Download or read book Gargoyles and the Goatlord written by Penn Fawn and published by Penn Fawn. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second book of Penn Fawn’s Underworld series, a spin off from his Necropolis novels that can be read as a standalone, mankind is featured from the perspective of gargoyles plus the goatlord, a half-man, half-goat, mythological creature. In the afterlife men are not the apex predator. They are not at the top of the food chain, nor do they have dominion over all other animals in this strange, ancient, and unforgiving place, they could not have imagined existed. They are the despised and hunted, what the winged mythical beasts, and those who have hooves as opposed to feet, call the scourge. As such, Hespatia, the witch protagonist, and her peers, find themselves facing a lack of compassion or mercy from creatures who believe the only good man is a dead one, when what the men desire above all else in the afterlife, is to find any place where they can safely live.
Download or read book The Underworld The Fantasy Realms of Penn Fawn 2nd Edition written by Penn Fawn and published by Penn Fawn. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Underworld, The Fantasy Realms of Penn Fawn, 2nd Edition, is a compilation of graphic art meant to introduce readers to the dark fantasy world and novels of the author. Expect to find images of gargoyles, pixies, plus other mythological creatures and dark and exotic locales on the pages inside. This second edition is not a rehash of the first with a couple pieces of updated graphic art thrown in here and there for good measure. It is an entirely new book. Fans, readers, or collectors interested in keeping up with all things Penn Fawn should get both, since the information and the art from the first edition to the second are not the same. The publication is the size and length of a standard comic book. With just twenty-four pages, it’s a concise companion guide for those who may be curious about the author’s other books, while simultaneously being a breeze to get through.
Download or read book The Underworld written by Penn Fawn and published by Penn Fawn. This book was released on 2022-09-17 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Underworld, The Fantasy Realms of Penn Fawn, 1st Edition, is a compilation of graphic art meant to introduce readers to the dark fantasy world and novels of the author, although those already familiar with his work may delight in seeing the characters they’ve read about for the first time. The Illustrated Works features both the heroes, heroines, and villains, and the exotic places featured in his published novels, plus a couple of those that are yet to be released. Expect to find images of gargoyles, angels, plus other mythological figures and dark and exotic locales on the pages inside. The Illustrated Works is the size and length of a standard comic book. With just twenty-eight pages, it’s a concise companion guide for those who may be curious about the author’s other books, while simultaneously being a breeze to get through.
Download or read book The Fourth Tier written by Penn Fawn and published by Penn Fawn Books. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Tier is the first book of the Underworld series, a spin off from author Penn Fawn's Necropolis dark fantasy novels. For the deceased, the underworld represents a terrifying awakening. It is where men who believe after they die they will sleep in eternal peace go, as opposed to being in a state where they are forever at rest. The fourth tier is the deepest, darkest, most terrifying place in the afterlife where only the most unfortunate souls might be downcast. It is home to the master of sorcery and dark arts, the necromancer, and his alliance of beasts and the undead. This is precisely where our protagonist, Hespatia, and her peers who've fallen from grace find themselves. A desperate struggle to try and find a way out is their fare in this place filled with horror, and abound with curses and danger at every corner that the necromancer instills to keep all who try to escape in line.
Download or read book Tales of the Lance written by Harold Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Imago Sequence written by Laird Barron and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title story of this collection — a devilishly ironic riff on H. P. Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s model” — was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, while “Probiscus” was nominated for an International Horror Guild award and reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 19. In addition to his previously published work, this collection contains an original story.
Download or read book I Strahd written by P. N. Elrod and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy-roman.
Download or read book Freedom of Religion and Belief in Turkey written by Özgür Heval Çınar and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protection of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is one of the most basic tenets of a democratic society. This right is not only crucial for those who believe, but is also so for atheists, agnostics and sceptics who have no religious beliefs. It is also considered a cornerstone of a democratic society and is closely linked to pluralism, tolerance and open-mindedness. Turkey has been involved in an accession process in order to become a full member of the European Union (EU) since 2005. The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi â " AKP), which first formed a government after its election victory of 2002, pledged to introduce reforms and lift prohibitions. Hence, although the AKP has made significant progress towards meeting the political norms required for EU membership in its twelve years in power, there are many outstanding restrictions regarding the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion which remain in place. This book provides an overview of recent developments pertaining to the protection of the right to freedom of religion and belief in Turkey, a country that in its constitution is defined as a democratic and secular state. As it is not feasible to examine all questions in one book, this study will confine itself to the most topical and urgent issues.
Download or read book Turkish Metal written by Pierre Hecker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkish Metal journeys deep into the heart of the Turkish heavy metal scene, uncovering the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Muslim society. The book applies an ethnographic approach in order to study social and cultural change in a Muslim society that is stricken with conflict over the, by turns, religious or secular nature of the state. Turkish Metal explores how Turkish metalheads, against all odds, manage to successfully claim public spaces of their own, thereby transforming the public face of the city. The book raises the question of how and why the young dare to rebel against the prevalent social and moral restrictions in Turkish society; and it examines whether they succeed in asserting their individual freedom in a society that is still well-known for sanctioning any kind of behaviour deviating from the norm. Above all, the book investigates the Turkish metal scene's potential for contesting Islamic concepts of morality, its relevance within the field of female emancipation, and its capacity to foster social relations that cut across national, religious and ethnic boundaries.
Download or read book Metal Rules the Globe written by Jeremy Wallach and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heavy metal might not have been the most likely popular music genre to become global, but it has. This collection brings together cultural studies and pop music accounts of metal around the world, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, Brazil, Malta, Slovenia, China, Japan, Norway, Israel, Easter Island, and more.
Download or read book Deep Magic written by Julian Vayne and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales and techniques of practical occultism From the mysteries of Witchcraft to tales of the Elder Gods, Deep Magick is a journal written during the long dark night of the soul. Comprising a number of essays, some published for the first time in this volume, Deep Magick is the latest instalment in the esoteric oeuvre of occultist and writer Julian Vayne. Bringing together practical how-to information, academic writing, and far reaching metaphysical exploration, this book touches on many different magickal systems. Informed by the experiential approach of Chaos Magick and diving deep into the Mystery as presented through many traditions, this work explores: Psychogeography and Magick Transgressive bodywork Our Vision of the End Times Gender fluidity as spiritual process The collection of the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft Zombies and the New Age movement Buddhism meets Chaos Magick Entheogenic magick, the law and social transformation Mindfulness practice as the still point in the storm of chaos The esoteric metaphysics of Pooh Bear, Tigger and Eeyore ... and much more!
Download or read book Teenage Wasteland written by Donna Gaines and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-04-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help "troubled" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. "A powerful book."—Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Book Review "[Gaines] sheds light on a poorly understood world and raises compelling questions about what society might do to help this alienated group of young people."—Ann Grimes, Washington Post Book World "There is no comparable study of teenage suburban culture . . . and very few ethnographic inquiries written with anything like Gaines's native gusto or her luminous eye for detail."—Andrew Ross, Transition "An outstanding case study. . . . Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions."—Richard Lachman, Contemporary Sociology "The best book on contemporary youth culture."—Rolling Stone
Download or read book Supernormal written by Meg Jay and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Meg Jay takes us into the world of the supernormal: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. Whether it is the loss of a parent to death or divorce; bullying; alcoholism or drug abuse in the home; mental illness in a parent or a sibling; neglect; emotional, physical or sexual abuse; having a parent in jail; or growing up alongside domestic violence, nearly 75% of us experience adversity by the age of 20. But these experiences are often kept secret, as are our courageous battles to overcome them. Drawing on nearly two decades of work with clients and students, Jay tells the tale of ordinary people made extraordinary by these all-too-common experiences, everyday superheroes who have made a life out of dodging bullets and leaping over obstacles, even as they hide in plain sight as doctors, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, parents, activists, teachers, students and readers. She gives a voice to the supernormals among us as they reveal not only "How do they do it?" but also "How does it feel?" These powerful stories, and those of public figures from Andre Agassi to Jay Z, will show supernormals they are not alone but are, in fact, in good company. Marvelously researched and compassionately written, this exceptional book narrates the continuing saga that is resilience as it challenges us to consider whether -- and how -- the good wins out in the end.
