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Book Tea with the Dark Side

    Book Details:
  • Author : Danél F. Griffin
  • Publisher : America Star Books
  • Release : 2016-11-29
  • ISBN : 1683944925
  • Pages : 207 pages

Download or read book Tea with the Dark Side written by Danél F. Griffin and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young travelers riding their motorcycles in the desert heat, following only their stubborn impulse to keep pressing onward. A weary old man who paces the border of a village at the edge of the world, a life full of secrets as he stands a watchful guardian. Two strangers who meet on a train and make a pact that will change their lives. Letters never to be read that nevertheless beg forgiveness for an impossible choice that has led to deep betrayal. The poetry of a lost, struggling soul who screams to the stars and demands their audience.

Book A Dark History of Tea

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  • Author : Seren Charrington Hollins
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword History
  • Release : 2020-07-08
  • ISBN : 1526761610
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book A Dark History of Tea written by Seren Charrington Hollins and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at Britain’s storied history with the beloved beverage, including slavery, war, drug smuggling, fortune telling, and the economy’s globalisation. A Dark History of Tea looks at our long relationship with this most revered of hot beverages. Renowned food historian Seren Charrington-Hollins digs into the history of one of the world’s oldest beverages, tracing tea’s significance on the tables of the high and mighty as well as providing relief for workers who had to contend with the ardours of manual labour. This humble herbal infusion has been used in burial rituals, as a dowry payment for aristocrats; it has fuelled wars and spelled fortunes as it built empires and sipped itself into being an integral part of the cultural fabric of British life. This book delves into the less tasteful history of a drink now considered quintessentially British. It tells the story of how, carried on the backs of the cruelty of slavery and illicit opium smuggling, it flowed into the cups of British society as an enchanting beverage. Chart the exportation of spices, silks and other goods like opium in exchange for tea, and explain how the array of good fortunes—a huge demand in Britain, a marriage with sugar, naval trade and the existence of the huge trading firms—all spurred the first impulses of modern capitalism and floated countries. The story of tea takes the reader on a fascinating journey from myth, fable and folklore to murky stories of swindling, adulteration, greed, waging of wars, boosting of trade in hard drugs and slavery and the great, albeit dark engines that drove the globalisation of the world economy. All of this is spattered with interesting facts about tea etiquette, tradition and illicit liaisons making it an enjoyable rollercoaster of dark discoveries that will cast away any thoughts of tea as something that merely accompanies breaks, sit downs and biscuits. Praise for A Dark History of Tea “The author gathers many of the dangerous and morbid events throughout tea history and compiles them into one well-researched book. An entertaining read for anyone looking for interesting tea history.” —Sara Shacket, Tea Happiness

Book The Dark Side of the Mountain

Download or read book The Dark Side of the Mountain written by S a Carter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dark Side of the Cross

Download or read book The Dark Side of the Cross written by James S. Parker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tightly woven, atmospheric, suspense-filled mystery, featuring a heroic yet flawed investigator trying to find a Dark Priest and his coven of witches before they unleash the demons of hell. A disturbingly successful string of thefts of ancient, religious artifacts from Catholic churches in the New England area has left police baffled. Then a priest gets a call from one of the thieves, offering the arifacts back for a considerable ransom. James MacBridan and the Hawthorne Group are called in by the archbishop to handle this most delicate situation. The thief and MacBridan meet, but they are not alone. Something else has been waiting for them, something dark and terrifying. The simple exchange ends violently, leaving MacBridan unconscious and the thief brutally murdered. MacBridan sets off to find the the Cross of St. Patrick, the most important of the stolen artifacts, but soon finds himself up against an enemy more ruthless and more deadly than he has ever faced before. The body count and the terror continue to rise the closer he gets, all in a place where no one is who they appear to be. In James Parker's The Dark Side of the Cross, MacBridan finds that in order to survive he will have to lean on a faith that he has long since cast aside.

Book Dark Side of Bunker Hill

Download or read book Dark Side of Bunker Hill written by John Patrick Davey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of an old lady in Cambridge sets off a pattern of deadly behavior leading to the murder of a retired Judge on Boston's Bunker Hill and the mysterious death of a disbarred attorney. An illegal plan to take over a multi million dollar insurance trust falls apart when the planners allow blackmail and greed to develop into murder. The plot from the beginning, is peopled by characters intent on cheating each other forgetting that main prize is the trust's millions managed by a trio of old men. In turn they stun the conspirators by pulling a clever scheme of `bait and switch' surpassing the ingenuity of their antagonists. The locus is Boston and it's Homicide Unit which leads the reader through the old city's `Freedom Trail' after the killers.

