Download or read book Curse of Besti Bori written by Fairbanks Simon (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Curse of Besti Bori written by Simon Fairbanks and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The jungle cloud of Besti Bori is in quarantine. An infection has consumed the cloud, turning its peaceful people into monstrous splicers. Now a team of archers watch over its borders, ensuring nothing enters and nothing leaves. That is until Sheriff Baran visits for a routine inspection. His sky-horse is mysteriously drugged and he plummets into the darkness of the cursed jungle. Now, Sheriff Shaula must return from her self-inflicted exile to lead a rescue mission into the most dangerous place in Nephos. Armed only with a team of warrior fairies, Shaula must battle her way through hordes of splicers to retrieve the stranded Baran. However, Shaula soon learns that splicers are not the only danger lurking in Besti Bori.

Download or read book A Curse to Claim written by Jo Lavollee and published by Jo Lavollee. This book was released on with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught between a curse and rock-hard abs. As a dhampir, Lucy Hexworth, the assistant manager at Highcragh Castle, knows she’s going to face a dilemma one night or the other. A master vampire is going to find her, and then they’re going to turn her. Lucy doesn’t want to be turned. But when her worst nightmare finally knocks at the castle gates, he isn’t at all what she’d anticipated. First, he’s very sweet. The threat he brings comes with excellent manners and an unrelenting kindness that seems too good to be true. And then, he’s not alone. The very same night, a dark magic practitioner steps in, intent on crushing the hidden evil that’s lurking within the castle walls. Soon the three of them are hunting curses and taunting each other, weaving their own special kind of delicious trap, tainted with blood, dark magic and danger. If they want happiness, they’re going to have to fight for it. This fourth, novel-length episode in the Monster R&R steamy paranormal romance series stands alone proudly. It contains magical tropical vines, damaged yet resilient baddies, a very strong dress code, two men and a woman in love, more gothic castle fun, and enough heat to forge a curse.

Download or read book The Mummy s Curse written by Holly Webb and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the museum's visitors are gone for the day, it's time for the kittens to come out and play! This second installment in the new chapter book series by best-selling author Holly Webb is inspired by tales of real-life museum cats and follows the after-hours adventures of the Museum Kittens. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout. The Museum Kittens are curious when a rare Egyptian papyrus is brought to the museum on loan. But from the moment the papyrus arrives, strange things start to happen, and rumors of an ancient curse begin to spread. Tasha is determined to prove to the other kittens that there's nothing to be afraid of. Then one night, a pipe bursts, and the gallery is flooded--and the kittens are trapped! Can they figure out a way to save themselves--and all of the museum's precious objects? In this new series from best-selling author, Holly Webb, the Museum Kittens are brave, clever, and never more than a whisker away from adventure! When the museum's visitors are gone for the day, it's time for the kittens to come out and play!

Download or read book Cursed Days written by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nobel PrizeDwinning author's great anti-Bolshevik diary of the Russian Revolution, translated into English for the first time, with an Introduction and Notes by Thomas Gaiton Marullo. A harrowing description of the forerunners of the concentration camps and the Gulag. Marc Raeff"

Download or read book Curse Rose Red Retold written by Demelza Carlton and published by Lost Plot Press. This book was released on with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cursed prince. An aspiring assassin. No good deed goes unpunished… Crown Prince Boris's life was perfect – a wife, a child and his father's favour for a job well done. Until his brother's traitorous plot steals everything from him, forcing him to run for his life for fear of losing what little he has left. Rossa wants nothing but to follow in her father's assassin footsteps. Whether it takes magic or a blade, she can handle anything. Until she discovers she can't bear to take a life. Together, can a failed assassin and a cursed prince save the kingdom? Fans of the following authors will enjoy reading these steamy medieval fairytale romances: Lindsay Buroker Neil Gaiman Skye MacKinnon Kiera Cass Amanda Hocking Sarah J Maas Lidiya Foxglove Anne McCaffrey Tamsin Ley Holly Black Juliet Marillier Kylie Chan Leigh Bardugo Laura Thalassa Elise Kova Cassandra Clare George RR Martin Kathryn Le Veque Andrzej Sapkowski

Download or read book Cursed Questions written by Richard Taruskin and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Taruskin’s sweeping collection of essays distills a half century of professional experience, demonstrating an unparalleled insider awareness of relevant debates in all areas of music studies, including historiography and criticism, representation and aesthetics, musical and professional politics, and the sociology of taste. Cursed Questions, invoking a famous catchphrase from Russian intellectual history, grapples with questions that are never finally answered but never go away. The writings gathered here form an intellectual biography that showcases the characteristic wit, provocation, and erudition that readers have come to expect from Taruskin, making it an essential volume for anyone interested in music, politics, and the arts.

Download or read book The Best of Sabatini written by Rafael Sabatini and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 6843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes: Novels: Scaramouche Captain Blood The Lovers of Yvonne The Tavern Knight Bardelys the Magnificent The Trampling of the Lilies Love-at-Arms The Shame of Motley St. Martin's Summer Mistress Wilding The Lion's Skin The Strolling Saint The Gates of Doom The Sea Hawk The Snare Fortune's Fool The Carolinian Short Stories: The Justice of the Duke: The Honour of Varano The Test Ferrante's jest Gismondi's wage The Snare The Lust of Conquest The pasquinade The Banner of the Bull: The Urbinian The Perugian The Venetian Other Stories: The Red Mask The Curate and the Actress The Fool's Love Story The Sacrifice The Spiritualist Mr. Dewbury's Consent The Baker of Rousillon Wirgman's Theory The Abduction Monsieur Delamort The Foster Lover The Blackmailer The Justice of the Duke The Ordeal The Tapestried Room The Wedding Gift The Camisade In Destiny's Clutch The Vicomte's Wager Sword and Mitre The Dupes The Malediction The Red Owl Out of the Dice Box The Marquis' Coach Tommy The Lottery Ticket The Duellist's Wife The Ducal Rival The Siege of Savigny The Locket The Devourer of Hearts The Matamorphasis of Colin Annabel's Wager The Act of The Captain of the Guard The Copy Hunter Sequestration Gismondi's Wage Playing with Fire The Scourge Intelligence The Night of Doom The Driver of the Hearse The Plague of Ghosts The Risen Dead The Bargain Kynaston's Reckoning Duroc The Poachers The Opportunist The Sentimentalist Casanova's Alibi The Augmentation of Mercury The Priest of Mars The Oracle Under the Leads The Rooks and the Hawk The Polish Duel Casanova in Madrid The Outlaw of Falkensteig D'Aubeville's Enterprise The Nuptials of Lindenstein The Outlaw and the Lady The Jealousy of Delventhal The Shriving of Felsheim Loaded Dice Of What Befel at Bailienochy After Worcester Field The Chancellor's Daughter... Historical Works: The Life of Cesare Borgia Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition The Historical Nights' Entertainment – 1st and 2nd Series

Download or read book Underground The Illustrated Bible of Cursed Rockers and High Priestesses of Sound written by Arnaud Le Gouëfflec and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They don’t do it for the fame, they do it for the music – these rock legends and priestesses of sound are the outsiders, the trailblazers, artists who changed the face of music forever simply for the love of it. From Captain Beefheart to Patti Smith, this odyssey through the rock hinterlands is perfect for fans of outsider artists, rock history aficionados, and those modern vinyl lovers who want to discover the saga that got music to where it is today. Featuring an all-new foreword from writer and musician Michael Moorcock, this is the essential guide to the weird and wonderful performers that became legends in their own right.

Download or read book Boris Karloff written by Beverly Bare Buehrer and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1993-08-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work on Boris Karloff presents a comprehensive record of the life and career of this famous performer. The volume begins with a biography, which succinctly presents the facts of Karloff's life. A chronology of his significant achievements follows. The remaining chapters overview Karloff's broad career. Chapters document and comment upon his film, stage, radio, and television performances. A discography is included as well. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography of books and articles about Karloff, along with a comprehensive index.

