Download or read book Scared Witless written by Mitch Weiss and published by august house. This book was released on 2006 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of folktales, primarily from the United States, as well as one adaptation and two original stories, each followed by tips for novice storytellers.
Download or read book The Most Frightening Story Ever Told written by Philip Kerr and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roald Dahl meets R. L. Stine in this spine-tingling and hilarious tale from a bestselling author! Billy Shivers doesn’t have a lot of excitement in his life. He prefers to spend his days reading alone in the Hitchcock Public Library. So it is a bit out of character when he finds himself drawn to the Haunted House of Books, and a competition daring readers to survive an entire night spent inside. The Haunted House of Books is a cross between a bookstore and a booby trap. It’s a creaky old mansion full of dark hallways and things that go bump in the night, and the store’s ill-tempered owner, Mr. Rapscallion, only adds to the mystery. But the frights of the store itself are nothing compared to the stories it holds. These stories are so ghastly, so terrifying, so shocking that once you’ve read them, you’ll never be the same. Does Billy dare begin? Do you? “Not for the faint of heart, oscillating between spooky and mysterious, this will appeal to readers looking for a fright.” —School Library Journal
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Unexplained Phenomena written by Roy Bainton and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New mysteries, as well as variations on recurring ones, continue to surface on a weekly basis around the globe, from showers of frogs over Hungary to birds falling to earth in Arkansas. This compendious round-up of unexplained phenomena examines everything from the experiments being done with the Large Hadron Collider to classic maritime mysteries involving inexplicably missing crews, via UFOs, mediums, cryptozoology, panics, paranoia and a universe proving stranger in fact than we'd imagined.
Download or read book The Big Peace written by Suzy Greaves and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2009-09-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would life be like if you could wallow in self-acceptance on a daily basis? What would it be like if you really believed that there was nothing wrong with you and that you were good enough just the way you are? What would it be like if you worked with what you’ve got right now versus putting your happiness on hold until you are thinner or richer or more successful? What if you could choose a more soothing soundtrack for life? Can you imagine a life like that? Welcome to the Big Peace – the dynamic, creative place to life – where you can take it easy, be happy and achieve your dreams. This book will show you how.
Download or read book Murder Most Graphic written by AnnieMae Robertson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-11-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Georgie Anderson arrives at work at Halmeth Corporation she discovers her boss brutally murdered at his desk. Because of the friction that had built up between them during the prior year, Georgie realizes she could become a major suspect. When this is confirmed by the police lieutenant, the Halmenth Chief of Security, Michelangelo Deegan, comes to her rescue. They work together to learn the actual location and nature of the killing as well as the reasons behind it. Their collaboration begins with a frightening hunt through the darkened tunnels below the corporate compound in an unsuccessful effort to prevent a second murder. Georgie and Michelangelo are brought closer together as they dig for a solution to the puzzle before they too become victims of the ruthless killer.
Download or read book Rose Cottage written by Mary Stewart and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first class' Daily Mail Summer, 1947. Kate Herrick, widowed in the war, returns to Rose Cottage, her childhood home, to retrieve a few family papers before the house is sold. But Rose Cottage is not the idyllic paradise she remembers from her childhood. The papers themselves are missing, and neighbours tell stories of night-time prowlers. Kate discovers that the long shadow of an old secret lies over the house, and in bringing Rose Cottage into the light she will finally be forced to confront the truth of her own past. Beyond the weedy garden with its riot of rose bushes, nothing had changed. The beck, wide here and quiet, slid past below the bridge. Willows and wild roses, cuckoo pint and king cups, and a wood pigeon crooning in the elms. And someone crossing the bridge to approach the garden gate. Someone I knew well... Mary Stewart's last novel, Rose Cottage is a classic of her writing. Featuring a sparky heroine, an exceptional eye for detail, romance, intrigue and the gentle promise of a bright future, Rose Cottage is a must-read for all fans... and everyone who loves a good story beautifully told. 'There are few to equal Mary Stewart' Daily Telegraph 'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors' Harriet Evans
Download or read book Dance Dance Dance written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.
Download or read book Contract marriage His Sweet Wife and Cutest Twin Babies written by Bai HuaHua and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her parents had both died in an accident, she had to sign an agreement with him to save her family's company. It was stated in the agreement that he would save her company on the condition that she would allow him to do whatever he wanted with her. Just because she resembled the woman he had once loved, he had toyed with her a million times and tortured her in every possible way. He humiliated her in front of others and then abandoned her. She had loved him, but had suffered. It wasn't until the agreement expires that she finally ran away from him. By the time she left, she was already pregnant. A few years later, she brought her adorable child back and became strong and cold-blooded. When they met again, he doted on her so much ... ***
Download or read book Brujer as written by Nasario García and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of bilingual oral stories (Spanish/English) of witchcraft and the supernatural (including tales of sorcerers; witches; La Llorona, the vanishing hitchhiker; and apparitions) from old-timers and young people whose ages range from ninety-eight to seventeen and who live in Latin America and the American Southwest"--From the publisher.
Download or read book The Warrior s Apprentice written by Lois McMaster Bujold and published by Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After failing entry to the Barrayaran Military Academy, Miles Vorkosigan chances on an obsolete jumpship with a rebellious pilot and arranges to take over the ship. Events escalate wildly from there, and soon Miles reinvents himself as Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet. “The pace is breathless, the characterizations thoughtful and emotionally powerful… Highly recommended,” writes Booklist. "Bujold's first book SHARDS OF HONOR was called 'possibly the best first novel of the year' by the Chicago Sun Times. THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE is even better." - Fantasy Review "The action is fast, furious and delicious... Best of all, Bujold achieves a fine balance of comedy with intelligence, heroics with loss, so THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE goes far beyond simple entertainment." - Locus Magazine "The pace is breathless, the characterization thoughtful and emotionally powerful, and the author's narrative technique and command of language compelling. Highly recommended." - Booklist “Bujold continues to prove what marvels genius can create out of basic space operatics.” - Library Journal “Bujold is not just a master of plot, she is a master of emotion.” - SF Site “Bujold is one of the best writers of SF adventure to come along in years.” - Locus Magazine “A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.” - Rave Reviews “Bujold has a gift, nearly unique in science fiction, for the comedy of manners.” - Chicago Sun Times “Superb far-future saga.” - Publishers Weekly on the 'Vorkosigan' series Bujold's "work remains among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF." - Publishers Weekly Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series. In 2020, Bujold received the Damon Knight Grand Master Memorial Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. www.dendarii.com
Download or read book The Feng Shui of Abundance written by Suzan Hilton and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money is more than a bank balance; it’s a reflection of the overall abundance in your life. Now, a CPA and feng shui practitioner presents an unusual and valuable application of the ancient Eastern tradition of feng shui. Delving into all of the life forces that affect financial health, The Feng Shui of Abundance is not just a monetary makeover; it is a whole-being program whose benefits include: • Locating the wealth area of your office or home • Dislodging clogged energy in your career • Drawing on the five currents of the “River of Gold” to address debt, personal spending, and your own potential for abundance • Creating a financial plan that speaks to your dreams and desires A liberating book for those who feel financially “trapped,” and for anyone who wants to achieve his or her potential, The Feng Shui of Abundance incorporates all three feng shui aspects—wind, water, and energy—unleashing the forces that control true wealth, creating clearer harmony between your money, goals, and dreams. This is the perfect handbook for anyone seeking genuine peace of mind as well as financial prosperity.
Download or read book When Peacocks Dance written by Vasanthi Victor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these stories there is an interweaving of the past and the present while the main characters -women are seemingly engaged in some ordinary pursuit of daily life. As in The Long Journey where Kamala is traveling by rail, or in the case of Nirmala in The Corner Laundromat, Asha waiting to pick up her child outside school in Blessing From Above, Uma commuting to work in Silicon Valley in Suburban Mona Lisa; the small betrayals or infidelities in their lives, whether real or imagined, and their effort in surmounting these form the main theme of this collection. The stories are short and precise and written in a compelling narrative voice that draws the reader in. There are no boundaries here, whether it be the U.S. or India, they all celebrate women's lives-their trials and tribulations and the heartfelt messages of soul and survival. "Vasanthi Victor's stories are infused with tastes and textures of India. Her ability to transform the mundane and ordinary with her words drew me into her stories and I stayed with her characters through their sorrows, their dreams and their victories." -Amulya Malladi, author of A Breath of Fresh Air and The Mango Season "The surprises emerge when we realize the skill with which she is able to portray the wide range of characters in her stories short and precise and the narrative voice is fascinating These are the kinds of stories that may become the stitches that keep our lives seamed together." -from the foreword by Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, author of The Braided Tongue, editor of Living In America and other anthologies
Download or read book Lin and the Red Stranger written by Ken Catran and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant young adult novel set in the goldfields of Otago during the 1860s goldrush. The story by an award-wining YA writer follows the lives of two young people, both very different, drawn to the goldfields for the same reason - they all hope to strike it rich. One of the main characters is a young Chinese girl, and the other a European boy. As well as being a plot-driven story, this book examines the cultural differences between these two. This provides interesting discussion points for New Zealand society today, where we still grapple with many of these same cultural problems. It shows how people are shaped by struggle and adversity and how the goldfields shaped our society in the nineteenth century, changing people who then went on to change their world.