Book The Missing Ingredient

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  • Author : Jenny Linford
  • Publisher : Abrams
  • Release : 2018-09-18
  • ISBN : 1468316397
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book The Missing Ingredient written by Jenny Linford and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brilliant and original . . . From slow feasts to fast food, Linford shows that, no matter what we are cooking, time is of the essence.” —Bee Wilson, TheSunday Times The Missing Ingredient is the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating the flavors and textures we love. Through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, artisans, and chefs, acclaimed author of The Chef’s Library Jenny Linford shows how, time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient in our most cherished recipes. Playfully structured through different periods of time, the book examines the fast and slow, from the seconds it takes for sugar to caramelize to the centuries it takes for food heritage to be passed down from our ancestors. From the brevity of blanching and the days required in the crucial process of fermentation, to the months of slow ripening that make a great cheddar and the years needed for certain wines to reach their peak, Linford dissects each segment of time needed to cook—and enjoy—simple and intricate cuisine alike. Including vignettes from the immediacy of taste (seconds), the exactitude of pasta (minutes), and smoking and barbecuing meats (hours), to maturing cheese (weeks), infusing vanilla extract (months), and perfecting parmigiana and port (years), The Missing Ingredient is an enlightening and essential volume for foodies, bakers, home cooks, chefs, and anyone who appreciates a perfectly-executed dish. “Something quite remarkable: a treatise on the single most vital and most overlooked element of food and cooking that’s as page-turning as a thriller. A glorious, essential addition to every food lover’s book shelves.” —Marina O’Loughlin, restaurant critic

Book A Dark and Stormy Tea

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  • Author : Laura Childs
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2023-07-04
  • ISBN : 0593200918
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book A Dark and Stormy Tea written by Laura Childs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A possible serial killer on the loose sends tea maven Theodosia Browning into a whirlwind of investigation in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. It was a dark and stormy night, but that was the least of Theodosia Browning's troubles. As she approaches St. Philips Graveyard, Theodosia sees two figures locked in a strange embrace. Wiping rain from her eyes, Theodosia realizes she has just witnessed a brutal murder and sees a dark-hooded figure slip away into the fog. In the throes of alerting police, Theodosia recognizes the victim—it is the daughter of her friend, Lois, who owns the Antiquarian Bookshop next door to her own Indigo Tea Shop. Even though this appears to be the work of a serial killer who is stalking the back alleys of Charleston, Lois begs Theodosia for help. Against the advice of her boyfriend, Detective Pete Riley, and the sage words of Drayton, her tea sommelier, amateur-sleuth Theodosia launches her own shadow investigation. And quickly discovers that suspects abound with the dead girl’s boyfriend, nefarious real estate developer, private-security man, bumbling reporter, and her own neighbor who is writing a true-crime book and searching for a big ending. INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

Book I Do

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  • Author : Charlotte L R Kane
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2014-07-11
  • ISBN : 1291946985
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book I Do written by Charlotte L R Kane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bryony Carlson just wants to get married and live her life happily with her fiancee. But that is all put on hold when she finds herself possessed by a 50 year old ghost who is looking to seek revenge, as she was murdered on her wedding day. Bryony tries to carry on with the wedding planning but the ghost has different ideas as she is not happy that Bryony isn't giving her the attention that she demands. Will Bryony be able to have her happy ending, or will the ghost be too powerful for her?

Book The Switch

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Finder
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 110198578X
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book The Switch written by Joseph Finder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering that he mistakenly picked up a Senator's laptop at the airport that contains career-ending classified documents, Michael Tanner becomes the target of an unscrupulous fixer and a national security agency when he refuses to turn the device over.

Book The American Revolution

Download or read book The American Revolution written by Sir George Otto Trevelyan and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dark Side of European Integration

Download or read book The Dark Side of European Integration written by Alina Polyakova and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Europe, radical right-wing parties are winning increasing electoral support. The Dark Side of European Integration argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration. The European economic project has produced a cultural backlash in the form of nationalist radical right ideologies. This assessment relies on a detailed analysis of the electoral rise of radical right parties in Western and Eastern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, economic performance and immigration rates are not the only factors that determine the far right's success. There are other political and social factors that explain why in post-socialist Eastern European countries such parties had historically been weaker than their potential, which they have now started to fulfill increasingly. Using in-depth interviews with radical right activists in Ukraine, Alina Polyakova also explores how radical right mobilization works on the ground through social networks, allowing new insights into how social movements and political parties interact.

