Download or read book The Amazon s Curse written by Gena Showalter and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before The Lords of the Underworld, there was Gena Showalter's Atlantis series. Discoverthe mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction in this novella, The Amazon'sCurse. Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovelyAmazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies mustovercome the pasts that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free…. “A world of myth, mayhem and love under the sea!”—New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward on TheNymph King Look for the rest of Gena Showalter's Atlantis series: Heart of the Dragon,Jewel of Atlantis, The Nymph King and The Vampire's Bride, available now. Originally published in 2009

Download or read book The Amazon s Curse written by Gena Showalter and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before The Lords of the Underworld, there was Gena Showalter's Atlantis series. Discoverthe mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction in this novella, The Amazon'sCurse. Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovelyAmazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies mustovercome the pasts that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free…. “A world of myth, mayhem and love under the sea!”—New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward on TheNymph King Look for the rest of Gena Showalter's Atlantis series: Heart of the Dragon,Jewel of Atlantis, The Nymph King and The Vampire's Bride, available now. Originally published in 2009

Download or read book Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons written by Jane Yolen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVBefore she became Queen of the Amazons, young Hippolyta fought to break a goddess’s curse . . . /divDIV An ancient prophecy states that any Amazon who bears two sons must kill the second, lest he grow up to destroy all the Amazons. But Queen Otrere can’t bear to sacrifice her baby, so she gives him to her daughter, thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, begging her to take the child to his father, Laomedon, King of Troy. In order to save her baby brother’s life, Hippolyta must find a lost city and lift a goddess’s curse. Along the way, she will need help from an unexpected source: a newly discovered brother. But can Hippolyta bring herself to trust a boy in order to save the Amazons?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features personal histories by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris including rare images from the authors’ personal collections, as well as a timeline of the Heroic Age and a conversation between the two authors about the making of the series./div/div

Download or read book Amazon s Curse written by Gena Showalter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before The Lords of the Underworld, there was Gena Showalter's Atlantis series. Discover the mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction in this novella, The Amazon's Curse. Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovely Amazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies must overcome the pasts that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free ... ""A world of myth, mayhem and love under the sea!""--New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward on The Nymph King Look for the rest of Gena Showalter's Atlantis se.

Download or read book Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons written by Jane Yolen and published by HarperTrophy. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child.

Download or read book Darkness Divine Divine Beginnings The Amazon s Curse Voodoo Edge Of Craving written by P.C. Cast and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a world where darkness rules and love must stand the tests of war Join four favourite authors, including P.C. Cast, bestselling author of the House Of Night series, on a deadly journey where love and survival are intertwined. In Divine Beginnings, healer Aine must choose between treating an enigmatic enemy and letting him die, whilst The Amazon's Curse could kill the paasion that Nola and vampire warrior Zane share. Toying with New Orleans Voodoo leaves Tessa haunted by a sinfully sexy man, while last scion of the dragon clan Rhys is tormented by his desire for Aila as he struggles to fight the Edge Of Craving.

Download or read book UNEXPLAINED CURSED OR JUST PLAIN F D UP BOOKS written by Go_i RavenSkŸl VenŒs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swearing and Cursing written by Nico Nassenstein and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is an essential addition to the field of studies.

Download or read book Witch Cursed in Westerham written by Dionne Lister and published by Dionne Lister. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book ten in the bestselling paranormal cozy mystery series set in Westerham, England. When a curse hits the PIB, everyone's magic goes awry. While Lily can see the funny side of it, it's not a joke—someone wants the PIB out of the way. When a swathe of major crimes are committed, the PIB team are helpless. They need to find a cure, and fast, or their whole organisation could be disbanded... for good. With the powers that be looking for any excuse to fire Angelica, Lily needs to step up. With the threat of a major crime that could kill hundreds of people and decimate a London landmark looming, time is quickly running out. But will Lily and her friends get their magic working properly in time, or will they lose both the battle and the war?

Download or read book Cursed to Death written by L. A. Banks and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this steely and intense novel from New York Times bestselling author L.A. Banks, lust, envy, and revenge prove to be the most lethal weapons of all... Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau arrives at the scene of a murder, only to discover that a Fae creature has been killed—in a whole new kind of way. What is the meaning behind this mysterious ritualistic killing? What did the victim do to deserve it? Sasha fears that the Vampires and Unseelies have formed an unholy alliance...and they're ready to unleash their darkest arsenal of magick yet. Teaming up with her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf, Max Hunter, Sasha tries to penetrate the paranormal community for clues. Meanwhile, members of the Wolf Clan are turning against one another as they race to uncover the meaning behind an ancient Unseelie curse. Even Sasha is not immune to this powerful magick, and soon finds herself drawn to a sensual, dangerous dance—one that could cost her own life...