Download or read book Kagonesti written by Douglas Niles and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment in a classic Dragonlance series that probes the historical roots and epic struggles of the little-known peoples of Krynn Forests cover Ansalon. Under the legendary Silvanos, the elves of Krynn begin to tame the wilds and raise their crystal cities. But as the Elderwild Kaganos journeys toward a mystical encounter high in the mountains, he knows that, for his tribe, the woodlands must remain their eternal home. As centuries pass and Dragonwars rage, the tribe of Kaganos battles encroaching humans and the minions of the Dark Queen, aided by a potent legacy guided by revered pathfinders . . . Until the wild elves stand upon the brink of the deadliest challenge of all—a challenge that marks a choice between annihilation and survival.
Download or read book Heavy Metal Islam written by Mark LeVine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated reissue of Mark LeVine’s acclaimed, revolutionary book on sub- and countercultural music in the Middle East brings this groundbreaking portrait of the region’s youth cultures to a new generation. Featuring a new preface by the author in conversation with the band The Kominas about the problematic connections between extreme music and Islam. An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-year-old rapper from the Gaza Strip. A young Lebanese singer who quotes Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” Heavy metal, punk, hip-hop, and reggae are each the music of protest, and are considered immoral by many in the Muslim world. As the young people and subcultures featured in Mark LeVine’s Heavy Metal Islam so presciently predicted, this music turned out to be the soundtrack of countercultures, uprisings, and even revolutions from Morocco to Pakistan. In Heavy Metal Islam, originally published in 2008, Mark LeVine explores the influence of Western music on the Middle East and North Africa through interviews with musicians and fans, introducing us to young people struggling to reconcile their religion with a passion for music and a thirst for change. The result is a revealing tour de force of contemporary cultures across the Muslim majority world through the region’s evolving music scenes that only a musician, scholar, and activist with LeVine’s unique breadth of experience could narrate. A New York Times Editor’s Pick when it was first published, Heavy Metal Islam is a surprising, wildly entertaining foray into a historically authoritarian region where music reveals itself to be a true democratizing force—and a groundbreaking work of scholarship that pioneered new forms of research in the region.
Download or read book DragonLance Adventures written by Tracy Hickman and published by Random House Childrens Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the background, characters, magic weapons, and rules connected with this advanced form of Dungeons and Dragons.
Download or read book Goetia Pathworking written by Corwin Hargrove and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magick is easier and safer than many people believe, and pathworking is a method that takes you to the essence of power. There are many ways of working with demons. The spirits of Goetia can bring knowledge, manipulate reality, produce changes within yourself, or attract conditions and events that you desire. This is widely known. Demons are famed for their speed, dignity, and willingness to cooperate with you. What is less well known is that incredibly simple pathworking rituals enable you to make easy contact with these demons safely and reliably. Advantages of The Pathworking Method - No difficult words of power to learn or speak. - Nothing to burn, collect, or make. - No sacrifice, reward, or offering is required. - No sigils need to be drawn, and you only need to look at the sigils in this book. - No angels or divine names are used, which makes the magick feel more reliable for some people. - The method automatically creates the correct state of mind and summons elemental energy. - Pathworking can be performed in complete privacy. - The method is extremely safe and easy to learn. You ask for something, and you get it, without any backlash or payment.You will never have to learn difficult visualisation methods or train in demanding mental techniques. Based on a system of Elemental Imagery, this is a unique way to perform magick. You ask for something, and you get it, without any repercussion or payment. People say you never get something for nothing. Here, you get something because you've performed magick and filled it with your desire. That is enough to get the results you seek, from love and lust, to cursing, influence, illusion, and wealth.
