Download or read book Crimson Legacy written by MICHELLE. BRYAN and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scarlet Oath written by Michelle Bryan and published by Crimson Legacy. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinship can get you killed. Tara made a promise to save her kin. But that was before. Before she knew the Prezedant had them. Before she knew who she was. Before she learned of her powers. Now she has allies, though, and she'll use all of them to help her in her mission to the last remaining city. It will tests her beyond anythings she's faced before, but she's prepared. Or so she thinks. The Prezedant knows more than Tara thought, and soon she's forced to wonder who is playing who. There's more to Tara's blood that she thought, and discovering more about who she really is may be the key to her salvation. Or it might kill them all. A masquerade ball might only be just the beginning.
Download or read book The Crimson Spark written by William Hastings and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break the shackles of the mind. Leo is a boy grieving his twin. Nea is a girl living as a boy to escape her past. Two slaves, carrying the scars of abuse. They form a connection, only to be split apart when their ship arrives in a mysterious and fragmented land, cut off from the rest of the world. Leo becomes apprentice to a vagabond swordsman and together the two set out to find a stolen weapon locked away in a catacomb city. But what is his new teacher hiding? Tormented by a crippling injury and an anxious heart, Leo must find the strength within himself to keep going despite all that he has lost. Meanwhile, Nea is conscripted by the Captain of the Royal Guard, who ropes her into the search for a group of men hunting a boy matching Leo's description. But to Nea's dismay, the Captain is a woman and Nea must fight past her hateful and damaged mind if she ever hopes to earn her freedom. When a former child soldier threatens to spark a revolution, Leo and Nea will choose sides. Will they fight to save this cruel land, or punish it? To find the answer, they must confront the horror of the past and fight for the greatest freedom of all, freedom from the fear that rules their hearts. The Crimson Spark is an emotional and captivating fantasy adventure. A story about innocence lost and righteousness found. The Black Cauldron meets Berserk in a story about how even the most broken souls can be whole together.
Download or read book Fifty Shades of Crimson written by Pete Tomsett and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features interviews with Bill Bruford, Peter Giles, Gordon Haskell, Judy Dyble and more . . . In 1969 five young Englishmen calling themselves King Crimson altered the course of rock music, and despite a revolving-door lineup, the band has continued to innovate and inspire for more than fifty years. Fifty Shades of Crimson tells the story of this legendary band and of the unique English guitarist Robert Fripp it revolves around. With a deep passion for the music, author Pete Tomsett celebrates the achievements of Fripp and the array of incredible talent that has passed through Crimson, while not shying away from the many behind-the-scenes difficulties. Getting signed after supporting The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, Crimson shot to fame with their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, becoming one of the most influential bands of that era and triggering the rise of prog rock. While going through countless personnel, including Greg Lake, Bill Bruford and John Wetton, rejecting Elton John and Bryan Ferry along the way, they have put out many highly acclaimed albums and to this day maintain a big international following. In their early years Fripp's band reached the same commercial heights as the likes of David Bowie and Pink Floyd. However, as an intellectual who despised the practices of the music business, Fripp preferred innovation over chasing big sales. In 1974 he withdrew from mainstream music, becoming involved with the Fourth Way philosophy, but was eventually tempted back and reformed Crimson to much acclaim in the eighties. As well as also having collaborations with Brian Eno, Andy Summers and others, Fripp has created new forms of instrumental music, run his own idiosyncratic guitar courses and set up an ethical record company. Both genius and 'a special sort of awkward', Fripp has never been afraid to take his music where no one has gone before, and Crimson have been a powerful influence on everyone from Genesis and Yes to Roxy Music and Radiohead, creating a legacy that will live on for decades more!
Download or read book Legacy of Dorn written by Mike Lee and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped behind enemy lines during the invasion of Rynn's World, Sergeant Galleas and his squad must rally the human survivors of the greenskin attack and teach them to fight back, if any of them are to survive. Veteran Sergeant Sandor Galleas is the epitome of a Crimson Fists Space Marine: proud, courageous, and unyielding, even in the face of impossible odds. But when disaster befalls the Chapter during the ork invasion of Rynn’s World, Galleas’s convictions are put to the ultimate test. Trapped deep in enemy territory, Galleas, his squad, and a band of human survivors, must fight the greenskins by any means necessary if they – and the Crimson Fists Chapter – are to survive.
Download or read book Crimson Elite written by T.L. Smith and published by T.L Smith. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIMITED TIME BOX SET RELEASE! Welcome to Crimson Elite, the most exclusive sex club in the world. Enter at your own risk, and always remember our number one rule— You must never speak of Crimson Elite—the punishment is severe. BOOK 1 (CAVALIER) Creed ‘Too Hot for Words’ Christopher If God created the perfect man he would closely resemble Creed, on the outside that is. He’s as cavalier as they come. Unconcerned. Cold. Dismissive. I wonder if he has any feelings at all. And when his lips touch mine, everything goes black. He takes me into his world, and it’s the most magical thing I’ve ever experienced. And I’m sucked in time and time again. Like a moth to the flame, I am ready to be set alight. Elicea ‘F*cks With My Head’ Beckham Elicea is a firecracker. She has piqued my interest, and no one piques my interest anymore. Beautiful women are what I do—it’s my work. Not one of them has managed to get their claws into me the way she does. It’s as if she’s seeing my icy heart and trying to melt it, set it alight with each touch of her sinful lips. But that can’t work, it won’t work. Not in my world. BOOK 2 (ANGUISHED) It wasn’t meant to be this way—she shouldn’t have fallen for my brother and left me for him. But she did. And now I’m left to pick up the pieces of my shattered, broken heart. And to top it off, they want me to come to their wedding. Do they think I’m a pushover? Do they think of me as a joke? The old saying stands true, ‘Why have enemies when you can have family.’ I understand it now, better than I ever have in my life. There’s one unexpected surprise though: Storm. She blew in just like one and makes the pain diminish. She’s exactly as her name describes her—she is a storm. A beautiful and powerful one. But not all things are meant to last. Like a storm that wreaks havoc, some things cause anguish, and in my life she may very well be one of them.
Download or read book Crimson Reign written by Amélie Wen Zhao and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Six of Crows comes the thrilling conclusion to the Blood Heir trilogy. A princess with a dark secret must ally with a con man to liberate her empire from a reign of terror in this epic fantasy retelling of the Anastasia story. The Red Tigress, Anastacya Mikhailov, has lost the gift she was only beginning to realize defined her. Stolen from her during the battle in Bregon, her blood Affinity rests with Sorsha Farrald, a dangerous Affinite who is on the run, headed straight to Cyrilia and to Ana's aunt...the Empress Morganya. Though she is weakened, Ana's course remains true--yet her return to her homeland reveals a Cyrilia on the brink of collapse. Morganya's tyrannical rule has transformed into a sinister quest for unquestioned authority, and she has set her sights far beyond Cyrilia. Morganya seeks a legendary ancient power, rumored to have once belonged to the Deities themselves. If she can locate it, she can rule the world. What's more, Ana's allies, the insurgent Affinite rebels known as the Redcloaks, no longer support her. For their allegiance is with the people--and there can be no equality with a monarchy. Ana faces enemies at every turn, and every day without her Affinity brings her closer to death. Yet she is determined to liberate her people and vanquish the legacy of her own imperial bloodline--the inequality sewn into the fabric of her land. Her only hope lies in the navy she recruited in Bregon, the courage of her band of friends, and the cunning crime-lord-turned-captain she's fallen for. If Ana loses this fight, it will be her last. And Morganya's reign of darkness with consume the world.
Download or read book The Crimson Thread written by Kate Forsyth and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation, finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies. May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka, a young Greek woman, saves the lives of two Australian soldiers. Jack and Teddy are childhood friends who joined up together to see the world. Both men fall in love with Alenka. They are forced to retreat with the tattered remains of the Allied forces over the towering White Mountains. Both are among the seven thousand Allied soldiers left behind in the desperate evacuation from Crete’s storm-lashed southern coast. Alenka hides Jack and Teddy at great risk to herself. Her brother Axel is a Nazi sympathizer and collaborator and spies on her movements. As Crete suffers under the Nazi jackboot, Alenka is drawn into an intense triangle of conflicting emotions with Jack and Teddy. Their friendship suffers under the strain of months of hiding and their rivalry for her love. Together, they join the resistance and fight to free the island, but all three will find themselves tested to their limits. Alenka must choose whom to trust and whom to love and, in the end, whom to save.
Download or read book Crimson Nation written by L Blaise Hues and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vultures don't fear death; they feed off it. And their appetite is insatiable.Savannah knows the ravenous bloodlust of the Vultures first hand, and she's doing everything she can to avoid being dragged back into the volatile melee her parents are creating.But can she stop them without succumbing to bloodlust herself?Kestrel becomes fiercely protective of her wards and the man who holds her heart, while the whole of Rock Ridge wants to use him as retribution. How can she protect her family from both friends and foes?Ellie's steadfast allegiance to her country is called into question with scandalous revelations about her past, shaking her confidence as explosions echo throughout the town. Can she and those who know and love her move forward in this new knowledge?Between the blood, bombs, and Belladonna, these three patriots have to unite to save the country they love, or they'll end up buried beneath the rubble of a broken nation.Don't miss the epic finale of the Legacy of Debris Trilogy!
Download or read book Leading the Crimson and Gray written by Mark O'English and published by WSU Press Washington State University Press. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington State University (WSU) is a remarkable place, over the years educating hundreds of thousands, conducting innovative research in a wide variety of disciplines, and earning numerous intercollegiate athletics titles. Originally named The Agricultural College, Experiment Station and School of Science of the State of Washington, the school first opened on a wintry 1892 morning with six professors. Today, the institution has more than 2,600 faculty positions and annually awards over 7,000 degrees on multiple campuses--now exceeding 260,000 total since its first graduating class of seven. In Leading the Crimson and Gray, multiple authors chronicle the lives and legacies of those who served in one of WSU's most visible roles--president. These executives were responsible for raising funds, shaping strategic visions, addressing faculty and student concerns, attending to fiscal issues, and interacting with lawmakers and business leaders. There were early bitter battles over the Pullman location and curriculum. Other eras brought student unrest and social upheaval, wars, protests, and severe economic depression and recession. Their accomplishments were substantial. Early presidents launched the college, expanded the academic program beyond agriculture and science, established general education requirements, and took key steps toward eventual university status. Later presidents supported athletic achievement, vastly strengthened enrollment, obtained favorable legislative budgets and support for a capital construction bond referendum, increased research grants and contracts, completed major construction projects, effectively faced massive state allocation cuts, and won bipartisan state legislative backing for a new medical school. Combined, George W. Lilley, John W. Heston, Enoch A. Bryan, Ernest O. Holland, Wilson M. Compton, C. Clement French, W. Glenn Terrell, Samuel H. Smith, V. Lane Rawlins, and Elson S. Floyd left a legacy that makes the Cougar Nation proud.
Download or read book Star Wars Vol 4 written by Charles Soule and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Star Wars (2020) #19-23. Luke Skywalker's quest for answers takes a dangerous turn! As the Rebellion tries to pull itself together for a last-ditch effort to defeat the evil Galactic Empire, Luke realizes it's time to take the next step on the path to becoming a Jedi. But the Jedi order is gone, so where can Luke turn to find the legacy he so desperately needs? The voice of Master Yoda will be a key piece of instruction in his journey, but Yoda will not teach the lesson Luke must learn. And this lesson will take - and give - more than the young Skywalker could ever have imagined! Plus: After a mission gone wrong, ace Rebel pilot Shara Bey - mother of Poe Dameron - was left stranded on a Star Destroyer. And now her time is running out!
Download or read book My Eternal Heart written by and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bookthese collective writings of my mindmy heartand my soul Are my thoughtsmy emotionsmy turmoilsand my very life in chaosmy very existence in poetic tragedy So if you so chooseread and do indulgeread and learnread and be merry with life, for we can be the diamond amongst the coal We can be the outcaststhe everlasting thornsthe faces that stand out in the crowdwe can be the irregularity Thus I openly and willingly give you my everlasting emotions, my internal turmoil; my eternal heart To takecherishread and experience something different in your lifeI give you this to begin the dominos falling The chain reaction of opening your eyesopening your soulseeing and feeling the truth behind every wordbehind every connection you can make with my lifemy experiencesmy amazing works of art But I merely give this away because I want to see all of your lives startI want to see the world changeI want it allno more stalling!
Download or read book Crimson written by Niviaq Korneliussen and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Effortlessly cool, funny yet sad, breezy but thoughtful - this is an edgy and unputdownable work of modern literature' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Crimson is written with immense courage - there's no faking the feeling of honesty on each page. It is a brave novel reminiscent of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting' Laline Paull, author of The Bees The island has run out of oxygen. The island is swollen. The island is rotten. The island has taken my beloved from me. The island is a Greenlander. It's the fault of the Greenlander. In Nuuk, Greenland . . . Fia breaks up with her long-term boyfriend and falls for Sara. Sara is in love with Ivik who holds a deep secret and is about to break promises. Ivik struggles with gender dysphoria as their friends become addicted to social media, listen to American pop music and get blind drunk in downtown bars and uptown house parties. Then there is Inuk, who also has something to hide - it will take him beyond his limits to madness, and question what it means to be a Greenlander, while Arnaq, the party queen, pulls the strings of manipulation, bringing a web of relationships to a shocking crescendo. Crimson weaves through restlessness, depression, love and queer experiences to tell the story of Greenlanders through a unique and challenging form. The original text was written and published in the Greenlandic language.
Download or read book The Crimson Letter written by Douglass Shand-Tucci and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a book deeply impressive in its reach while also deeply embedded in its storied setting, bestselling historian Douglass Shand-Tucci explores the nature and expression of sexual identity at America's oldest university during the years of its greatest influence. The Crimson Letter follows the gay experience at Harvard in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing upon students, faculty, alumni, and hangers-on who struggled to find their place within the confines of Harvard Yard and in the society outside. Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde were the two dominant archetypes for gay undergraduates of the later nineteenth century. One was the robust praise-singer of American democracy, embraced at the start of his career by Ralph Waldo Emerson; the other was the Oxbridge aesthete whose visit to Harvard in 1882 became part of the university's legend and lore, and whose eventual martyrdom was a cautionary tale. Shand-Tucci explores the dramatic and creative oppositions and tensions between the Whitmanic and the Wildean, the warrior poet and the salon dazzler, and demonstrates how they framed the gay experience at Harvard and in the country as a whole. The core of this book, however, is a portrait of a great university and its community struggling with the full implications of free inquiry. Harvard took very seriously its mission to shape the minds and bodies of its charges, who came from and were expected to perpetuate the nation's elite, yet struggled with the open expression of their sexual identities, which it alternately accepted and anathematized. Harvard believed it could live up to the Oxbridge model, offering a sanctuary worthy of the classical Greek ideals of male association, yet somehow remain true to its legacy of respectable austerity and Puritan self-denial. The Crimson Letter therefore tells stories of great unhappiness and manacled minds, as well as stories of triumphant activism and fulfilled promise. Shand-Tucci brilliantly exposes the secrecy and codes that attended the gay experience, showing how their effects could simultaneously thwart and spark creativity. He explores in particular the question of gay sensibility and its effect upon everything from symphonic music to football, set design to statecraft, poetic theory to skyscrapers. The Crimson Letter combines the learned and the lurid, tragedy and farce, scandal and vindication, and figures of world renown as well as those whose influence extended little farther than Harvard Square. Here is an engrossing account of a university transforming and transformed by those passing through its gates, and of their enduring impact upon American culture.
Download or read book Rocking the Classics written by Edward Macan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first authoritative study of the music, history and culture of progressive rock, a genre remembered for its virtuoso guitar solos and massive stage shows. Among the bands covered are Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, and Pink Floyd.
Download or read book Allegiance written by Cayla Kluver and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He couldn't help his past any more than he could help the way those intense, deep blue eyes pierced me and held me captive. An eighteen-year-old queen in love with the enemy as their countries pass the point of no return… Bound to a man she cannot love, Queen Alera of Hytanica must forget Narian, the young man who holds her heart. For Narian is destined to conquer Hytanica at the behest of his master, the powerful magic-user known as the Overlord. Alera doesn't truly believe Narian will fight against Hytanica—until Cokyrian troops attack with Narian commanding the charge. Faced with the greatest betrayal a heart can know, Alera must set aside personal feelings and lead her kingdom through its darkest time. And when all hope, will and courage seem lost, she must find strength and remember that even the blackest night must have a dawn….
Download or read book Downstrokes and Discord written by Roxy Ramone and published by Roxy Ramone. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Downstrokes and Discord Secret Johnny Ramone The world knows the Ramones as a legendary punk rock band, but Roxy's narrative unveils the hidden struggles, the sacrifices made, and the erasure of her own existence within the Ramones Legacy. As Johnny Ramone's life drew to a close, the power dynamics shifted, leaving Roxy on the outskirts, her presence erased, her contributions overshadowed. But she refuses to be silenced. Roxy's journey takes you through the heartbreak of discovering Johnny's infidelity- the searing pain of being cast aside for another. Yet, her story doesn't end there. It is within the depths of this betrayal that Roxy finds her true strength, her voice rising from the ashes of shattered dreams. In this raw and unfiltered memoir, Roxy invites you into her world, a world that was intricately intertwined with the iconic Johnny Ramone. As she shares her memories, you'll witness the passionate love affair that ignited amidst the chaos of punk rock, a love that seemed unbreakable in its intensity. But like the chords of their music, their relationship would undergo a dissonance that shattered their dreams. This memoir serves as an anthem for those who have faced similar struggles, for those who have loved fiercely only to be cast aside, and for those who refuse to let their voices be erased. It is a testament to the indomitable spirit of resilience, the strength found in vulnerability, and the power of reclaiming one's own story. Johnny Ramone, the charismatic guitarist of the iconic punk band, The Ramones, seemed untouchable. But beneath his tough exterior lies a vulnerability that Linda cunningly exploited. Fueled by a desire for power and all the money that came with it, Linda hatched a plan to seduce Johnny and tear apart the band's unity. As Roxy, Johnny's devoted partner, poured her heart and soul into their relationship, little did she know that Linda was lurking in the shadows, plotting her next move. With her eyes set on both Johnny and the band's financial success, Linda weaved a web of deceit that threatened to destroy everything in her path. As egos clashed and creative differences reached a boiling point, friendships shattered, alliances were broken, and a curse was born As the tension between Johnny and Joey grew, Linda seized the opportunity to further manipulate the situation. Fueling the flames of jealousy and greed, she played both men against each other, sowing seeds of discord within the band. The Ramones, once a tight-knit brotherhood, found themselves torn apart by the betrayal and infidelity that Linda brought into their lives. This book unveils the emotional turmoil that engulfed the band, exposing the raw emotions, broken trust, and shattered dreams. It explores the depths of human desire, the lengths one would go to secure one's fortune, and the casualties left in their wake. Join us as we peel back the layers of this captivating punk rock tale, immersing ourselves in the world of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, where loyalty is tested, love is betrayed, and the pursuit of wealth threatens to tear apart a legendary band forever.