Download or read book Cursed Items Anthology written by Allisha McAdoo and published by Kydala Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *warning* This book may contain graphic materials that some may not find suitable. Read at your own risk. This short story anthology is all about one item that is cursed for its original owner. The items do not affect anyone else but the original owner. These stories are twisted! A must read for anyone's collection!

Download or read book Cursed A Dark Werewolf Romance from The Broken immortals Book 2 written by Jessica White and published by Jessica White. This book was released on with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Logan wakes up in a strange bed with a stab wound in his chest, but no memory of how he got there or what happened to him. Still, the strangest part of it all is that he can no longer shift or communicate with the wolf that lives inside him. Haunted by a beautiful woman each night, Ben becomes more hopeless while he spends his days as a caretaker for the Order’s wealthy elite. After performing some maintenance on his favorite house, he steps out of the Georgia mansion and comes face to face with the woman of his dreams. But when the cruel hand of Fate binds you to the one who damned you, finding your soul mate is a curse. Cursed is a werewolf romance from The Immortals Series, a dark fantasy collection.

Download or read book The Bone Clocks written by David Mitchell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller by the author of Cloud Atlas • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize • Named One of the Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, and O: The Oprah Magazine • A New York Times Notable Book • An American Library Association Notable Book • Winner of the World Fantasy Award “With The Bone Clocks, [David] Mitchell rises to meet and match the legacy of Cloud Atlas.”—Los Angeles Times Following a terrible fight with her mother over her boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her family and her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics—and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly’s life, affecting all the people Holly loves—even the ones who are not yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting on the war in Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list—all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder. Rich with character and realms of possibility, The Bone Clocks is a kaleidoscopic novel that begs to be taken apart and put back together by a writer The Washington Post calls “the novelist who’s been showing us the future of fiction.” An elegant conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist, David Mitchell has become one of the leading literary voices of his generation. His hypnotic new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit and sheer storytelling pleasure—it is fiction at its most spellbinding. Named to more than 20 year-end best of lists, including NPR • San Francisco Chronicle • The Atlantic • The Guardian • Slate • BuzzFeed “One of the most entertaining and thrilling novels I’ve read in a long time.”—Meg Wolitzer, NPR “[Mitchell] writes with a furious intensity and slapped-awake vitality, with a delight in language and all the rabbit holes of experience.”—The New York Times Book Review “Intensely compelling . . . fantastically witty . . . offers up a rich selection of domestic realism, gothic fantasy and apocalyptic speculation.”—The Washington Post “[A] time-traveling, culture-crossing, genre-bending marvel of a novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Great fun . . . a tour de force . . . [Mitchell] channels his narrators with vivid expertise.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Download or read book Search for Gods written by V. Vycinas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the unequaled and majestic contemporary technological phase of our cultural development, where democratic liberties and the means of well being are accessible to everyone; man is unsatisfied, insecure, rebellious, confused and lost. More than ever before he seems to lack the sureness of his way in life. The abundance of theories, doctrines and various philosophical, social or religious systems and moral teachings fails to provide the individual today with any clarity whatsoever. Lacking this, he turns to peripheral events, to sensational occurrences; he turns his attention to more and to glaring new models of technological products. more new things, mostly Acquiring a great multitude of these and various other things, he seems to stress his own importance, thus making an inquiry in its fundamental validity superfluous. In this way he escapes the search of his very own mission; he betrays the superior powers which demand from him his existential contribution in finding his ideals and outlining the way of his life.

Download or read book The Modern Hercules written by Alastair J.L. Blanshard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles – the Roman Hercules – in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero’s transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.

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Download or read book Aja Minor Gifted or Cursed A Psychic Crime Thriller Series written by Chris Bliersbach and published by Chris Bliersbach. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aja has disturbing powers. She feels cursed, but the FBI thinks otherwise. Will she stop a serial rapist and killer or become his next victim? Aja’s life has been one misfortune after another. She was dropped at birth, scarring her face. Her father left when she was 7 years old. Now, as a teenager, not only does she have to contend with puberty, but certain people experience pain or become sick in her presence. Desperate to find answers to her distressing effect on people, she finds them in a most unlikely place, the FBI Academy. There, she discovers her powers may actually be a gift. A gift that, if harnessed, may help the FBI track down the Peace Sign Killer - a serial rapist and murderer. Can Aja successfully exploit her powers to stop the Peace Sign Killer? Or will Aja’s misfortune continue making her his next victim? Aja Minor: Gifted or Cursed is the first book in a psychic crime thriller series. Pitting a coming-of-age girl with an extraordinary gift and indomitable spirit against some of the most depraved criminals imaginable. A portion of the proceeds from this series is donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, established in 1984 to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization.