Download or read book A Shimmer of Angels written by Lisa Basso and published by Month9Books, LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling and spirited debut novel, 16-year-old Rayna Evans has spent the last three years in a mental institution for seeing angels—intent on remaining free, she ignores signs that she may be slipping into a world she has tried to climb out of. When her hallucinations begin showing up at school, can she keep her sanity and prevent students from dying at the hands of angels she cannot admit to seeing? Psychiatry, fantasy, and realism come together here in a story of a young girl struggling with identity, secrets, and confronting her greatest fears.

Download or read book Angel of Oblivion written by Maja Haderlap and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haderlap is an accomplished poet, and that lyricism leaves clear traces on this ravishing debut, which won the prestigious Bachmann Prize in 2011. The descriptions are sensual, and the unusual similes and metaphors occasionally change perspective unexpectedly. Angel of Oblivion deals with harrowing subjects - murder, torture, persecution and discrimination of an ethnic minority - in intricate and lyrical prose. The novel tells the story of a family from the Slovenian minority in Austria. The first-person narrator starts off with her childhood memories of rural life, in a community anchored in the past. Yet behind this rural idyll, an unresolved conflict is smouldering. At first, the child wonders about the border to Yugoslavia, which runs not far away from her home. Then gradually the stories that the adults tell at every opportunity start to make sense. All the locals are scarred by the war. Her grandfather, we find out, was a partisan fighting the Nazis from forest hideouts. Her grandmother was arrested and survived Ravensbrück. As the narrator grows older, she finds out more. Through conversations at family gatherings and long nights talking to her grandmother, she learns that her father was arrested by the Austrian police and tortured - at the age of ten - to extract information on the whereabouts of his father. Her grandmother lost her foster-daughter and many friends and relatives in Ravensbrück and only escaped the gas chamber by hiding inside the camp itself. The narrator begins to notice the frequent suicides and violent deaths in her home region, and she develops an eye for how the Slovenians are treated by the majority of German-speaking Austrians. As an adult, the narrator becomes politicised and openly criticises the way in which Austria deals with the war and its own Nazi past. In the closing section, she visits Ravensbrück and finds it strangely lifeless - realising that her personal memories of her grandmother are stronger. Illuminating an almost forgotten chapter of European history and the European present, the book deals with family dynamics scarred by war and torture - a dominant grandmother, a long-suffering mother, a violent father who loves his children but is impossible to live with. And interwoven with this is compelling reflection on storytelling: the narrator hoping to rid herself of the emotional burden of her past and to tell stories on behalf of those who cannot.

Download or read book The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels written by Janice Hallett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “[An] ingenious jigsaw puzzle of a book...highly entertaining.” —The New York Times “The queen of found footage thrillers.” —Julia Bartz, New York Times bestselling author A whip-smart and “fast-paced mystery” (The Daily Telegraph, London) from the internationally bestselling author of The Twyford Code and The Appeal about a true crime journalist who revives a long-buried case about a cult—and finds herself too close to the story. Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the anti-Christ. When the girl came to her senses and called the police, the Angels committed suicide and mother and baby disappeared. Now, true crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case. The Alperton baby has turned eighteen; finding them will be the scoop of the year. But rival author Oliver Menzies is just as smart, better connected, and also on the baby’s trail. As Amanda and Oliver are forced to collaborate, they realize that the truth about the Angels is much darker and stranger than they’d ever imagined, and in pursuit of the story they risk becoming part of it.

Download or read book Fallen Angels written by Patricia Hickman and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeb Nubey hides a secret about his past that has left him alienated from his family and hiding from the law.

Download or read book Angels Fall written by Nora Roberts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts explores the wilds of the Grand Tetons—and the mysteries of love, murder, and madness—in this engrossing and passionate novel. The sole survivor of a brutal crime back East, Reece Gilmore settles in Angel’s Fall, Wyoming—temporarily, at least—and takes a job at a local diner. One day, while hiking in the mountains, she peers through her binoculars and sees a couple arguing on the bank of the churning Snake River. And suddenly, the man is on top of the woman, his hands around her throat... By the time Reece reaches a gruff loner named Brody farther down the trail, the pair is gone. And when authorities comb the area where she saw the attack, they find no trace that anyone was even there. No one in Angel’s Fall seems to believe Reece—except Brody, despite his seeming impatience and desire to keep her at arm’s length. When a series of menacing events makes it clear that someone wants her out of the way, Reece must put her trust in Brody—and herself—to find out if there is a killer in Angel’s Fall, before it’s too late.

Download or read book Angels Legacy written by Morgana Starr and published by Red Wheel. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recurring dreams of flight send investigative journalist, Anara, on a journey to uncover their hidden meaning. Through a series of incredible events, she finds herself at the beautiful, ever-spring home of Hattie, who begins to tell her spellbinding story: In a strange land, where people live amongst fairies and unicorns, Kahara, a shape-shifting angel, forms a partnership with Nebo, a human sworn to protect her. The angel of war, Azza, joins them to heal the sick and fight the injustice and crimes against the subjects committed by a hard-hearted, greedy regent. When all seems lost, they find a new hope in Tammuz, a child with a heart so pure that nature itself obeys his wishes. Kahara and Nebo raise him in secret, racing against time to educate and protect him until he can take his rightful place as king of the land of Kishar, before all of the good in the kingdom is destroy

Download or read book A Slither of Hope written by Lisa M. Basso and published by Month9books. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rayna struggles to piece her life back together, but hiding in plain sight from the police, the SS Crazy, and the Fallen isn't a foolproof plan—something Kade, the World's Worst Roommate, reminds her of everyday. The late nights of failing to teach Ray how to protect herself against the Fallen are getting to Kade, changing him in ways he doesn't like, and after a family emergency sends Ray back into Cam’s arms, Kade decides he's had enough. News of Rayna's resurfacing brings both angels and the Fallen to San Francisco by the dozens, all eyes scouring the city for the girl with the gray wings. Rayna will need both Kade and Cam's help to ensure her family's safety, navigate the new dangers and enemies springing up all over the city, and manage the surprises that arise with her new set of wings.

Download or read book Great Lonely Places of the Texas Plains written by Walter McDonald and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarity, focus, and startling detail are the stuff of lasting images--in poetry or photography. Who better, then, to illuminate what would elude us than a native state photographer and native state poet laureate? Selected from hundreds of photographs and poems, these pairs show surprising harmony of vision and insights about the vast, wide plains, their dramatic colors, and the calm, vigorous people who thrive beneath their sprawling skies, accepting the risks and splendor of it all. Together and on their own, these photos and poems astonish and delight, stagger and jostle, each resonating with texture and joy.

Download or read book Angel Witness written by Gail McNaughton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My soul was inspired by spiritual love and the Angels are part of that world. I am an observer of my own evolution in poetry and photography. Angel Witness is a testimony to my life-long passion to give creative birth to spiritual messages through the language of my heart. Infused with this are photos of my friends, the Angelic world, that I know through the lens of the camera. Gail McNaughton Angel Witness

Download or read book Bitter Creek Holler written by Lydia Warner Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter Creek Holler is a collection of poetic reflections on life with an emphasis on grief and loss which I hope will help the grieving heart. My heart needed a voice to cry its sorrow as I went through my own grief journey and encountered others on their theirs. After the sudden, unexpected death of my 22-year-old husband, a police officer in 1981, and now today, years later, the sudden, unexpected death of my 32-year-old son due to Covid 19, I find myself once again walking the road of confusing emotions and striving to hold on to hope. While the reader and I may never meet, it is certain, that as fellow humans, we are alike. We have lived, loved, gained and lost. May you ultimately be encouraged and realize that you are not alone. I wish you peace.

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Download or read book Seven Islands of the Fog written by Thomas Terraforte and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fog rolls in and whisks you away into a world of fantastic creatures in an amazing journey. Join a group of winged emissaries as they head off to stop a war and join an underwater submariner in search of magical artifacts. Along the way, you will meet dragon men, cat people, wizards, and sea creatures, as well as travel though the six islands of the fog. The answer to each traveler's longings may be revealed when they discover the key to finding the mysterious seventh island of the fog.

Download or read book Blood Reaper and The Guardians written by Arasely Zaragoza Hall and published by Authors Book Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book is indeed not like most stories but also is an outlook for others that love fantasy and the feeling of wonder what it would look like in the world of demons, angels and more. A teenage world of supernatural fighting, love, friendships taking place in the present. If you are about a fantasy world wishing, you feel like you want a world of the unknown to distract you from basic life please by all means give it a read. First Demonic Angel is born “Zylah”, and the guardians “Constant” “Benjamin” “Christopher” and, “Cyrus”. Things go wrong as Satan is out to get the chosen Demonic Angel trying to make her his. On this planet God and the Satan run into a problem for her soul travels away from the body. It is a race for who gets to it first. Zylah fears she cannot do so much, something deep within her is missing, is she truly the chosen one? Zylah is stuck in a love triangle between the bad and the good. Who can she trust and not trust. Will she rise to save us all as she was born to do?

Download or read book Touch of Death written by Talia Jager and published by Talia Jager. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anika had been born into a supernatural family. She had grown up knowing one day she’d be a fully matured succubus—a demon who literally sucked the life from men—something she didn’t look forward to. And now the day had arrived and she had to accept her destiny. Not only did she have to learn what was expected of her, but she also had to join her family as part of The Siren—a paranormal law enforcement agency. Her future had always been clearly defined until suddenly she finds her life in disarray when she falls in love with a human, Zak. She struggles to be with him, but her powers are deadly to even the one she loves.

Download or read book An Angel for Christmas written by Heather Graham and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When two strangers appear during the annual MacDougal family Christmas celebration in the Blue Ridge Mountains, siblings Shayne, Morwenna, and Bobbie must band together to fend off the growing danger and figure out who they can trust.

Download or read book Porous Becomings written by Andreas Bandak and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930–2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas. His reflections on science, culture, technology, art, and religion have proved foundational to scholars across the humanities. The contributors to Porous Becomings bring the inspirational and enigmatic world of Serres to the attention of anthropology. Through ethnographic encounters as diverse as angels and religious conversion in Ethiopia, the percolation of war in Bosnia, and incarcerated bodies crossing the Atlantic, the contributors showcase how Serres’s interrogation of the fundamentals of human existence opens new pathways for anthropological knowledge. Proposing the notion of "porosity" to characterize permeability across boundaries of time, space, literary genre, and academic discipline, they draw on Serres to map the constellations that connect humans, time, technology, and planet Earth. The volume concludes with a conversation between the editors and Vibrant Matter author Jane Bennett. Contributors. Andreas Bandak, Jane Bennett, Tom Boylston, Steven D. Brown, Matei Candea, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, David Henig, Michael Jackson, Daniel M. Knight, Celia Lowe, Morten Nielsen, Stavroula Pipyrou, Elizabeth Povinelli, Andrew Shryock, Arpad Szakolczai