Download or read book Aztec Curse written by E.M. Stone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mysteries from the past: Archaeologist Angela Hunter unearths an ancient codex from a Native American burial mound. But how could an illiterate society have produced the complex writing? Clash of cultures: Seven hundred years ago, a thriving civilization suddenly vanished. As Angela deciphers the cryptic codex symbols, she begins to unravel one of archaeology's greatest mysteries. Evil unleashed: Despite forces trying to stop her from learning the chronicle's secrets, Angela discovers the horrifying truth. Can she prevent the tragedies of the past from happening again today?"--Back cover

Download or read book Cursed written by Sarah Ruth Scott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definition of cursed is damned. A curse is an appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone, to invoke supernatural powers in order to bring harm to someone. In ancient times, this was used in witchcraft or other forms of medieval sorcery. Cursed is the combined story of the Harrington curse, the curse of Zyanya following the trail of a curse that has lasted centuries and finally is revealed in a massive conclusion at the end in final chapter of Cursed. Never has there been a more bloody experience related as this in the entire history of the world as the twenty-first century is threatened by the past. Read on if you dare.

Download or read book Under Witch Curse written by Maria Schneider and published by Bear Mountain Books. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When is a blessing a curse? What if you curse a blessing? Adriel needs the answers, and quickly, because one spell will keep vampires at bay and the other will set something far worse free. Vamps aren’t her only problem, either. Zandy, the wily coyote, is back in town, and he’s out for blood. Someone had better find him fast because the body count is rising. With White Feather to help, Adriel expects life to get easier, but the relationship comes with new responsibilities and unpleasant surprises that put a price on friendship. This time, Adriel might just need more than solid ground beneath her feet and the wind at her back in order to survive.

Download or read book The Harrington Curse written by Simon Robert Sinclair and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Harrington curse goes back a few generations and affected the Harrington family in a big way, it was said that Annabelle Harrington went missing and cursed three mirrors before she disappeared. The mirrors were discovered in an attic and each given to three members of the family, it was then that horrific events took place that led to death itself. Horrible visions and blood curdling screams took place in Harrington Manor. Emma an owner of one of the mirrors, was a descendant of Annabelles Husband John Harrington who was Lord of the Manor and the first member of the family to be cursed. John discovered that Annabelle was having an affair with the artist Ralph Bedford, so he pursued and murdered him. Annabelle went missing after discovering that she was pregnant by Ralph, it is there that the strange story begins, dare you read on! A number of crime investigators from Criminal World magazine are assigned to investigate the unusual activities of these mirrors and what lies between the deaths of one of inheritors -Gladys Harrington. One such reporter called Samantha King is desperately trying to sort her own life out and believes the answer could come from her trip to Scotland on a dangerous search for the mystery of the mirrors.

Download or read book Violence and Naming written by David E. Johnson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaiming the notion of literature as an institution essential for reflecting on the violence of culture, history, and politics, Violence and Naming exposes the tension between the irreducible, constitutive violence of language and the reducible, empirical violation of others. Focusing on an array of literary artifacts, from works by journalists such as Elena Poniatowska and Sergio González Rodríguez to the Zapatista communiqués to Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666, this examination demonstrates that Mexican culture takes place as a struggle over naming—with severe implications for the rights and lives of women and indigenous persons. Through rereadings of the Conquest of Mexico, the northern Mexican feminicide, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, the disappearance of the forty-three students at Iguala in 2014, and the 1999 abortion-rights scandal centering on “Paulina,” which revealed the tenuousness of women’s constitutionally protected reproductive rights in Mexico, Violence and Naming asks how societies can respond to violence without violating the other. This essential question is relevant not only to contemporary Mexico but to all struggles for democracy that promise equality but instead perpetuate incessant cycles of repression.

Download or read book Aztec s Luna written by Manogyna Marthi and published by StarNovel (HK) Co., Limited. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I heard him roar like the beast that he truly is. His skin was turning into fur, his canes expanded, and his claws extended on both his hands and legs. His eyes turn pitch black. After some time, everything calmed down and I felt a soft breath on my face. By smelling the scent I know it's him in his human form. "You are my desire and my only hope to shed away this guilty birth of a werewolf." He grunted pushing me to the wall and holding my cheek tight between his fingers. Bending his head he traced a line with his tongue from the back of my ear to my jaw line and bit me on my neck. "I marked you as mine. Now no one is going to touch you." He made a deathly roar. I look at him in trepid and he whispers softly in my ears after kissing my cheek. "MY HEART CRAVES FOR YOU. MARRY ME, ALEXA SULLIVAN.

Download or read book Gothic Things written by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an innovative approach to the Gothic, Gothic Things: Dark Enchantment and Anthropocene Anxiety breaks ground with a new materialist analysis of the genre, highlighting the ways that, since its origins in the eighteenth century, the Gothic has been intensely focused on “ominous matter” and “thing power.” In chapters attending to gothic bodies, spaces, books, and other objects, Gothic Things argues that the Gothic has always been about what happens when objects assume mysterious animacy or potency and when human beings are reduced to the status of just one thing among many—more powerful—others. In exploring how the Gothic insistently decenters the human, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock reveals human beings to be enmeshed in networks of human and nonhuman forces mostly outside of their control. Gothic Things thus resituates the Gothic as the uncanny doppelgänger of twenty-first-century critical and cultural theory, lurking just beneath the surface (and sometimes explicitly surfacing) as it haunts considerations of how human beings interact with objects and their environment. In these pages the Gothic offers a dark reflection of the contemporary “nonhuman turn,” expressing a twenty-first-century structure of feeling undergirded by anxiety over the fate of the human: spectrality, monstrosity, and apocalypse. Substituting horror for hope, the Gothic, Weinstock explains, has been a philosophical meditation on human relations to the nonhuman since its inception, raising significant questions about how we can counter anthropocentric thought in our quest to live more harmoniously with the world around us.

Download or read book The Pirate s Curse written by Jaxon Reed and published by Econo Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pirate's Curse: A Swashbuckling Adventure is an epic tale of adventure, treasure, and danger on the high seas. Captain Blackbeard and his crew are the most feared pirates on the Caribbean, sailing the seas in search of treasure and adventure. But when they come across an ancient treasure map that is said to be cursed, they realize that they are in for their greatest challenge yet. As they set sail to find the treasure, they must navigate treacherous waters, face deadly sea monsters, and confront their own inner demons. Along the way, they encounter rival pirate crews, mysterious islands, and haunted caverns, each presenting a new challenge to their quest. But their biggest challenge comes in the form of a powerful pirate queen who seeks revenge against Captain Blackbeard and his crew. With her cunning and ruthless tactics, she threatens to destroy everything they hold dear. As the final showdown approaches, Captain Blackbeard and his crew must use all of their courage, determination, and skill to emerge victorious. They will face their greatest challenge yet, confronting their own fears and the forces of nature itself, in order to claim the treasure that they seek. Full of swashbuckling adventure, daring escapades, and thrilling twists and turns, The Pirate's Curse is a must-read for anyone who loves epic tales of adventure on the high seas. With vivid descriptions, memorable characters, and a gripping plot, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Download or read book Trump s America written by Scott Dikkers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From comedy writer, public speaker, and founding editor of The Onion Scott Dikkers comes this laugh-out-loud hilarious guide to surviving and thriving under Donald Trump’s presidency. With satirical graphics, pictorials, news columns, and bulletins that are screamingly funny to everyone regardless of political persuasion, this is the ultimate handbook to the forty-fifth President of the United States. Everything from a schematic of Trump’s presidential chariot (with missile launchers) to a handy pictorial that explains how Trump would have won every American war in three days or less is included in this sidesplitting anthology. Discover more about the new President with articles such as “Inside the Twitter War Room” and “If Einstein Was So Smart, Why Wasn’t He Rich?” This work was previously published as Trump’s America: The Complete Loser’s Guide.

Download or read book Fortress Against The Sun written by Gene E. Salecker and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most often remembered for its role in the air war against Germany, no book has ever before been devoted to the B-17's Pacific operations. The author combines technical and operational detail with eyewitness accounts by crews and commanders to present a fascinating account of a famous aircraft at war.

Download or read book Stories Beyond Belief 2 written by Sarah Ruth Scott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the following stories have been written in Scotland and Sweden. My research for the Harrington curse took place in Aberlady near North Berwick, Scotland. My latest work, Eight Skulls of Teversham, was written partly in Inverness, taking in the atmosphere of the misty hills of Scotlands highlandssuch a beautiful sight to behold. Double exposure was also created with a location of Scotland in mind, taking me back to my ancestors, the Scott clan, and the famous Sir Walter Scott. The stories created in Sweden were cracked porcelain, which covered a wide area of mental and physical abuse. This fictitious book was based on factual events and concerned itself with the life of Ruth Ashley, a psychiatric nurse. I am convinced that a ghost called Sarah influenced my writing, something called automatic writing. For the Love of Charlotte was written in the United States of America, and I must confess greatly influenced by the 9/11 attack on the twin towers in 2001. Again the writing was influenced by ghosts. It is my dream that sooner or later, someone will read this work and consider writing a screenplay for television or movie. Now wouldnt that be good? Teversham is actually in Cambridgeshire, but for the story, there is one on the Scottish border, both a town and a village where the eight skulls existed. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be mistaken for the small village that is in Cambridgeshire.

Download or read book Kingdom Hearts Character Files written by Square Enix and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful oversized hardcover showcasing all of the characters you know and love from the hit game series Kingdom Hearts! Explore the Disney-filled world of Kingdom Hearts with this in depth look into the beloved characters from the most popular games in the series. In addition to highlighting each character's evolving appearance and unique costumes, this tome illuminates the entire cast's back stories and retells their adventures from across the beloved series. This volume offers unprecedented insights into the lore behind the games! Dark Horse Books, Square Enix, and Disney present Kingdom Hearts Character Files. Officially localized into English for the first time ever, this is a must-own item for any fan of Disney or the Kingdom Hearts series!

Download or read book Queer Buccaneers written by Heike Steinhoff and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates captivate the Western cultural imagination at the beginning of the 21st century. Queer Buccaneers addresses this phenomenon through an analysis of the Disney film series Pirates of the Caribbean. Reading the films from a variety of post-structuralist perspectives, this study demonstrates the contradictory discourses and power relations that characterize the series. It argues that 'piracy' constitutes a sliding signifier that facilitates the (de)construction of discursive boundaries of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and nationality. (Series: Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies - Vol. 10)

Download or read book Escaping Fate written by DelSheree Gladden and published by DelSheree Gladden. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning sixteen should mean driving, dating, and breaking curfew. It shouldn’t mean certain death. Arrabella might have been excited for her upcoming birthday if her parents hadn’t just moved her to the middle of nowhere. Worse than missing the city and her friends is the nightmare that assaults her every night. Stalking her dreams, a raven-haired girl warns her, taunts her, as she is paraded toward her death. In search of answers, Arra turns to her grandfather, the only person willing to delve into her family’s dark past. Warning her that once she takes the first step, there is no going back, he begins to unwind their awful heritage. She can’t tell her parents what is waiting for her, so she turns to a new friend, Tanner Wheeler, a young man she barely knows but is immediately drawn to. Together, they unravel a story of selfish betrayal that reaches back to an age of merciless gods and blood sacrifice.

Download or read book In a Cabin in the Woods written by Jacob Silvia and published by Jacob P Silvia. This book was released on 2011-05-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man finds himself in a cabin in the woods, while the world around slowly falls apart.

Download or read book Mummy Movies written by Bryan Senn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and Costello to Tom Cruise, not to mention a myriad of fellow monsters. Horrifying and mysterious, the mummy comes from a different time with uncommon knowledge and unique motivation, offering the lure of the exotic as well as the terrors of the dark. From obscure no-budgeters to Hollywood blockbusters, the mummy has featured in films from all over the globe, including Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, and even its fictional home country of Egypt--with each film bringing its own cultural sensibilities. Movie mummies have taken the form of teenagers, superheroes, dwarves, kung fu fighters, Satanists, cannibals and even mummies from outer space. Some can fly, some are sexy, some are scary and some are hilarious, and mummies quickly moved beyond horror cinema and into science fiction, comedy, romance, sexploitation and cartoons. From the Universal classics to the Aztec Mummy series, from Hammer's versions to Mexico's Guanajuato variations, this first-ever comprehensive guide to mummy movies offers in-depth production histories and critical analyses for every feature-length iteration of bandaged horror.

Download or read book Spinegrinder written by Clive Davies and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First came video and more recently high definition home entertainment, through to the internet with its streaming videos and not strictly legal peer-to-peer capabilities. With so many sources available, today’s fan of horror and exploitation movies isn’t necessarily educated on paths well-trodden — Universal classics, 1950s monster movies, Hammer — as once they were. They may not even be born and bred on DAWN OF THE DEAD. In fact, anyone with a bit of technical savvy (quickly becoming second nature for the born-clicking generation) may be viewing MYSTICS IN BALI and S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP long before ever hearing of Bela Lugosi or watching a movie directed by Dario Argento. In this world, H.G. Lewis, so-called “godfather of gore,” carries the same stripes as Alfred Hitchcock, “master of suspense.” SPINEGRINDER is one man’s ambitious, exhaustive and utterly obsessive attempt to make sense of over a century of exploitation and cult cinema, of a sort that most critics won’t care to write about. One opinion; 8,000 reviews (or thereabouts.