating for the guerillas’ cause, as he contrives to build her trust and learn the missiles’ location. But Leighton’s loyalties are quickly divided as their relationship unexpectedly deepens; Zorrita’s intellect, her force of will and sense of history, as well as her sexual allure, present Leighton with a formidable adversary...and ultimately a choice.
Author: Brian Stableford
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.