Book The Dark Side of Close Relationships

Download or read book The Dark Side of Close Relationships written by Brian H. Spitzberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the negative or "dark" elements of close relationships. For use by scholars and students in social psychology, personal relationships, and interpersonal communication.

Book Dark Tea

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  • Author : s. h. healy
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1923-03-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Dark Tea written by s. h. healy and published by . This book was released on 1923-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DARK TEA is a novel that weaves together thirteen eclectic, stand-alone short stories and one haiku. Some of the stories are humorous and quirky, some are serious and eerie, all are light horror - no guts and gore - and all feature tea.Rosella Ciobanu, psychic and tasseographer, has an unusual method. She reads tea leaves, not to tell fortunes, but instead, to direct her clients to stories that will help them work through their particular problems on their own. The novel unfolds during two days of Madame Ciobanu's readings. Most of her clients will read their assigned stories and find the truth they seek, but a few will not. Most of the characters in the individual stories will triumph in their encounters with the dark side of tea, but not all will. See how Rosella, with the aid of her fictional ghosts, demons, and paranormal creatures, works to guide each client out of their present darkness, enabling them to become heroes in their own stories.

Book The American Revolution

Download or read book The American Revolution written by George Otto Trevelyan and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Dark Side of New York Life and Its Criminal Classes  Etc

Download or read book The Dark Side of New York Life and Its Criminal Classes Etc written by New York (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Somewhere on the Dark Side of the ID

Download or read book Somewhere on the Dark Side of the ID written by V. Miles Capiston and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere on the Dark Side of the ID by V. Miles Capiston Joanna was strong, independent, beautiful, and successful. Most men were intimidated by her success or drawn only to her curvaceous figure, while most women were envious of her. So several sightings of a mysterious, handsome man who didn’t seem either intimidated or captivated by her body piqued her interest. She soon found herself craving his attention and longing to know more about him. What Joanna didn’t realize is that Robb Michael knew exactly who she was and how she could change his life. After an erotic encounter and an unusual proposal, Joanna finds herself falling headfirst in love and into the cryptic, secretive world of Robb Michael. What Joanna doesn’t know is that Robb Michael’s plans will take her places she never thought possible and challenge the concepts of social norms and moral codes. Will Joanna ultimately love or hate the man Robb Michael is once she discovers his hidden motives?

Book Real Vampires  Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside

Download or read book Real Vampires Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside written by Brad Steiger and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only do vampires exist, but they walk among us! Paranormal researcher extraordinaire and author of hundreds of books on the mysterious and unknown, Brad Steiger, reveals that real vampires are not immortal, do not have fangs or sleep in coffins, and have no fear of sunlight or crucifixes. A chilling chronicle of the often-ignored history of vampirism, Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside is a shocking account of occultist rituals and the inhuman forces that influence these immortal beasts. From spine-tingling classic tales—Vlad the Impaler, the Countess of Blood—to stories of famous mass-murderers and their shocking, cannibalistic, and vampire-like behavior—Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer—to hair-raising testimony from ordinary people who’ve encountered vampires, and finally to interviews with modern vampires themselves, this frightening collection covers them all. Not for the faint of heart, you’ll encounter 163 terrifying tales of the hideous wraiths and creatures that lurk in shadow, including . . . the Mexican prostitute who mesmerized an entire village, convincing them she was an Incan goddess who required human sacrifice for her magic. the three teenagers who left a trail across the South as they conducted blood-drinking rituals with animals. the mysterious Lady in Black, who draws psychic energy from men who dare approach her as she wanders through city streets and parks. the young bride-to-be possessed by an evil spirit pretending to be her recently deceased uncle. the college student who thought that he had gotten lucky when he was invited to a party by a gorgeous woman—until he found out that the other partygoers seemed to want blood in return for their beer. Shining a light on the horrifying truth, Real Vampires, Night Stalkers, and Creatures from the Darkside dispels many myths but also confirms the truth behind several traits of real vampires. You’ll encounter loathsome slashers, rippers, and murderers who do not promise immortality with their “bite,” only a painful death. The numerous photos and illustrations bring the text to life!