Download or read book Curses and Wishes written by Carl Adamshick and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unusual voice encountered in Curses and Wishes carries a quiet, slightly elevatedconversational tone, which flows from intimate secrets to wider social concerns. The poet has faith in economy and trusts in images to transfer knowledge that speech cannot. In Curses and Wishes the short, simple lines add up to a thoughtful book possessed with lyrical melancholy, a harmony of sadness and joy that sings: "May happiness be a wheel, a lit throne, spinning / in the vast pinprick of darkness." By the close of this ambitious work the poet has inspired readers to see the multifaceted effects of our human connections.
Download or read book If Wishes Were Curses written by Janeen Ippolito and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So I accidentally killed a shifter. On purpose.With genie powers I shouldn't be able to use, thanks to my curse-mark.In my defense, the damn grizzly was threatening civilians and might have been a vampire as well. Pittsburgh is safer without him. Only the Fae court doesn't believe my story, and the shifters are out for blood.Now I've lost my job as a romantic investigator, and I'm on death row. My only hope is an oddly outgoing vegetarian vampire lawyer who seems strangely familiar. Too familiar. Almost like we've met before, and this whole thing was a set-up to take us both down.Wishing won't get us out of this mess.But my forbidden wish magic just might. A snarky urban fantasy with a heart, some romance with heat (nothing graphic), and gleeful send ups of many tropes, all wrapped up with an otter-shifter in the bargain.
Download or read book Curses written by Lish McBride and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Curses is the 'Beauty and the Beast' retelling I've been waiting for." --Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A unique and twisty magical romp!" --Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author Merit Cravan refused to fulfill her obligation to marry a prince, leading to a fairy godling's curse. She will be forced to live as a beast forever, unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother's choosing before her eighteenth birthday. Tevin Dumont has always been a pawn in his family's cons. The prettiest boy in a big family, his job is to tempt naïve rich girls to abandon their engagements, unless their parents agree to pay him off. But after his mother runs afoul of the beast, she decides to trade Tevin for her own freedom. Now, Tevin and Merit have agreed that he can pay off his mother's debt by using his con-artist skills to help Merit find the best match . . . but what if the best match is Tevin himself?
Download or read book The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday Use written by Dawn Rae Downton and published by Skyhorse Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gas prices. Traffic. Your boss. Your former boss. Your coworkers. Your crush. Doctors. Customer service. Who can you call to get that monkey off your back? You can’t call anyone because they won’t return your calls. Isn’t it time to have a little ammo of your own? Find it here: fifty custom maledictions for situations you run into every day, and for people you know and wish you didn’t. The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions puts the power back in your hands with its user-friendly, step-by-step instructions. Learn how to place spells, incantations, hexes, and more. Authentic, ancient curses from around the world are tweaked for easy, contemporary use. The book covers the four essentials for practicing any kind of magic: what to do and say, what materials to use, what frame of mind to be in, and what limits to set. In some cases it even matters where you are when you set your curse, what time of day it is, and who’s around. Create the life you deserve using the power of the ages.
Download or read book Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book Three The Titan s Curse written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2009-05-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?
Download or read book Of Curses and Kisses written by Sandhya Menon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of Menon’s frothy, contemporary rom-coms will be excited for this venture into new territory.” —Booklist “[A] dreamy, sassy confection of a romance…Funny, extravagant, and satisfying.” —Shelf Awareness From the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the first novel in a brand-new series set at an elite boarding school that’s a contemporary spin on Beauty and the Beast. Will the princess save the beast? For Princess Jaya Rao, nothing is more important than family. When the loathsome Emerson clan steps up their centuries-old feud to target Jaya’s little sister, nothing will keep Jaya from exacting her revenge. Then Jaya finds out she’ll be attending the same elite boarding school as Grey Emerson, and it feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. She knows what she must do: Make Grey fall in love with her and break his heart. But much to Jaya’s annoyance, Grey’s brooding demeanor and lupine blue eyes have drawn her in. There’s simply no way she and her sworn enemy could find their fairy-tale ending…right? His Lordship Grey Emerson is a misanthrope. Thanks to an ancient curse by a Rao matriarch, Grey knows he’s doomed once he turns eighteen. Sequestered away in the mountains at St. Rosetta’s International Academy, he’s lived an isolated existence—until Jaya Rao bursts into his life, but he can’t shake the feeling that she’s hiding something. Something that might just have to do with the rose-shaped ruby pendant around her neck… As the stars conspire to keep them apart, Jaya and Grey grapple with questions of love, loyalty, and whether it’s possible to write your own happy ending.
