Download or read book Secret Barry Island written by Mark Lambert and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Barry Island secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Download or read book Barry Island written by Andy Croll and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casts a revealing light on Wales’s contribution to coastal tourism in the nineteenth century. Argues that visitors had a powerful role in setting a resort’s social tone. Written in an accessible style.
Download or read book The Secret Life of Dr James Barry written by Rachel Holmes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reissue of Rachel Holmes's landmark biography of Dr James Barry, one of the most enigmatic figures of the Victorian age. James Barry was one of the nineteenth century's most exceptional doctors, and one of its great unsung heroes. Famed for his brilliant innovations, Dr Barry influenced the birth of modern medical practice in places as far apart as South Africa, Jamaica and Canada. Barry's skills attracted admirers across the globe, but there were also many detractors of the ostentatious dandy, who caused controversy everywhere he went. Yet unbeknownst to all, the military surgeon concealed a lifelong secret at the heart of his identity: on his death Barry was claimed to be anatomically female and in fact a cross-dresser. Vividly drawn and meticulously researched, The Secret Life of Dr James Barry brings to life one of the most enigmatic figures of the Victorian age, elevating its subject to a latter-day transgender icon – and is a landmark in the art of biography.
Download or read book The Secret Commonwealth written by Robert Kirk and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic, enchanting document of Scottish folklore about fairies, elves, and other supernatural creatures. Late in the seventeenth century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, set out to collect his parishioners’ many striking stories about elves, fairies, fauns, doppelgängers, wraiths, and other beings of, in Kirk’s words, “a middle nature betwixt man and angel.” For Kirk these stories constituted strong evidence for the reality of a supernatural world, existing parallel to ours, which, he passionately believed, demanded exploration as much as the New World across the seas. Kirk defended these views in The Secret Commonwealth, an essay that was left in manuscript when he died in 1692. It is a rare and fascinating work, an extraordinary amalgam of science, religion, and folklore, suffused with the spirit of active curiosity and bemused wonder that fills Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy and the works of Sir Thomas Browne. The Secret Commonwealth is not only a remarkable document in the history of ideas but a study of enchantment that enchants in its own right. First published in 1815 by Sir Walter Scott, then reedited in 1893 by Andrew Lang, with a dedication to Robert Louis Stevenson, The Secret Commonwealth has long been difficult to obtain—available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. This new edition modernizes the spelling and punctuation of Kirk’s little book and features a wide-ranging and illuminating introduction by the critic and historian Marina Warner, who brings out the originality of Kirk’s contribution and reflects on the ongoing life of fairies in the modern mind.
Download or read book The Keepers of the Rods written by Ken A. Jackson & Paul A Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the year 2012; global warming has ravaged the Earth, and amidst all of this a holy time has begun. The rapture of religious prophecy descends upon humanity, and a team of scientists endeavour to follow a prophecy laid down for them by the ancients. Along their journey they encounter demons and ghosts, aliens and the gentry. So many questions, but only one truth! And who or what is the secret of Barry Island?
Download or read book Peter and the Secret of Rundoon written by Ridley Pearson and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed third installment in the Starcatchers series, Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching his pet snake consume those who displease him. But that's just the beginning of problems facing our heroes, who once again find themselves pitted against the evil shadow-creature Lord Ombra in a struggle to save themselves, not to mention the planet
Download or read book The Secret Scripture written by Sebastian Barry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture starring Rooney Mara An epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy from the two-time Booker Prize finalist and author of Old God's Time Sebastian Barry's novels have been hugely admired by readers and critics, and in 2005 his novel A Long Long Way was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In The Secret Scripture, Barry revisits County Sligo, Ireland, the setting for his previous three books, to tell the unforgettable story of Roseanne McNulty. Once one of the most beguiling women in Sligo, she is now a resident of Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital and nearing her hundredth year. Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is an engrossing tale of one woman's life, and a poignant story of the cruelties of civil war and corrupted power. The Secret Scripture is now a film starring Rooney Mara, Eric Bana, and Vanessa Redgrave.
Download or read book Secret Agent X written by Brant House and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The identity of Secret Agent "X" is an enigma. He comes and goes veiled in a cloak of mystery. His name, his background, and even his date of birth are riddles, even to those who know him best. He is a man of a thousand faces -- master of make-up, voice impersonation, and acting. With the dogs of war snarling at the door of the United States, Secret Agent "X" goes where other investigators dare not follow . . . to the cesspits of Hawaii, where spies and plots abound, where a secret Hindu cult does the bidding of a foreign government bent on plunging the U.S.A. into the midst of a new global war! This thrilling Secret Agent "X" novel, among the best in the series, will delight all fans of classic pulp fiction! This edition features an additional story, "Latin Blood," by Robert Leslie Bellem, which features Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective.
Download or read book Secret Agent X Legion of the Living Dead written by Brant House and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ripped from the pages of the September, 1935 issue of Secret Agent "X" magazines comes this sensational novel, Legion of the Living Dead! From nowhere hurtled that black death car. And from nowhere came its grisly occupants. They were not of the earth, for their human flesh was immune to bullets. They were not of the grave, for they manned the wheel and a blasting machine gun . . . Secret Agent “X” made a desperate maneuver to block their invasion of the land of the living. And in that weird terror trap, he came face to face with a man he knew -- a man who had died five years ago!
Download or read book Secret Agent X Claws of the Corpse Cult written by Brant House and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The identity of Secret Agent "X" is an enigma. He comes and goes veiled in a cloak of mystery. His name, his background, and even his date of birth are riddles, even to those who know him best. He is a man of a thousand faces--master of make-up, voice impersonation, and acting. With the dogs of war snarling at the door of the United States, Secret Agent "X" goes where other investigators dare not follow ... to the cesspits of Hawaii, where spies and plots abound, where a secret Hindu cult does the bidding of a foreign government bent on plunging the U.S.A. into the midst of a new global war! This thrilling Secret Agent "X" novel, among the best in the series, will delight all fans of classic pulp fiction!
Download or read book Conduit 616 written by Ken A. Jackson & Paul A. Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth short story from the Keepers of the Rods Series of books. The friends are summoned to the chapel on Barry Island to discover an alternate Earth - however, the rapture of religious prophecy never occured. Instead this world is under the influence of the Legions of Darkness...And their true master...'616' One man of great psychic ability is aware of the rod keepers and they instruct him on how to free the Earth..But does he understand?
Download or read book 21 12 2012 The Day of the Rapture written by Ken Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 666 The Name of the Beast written by Ken A. Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scenery Antiquities and Biography of South Wales written by Benjamin Heath Malkin and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scenery Antiquities and Biography of South Wales The Second Edition with Additions written by Benjamin Heath MALKIN (LL.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty written by Sebastian Barry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the finest book to come out of Europe this year," The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty is acclaimed Irish playwright Sebastian Barry's lyrical tale of a fugitive everyman. Sebastian Barry's latest novel, Days Without End, is now available. For Eneas McNulty, a happy, innocent childhood in County Sligo in the early 1900s gives way to an Ireland wracked by violence and conflict. Unable to find work in the depressed times after World War I, Eneas joins the British-led police force, the Royal Irish Constabulary—a decision that alters the course of his life. Branded a traitor by Irish nationalists and pursued by IRA hitmen, Eneas is forced to flee his homeland, his family, and Viv, the woman he loves. His wandering terminates on the Isle of Dogs, a haven for sailors, where a lifetime of loss is redeemed by a final act of generosity. The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty is the story of a lost man and a compelling saga that illuminates Ireland's complex history.
Download or read book The Essential Mystery Lists written by Roger M Sobin and published by Poisoned Pen Press Inc. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.
