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Book Hidden City  Haunted City

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  • Author : Peter Leather
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781858584140
  • Pages : 63 pages

Download or read book Hidden City Haunted City written by Peter Leather and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of stories which are based on real events and historical locations in Birmingham, along with an explanation of the history behind them.

Book Hidden City

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  • Author : Alan Baxter
  • Publisher : Gryphonwood Press
  • Release : 2018-02-20
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Hidden City written by Alan Baxter and published by Gryphonwood Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the city suffers, everyone suffers. Steven Hines listened to the city and the city spoke. Cleveport told him she was sick. With his unnatural connection to her, that meant Hines was sick too. But when his friend, Detective Abby Jones, comes to him for help investigating a series of deaths with no discernible cause, Hines can’t say no. Then strange fungal growths begin to appear in the streets, affecting anyone who gets too close, turning them into violent lunatics. As the mayhem escalates and officials start to seal Cleveport off from the rest of the world, Hines knows the trouble has only just begun. Praise for Alan Baxter and Hidden City “Hidden City is a delicious supernatural noir, the song of a city of the lost with both Chandleresque and Lovecraftian undernotes and distant echoes of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden. But it is very much its own thing, razor sharp, dark, compelling, cosmic and strangely touching all at once. Highly recommended.” – William Meikle, author of The Ghost Club “Poisonous fungi? Check. Murderous transformations? Check. Deep-down, bad-to-the bone evil? Check. Good old-fashioned horror? Check. Enter Hidden City at your peril.” - Angela Slatter, World Fantasy award-winning author of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings. “Creepy. Visionary. Catastrophic. Apocalyptic. These are words occurring frequently in discussions of horror. But Alan Baxter’s Hidden City encapsulates them all to an unusually high degree.” – Michael R. Collings

Book Hidden City

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  • Author : J.S. Furlong
  • Publisher : Masterful Person Company Publishing
  • Release : 2020-12-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Hidden City written by J.S. Furlong and published by Masterful Person Company Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher & reader recommended YA series! A must read for fans of Supernatural, The Queen's Gambit and old school Buffy:The Vampire Slayer. Teachers call Hidden City "Engaging," and "Delightful!" Readers say "I couldn't put it down!" Stacy is "A heroine I wish I was friends with," and the story is "A rockin' good time!" Hidden City is addictive modern fantasy at its most enjoyable. Thought-provoking and entertaining with a cast of diverse and honest characters who mix coming of age heart with supernatural action, Hidden City satisfies and "totally delivers!" Furlong is an author to be watched. This debut novel is a suspenseful dip into the supernatural world underlying the reality we see every day. Fresh. compelling and page turning, this book is a gem. SYNOPSIS Stacy Goldman is a garden-variety Jewish girl from New York. Except she's a chess champion. And she doesn't believe in anything she can't prove. Especially monsters. When Stacy moves from NYC to Richmond, Virginia in the wake of 9/11, she enrolls in the academically aggressive St. Ignatius Prep in order to graduate early and get home to New York. At St. Ig's, she falls in with two other outsiders, Finder, the only Black girl and owner of the highest GPA in school and her white boyfriend, Tully, a vegetarian fencer and rugby star with a secret even Finder doesn’t know. After Stacy interrupts a strange attack outside a diner, Finder & Tully reveal Richmond’s biggest secret - the city is home to a supernatural subculture run by a monster as old as the city itself. Ruled by logic and strategy, but having seen something she can’t explain, Stacy struggles with what is real and what is not, including her own faith. When an alleged supernatural creature comes to Stacy needing help to defend himself and his children from the city's cruel and manipulative vampire leader, she employs her undeniable chess prowess and must discover her own untapped belief in the unimaginable to save not only his life but those of herself and her friends.

Book The Hidden City

Download or read book The Hidden City written by Walter Hugh McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hidden City