Download or read book Blessed Are the Merciful written by Joyce Shaughnessy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine hours after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attack the Philippines, starting a war against the United States that was to last four years. Elton and Susan have fallen in love and there is no escape from the Japanese. The soldiers fi ght desperately for six months on the Bataan Peninsula, with the Army nurses at their side, rendering aid when possible. Finally, dying of starvation and disease, the Army discovers that the United States cannot send any supplies or men to fi ght the Japanese because they are committed to the European campaign fi rst. The Army ultimately must surrender. Elton is forced to walk the Death March and to witness horrifying atrocities during the rest of the war at Camp ODonnell, Cabanatuan, and on the Hell Ships, where Americans are murdered by Japanese cruelty and neglect. Susan is interred at Santo Tomas and secretly aids the Filipino Guerilla movement. Following his escape from a Hell Ship, Elton becomes involved with the Sixth Army Rangers when they free Cabanatuan Prison Camp behind Japanese lines.
Download or read book Last Rites written by Eddie Newton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-05-23 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chester Mudd had called Fable, Texas his home for nearly three decades when the old woman mysteriously showed up one morning, walking her dog. He'd become used to this predictable little town where everyone knew just about everyone else. But his next door neighbor didn't have the first notion who this newcomer was. Neither did his girlfriend. No one seemed to have any idea where this old woman came from or who she was. It was Chester Mudd's riddle. He watched her for one long week. She walked the dog every morning at precisely noon. She walked around the block exactly two times. Every day it took her exactly one half of an hour. This pattern never varied. Until now. Until today. Chester Mudd met the old woman outside on the sidewalk that passed by his front porch. "I am wondering why you are here?" Chester asked the old woman. "What else do you do when you've been dead for thirty years?" she replied. Dead. A ghost. Right here in Fable. Right here in his own home. "What is it like being dead?" The old woman grinned sadly, understanding more already about Fable in one week than Chester had figured out in years. "You tell me," she answered. "I just got here." Life is short. So are these thirteen tales. So read the Last Rites, and get on with the rest of your days.
Download or read book Words of Venom written by Hannah Polanco and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sable has been cursed. Now every time she says a cruel word, which occurs all too often, spiders and snakes appear. Pennahs curse is slightly different: every kind word she speaks produces a precious stone. All Sable wants to do is protect her little sister, but when a curious man appears in town and kidnaps Pennah for the gems, Sables job becomes much more difficult. With the help of a dark-skinned thief out for Pennahs jewels as well, Sable goes headlong into the Black Forest, a PLACE full of deadly fairy-tale creatures. Meanwhile, Pennah discovers that she is not the only captive in her castle prison. As she unravels the mystery behind her kidnapper, she begins to understand what it means to be a part of the magical Black Forest. What if, for the first time in her life, Sable cant save her? Will Pennah be able to save herself?
Download or read book Switch III Queen of the Damnedest written by Ardie Stallard and published by Pink Flamingo Media. This book was released on with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few years have been a wild ride for Felicia. As a high school senior back home she’d been head cheerleader, the football team’s quarterback’s sweetheart, and the school’s Homecoming Queen. Then she broke a school rule by kissing her boyfriend in public at the Homecoming ceremony. He abandoned her for being “bad luck,” the Principal paddled her for the kiss, and she was condemned by her home town because the Associated Press and the Internet spread her story across the world and made the entire town look foolish. Selfexiled from home to Memphis, she supported herself through much of her college career as a Dominatrix. Finally, she met a man she sensed she wanted to submit to. They fell in love, married, and live happily ever after. Or do they? In this third installment of the Switch series, Felicia finds herself in a West Memphis tattoo parlor where pints of blood are preferred to cash payments. If that’s not unsettling enough, she then discovers that her new husband’s latest job isn’t quite what it seemed. And all this before she has to help rescue three nieces from an attempted kidnapping, introduces punishment spanking to the Memphis vampire community, meets the Count of Memphis and becomes his Dominatrix, and is declared Queen of the Damned (to vampires, life should imitate art, and they adore Anne Rice novels) by him and all his subjects. They love her. Madly. And that’s truly the operative word here. So: how are Felicia and her beloved ever gonna get out of this one? If they do, that is? You’re cordially invited to find out. This book may be read as a standalone or as part of the Switch series.