Download or read book Oracles Curses and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks written by Esther Eidinow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did ancient Greek men and women deal with the uncertainty and risk of everyday life? What did they fear most, and how did they manage their anxieties? Esther Eidinow sets side-by-side two collections of material usually studied in isolation: binding curse tablets from across the ancient world, and the collection of published private questions from the oracle at Dodona in north-west Greece. Eidinow uses these texts to explore perceptions of risk and uncertainty in ancient society, challenging previous explanations. In these records we hear voices that are rarely, if ever, heard in literary texts and history books. The questions and curses in these tablets comprise fervent, sometimes ferocious appeals to the gods. The stories they tell offer tantalizing glimpses of everyday life, carrying the reader through the teeming ancient city - both its physical setting and its social dynamics. Among these tablets we find prostitutes and publicans, doctors and soldiers, netmakers and silver-workers, actors and seamstresses. Anxious litigants ask the gods to silence their opponents. Men inquire about the paternity of their children. Women beg the gods to help them keep their men. Business rivals try to corner the market. Slaves plead to escape their masters. This material takes us beyond the headlines of ancient history, offering new insights into institutions, activities, and relationships. Above all, individually and together, these texts help us to understand some of the ways in which ancient Greek men and women understood the world. In turn, the beliefs and activities of an ancient culture may shed light on modern attitudes to risk.
Download or read book Cursed Wishes written by Marcy Kennedy and published by Stronghold Books. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people would die to save the ones they love. But would you live a life worse than death instead? In 1500s Scotland, Ceana Campbell, the unwanted daughter of the village drunk, accidentally does the one thing every sane person knows not to do. She angers a fairy. As punishment, the fairy forces her to make three wishes-and the man she loves will suffer the opposite of whatever she wishes for herself. To spare him, she takes on the cursed side of the wishes and ends up erased from the lives of everyone who mattered to her and doomed to fail at everything she tries. At first, the sacrifice seems worth it. What she didn't count on was how rescuing one person she loved would put another in jeopardy. Now, to save the life of her little brother, she must convince a man who no longer remembers she existed to help her hunt for someone powerful enough to break a curse of the fae-a feat which could put them in the middle of a supernatural civil war, where an angry fairy will be the least of their problems compared to the monster they'll face. Cursed Wishes is the first book in the Three Wishes trilogy. If you enjoy mythological creatures, clean romance, and a touch of mystery, then you'll love this historical fantasy series set in the highlands of medieval Scotland.
Download or read book The Curses written by Laure Eve and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to The Graces, the youngest witch in the family discovers a secret that has her questioning those closest to her. Now that Wolf is back after his mysterious disappearance, the Grace siblings are determined return to normal—whatever normal is for a family of witches. Except Summer, the youngest Grace. Summer has a knack for discovering the truth—and something is troubling her. But exposing secrets is a dangerous game, and it’s not one Summer can win alone. At Summer’s behest, the coven comes back together, drawing their erstwhile friend River back into the fold. But as the coven’s powers magnify, Wolf’s behavior becomes unpredictable—and Summer must question the nature of the friend she loves. This riveting sequel to The Graces is saturated with magic, the destructive cost of power, and the nature of forgiveness. Praise for The Graces: “Precise, vivid, and immediate. Powerful.” ?Kirkus Reviews “The Graces demands to be read twice: The first time for the suspense; the second for the subtleties you missed initially.” ?New York Times Book Review “Eve conjures up an intriguing vision of small-town mystique.” ?Publishers Weekly “An intoxicating blend of magic and mystery.” ?Danielle Vega, author of The Merciless and Survive the Night “Mysterious, beautiful, and unnerving, The Graces, like its titular family, will keep you enthralled from beginning to end.” ?Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season “Powerful, deadly, chilling, and compelling. It’s a masterpiece.” ?Melinda Salisbury, author of The Sin Eater’s Daughter
Download or read book The Book of Wishes written by Conor Kostick and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a magic book was discovered at the village of Scheria, it seemed that everyone's dreams could come true. But arrogant Prince Antinous wants the book for himself. Will the book be a source of delight for everyone or will it make Prince Antinous the most powerful person in the world? Chloe wants to help her village, but how can she get past the powerful dragon that guards the prince's castle? With magic, adventure and a long hard look at what would happen if everyone got to make wishes, this is a dramatic and fun read.