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  • Author : Karl Whitney
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2014-09-04
  • ISBN : 1844883132
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book Hidden City written by Karl Whitney and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Whitney's Hidden City: a brilliant portrait of Dublin Dublin is a city much visited and deeply mythologized. In Hidden City, Karl Whitney - who has been described by Gorse as 'Dublin's best psychogeographer since James Joyce' - explores the places the city's denizens and tourists easily overlook. Whitney finds hidden places and untold stories in underground rivers of the Liberties, on the derelict sites once earmarked for skyscrapers in Ballsbridge, in the twenty Dublin homes once inhabited by Joyce, and on the beach at Loughshinny, where he watches raw sewage being pumped into the shallows of the Irish Sea. Hidden City shows us a Dublin - or a collection of Dublins - that we've never seen before, a city hiding in plain sight. 'Ingenious and affectionate ... It would be great then if the Americans and the Germans who come to Dublin in large numbers, and claim to love the city, had Whitney's book in hand rather than, say, Ulysses, or some official guide book' Colm Tóibín, Guardian 'Marvellous ... The author's eye for observation is second to none ... Hidden City is a necessary corrective to a heritage-influenced view of the past and present: for Whitney reminds us that all our environments are human - created for and maintained by us, for good and ill' Daily Telegraph 'This captivating urban tale has soul, scholarship and insights aplenty' Sunday Times 'Warm, charming, sharp and informative, this brilliant book is an indispensable guide to contemporary Dublin' Sunday Business Post 'Oh, how the capital has cried out for a book like this ... a fascinating travelogue that will make you look at Dublin with fresh eyes' Irish Independent

Book Secret Kansas City  A Guide to the Weird  Wonderful  and Obscure

Download or read book Secret Kansas City A Guide to the Weird Wonderful and Obscure written by Anne Kniggendorf and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most visitors know all about Kansas City’s barbecue, jazz, and football success, but there are hidden gems and wild pieces of trivia around every turn in Missouri’s largest city. Is the giant Hereford bull anatomically correct? Can a seed that’s been to outer space still grow into a normal tree? And who really killed President William Henry Harrison? You’ll find answers to the questions you didn’t know you had in Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Learn why three completely unrelated groups have chosen Kansas City as the center of the world and the place you want to be when the world ends. Between these covers, you’ll also find castles, a horse buried in a cul-de-sac, a ghost who likes a good laugh, and the world’s longest snake. This is not a tour guide for outsiders; it’s a scavenger hunt—insiders only, please. Longtime Kansas Citian Anne Kniggendorf is at your service to bolster your love and boost your respect for this middle-of-the-map city. With her eye for the odd leading the way, you’ll have a great time discovering Kansas City.

Book Lost City Shifters  Rebellion

Download or read book Lost City Shifters Rebellion written by Eleri Stone and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book three of Lost City Shifters Cole Brandt is a wolf shifter, sent by his pack to the Amazon jungle to negotiate a treaty. He's unaware that the kingdom of jaguar shifters he's meant to meet with has split—and Cole's suspicion that jaguars are selfish and deceitful is confirmed when he's seized by the rebel faction. Taya Silveira, a jaguar shifter and fierce warrior loyal to the king, resents being assigned Cole's rescue. She doesn't approve of his pack's involvement in her jungle—to her, wolves are greedy, weak creatures who will exploit the resources the Yaguara protect. Struggling against centuries of ill will and prejudice, Cole and Taya must work together to prevent a devastating civil war. They can't deny their physical attraction—with the heightened senses of shifters, their desires are plain. But if they give in to passion, they may be forced to choose between staying with their tribes, or staying together. 58,000 words

Book The Hidden City

Download or read book The Hidden City written by Philip Gibbs and published by Doubleday, Doran & Gundy. This book was released on 1930 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scooby Doo  and the Ruins of Machu Picchu

Download or read book Scooby Doo and the Ruins of Machu Picchu written by Mark Weakland and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruh-roh! A haunted howling is coming from the ruins of Machu Picchu. It's up to Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc. to solve the case. Readers join the gang as they explore the ancient ruins, learn about the Incas who called this city home, and use the clues to silence this mystery once and for all!

Book Hidden City of Alchemy

Download or read book Hidden City of Alchemy written by Melissa H Coleman and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden City of Alchemy is a Steampunk adventure injected with just the right amount of science fiction, romance, and historical fiction, to keep the reader on their toes. A smart and brave heroine with a love for inventing discovers a dangerous family secret in a diary after her mother is kidnapped by German spies. Lizzie must leave London and travel to France while learning the shocking truth about her ancestor and about a chemical which could destroy the world, if it should fall into the wrong hands. AU UPDATE 2.28.2020: “An exciting ride through a steampunk world filled with adventure. Surprises around every corner!” - Madolyn Locke, award-winning author of ‘The Quilt’ Stand-alone steampunk tale from Melissa Coleman 5-star readers favourite award-winning author of A Confabulated Compendium of Anecdotes and The Halfling. Young English woman, Elizabeth Peters has a ski-sloped nose, a hereditary defect from her father’s side. But what is distinguishable about her is her intelligence. She’d rather spend her time inventing gadgets, redesigning engineering contraptions and doing word puzzles than becoming a respectable housewife as her mother wishes. Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down one evening when she arrives home to find the house has been ransacked and her mother missing from her basement workshop – presumably kidnapped by German spies. After sifting through the wreckage, she discovers a dangerous family secret in a peculiar-looking cryptic diary, a strange talking ring and a French man - Albert Bourdillon. Lizzie must leave London and travel to France while learning the shocking truth about the owner of the diary and about a chemical which could destroy the world, if it should fall into the wrong hands. A chemical threat so lethal it could destroy herself, the people she loves and the world. Hidden City of Alchemy is a Steampunk adventure injected with just the right amount of science fiction, romance, and historical fiction, to keep the reader on their toes.

Book The Hidden City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michelle West
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2009-03-03
  • ISBN : 9780756405403
  • Pages : 772 pages

Download or read book The Hidden City written by Michelle West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay, a young orphan, is rescued from the streets by the mysterious Rath, but when the demons that once nearly destroyed the Essalieyan Empire begin to stir again, Rath and Jay find themselves the target of these dangerous beings. Reprint.

Book The Hidden City

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  • Author : Robert Smith
  • Publisher : John Donald Publishers
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book The Hidden City written by Robert Smith and published by John Donald Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text describes two types of Aberdeen - a community crowded with buildings and ravaged by disease and poverty, compared with the new Aberdeen of today. This book also describes how the newspaper industry was established in Aberdeen, giving a glimpse of a newspaper at work.

Book Haunted Places

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  • Author : Dennis William Hauck
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2002-08-27
  • ISBN : 1440673225
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book Haunted Places written by Dennis William Hauck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-08-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost every town in America there are places where strange things happen. The perfect companion to The International Directory of Haunted Places, this revised and updated edition of Haunted Places is both a fascinating and unusual travel guide as well as an indispensable casebook for those interested in the paranormal. From buildings and parks believed to have resident ghosts and poltergeists to areas where Bigfoot or UFO sightings are most frequently reported, Haunted Places will lead you to more than 2,000 sites of paranormal activity across the United States. Organized alphabetically by state, each entry is referenced to an extensive bibliography of sources-with descriptions, addresses, phone numbers, Web sites, and travel directions provided for all locations.

Book Secret City

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  • Author : James Kirchick
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
  • Release : 2022-05-31
  • ISBN : 1627792333
  • Pages : 607 pages

Download or read book Secret City written by James Kirchick and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 Named one of Vanity Fair's “Best Books of 2022” “Not since Robert Caro’s Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of history. Secret City is not gay history. It is American history.” —George Stephanopoulos Washington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick’s Secret City. For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of the Cold War, fear of homosexuality became intertwined with the growing threat of international communism, leading to a purge of gay men and lesbians from the federal government. In the fevered atmosphere of political Washington, the secret “too loathsome to mention” held enormous, terrifying power. Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, interviews with over one hundred people, and material unearthed from presidential libraries and archives around the country, Secret City is a chronicle of American politics like no other. Beginning with the tragic story of Sumner Welles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s brilliant diplomatic advisor and the man at the center of “the greatest national scandal since the existence of the United States,” James Kirchick illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through the end of the twentieth century. Cultural and political anxiety over gay people sparked a decades-long witch hunt, impacting everything from the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI to the ascent of Joseph McCarthy, the struggle for Black civil rights, and the rise of the conservative movement. Among other revelations, Kirchick tells of the World War II–era gay spymaster who pioneered seduction as a tool of American espionage, the devoted aide whom Lyndon Johnson treated as a son yet abandoned once his homosexuality was discovered, and how allegations of a “homosexual ring” controlling Ronald Reagan nearly derailed his 1980 election victory. Magisterial in scope and intimate in detail, Secret City will forever transform our understanding of American history.

Book The Lost City of Z

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  • Author : David Grann
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2010-01-26
  • ISBN : 1400078458
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book The Lost City of Z written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Suspenseful…rollicking.” —The New York Times In 1925, Percy Fawcett went into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!

Book The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

Download or read book The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry written by John Paul Webster and published by Landmarks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join author J.P. Webster as he explores the fascinating and complex history of the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry. The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporated into the city, and the Philadelphia Hospital dubbed its new venture Byberry City Farms. From the start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity--many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society.

Book The Hidden City

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Eddings
  • Publisher : Collins
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780002243247
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book The Hidden City written by David Eddings and published by Collins. This book was released on 1995 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: