Download or read book The Wanderer in Unknown Realms written by John Connolly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Books alter men, and men, in their turn, alter worlds.” Soter is a man who has been haunted by World War I. But when he’s sent to investigate the disappearance of Lionel Maudling, the owner of a grand country house whose heir may be accused for his death, he encounters a home that will lead him to nightmares he could have never imagined. Maudling’s estate houses countless books of every sort—histories, dramas, scientific treatises. But none seems to offer Soter any hint to Maudling’s whereabouts, until he’s led to an arcane London bookseller where the reclusive scholar made his last purchase. What Soter finds at the end of a twisted maze of clues is a book like no other, with a legacy that will put everything he knows in danger… An inventive horror novella from internationally bestselling author John Connolly, this is a story of madness, of obsession, and of books’ power to change the world.

Download or read book Defender of the Realm written by Mark Huckerby and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years the United Kingdom has been protected by a mysterious guardian known as the Defender. Part myth, part superhero, few truly believed the Defender existed... until now. Alfie thinks he knows his destiny. As Prince Alfred, heir to the throne of Great Britain, he's fated to become the most disappointing king in the nation's history. Alfie longs for a way to prove himself, but little does he realize that with the throne of England comes an ancient secret. He who wears the crown must protect the country as the legendary hero -- the Defender of the Realm.Hayley is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. She certainly never believed in the mysterious superhero, the Defender. Then, after witnessing a very public battle at the Tower of London, everything is different, and Hayley is left with no doubt. The Defender is real.Two kids with two very different lives are about to get caught up in a centuries-long battle for the fate of a nation. Monsters and criminals, villains and dragons, together Hayley and Alfie must protect their home at all costs.

Download or read book Realm of Unknowing written by Mark Rudman and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful meditations on the nature and limits of human understanding.

Download or read book The Unknown Realm written by Prashant Wason and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Sam led a busy and mundane life. Between managing a part-time job and school simultaneously, his passion for football was his only solace. He had only a couple of friends to call his own, unsure of where his family was. His life was torn asunder after he started hearing a mysterious voice and befriended a new girl at school, Elizabeth Swift. He learned the truth about the voice within him. It was his soul: Frazen, who was speaking to him. Now, he and his friends must make a perilous journey to the most desolate place in the world to release Frazen and others into another dimension: a magical world where they belonged, one where a war has been raging for a century, guided by an ancient prophecy. Driven suddenly into the heat of battle, fumbling between legends and myths from the past and unearthing deep secrets about himself and his family, can Frazen end the war? Can he restore order and find peace before a wicked veil covers Sam?s material world?

Download or read book The Philokalia Vol 5 written by G.E.H. Palmer and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philokalia is a foundational collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible in the recent history of the Orthodox Church, and it continues to be read more and more widely. Only a selection of texts from The Philokalia has hitherto been available in English. This is the first complete translation into English from the original Greek in five volumes, the first of which was published by Faber in 1979. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how we may develop our inner powers and awake from illusion; how we may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how we may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God. As in the first four volumes, the editors have provided introductory notes to each of the writers, a glossary of key terms and a detailed index.

Download or read book A Realm of Unknown written by K. M. McIntyre and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is stalking Thea Sotiris.And it doesn't belong in Chicago.Twenty-eight year old Thea may not have a strong connection to her family lineage, but when monstrous creatures and strange voices plague her dreams, she can't help but wonder if she is going crazy. Just like her mother did.But when Matthew, a homeless man with a past more clouded than her own enters her life, he not only believes her dreams, but he can see the very creatures that hunt her. To find the answers Thea seeks, they must embark on a journey together, which entangles their futures more than either one of them can predict. As they draw closer to their answers, they find that the most logical explanation for all of it is the scariest.That Thea isn't from Chicago . . . or Earth.That Thea isn't human at all.This is the first book in the multi-book series, A Child of Light."A beautiful love story involving an imaginative and magical realm. The book pulls you in from the beginning. Thea is destined for greatness!" - Liz Dulac, Advanced Reader"Meet Thea, the independent, sassy and hard working protagonist who stands up for herself and for others without a second thought. Thea's used to being on her own and handling what comes her way, but when she starts seeing creatures that are not of this world, she begins questioning her own sanity. That is, until she meets a mysterious stranger who not only believes her, but knows exactly what she's seeing. She forms a fast and furious bond with this mystery man who she dubs "Matthew", and the two decide to figure out exactly why and how these beings from another realm came to be here.I really enjoyed this book! I absolutely could not put it down and I devoured it in one sitting. Though I started off loving Thea, I was not her biggest fan by the end of the book. I loved how tenacious and outspoken she was, but it goes to show that sometimes our strengths can be our weaknesses as well. A loud mouth can be a wonderful thing at the right time and place, but Thea has yet to master the art of knowing when and where to spout off. With that being said, I loved her connection with "Matthew". Well, I loved Matthew. He was all of my celebrity crushes jammed into one massive package and I was thrilled! As soon as we were introduced to him, it was game over for me and I knew I was pulling an all-nighter. I loved unraveling themysteries with these characters and I am very excited to see where the next installment in the series takes us!" - Lindsay Hall, Advanced Reader

Download or read book The Cloud of Unknowing written by Anonymous and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide on contemplative prayer in the late Middle Ages. The underlying message of this work suggests that the way to know God is to abandon consideration of God's particular activities and attributes, and be courageous enough to surrender one's mind and ego to the realm of "unknowing", at which point one may begin to glimpse the nature of God.

Download or read book The Realm of the Impossible written by John Pugmire and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...a landmark anthology, which establishes that the crafting of brilliant short impossible crime fiction is not an exclusively Anglo-American endeavor."Publishers Weekly (Starred review) Here is a groundbreaking collection of 26 impossible crime stories from over 20 countries, demonstrating the global reach of this most fiendishly ingenious tale. Several stories appear here for the first time, many have never been anthologized, and a few classics are included. Also included are 12 short anecdotes of real-life impossibilities: How can a man locked in his room without alcohol get drunk every night? How can heavy stone coffins in a sealed crypt be moved? How can hundreds of rare French books be stolen from an ancient library? These are just a few of the actual impossibilities that are explained in The Realm of the Impossible. In his Foreword, Otto Penzler writes: "The range of authors collected in this surprising and welcome volume, and the diversity of their backgrounds, is a tribute to the detective skills of the editors, who have somehow unearthed a cornucopia of virtually unknown stories that deserve the attention they will now receive. It is... well... impossible to applaud loudly enough..."John Pugmire is the publisher of Locked Room International, whose books have appeared in Washington Post and Publishers Weekly "Best of" lists for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Brian Skupin is the co-publisher of Mystery Scene Magazine, for which he has won the Mystery Writers of America Ellery Queen Award, the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic, and the Anthony award from Bouchercon.

Download or read book Riders of the Realm Across the Dark Water written by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in an exciting, action-packed trilogy—from the imagination of Guardian Herd series author Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Perfect for fans of Lisa McMann’s Going Wild, Brandon Mull’s Wild Born, or Erin Hunter’s Warriors series. Twelve-year-old Rahkki is a stable groom for the Riders in the Sandwen army, who must battle deadly spit dragons and hordes of warring giants. The Sandwens believe they have tamed all the wild pegasi in the lush jungles of the Realm and turned them into flying warhorses. But when a herd of wild steeds flies over their village, Rahkki and his clanmates are stunned. Meanwhile, a small herd of pegasi have journeyed across a treacherous ocean to settle in a new, and free, land. Led by Echofrost and Hazelwind, the Storm Herd steeds are unaware of the Sandwen clan. But when the unthinkable happens, Echofrost and the rest of Storm Herd will have to come to trust the Sandwens, or both may not survive.

Download or read book The Realm of Rights written by Judith Jarvis Thomson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomson provides a systematic theory of human and social rights, elucidating what in general makes an attribution of a right true. This is a major effort to provide a stable foundation for the deeply held belief that we are not mere cogs in a communal machine, but are instead individuals whose private interests are entitled to respect.

Download or read book Draw and Paint Realm of Faerie written by Ed Org and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2009-09-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the enchanting realm of faerie with this visual guide to drawing and paint-ing fantastical worlds, featuring step-by-step instructions. The realm of faerie is ancient and infinite, limited only by imagination and peoples by beings as mysterious and beautiful as the mind can conjure. Here, renowned artist Ed Org envelops you into the supernatural world with a wealth of magical imagery, displaying intricately detailed line and colour work and subtle shading techniques that are made accessible and achievable for artists of all ages and abilities. Celebrating the limitless nature of legend and folklore, fairytale and myth, Ed’s stunning portfo-lio will inspire you to embrace the farthest reaches of your imagination to create your own faerie artwork.

Download or read book The Cloud of Unknowing written by William Johnston and published by Image. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING and THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING are the first explorations in the English language of the soul’s quest for God. Written in Middle English by an unknown fourteenth-century mystic, THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING expresses with beauty a message that has inspired such great religious thinkers as St. John of the Cross and Teilhard de Chardin, as well as countless others in search of God. Offering a practical guide to the life of contemplation, the author explains that ordinary thoughts and earthly concepts must be buried beneath a “cloud of forgetting,” while our love must rise toward a God hidden in the “cloud of unknowing.” THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING, also included in this volume, is a short and moving text on the way to enlightenment through a total loss of self and a consciousness only of the divine. William Johnston, an authority on fourteenth-century mysticism and spirituality, provides an accessible discussion of the works, detailing what is known about the history of the texts and their author. In a new foreword, Huston Smith draws on his extensive knowledge of the varieties of religious experience to illuminate the relevance of these works for contemporary readers.

Download or read book Balancing the Dream written by Elizabeth Pérez Robertson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close the door. Leave all your possessions behind. Embark onto uncharted waters. Arrive to a new land that embraces you with open arms. Face your new reality. Learn a new language. Roll up your sleeves and start over. Welcome! Who are you now? Global instability has existed throughout history, bringing with it unforeseen circumstances. Through this autoethnography, the author brings to life her own experiences growing up with two cultural identities. The story is told through a series of family photographs and familial anecdotes. It explores intergenerational influences that shaped her approach in aspects of her personal as well as professional life as an educator. The reader comes along on the journey as each chapter provides a voice to the discourse. The author attempts to shape an identity within her hybrid existence. Hoping not to lose the best of her two worlds, she chooses instead to endure the struggle to balance them. Although revealed through the words of a first generation Cuban American, the narration serves to stir, within the reader, the inquiries and memories of all that have the desire to look deeper into their own identity.

Download or read book The Cloud of Unknowing written by Thomas H. Cook and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “gripping” mystery revolving around a family tragedy, and a woman who may or may not be descending into madness, by the Edgar Award–winning author (Entertainment Weekly). David Sears grew up terrorized by the ravings of his schizophrenic father, a frustrated literary genius who openly preferred David’s sister, Diana, for her superior intelligence. When the old man died, David thought the madness had finally left with him. But the Sears family was not through with its troubles. The drowning of Diana’s mentally ill son was ruled a tragic “misadventure,” but she believes other factors were at play. After hastily divorcing her husband, she sets out to prove his guilt. Her increasingly manic behavior is becoming hard for David to ignore. He finds himself afraid for his own family’s safety—and must choose his words carefully when answering the detective . . . Thomas H. Cook explores the power of blood to define us, bind us, and sometimes destroy us, in a novel of “consuming suspense almost too concentrated to bear” (Daily News, New York). “So spare and precise, it feels as if it has been chiseled in stone with something like a surgical instrument.” —Joyce Carol Oates “What’s at stake isn’t so much the resolution of a mystery as the integrity of a family.” —Time Out New York “[An] unusual, chilling mystery . . . Cook reveals all the pieces of the shocking story with an absolutely steady hand.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Download or read book Realm of the Banished written by Jennifer M Waldrop and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the onset of her training, they'd all but anointed Vera the Chosen One. Their hero who would retrieve the ancient relic capable of ending their banishment and returning the Skyborne to their beloved home realm, Idia. Yet, ten years later, she never fully developed what they'd convinced her of. She had only a hairsbreadth more than the Common Power. They'd expected more from her. If she had failed, it didn't matter. To them she was a tool. They deemed her expendable, but Vera's know-how and prowess proved undefeatable. Now free from the confines of a life shrouded with secrets and those whose only goal is to use her; she faces a new challenge. But this time, the consequences are far more lethal. Something is awry in the Realm of the Banished. Unrest permeates the territories. Regent Karish's handsome son is out for revenge after discovering Vera's betrayal. The ember is missing, and a new enemy is breeding an aerial army of creatures capable of blocking the Skyborne from their source of power. With skepticism clouding her vision, she is torn between accepting her fate and losing the freedom she fought so valiantly to attain. Her unexpected tie to this ancient and powerful relic catapults her down a path she never believed in and will force her to reveal long-hidden truths and prove to herself that she can achieve the impossible. Find out what happens in Realm of the Banished, a captivating new adult fantasy adventure! Content/Trigger Warning: Includes strong language, physical violence, consensual sex, and sexual assault.

Download or read book Journeys to the Underworld and Heavenly Realm in Ancient and Medieval Literature written by John C. Stephens and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  Concepts of heaven and hell are among the oldest, most widespread religious beliefs in history. In Western literature, they are frequently embedded in stories of underworld explorations and celestial journeys—stories examining the nature of the universe, life on earth and the existence of the gods. The author analyzes tales of wonder in both ancient and medieval European literature. Other-worldly narratives appeared in literary contexts in the ancient world, including mythology, poetry and philosophical writings. In medieval times, they remained a popular form of literary expression. These stories are primarily religious in nature, describing fantastic worlds filled with miracles and supernatural beings.

Download or read book Journey to the Imaginal Realm A Reader s Guide to J R R Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings written by Becca Tarnas and published by Nuralogicals. This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader's guide to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings offers a journey into the world of Middle-earth, exploring the grand themes and hidden nuances of Tolkien's epic story, connecting The Lord of the Rings to the larger mythology of Middle-earth, and situating Tolkien's process of writing within his own powerful experiences of the imaginal realm. The Lord of the Rings has been a beloved story to several generations since its publication in the mid-1950s. The story has a timeless quality to it, and engages with a complex struggle between good and evil, death and immortality, power and freedom. The Lord of the Rings is a book treated by many as a sacred text, one to be returned to year after year, or read aloud with loved ones. The Lord of the Rings has become a myth for our time. Journey to the Imaginal Realm guides the reader through each chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's magnum opus, drawing attention to the subtle details, recalling moments of foreshadowing, and illuminating underlying patterns and narrative threads throughout the story. The close reading of the text is paired with relevant biographical information from Tolkien's life, including the loss of both his parents at a young age, the central role of friendship in his life, his participation in the First World War, and his exquisite romance with his wife Edith. Tolkien was a lover of language and a philologist by profession, and his invented languages form the heart of his tales. In some of his letters, Tolkien described his process of writing as one of discovery, in which he waited to find out "what really happened," feeling as though he was "recording what was already 'there, ' somewhere." This reader's guide seeks to understand the imaginal experiences Tolkien may have encountered that led to the writing of his stories. The guide explores Tolkien's theory of sub-creation, the immersive experience of Faërian Dramas, and most importantly, his notion of the realm of Faërie. Journey to the Imaginal Realm is a celebration of Tolkien's work, and an inquiry into the profound nature of imagination, which is capable of bringing forth a world as vast as Middle-earth.