Download or read book Crime and Curses written by E. Hall and published by Golden State. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m a witch. He’s moody and mysterious. We hate each other, but it’s up to us to save the world from demons. When I learn about the forbidden prophecy I’m left with more questions than answers. Namely, what’s a witch who hardly knows how to wave her wand to do—besides flirt with Bobby Gold, be infuriated by JJ Thorne, and sneak pie from the dining hall? When the Coven Constabulary, aka the magical police, question me about matters graver than stealing pie, the good news is I’m not going to jail. The bad news is I have to assassinate a ghost. Rumors about a campus secret society suggest the demons aren’t acting alone and if they’re not dispelled soon, they’ll multiply, threatening supernaturals beyond campus. On the night of the Sweetheart Dance, there’s a student attack, a chocolate fountain explosion, and Marauders ruin my hopes for something special with my date. My problems outweigh the beast from the east discovered on school grounds when I learn not everyone is who they seem—even the hottest and moodiest ones—and members of the magical community hide dark secrets from the past. It’s up to me to reverse a legendary curse, but I haven’t quite perfected my spellwork. #WitchFail Book 2 of 3 in the RIP Magic Academy Paranormal Prison and Supernatural Reform Academy series. It’s romantic fantasy perfect for fans of KM Shea and Michelle Madow. Mayhem rules the school and an unlikely witch is out to uncover a sinister plot that threatens to divide the world forever.
Download or read book Paranormal Investigations written by Chad Stambaugh and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomena of ghosts and hauntings are very real experiences that more and more people are encountering every day. It is their true cause and nature that is the ongoing mystery. In Paranormal Investigations, author Chad Stambaugh discusses the process of trying to find that one piece of evidence that could prove, without a doubt, that ghosts are real. Paranormal Investigations shows both the beginner and the professional when and how to correctly operate the different types of equipment integral to a paranormal investigationcameras, camcorders, voice recorders, digital video recorders, EMF detectors, dowsing rods, pendulums, and more. In addition, Chad breaks down, step by step, the correct procedures for conducting both public and private investigations, including how to deal with clients, what to look for, how to look for it, and how to document an investigation. Through this detailed guide, Chad works toward creating paranormal unity among those who research the events or phenomena that science cant or wont explain.
Download or read book Curses written by Rachel Lynette and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will learn the history of curses and their power. Author Rachel Lynette describes well-known curses, and examines cursed places and objects.
Download or read book Wish s Curse written by C.M. Martens and published by C. M. Martens. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year. Well, ten months. Ten months and Dee is no closer to finding her way than when she started. She can't help but wonder if the possibility exists for her to separate her life from the fantastical. At every turn four new obstacles rear. Worse, Zibanitu's plans may erase all her progress. It's a double-edged sword to hope the other Rishis still want to play. Their curiosity might be all there is to override their leader's claim. When friends turn foes and enemies abound, Dee's mental health takes a plummet. With Hamal still absent and ostracized from the rest, apathy rears strong. Maybe it's time to throw in the towel and accept her role as pawn. Dee will continue to be pushed and pulled. Games will change. Stakes will mount. An uncovered past reveals secrets none could have guessed and could just be the thing that destroys Dee for good.
Download or read book Swearing and Cursing written by Nico Nassenstein and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is an essential addition to the field of studies.
Download or read book Second Hand Curses written by Drew Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your fairy godmother threatens to enslave you with a curse - when a malevolent piper solves your rat problem but steals your children - when you seek revenge on the prince who turned you into a frog - who can you turn to in your hour of need? The band of scoundrels known far and wide as the Bastard Champions - the swashbuckling trio who travel a world of legend, seeking adventure and righting wrongs - as long as there's enough gold to be earned. They are Jack, the seemingly unkillable leader whose ever-present grin belies a dark past; Marie, who fights with fury but battles more fiercely to control the beast within; and Frank, the master of logistics, whose cloak hides horrific scars that are far more than skin-deep. As they slash and scheme through kingdom and village alike, the Bastard Champions uncover tantalizing clues to their ultimate quarry: the powerful Blue Fairy, who has made each of their lives a living hell.Second Hand Curses adds a dash of sly wit and a heaping portion of action to the fairy tales you thought you knew.
Download or read book Granting Wishes A Once Upon a Curse Prequel written by Kaitlyn Davis and published by Kaitlyn Davis. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A USA Today Recommended Series!** She’s about to discover a whole new world… Don't miss GRANTING WISHES, a fantasy romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Aladdin. (*This prequel novella is roughly ½ the length of the other books.) “His words come back to me—magic is the law. I guess I’m making my own set of rules.” Alanna thought rock climbing in Yosemite National Park would be the trip of a lifetime. Until an earthquake strikes and she finds herself plummeting to her death. But instead of slamming into the forest floor, Alanna drops into a secret underground cave where she’s confronted by the impossible—magic. A mysterious man named Erick uses incredible powers to save her life, then tells her that his magical world has collided with earth, merging the two together. Alanna writes it off as crazy, until he shows her a vision of her brother being dragged down a sandy cobblestone street in chains. Crazy or not, she’ll do anything to save him. As Alanna and Erick team up to rescue her brother from the clutches of a decrepit sorcerer king, fate intervenes in the form of a handsome prince. Alanna doesn’t know who to trust, but in this foreign land, flying solo just might get her killed…