Download or read book Curse of the Reaper written by Brian McAuley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scream meets The Shining in this page-turning horror tale about an aging actor haunted by the slasher movie villain he brought to life. Decades after playing the titular killer in the 80s horror franchise Night of the Reaper, Howard Browning has been reduced to signing autographs for his dwindling fanbase at genre conventions. When the studio announces a series reboot, the aging thespian is crushed to learn he’s being replaced in the iconic role by heartthrob Trevor Mane, a former sitcom child-star who’s fresh out of rehab. Trevor is determined to stay sober and revamp his image while Howard refuses to let go of the character he created, setting the stage for a cross-generational clash over the soul of a monster. But as Howard fights to reclaim his legacy, the sinister alter ego consumes his unraveling mind, pushing him to the brink of violence. Is the method actor succumbing to madness or has the devilish Reaper taken on a life of its own? In his razor-sharp debut novel, film and television writer Brian McAuley melds wicked suspense with dark humor and heart. Curse of the Reaper is a tightly plotted thriller that walks the tightrope between the psychological and the supernatural, while characters struggling with addiction and identity bring to light the harrowing cost of Hollywood fame.

Download or read book Boris written by Jack Dold and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris Kastel was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1914. A few months later the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated some 300 kilometers away in Sarajevo, an act which touched off The Great War. That catastrophic event presages Boris tumultuous life, during which he traveled to five continents and mastered at least ten languages. Throughout the violent war years following the Nazi invasion of his country, he never lost sight of his great dreama quest for peace. That quest had to wait through the long years of World War II, when duty called him first to the mountains of Northern Italy with the Italian Underground, and then to Titos Partisans and life in nascent Yugoslavia. That quest was realized in a most unexpectedly beautiful way. His story takes us from war-torn Zagreb to post-revolution China, to Ghandis India, through the birth of kibbutzim in Palestine, summer and winter Olympics in 1936, the resistance movements in Italy and Yugoslavia, Nazi hunting in Argentina and Uruguay, and ultimately to New York, where he met Eva, and the peace for which he yearned.

Download or read book The Boris Woman written by Boris Utan and published by Sante Boyer. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story unfolds the only surviving tribe that lived during the beginning of Atlantis era. The Atlantis that resides in Sundaland about 20000 years ago. The tribe has been there way before the Atlantis began. They had survived 2 ice age events and is still living among us in current time. This is the story of the generation of the Boris Woman that kept the Atlantis safe and prosperous through its first reign. They are not warriors, royals or sorcerers. The Boris Woman communicates with the Gods and is believed to be one with the Gods. She is also the keeper of the Gods and only one Boris Woman in every existence. There is no replacement and she is mostly unknown to the world. Because that is how she and her tribes protect themselves. People all over the world refer her as Mother Earth. Little that they know, Mother Earth is actually living on earth itself. Some tribes would call her as medicine women still to this day. The story tells the untold life journey of Vanis, the Boris Woman of our generation.

Download or read book Essays in Honour of Boris Beri s Sixty Fifth Birthday written by Gabrijela Buljan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as a Festschrift honouring a beloved professor, colleague, and friend, this volume comprises a collection of essays offering a wide array of contemporary approaches to literature, linguistics, and applied linguistics. It covers a variety of topics, ranging from medieval to contemporary literature and language, and explores genres as diverse as fantasy, dystopia, drama, poetry, and film, addressing issues such as post- and transhumanism, age, gender, identity, family, metonymy, and narrative discourse. The diversity of themes and methodologies here makes the collection a widely applicable resource in the academic discussion of literature, language, and culture, both as a significant contribution to different philological fields and a useful educational tool for anyone teaching or studying English, Anglophone literature, British, American, and German studies, English as a Second Language, linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and applied linguistics, or conducting research in these fields.

Download or read book Curse of the Maple Leafs written by Martin Avery and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works written by Alexander Pushkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James E. Falen's verse translation consists of 'Boris Godunov', 'A Scene from Faust', the four 'Little Tragedies' and 'Rusalka'. The text features an introduction on Russia's most cosmopolitan playwright.

Download or read book Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff written by Gregory William Mank and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.